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LAST CHRISTMAS

November 10, 2019 By Leave a Comment

LAST CHRISTMAS

LAST CHRISTMAS is a lugubrious exercise in muddled storytelling.  Billed as a romantic comedy, there is little humor to be found as the romance between a klutz who’s lost her way in life, and the handsome stranger who pops in and out of that life fails to ignite past the infamous friend zone. The klutz… Read More »

Tagged With: Brexit, Christmas, Covent Garden, George Michael, holiday, mystery man, sauerkraut

THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS

November 22, 2017 By Leave a Comment

THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS

In an era when Christmas, or at the least the merchandising for it, begins sometime in late August, there is a certain charm in THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS, which looks back to a time when it barely registered as a blip on the cultural radar. And the the to origins of the story that… Read More »

Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas tree, debtor's prison, Dickens, publishing, Victorians, writer's block

BUSTER’S MAL HEART

May 6, 2017 By Leave a Comment

BUSTER’S MAL HEART

It becomes clear early on that at some point in Jonas’ life, he has taken leave of his senses.  Or, rather, his world has come apart at the seams, and his mind has done its poor best to reconstruct it using odds and ends. Told in the not necessarily linear way that the mind operates… Read More »

Tagged With: burglary, castaway, Christmas, concierge, conspiracy, hostage, madness, manhunt, New Year, sheriff

WHY HIM?

December 21, 2016 By Leave a Comment

WHY HIM?

Long before he was mild-mannered chemistry teacher turned fearsome drug lord on Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston made his mark in television comedy by, among other things, keeping Malcolm in the middle, and tending to Seinfeld’s teeth.  Those comedic chops stand him in good stead for WHY HIM?, an intermittently hilarious hybrid of the buddy film… Read More »

Tagged With: boyfriend, Christmas, father-daughter, hi-tech, paperless toilet, printing business, Silicon Valley, Stanford

THE SANTA CLAUSE 2

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE SANTA CLAUSE 2

You have to admire the folks behind THE SANTA CLAUSE II. In this sequel-happy world, they didn’’t rush right out to cash in on the success of the original. Instead, they waited eight whole years for a good premise before venturing back, and when you consider that in kid’s’ years that’’s a whole generation, it was a… Read More »

Tagged With: Christmas, elves, hoiiday, holiday traditions, romance, Santa Claus, sequel

Joel Edgerton is on THE SQUARE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Joel Edgerton is on THE SQUARE

The most interesting bit of trivia that I discovered when talking with Joel Edgerton on February 9, 2010, wasn’t anything to do with the film, THE SQUARE, which he co-wrote and in which he co-stars. It was how he was first introduced to the action figure of the character he played in STAR WARS: EPISODE… Read More »

Tagged With: arson, Australian Cineam, Christmas, Claire van der Boom, David Roberts, Joel Edgerton, mistress, murder, Nash Edgerton, neo-noir, suspense, thriller

Tim Allen & Michael Lembeck Invoke THE SANTA CLAUS 2

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Tim Allen & Michael Lembeck Invoke THE SANTA CLAUS 2

Though the result may be so much cinematic cotton candy, the process of making THE SANTA CLAUS II was anything but all sweetness and light for its star Tim Allen. Playing both Santa and his evil toy double required extensive prosthetic makeup that took hours to apply and didn’t last all that long under the… Read More »

Tagged With: Christmas, directorial debut, elf, fantasy, holiday, reindeer, Santa Claus, sequel

Elizabeth Mitchell is THE SANTA CLAUS II

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Mitchell is THE SANTA CLAUS II

Elizabeth Mitchell brings a wonderfully savvy sweetness to her role as Santa’s love interest in THE SANTA CLAUS II. It was also evident when I talked with her on October 11, 2002. The conversation turned, naturally enough, to the holiday spirit. You have to admire the folks behind THE SANTA CLAUSE II. In this sequel-happy world, they didn’’t… Read More »

Tagged With: Christmas, elf, holiday traditions, magic, romance, Santa, sequel

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