Miracle on 34th Street
RELEASED: 1947RUNTIME: 96 minsWRITTEN BY: George Seaton, Valentine DaviesDIRECTED BY: George SeatonSTARRING: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Natalie Wood, Porter Hall, William Frawley Warm, magical and an ingenious premise. One of the best Christmas movies of all time.
Hamlet
RELEASED: 1996RUNTIME: 242 minsWRITTEN BY: William Shakespeare, Kenneth BranaghDIRECTED BY: Kenneth BranaghSTARRING: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Richard Briers, Kate Winslet, Nicholas Farrell, Michael Maloney, Rufus Sewell We watched this in school and it’s absolutely terrible. I love Kenneth…
6 Underground
RELEASED: 2019RUNTIME: 127 minsWRITTEN BY: Rhett Reese, Paul WernickDIRECTED BY: Michael BaySTARRING: Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ben Hardy, Adria Arjona, Dave Franco, Corey Hawkins This is just the usual Michael Bay garbage. I gotta admit it gets better…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
RELEASED: 2019RUNTIME: 142 minsWRITTEN BY: J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio, Colin Trevorrow, Derek ConnollyDIRECTED BY: J.J. AbramsSTARRING: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie 21 Dec, 2019 This review may contain spoilers. Ok…
The Star Wars Holiday Special
RELEASED: 1978RUNTIME: 97 minsWRITTEN BY: Pat Proft, Bruce Vilanch, Leonard Ripps, Rod Warren, Mitzie WelchDIRECTED BY: Steve Binder, David AcombaSTARRING: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Bea Arthur, James Earl Jones, Art Carney Gloriously terrible and…
Holiday Affair
RELEASED: 1949RUNTIME: 87 minsWRITTEN BY: Isobel Lennart, John D. WeaverDIRECTED BY: Don HartmanSTARRING: Janet Leigh, Robert Mitchum, Wendell Corey, Gordon Gebert, Griff Barnett, Esther Dale, Henry O'Neill, Harry Morgan A solid, light and airy Christmas rom com. Really enjoyed it.…
Holiday Inn
RELEASED: 1942RUNTIME: 101 minsWRITTEN BY: Claude BinyonDIRECTED BY: Mark SandrichSTARRING: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel, Louise Beavers, Irving Bacon, Marek Windheim I love the premise and Bing and Fred and I was enjoying it for…
A Charlie Brown Christmas
RELEASED: 1965RUNTIME: 25 minsWRITTEN BY: Charles M. SchulzDIRECTED BY: Bill MelendezSTARRING: Ann Altieri, Chris Doran, Sally Dryer, Bill Melendez, Karen Mendelson, Geoffrey Ornstein, Peter Robbins I think this is my favorite Charlie Brown special.
A Christmas Story
RELEASED: 1983RUNTIME: 94 minsWRITTEN BY: Bob Clark, Jean ShepherdDIRECTED BY: Bob ClarkSTARRING: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb Smart and hilarious. A Christmas classic. You’ll shoot your eye out kid! Rating: A