Holy Mess
Simon and Oscar (Anastasios Soulis, Anton Lundqvist) invite their whole families for Christmas… but haven’t told them that a woman is moving in and that they’re all having a baby.…
Joyeux Noël: One Night of Peace
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics 2015 has in many ways been an awful year, with heinous terrorist acts, a never-ending war in Syria, a refugee crisis in Europe, and a resurgent…
Trading Places
Two wealthy brothers (Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche) make a wager where they scheme to have two men (one rich, one poor) switch places in life – what will be the…
The Night Before
Three best friends (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie) are going out on Christmas Eve in New York City as they always do… but a fourteen-year long tradition is about…
A Madea Christmas
Madea (Tyler Perry) and her great-niece Eileen (Anna Maria Horsford) travel to Alabama where Eileen’s daughter (Tika Sumpter) has plenty of problems, one of which is not having told her…
White Christmas
When two entertainers and WWII veterans (Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye) help a couple of charming sisters (Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen) out of a pickle, they all end up at a rural…
A Christmas Story
In the 1940s, nine-year-old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) desperately wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, but every adult in his life tells him “you’ll shoot your eye out”.…
Holiday Inn: Where the Treetops Glisten
Marjorie Reynolds, Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Photo: Paramount Contemporary viewers might find it curious to see the Fourth of July segment of this musical turn into a full-blown salute…
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The fourth Muppet movie is the first after Jim Henson’s death and now more clearly than ever is the concept directed at children. A smart commercial move, but I’m sure…
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack Skellington, Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, discovers a portal to Christmas Town and tries to introduce this new holiday to his people… who misunderstand completely. Ten years after originating…