Christmas

‘Family Stone’ (2005), with loaded cast, better than a lump of coal

“The Family Stone” (2005) piles strong actors onto the screen and allows them to interact in an overstuffed house at Christmastime. This metaphorical snowball fight

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‘The Holiday’ (2006) is impossible, and impossibly cute

“The Holiday” (2006) has a large gap between screenplay quality and overall movie quality. It would be an interesting experiment for someone to read the

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Gunn spends time with friends in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’ (2022)

James Gunn is one of the modern greats at creating ensembles who are fun to hang out with. Since he usually does it for movie

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‘Christmas Evil’s’ (1980) reels should’ve been slashed up

Watching 15 minutes of “Christmas Evil” (1980) and then hoping it will get better is like asking a large woman if she is pregnant. You

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‘Go’ back to 1999 for a night of Xennial cool

“Go” (1999) was vaguely seen at the time as the younger generation’s “Pulp Fiction” (1994). Today we can articulate that as Xennials as compared to

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‘Hawkeye’ (2021) unleashes Christmas spirit and awesome arrows

The four most famous members of the Avengers got solo movies prior to the end of the Infinity Saga in 2019, and the two also-rans

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‘The Package’ (1989) theorizes a thrilling end to the Cold War

Before big events happen in the real world, filmmakers like to write their own possible versions. These movies later serve as retro-alternate histories and become

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‘E is for Evidence’ (1988) that a more evocative tale could’ve been told

In “E is for Evidence” (1988), there’s evidence that Sue Grafton underwrites key parts of the mystery. While this fifth Kinsey Millhone book has compelling

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Old friends, new enemies enhance ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (2004-05)

There might not be another franchise that skirts the edge of copyright law quite like “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” which famously started as a “Daredevil”

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‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 1 (2004-05) comes out of the garden gate swinging

“Agatha Christie’s Marple” Season 1 (2004-05) faced a daunting question: Why (other than money) remake adaptations that had already been done to fans’ pleasure in

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