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Christmas Movies

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  • #722
    DvB
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    Clark Griswold....

    Am ecstatic!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • #723
    PaulT21
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    DvB wrote: »
    Clark Griswold....

    Am ecstatic!

    As above, Clark Griswold:D


  • #724
    Jude13
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    DvB wrote: »
    Clark Griswold....

    Am ecstatic!

    Ditto. So hard to choose between Lampoons and Home Alone. Also cider and mulled wine.


  • #725
    TRS30
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    Ditto. So hard to choose between Lampoons and Home Alone. Also cider and mulled wine.

    Make that Clark times 4. You can never have too much Clark :D


  • #726
    DvB
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    Ditto. So hard to choose between Lampoons and Home Alone. Also cider and mulled wine.

    Not a huge fan of mulled wine or cider TBH, but cider over ice on a warm day can be a refreshing beverage!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


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  • #727
    Loughc
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    DvB wrote: »
    but cider over ice on a warm day can be a refreshing beverage!

    Agreed :D

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #728
    DvB
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    Loughc wrote: »
    Agreed :D

    LOL... still prefer a nice pale ale or IPA myself.

    Speaking of christmas & drinks (loose connection, I know) but my Mrs showed me the new chocolate Baileys coming out... as a fan of Baileys & partial to a small bit of chococlate reckon we'll be needing to taste that between now & christmas.
    Hope its nicer than the Strawberries & Cream Baileys which is awful though...
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • #729
    TRS30
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    DvB wrote: »
    Speaking of christmas & drinks (loose connection, I know) but my Mrs showed me the new chocolate Baileys coming out... as a fan of Baileys & partial to a small bit of chococlate reckon we'll be needing to taste that between now & christmas.
    Hope its nicer than the Strawberries & Cream Baileys which is awful though...

    Looks like the Christmas pants will be out early this year :D


  • #730
    Jude13
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    Had quite a few ciders last night to solidify my choice.


  • #731
    New Home
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    Has this been posted already?

    https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/news-entertainment/g33407883/hallmark-christmas-movies-2020-list-schedule-dates/


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  • #732
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    New Home wrote: »
    Has this been posted already?

    https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/news-entertainment/g33407883/hallmark-christmas-movies-2020-list-schedule-dates/

    I haven't watched any Hallmark Christmas movies before but there are a good few familiar faces in that list, and then I see Tamara from Sister Sister! A proper blast from the past :)


  • #733
    New Home
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    This is sooo funny... and shamelessly stolen from another thread.

    https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/guidelines-for-female-protagonists-in-hallmark-christmas-movies


  • #734
    Posy
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    Love it. :D


  • #735
    TRS30
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    New Home wrote: »
    This is sooo funny... and shamelessly stolen from another thread.

    https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/guidelines-for-female-protagonists-in-hallmark-christmas-movies

    Funny because it's true!

    This line made me LOL

    'Our target 30-to-55-year-old female audience will slide right off their couches.' :eek:


  • #736
    Jude13
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    ^^Yeah I thought that was a bit strong.


  • #737
    TRS30
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    ^^Yeah I thought that was a bit strong.

    Certainly left you in no doubt what they meant!!!


  • #738
    New Home
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    Well, I may or may not be in that age group but I know I wouldn't swoon (that's what they meant, right?).


  • #739
    Loughc
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    New Home wrote: »
    Well, I may or may not be in that age group but I know I wouldn't swoon (that's what they meant, right?).

    2c1xb8.jpg

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  • #740
    New Home
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    Sooo... yes? :D


  • #741
    Jude13
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    We had Jumanji (the original) on in the background as it was on tv, the ending is so Christmasy. We also had Frozen on and it was the first film our little 18 month old elf seemed half interested in.


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  • #742
    otnomart
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    otnomart wrote: »
    Another Christmas movie in the making:

    "As filming gets underway this week (...) romantic comedy Happiest Season has rounded out its cast for the Kristen Stewart - Mackenzie Davis film.
    The pic hits theaters on Nov. 20"

    Source: https://deadline.com/2020/01/happiest-season-mary-steenburgen-victor-garber-aubrey-plaza-alison-brie-dan-levy-more-round-out-tristar-comedy-1202837759/


    A few stills from the upcoming movie Happiest Season.
    Release dates are 25 Nov in US, 27 Nov in UK


    happiest-season-family-cast-765x317.jpg





    happiest-season-mackenzie-davis-kristen-stewart-1-765x946.jpg


  • #743
    otnomart
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    otnomart wrote: »
    Perfect Strangers, Scotland’s first independent feature-length Christmas movie, is being filmed - "aiming to have the film released for December.”


    source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1963763/filming-underway-in-lochaber-for-scotlands-first-independent-feature-length-christmas-movie/


    An update on Perfect Strangers


    "The film was shot at the start of the year, and post production on the movie took place during lockdown. Now, sales company Mrs Smith has bought up the worldwide rights to the movie, which means it’s now on the path to getting distributed too."
    Source: https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/rights-snapped-up-to-new-scottish-christmas-romcom/



    perfect-strangers-850x589.jpg


  • #744
    otnomart
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    otnomart wrote: »
    And......

    Mel Gibson has been set to play Santa Claus in Fatman, a dark action comedy that is looking to be a present for buyers at the upcoming Cannes film market. Filming is scheduled to begin early next year in Canada.

    https://deadline.com/2019/05/mel-gibson-santa-claus-casting-fatman-movie-1202609900/


    An Update on Fatman with Mel Gibson

    "Saban Films announced that they have acquired U.S. rights to Fatman (...). Additionally, they released a first-look image of Gibson as Santa Claus."
    https://movieweb.com/fatman-movie-mel-gibson-santa-claus/


    Fatman-Movie-Mel-Gibson-Santa-Claus.jpg


  • #745
    otnomart
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    OK so the mainstream movies which should be out (fingers crossed) this Christmas are five.
    Big increase from last year - when there were only two: Last Christmas on cinema release and then Klaus on Netflix (which I am still yet to see and have heard great things about)
    1. Happiest Season - with Kristen Stewart
    2. Perfect Strangers - indie movie from Scotland
    3. Fatman - with Mel Gibson
    4. A Boy Called Christmas - with Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent and Sally Hawkins
    5. Silent Night - with Keira Knightley


  • #746
    DvB
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    otnomart wrote: »
    OK so the mainstream movies which should be out (fingers crossed) this Christmas are five.
    Big increase from last year - when there were only two: Last Christmas on cinema release and then Klaus on Netflix (which I am still yet to see and have heard great things about)
    1. Happiest Season - with Kristen Stewart
    2. Perfect Strangers - indie movie from Scotland
    3. Fatman - with Mel Gibson
    4. A Boy Called Christmas - with Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent and Sally Hawkins
    5. Silent Night - with Keira Knightley

    My kids loved that trilogy of books 'The boy called Christmas' was part of, fingers crossed the film as as good.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • #747
    PaulT21
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    otnomart wrote: »
    An Update on Fatman with Mel Gibson

    "Saban Films announced that they have acquired U.S. rights to Fatman (...). Additionally, they released a first-look image of Gibson as Santa Claus."
    https://movieweb.com/fatman-movie-mel-gibson-santa-claus/


    Fatman-Movie-Mel-Gibson-Santa-Claus.jpg

    This certainly looks like an alternative Christmas Film:pac: Hitmen, Disgruntled Kids and the great man himself, San... sorry Mel Gibson:D:D Looking forward to it already. Billy Bob might have a fight on his hands this year trying to keep the crown for crazy:eek:


  • #748
    Loughc
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    otnomart wrote: »
    OK so the mainstream movies which should be out (fingers crossed) this Christmas are five.
    Big increase from last year - when there were only two: Last Christmas on cinema release and then Klaus on Netflix (which I am still yet to see and have heard great things about)

    Last year also had Noelle on Disney plus. It Was extremely disappointing.

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #749
    otnomart
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    John Cleese, Elizabeth Hurley and Kelsey Grammer have been cast in Father Christmas Is Back, a family comedy film now shooting in York
    Source: https://deadline.com/2020/09/father-christmas-is-back-movie-elizabeth-hurley-john-cleese-kelsey-grammer-cast-1234576532/


  • #750
    Loughc
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    https://twitter.com/netflixfilm/status/1305854138727555075?s=21

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  • #751
    Jude13
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    Looks great. Still prefer the M&S Mrs Claus.


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