Christian holiday celebrated annually on December 25th
In today’s episode, Jodie Sweetin entertains Christmas. I don’t really see her as a Hallmark heroine. Maybe because I’ve heard her cuss and I couldn’t imagine any of the other actresses doing so without it being SCANDALOSO. So, yes, Entertaining … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Entertaining Christmas Recap/Review
Welcome to Public Domain Theater, your home for the wonderful world of films that have (in the United States, at least) fallen into the public domain, and are free for everyone to see! This Saturday, in honor of the Holiday … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: It’s a Wonderful Life (& “Spies”)
And the winner is…. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by 3 votes! Final score was 39-36 over “O Holy Night.” In the third place match, “Carol of the Bells” won out over “Mr. Grinch” with a final score of … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–THE WINNER
We’re doing something a little different today. Instead of looking at steaming services–okay, mostly just Netflix–encroaching into the world of film, we’re looking a double feature of a distinctly television event: The Christmas special. A Very Murray Christmas (2015) … Continue reading Awash in the Steam Holiday Double Feature Special: A Very Murray Christmas and Bojack Horseman Christmas Special
Well, here we are in the final round. To earn it’s way into the championship match, “O Holy Night” (which was the #1 seed in the Religious division), had to overcome the “He Shall Feed His Flock” aria from Handel’s … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 7: Championship Match
In Love Actually/Hate Actually, Great Boos Up discusses each story in the movie and puts it on trial in an attempt to grapple with his enjoyment of the movie versus his own acknowledgement of its problems. The Defendants: Billy Mack … Continue reading Love Actually/Hate Actually #7: Billy Mack/Joe
We started this little endeavor with 128 songs, and now we’ve finally arrived at the Final Four. One song from each division remains, and if you’ve been paying attention, it should come as no surprise that three of them went … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 6: Final Four
In Love Actually/Hate Actually, Great Boos Up discusses each story in the movie and puts it on trial in an attempt to grapple with his enjoyment of the movie versus his own acknowledgement of its problems. The Defendants: Sarah and … Continue reading Love Actually/Hate Actually #6: Sarah/Karl
We’ve made to the Divisional Championship round! Only 2 songs remain in each group. The Religious Division had the closest semifinal matches. O Holy Night beat O Come All Ye Faithful 36-31; and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing won out … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 5: Divisional Finals
It’s time for Christmas. Do you know it’s Christmas? In the event, you weren’t sure. Hallmark decided to make a film called Welcome to Christmas. Resort developer Madison Lane (Finnigan) is tasked with finding a location for a new ski … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Welcome to Christmas Recap/Review
In Love Actually/Hate Actually, Great Boos Up discusses each story in the movie and puts it on trial in an attempt to grapple with his enjoyment of the movie versus his own acknowledgement of its problems. The Defendants: John and … Continue reading Love Actually/Hate Actually #5: John/Judy
It’s time to start Round 4, the divisional semifinals! This time there are few enough songs remaining that I’m just doing one post with all divisions. But first, here are the stats on the Round 3 matchups: Religious Division Most … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 4: Divisional Semifinals
In Love Actually/Hate Actually, Great Boos Up discusses each story in the movie and puts it on trial in an attempt to grapple with his enjoyment of the movie versus his own acknowledgement of its problems. The Defendants: Colin and … Continue reading Love Actually/Hate Actually #4: Colin/America
Here’s the remaining brackets for Round 3, the Seasonal and Secular divisions. Voting on these songs will close early tomorrow morning so that I can get round 4 up, which will include all 4 divisions in a single post. Seasonal … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 3: Seasonal & Secular Divisions
As streaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading Awash in the Stream: Christmas Chronicles (Netflix, 2018)
In Love Actually/Hate Actually, Great Boos Up discusses each story in the movie and puts it on trial in an attempt to grapple with his enjoyment of the movie versus his own acknowledgement of its problems. The Defendants: Jamie and … Continue reading Love Actually/Hate Actually #3: Jamie/Aurelia
Moving on to Round 3. Today we’ll vote on the Religious and Sad songs, and tomorrow will be the Seasonal and Secular again. After that, there’ll be few enough songs left that I’ll just start posting all divisions at the … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 3: Religious & Sad Divisions
It’s Lori Loughlin (known to many as Aunt Becky in Full House)! Is there a trifecta or some sort of cabal of Hallmark female leads? Whatever it is, Lori is in it. Honestly, I think Candace Cameron Bure called up … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Homegrown Christmas Recap/Review
In Love Actually/Hate Actually, Great Boos Up discusses each story in the movie and puts it on trial in an attempt to grapple with his enjoyment of the movie versus his own acknowledgement of its problems. The Defendants: David and … Continue reading Love Actually/Hate Actually #2: David/Natalie
Here comes Round 2 for the Seasonal and Secular divisions. Round 1 of the Seasonal division featured our first real upset, as the #5 seed “Frosty the Snowman” feel to a mere #28 in “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 2: Seasonal & Secular Divisions
Another year, another great holiday tradition… spending way too much on Christmas decor. I tend to spend my days window shopping Hallmark Keepsakes and Lionel collectible cars before finally convincing myself that both are too expensive. Eventually I bargain with … Continue reading Share Your Yuletide Decor!
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