Can you think people didn’t used to throng to multiplexes on Christmas Day, bringing tidings of comfort and joy, or at the very least an urge to avoid relatives’ small talk? The period before COVID-19 has been dubbed the Before Times, but the genuine Before Times stretch back decades, to a time when yuletide moviegoing […]
Monthly Archives: October 2021
On TV, it’s starting to look a lot like Christmas, and everyone wants to be a part of it. While legendary holiday specials such as “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” are rerun every year, networks and streaming sites are churning out new programming in the hopes of capitalising on the holiday […]
Consider the following scenario. You’re an elite racing driver competing in a renowned race on New York’s streets. You’re in a good spot, about to accelerate to 220km/h, when one of your biggest rivals flies by, thanks to a boost in energy supporters voted for. This is “Fanboost,” an initiative of the FIA Formula E […]
Roy van Aalst, a Dutch politician, has spoken out against the elimination of grid girls from Formula 1 racing, claiming that it is a manner of patronising women. He boasted that the Organization for Freedom (PVV), a right-wing nationalist political party to which he belongs, will ensure that the grid girls are reinstalled at the […]
Terry Crews, who plays Bob Ross on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” is hosting a live, 24-hour painting session. On YouTube right now, NBC is airing “A Very Terry Christmas: Cozy 24-Hour Painting Sesh with Terry Crews,” and while there is some deception involved and the actor isn’t truly painting for a full day, the illusion is convincing […]
“Christmas, Again,” Charles Poekel’s feature-length directorial debut, is almost whispercore, full of blinking Christmas lights and the strange calm that descends on the streets of New York City in the midst of a December night. Every year, Noel (Kentucker Audley) comes down from upstate New York to sell Christmas trees to residents, and we hear […]
Christmas Day, how I love you. It’s a holiday unlike any other, and it has a wide range of meanings and emotions based on who you are and how you grew up. For the religious, it is the birth of Jesus Christ; for the cynics, it is an excuse for corporations to milk the last […]
The Christmas film has evolved throughout the years, from ancient classics like “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Miracle on 34th Street” to more current classics like “Gremlins” and “A Christmas Story.” Stanley Kubrick set his final film, “Eyes Wide Shut,” during the holiday season and littered the film with Christmas trees to accentuate the blues […]
As true movie aficionados, no holiday can keep us from discussing about movies. So we decided to discuss about ten films that aren’t considered classic Christmas films and are frequently overlooked at this time of year, but are all set (at one point or another) during the holiday season. They’re all amazing in their own […]
Don’t forget Anthony Harvey’s “The Lion in Winter” if you only get to see your entire family around the Christmas holidays, only to regret it later. The film’s outlines have such a nostalgically warm colour surrounding them that it almost projects the castle’s man-sized hearth right next to you. You should watch these Christmas movies […]