Because I’ve spent the last week on vacation; and because I haven’t found a worthwhile Canadian Christmas movie to review this year, I decided to fall back on a classic cynical piece, the sort of mediocre movie which speaks to you personally in such a way that you love it, and no one else can…
Baddie – Saint Nick. This one is actually pretty obvious. Lesson – Dubbing makes everything better. Merry Apocalypsmas, kids. Here’s the fun part about foreign movies (this one is Danish). They have all this crazy humor that doesn’t make sense to me as an American. Also, there’s a lot of subtle racism. It’s so much…
Even though I watch Elf (2003) at least once a year and have gotten quite sick of it, it still holds as one of my favorite Christmas movies. It’s hilarious, well-written, and conveniently for me has some sneaky ways of incorporating alcohol. Grab a flask of your favorite syrup and a cup of coffee and join…
Well, it looks like Rooster Illusion is finally getting into the Christmas spirit. Although, when you think about it, it’s kind of like we’ve been in the Christmas spirit this whole time, what with all the free reviews and such. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Hogfather (2007): The Plot: When the Hogfather (Shend)…
In 2003, the third and final installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy came out. I was… [pause for math]… eleven years old. My parents took my brothers and me out of school (the last day before Christmas vacation) and drove us to the nearest city to see the movie on a massive screen…
Baddie – I can’t say. It’s a secret. Lesson – TV shows can do scary! I’m breaking tradition like crazy this week. I took the rulebook, and I threw it on the ground. I stomped on it a little for good measure, too. It started, like all good things in life, with peer pressure. In…
“America’s not a country. It’s just a business.” –Brad Pitt earns his Junior Cynic badge Killing Them Softly (2012): The Plot: When two dumb criminals (Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn) rob a mob-run card game, hit man Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) gets called in to clean things up. Also, it’s 2008, and organized crime is…
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