Tag: christian's christmas
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Christian’s Christmas: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
I often wonder what reputation Home Alone 2: Lost in New York has. Obviously the original Home Alone was a classic and a box office behemoth at the time, but I know that everyone has to have an opinion about Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. I’m just not sure what the opinion is.…
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Christian’s Christmas: The Polar Express (2004)
Robert Zemeckis’ The Polar Express seems to have people pretty polarized, even some 17 years after its release. In some circles, it’s probably considered a holiday classic, and could be seen as understandable, seeing as its imagery is singular (there is also Polar Express-themed celebrations and such). Yet the film was met with a lukewarm…
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Christian’s Christmas: Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
I have an interesting history with Christmas with the Kranks. I saw it in theatres when I was about eight years old, and found it pretty funny. My sisters and I thought nothing of it. My mom though, she thought it was atrocious. So I watched it a few more years and then forgot about…
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Christian’s Christmas: Just Friends (2005)
Just Friends isn’t the most Christmas-y of Christmas movies, but it is one that I enjoy enough to where I typically watch it every year. It is one of those that can probably be watched at any point of the year and it wouldn’t feel any different, but since it’s set at Christmas time, it…
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Christian’s Christmas: Lethal Weapon (1987)
I’ve been listening to Christmas music… the entire year. Well, if it comes on shuffle, I leave it on. Also, I put my Halloween decorations up on November 3rd… and put the Christmas decorations up that same day. Now, it’s December first. You know what this means? Christian’s Christmas is among us. I LOVE Christmas,…
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Christian’s Christmas: Four Christmases (2008)
By Christian DiMartino Four Christmases has an interesting reputation. When it was released, it was pretty much trashed by critics, but it made a lot of money. As time has gone on, I have also come across a lot of people who genuinely enjoy it, while also keeping in mind that the movie still probably…
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Christian’s Christmas: The Holiday (2006)
By Christian DiMartino Nancy Meyers’ movies are essentially cinematic comfort food. The stories are light, the people are pretty, as are the places. It doesn’t require a ton of mental effort to sit through a Nancy Meyers comedy, and it helps that she’s really such a terrific writer. She manages to not only write some…
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Christian’s Christmas: A Christmas Carol (2009)
By Christian DiMartino Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol is a tale so timeless, I wouldn’t even try to begin to guess how many adaptations there have been. Little Women has been made four times. A Star is Born has been made four times. A Christmas Carol has probably been made, hmm, 400, but there is…
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Christian’s Christmas: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
By Christian DiMartino Of the five films in the Vacation series (yes, alas, I remember the 2015 reboot), National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (which we’ll be just calling Christmas Vacation) is the only one where the Griswold’s don’t go on an actual vacation. Why call it Christmas Vacation then? Well, because their other family members are…
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Christian’s Christmas: The Ref (1994)
By Christian DiMartino The worst Christmas movies really lay the syrup on thick, what with all the hugging and the learning and the fah-lah-lah. I can go for it in small doses, but that’s where I draw the line. Ted Demme’s The Ref, perhaps the best Christmas movie you’ve never seen, is a Christmas comedy…
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