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Christian’s Christmas: Elf (2003)
By Christian DiMartino It had been 10 years since I’d seen Jon Favreau’s Elf. I’m sure some people watch it every winter, and that’s great. For me, it was a movie I’d always liked, but… my sophomore year of high school, I was forced to watch it in three different classrooms. And that did it…
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Review: Nightmare Alley
Two time Academy Award winner Guillermo Del Toro returns to the big screen with Nightmare Alley, his first film since his Best Picture winning The Shape of Water back in 2017. Like that film, Nightmare Alley is a breathtakingly gorgeous visual feast across the board. Also like that film, I went into it with my…
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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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Review: Happiest Season
By Christian DiMartino Clea Duvall’s Happiest Season goes in directions you expect it to go once the groundwork for the plot is laid out. It’s also cliché to a degree and not every bit of humor lands in it. Yet even with all of that, it still manages to be one of the best Christmas…
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