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December 25th, 2014: Bad Santa (2003)

Dec25 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Movie of the Day Tagged Adjay Naidu, alcoholic, alcoholic Santa, annoying kid, bartender, Bernie Mac, Billy Bob Thornton, Bob Weinstein, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Cloris Leachman, Columbia Pictures, comedic alcoholic, Dimension Films, double cross, Etan Cohen, Harvey Weinstein, heist, Joel Coen, John Ritter, Lauren Graham, Little People, mall robbery, mall Santa, Octavia Spencer, robbery, Santa Claus, Terry Zwigoff, Tony Cox

December 23rd, 2014: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

Dec23 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Comic Strip, Comedy, Family, Holiday, Made for TV, Movie of the Day, Short, The Original Tagged Bill Melendez, Charles M. Schulz, children, Christmas, Christmas Pageant, Christmas Party, Christmas tree, commercialism, Outstanding Children's Program, piano, psychiatrists, TV special, United Features Syndicate, Vince Guaraldi

April 24th, 2014: Lethal Weapon (1987)

Apr24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "I'm getting too old for this shit", Al "Kabong" Leong, attempted suicide, Christmas, cops, corrupt cops, Danny Glover, Darlene Love, Don Gordon, double cross, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, Ed O'Ross, Eric Clapton, family, Gary Busey, Grand L. Bush, helicopter, Joan Severance, Joel Silver, maverick cops, Mel Gibson, Michael Kamen, Mitch Ryan, retirement, Richard Donner, Shane Black, suicide, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tom Atkins, torture, Vietnam veterans

April 8th, 2014: Trancers (1985)

Apr8 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Cops, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Time Travel Tagged "Not Santa!", "race against time", 23rd century, Art LaFleur, before they were famous, Charles Band, Christmas, cop from the future, cops, elf, Empire Pictures, Helen Hunt, low-budget, mall, maverick cops, mind control, Old L.A., plot holes, police chief, punks, ray gun, ruins, Santa Claus, scooter, scuba, skid row, Tim Thomerson, time stopping watch, tool using zombies

December 30, 2013: Santa Claus (1959)

Dec29 by retrozombi

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on Myths, Comedy, Demons, Family, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Christmas, Merlin, Mexico, poverty, Santa Claus, spoiled rich kids

December 25th, 2013: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Dec25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Courtroom, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged "no one believes me", "Not Santa!", 20th Century Fox, before they were famous, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, child who won't believe, Christmas, Christmas Party, courtroom scene, department store, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, it's not over, Jack Albertson, Jeff Corey, lawyers, Macy's, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Mae Marsh, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, parade, product placement, psychologist, Santa Claus, Thanksgiving, Thelma Ritter, twist, U.S. Postal Service

December 24, 2013: White Christmas (1954)

Dec24 by bellabone

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1 Comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Music, Musical, Romance Tagged Bing Crosby, Christmas, dance, Danny Kaye, drag, Irving Berlin, Michael Curtiz, minstrel, musical, revue, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Vermont, VistaVision, World War Two, World War Two Veterans

December 1st, 2013: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Dec1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Holiday, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Remake Tagged "truth behind the fairy tale", Christmas, Christmas Eve, fairy tale, father, father-son relationship, Finland, hunters, Santa Claus, single father, snowmobile, ugly Americans

October 31st, 2013: Meet Me In St. Louis

Oct31 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Family, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance Tagged Arthur Freed, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture Nominee, Best Original Song Nominee, Chill Wills, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas tree, father, father-daughter relationship, Halloween, Halloween costumes, Hugh Marlowe, Judy Garland, June Lockhart, Loew's, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, MGM, mother, mother-daugther relationship, nostalgia, sisters, St. Louis, teens, turn of the century, Vincente Minnelli

December 31st, 2012: Trading Places (1983)

Dec31 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Holiday, Movie of the Day Tagged "hooker with a heart of gold", "Not Santa!", "prince and the pauper", Al Franken, before they were famous, Best Music Nominee, bet, Bo Diddley, butler, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Party, Cinema Group, class issues, Dan Aykroyd, Denholm Elliott, Don Ameche, double cross, drugs, Eddie Murphy, Elmer Bernstein, evil businessman, frame up, Frank Oz, Giancarlo Esposito, gorilla suit, gorillas, homeless, industrial espionage, insider trading, it's not over, jail, James Belushi, James Eckhouse, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Landis, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve Party, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Paul Gleason, prostitutes, Ralph Bellamy, Santa Claus, stock broker, Tom Davis, train, Wall Street, WASP, white collar criminals, wise servant

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