Very spoilery. Venture in at your own risk, once you’ve paused to put out the recycling. (My review is here.) The theme Despite Silent Night‘s COVID similarities, this is about climate change. It’s just that (a) humans have a penchant for looking for patterns and connections with our real lives, and (b) by now one… Silent Night explained (including that ending) Read More
Silent Night 3.5 stars
Family and friends meet for one last Christmas, before the world ends. Coming in at a pacy hour and 30 minutes – a length many can only dream of when it comes to family Christmas dinners that feel like the end of the world — Silent Night bounces along until almost the end; beautiful, bitterly… Silent Night Read More
Last Train To Christmas 3 stars
Nightclub owner Tony Towers, on a train with his fiancée on Christmas Eve 1985, sees how his life might have been if he had made different decisions along the way. The synopsis of Last Train To Christmas made it sound like a mash-up of A Christmas Carol, Snowpiercer, Sliding Doors and The Hitman And Her… Last Train To Christmas Read More
A Castle For Christmas: ending explained (wait, what?)
ENDING EXPLAINED? IN A NETFLIX CHRISTMAS ROMANCE MOVIE? Okay: They realise they’ve been stupid and admit they love each other, The End. The slightly longer version is here: Sophie and Myles finally become a couple thanks to Hamish the dog running off with her shoe when she’s trying on a black taffeta and tartan ball… A Castle For Christmas: ending explained (wait, what?) Read More
A Castle For Christmas 3 stars
An American author finds love when she travels to Scotland to visit the childhood home of her late father. It is a truth universally acknowledged that an impecunious British aristocrat with a freezing castle must be in want of a rich American wife, even if he doesn’t know it yet. In A Castle, A Castle,… A Castle For Christmas Read More
Home Sweet Home Alone recap
Very spoilery, though most of it you’ve probably seen before… (My 2/5 review is here.) Pam and Jeff Mackenzie are selling their family home at an open house viewing day. Their children Abby and Chris don’t know they are moving, but since Jeff lost his IT job they can’t survive in the house on Pam’s… Home Sweet Home Alone recap Read More
Boxing Day trailer: does true love triumph?
And who is Melvin actually in love with: Lisa or Georgia? We’ll have to wait until 3 December to find that out, though judging by this trailer the movie itself fulfils my strict but simple rules for a fantastic festive film. To stop me going all bah humbug on exhausted moviemakers, they need to provide… Boxing Day trailer: does true love triumph? Read More
Last Train To Christmas: The Hitman And Her meets A Christmas Carol meets Snowpiercer
*** Read my review and (very spoilery) article here *** Honestly, when I saw this photo I thought we ’80s kids were finally getting the Pepsi and Shirlie biopic we’d been hoping for. But no, that *is* Michael Sheen (The Twilight Saga, The Queen) and Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones, Fast & Furious 7) who have joined the cast of Last… Last Train To Christmas: The Hitman And Her meets A Christmas Carol meets Snowpiercer Read More
Ear we go! New trailer for festive fable Robin Robin
“The rules of the sneak are simple and thus. Follow them close you can steal a crust. Or a crumpet rind, or a pinch of pie, or the grease from the tip of a soggy french fry!“ Do not follow that advice, kids, you’ll end up in jail and miss Christmas altogether. This is from… Ear we go! New trailer for festive fable Robin Robin Read More
War: Episode 10 (The Crown season 4 recaps)
My series review is here. Or read my episode recaps: episode 1 (Gold Stick), episode 2 (The Balmoral Test), episode 3 (Fairytale), episode 4 (Favourites), episode 5 (Fagan), episode 6 (Terra Nullius), episode 7 (The Hereditary Principle), episode 8 (48:1), and episode 9 (Avalanche). “A spoilt, immature man endlessly complaining unnecessarily, married to a spoilt, immature woman endlessly complaining unnecessarily…. War: Episode 10 (The Crown season 4 recaps) Read More
Who would even think of spoiling Christmas? Me! I mean Belsnickel! The Christmas Chronicles 2 recap
Who needs Santa sacks when you can have Santa on sax (no I’m not even sorry). Mr and Mrs Claus are back in town (or rather, we’re back in theirs), so read on for a full-on spoiler recap of the film (if you want my review of the film, it’s here.) Ego, lying, viciousness, envy… Who would even think of spoiling Christmas? Me! I mean Belsnickel! The Christmas Chronicles 2 recap Read More
The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2 3 stars
Kate Pierce, now a cynical teen, is unexpectedly reunited with Santa Claus when a mysterious troublemaker threatens to cancel Christmas – forever. If you want to read the full, spoiler-filled film recap, it’s here. Or see below for my review. Santa Kurt is BACK and with him Mrs Claus, played with warmth and backbone by… The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2 Read More
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