Few things signal the Christmas period than the appearance of Clark W Griswold and his family prepping for their festive vacation. Yes, for the next Christmas film on the Film Geeky list, it is 1989’s National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. The third in the Vacation series sees Chevy Chase returning to the role of Griswold patriarch with the return of Beverly D’Angelo
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Tonight, I was enjoying a read of some other bloggers and came across an entry on another site. The entry was debating whether Die Hard is really a Christmas film. To be honest, I didn’t even realise that was a question… I guess the argument that it isn’t, is based on someone thinking that it is an action film about
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The build up to Christmas now finds us at Bill Murray’s 1988 modern day retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Directed by Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon / The Goonies / Superman), the film represented Murray’s first return to a comedy lead role since the 1984 Ghostbusters (in fact he’d only really had one full lead role in that time
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Love…actually…is all around… As part of my Christmas build up, I’ve recently re-watched the 2003 Richard Curtis written and directed Love Actually. The film features a large ensemble cast and works across a number of different types of love stories weaving together through family relationships, coincidence and social links in a way that creates a hugely engaging tale in the
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So, this is Christmas… We’re only a few sleeps away from the big day and as I prepare to ramp up my christmas film watching having worked through the Star Wars franchise in recent days (for obvious reasons), I wanted to lay out my top ten christmas movies… …Let me know what you think, and have great Christmas. 10. Holiday
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