We watched two horror films last night. Hallow Road and Dangerous Animals. I thought both were quite good, although not very festive!
I’m just watching Die Hard now.
I’m just watching Die Hard now.
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Goodbye June (Netflix)
A castle for Christmas (Netflix)
The Bishop's Wife.
A castle for Christmas (Netflix)
The Bishop's Wife.
Lol, the argument is that everything goes down at an office Christmas party, plus there are other nods to Christmas: the Run-D.M.C. Christmas song that the limo driver plays while taking Bruce Willis to the party, dressing up one of the dead bad guys with a Santa hat, and other lines and holiday music that plays throughout the movie.I watched Die Hard.Not quite getting the "Christmas movie" thing. Lol
I also consider Lethal Weapon a Christmas movie. 
Now I'm going to have to watch it again. LolLol, the argument is that everything goes down at an office Christmas party, plus there are other nods to Christmas: the Run-D.M.C. Christmas song that the limo driver plays while taking Bruce Willis to the party, dressing up one of the dead bad guys with a Santa hat, and other lines and holiday music that plays throughout the movie.
we tried a couple of versions of A Christmas Carol before we settled on the 1984 George C Scott version - when I was a child we didn't have a TV so we listened to a record of Scrooge every Christmas Eve, as a family, I found it on Youtube, last night and just hearing the opening lines brought back so many memories
edit: I forgot to say that our main movie we watched on Christmas Day was Contact - I bought it for my honey at a used CD/DVD store along with others of his favourites Kill Bills 1 & 2, Forrest Gump, Meet Joe Black
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edit: I forgot to say that our main movie we watched on Christmas Day was Contact - I bought it for my honey at a used CD/DVD store along with others of his favourites Kill Bills 1 & 2, Forrest Gump, Meet Joe Black
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I’m watching The Ring (American version) and it is much more dull than I remembered.
Trying to wean off Christmas movies...not doing so well. I'm not ready to give up the season. 
Watching the Christmas Doctor with Holly Robinson Pete.
Watching the Christmas Doctor with Holly Robinson Pete.
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we watched Goodbye June the other night and it was quite good with lots of well known names - so very british is was difficult, sometimes, to catch what they were saying and our ears are fairly well tuned to "british"
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
https://www.altogetherchristmas.com/music.html
By Francis Pharcellus Church,
Editor of the New York Sun, in response
to a letter by Virginia O'Hanlon, 1897
"We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
Dear Editor,
I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in the Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood."
THE END
https://www.altogetherchristmas.com/music.html
By Francis Pharcellus Church,
Editor of the New York Sun, in response
to a letter by Virginia O'Hanlon, 1897
"We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
Dear Editor,
I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in the Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood."
THE END
Chryssie
Internet Junkie
Just watched "The Beekeeper" starring Jason Statham. Typical action thriller with lots of bloody fights and killing. Pretty much what Jason Statham does. It was entertaining.
Chryssie
Internet Junkie
Tonight I found a sweet movie called "Mountain Top." Totally never heard of it but it fit my criteria of being under 2 hours and sounded interesting. It stars some recognizable character actors I have seen in TV shows but didn't know their names. It is a somewhat religious movie as there are bible references and the main character is a pastor who used to be a lawyer. An elderly man has dreams that predict future happenings often through symbols. He claims they are from "Papa" which is what he calls God. It becomes a mystery and conspiracy story with the pastor defending the old man for embezzlement from a church. It was well acted and a pretty decent plot. On Peacock.
I watched the following film last night and to my surprise, I actually found it to be quite good. I'm not a huge fan of rom coms but the storyline (airport plus London) caught my attention. I also found the actress to be really talented.
It also reminded me of a real life experience when I was at Toronto airport where a Brit started a conversation with me at a shop selling postcards. There was something nice about him. He asked me whether I was flying back to London and sadly, I was on a Paris bound flight. I have always asked myself '' What If''!
It also reminded me of a real life experience when I was at Toronto airport where a Brit started a conversation with me at a shop selling postcards. There was something nice about him. He asked me whether I was flying back to London and sadly, I was on a Paris bound flight. I have always asked myself '' What If''!
I'll look for that and watch it. There are at least two hallmark movies that followed that plot… Where two people meet and make plans to meet up again but something happens, like the phone breaking, and they both set out on a search to find each other again. Super cute/romantic idea.
Lou
Forum Legend
I saw a while ago and I too was pleasantly surprised. well crafted.
Lou
Forum Legend
Chryssie
Internet Junkie
Last night I found "Cleaner" browsing through movies. It was a good action thriller that takes place in London about a woman window cleaner who helps foil an environmental terrorist group's plot.
we watched Forrest Gump on New Year's day and last evening we watched Kill Bill 1 and 2
Emma JC
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Lou
Forum Legend
I watched the new knives out movie on Netflix.
First 30 minutes were slow moving. Afterwards I thought of a few ways the writers could have avoided that. but it did help lay the ground for the mystery. As I type this I'm wondering if that was an homage or an imitation of early golden age mysteries that they didn't quite pull off.
Anyway it did follow some of the classic rules for murder mysteries. All the suspects and most of the clues were introduced early. Plus it was super twisty and kept me guessing till almost the end.
Oh. and great casting, snappy dialogue, and superb craftsmanship throughout.
First 30 minutes were slow moving. Afterwards I thought of a few ways the writers could have avoided that. but it did help lay the ground for the mystery. As I type this I'm wondering if that was an homage or an imitation of early golden age mysteries that they didn't quite pull off.
Anyway it did follow some of the classic rules for murder mysteries. All the suspects and most of the clues were introduced early. Plus it was super twisty and kept me guessing till almost the end.
Oh. and great casting, snappy dialogue, and superb craftsmanship throughout.
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