Christmas Movies Actually

By: Collin Souter
  • Summary

  • You don’t have to love Christmas to love this podcast. Film critic Collin Souter and renowned sheep expert Kerry Finegan delve into every type of Christmas movie they can find. Classics, non-classics, horror, Hallmark, obscurities, foreign, shorts, TV specials, unnecessary sequels and remakes. Even films that you might not think of as traditional Christmas movies. The great, the awful and the unusual, all year round.
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Episodes
  • 121: Thanksgiving Movies Actually - Home For The Holidays (1995) (feat. Rebecca Martin Fagerholm)
    Nov 5 2024

    Kerry and Collin are joined by Cinema Femme's founder Rebecca Martin Fagerholm to talk about Jodie Foster's ensemble comedy "Home For The Holidays," starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Cynthia Stevenson, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin and Steve Guttenberg (wow!). Of all the holiday movies in the Family-Gathers-Together-For-The-Holidays sub-genre, this one gets it so, so right above many others. Why does Collin hold it in such high regard? How did Downey's behavior and antics effect the overall outcome of the film? How much food was cooked for the Thanksgiving scene and what happened to all of it. All this, plus Collin talks about the latest and greatest in physical media for the Blu-ray Gift Exchange.

    Blu-ray movies covered:

    Sony:

    "American Movie" 4K (1999)

    Warner Bros:

    "The Hitcher" 4K (1986)

    Criterion:

    "Pandora's Box" (1929)

    "Demon Pond" (1979)

    Val Lewton Double Feature: "I Walked With A Zombie" and "The Seventh Victim" (1943)

    Warner Archive:

    "The Prairie Home Companion" (2006)

    "Bathing Beauty" (1944)

    "Journey Into Fear" (1943)

    Universal:

    "Touch" (2024)

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • 120: "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker" (feat. Patrick Ripoll)
    Oct 20 2024

    Starring Mickey Rooney. Yes, that Mickey Rooney. Five years ago, Kerry, Collin and guest Patrick Ripoll made a pact to talk about the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" films every year in October. The pact has been fulfilled with "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker," as of now, the final film in the series. It did not disappoint. Rooney stars as the titular Toy Maker named Joe Petto. He has a teenage son who might be an android named Pino. You see where this is going? Why are the toys Petto makes turning deadly? What about Ricky, the Santa-Claus-killer franchise mainstay? How should you watch all five films? Which ones are the best? You'll have to hear Kerry, Collin and Patrick's rankings to find out. What a journey it's been! From a crazed Santa Claus killer, to "Garbage day!" to Oedipal themes of longing, the SNDN films each delivered something truly unique. Also, Kerry talks about three films from "1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die."

    Book films covered:

    "Odd Man Out" (1947)

    "Le Trou" (1960)

    "Crumb" (1995)

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • 119: Halloween Movies Actually - "ParaNorman" (feat. Christine Sellin)
    Oct 5 2024

    First, a quick explanation over what went wrong with the "Go" episode. Then, Kerry and Collin are joined by returning guest, Christine Sellin, to talk about Laika Animation Studios' amazing 2012 movie, "ParaNorman," a movie that accomplishes so much in just under 90 minutes and does so with style, wit, astonishment and braaaiiiinnnnssss!! What is tourism like in Salem, Massachusetts? Can a rioter ever find inner peace? Just how many horror movie references are hidden throughout this movie? All this, plus a stacked Blu-ray Gift Exchange, where they talk about Richard Pryor, Martin Scorsese, Kevin Costner's doomed epic and the greatest British gangster movie of all time.

    Blu-rays covered:

    Sony:

    "Richard Pryor - Live On The Sunset Strip" 4K (1982)

    "The China Syndrome" (1979)

    Paramount:

    "Bringing Out the Dead" 4K (1999)

    Warner Bros.

    "Horizon: An American Saga, Part 1"

    Warner Archive:

    "Black Belt Jones" (1974)

    "Three Little Words" (1950)

    "Words and Music" (1948)

    Shout:

    "Big Fan" (2009)

    Criterion:

    "Happiness" (1998)

    "The Long Good Friday" (1980)

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    1 hr and 45 mins

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