This movie was very dated, and included a lot of cringeworthy things like Blackface. The base story could have been good, but the inclusion of very dated ideas sort of made it fall flat. There were one or two moments that were funny, but otherwise it was just hard to watch. 

Rating: 1/5

This will probably be a movie we watch every year now. It was surprisingly funny, had a good story that would work well today too. The actors were great, and the story kept moving along. It was definitely fully Christmas, and had lots of good laughs and cute moments. As the one guy says, it was "hunky dunky".

Rating: 4/5

There was just something about this movie that really didn't sit well with me. Ive seen the original and that was fine, but maybe the day of the week and the time of day just didn't agree with this movie. I had to turn it off midway through. I know people enjoy it, but it was just so stressful that after 1.5 hours I couldn't deal with any of the stress anymore and bad things happening to them so it was easier to just stop watching. 

Rating: 1/5

Die Hard. What can you say about this movie, Hans, Bubby? This movie is what everyone thinks of when Christmas movies comes up. The one liners, the glorified bank robbers, and Argyle all help make this movie a lot of fun to watch. Remember, the best thing to do after a flight is to take your shoes and socks off I guess. 

Rating: 4/5

Why does Frosty always say "Happy Birthday" every time he comes back to life? Its not his birthday everyday. The bad guy always says "dirty dirty dirty" or "stinky stinky stinky" or whatever he actually says. The girl helping Frosty is a Karen, which means she probably wants to speak to a manager. Global warming has killed frosty is the moral of the story. 

Rating: 1.5/5

Nestor, yessir, nestor, yessir. Only watch this one in MST3K version because it will feel really long if you don't. Learn all about how a long earred donkey helped save Christmas. Or something like that. 

Rating: 3/5

Trading places is such a good movie. There are definitely some cringey moments towards the end, but its funny and touches on some interesting human characteristics. The new years eve train ride just seems like a lot of fun and a neat way to do new years. 

Rating: 4/5

This version makes a lot more sense. The relationship between the child/guy, and mother make a lot more sense than in the newer version of Miracle. My favorite is still at the end in the court how they prove Santa is real. It may be an old movie, but its a great family friendly, enjoyable Christmas movie. 

Rating: 3.5/5

The criminals name is Mr. Joshua. It isn't very threatening of a name. The fight scene at the end is really good and intense. The movie is loosely Christmas so if you have to have a movie be very christmassy, this one isn't it. One line from the movie "Mama says cops shoot black people" is quite a line, and still holds true today. This movie is watched every year for Christmas, and sometimes other times of the year. 

Rating: 4/5

This movie is a classic for Christmas. Between Kevin being useless and wanting cheese pizza and not being able to pull off whatever was on the other pizza, to the grocery bags breaking at the same time, to the wet bandits, it offers lots of laughs, some suspense, and good one liners to entertain everyone during the holidays. Also, his mom made a deal with the devil!

Rating: 4/5

This movie seems like it would be good, but maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it. The concept is funny, but some things just made no sense like why the family kept calling when they were coming to dinner and saying they will be there soon so many times. Denis Leary was funny, but it just was frustrating enough to get a lower rating. 

Rating: 2/5

Surprisingly not too bad for an action movie, and it contains more Christmas than most of them do. The storyline was decent and had some twists and turns along the way. The movie is about two guys that are cell mates and the journey to rob a casino. If you enjoy some good action and car explosions, be sure to add this to your holiday movie list!

Rating: 3/5

I think this was said to be a comedy/horror, there definitely wasn't much comedy. Krampus has some jump scare moments, a fun story, and kept me thinking after the movie was over. I enjoyed it and while it isn't the typical family holiday movie, it was good and I would happily watch it again. I'm now going to look into the folklore behind the movie, as it seems very interesting.

Rating 3.5/5

The story in this one is essentially the same story as the original. Child doesn't believe in Santa, mother also doesn't believe in Santa. In this one, the guy is already dating the mother, and they didn't use the best defense in court which was having the post office deliver the letters to Santa Claus. It's hard not to compare it to the original and this one is perfectly fine, though the original is still more believable. Very 90s in humor and storyline. 

Rating: 3/5

This movie is really too creepy for children. Guy asks child to come get on the train, takes a child that doesn't have a ticket to the top of the train and then leaves her in charge, hobos riding on the train and claiming "king of the North Pole". The elves are creepy, and there were far more intense almost dying moments in the movie than I would have expected. I would prefer my child to watch terminator rather than this movie. 

Rating: 1/5

This is always a fun movie to watch at Christmas. With quotes like "Who told you you could eat my cookies!?", "Put my cookies down now!", and "I work for the post office so you know I'm unstable" how could you not want to watch this movie. Theres lots of cringeworthy moments as well, and Arnold being TurboMan and totally ripped when he's just a salesman in real life is not believable at all. 

Rating: 3/5

What is going on with this movie? There is 10 minutes in the beginning that is just Wookies talking, and so many random segments like the animated segment to try to fit a story around variety show type bits. The meeting of Boba Fett was cool, and the cantina scene was good, but the music videos and the blending of the movie together just made no sense. Lumpy was a star though, so many perfect faces he made for the camera. I am still not quite sure what that one older guys role was, or who he even was. 

Tricked ya! Its not a link to a video there :D

Rating: 1/5

This movie was actually better than initially expected. Aubrey Plaza is perfect as grumpy cat and her delivery of lines is great. The movie is aware its supposed to be bad, and makes fun of itself and the cash grab off of grumpy cat. The premise is dumb and has a lot of holes in it, but if you like animals and want a little extra holiday magic, this movie is fine to put on while doing things around the house. It has also been the first movie to have a fruitcake in it so far, which seems surprising. 

Rating: 2/5

I always enjoy when Jack Black is a love interest in a movie. He's goofy and isn't the usual type of person cast for that role, which makes the movie more believable. Two women have rough breakups/finalizing of relationships and want to get away, so they trade houses in Surrey and LA. This was pre-airbnb days, and they just chatted for 5 minutes on IM before deciding to both fly out and swap lives with eachother. What happens if the other one didn't show up, or gave a fake address? The old man was a sweet character in the movie. My favorite scene was Jack Black in the movie store. He does his usual "bee bop a do" songs and comedy throughout the movie. 

Rating: 2.5/5

There is essentially two movies in one, the first one has nothing to do with Christmas, and the second part is all Christmas. The music is well known, and it has a lot of Disney favorites in it like Annette Funicello. The movie is fun, and while it may not completely hold up to the current days, its a fun watch and the inventor is great. 

Rating: 2.5/5

The beginning we see a boat with Cubans coming to America, and getting killed by Russians? I suppose. There is no story to this movie, and its all just action clips pasted together with some confusing dialog. The Russians are coming to terrorize neighborhoods in the US (maybe just Florida) and Chuck Norris has to stop them. The action is fine, but with barely any story and not much of a Christmas movie either, this doesn't do too well. 

Rating: 1.5/5

This movie rubbed me the wrong way. The couple is from San Francisco, refusing to get married or have children because they like being free and not having the establishment tell them that they should be loyal to each other. After their plans to go away and not see family for Christmas were foiled, they have to go to all 4 families (divorced parents) and deal with their families and their pasts they were trying to avoid. In the end they didn't learn a single thing, still hid from their parents/families, even though it looks like they were making progress. The San Francisco parts were inaccurate enough to annoy me throughout the movie, and I want people to learn lessons in holiday movies. Jon Favreau was funny and enjoyable in the movie. 

Rating: 1.5/5

It took 30 minutes into the movie to figure out who and what was going on. Why was he running from the cops when he was one of the richest men and could just pay them off?

The scientist that is a germaphobe is hilarious, and Mila Kunis is in the movie as a child. The story is pretty funny but at least for the most part it makes sense. Hulk Hogan learns some lessons in the end about who he really is. 

Rating: 1/5

Santa lives in heaven and has children from around the world sing songs and make toys for him. The Devil, Pitch, is out to make children evil. Very typical christmas story. Oh, and Merlin helps Santa too. Santa can see in your dreams, and even if you are behind the tallest mountain. The MSK3K version makes this a fun christmas watch. 

Rating: 3.5/5

The beginning of the story is so sad. A family tosses their child off the bridge and he ends up in the zoo. Catwoman gets created when she is tossed out the window by her boss when he is mad at her for looking into files that he most likely told her to look at. The movie is very different than the most recent batmans, and has that typical 90s goofiness to it. 

Rating: 3.5/5

Your life might just depend on it! This is a classic Christmas movie. Bill Murray plays a great mean person, and all the ghosts of past, present, and future and fun, and Karen Allen is a good love interest for Murray. His drink of choice is Tab and Vodka. There is a quote in the movie where Bill Murray says "This is nice where are we Trump Tower?" While he is in a sewer with a dead person next to him. Easy to watch over and over again. 

Rating: 4/5

This is a fine movie in general, when you want a good comedy/romance to watch. Is it a good holiday movie though? There was a 2 minute period on the beginning with Christmas and New Years, and then it took a while to get back to Christmas again. The movie had some pivotal moments around the holidays, but it didn't give me the normal holiday feels that most holiday movies contain. 

Rating: 1/5 for Holiday movie, 3.5/5 for general movie rating

We had to follow up JTT with The Santa Clause next, so here we are. This movie is pure christmas, as Tim Allen is Santa Claus. His son is a bit whiny about his dad needing to work one day a year, when before he used to hate going over to his dad's house. The best line in the movie is at the end when the kid says "I think I’m going to go into the family business". So, he is going to kill his dad? It gets deep. 

Rating: 3/5

This was quite the movie. I never saw it when it came out, and it did not age particularly well. JTT is a rich kid going to college in California, enjoying cars, girls, and his backstage passes to DMB. His girlfriend isn't impressed with him trying to whisk her away to Mexico for Christmas, as she would rather go home. JTT is offered a Porsche if he comes home for Christmas this year, and so of course he changes his mind and lets his girlfriend know he wants to go home now. Things happen that make him be lost in the desert with a santa hat and beard glued on him, and he has to try to hitchhike or find a way to pay to get himself home before 6pm. 

JTT learns some lessons along the journey, becomes a better person, and we see some funny lines and jokes along the way. 

Rating: 2.5/5

This movie is a classic, easy to watch every holiday season. Buddy is an enjoyable character, with the typical grumpy man that most holiday movies have. There are some questions I have about this movie, like do department stores really have shower rooms for employees? And that manager at Gimbels is great, especially with his phrase he sets if anyone finds out who decorated the store, "Santa's got a brand new bag". The elves are a bit mean to Buddy in the beginning though. They treat him like the Abominable with their comments on what he is good at, like: "you can change the batteries in the smoke detector!"

Rating 4.5/5

This movie is hard to beat. It has all the awkward family members you can expect to see on Christmas, the grandparents that can't hear and fall asleep anywhere, and food mishaps. Cousin Eddie coming and living in an RV in the driveway is anyones nightmare (except the one in the RV that came over). The awkward shopping scene with Mary, the effort of putting lights all over the roof to not have them turn on, and the kids not wanting to have anything to do with Christmas or cutting down tree. 

There are lots of fun moments to laugh about and help ease anyone's family stress away. It's A Wonderful Life is also on the TV in this movie too!

Rating 4.5/5

There is a lot of Christmas in this movie. The cranky rich woman that is a scrooge even though she have expensive snowman decorations, the holiday bars, Its A Wonderful Life on the TV, and carolers. There is one song that gets played over and over again that sounds exacty like the intro song to the Burbs, and Billy acts like an idiot quite a bit and can't pay attention to his clock or what day he was supposed to go on a date with Kate, but the movie is funny and entertaining to watch. 

Conspiracy Theory: I think the old store owner that sold the mogwai is trying to destroy small town America. He has the mogwai out, irresistible to people, and says he won't sell it. The kid goes out and offers to get it for him, and the store owner tells the person the 3 rules. The mogwai is brought to the small town, people don't pay attention and feed them/give them water and they multiply and destroy the town. Only then does the store owner to come back and take the mogwai back or the next victim. 

Rating 3.25/5

What even is traveling anymore? Or working in an office? Its stressful looking at all those people standing so close to eachother waiting to get a cab. The guy on the plane on Steve Martin's shoulder starts coughing on him! This would immediately get someone a hefty glare or removal from a plane nowadays. Also, the train when it stops wouldn't kick everyone off and make them walk for 1.5 miles to get to the bus station. The end is so sad when he realizes that Del's wife is dead. It's funny, and gives the typical holiday feelings at the end. The worst part of the movie is all the stress of the bad things that keep happening and all the delays of getting home. What happened to the guy that took the 8pm flight in the beginning? Did he make it home OK on the first day? 

Rating: 3.25/5