Christmas Mix [DVD] [2015] [Region 1] [NTSC]

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As Buddy wanders the streets on Christmas Eve wondering how he fits in with the world, he sees Santa and his sleigh crash land in Central Park. Can Buddy help fix Santa’s sleigh and restore Christmas spirit to the jaded people of New York? For many years Home Alone was the biggest comedy of all time, and turned Macaulay Culkin into a huge Hollywood megastar. Affairs of the heart: Rooney Mara, left, and Cate Blanchett as lovers Therese and Carol in the adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel

Speaking of heteronorm-nativity, a glossy, mainstream Christmas romcom with a queer couple at its centre was long overdue – and boy did writer-director Clea DuVall deliver with Happiest Season. Starring Kristen Stewart as Abby, a kind-hearted Christmas-sceptic who must pretend to be straight when her closeted girlfriend (Makcenzie Davis) brings her home for the holidays, the film broke streaming records when it premiered on Hulu – the silver lining of its Coronavirus-scuppered cinema release. The film has its detractors – for some, the comic farce leans too far towards genuine emotional trauma – but in the long, slow struggle to make the yuletide a little bit more gay, it’s a great place to start. Alfred Enoch, fabulous, imagine that smile coming at you on a train, there's nothing you wouldn't agree to, he's such a lovely actor, such a different type of character for him to play, compare him in this to How to get away with murder. It's a gorgeous story of human interaction, human relationships, and I know it sounds horrendously corny, but the spirit of Christmas. Every single character is rich, deep and has a real story to tell. Fast forward to the 20th century where Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload and enlists the help of an assistant: an inventive and ambitious elf named Patch (Moore). When the toys Patch has made fall apart on Christmas Day, the elf flees the North Pole and heads to New York City. When food correspondent Carly gets a shot at her own show, she is sent to Angel Heights to help Grant open his diner and film it as a holiday special for her TV show. But will Grant and Carly also open their hearts?

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This Santa origin story pulls out all the stops and has become a cult classic. A woodcarver named Claus (Huddleston), delivers toys with his wife Anya to the village children. One night they are lost in a blizzard, are saved by elves and taken to the North Pole where the woodcarver fulfills his destiny to become Santa Claus. What a cast list, what an astonishing wealth of British talent here, so many favourites, Timothy Spall, Kaya (glorious) Scodelario, Joanna Scanlan, Ben Miller and many more.

Things go from bad to worse when Clark’s boss, Frank Shirley, withholds his yearly bonus. The farce snowballs when cousin Eddie kidnaps Frank and a SWAT team turns up to hold everyone at gunpoint. Can Clark still give the family a good, old fashioned Christmas despite these odds? Romance blooms between Phil and Judy, then Bob and Betty, as they stage a show to rescue the hotel and let their old general know he is still remembered fondly by the regiment he left behind. Clark is trying desperately to give his family a perfect Christmas. But things don’t go as planned when the extended family show up, not only are his parents fighting with his in-laws, but his cousin Eddie (Quaid) also turns up unannounced and starts living in a camper van on the Griswald property. It's a love story, it's a comedy, it's so much more than that, I found it rather an enchanting watch, I got into it straight away, and found the characters so rich. When widower Michael meets Olivia, his daughter’s dance teacher, a flame is sparked in the firefighter’s heart. However, young Lily’s jealousy and Olivia’s clouded outlook seem to extinguish any hope of romance.If you're seeking festive romance there's a whole collection of movies just for you on BBC iPlayer. Christmas in Toyland Did you know? Originally, the part of Buddy was written with Jim Carrey in mind and the whole script was far darker than the eventual film.

If ever there was a film to showcase the talents of man-child Will Ferrell, this is it! The film follows the journey of Buddy (Ferrell), a human raised as an Elf as he journeys to New York to meet his biological father, a children’s book publisher by the name of Walter Hobbs (Caan) whom Buddy is horrified to discover is on Santa’s naughty list. Dorey Walker (Perkins) is the director of special events for one of New York’s big department stores. She fires the store’s resident Santa Claus after he's found to be drunk before the Thanksgiving parade. Instead, she enlists the help of an elderly man called Kris Kringle (Attenborough) who looks like he really could be Santa. Kris does so well in the parade that Dorey hires him as the full time replacement.year-old Kevin (Culkin) accidentally ruins a family dinner the night before they fly to Paris for a holiday. He is punished by being made to sleep in the attic for the night. Overnight, a storm causes a power outage and the family wake up late for the airport. In their rush to leave - and because Kevin is in the attic - they head off without him. Did you know? This is a remake of the original 1947 film starring Maureen O’Hara and John Payne - which despite being a Christmas film was released in June that year! It was still a hit though. Unlike the original film, Macy’s department store in New York declined any involvement in the remake and a fictional store - Coles had to take its place instead. Did you know? This is the third instalment in the National Lampoon Vacation series and was developed from a short story by John Hughes called "Christmas ‘59", which was published in the December 1980 edition of the National Lampoon magazine.