Christmas is a time marked by tradition. For every family that celebrates the rituals are different, yet some things are close to universal: a tree strung in lights and ornaments; a house shining bright; and perhaps a candle in every window. Plus, there are the movies.
Christmas movies are as ubiquitous as ornaments these days, with streaming services like Netflix turning them into a virtual cottage industry. However, we all have our own personal favorites that tend to be made of longer lasting stuff–the kind that are almost their own ritual we revisit every new Yuletide season.
Below our staff has offered some of their own personal favorites that are perhaps largely off the more beaten track that defines the obvious classics… but each offers their own kind of Christmas magic every December.
It’s not Christmas until I watch… Scrooged (1988)
It is important to remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Christmas movies are as ubiquitous as ornaments these days, with streaming services like Netflix turning them into a virtual cottage industry. However, we all have our own personal favorites that tend to be made of longer lasting stuff–the kind that are almost their own ritual we revisit every new Yuletide season.
Below our staff has offered some of their own personal favorites that are perhaps largely off the more beaten track that defines the obvious classics… but each offers their own kind of Christmas magic every December.
It’s not Christmas until I watch… Scrooged (1988)
It is important to remember the true meaning of Christmas.
- 12/1/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Ad-libbing is an art relished by many of the great comedy actors of our time, like Steve Martin, the late John Candy, and Robin Williams, just to name a few. It helps actors add their own unique flavor to their respective roles, which makes for more authentic and natural performances. The downside is that capturing actors' off-the-cuff quips can cause complications on set, as was the case with Martin and Candy on the holiday classic "Planes, Trains and Automobiles." Another example can be found in yet another holiday classic: 1988's "Scrooged."
In the movie, which is a modern update to Charles Dickens' 1983 novella "A Christmas Carol," Bill Murray plays Frank Cross, a young Ebenezer Scrooge-like TV executive who is ironically the showrunner of an upcoming live production of "A Christmas Carol." Before the show, he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. They respectively show him his evil origin story,...
In the movie, which is a modern update to Charles Dickens' 1983 novella "A Christmas Carol," Bill Murray plays Frank Cross, a young Ebenezer Scrooge-like TV executive who is ironically the showrunner of an upcoming live production of "A Christmas Carol." Before the show, he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. They respectively show him his evil origin story,...
- 11/28/2022
- by J. Gabriel Ware
- Slash Film
In the 1988 dark comedy Scrooged, cold-hearted TV exec Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is about to unveil a live-broadcast adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. But the mean-spirited Frank doesn’t want a quaint, cutesy commercial for the show. He wants something dark and gritty, so he cuts his own trailer which features a parade of nightmarish […]
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- 12/19/2019
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
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