DVD Flashback: Santa Claus – the Movie

Rodney

Title= Santa Claus – the movie (1985)
Score= 5
Summary= This 1985 big Christmas production is a blast from the past. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc stars Dudley Moore as an elf who goes to NYC in order to impress his boss Santa. In NY he gets mixed up with an evil toy manufacturer played by John Lithgow. Lithgow want to put Santa out of business and Moore must fight to keep it alive. A great movie for the family and a retrospective of cutting edge movie effects in 1985. A forgotten about movie which makes a great conversation piece for your DVD collection.

Audio Edition – December 16th 2005

John Campea

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AudioDescription=Today on the Audio Edition Doug and I discuss the wonders of Christmas shopping, Brad’s Christmas movie list with Scroged and Bad Santa, the late great John Ritter, we review King Kong, the rumour of Phillip Hoffman as The Penguin in the next Batman film and a few things more.
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DVD Flashback: Elf

Rodney

Title= Elf (2003)
Score= 6
Summary= Jon Favreau directs the cast of Will Ferrell, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen and Zooey Deschanel in this silly fish out of water Christmas tale. Buddy the elf finds out he is a human and heads to NYC to find his father. There he must learn the ways of the city and earn the love of his new family and friends. Buddy finds himself in a number of situations which lead to falling in love, having a new family and of course saving Christmas. A fun movie with a good cast and filled with physical comedy. A nice light hearted film for the Holidays.

American Dreamz trailer

Rodney

Here’s a wierd one, I saw this trailer on Apple a few days ago and to be honest it didn’t inspire me to click on it, now I’ve read about it and watched the trailer I’m a bit more excited. Willem Dafoe, Dennis Quaid and Hugh Grant. Interested? Read on. … [Read More]

Oscars kill Dutch hopes again?

Rodney

The people behind the Oscars have gone and refused entry for the official Dutch entry this year, and they’ve notified them so late that there’s no chance of submitting another entry! Bluebird has been dropped for being aired on TV already. Okay, it’s a major rule of the Academy of … [Read More]

Tarantino’s Hell Ride greenlit

Rodney

Quentin Tarantino has just had his latest project greenlit. It’s going to be a B-movie motorcycle flick where three riders have deadly, unfinished business between them, one of which will be Tarantino himself. A ready made excuse for a poor movie perhaps? From Cinematical comes the news that he’s set … [Read More]

Computers predict good movies

Rodney

Yes it’s really come to that, this either means that the Execs who did this before in Studios are idiots, or that Computers are now so powerful that they can predict movies which will be a success. Of course, there’s another option. It’s rubbish and doesn’t really work. From New … [Read More]

DVD Flashback: Badder Santa

Rodney

Title= Badder Santa (2004)
Score= 8
Summary= Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, John Ritter and Bernie Mac star in this raw adult sure to be Christmas classic. Big laughs from start to finish. The rough and grizzled Billy Bob has numerous unforgettable laugh out load scenes with the young Brett Kelly. John Ritter gives us a winning performance for his last as the mall manager Bob Chipeska. Ritter plays a character like never before, simple shy and uncomfortable – funny, funny and once again funny. You will shoot egg nog from your nose and feel some Christmas spirit by the end.

Batman Penguin rumours

Rodney

If I’m being honest I’ve been avoiding rumours of baddies in the next Batman movie, it’s getting as bad as the Bond rumours were (and now the Bond villian rumours are!) still, this one just might be worth speculating about. From all over the web, but grabbed from Moviehole, is … [Read More]