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December 18, 2013 Dire DVDs: Christmas Shoes

You’ve heard the song I bet. Someone’s sent you a link to either what they think is the most beautiful Christmas song, or the most painfully terrible Christmas song. I’m firmly in the “painfully terrible” camp on this one, so it’s with some trepidation I load up the Christmas Shoes DVD. I did ask a […]

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December 17, 2013 Tuesday 10: Non-Christmas Movies Set Around Christmas

I take a lot of flak from people when I say Die Hard is my favorite Christmas movie. “It’s not a Christmas movie! It only takes place at Christmas!” they say. I figure any movie that includes “Christmas in Hollis” on the soundtrack is a Christmas movie, but whatever. I guess it’s not a real […]

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December 11, 2013 Dire DVDs: A Christmas Romance

I’m not going to accuse this movie of being predictable, but the title pretty much tells us what’s going to happen, it’s just a matter of getting through the wacky misunderstandings first. This is why I can’t really “do” Romantic Comedy – I know everyone’s going to end up together and waiting for them to […]

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December 10, 2013 Tuesday 10: Harry Potter Characters

Last night my wife and I finished a watch-through of the Harry Potter movies, her first time through them. She loved them! It’s my third time seeing them and I enjoy them more each time. It’s great to watch the actors grow up in the roles just like the characters grow up in the stories, […]

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December 4, 2013 Dire DVDs: A Different Kind of Christmas

Friends, it is upon us. We are now in December and there’s nothing you can do about it. The year is hurtling to a close, and all those New Years Resolutions you made last year can be recycled for this year because let’s face it – you didn’t stick to them. The other thing about […]

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