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Not wanting to squander our final Writing Switch of 2020 and the best opportunity for holiday-themed hot takes, enjoy these meandering stocking stuffers of Christmas vignettes and cheers to 2021
What makes a Christmas film? I trust we can all agree on the obvious ones: It’s a Wonderful Life, Home Alone, Elf, The Muppets Christmas Carol and the definitive 1951 Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim, to name but a few. Common themes include families reuniting, changes of heart and the redemptive power of the festive period. These films needn’t be exclusively sappy or heartwarming. Because of It’s a Wonderful Life’s happy ending we often forget the trauma Jimmy Stewart’s George Bailey endures beforehand. The edgy classic Bad Santa, starring Billy Bob Thornton as a heavy-dr...
Itâs not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Tower. As the holiday season rolls back around, âDie Hardâ returns to the big screen for a limited run in a COVID-19 world where theaters are desperate for anything to attract customers to return. The Bruce Willis-led feature was one of the defining movies of the 1980s â helping set the stage for the emergence of a new type of action film with an everyman fighting insurmountable odds with the likes of âSpeed,â âUnder Siegeâ and âCon Air.â But much like the debates rage over whether a hot...