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[19 Dec 2002 | 2 Comments | ]
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

There’s an old adage that we are all meant to learn from our mistakes. If this is indeed the truth, then thank God for “The Star Wars Holiday Special”. But “Wait!”, you say. “I’ve never heard of a Star Wars Holiday Special.” Well, friend, you’d be not the only one. You see, in today’s world, we are meant not to know that such a thing ever existed. But yet, if we set the wayback machine to November 17, 1978, homes across America were preparing to witness the follow-up to last summer’s blockbuster hit STAR WARS, this time right on their own television sets at home. The initial reaction to this special was so terrible that George Lucas ordered that the special never air again, and that all master copies be destroyed…

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[17 Dec 2002 | No Comment | ]

When judging the criteria for what qualifies in the top holiday movies of all time, some folks might question just exactly which holiday THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS best fits under. Is it a Halloween movie, or a Christmas movie…

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[15 Dec 2002 | No Comment | ]

In selecting the top ten movies for this holiday season, there were several films that just didn’t make the final cut. I figured that rather than just let these films go unmentioned, I would give them all a brief glossing over to pay them the little bit of tribute that they may or may not deserve. So here’s a sampling of other holiday favorites, some of which you can still catch in theaters now…

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[12 Dec 2002 | 3 Comments | ]

Suprise! Bet you didn’t think you’d be seeing this fine piece of cinematic goodness on this list, and quite so high either. But yes, the subgenre of yuletide slasher flicks has contributed one such film to our Retarded Christmas Top Ten, this one being one of the first to come down to the pike…

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[6 Dec 2002 | No Comment | ]

Denis Leary, star of our #10 Retarded Xmas movie THE REF, once said in his stand-up special No Cure for Cancer: “We all love the Muppets. They’re so cuuuuute!” And you know something? He’s right…

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[4 Dec 2002 | No Comment | ]

In choosing the #7 Christmas movie of all time, I decided again to go for something that isn’t always associated with the holiday season: 1988’s action movie extraordinnaire, DIE HARD…

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[3 Dec 2002 | One Comment | ]

Some people might immediately jump up and question the validity of some of the movies that I choose for “Christmas Movies”, but one you certainly can’t question is GREMLINS…

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[2 Dec 2002 | No Comment | ]

Bill Murray is one of the most consistently funny men in the history of modern cinema, and one of those folks who can make even the most mediocre scripts rather enjoyable. Such is the case with SCROOGED, the film that I’ve chosen as the #9 Christmas film of all time…

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[27 Nov 2002 | No Comment | ]

Well, I figured since the holidays are upon us, and I’ve really been short of time to see a lot of new movies, I figured I’d go through and review some of my favorite Christmas (Hannaukah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, whatever you celebrate, stay off my back!) movies of all time…