Alastair Sim plays the title character in what was considered for decades to be maybe the definitive version of the Dickens story, though I was a little thrown by the way the movie makes up a bunch of extra bits of Scrooge’s origin story for no discernible reason.
Category Archives: Holiday Virtual Festival
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992)
My favorite Christmas movie, bar none, featuring Michael Caine as Scrooge and Gonzo the Great as Charles Dickens.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
The ultimate feel-good movie, or harrowing exercise in existential angst? Possibly both.
DIE HARD (1988)
Some people have called this the “perfect action movie,” and it launched the careers of Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman. But is it a Christmas movie?
SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS (1964)
I unreservedly love this nutso sci-fi mashup, despite it being a routine entry on “worst movies of all time” lists.
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
Seriously one of the better horror movies I’ve seen, surrounded by jingle bells and tinsel.
WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)
Great Irving Berlin songs, great performances, and a plot you shouldn’t think about too hard.
SCROOGED (1988)
A Christmas Carol for the 1980s, extremely cynical and with more people getting hit in the face with toasters.
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
A holiday classic about whether a crazy guy who thinks he’s Santa is actually Santa, made a time when studios insisted Christmas movies wouldn’t sell.
AN AMERICAN TAIL (1986)
I have many questions about this animated musical and its story about oppressed Jewish immigrant mice.
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