Before we jump in: Merry Christmas everyone! The Christmas Setup Starring Ben Lewis and Blake Lee Screenplay by Michael J. Murray Directed by Pat Mills The Christmas Setup on IMDB Verdict: Best of 2020; cleared my skin and watered my crops This will probably be my shortest review of the year, because all I can say is: go watch this…
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Happiest Season is this year's most anticipated queer holiday movie. Does it live up to the hype? It's complicated.
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Hallmark's first gay couple doesn't get much screen time, but they make the most of what they have.
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Writer-director Otoja Abit set out to tell a classic story of Christmas magic and true love. The movie he actually made is... well, not that.
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2020 is breaking new ground in cheesy Christmas representation. How will Hallmark, Lifetime, Hulu, and Netflix's movies do? Find out this week!
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The soft 1995 adaptation of Austen's latest novel is a beautiful rendition of the book's optimism and romance.
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Let's see how the American 90s tackled Austen's infamous "unlikable" heroine. (What is this movie??)
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Lost in Austen is absolutely, obviously not a serious or faithful adaptation of Austen's book. It is a fun exploration of what the book characters might be like as real people, and of what would happen if a modern-day reader fell into her favorite classic novel. This "romantic comedy of errors with a pinch of fantasy" is silly but entertaining.
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The 1995 Pride and Prejudice is one of the best-known period dramas and Austen adaptations of modern times. Join me for a brief running commentary as I binge 327 minutes in two nights.
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The 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie is both widely popular and widely criticized. Does it deserve either such praise or such censure?