Movie Journal
Scrooged (1988)
★★★
Dec 24, 2023
Watched on Sunday December 24, 2023.
Die Hard (1988)
★★★★
Dec 24, 2023
Watched on Sunday December 24, 2023.
The Night Before (2015)
★★★★
Dec 23, 2023
New holiday tradition. Total shock of a banger.
Elf (2003)
★★★★
½
Dec 23, 2023
Half a star off for not enough Zooey.
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★★
½
Dec 23, 2023
That was surprisingly a lot of fun. Pretty solid, actually, and avoided being overly cheesy… until the climactic “battle” scene.
A Christmas Story (1983)
★★★★
Dec 23, 2023
Watched on Saturday December 23, 2023.
Gremlins (1984)
★★★
½
Dec 20, 2023
I can’t decide if it’s 1 star or 5… 1 star for acting and dialogue but 5 for campy “PG” pandemonium.
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
★★★
½
Dec 17, 2023
That’s a religion I can get behind.
I was sleepy and jet lagged in this… need to rewatch.
The Skeleton Twins (2014)
★★★
½
Dec 15, 2023
True, deep pain. Awesome acting and genuinely believable characters.
La La Land (2016)
★★★★
½
Dec 15, 2023
It didn’t really grip me at first but when it did… wow.