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12 Days of Christmas: White Christmas

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Two war buddies become successful singer/songwriters, and end up at a quaint inn in Vermont and put on a show! It's Christmas Day, and Ashley, Matt & Ryan are here to talk about the classic White Christmas, in our final 12 Days of Christmas episode. Thank you for going on this holiday journey with us. Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays! 

12 Days of Christmas: Christmas Eve

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The three sons of an old woman must return home by Christmas Eve in order to save her finances. Ashley, Matt and Will talk about 1947's Christmas Eve , in our penultimate 12 Days of Christmas episode. 

12 Days of Christmas: Better Watch Out

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A night of babysitting during the holidays becomes an exercise in terror in Better Watch Out . Sean is back to help us review this 2016 thriller. Click on the link to listen!

Wonka

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A young Willy Wonka wants to open his own chocolate shop, but the local chocolatiers aren't happy about it. Much singing and dancing and danger ensues in Wonka , the new family film starring Timothee Chalamet, and directed by Paul King ( Paddington ). Click the link below to listen to our latest episode!

12 Days of Christmas: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

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Shelley Winters plays a rich, lonely woman mourning the untimely loss of her daughter in Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? Every Christmas she invites children from an orphanage to her gingerbread-like house and, this Christmas, something sinister is afoot. Ashley, Matt & Grant discuss this dark fairytale in today's 12 Days of Christmas episode.

12 Days of Christmas: Batman Returns

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It's Christmas in Gotham City, and Batman has his hands full with not, not two, but three villains! In this 12 Days of Christmas episode , we look back at one of Ryan 's favorite movies with Batman Returns .

12 Days of Christmas: Your Christmas or Mine 2

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Boyfriend and girlfriend once again accidentally go to different places for the holidays, and hilarity ensues in this sequel to last year's Your Christmas or Mine? Ashley & Matt review this new direct-to-streaming movie in today's 12 Days of Christmas episode.

12 Days of Christmas: Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

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Today's 12 Days of Christmas episode is about a sweet, 50 minute Muppets special from 1977. Rachel is back with us to talk about Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas . It's about family, friends, singing, and looking out for one another. Click on the link below to listen!

12 Days of Christmas: Reindeer Games

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A criminal (Ben Affleck) gets released from prison, and promptly hooks up with his dead cellmate's girlfriend (Charlize Theron). Things get thorny as they're roped into a Christmastime heist. Aaron joins us to talk about Reindeer Games , in today's 12 Days of Christmas episode.

12 Days of Christmas: The Christmas Setup

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A high-powered lawyer leaves NYC and returns home to "Milwaukee" for the holidays. There he stays with his mom, and maybe even finds love with an old high school classmate. Larry joins us to talk about the The Christmas Setup .

12 Days of Christmas: 1000 Miles from Christmas

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A Scrooge-like man is sent to audit the books of confectionary and, wouldn't you know it, is charmed by the small, chocolate-box town where it's located. Rosa joins us to discuss the Spanish holiday film, 1000 Miles from Christmas.

12 Days of Christmas: The Night Before

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Three friends spend a wacky and heartfelt Christmas Eve together in The Night Before . Sean joins us for today's 12 Days of Christmas episode!

12 Days of Christmas: Bachelor Mother

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A screwball comedy, set between Christmas and New Years, where a woman (Ginger Rogers) finds a baby on the steps of an adoption home, and everyone believes her to be the mother. David Niven stars as the somewhat oblivious potential love interest. Will McKinley joins us to talk about 1939's Bachelor Mother in the first of our sixth annual 12 Days of Christmas series!

Godzilla Minus One

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Godzilla wreaks havoc in post-WWII Japan in this 2023 movie featuring the classic monster. Ashley & Matt review  Godzilla Minus One , which has a surprisingly compelling human storyline to go along with all the mayhem.