#NowWatching “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” (2024) on Starz

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Directed by Dallas Jenkins

Nobody is ready for the mayhem and surprises that ensue when six of the worst youngsters disrupt the town's yearly Christmas performance.

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#NowWatching “Holiday Inn” (1948) on 4K UHD Blu-Ray from Universal Studios

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Directed by Mark Sandrich & Robert Allen
Starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale

At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer

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#NowWatching “Fantômas” (1964) from Eureka Filmsi

Directed by André Hunebelle
Starring Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot

The best men of France - a brave journalist and an extremely energetic commissioner - attack the trail of a mysterious criminal mastermind.

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#NowWatching “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (1982) from The Criterion Collection

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Directed by Amy Heckerling
Written by Cameron Crowe
Starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Phoebe Cates

A group of SoCal high school students would rather ignore their studies and instead indulge in their teenage distractions.

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#NowWatching “Adult Swim Yule Log” (2022) in Dekanalog

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Written & directed by Casper Kelly
Starring Tordy Clark, Andrea Laing, Justin Miles

What starts as a simple yule log feed devolves into a surrealist nightmare, as a couple and a group of podcasters spend the night in a double-booked cabin that is secretly occupied by evil and murderous forces.

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#NowWatching “Fatman” (2020) on Netflix

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Directed by Eshom & Ian Nelms
Starring Mel Gibson, Walter Goggins

A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

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#NowWatching “The Bitch Who Stole Christmas” (2021) on Fandango-at-Home
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Directed by Don Scardino
Starring Ru Paul, Krysta Rodriguez, Andy Ridings,

A workaholic big-city fashion journalist is sent to a Christmas-obsessed town to dig up a story.

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#NowWatching ”Father Hood” (1993), #278 on the D23 list of theatrically-released feature films made by The Walt Disney Company (released under the Hollywood Pictures brand).

I’m viewing all 800+ films IN ORDER.

The List: https://d23.com/list-of-disney-films

Directed by Darrell Roodt
Starring Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd

Adventures of a deadbeat dad who kidnaps his kids from the bus. Based on the true life stories and experiences of Michael J. Hardy.

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#NowWatching “Diabolik” (2021) on The Kino Collection

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Directed by the Manetti brothers
Starring Luca Marinelli, Miriam Leone

The dark and romantic story of the first meeting between master thief Diabolik and Eva Kant, set in the fictional state of Clerville in the late 1960s. Inspector Ginko is on the hunt for the criminal, trying to stop his evil plans.

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#NowWatching “Riefenstahl” (2024) on Kino Film Collection

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Written & directed by Andres Veiel

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.

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#NowWatching “Ship of Fools” (1965) in Indicator Films

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Directed by Stanley Kramer
Starring Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, George Segal

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early-1930s society.

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#NowWatching “Dark Habits” (1983) on The Criterion Channel

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Written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Starring Cristina Sánchez Pascual, Will More, Laura Cepeda

A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.

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#NowWatching “Now, Voyager” (1942) in The Criterion Channel

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Directed by Irving Rapper
Starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.

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#NowWatching “The Photographer of Mauthausen” (2018) on Netflix

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Directed by Mar Targarona
Starring Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden

Based on real events, Francesc Boix is a Spaniard inmate in the Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria who tries to save the evidences of the horrors committed inside its walls.

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#NowWatching ”My Boyfriend's Back” (1993), #277 on the D23 list of theatrically-released feature films made by The Walt Disney Company (released under the Touchstone brand).

I’m viewing all 800+ films IN ORDER.

The List: https://d23.com/list-of-disney-films

Directed by Bob Balaban
Starring Andrew Lowery, Traci Lind, Mathew Fox, Philip Seymour Hoffman

A teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most beautiful girl in school.

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#NowWatching “The Snorkel” (1958) in the Indicator Films

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Although the police have termed her mother's death a suicide, a teen girl believes her step-father murdered her

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#NowWatching “Holy Motors” (2012) in the Shout! Select

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Written & directed Leos Carax
Starring Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes

A man boards a limousine to be driven to his day's work: nine mysterious "appointments."

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#NowWatching “Lady Morgan's Vengeance” (1965) in the Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror blu-ray box set from Arrow

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Directed Massimo Pupillo
Starring Gordon Mitchell, Erika Blanc

A young woman is killed by her treacherous husband and returns as a vengeful ghost.

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#NowWatching “Smile” (1975) on blu-ray from Fun City Editions

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Directed Michael Ritchie
Starring Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd

A social comedy about a beauty pageant for young Californian women, held annually in Santa Rosa, and how it affects the locals and participants.

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#NowWatching “Zero City” / “Zerograd” (1988) on blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile

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Directed Karen Shakhnazarov
Starring Leonid Filatov, Oleg Basilashvili

Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.

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