Another year come and gone, holy moly! I haven't been keeping up with this thing much and now that I'm done all my holiday stuff I can take a few minutes to sit and post. This time of year is crazy for everybody, trying to get all the baking done, trying to get the shopping done, trying to get the packages shipped out in time, Christmas concerts, etc. So if you can, relax and take a breather with your eggnog and enjoy some good holiday flicks. I don't mean watch Christmas Vacation or A Christmas Story or A Charlie Brown Christmas for the hundred and tenth time. This year I've compiled a list of great holiday flicks to watch that are not for the whole family, but ones for the adults to sit and watch alone that they haven't already seen a million times. Here goes.....
Love ActuallyI love this flick. A great British ensemble film written and directed by
Richard Curtis featuring
Hugh Grant,
Colin Firth,
Liam Neeson,
Emma Thompson,
Keira Knightley,
Alan Rickman,
Laura Linney, hot ass
Rodrigo Santoro and many more. This Christmas film is part romantic comedy, part drama with a number of intertwining stories. Very entertaining and highly recommended.
The Holiday
Written and directed by
Nancy Meyers, this holiday film is more of a chick flick. Starring
Cameron Diaz and
Kate Winslet as two women unlucky in love and looking to get away from their lives. They meet over a holiday home exchange website and decide to live each other's lives for two weeks over the holiday season, mostly because they are far apart (L.A. and just outside London). I found this very entertaining and it wasn't just about two women getting away and finding possible romantic interests, but also finding parts of themselves again. Also starring
Jude Law,
Jack Black and
Eli Wallach.
The Family StoneThis film is a family drama written and directed by
Thomas Bezucha. Starring
Diane Keaton,
Craig T. Nelson,
Rachel McAdams,
Dermot Mulroney,
Luke Wilson,
Claire Danes,
Sarah Jessica Parker and more as a family meeting the son's girlfriend (Parker) for the first time at Christmas. It's a more offbeat and quirky holiday film and I love that the deaf gay character isn't made a novelty and how much of the dialogue among the family members is said also in sign language, even when not directly spoken to the deaf character. They said in the 'making of' featurette that they went through the script together line by line to decide which ones should also be in sign language. A different holiday film to watch to escape the usual standbys.
Grumpy Old Men
I like watching this one at Christmas, although not marketed as a Christmas film, I consider it one with all the snow and it taking place in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Plus it's a nice, light comedy to watch with the adult folks in the house, but also suitable to watch if you've got kids running around. Starring
Jack Lemmon and
Walter Matthau as two old neighbours and rivals fighting for the affection of the new town hottie, played by
Ann-Margret. A very funny film.
Have a safe and happy holiday season!! More ramblings to come......
Labels: holiday movies, merry christmas
