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    jian replied to the thread Best Christmas films.
    There’s a place near us (Martini Town in Langley) where they film pretty much every Hallmark Christmas film in the summer. We went there...
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    jian replied to the thread Best Christmas films.
    Let’s do some TV classics: In the UK there was always a Bond film on, as @Paul Farquhar notes, along with Star Wars and Disney Time...
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    jian replied to the thread Best Christmas films.
    One I haven’t seen mentioned is the Czech classic Type 1 Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella, which is a really neat piece of period...
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    jian reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Best Christmas films with Like Like.
    The other thing is it’s an action movie, which is exactly the sort of movie all the family can enjoy. It’s why a Bond movie used to be...
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    jian replied to the thread Best Christmas films.
    Yeah, I tend not to think of rules so much as points for and against. Die Hard came out in the summer and isn’t really about Christmas...
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    jian reacted to payn's post in the thread Best Christmas films with Like Like.
    Right. A June/July release meant that the VHS would be available right on time for the holiday. The rental business was huge then.
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    jian reacted to Kobold Stew's post in the thread Best Christmas films with Like Like.
    (2) Alt Christmas film, if you can find it, is Bill Forsyth's Comfort and Joy: Glasgow radio dj gets caught up in a gang war between ice...
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    jian replied to the thread Best Christmas films.
    Ah well, I agree that’s a point against it, but not against the 1994 remake. I’m honestly not bothered either way.
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    jian replied to the thread Best Christmas films.
    Yup, which is partly why it can never make it above a Type 3 in my book.
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    Well, I thought this instructional webcomic was very helpful: https://www.uptofourplayers.com/ready-to-roll/star-wars-rpg-rules/ And...
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    After binging through Stranger Things and Hazbin Hotel, I am now watching Heated Rivalry, the gay hockey series on Crave in Canada and...
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    Viki is also pretty good for Korean dramas - it has a larger selection and includes those which used to be on other streamers, such as...
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    I just finished watching The Immortal Ascension, a live-action TV adaptation of Wang Yu's xianxia novel, A Record of a Mortal's Journey...
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    jian reacted to Olgar Shiverstone's post in the thread Best Christmas films with Like Like.
    1. A Christmas Story. Runners up: Muppet's Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th St. 2. Nightmare Before Christmas. (Struggled with this...
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    jian reacted to MarkB's post in the thread Best Christmas films with Like Like.
    The Muppets' Christmas Carol is the only Christmas movie I still watch every year.
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