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I shall be abusing Sky classics channel....
Wild bunch
Marathon man
The Gubs of Novocane
Ten commandments
Planet of the apes
Taxi driver
Serpico
True grit
Zulu
Italian job
Spartacus
The godfather
Magnificent 7 Return of the 7 Guns if the magnificent 7
Magnificent 7 ride!
Once upon a time in the west
Lawrence of arabia
The great escape
The godfather part 2
French connection 1 and 2
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VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
A wallow in the excesses of the 1960's, but with an ending in the snow. Great fun and a great idea!
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Black Christmas, among others.
I've always been curious about this film, having Margot Kidder and all.
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Oops, it sounds like I failed to think up non-Christmas stuff, like the OP asked. Sorry, Monty.
For me, Christmas movie entertainment is not so much about the holiday but about some spectacle not seen any other time of year.
So, I usually wait until Christmas to catch something in the theater that I find very interesting (INTO THE WOODS), or on video that I am curious to see mostly because everybody else paid to see it and I'm willing to wait to see it for free from the library's dvd collection (the gas-blown, 17-plus hours of THE HOBBIT).
So to me, those "roadshow-style," "event" films are what I enjoy seeing at Christmas.
(Except this year, where nothing big and interesting is in the theaters and nothing in the library).
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Black Christmas, among others.
I've always been curious about this film, having Margot Kidder and all.
Margot Kidder is GREAT in this. The film might seem a bit humdrum (even unintentionally funny once or twice) given the many, many slashers that followed. But it's worth bearing in mind that it was (alongside TTCM that same year) the first American slasher—unless you count Psycho?—and that many of its ideas would be copied and parodied nearly to death over the decades to come. And even given all that, the film still manages to pull off what feels like a refreshingly original ending.
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Forbidden Area - the first Playhouse 90 episode, about the USSR planning an invasion on Dec. 25.
The Fallen Sparrow and Cat People - both creepy 40s films with a dark snowy urban environment, and effective scores by Roy Webb.
You should follow up with Curse of the Cat People, which truly is a Christmas film.
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Mainly because they remind me of toys come to life, tomorrow I'll be watching a bunch of Ishiro Honda films: "Mothra" "Atragon" "King Kong vs. Godzilla" and maybe "Terror of Mechagodzilla". I loved these films as a kid, and love them even more now. They always make me feel nostalgically happy.
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Or a whole day of Carry on films on uk itv3!!
"Bloodings stove!"
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The desert fox and the heroes of telemark and 633 squadron later.
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Black Christmas, among others.
I've always been curious about this film, having Margot Kidder and all.
Margot Kidder is GREAT in this. The film might seem a bit humdrum (even unintentionally funny once or twice) given the many, many slashers that followed. But it's worth bearing in mind that it was (alongside TTCM that same year) the first American slasher—unless you count Psycho?—and that many of its ideas would be copied and parodied nearly to death over the decades to come. And even given all that, the film still manages to pull off what feels like a refreshingly original ending.
Thanks for the encouragement. I've seen about 10 minutes so far and I'm bored/annoyed.
I don't enjoy watching a film knowing that just about everybody is going to meet a gruesome end. I'l try to make it further into it, but I'm dubious.
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Have watched:
Lethal Weapon - Superman - The Christmas Chronicles - A Christmas Carol - Silent Night Deadly Night - Jingle all the Way - OHMSS - Home Alone 1&2 - The Pink Panther - A Shot in the Dark - Pink Panther Strikes Again - Revenge of the Pink Panther - Trail of the Pink Panther - Back to the Future 1-3 - Pinocchio - The Polar Express - The Man Who Invented Christmas - Never Say Never Again - Big Business - Fra Diavolo - Swiss Miss - The Bohemian Girl - It's a Wonderful Life - Christmas Vacation .....and so
it continues!
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I did watch the Ishiro Honda films (and I finished reading his fairly recently published biography). Then went on this week to Crazy Rich Asians, The Fall of the Roman Empire (well most of the fall...maybe up until the teetering...), Once Upon a Time in China, The Secret of Dorian Gray, The Sea Hawk, Tarzan's Greatest Adventure, Werewolf of London. Not sure what I will watch over the coming New Year's weekend -- maybe finally get to the Criterion set of Sternberg/Dietrich. Probably more of the Universal Monsters blu-ray integral box set. Happy New Year everyone!
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Where eagles dare shortly!!
Although rather worryingly the announcer just said "an important general is captured by the enemy and its up to Richard Burton and John Wayne to rescue him in our movie next, stay with itv4 for Where Eagles Dare...!"
Erm...ive seen it only about 50 times so i guess i missed the Duke's cameo.
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Black Christmas ... it's worth bearing in mind that it was (alongside TTCM that same year) the first American slasher—unless you count Psycho?—and that many of its ideas would be copied and parodied nearly to death over the decades to come.
Technically, BLACK CHRISTMAS is a Canadian film, financed by Film Funding Ltd. of Canada and the Canadian Film Development Corporation. But, like most Canadian films that we've heard of, it's because it made its name (and money) in the States.
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