Displaying all 4 Episode of Late to the Movies with the tag “christmas”.
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Christmas in Connecticut
December 25th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
barbara stanwyck, ben holt, christmas, christmas in connecticut, dennis morgan, film, holiday movies, late to the movies, movie, peter godfrey, review, sydney greenstreet
Holiday Month hits peak-merriment with Christmas in Connecticut! Ben and Anthony discuss the 1945 classic, in which screen legend Barbara Stanwyck hosts a total goof-fest in order to... preserve gender roles? Or maybe to critique them, if you're being generous? Listen along and decide for yourself!
Directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet.
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Gremlins
December 18th, 2023 | 57 mins 1 sec
ben holt, chris columbus, christmas, film, gizmo, gremlins, holiday movies, howie mandel, joe dante, late to the movies, mogwai, movie, phoebe cates, review, steven spielberg, zach galligan
Holiday season continues with the 1984 comedy-horror classic, Gremlins! Ben, Cory, Noah, and Robbie hop in their Kentucky Harvesters, take a ride on faulty stair lift, and break all three simple rules for Mogwai care while discussing Joe Dante's tonal mashup.
Directed by Joe Dante, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Chris Columbus. Starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo.
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It's A Wonderful Life
December 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 22 mins
ben holt, christmas, donna reed, film, frank capra, holiday movies, its a wonderful life, james stewart, jimmy stewart, late to the movies, movie, review
Continuing December's focus on Holiday Movies, this week we've got one of the all-time classics - Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, and Ray discuss the 1946 film.
Directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers.
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Black Christmas
December 4th, 2023 | 1 hr 34 mins
andrea martin, ben holt, black christmas, bob clark, canada, christmas, film, holiday movies, john saxon, keir dullea, late to the movies, margot kidder, movie, olivia hussey, review
This December, we're getting in the holiday spirit with a full month of Christmas movies! Up first, the very wholesome, family friendly Black Christmas! Ben, Bree, and Sam discuss the 1974 Canuxploitation cult-classic, considered to be the first slasher.
Directed by Bob Clark, written by A. Roy Moore, and starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon.