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You don’t have to love Christmas to love this podcast. Collin Souter and Kerry Finegan delve into every type of Christmas movie ever made all year round!

25/11/2025

Our latest episode is up! We typically do whatever brand new Christmas movie comes down the pike at this time of year and, well, it's another Netflix phone-in. It's a hit, though, as these things usually are. Enjoy!
Our next episode: THE ICE HARVEST (2005).

Every year, Netflix kicks off the Christmas movie season with a little trifle of a rom-com that stars an actress whose name used to be commonly above the title in past decades. This year, it's Alicia Silverstone's turn in the formulaic "A Merry Little Ex-Mas," a tension-less comedy in whic

24/10/2025

Our latest episode is up! One of those episodes that was a long time coming (but only because of our original show intro). Patrick Ripoll joins us once again. We ran out of "Silent Night, Deadly Night" movies to talk about (or have we?), so we dug up this sleazy slasher from the same era. It doesn't make a lick of sense, but that's what makes it fun to talk about. Enjoy!

With all the Silent Night, Deadly Night films complete (or are they?), Kerry, Collin and their frequent guest at this time of year, Patrick Ripoll, take a look at another slasher film from the same era, the less controversial, but just as violent Don't Open Till Christmas, directed by (kind-of) and

27/09/2025

Our latest episode is up! Kind of an obscure one, but also a bit of a landmark film in its own way. "Remember The Night" (1940), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray is the first Christmas Romance movie. Author John Zukowski helps us unpack the movie itself (which is a very good, very funny movie) as well as its place in Christmas cinema history. Enjoy!

Unfortunately, our episode on "The Apartment" has to be postponed until next year. Our apologioes for that. Fortunately, author John Zukowski was able to step in at the last minute and introduce a new Christmas gem to us, "Remember The Night," a film starring Barbara Stanwyck and

11/09/2025

THE BALTIMORONS opens in more major cities this weekend. In our latest episode, we talked to the director, Jay Duplass, and the film's stars, Michael Strassner and Liz Larsen. This is a wonderful film you should all check out, especially if you need a very funny, crowd-pleasing diversion from all the stresses in our world, featuring two characters you could easily hang out with again. Enjoy!

The director and stars of the wonderful comedy "The Baltimorons" (currently/soon in theaters) join the show briefly to discuss the film's evolution and its purpose as a Christmas movie.

22/08/2025

Our latest episode is up! We take a look at two John Cusack movies. Both are celebrating their 40-year anniversary, both remain beloved by many for different reasons and both happen to be Christmas-adjacent films. We both have our preferences over which one we like more. Listen to find out who prefers what. Enjoy!

Kerry and Collin didn't plan on 2025 being a John Cusack-a-thon, but that's what ended up happening. After talking about "Serendipity" back in February and with "The Ice Harvest" coming up in December, the hosts decided to do a Cusack double-header of Christmas-adjacent films tha

08/08/2025

Our latest episode is up! We talked with Pat McDonald about the truly terrible, mysterious piece of early-'70s outsider art that is "Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny," a movie that gets bored with itself after 20 minutes, then shifts to a retelling of either Thumbelina or Jack and the Beanstalk, depending on which version you watch. Anyway, never give up, kids! We get into that, plus a bunch of new blu-rays. Enjoy!

Film critic Pat McDonald join Collin and Kerry to break down "Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny," one of the absolute weirdest holiday concoctions of all time with a just-barely-stitched-together film from 1972.

04/07/2025

We're releasing it a day early, because hey, we all could use a smile right now. Hopefully, this does the trick as we're joined by Erik Childress to talk about one of the dumbest things to ever come out of Florida and Hollywood. We love Cannon Studios films and this is one of the rare Christmas movies they had to offer. Join us as we look back on one of the craziest studios to ever exist with one of their silliest offerings. Enjoy!

Kerry and Collin are joined by frequent guest, Erik Childress (host of Movie Madness) to talk about one of the dumbest films to come out of 1985, from Cannon Studios, one of the most notorious movie studios of its era.

12/06/2025

Our latest episode is up! We watched all four "Bridget Jones's Diary" movies, all of which have some element of Christmas in them, but we focused on the first one the most, thanks to an article in GQ from 2016 saying it's the best Christmas movie ever. We're not nearly there in our assessment, but BJD sure is a step waaaayyyy up from the last movie we talked about. Also, lots of blu-rays to talk about.
Next film: Terry Gilliam's 1985 masterpiece, "Brazil."
Enjoy!

Based on the encouragement of a GQ article from 2016, Kerry and Collin took a look back at “Bridget Jones’s Diary” to see if the writer of said article had been onto something. That led them to go back and rewatch all of the “Bridget Jones” movies including the latest, which just came out ...

27/05/2025

Our latest episode is up! We're talkin' DECK THE HALLS, starring Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito, and wondering how such reliable, well-liked actors end up playing unlikable people in awful movies. It's enough to cause some viewers some form of existential dread. Good thing we're covering it in the off season. And at least Kerry has a Book segment. Enjoy!

Kerry and Collin plowed through this comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito as two feuding neighbors at Christmastime. The experience of watching the film caused one of them to ponder, "why are we doing this podcast?"

14/05/2025

We totally forgot to promote our latest episode. Film Festivals will do that to you. We finally finished the "Santa Clause" trilogy. Which one is the best? Not sure either of us have an answer, but it's good to wrap up another franchise. We talk about how much we both love Martin Short and we talk about Clint Eastwood and David Bowie in the Blu-ray segment. Enjoy! Our next film will be "Deck The Halls" (2006).

Kerry and Collin, while trying desperately to recall facts about part 2, finally round out the Tim Allen "Santa Clause" trilogy with should be the best of the bunch, considering the casting of Martin Short.

20/04/2025

Hey, wanna win a pair of free tickets to an upcoming movie at the Chicago Critics Film Festival? Listen to our latest episode to find out how. In our latest episode, we're joined by Nell Minow to talk about a relatively obscure film, "The Holly and the Ivy" (1952), which might be the first of the family-comes-home-for-the-holidays sub-genre of Christmas movies. It's a wonderful discovery and worth seeking out. Kerry also talks about three movies from "1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," including a Mike Leigh movie that kinda dovetails with our main discussion. Enjoy!

A listener requested this title quite some time ago and it finally happened! Film critic Nell Minow joins Kerry and Collin to talk about this relatively obscure, but wonderful movie that might just be the first ever in the sub-genre of holiday films where the family returns home for the holiday fest

05/04/2025

Our latest episode is up and it is epic! We have two stellar guests joining us for our discussion on the 1984 cult classic "Night of the Comet": we have the star of the film, Catherine Mary Stewart, who tells some great stories of what it was like to work on this apocalyptic fantasy. We also talk about "The Apple," "Dudes," "The Last Starfighter" and a few of the other Christmas films in which she appeared. We also have ms. marya e. gates, who is currently promoting her outstanding new book CINEMA HER WAY: VISIONARY FEMALE DIRECTORS IN THEIR OWN WORDS. The four of us get into a discussion on the industry and the women who continue to have to fight an uphill battle within it. Plus, a blu-ray segment. So yeah, it's A LOT! Enjoy!

Kerry and Collin are joined by Catherine Mary Stewart, star of the 1984 cult classic "Night of the Comet," as well as returning guest Marya E. Gates, author of the new book "Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors in Their Own Words."

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