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Holiday Thoughts by Bill Mesce
Sound on Sight has always been one of my favorite places to intellectually hang out, and the people who write for SOS and who post their comments – positive and negative – I’ve come to think of as my own Cheers-type ensemble of fellow hangers-out (hang-outers?). This is a time of year I tend to […] More
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 75: ‘One Magic Christmas’
Is the Christmas season one tinged with bleakness? Do all the great holiday movies–It’s A Wonderful Life or A Christmas Carol, for example–begin at a place of immense sadness? Is that what makes them great? And how does religion factor into our enjoyment of holiday films? Lots of heady topics to unwrap on this week’s […] More
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Extended Thoughts on ‘One Magic Christmas’
One Magic Christmas Directed by Phillip Borsos Written by Phillip Borsos, Barry Healey, Thomas Meehan Starring Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, Elisabeth Harnois, Gary Basaraba I suppose it’s perfectly fitting that religion became a topic of discussion on our most recent episode, seeing as the movie we were discussing was set at Christmas, one of […] More
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25 Days of Christmas: ‘We’re No Angels’ puts a welcome twist on the standard Christmas Wish story
Throughout the month of December, TV Editor Kate Kulzick and Film Editor Ricky D will review classic Christmas adaptions, posting a total of 13 each, one a day, until the 25th of December. The catch: They will swap roles as Rick takes on reviews of television Christmas specials and Kate takes on Christmas movies. Today […] More
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25 Days of Christmas: ‘Meet John Doe’ is familiar, but fun
Throughout the month of December, TV Editor Kate Kulzick and Film Editor Ricky D will review classic Christmas adaptions, posting a total of 13 each, one a day, until the 25th of December. The catch: They will swap roles as Rick will take on reviews of classic television Christmas specials and Kate will take on […] More