The work of C.S Lewis had entertained generations of children and adults before it was adapted to the small screen. Back in 1988 the BBC’s TV adaptation was a Sunday afternoon classic, sure it’s aged badly and all looks like it was filmed in the back garden, it’s a worthy (if oddly creepy) retelling of [...]

One man, 52 Christmas movies, one must be watched every week or the challenge is lost. Welcome to The Christmas Movie Challenge. After last week’s harsh reminder of exactly how awful the Star Wars Holiday Special really was, I needed merriment; I needed John Lithgow in an over the top performance as a scheming toy [...]

After Ben Affleck nearly ruined my Christmas Movie Challenge last week, I needed a go to film certain to raise a cheer. I’d like to point out that it was watching Surviving Christmas that ruined it, and not Affleck turning up at my house and pissing on my Christmas tree announcing to the world that [...]

One man, 52 Christmas movies, one must be watched every week or the challenge is lost. Welcome to The Christmas Movie Challenge. As this week’s title is the first TV show to be part of this Christmas Movie Challenge, it had to be something extra special. In 1978 one Christmas TV special was so good, [...]

As I near the halfway mark in this year long Christmas Movie Challenge, I fancied getting my rom com on Christmas style. There are few seasonal romantic comedies, or rather more accurately there are very few good ones. The battle to find a watchable one is a challenge in itself, Four Chritmases starring Vince Vaughn [...]