Posts Tagged ‘santa-claus’

Prancer (1989)

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Sam Elliott | Cloris Leachman | Rutanya Alda | Abe Vigoda | Michael Constantine | Rebecca Harrell | John Duda | Ariana Richards | Mark Rolston | Johnny Galecki | Walter Charles | Victor Truro | Marcia Porter | Loren Janes | Shirley Starnes
Directors: John D. Hancock
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Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides the reindeer in her barn and feeds it cookies, until she can return it to Santa. Her father finds the reindeer an decides to sell it to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.

Elf (2003)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Ferrell | James Caan | Bob Newhart | Edward Asner | Mary Steenburgen | Zooey Deschanel | Daniel Tay | Faizon Love | Peter Dinklage | Amy Sedaris | Michael Lerner | Andy Richter | Kyle Gass | Artie Lange | Claire Lautier
Directors: Jon Favreau
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Buddy (Will Ferrell) was a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in Santa’s sack and ended up at the North Pole. Later, as an adult human who happened to be raised by elves, Santa allows him to go to New York City to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan). Hobbs, on Santa’s naughty list for being a heartless jerk, had no idea that Buddy was even born. Buddy, meanwhile, experiences the delights of New York City (and human culture) as only an elf can. When Walter’s relationship with Buddy interferes with his job, he is forced to reevaluate his priorities.

Reindeer Games (2000)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ben Affleck | Gary Sinise | Charlize Theron | Dennis Farina | James Frain | Donal Logue | Danny Trejo | Isaac Hayes | Gordon Tootoosis | Dana Stubblefield | Clarence Williams III | Mark Acheson | Tom Heaton | Michael Sunczyk | Douglas Arthurs
Directors: John Frankenheimer
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After being imprisoned for six years on a grand theft auto charge, Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck) and his cellmate Nick (James Frain) are finally going to be paroled. After hearing endless stories during his incarceration of Nick’s romantic correspondence to a woman named Ashley he has never met (Charlize Theron), Rudy is looking forward to returning to his family and having a fresh cup of hot chocolate. When Nick is killed during a prison riot, Rudy decides to assume Nick’s identity upon release from prison and meet up with the unknown woman. Burdened with a base knowledge of Nick’s Indian casino employment past, Rudy finds himself in too deep with Ashley’s brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise) and is violently forced to cooperate with a casino robbery that Gabriel and his gang have been planning with Nick in mind.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Jim Carrey | Taylor Momsen | Jeffrey Tambor | Christine Baranski | Bill Irwin | Molly Shannon | Clint Howard | Josh Ryan Evans | Mindy Sterling | Rachel Winfree | Rance Howard | Jeremy Howard | T.J. Thyne | Lacey Kohl | Nadja Pionilla
Directors: Ron Howard
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Based on the book by the famous Dr. Seuss. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Who’s, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Who’s love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos which he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch.

Bad Santa (2003)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton | Tony Cox | Brett Kelly | Lauren Graham | Lauren Tom | Bernie Mac | John Ritter | Ajay Naidu | Lorna Scott | Harrison Bieker | Alex Borstein | Dylan Charles | Billy Gardell | Lisa Ross | Bryan Callen
Directors: Terry Zwigoff
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“Bad Santa” is the story of two conmen who go on a road trip to malls dressed as Santa and his elf. Rather than spreading good cheer, the duo’s motive is to rob each establishment, a strategy that becomes complicated when they encounter an 8-year-old who teaches them the true meaning of Christmas.

Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Allen | Jamie Lee Curtis | Dan Aykroyd | M. Emmet Walsh | Elizabeth Franz | Erik Per Sullivan | Cheech Marin | Jake Busey | Austin Pendleton | Tom Poston | Julie Gonzalo | René Lavan | Caroline Rhea | Felicity Huffman | Patrick Breen
Directors: Joe Roth
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Allen portrays Luther Krank who, fed up with the commerciality of Christmas, decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.

The Santa Clause 2 (2002)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Allen | Elizabeth Mitchell | David Krumholtz | Eric Lloyd | Judge Reinhold | Wendy Crewson | Spencer Breslin | Liliana Mumy | Danielle Woodman | Art LaFleur | Aisha Tyler | Kevin Pollak | Jay Thomas | Michael Dorn | Christopher Attadia
Directors: Michael Lembeck
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Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Santa’s got problems (he’s even mysteriously losing weight) and things quickly go south when he finds out that his son, Charlie, has landed on this year’s “naughty” list. Desperate to help his son, Scott heads back home, leaving a substitute Claus to watch over things at the Pole. But when the substitute institutes some strange redefinitions of naughty and nice, putting Christmas at risk, it’s up to Scott to return with a new bag of magic to try to save Christmas.