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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

5 Perfect December Films on Netflix

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Finding a quality movie that matches the chestnuts-roasting mood of the holidays is tricky. My mistakes of Christmas past include renting the holiday hatefest Four Christmases, paying ticket price for Ben Affleck’s Surviving Christmas /Reindeer Games and binge-watching BBC’s 1950’s drama Call The Midwife (yikes the drama!) These finds should make for a merrier Netflixmas:



Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
If you missed Elton and Lady Gaga performing Gaga and the Jets, or Beaker, Swedish Chef and Animal carolling Jingle Bells (or something like that song) when this aired on TV in 2013, this is your lucky hour. Now that we are past the fatigue of Gaga’s 2013 album push, this one is much merrier to enjoy.


 



The Trip To Italy (available Dec 22)
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s restaurant critic characters go on  another holiday road trip. If you’re looking for a light comedy, scenic Italian views and some British humor, this will likely be your cup of tea. Their first film together, The Trip, is available on Netflix now.

White Christmas
The classic film, featuring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and George Clooney’s mom, holds up better than almost all 1950s films and it features the number one hit of all time, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. It also features my favorite, Snow.








The Wolf of Wall Street (available Dec 11) 
If your December is more car horns honking and f-word cursing than Irving Berlinish, this film should fit right in. Scorsese’s fantastic film uses that other f-word a total of 506 times.



Love Actually
This modern classic only gets better with each viewing. I want to hold a sign up for Richard Curtis’ 2003 film that says,“to me you are perfect.” It just is. 


 The ten buck review: Netflix is always worth ten bucks.

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