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.
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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