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30 Movies to Get You Through the Holidays : Ebert's Essentials / Roger Ebert.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ebert, Roger, author.
Series:
Ebert's Essentials
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Film criticism.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Reviews.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (120 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, 2024.
Kansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, [2012]
Summary:
The holidays—that time between Thanksgiving and New Year's—jam more "together" time together than any other time during the year. And all that being together calls for movies to watch together to celebrate the season or movies to watch alone to survive the season. From such classics to enjoy as a family like A Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life , and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles to more offbeat films like Home for the Holidays (the Thanksgiving family reunion from hell) and Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (an R-rated Santa Claus origin story crossed with The Thing) , Roger Ebert's full-length reviews suggest a wide range of titles sure to please everyone on your list. Also included are thoughtful films like John Huston's rendering of James Joyce's The Dead , a poignant look at life and Joyeux Noel, based on the true story of a spontaneous cease-fire between German and Allied troops on Christmas Eve 1914. As a bonus, in the enhanced version, more than half of the reviews include a clip of the movie's trailer.
Contents:
Intro
Half Title Page
Other Books by Roger Ebert
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Key to Symbols
Bad Santa
Bridget Jones's Diary
Christmas in the Clouds
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Tale
Comfort and Joy
The Dead
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Elf
Fanny and Alexander
Gremlins
Hannah and Her Sisters
Home for the Holidays
The Ice Harvest
It's a Wonderful Life
Joyeux Noel
Little Women
Love Actually
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Nothing Like the Holidays
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Polar Express
Prancer
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
The Ref
Scrooge
The Thin Man
This Christmas
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
What's Cooking?.
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ISBN:
1-4494-2148-2
OCLC:
1245667492

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