THANK GOD IT’S CHRISTMAAAAS!
Breaking open the box of Christmas VHS movies is for some people as ubiquitous a part of the season as breaking open the box of Christmas tree decorations. There are the old favorites that everyone typically knows, your Wonderful Life’s, your Home Alone’s, then there are the newer favorites, the ones we’re introduced to later in life, that start to adorn our cinematic seasonal hit lists long after we stop writing letters to Santa.
This special Christmas episode is about those kind of movies. Welcome to Episode Ten of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies!
On this episode the Theme is, “Secret Santa”, and the movies are:
8 WOMEN & THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT!
Watch Becca and Joe introduce entirely new Christmas films to one another’s seasonal lives. Which of the two brought a French lesbian murder mystery musical to the table, and which of the two brought an American amnesiac hitwoman action comedy? Do movies which feature Christmas as more of a backdrop than a plot point still count as Christmas movies? And will either of these become essential seasonal viewing for either Becca or Joe?
Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right, and stay tuned to the end to find out what the Theme will be next week!
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Wherever you are, whoever you’re celebrating with, we hope there’s a great movie of any variety playing on your TV. Let us know the title to what hip pocket, underrated Christmas movie(s) you wish you could introduce more people to!
After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for.
So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves.
PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:
ELF (2003) DIR: Jon Favreau
DIE HARD (1988) DIR: John McTiernan
THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004) DIR: Robert Zemeckis
EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) DIR: Stanley Kubrick
KNIVES OUT (2019) DIR: Rian Johnson
LETHAL WEAPON (1987) DIR: Richard Donner
THE NICE GUYS (2016) DIR: Shane Black
CLUE (1985) DIR: Jonathan Lynn
IMITATION OF LIFE (1959) DIR: Douglas Sirk
PULP FICTION (1994) DIR: Quentin Tarantino
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1968) DIR: Terence Young
ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955) DIR: Douglas Sirk
THE WOMEN (1939) DIR: George Cukor
HIGH SOCIETY (1956) DIR: Charles Walters
SHE’S ALL THAT (1999) DIR: Robert Iscove
THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (1967) DIR: Jacques Demy
VERTIGO (1958) DIR: Alfred Hitchcock
JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975) DIR: Chantal Akerman
PULP FICTION (1994) DIR: Quentin Tarantino
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) DIR: Bob Clark
THE OMEN (1976) DIR: Richard Donner
KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005) DIR: Shane Black
DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995) DIR: John McTiernan
EVERLY (2014) DIR: Joe Lynch
