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This week we review the TV special Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

Based on the classic song of the same name, this stop motion animation film by Rankin and Bass tells the origin of Kris Kringle, aka Santa Claus. A mailman played by Fred Astaire, narrates the story and gives us the origins of all the common questions asked about Santa Claus. (Mickey Rooney)

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This week we review Frosty the Snowman!

Frosty the Snowman (1969) Narrated by the great Jimmy Durante. A discarded magic top hat brings to life the snowman that a group of children made, until a magician, professor Hinkle, wants it back, and the temperature starts to rise. Frosty will melt or no longer be a jolly soul, if the kids cannot get him away from Hinkle and warm weather, so he hops a train to the North Pole with young Karen. So many ethical questions on life and rants about snow, its a fun time!

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This week we review TV Special Classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) The Christmas special classic, taken form the namesake of the same song. This film is all about A misfit reindeer and his friends looking for a place that will accept them for who they are. Unfortunately its also a film about racism, segregation, and corporate monarchy. Be ready for a crazy theory filled episode! Merry Christmas!

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This week we review Planes, Trains and Automobiles!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today we go over the best Thanksgiving movie ever made!

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This week we review Sky High!

Sky High (2005) At a school in the sky where teens learn how to be superheroes, Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) lands in a class for students who show special promise. Classmate Gwen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) quickly cozies up to Will, but it's soon clear that she has other motives. When he learns that Gwen's mother is a villain who was defeated by his father, Steve Stronghold (Kurt Russell), Will realizes that Gwen is aiming for revenge, and he rushes to a school dance in the hope of stopping her.

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This week we review Pokemon: The First Movie!

A group of scientists create a clone Pokémon they name Mewtwo. However Mewtwo is bitter about his purpose in life and kills all who oppose his self appointed destiny of global domination. Ash, Pikachu, Brock, Misty, and friends are one of the few groups of trainers that are strong enough to uncover what Mewtwo is planning, and learn a lesson about how fighting is wrong... in a franchise completely based on dog fighting. It's nostalgic as hell, and makes little sense. And remember gotta catch 'em all...

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This week we review Back to the Future Part III!

Back to the Future Part 3 (1990) In this final chapter, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) obtains a 70-year-old message from the time-traveling Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd), in which he informs Marty that he has retired to a small town in the Old West. Marty then finds out that the Doc was murdered shortly after sending the letter. In order to save his friend, Marty will have to travel back in time, disentangle a lovestruck Doc from a local schoolmarm, and repair the DeLorean -- all while avoiding a posse of gunslingers led by Bufford "Mad Dog" Tannen. (Thomas F. Wilson)

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This week we review The Nightmare Before Christmas!

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Based on a poem by Tim Burton, we follow the misadventures of Jack Skellington (Danny Elfman/Chris Sarandon), Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets a new lease on life -- he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role. But Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and skeleton men can go seriously awry.

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This week we review Back to the Future Part II!

Back to the Future Part 2 (1989) In this zany sequel, time-traveling duo Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) return from saving Marty's future son from disaster, only to discover their own time transformed. In this nightmarish version of Hill Valley, Marty's father has been murdered and Biff Tannen, Marty's nemesis, has profited. After uncovering the secret to Biff's success -- a sports almanac from the future -- Marty and the Doc embark on a quest to repair the space-time continuum.

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This week we review Hocus Pocus!

Hocus Pocus (1993) After moving to Salem, Mass., teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstitious, Max accidentally frees a coven of evil witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches' book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.

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