It’s a nine-movie week on the show with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy looking at a historical atrocity (Stockholm Bloodbath), WWII through the eyes of a boy (Blitz) and Pierce Brosnan as a 92 year-old veteran trying to atone for D-Day (The Last Rifleman). A 70+ year old is sent undercover in a money laundering scam – or is he? – in a documentary chosen for last year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival (Starring Jerry As Himself). Get into the spirit of the holiday season with one film based on a beloved book (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever) and another trying to give you a mood (Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point). Cillian Murphy sees bad nuns in Ireland (Small Things Like These) and Anthony Mackie teams up with Morena Baccarin to battle creatures who don’t like heights (Elevation). Finally, one of year’s best movies pits two Mormon female missionaries against Hugh Grant’s religion buster (Heretic).

0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Stockholm Bloodbath

6:53 – The Last Rifleman

12:14 – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

21:35 - Christmas Eve In Miller's Point

28:37 - Blitz

33:57 - Starring Jerry As Himself

41:14 - Small Things Like These

51:05 - Elevation

1:02:37 – Heretic

1:17:28 - Outro

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