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Finally, we come to the last Pinocchio movie in the Pinocchio trio. This is the most recent movie starring Roberto Benigni this time as Gepetto instead of Pinocchio like in the previous movie. Critics call Pinocchio 2019 the definitive Pinocchio story. This time Mike has finally read the original Pinocchio story originally published in 1883 so comes in with the knowledge to know what's faithful and unfaithful to the source material. Not that sticking to the source material is a particularly good thing, but it's a curious exercise on the many different ways to adapt such an old story.

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We continue on our seemingly ill-fated quest to watch the Pinocchio trio. This time we head over to watch Roberto Benigni pretend to be a child and made of wood while doing nothing of the sort to convince us it's real. There are so many different kinds of Pinocchio stories, but this one is maybe the weirdest adaptation. Roberto Benigni wrote, directed, and starred in this film. He also made some choices when deciding where to spend the budget of this movie. There's something weird..maybe kinky going on underneath this film...

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The Adventures of Pinocchio is one of the many adaptations of the story of Pinocchio, which is also called The Adventures of Pinocchio. This adaptation though has the power of Jim Henson's creature shop to bring our favorite little boy to life. They never asked if they should have a complicated animatronic puppet as it's perhaps one of the most nightmare-inducing parts of the movie. That being said, the sets in the movie are immaculate...until they're not.

Welcome to The Pinocchio Trio! We're watching three Pinocchio movies back to back, just to see how many different takes on the classic tale there are.

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What better way to ring in the new year than watching Soylent Green, a movie that takes in 2022. This movie hits a little too close to home for a movie made 40 years in the past. You'd expect some changes to happen since then to avoid the awful future depicted in the film. Luckily we don't have pay phones anymore! One dystopian future narrowly avoided!

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The Poseidon Adventure is about a cruise ship disaster that happens to take place on New Year's Eve. Imagine the Titanic, but more cynical and with a stacked cast. Also with wild sets where absolutely everything is upside down. What it lacks in plot, it makes up for in characters and amazing set pieces. Hopefully, our New Year will be better than these unfortunate souls.

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The Holiday features a pretty stacked cast that'd you'd expect to see in a romantic comedy in 2006, but then there's also Jack Black? It's curious casting for such a long movie. Does Jack Black fit into this movie about a dumped Cameron Diaz who decides it's a good idea to swap houses with Kate Winslet in the UK? He does his best that's for sure. This is also the first movie that we watched for the podcast with a reference to Chanukah! I also just realized, the holiday refers to vacation as well as referencing the time of year. Clever.

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What's Christmas without a romantic comedy? Well, how about one with a premise so stupid I guarantee you won't be able to figure it out until you listen to our podcast. Enter No Sleep 'Till Christmas. The surest sign that Christmas movies are absolutely running out of ideas. At least the two leads have some chemistry. Perhaps it's because they're married? Now if only they could be in slightly better movies.

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A Christmas Horror Story tells the tale of four different stories all set around Christmas Eve in the same town. William Shatner is here for some reason and ties all the movies together one way or another. Some are decent, some are bad, but overall this movie has a lot of heart. Mostly because it's Canadian. Gather around a severed elf zombie head on fire and have a listen to this horrifically festive episode.

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Merry Friggin Christmas because it's the holiday season! In fact, we're feeling a lot like grinches because of this movie that exists. Merry Friggin Christmas is one of Robin William's last movies. Joel Mchale stars as a fancy business guy who wants his son to experience the magic of Christmas forever. All because Robin Willians, his dad ruined Christmas for him! Absolutely no one in this movie is likable. It also doesn't make much logical sense. Bah-Humbug.

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