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TV & Movies
llyzabeth

Binary System Podcast – Watch Party #26 – The Christmas Shoes

Okay, so. We don’t usually put warnings on these posts, but seriously, if you’re someone who loves The Christmas Shoes, you don’t want to read this. We think it’s poorly written, contrived, ridiculously bleak, and manipulative af, but we recognize that there’s a lot of people who find it sweet and comforting. If you’re one

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KlausMovieReview
Reviews
Guest Writer

Review – Klaus

Next up in our reviews of Oscar-nominated movies, guest writer Casual Patron Reviews has a look at Klaus, nominated for Best Animated Feature. When Jesper (Jason Schwartzman) is sent to be the new postman in Smeerensburg, he befriends a toymaker, Klaus (J.K. Simmons), living just outside town. Through simple acts of kindness, the two melt

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Binary System Podcast’s Very Geeky Christmas

“All right, everybody, what do we all want to find under the Christmas tree?” “MONEY!” “Okay, yes, that would be nice, but what ELSE do we want?” “GIFT CERTIFICATES!” “Well that kind of falls into the money category, come on, there’s something else…” “BOOZE?” “Oh for crying out loud…GEEKY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.” In the spirit of

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Review – DC Rebirth Holiday Special

If you need a break from all the gloom and bad feelings going around lately, the Rebirth Holiday Special is the way to do it. I liked some of the stories more than others, but I enjoyed all of them, and while some of them tended to beat you over the head with tidings of

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Review – Transformers Holiday Special

If you’re looking for one of those sappy, cheesy, awkward holiday specials, this is not that book. If you’re looking for serious, gut-wrenching, intense drama…this is also not that book. The Transformers Holiday Special is ridiculously fun. It pokes fun at itself and any other holiday trope it can reach, but the writing and artwork

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NotYourUsualChristmasStories
Books
llyzabeth

Not your usual Christmas stories

A very Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it from Kathryn and Elizabeth! And to everybody who doesn’t celebrate it, happy book-reading! By this point most people have already read A Christmas Carol, or The Night Before Christmas, or any of a handful of great, classic Christmas stories. So we thought we’d list a few

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Movie Issues
Spooky

Movie Issues: Jingle All the Way

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! The Christmas Season has arrived and here at Movie Issues HQ Leland the Grinch and his Elf Helper Spooky are getting into the the spirit with their first movie for the holidays, Jingle All the Way. The 1996 Christmas “Classic” directed by

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