(courtesy Amazon) SNAPSHOTThe special consists of a series of vignettes, each one starring a different member of the Peanuts gang in various Christmas time situations. (courtesy Peanuts wiki) You have to feel a little sorry for any of the Peanuts’ Christmas specials that followed in the wake of the classic A Charlie Continue Reading
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Burning gingerbread men and festive snow funnies – Thoughts on Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTThe Emmy-winning franchise returns after more than a decade, following Christmas elves Lanny and Wayne as their holiday mission unfolds with many merry mishaps. The fourth installment [sic] continues the holiday adventures of an elite team that prepares homes worldwide for Santa’s arrival. (courtesy Disney+ media) After a Continue Reading
On 1st day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with 10 new pop culture ornaments incl. Elio, Up, The Muppet Christmas Carol … and more!
(via Shutterstock) When I bought my first Christmas tree as an adult way back in 1992, I bought some pop culture ornaments but I mostly stuck to the sorts of ornaments and baubles I remembered from childhood. But as time went on, I increasingly bought more and more pop culture Continue Reading
The festive short and the short of it: You’ve got a friend in the A Disney Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
(courtesy Disney+) SNAPSHOTWhen Santa mistakes the doodle on a girl’s list for a holiday wish, she wakes up on Christmas morning to find an unusual new friend under the tree. Directed by Taika Waititi and featuring the voice of John Goodman, the short follows the heartwarming story of the friendship Continue Reading
Animated movie review: In Your Dreams
(courtesy IMP Awards) As a lifelong fan of animation, one of the things that I love about the artform, and which still holds true even in the face of ever more sophisticated CGI, is how much it emboldens and empowers the imagination. If you dream it, and good lord there Continue Reading
Festive animated love? Disney’s Hulu’s Family Guy’s Hallmark Channel’s Lifetime’s Familiar Holiday Movie
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you only watch one parody of a festive romcom movie this year, and let’s face it, much as I love many of them, the actual films are almost parodies of themselves, then make sure it’s Disney’s Hulu’s Family Guy’s Hallmark Channel’s Lifetime’s Familiar Holiday Movie. The Continue Reading
Wicked: For Good goes full LEGO in this fun featurette
SNAPSHOT“You’re the only friend I ever had…” The final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices. Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), now demonized [sic] as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden Continue Reading
The short and the happy Benny’s Birthday short of it … over and over and amusingly over again … #AndyAt60
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTBenny wakes up seeing that it’s February 8, meaning that it’s his birthday. But he’s not in the mood and shuns it, until the Minions wake him up saying “happy birthday!”, Benny sees that the whole place is in a birthday party style. The Minions take him to his cake with one of Continue Reading
Saturday morning TV: Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har #AndyAt60
It’s a fascinating exercise watching a cartoon show you haven’t watched since you were a kid. Some of the cartoons, such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, The Flintstones or any and all Looney Tunes shorts, hold up really well, every bit as charming and fun as they were when, snuggled Continue Reading
Is technology out to get them? Playtime has a new focus in Toy Story 5 (teaser trailer)
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn Toy Story 5, we’re introduced to a new character Lilypad, a high-tech frog-shaped smart tablet voiced by Greta Lee that makes Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang’s jobs exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to Continue Reading