Christmas DVDs

A Christmas Tale

This quirky tragicomedy stars Catherine Deneuve as the matriarch of the troubled Vouillard family. When she becomes sick and needs a bone marrow transplant she forces the whole family to come together for Christmas. The problem is: all of the children hate each other. A Christmas Tale is the story of a highly dysfuntional family. With two and a half hours this film is pretty long but it never gets boring. But you have to like subtitles. There is no dubbed version of this French holiday drama.

Tom and Jerry: Paws for a Holiday/A Nutcracker Tale

A Nutcracker Tale is pure Tom and Jerry madness. Jerry the mouse tries to stage a holiday-themed extravaganza to the music of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. Thsi really looks great. I myself almost cracked up when Tom climbed through that hole in the sky:

Paws For A Holiday itself collects some of the best holiday-themed Tom And Jerry cartoons.

What’s New Scooby-Doo?, Vol. 4: Merry Scary Holiday/Scooby-Doo: Winter Wonderdog

After cat and mouse comes now one of the most famous cartoon dogs. Merry Scary Holiday has all you beloved Christmas traditions run amok. A headless Frosty the Snowman, Toyland wreaking havoc and a parody on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Winter Wonderdog takes place at a spooky ski lodge. We meet the ghost of Christmas and have another encounter with the nutcracker…but certainly different than the one with Tom and Jerry.

The Year Without a Santa Claus/Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish

Another two disc compilation this week. We already talked about The Year Without A Santa Claus before so let’s concentrate on Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish.  This is a sequel to the infamous Macaulay Culkin Richie Rich movie. It’s about another kid being mean to Richie and he wishes that he’d never been born. His wish is granted and we find ourselves in a situation quite like one of the greatest Christmas DVDs of all time. As you may already guess this movie is nothing special. The actors are unbelievable and I cannot imagine another reason for re-releasing this piece of trash in a bundle with a masterpiece other than milking the cash cow once again.

Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas/A Flintstones Christmas Carol

Another cartoon double feature. Both films do their own take on Charles Dickens‘ Christmas Carol. The Looney Tunes do a faithful adaptation of this holiday classic. And they deliver: Daffy Duck is one of the most greedy and severe Scrooges I’ve ever seen. The Flinstones take the classic tale as a backdrop. Fred has the role of Scrooge for the Bedrock Community Players and thus neglects all his other duties. A wonderful addition to your Scrooge collection.

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