Director Matthias Temmermans and co-writers Ruben Vandenborre and Elke de Gezelle have some previous experience satisfying children and their parents, building worlds around brands such as K3, Mega Mindy and House Anubis, which mean big business in the BeNeLux (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg). Creating a Christmas movie based around Santa’s own family sounds right up …
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Review – ‘Happiest Season’
John (Daniel Levy) and Abby (Kristen Stewart), shown. (Photo by: Jojo Whilden/Hulu) Holiday season is coming in fast, and with families stuck inside their own little bubble, what better time to watch a new breed of Christmas flick? Yes, ‘Happiest Season’ borrows some familiar genre tropes, and glams it up with a pinch of glitter …
Review – ‘Black Christmas’
“Did you just ‘not all men’ me?” – Kris 1974’s slasher flick ‘Black Christmas’ is a classically overlooked horror in which a group of sorority girls get stalked during the titular holiday period. When 2006’s unnecessary trashy remake got critically slammed, it was a big surprise when producer Jason Blum announced another remake to be …
Review – ‘Little Women’
Greta Gerwig’s post-‘Lady Bird’ female centred ‘Little Women’, based on the acclaimed novel by Louisa May Alcott, takes us back to the late 19th century in which we follow the lives of the March-family. Numerous adaptations have been made over the past few decades, but Gerwig elevates the material, translating it in a way to …