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Day 26: A movie that takes place in December but is not a Christmas movie

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets takes place throughout the school year so December is part of that. Idk who cast Shirley Henderson as a 14 year old ghost but somehow it works.

 
I've missed a couple days, and most of my knee-jerk answers have already been mentioned.
Day 24: A holiday movie with a feel good message: It's a Wonderful Life
Day 25: A holiday movie with a religious theme: A Charlie Brown Christmas (one of the very few movies that includes an overtly religious message without being unwatchably schlocky).
Day 26: A movie that takes place in December but is not a Christmas movie
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Day 27: A holiday action film

Writer/actor/director Shane Black either loves or hates Christmas -- I am not sure which. In some films he seems to love the holiday, and others are much much darker on the subject ("Satan Claus is out there..."). His script for The Long Kiss Goodnight? You could go either way.

Gina Davis plays Samantha, a mild-mannered school teacher whose one interesting story is that she is an amnesiac -- she can't remember anything prior to eight years before, when she was found pregnant on the New Jersey shore. She had hired several PIs over that time to find out who she was, and the latest was a washed up Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson), the only one should could afford. No one knows anything, and no one cares anymore. Then she is in an accident near Christmas and, as often happens in cases of Magic Hollywood Amnesia, this starts her remembering a bit at a time. Not just memories, but skills start returning. And no, Sam, you weren't a chef. And other people start to notice


This is a mostly overlooked gem, with a good script, some fantastic action scenes, a great cast, a perfect hard-boiled detective film title, and Gina Davis kicking ass. It should be in the pantheon of Christmas Movies People Argue About a Lot, but it is often ignored.

The Long Kiss Goodnight.

https://i.ibb.co/pLVF7DT/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996.webp
 
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Day 26: A movie that takes place in December but is not a Christmas movie

If you haven't seen it, give it a go. Also, the dad from The O.C. is in it.

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

I was going to watch this last night but fell asleep before I could press play 😭 I am still going to give it a go, I just have to start it earlier in the evening because I'm old πŸ˜‚
 
Day 27: A holiday action film

I still feel like I'm being robbed of listening to a Welsh accent but I guess it would be a bit random to have a Welsh TSA agent so I'll overlook it πŸ™„

 
Day 27: A holiday action film

Writer/actor/director Shane Black either loves or hates Christmas -- I am not sure which. In some films he seems to love the holiday, and others are much much darker on the subject ("Satan Claus is out there..."). His script for The Long Kiss Goodnight? You could go either way.

Gina Davis plays Samantha, a mild-mannered school teacher who one interesting story is that she is an amnesiac -- she can't remember anything prior to eight years before, when she was found pregnant on the New Jersey shore. She had hired several PIs over that time to find out who she was, and the latest was a washed up Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson), the only one should could afford. No one knows anything, and no one cares anymore. Then she is an accident near Christmas and, as often happens in cases of Magic Hollywood Amnesia, this starts her remembering a bit at a time. Not just memories, but skills start returning. And no, Sam, you weren't a chef. And other people start to notice


This is a mostly overlooked gem, with a good script, some fantastic action scenes, a great cast, a perfect hard-boiled detective film title, and Gina Davis kicking ass. It should be in the pantheon of Christmas Movies People Argue About a Lot, but it is often ignored.

The Long Kiss Goodnight.

https://i.ibb.co/pLVF7DT/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996.webp
A seminal influence on @crazychemgirl apparently

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Day 26: A movie that takes place in December but is not a Christmas movie

If you haven't seen it, give it a go. Also, the dad from The O.C. is in it.

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman are utterly charming, Peter Boyle is a national treasure. Like a lot of RomComs, it is a cute movie if you don't think to hard about it. (You can flip most RomComs into horror movies with very little effort). But with those blinders on, it is a sweet little film. I liked it.
 
Day 28: A holiday movie that makes you cry

I am a simple man at heart. Christmas consists of looking for magic.

I don't hate The Santa Clause. It is fun. I am not a Tim Allen fan, but David Krumholtz holds the move together for me. And I am a big fan of Judge Reinhold. He is fantastic in this movie as Neil, the main foil to Allen's Scott and his ex wife's new husband -- a stoic, rational doctor who lost his belief in Santa Claus as a three-year-old. He was three. It is a fantastic character point, that he has turned his back on nonsense for his whole life. But this moment, at this one, well earned, moment, I break.


The look in his eyes when he finds magic? I tear up, every time.

Call me basic, I accept it.

The Santa Clause.
 
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