The Daily Beasts
For theme projects (like #Kaijuly, #Mocktoberfest, and #SeasonsBeatings—for example),
a new film/show is profiled every day by a different writer.
SANTA WITH MUSCLES (1996)
Hulk Ho-Ho-Hogan Spreads Holiday Cheer In This Much Maligned Children’s Holiday Movie.
THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996)
Memories can define who we are and our relationship to what we like. These ties remain and cast significance, even with popcorn films like THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT.
DEADLY GAMES (1989)
Unfairly (and inaccurately) dismissed as “French HOME ALONE”, DEADLY GAMES is a much darker film full of dread and ‘80s charm.
FATMAN (2020)
Jeremy Lowe finds great delight in FATMAN’s choice to take its bonkers world completely seriously.
COBRA (1986)
Stallone faces off with a murderous cult in this vaguely Christmas-adjacent action classic!
REINDEER GAMES (2000) [Director’s Cut]
In what may be the most Christmas-centric action film ever, the mixed REINDEER GAMES still boasts a great cast and significantly improves with a director’s cut.
Rambo: The Force Of Freedom, “When SAVAGE Stole Santa” (1986)
Yes, there was a Rambo cartoon. Yes, there was a Christmas episode. And yes, it is awesome.
FIRST BLOOD (1982)
A monster built for brutality takes on an overzealous fat man’s iron fist of control. Is this Krampus vs. Santa? No, it’s 1982’s FIRST BLOOD.