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Jacob Bean-Watson
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Movie enthusiast, College Student, Aspiring Librarian. Co-Host of The Movie Connection podcast. Follow me on @letterboxd for movie reviews.
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Better late than never, but @michaelmay.bsky.social, @paxholley.com, and @spidey004.bsky.social finally complete last month's lounge with conversation about Christmas podcasts, werewolf movies, and Universal Monsters comics.

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December 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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"The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes" (1985)
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A ★½ review of The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
A very basic sort of documentary that breezes past some of the history of the iconic literary character Sherlock Holmes, and then the many on-screen portrayals over the years. They favor Basil Rathbon...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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"Rudolph's Shiny New Year" (1976)
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A ★★½ review of Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)
There's some really fun ideas here. I would have loved to see some of the islands and character's be fleshed out. Rankin-Bass could have made some awesome adaptations to various classic fairy-tales, b...
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December 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The Christmas Movies I watched this year...
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🎄CHRISTMAS 2025🎄
Compilation of the Christmas-related Movies I watched for the Holiday Season in 2025.
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December 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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"The Muppet Christmas Carol" (1992)
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A ★★★★★ review of The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
It's a top notch retelling of the classic story by Charles Dickens, as told by The Muppets. It works on so many levels, the production design is impressive, the Muppets are woven in perfectly, Michael...
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December 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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"A Christmas Story" (1983)
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A ★★★★½ review of A Christmas Story (1983)
I miss catching this on the 24 hours of A Christmas Story special, which is how I first encountered this. It's such a comforting, quirky, and even heartwarming movie that it is pleasant to have it pla...
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December 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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"It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)
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A ★★★★★ review of It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
I always get a little intimidated when it comes to putting down my thoughts about this masterpiece. I have nothing but praise really. It's maybe a little repetitive with the curve balls life throws Ge...
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December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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"Carol for Another Christmas" (1964)
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A ★★★★½ review of Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
A Rod Serling adaptation of A Christmas Carol, set in the 60's and it does not disappoint. What I love is that Serling doesn't do subtle; this TV movie wears its heart and its messaging on its sleeve....
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December 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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The 1985 version of "The Night of the Meek" stars Richard Mulligan (who I recognize from the Babes in Toyland starring Drew Barrymore), and William Atherton as the typical unlikable executive-type. Mulligan makes interesting choices as "Santa" but overall I liked the update to the material.
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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It's becoming a tradition for me to watch the classic Twilight Zone episode "The Night of the Meek" during the holiday season. A beautiful episode with an iconic performance from Art Carney...
Found out they remade this episode in the 1985 incarnation of the Twilight Zone. So I'll have to see that.
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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"Jiminy Cricket's Christmas" (1983)
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A ★★½ review of Jiminy Cricket's Christmas (1983)
I have now watched all 3 of these Christmas-themed package films, and I still feel like this one feels more padded with the clips from past Disney animated classics with supposed "Christmas" or at lea...
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December 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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This Christmas may not be a super popular holiday movie, but @michaelmay.bsky.social thinks it's pretty good and under-discussed, so he's invited @williambwest.bsky.social and David May to watch and talk about it.

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December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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"This Christmas" (2007)
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A ★★★★½ review of This Christmas (2007)
This was awesome. I have no idea why it has such middling ratings. The cast alone is worth 5 stars, and then you add to that a rich story that follows the family drama of the Whittfield family, who ar...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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"Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" (2006/2025)
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A ★★★★★ review of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006)
At last, after years of waiting, The Whole Bloody Affair has been brought to the big screen, and if you ain't seeing it in glorious 70MM, you are missing out, my friend. Even a big Tarantino fan like ...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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"Call Me Claus" (2001)
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A ★★★½ review of Call Me Claus (2001)
It's a fun watch. Maybe a moment or two that you have to cringe through a bit, but for the most part its a fun Whoopi Goldberg vehicle, with a bit of Miracle on 34th Street mixed in to keep someone li...
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December 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
We Wish You a Turtle Christmas" (1994)
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A ★★ review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: We Wish You a Turtle Christmas (1994)
I'm finding that sometimes...I enjoy cursed things. This was not anything I ever saw growing up but it is a bit like a timecapsule of a wild Christmas Special starring, in very unsettling costumes, th...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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"Home Alone" (1990)
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A ★★★★½ review of Home Alone (1990)
Every shot is top notch, combined with the natural talent of Macaulay Culkin, and the highly stylized yet totally brutal last act with the bumbling villains, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern),...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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"Zootopia 2" (2025)
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A ★★★½ review of Zootopia 2 (2025)
I am a huge fan of the first Zootopia, but I am always skeptical of these sequels, even when they put plenty of budget and marketing behind it. Probably because I lived through the dreaded "Straight-t...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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"Sherlock Holmes Returns" (1993)
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A ★★½ review of Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993)
A bit sillier than I was expecting, sometimes intentionally other times maybe not so much. Anthony Higgins is a pretty good Sherlock Holmes, and I was familiar with him from his role as Holmes's enemy...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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"From All of Us to All of You" (1958)
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A ★★★ review of From All of Us to All of You (1958)
Upon revisiting this one, I definitely like it more than A Disney Christmas Gift, but maybe not quite as much as Jiminy Cricket's Christmas, even though that one and this one are barely indistinguisha...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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"A Disney Christmas Gift" (1982)
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A ★★½ review of A Disney Christmas Gift (1982)
We had this in a collection of Disney VHS tapes that were all very similar, but I know I had a fave and this isn't it. This was originally an episode of the Disneyland tv program which aired in the 80...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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"Zootopia" (2016)
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A ★★★★★ review of Zootopia (2016)
It's my favorite Disney animated movie. Its got such a relevant message and they handle it in such smart and clever ways. Mix that with some truly impressive animation and a series of entertaining and...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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"The Nutcracker" (1993)
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A ★★½ review of The Nutcracker (1993)
Its been a while since I've had the opportunity to see Balanchine's The Nutcracker performed live, but it was always a treat, and while this is an admirable attempt to capture the ballet on-screen, it...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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"A Very Jonas Christmas Movie" (2025)
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A ★★★ review of A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)
Well, I was not expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. I enjoy the Jonas Brothers music well enough, but I am just not as knowledgeable about them. So it was fun to have them play up their individu...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM