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Category Archives: Holiday
New Year’s Eve Double-Feature Decided!
We gave our Smackdown readers the chance to vote on a selection of ten top New Year's Eve movies and, given that it's getting to that time, we're ready to cough up the results. The question was: "You're staying … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Polls
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Best New Year’s Eve Movie Smackdown!
New Year’s Eve is just days away now. We know it’s an important night so we want to help you be prepared. Let’s play a “what if?” What if your plans to take a Lear jet on a cross-country journey, … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Period
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Happy 2010 from the Smack: Diner (1982) -vs- The Apartment (1960)
Celebrate the Auld Classics! The Smackdown. There are a surprising number of worthwhile New Year’s Eve-themed films to consider watching should other more social-type plans fail to materialize for you. I’m no drinker, no party animal; subsequently, New Year’s Eve … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Sherry Coben, Smack Classix
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) -vs- When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
The Smackdown I can’t criticize anyone who’s not struck by the party mood as 2009 lurches to a merciful end. Recession, foreclosures, unemployment. Really, what’s to celebrate, so let’s see how a pair of seasonal movies rise above the gloom. The characters that … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Mark Sanchez
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Beau’s Ten Best Films of the Past Ten Years
The criteria I used is pretty simple: which films are not just good but really impacted the world of film? It’s relatively easy to make a film that entertains. And, in some ways, it’s even easier to make a film that does something “different” and “new.” But to make a film that both entertains and moves you, while advancing the art of filmmaking…that’s pretty hard. So let’s get this ball rolling as we reflect on a most eclectic period of film…
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Posted in Awards, Beau DeMayo, Classic Smack, Comedy, Drama, DVD Release, Holiday, Major Star Vehicle, Oscar, Smackdown News, Weblogs
Tagged Academy Awards, decade, films, Letterman, millennium, movies, New Year's Eve, Oscar, Top Ten
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Bryce’s Ten Best Films of the Past Ten Years
Everybody seems to be out with their Top Ten. This year it’s a two-fer. You can go with “Top Ten of 2009″ or “Top Ten of the Decade.” I say go for the Top Ten of the Last Ten. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Animated, Awards, Blockbuster, Book Adaptation, Bryce Zabel, ChickFlick, Classic Smack, Comedy, Comic Book, Coming of Age, Comix, Disaster, Drama, DVD Release, Fantasy, Foreign, Franchise, Holiday, Indie, Journalism, Kids, Major Star Vehicle, Music, Musical, Oscar, Period, Politics, Polls, Race, Religion, Romance, Sci-Fi, Smackdown News, Thriller, Travel, Urban, War, Weblogs, Western
Tagged animation, awards, Best Films, comedy, decade, drama, millennium, New Year's, New Year's Eve, Oscar, sci-fi, Top Ten
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Help Us Crown a Christmas Smackdown Winner!
Two years ago, we asked ten of our SmackRefs to each recommend a Christmas film that they have a special fondness for, something that can stand the test of repeat viewing. That poll turned out to be a squeaker with an unexpected winner when the nostalgia-rama “A Christmas Story” edged out traditional favorite “It’s A Wonderful Life” with a strong third place by the relatively new “Love Actually.”
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Posted in Bryce Zabel, Classic Smack, Comedy, Family, Holiday, Musical, Oscar, Period, Polls, Smackdown News, Weblogs
Tagged Bible, carols, Christmas, elf, Hannukah, holiday, Jesus Christ, mistletoe, nativity, poll, presents, Santa, Santa Claus
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) -vs- When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
The Smackdown I can’t criticize anyone who’s not struck by the party mood as 2008 lurches to a merciful end. Recession, foreclosures, unemployment. Really, what’s to celebrate, so let’s see how a pair of seasonal movies rise above the gloom. The characters that … Continue reading
Posted in ChickFlick, Comedy, Holiday, Mark Sanchez, Romance
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The Best Christmas Movie Is…
…would you believe? … “It’s A Wonderful Christmas Story Actually.” It’s a three-way run-off! With Christmas only a few days away now, Americans are doing their part to jump-start the national economy by buying things they don’t need in order … Continue reading
Posted in Bryce Zabel, Holiday, Polls, Weblogs
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Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) -vs- Four Christmases (2008)
The Smackdown Let’s give thanks this Christmas season for a small miracle. Between the two holiday films getting Smacked around here, there isn’t a guy who’s becoming Santa, or Santa’s brother, or even an overgrown Elf forced to make it … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Holiday, Mark Sanchez
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