#Scott Schwartz

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**Shots of the Movie**

A Christmas Story (1983)

Director: Bob Clark Cinematographer: Reginald H. Morris

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A Christmas Story

1983

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The cheeky comedy ‘The Toy’ starring Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason cracked up moviegoers this day 40 years ago. 💸🧸🎭

“𝙸 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚞𝚙 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚜𝚑*𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛.”

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The reveal at the end is quite good, tying things back to the original and, truly, the original(with its amazing prose) was a masterpiece compared to this one.

A Christmas Story Christmas is a 2022 American Christmas comedy film directed by Clay Kaytis from a script he co-wrote with Nick Schenk, from an original story co-written by Schenk and Peter Billingsley; it is a legacy sequel to A Christmas Story (1983). Billingsley reprises his role as Ralphie Parker alongside Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R. D. Robb, Zack Ward, Yano Anaya, Erinn Hayes, River Drosche, and Julianna Layne.

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Bad movie I have A Christmas Story 1983

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A Look Back at Discovery's Shark Week and Wild Eye's Space Sharks. Maybe It's Better to Swim with the Selachii

When Discovery Channel declared that Shark Week is coming, I sometimes pay attention. It all depends on who’s hosting, and this year, they have John Cena! While he can help me feel safe near the ocean, I still have to wait and give my thoughts after watching everything that’s available to scream at! My favourites are Expedition Unknown: Sharks vs Nazis, Alien Sharks: Ghosts of Japan and…

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SPACE SHARKS Dustin Ferguson's sci-fi horror finally has a trailer

‘They don’t need water to kill!’ Space Sharks is a 2022 sci-fi horror film about a space station-based military experiment that goes horribly wrong, sending a new breed of weaponised sharks to Earth with only one mission: destroy everything in their path. Written and directed by Dustin Ferguson (Spider Baby; Mega Ape; Beyond the Gates of Hell; Amityville in the Hood; Zombi VIII: Urban Decay; Apex…

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𝒪𝓀𝒶𝓎, ℐ 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓈 3 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 1995 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝒷𝓎 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉. 𝒯𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐝, 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 (𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲), 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝑔𝒾𝒻𝓉, 𝒶 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝒶𝒾𝓇 𝓇𝒾𝒻𝓁𝑒. ℋ𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝓊𝒸𝓀𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓁𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 (𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐆𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧) 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓂𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 (𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧). 𝒲𝑒'𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝒾𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲 𝑔𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝒽𝑒'𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉, 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎, 𝓌𝑒'𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒶𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒹𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇. 𝒩𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒, 𝒾𝓉 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑒𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒹𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝑔𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓊𝓈 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇. 𝐀 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 (1983) 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒷𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈.

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Some South Park Boys!

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Renfield (2023) dir. Chris McKay

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'A Christmas Story Christmas' builds on legacy of original film

‘A Christmas Story Christmas’ builds on legacy of original film

Ralphie Parker is back and while he may not want a Red Ryder BB Gun, he does want his family to experience the perfect Christmas. A Christmas Story Christmas takes place in 1973, 33 years after 1983’s A Christmas Story. Ralphie (again played by Peter Billingsley) has taken a year off from work to focus on his writing. His manuscript, which could arguably be considered Stephen King length (the…

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A Christmas Story Christmas (2022, dir. Clay Kaytis) - review by Rookie-Critic

I'm not going to lie, A Christmas Story Christmas had me worried at first. It already had some tall shoes to fill in following up what has always been my favorite Christmas movie, A Christmas Story (a lot of that is probably fueled by nostalgia, but I don't care it brings me so much joy every Christmas). I watched it on Christmas day with my family (most of whom had already seen it), and for the first 20 minutes of the film the vibe felt off. I can't put my finger on it, but it didn't seem like what the sequel to A Christmas Story should be. Peter Billingsley was there, and he was for sure acting like Ralphie, but it wasn't clicking for me. That was, until they brought in Flick and Schwartz (Ralphie's two best friends from the original film). After that it was like a switch flipped. I was laughing almost the entire time, and when I wasn't I was at least grinning. The whole experience made a complete 180 from where I had started the film at.

I want to really take a moment to applaud this movie for knowing the difference between homage and unoriginal retreading. A Christmas Story Christmas could have easily slid by on taking the events of the original and copy/pasting them into the events of this movie, and while there are moments that are similar in the sense that the same thing is occurring (bargaining for the Christmas tree, children getting bullied by the neighborhood menaces, a "triple-dog dare" situation), it's always either flipped on its head or framed in a way that gives it new relevance. The film adds in a handful of its own, original gags as well, and adds some welcome new pieces of Parker family Christmas lore (their attitude towards carolers being chief among them). All the returning characters are played expertly by their original actors, with the exception of Mrs. Parker, who is being played by Julie Hagerty (who you might know from Airplane) instead of Melinda Dillon this time around. Hagerty does a pretty good job of stepping into Dillon's shoes, and the change is barely felt at all. The main new additions to the cast, Ralphie's wife, Sandy (played by Erinn Hayes), and children Mark & Julie, don't quite fit right in with the eclectic cast of characters surrounding them, but the film does this intentionally and uses it as a further vehicle for humor. Hayes plays a great "fish out of water" character among the residents of Hohman, Indiana, and deserves just as much praise as the legacy cast members do for her performance.

Outside of the film's humor, there's a surprising amount of great emotional moments, as well. I found myself on the verge of tears multiple times and even allowing a full cry during a particularly emotional scene towards the end of the film. The movie pays massive homage to the late Darren McGavin, who played the father in the original film (or as he is referred to in both the original and this one, The Old Man), and it's in those scenes that the movie finds its heart. Is A Christmas Story Christmas actually as good as I'm making it out to be? Possibly not, it could be that I'm tying my nostalgic love for the original Christmas Story to this one and can't look past it, but at the very least this should be a relief and an absolute treat to those who love the original film like I do. Just make sure not to discount it based on the first handful of scenes.

Score: 8/10

Currently streaming on HBO Max.

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A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS:

Ralphie returns home

Tries to fill his father’s shoes

Grown old, not grown up

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i have compiled a bunch of the requests,, im sorry i couldn't get to everyones but i probably won't do any more for a while

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Pawnee is a union town.

Parks and Recreation day in the picket lines for SAG AFTRA and WGA.