Christmas Mix [DVD] [2015] [Region 1] [NTSC]

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Did you know? This is a remake of the original 1947 film starring Maureen O’Hara and John Payne - which despite being a Christmas film was released in June that year! It was still a hit though. Unlike the original film, Macy’s department store in New York declined any involvement in the remake and a fictional store - Coles had to take its place instead. Dorey Walker (Perkins) is the director of special events for one of New York’s big department stores. She fires the store’s resident Santa Claus after he's found to be drunk before the Thanksgiving parade. Instead, she enlists the help of an elderly man called Kris Kringle (Attenborough) who looks like he really could be Santa. Kris does so well in the parade that Dorey hires him as the full time replacement. As Buddy wanders the streets on Christmas Eve wondering how he fits in with the world, he sees Santa and his sleigh crash land in Central Park. Can Buddy help fix Santa’s sleigh and restore Christmas spirit to the jaded people of New York? I can relate, having commuted on a train for seven years of my life, and I truly get this story, maybe writer Alastair Galbraith used to do the daily commute. Three new Muppets take on the parts of the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to help Scrooge remember the magic of Christmas, soften his heart and scare him about what might happen if he refuses to change. Along the way there are familiar Muppet characters playing various characters.

Party planner Holly must persuade architect Theo that a festive event will build his business, while he thinks a digital presentation is enough to win the commercial contract he is after. Did you know? Originally, the part of Buddy was written with Jim Carrey in mind and the whole script was far darker than the eventual film. Adam one day breaks the commuter code, and dares to speak to his fellow travellers, and worse, invites them to a Christmas party.What a cast list, what an astonishing wealth of British talent here, so many favourites, Timothy Spall, Kaya (glorious) Scodelario, Joanna Scanlan, Ben Miller and many more. Army buddies Bob (Crosby) and Phil (Kaye) team up as a musical double act after World War II and make it big. They go and watch two singing sisters - Betty (Clooney) and Judy (Vera-Ellen) - at a nightclub after a tip off.

Things continue to go well with Kris boosting sales to the store. Word spreads among the children that he is indeed the real Santa Claus, although Dorey’s six-year-old daughter Susan (Wilson) remains a Christmas sceptic. Meanwhile, the Santa Claus whom Kris replaced hatches a plot to frame his successor, leaving Dorey and her attorney boyfriend Bryan (McDermott) to build a case to support Kris and prove he is indeed the real Santa Claus. Fast forward to the 20th century where Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload and enlists the help of an assistant: an inventive and ambitious elf named Patch (Moore). When the toys Patch has made fall apart on Christmas Day, the elf flees the North Pole and heads to New York City.

If ever there was a film to showcase the talents of man-child Will Ferrell, this is it! The film follows the journey of Buddy (Ferrell), a human raised as an Elf as he journeys to New York to meet his biological father, a children’s book publisher by the name of Walter Hobbs (Caan) whom Buddy is horrified to discover is on Santa’s naughty list. year-old Kevin (Culkin) accidentally ruins a family dinner the night before they fly to Paris for a holiday. He is punished by being made to sleep in the attic for the night. Overnight, a storm causes a power outage and the family wake up late for the airport. In their rush to leave - and because Kevin is in the attic - they head off without him. It's a gorgeous story of human interaction, human relationships, and I know it sounds horrendously corny, but the spirit of Christmas. Every single character is rich, deep and has a real story to tell.

When food correspondent Carly gets a shot at her own show, she is sent to Angel Heights to help Grant open his diner and film it as a holiday special for her TV show. But will Grant and Carly also open their hearts? When widower Michael meets Olivia, his daughter’s dance teacher, a flame is sparked in the firefighter’s heart. However, young Lily’s jealousy and Olivia’s clouded outlook seem to extinguish any hope of romance. From Wallace and Gromit to a festive How To Train Your Dragon: Homecoming special, there are plenty of films to keep everyone entertained over the festive period. Things go from bad to worse when Clark’s boss, Frank Shirley, withholds his yearly bonus. The farce snowballs when cousin Eddie kidnaps Frank and a SWAT team turns up to hold everyone at gunpoint. Can Clark still give the family a good, old fashioned Christmas despite these odds? Alfred Enoch, fabulous, imagine that smile coming at you on a train, there's nothing you wouldn't agree to, he's such a lovely actor, such a different type of character for him to play, compare him in this to How to get away with murder.

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Did you know? This is the third instalment in the National Lampoon Vacation series and was developed from a short story by John Hughes called "Christmas ‘59", which was published in the December 1980 edition of the National Lampoon magazine. Did you know? For the role of B.Z., the producers originally offered the part to Harrison Ford who turned them down. They made offers to Dustin Hoffman, Burt Reynolds and Johnny Carson - all of whom, for one reason or another, also turned the part down, before it was offered to John Lithgow who made the role his own. Affairs of the heart: Rooney Mara, left, and Cate Blanchett as lovers Therese and Carol in the adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel