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Xena: Warrior Princess is the campy, feisty, sexy show we all need right now. The series, a spin-off of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, followed the reformed warlord-turned-heroine Xena as she traveled Ancient Greece in the hopes of atoning for her blood-soaked past. The series played fast and loose with Greek mythology and Roman history —...
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Round out your Rankin/Bass holiday marathon with the1976 Christmas and New Year's special, Rudolph's Shiny New Year. The film follows Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, who is sent by Santa Claus and Father Time to find Happy the Baby New Year, and to ultimately save the world from an eternal New Year's Eve. With a whimsical score set against the...
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Bradley Cooper recounts the romance between legendary late composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre, in Maestro, his gorgeous Netflix biopic. Cooper directs and stars in the film, which follows Bernstein from his very first time conducting the New York Philharmonic to his later days following his wife's passing. Featuring...
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When it comes to beloved ’90s holiday movies, it doesn’t get much better than Home Alone. Directed by Chris Columbus and written by John Hughes, the joyful Macaulay Culkin-led family comedy memorably tells the tale of an eight-year-old who bravely defends his house against a pair of bumbling burglars (played to perfection by Joe Pesci and...
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Feeling a little sick of Santa, mistletoe, and candy-eating elves? Cozy up this Christmas with Gandalf, Aragorn, and the hobbits. Twenty-odd years ago, we all spent our holiday breaks at the movies, watching Peter Jackson's landmark Lord of the Rings trilogy over three back-to-back Christmases. The super-sized movies tell the story of how one...
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Dubbed #1 on our ranking of Bob's Burgers Christmas episodes, "The Plight Before Christmas" puts the Belcher family in a sticky situation. Parents Bob and Linda discover that their three children each have a school holiday performance on the same day at the same time. Given that there are only two of them, the parents must decide whose event to...
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Although it came out in 2009, I consider Prep & Landing to be a Christmas classic and a true, merry must-watch. Centering on the organization that helps prep homes for Santa Claus' Christmas Eve arrival, the 22-minute-long animated short is full of heart and holiday cheer, while also serving as a quick way to relax and rejuvenate from...
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