All I Didn't Want for Christmas (2022)

Made for TV, airing on VH-1, December 7th in the US.

Filming location(s) unknown.

The story: Emily is the host of a radio show. 

A DJ co-worker is soon to be retiring and Emily desperately wants his job. But she knows that won't happen.

At the company Christmas party, the retiring DJ announces who will take his place and it is not Emily.

She soon decides to get snockered.

On her way out of the party, Emily sees a bunch of children writing their letters to Santa.

Emily insists on doing the same.

She goes home and writes a drunken letter, basically telling Santa off for all the Christmas wishes she's made in the past that he has never granted, but she still makes wishes.

Unfortunately for Emily, this year Santa is sticking to making the wishes of everyone who writes to him come true.

Stars Gabourey Sidibe, Jenna Katz, Darrin Baker, Erik Hutten, Connie Wang, Kate Schroder, Loretta Devine, Andrew Bushell, Eugene Clark, Jessica Clement, Kel Mitchell, Karen Knox, David Pinard

Directed by Brittany Scott Smith

Not Rated

COMEDY/DRAMA

The Grinch ; Dr. Seuss' (2018)

Released November 9th in the US.

The story: It is Christmas time in Whoville, the home of the Whos.

All the Whos are completely full of Christmas spirit because they love Christmas the most.

But the Grinch, who lives above Whoville, hates Christmas.

When he wakes to find he is out of food, he realizes he has to go into Whoville for some shopping.

He will despise every second of going into Whoville, where he believes during Christmas time, the Whos are most deceptive.

All the Grinch happens upon are joyful Whos and he cannot stand any of it.

After doing his shopping, the Grinch is accidentally bumped into by Cindy Lou Who, who is busily trying to mail a very important letter to Santa Claus.

She wants Santa to help her mother, who she loves very much and believes his helping her and giving her what she wants and needs is a lot more important than anything she could wish for.

The Grinch then bumps into Mr. Bricklebalm, who believes he is friends with the Grinch.

He informs the Grinch that the mayor has made it official that the Christmas celebration tree this year will be three times bigger.

When he gets home, he feels even worst and alone too, which upsets him something awful.

While playing chess with his dog Max, the Grinch's house is disturbed by Mr. Bricklebalm flying a giant Christmas tree into town.

When the Grinch tries taking out the tree and his plan backfires, it dredges up all his unhappy Christmas memories.

He then comes up with an even more sinister plan.

He will dress in a Santa Claus disguise on Christmas Eve and steal all of the Whos Christmas.

Little does he realize, Cindy Lou Who is planning on staying up all Christmas Eve to talk to Santa in person.

Stars (voices by) Pharrell Williams, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Tristan OHare, Sam Lavagnino, Ramone Hamilton, Angela Lansbury, Scarlett Estevez, Michael Beattie, Lori Alan, Carlos Alazraqui, Doug Burch, Cathy Cavadini, Tucker Chandler

Directed by Yarrow Cheney & Scott Mosier

Rated PG
REMAKE/ANIMATION/COMEDY/FAMILY/CHRISTMAS

"To kindness and love. The things we need most."

Scooby Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012)

Released October 16th in the US.

The story: This Christmas Velma and Daphne are helping to save their favorite toy store from going out of business by being in its parade.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, an evil snowman causes havoc by turning everything in its path to ice, leaving everyone to run for cover.

The gang runs into the department store, where they learn the story of the angry old man who used to own the house across the street where the evil snowman came from.

Everyone is convinced that the evil snowman is an attempt by the old man to take down the toy store once and for all.

Luckily, the gang is hot on the case.

Stars (voices by) Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, Fabian Freeman, Carlos Alazraqui, Fred Tatasciore

Directed by Victor Cook

Not Rated

ANIMATION/COMEDY/FAMILY/CHRISTMAS

The Last Drive-In Presents Joe Bob's Ghoultide Get-Together part 2/A Christmas Horror Story (2022/2015)

Made for Shudder, airing on live stream December 17th in the US./Movie released October October 2nd in the US.

Season 5. Episode 2./Movie filmed in Canada.

Joe Bob feels for people who get shamed just for their opinions.

Because he is not judgemental, he can understand people's interests in things he wouldn't even consider.

Joe Bob talks about how a recent comment from a famous athlete about a Lego set he will be buying has inspired him.

His conclusion is that we live in a county that is at peace, we have leisure time and we have disposable income, which makes us a unique country.

We are allowed to do whatever floats our boat and that's important, so don't judge people for what they want.

He also tells how the tradition of gift-giving came about.

Both Joe Bob and Darcy are in full cosplay mode this time around.

They continue on with the advent calendar, which is another item being auctioned off.

During this part of the show, you have the opportunity to have Joe Bob, an ordained minister, perform your wedding ceremony in Las Vegas!

Bid to win a customized song just for you, written by music guy from The Last Drive-In, John Brennan, Joe Bob's "Biedermeier" Pimp Shoes from the 2022 Halloween episode of The Last Drive-In, an original, signed by Joe Bob script from an episode of 'Married With Children in which he stars as a pest exterminator Billy Ray Wetnap, a pair of Joe Bob-worn silver bolo ties, the blood painting by Darcy from the 'Tenebre' episode of The Last Drive-In, be on a live taping of the Last Drive-In, Darcys Applause panties from the 2022 Halloween show, and out of print/ autographed movie sets.

Joe Bob suggests to Darcy that they do a fan poll on 'A Christmas Horror Story'.

The movie gives Joe Bob the idea that psycho hags make great horror movie subject matter and that should totally be brought back into movies.

Joe Bob reads loving fan mail, gets choked him up, and makes a toast.

The story: It's Christmas Eve in Bailey Downs.

High school students Molly, Dylan, and Ben are making a documentary about an unsolved double murder that happened at a local school last Christmas.

With many questions still unanswered after getting their hands on some police footage of the crime scene, they are forced to do their own research.

When they get trapped inside the school with someone who creeps them out, things take a turn for the messed up.

A police officer who was involved in investigating that same murder is taking his wife and son to a place they should not be, to cut down their Christmas tree.

With no concern for the rules, they end up being forced to be very concerned for their safety.

The father of a family that is in great need of some together time is planning on spending Christmas vacation with the family at Great Aunt Edda's house.

While there, the family gets schooled about Krampus.

Soon, they find that Krampus is actually real.

And, last, but not least, Mr., Mrs. Claus and their elves are very busy getting ready for Christmas.

Santa notices one of his elves is not feeling well.

Quickly, the elf takes a horrific turn for the worst.

Stars John Bloom Diana Prince, Yuki Nakamura, George Buza, William Shatner, Zoe De Grand Maison, Shannon Kook, Alex Ozerov Meyer, Amy Forsyth, Jeff Clarke, Michelle Nolden, Adrian Holmes, Olunike Adeliyi, Orion John, A C Peterson, Percy Hynes White, Corinne Conley, Julian Richings, Debra McCabe, Joe Silvaggio, John Brennan, Felissa Rose, Richard Wilt, Emily Peiffer, Bradford Thomas 

Directed by Austin Jennings/Movie directed by Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban & Brett Sullivan

Not Rated

COMEDY/HORROR/MYSTERY/SERIES/CHRISTMAS

"This is Joe Bob saying, if something goes without being said, let it."

Ghoultide Get-Together

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance

The Jeannette Rankin Foundation

Last Drive-In merch

The Last Drive-In Presents Joe Bob's Ghoultide Get-Together part 1/Don't Open Til Christmas (2022/1984)

Made for Shudder, airing on live stream December 17th in the US./Movie originally released December 21st, in the US.

Season 5. Episode 2./Movie filmed entirely in London, England.

This year isn't unlike any other Christmas for Joe Bob and Darcy. They are supporting charities to keep up with their holiday tradition.

Joe Bob speaks about faith and goodwill to others, while Darcy introduces him to the advent calendar.

The customary four charities they are supporting this year during this movie are The March of Dimes, The Motion Picture & Television Fund, The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and which Joe Bob tells us all about.

You can bid on a chance for a  meet and greet with AEW wrestler Chris Jerico and before the show, dinner with Joe Bob and Darcy, a Joe Bob stand-ee, a signed copy of Elviria's autobiography, a Joe Bob Western shirt, a Joe Bob signed poster, and a chance to have Joe Bob and Darcy visit you at your house and then take you and your whole family to Cracker Barrel!

You can also buy exclusive Joe Bob and Darcy merchandise to show your support, which also goes directly to the charities.

A few sponsor ads are included in the show and as per usual, Joe Bob covers all bases on the movie, the people involved in the movie, and all things you would never think of or know to think of about the movie, making you a total expert on the movie if you just listen...

Plus lots of Joe Bob Christmas ideas and jokes as well as Darcy's favorite-part-of-the-movie cosplay.

Joe Bob gets a letter and a gift from a fan and last , but not least , Joe Bob tells Christmas jokes.

The story: It is Christmas time in London. Many rent-a-Santa's abound.

But someone isn't liking any of these Christmas Santas and will do what it takes to rid the streets of every single one of them. One by one. In extremely gruesome manners.

New Scotland Yard is talking to any and all witnesses and survivors of the killer, trying to figure out any realistic motives and clues for the brutal slayings they call the "Santa Murders".

But while they try to catch the killer, the killer continues on, killing as many unsuspecting"Santas" as possible.

Stars John Bloom, Diana Prince, Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Mark Jones, Gerry Sundquist, Belinda Mayne, Kevin Lloyd, Kelly Baker, Wendy Danvers, Nicholas Donnelly, Pat Astley, Laurence Harrington, Ken Halliwell, Ray Marioni, Wilfred Corlett, Ricky Kennedy, Sid Wragg, Max Roman, George Pierce, Chris Jerico, Yuki Nakamura

Directed by Austin Jennings/Movie directed by Edmund Purdom

Rated R

COMEDY/HORROR/SERIES/CHRISTMAS

"So these are trinkets you buy at the Christmas store. Only mine is a trinket you buy at the truck stop."

"23 more killing days til Christmas."

Ghoultide Get Together

The March of Dimes

The Motion Picture & Television Fund

Last Drive-In merch

Blonde (2022)

Made for Netflix, released on live streaming September 28th in the US.

Filmed in California.

The story: As a child, Norma Jean lived with her mentally unstable mother.

But her mother was all that she knew.

Her mother would tell her about her father, that he was to be kept a secret and that he was waiting for the right time to meet her.

Eventually, young Norma Jean found herself in a foster home.

Fast forward to adulthood, Norma Jean is modeling and soon acting as well.

She jumps head first into rolls but doesn't see herself as much of an actress.

When she visits her mother it breaks her heart.

Broken, scared, and always in hopes of meeting her father, Norma Jean has now broken her way into Hollywood.
Although she would much rather be in New York studying acting.

To the world, she is regarded as Marilyn Monroe, who almost everyone loves.

But Norma Jean does not love Marilyn or the life the name brings her.

Stars Julianne Nicholson, Lily Fisher, Tygh Runyan, Ana de Armas, Sara Paxton, Michael Drayer, Ryan Vincent, Rob Brownstein, Evan Williams, Xavier Samuel, David Warshofsky, Dan Butler, Rebecca Wisocky, Sonny Valicenti, Ethan Cohen, Bobby Cannavale, Mike Ostroski, Skip Pipo

Directed by Andrew Dominik

Rated NC17

DRAMA

Panic (2000)

Released December 1st in the US.

Filmed in California.

The story: Alex is a middle-aged career hitman, who was raised by his father, also a career hitman.

He is married and has a young son, neither of which really knows about what he does for work.

Alex has recently been thinking of giving up his dangerous life but knows his father will never approve.

He begins going to a psychotherapist, although he's really not sure exactly why.

But he does admit to being a hitman who is quitting.

The more Alex contemplates giving up being a hitman the more his father pushes him to stay.

But when his father insists that his next client-paid hit is his psychotherapist, it really puts pressure on Alex.

Stars William H Macy, Neve Campbell, John Ritter, Tracey Ullman, David Dorfman, Donald Sutherland, Barbara Bain, Tina Lifford, Nicholle Tom, Andrea Baker, Thomas Curtis, Greg Pitts

Directed by (& story written) Henry Bromell

Rated R
DRAMA/MYSTERY

Is That Black Enough For You : How One Decade Forever Changed the Movies (and Me) (2022)

Released on Netflix, airing on instant streaming, November 11th in the US.

The story: Movie critic, writer, and black America Elvis Mitchell takes us on a two-hour journey through black cinema.

Not only do we hear from black actors and actresses and how movies with and without black Americans in them affected them and their lives, but Elvis narrates the journey for us.

We are schooled about talented black American actors, actresses, directors, genres, and movie theaters in history.

Elvis questions where black cinema of the 70s went, where it came from, and what it all means.

Stars (voice) Elvis Mitchell, Margaret Avery, Harry Belafonte, Charles Burnett, Suzanne DePasse, Antonio Fargas, Laurence Fishburne, Sheila Fraizer, Whoopi Goldberg, Louise Archambault, Samuel L Jackson, Stan Lathan, Roscoe Orman, James Signorelli, Glynn Turman, Mario Van Peebles, Billy Dee Williams, Zendaya 

Directed by (& story written) Elvis Mitchell

Rated R

DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY

"We are important. Our hopes and dreams and aspirations. That's important."

The Good Nurse (2022)

Released on Netflix, airing on instant streaming October 26th in the US.

Filmed in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

Based on truths.

The story: It is 2003 in New Jersey.

Amy is a single mother of two young girls, working as an ICU nurse.

She is battling a heart condition that she cannot let anyone at her work know about, for fear of losing her job.

Amy is a very compassionate person who does as much as she possibly can for her patients but it does take a toll on her.

One day while Amy is being reprimanded by her boss she learns the hospital hired someone who will be working along with her.
When Charles and Amy meet they hit it off right away and quickly become close friends.

Charles is a single parent of two young daughters as well but does not live close to his family.

He has taken his current job to be closer to his girls but his wife has moved further away.

Soon, patients at the hospital begin dying with apparently no life-threatening symptoms.

When the hospital fires Charles due to believing he is responsible for the deaths but won't admit to that, the hospital is advised to call in law enforcement to investigate.

Without much more help from the hospital, the police turn to Amy to help them put Charles behind bars and out of hospital work for good.

Stars Jessica Chastain, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Alix West Lefler, Devyn McDowell, Denise Pillott , Dartell McRae, Eddie Redmayne, Judith Delgado, Joseph Fugelo, Jesus Papoleto Melendez, Ajay Naidu, Jennean Farmer, Noah Emmerich, Nnamdi Asomugha, Navya La Shay

Directed by Tobias Lindholm

Rated R
HISTORY/MYSTERY BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

Montana Story (2021)

Released May 13, 2022, in the US.

Filmed entirely in Montana.

The story: Wade is a retired attorney on his deathbed.

He has been barely living since suffering a stroke.

His son Cal is called to return home to make the final arrangements for his father's property.

Cal isn't handling the situation well but he's doing the best he can.

Soon, Cal's older sister Erin arrives, which changes everything for Cal.

Cal has not seen Erin since she left home many years ago.

She had upset their father so much that he did something she could never forgive and is still holding a grudge.

All of it upset Cal, as the two were very close.

Cal looked for her for many years but was unable to find her due to her not wanting to associate with her father, Cal, and his mother.

Erin doesn't want to stay at her father's house but came home to see her father for one last time.

When she finds out that Cal has made arrangements to have their father's old horse put down, Erin decides she must stay, so she can arrange to take the horse back home with her.

While there, Erin and Cal slowly begin rekindling their relationship.

Stars Owen Teague, Kimberly Guerrero, Gilbert Owuer , Rob Story, Asivak Koostachin, Haley Lu Richardson, Kate Britton, Eugene Brave Rock, John Ludin

Directed by Scott McGehee & David Siegel 

Rated R
DRAMA

Don't Worry Darling (2022)

Released September 23rd in the US.

Filmed in California.

The story: Alice believes her life is ideal.

She is married to successful Jack, they live in an experimental community through Jack's work and she has lots of housewife friends.

Plus Alice and Jack are young, without children, and that's just how they like it.

They are having fun.

One day, Margaret, a good friend of Alice's begins acting very strangely.

Actually, she has been acting strange since she walked with her young son onto her husband's work site, which is off-limits to anyone who doesn't work there.

Soon afterward, Margaret's son disappeared.

She is convinced that he was taken as punishment...

Now Margaret isn't herself and when Alice returns home one day, after walking onto the work site herself, she witnesses Margaret off herself.

Now Alice is questioning her life and what is really happening at her husbands' job site.

Stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, KiKi Layne, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Sydney Chandler, Kate Berlant, Asif Ali, Douglas Smith, Timothy Simons, Ari'el Stachel 

Directed by Olivia Wilde

Rated R

MYSTERY