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First Viewing Viewing Date: December 27th Via: Netflix Plot: Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. Rating: 8.9/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 27th Via: Cinema Plot: A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Rating: 8.3/10

First Viewing Plot: A mischievous 14-year-old boy and his irresponsible uncle almost ruin Christmas when they decide to take Santa's new high-tech sleigh for a joyride.

I don't know which vault Disney had to crack open, or how many cobwebs they had to dust off in the process, but this Disney Channel Original Christmas movie from 2001 was available on Disney+, so I decided to give it a whirl purely for the sake of Bryan Cranston. And... It's a Disney Christmas movie, that's all you need to know. It's assembled from cliches, including redemptive arcs and a Santa in crisis, stealing from movies like Disney's own The Santa Clause as well as several other non-Christmas movies. It's not funny or well-made enough to make for a compelling watch, but neither is it aggressively terrible. It's completely middle of the road, making it acceptable for background noise during the Christmas season, or something to watch while you're drunk or high late at night. I can't say I regret watching it, which is something.

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 23rd Via: Disney+ Plot: A mischievous 14-year-old boy and his irresponsible uncle almost ruin Christmas when they decide to take Santa's new high-tech sleigh for a joyride. Rating: 5.4/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 22nd Via: Netflix Plot: Two sisters and their families spend - or rather, endure - Christmas at their late parents' dilapidated country house. Rating: 5.2/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 21st Via: Netflix Plot: After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold, bloody mission to eliminate a brutal dictator. Rating: 6.3/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 21st Via: Netflix Plot: The Buckmans are a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse. Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 20th Via: iTunes Store Plot: Go! tells the story of the events after a drug deal, told from three different points of view. Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 19th Via: Cinema Plot: The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga. Rating: 7.7/10 You can read my review here

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 18th Via: iTunes Store Plot: A father and son who team up to save Christmas once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police. Rating: 7.3/10