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First Viewing Viewing Date: December 26th Via: Apple TV+ Plot: A former top assassin living incognito as a suburban dad must take his unsuspecting family on the run when his past catches up to him. Rating: 6.2/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's a new movie on Apple TV+, and it's time for me to catch up on all the 2023 releases.

A captivating Australian Christmas movie

“Unlike cheery, upbeat mainstream Christmas movies from major studios and streaming services, 2023's Christmess is a more solemn and dramatic festive movie about addiction, depression and loss. Australian Christmas movies are suddenly an annual occurrence thanks to streaming services, but Christmess ” read more

An unexpectedly wonderful Christmas gem

“A festive movie offering from the United Kingdom, 2022's This Is Christmas is a pleasantly surprising gem that is destined to become a cherished holiday favourite in the same league as Nativity! and Love Actually. Despite the poster, title and premise suggesting another disposable Hallmark-like prod” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 24th Via: Amazon Prime Video Plot: Dozens of passengers commuting from Langton to London for work on a daily basis begin to grow closer when one of them decides to throw a Christmas party for them all. Rating: 7.9/10 Why Did I Watch It? I wanted to watch this last year after seeing Kaya Scodelario promoting it on social media, but I couldn't find anywhere to watch it. After watching an old Christmas movie, a French Christmas movie and a contemporary American Christmas movie, I wanted something British. Google brought this one back into view.

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 24th Via: Amazon Prime Video Plot: After the death of their matriarch, a dysfunctional family comes together to celebrate Christmas and try to get along. Rating: 6.5/10 Why Did I Watch It? This has been on my Prime watchlist for years being a Christmas movie, and I think I've intended to watch it for my Christmastime viewings for the last three years. I finally got to it.

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 24th Via: SBS On-Demand Plot: One murdered man, eight women, each seeming to be eager than the others to know the truth. Gimme, gimme, gimme some clues to make up my mind. And eventually, enter the truth. Oh, thou cruel woman! Rating: 6.7/10 Why Did I Watch It? It often features on lists for recommended Christmas movies, and it has been on my watchlist for over ten years. When I found out it was available and streaming, I had to watch it.

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 24th Via: Plex Plot: Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday. Rating: 7.6/10 Why Did I Watch It? This has been on my Christmas watchlist for years. After finding it on Plex, I promptly watched it.

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 23rd Via: Tubi Plot: Opposing the evil Barnaby, Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try and fail to pay off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland. Rating: 7.0/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's another iconic Christmas movie that has been on my list for years.

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 23rd Via: Amazon Prime Video Plot: When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited. Rating: 6.0/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's another Christmas movie.

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 23rd Via: Tubi Plot: After the founder of a manufacturing company commits suicide, a naive business graduate is selected to take over as part of a stock scam. Rating: 8.1/10 Why Did I Watch It? This is considered a Christmas movie and it's from the Coen Brothers. When I realised I could watch it on Tubi, I leapt at the chance.

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 23rd Via: Tubi Plot: A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas. Rating: 6.1/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's a Christmas movie which intrigued me, and I could watch it on Tubi.

First Viewing Viewing Date: December 20th Via: Cinema Plot: Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant, dinosaur-like monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. Rating: 9.0/10 Why Did I Watch It? All the acclaim and hype got me extremely interested, I had to see it ASAP.