Episode 277: 'The Holiday Sitter' with Justin Kirkland
This Christmas, Jonathan Bennett channels John Ritter (in Rossini loafers).
Maximum Film! · Ify Nwadiwe, Alonso Duralde, Drea Clark, Marissa Flaxbart
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Show Notes
Christmas-averse city boy Sam meets holiday-loving smalltown Jason…who can guess what might happen next? it’s a Hallmark Channel holiday movie first, and we’re here to dissect it in all its sweet, slapstick-y, romantic glory, with film and culture writer Justin Kirkland in (mistle)tow.
Then, a double dose of Holiday Hotline calls , and the last Christmas Movie Minute of 2022!
What’s Good
Alonso - Monastery of Angels Pumpkin Bread
Drea - the outer limits of vanity
Justin - first latke
Ify - Modjeska time!
ITIDIC
- Henry Cavill’s Getting a Warhammer Movie
- Donald Glover is Producing/Starring in a New Spider-Man Movie
- The First Barbie Teaser Trailer Has Been Released
Staff Picks
Alonso - All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Drea - Wildcat
Justin - Women Talking
Ify - Die Hard
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Justin’s podcast, John Dutton Must Die
Alonso’s Books
I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies
Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas
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With:
Ify Nwadiwe
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Justin Kirkland
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher
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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher