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Article: Keep the spirit alive
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- The Press
- Article date:
- December 23, 2008
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JAMES CROOT looks at the best and the worst of Christmas cinema
on DVD.
If the thought of a post-feast afternoon viewing Shirley Bassey
live from Carnegie Hall or Disney on Ice sends shivers down your
spine, you could do far worse than keeping the Christmas spirit
alive by popping one of the following in the DVD player. And in the
spirit of giving, we've also decided to warn you which holiday films
are only marginally better than finding a lump of coal.
Bad Santa
Although probably not a film you can sit down to watch with
granny or the kids, this 2003 subversive black comedy features Billy
Bob Thornton in top form. He plays a miserable conman who poses as
Santa, with the aim of robbing ...