City Bad, Christmas Good: Recent Episodes
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Maria and Sean, a married couple who loves trash holiday films, analyze the flicks that fascinate them. From the tropey, predictable plots to the outright bizarre detours from the Hallmark formula - they'll chat hard about this genre they look forward to every Holiday season.
Maria & Sean analyze one of their absolute favorite cable Christmas movies - the subversively excellent Christmas Cupcakes. A fairly tame act hides what is a very funny and surprising movie. CHEF PAOLO FOR LIFE.
Subversion! That's the theme behind the next two episodes. Maria and Sean will be talking about movies that take the cable Christmas movie format and do fun things with it. First up is Christmas Movie Christmas - the Mar Vista-produced story of sisters who wake up in a Christmas movie after making a wish.
Disney Channel Original Movie meets Arrested Development? Melissa Joan Hart as a badly perm'd kidnapper? Lacey with the good hair? Lassie's June Lockhart as a brazen renegade? Maria and Sean deconstruct "Holiday in Handcuffs" - a holiday romcom with a high CPM (crimes per minute.)
MARIA NOTE: At ne point I reference "Spirit of Christmas" but really meant "Christmas Kiss 2." Blame the Jingle Jangles.
You can't have your ho-ho-highs without your ho-ho-lows. Maria and Sean check out Christmas Kiss 2 - a "romantic comedy" movie about a billionaire who forces a subordinate to love him. Romance? No. Comedy? No. Crime? Yes.
Sean yells about this. A lot.
CW: Stalking
Maria and Sean are tipsy on Jingle Jangles (peppermint schnapps martinis) and ready to deconstruct the Christmas romance flick "Holly's Holiday" - has love with an anthropomorphic department store mannequin gotten any better since Kim Cattrall and Andrew McCarthy had a go at it? Is dinner with a mannequin family decidedly a horror scene? The answer is yes. Contains some adult language (blame the Jingle Jangles.)
Welcome to City Bad, Christmas Good! Maria and Sean start off with "Spirit of Christmas" - ghosts, murders, Christmas Romance, a struggling inn in western Massachusetts, and confusing costume choices await!