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Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Ultimate Christmas movie
I first saw this film about 15 years ago, and I have been enchanted by it ever since. It is such a feel-good experience, that I could happily watch it at any time of the year. However, to me, it is the ultimate Christmas movie.
The fact that it is in B&W is irrelevant - although I often wonder what it would be like in colour. You can just get that warm, glowing feeling watching the Christmas events unfold.
Stanwyck and Morgan are perfect together, and Greenstreet is the antithesis of his usual character, Sakall is a blustering joy to watch.
It is light relief and certainly does not tax the brain, but leaves you feeling glad that you saw it.
I can't wait for it to become available on DVD in the UK. I shall certainly be at the front of the queue to buy it.
Spooky House (2001)
Fun way to spend an afternoon!
Just watched Spooky House on Sky Movies, and my daughter and I both enjoyed it. The magic element was good to watch, with sufficient mild horror to keep an 8-year old happy (and jumping), and the wonderful Ben Kingsley for her mum!
I actually found the dummies in the magician's house quite scary, having always been a little afraid of ventriloquists' dummies since I was a child.
Spooky House was actually more fun to watch than Disney's Haunted Mansion, as it didn't have all the inane plotting of that film. This was simple movie hokum that just leaves you feeling glad you watched it.