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It's Christmastown


Jan 25, 2019

CHRIS COLLISION returns for FROZEN IN LOVE (2018) andTHEME ... Meet the Other Guys ... Title reminiscence ... The Gymkata trailer and All-In With Chris Hayes ... Rachael Leigh Cook/She's All That Appreciation Station ... Metropolitan shout-out ... BREAK ... The Expositional Challenge: The Back to the Future reversal ... Plot cleanup ... A pretty good comedy! ... You must trust RLC ... Classic coffee demand in a Canadian library ... Incompetent hockey execs, plausible hockey scenes ... Lunatic laughter ... No sludgy plot middle ... Rom and a com, but not a romcom ... Normal, adult resolutions ... BREAK ... Journalismism: Wikipedia for Ice Hockey; New Yorker-style in media res; 'Claiborne Booted, Royals Rile Ref'; plagiarized National Post article; Integrity Media Group; Denver, Vermont; chocolate chip cookie Wikipedia BS; Mark Kurlansky Shade Station; upsetting books; grimmest book club in history; the word "colonialism"; PR charts and graphs; Derrida, Deleuze and Guattari ... BREAK ... Eat Your Heart Out: Futzing with salad; bubble-free champagne; twice-baked potatoes; reasonable kitchens, pre-cut bread slabs; no-look kettle fill; no Dido budget ... Hallmark Expanded Universe: Christmas-romance bookstore vs. "Two Weeks" Garbage Store Murder vs. Janet, the Denver Royals and the PR firm in Dater's Handbook ... Adult baseball ... BREAK ... Overdetermined: Not really overdetermined vs. "On the Same Page" and hockey/book fair underwriting vs. black-tie hockey enforcer apology surprise ending ... Crossover: Ten-years-on mumblecore workplace rumination vs. Rachael Leigh Cook's Sudden Death and Larry Bud Melman's Yosemite Sam vs. You've Got Arena! ... BREAK ... Hallmark Bechdel Test: Yes, but novel ideation ... Finally honest with mom ... Great Moments in Moppetry: Solid penalty-killing, Make-A-Wish loser, solid 3 ...  BREAK ... The Leftovers: Decemberists B-side ... Wutherin' ... Social anxiety and alcoholism subtext ... RLC's concluding kissing scenes ... Get Carter ... Prospera Center and Quesnel Millionaires ... How does box-sliding help? ... Chokeslam: The Movie ... Bigger puck ... Possession metrics ... Merry Christmas ... • MUSIC: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather • "If U Want It," from Cyber-Vision, by Drew Fairweather • "She's All That Freestyle" • "Kiss Me," by Sixpence None the Richer • "3 Small Words," by Josie and the Pussycats • All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane • LINKS: Gymkata on All-In with Chris HayesTom Keiser on Sudden Death