What follows is a comedy of errors that recalls The Birdcage about all the different ways in which people come out. So she's remained in the closet, and Abby is forced to play along. Her dad (Victor Garber) is coded conservative and running for mayor of their town, and Harper is his favorite who is terrified of doing anything that will displease him. However, this is the first time Abby is invited to join Harper's family for the season: On the car ride to the suburbs, Harper reveals that she's not out to her parents yet. Kristen Stewart stars as Abby, who is wildly in love with her girlfriend Harper (Mackenzie Davis) and plans to propose over Christmas.
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New Line CinemaĪs it stands, the LGBTQIA+ holiday movie canon is slight, so it was a joy when Veep star Clare DuVall's Happiest Season won over streaming audiences with this recent Hulu hit. It's a frequently very funny movie that gives off warm and twinkly holiday vibes while also retaining a hefty amount of bite. (Or, if you're feeling ambitious, dig up the old VHS copies stashed away somewhere.) What would Christmas be without instant gratification?įor more holiday options, check out our list of the best Christmas movies on Netflix this year. Who only checks a list twice? We're also telling you where to watch them right now, with an emphasis on streaming services that include them with a subscription, though you can usually rent most of these movies from the likes of Amazon, iTunes, VUDU, and YouTube. Like Santa Claus himself, we're making a list, but we're checking it more than twice because-seriously-this is important. So, with apologies to John McClane and fellow "set your action thriller on Christmas" enthusiast Shane Black, the movies you're about to read about are actually about Christmas-with all the joys, anxieties, and surprises they bring. But you probably don't ring in yuletide cheer by fighting off terrorists at Nakatomi Plaza. We don't want to make any assumptions about what your family or friends are like-maybe they're all claymation characters. Since we all have different traditions, that means Christmas films can take many chestnut-roasting, Jack Frost-nipping forms: unrelentingly cheery musicals, vaguely religious dramas, defiantly grim horror films, or gleefully vulgar comedies. “A man experiences a ‘funny turn’ and falls over, indicating the beginning of a period of illness.A truly great Christmas movie should channel the mood of the holiday season. The BBFC also writes: “There are scenes in which people smoke cigarettes. Stan & Ollie is rated PG according to the British Board of Film Classification.Īccording to the BBFC, the reason for the rating is down to mild bad language such as “bloody”. Stan & Ollie was written by Jeff Pope, who had worked with Coogan on the Oscar-nominated Philomena.
Lucille Hardy and Ida Ollie are played by Shirley Henderson and Nina Arianda respectively. Stan and Ollie: The film is out in UK cinemas now and has been well received by critics (Image: Sony)
The two comedians were announced as the film’s stars in January 2016. Steve Coogan stars as Stanley “Stan” Laurel, with John C. Stan & Ollie premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 2018. “The input of Mark and those others elevated the movie.” Stan and Ollie: The comedy duo toured the UK, so filming in the UK made perfect sense (Image: Sony) “And we wanted Mark Coulier because he’s one of the best in the business. With a small, independent film, you have to use your resources wisely. One of the biggest challenges of filming was John C Reilly requiring four hours in the make-up chair each day.īaird told Variety: “We knew makeup would be a huge factor. “Jeff and I thought it was important to show them at height of career, but then to concentrate on the ’50s, the time of their biggest challenges.”
Stan and Ollie: The Laurel and Hardy movie was filmed in the UK (Image: Sony)