Elf on the Shelf

Bartholomew, Santa’s Second Favorite Elf, takes exception to the popularity of the “Elf on the Shelf.” Some harsh realities are revealed.

Elf on the Shelf

Tim’s Advent Calendar brings holiday joy

Our Facebook page, Tim’s Advent Calendar, is taking off! This Christmas, our founder, Tim Kretschmann, launched a Facebook page offering new content each day in December leading up to THE BIG DAY. There are trailers for some of your favorite Christmas movies, there are music videos from classic and new Christmas carols, and there is original content as well.

Leading the original content is our friend, Bartholomew, Santa’s Second Elf. Bartholomew visits Tim every year starting the day before Thanksgiving. His recorded skits with Tim have been highlights throughout Tim’s broadcasting times on the radio and podcasting. He’s made appearances on his German radio show, Stimmung Stunde, first but migrated to appearances on the podcasts: PageantCast, Police on the Scene with a Crime Prevention Lean, The Christmas Stocking, and the TKPN Podcast.

Re-emerging from the vault are Tim’s “traditions” series. He recorded these traditions back for the Stimmung Stunde and they were extremely popular on that program. He is letting them back out of the vault this year for your enjoyment, so you can all learn the secret of the bullfinch.

Join us and Merry Christmas!

https://www.facebook.com/AdventTim

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Tim’s Advent Calendar brings holiday joy

Interviews From The Crypt – Greg Nicotero

We have a bonus interview this week as we got to chat with fellow Pittsburgher and a man who needs no introduction, Greg Nicotero.

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FUCKED AND BOUND: BrooklynVegan Streams Suffrage From Seattle Hardcore Punk Faction; Limited Reissue To Drop Today Via Quiet Panic

FUCKED AND BOUND: BrooklynVegan Streams Suffrage From Seattle Hardcore Punk Faction; Limited Reissue To Drop Today Via Quiet Panic

“It’s a fiery offering of raw, metallic hardcore with purposeful lyrics and an interpolation of Nirvana’s ‘Negative Creep.’” — BrooklynVegan

Stream FUCKED AND BOUND’s Suffrage HERE.

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What’s on Prime Video in January 2021

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The Network TV Premiere of Marvel Studios’ ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Will Air on Sunday, January 3 on TNT

The Network TV Premiere of Marvel Studios’ ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Will Air on Sunday, January 3 on TNT

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Last Christmas (2019)

Emelia Clark is probably best known by audiences as the Dragon Queen on Game of Thrones. It might seem odd to place her in the lead of a romantic comedy set at Christmas to some, but Last Christmas isn’t your average Christmas movie and Emelia Clark isn’t your average young actress. Anyone seeing her personal appearances know she is NOTHING like her GOT character, yet this character she plays here is far bleaker than one would expect in a holiday based romp.

If this wasn’t a studio set, this would be chilly.

Last Christmas was helmed by Bridesmaids and Ghostbusters (2016) director, Paul Feig, who really didn’t want to take the position based on a past Christmas based failure on his resume (Unaccompanied Minors). He was directing from a script by Emma Thompson, who cowrote with her husband over the course of many years, and is a literal translation of the famous Wham! song. Wham! songs pepper the soundtrack throughout, so don’t worry about them just playing the one song over and over…like every mall in the country is playing this time of year.

Emilia Clarke as Kate in “Last Christmas,” directed by Paul Feig.

In front of the lens, Henry Golding from Crazy, Rich Asians feels much more at home in a rom-com. Also playing parts was movie scribe Emma Thompson and Michelle Yeoh in a role as a “crazy” boss. Crazy, because she doesn’t fire Emelia’s character within the first five minutes of the movie.

Watching the last season of Game of Thrones is a sobering experience.

Emelia’s character had a disease (I won’t spoil any of this, since I heard the trailer does and I’m glad I didn’t see it) and she has been a mess since beating it. She’s drinking too much. She’s always late. And her legs just won’t stay together.

If that dragon comes down here, I got you.

This is what I mean about steering clear of Christmas conventions. Her character is a mess…more on the street with Nightmare Alley than Miracle on 34^th Street. Frankly, if it was shot in black and white, it resembles a film noir more than any Christmas movie ever should. It is also light on the mirth. It’s just a little cold and aloof…much like the characters Emma Thompson typically plays.This all leads to either a shocking reveal or a ridiculous plot twist in the final 30 minutes of the film that either makes or breaks the movie for many. I liked it and it brought out a sweetness in the performance that had been missing during the early going of the film. It’s worth catching Last Christmas this Christmas but expect, at least a little, heartbreak. It could have been something special.