2 Cups of Die Hard or Die Hard 2?

One half cup of hub alone?

A quarter cup of the ref?

Two table spoons of the Santa Claus, one gal on a fake blood.

Bake at maximum heat for exactly 112 minutes.

The result is a holiday dish you'll want to be served again and again.

Violent Night is yet another one of those films that you don't want to watch the trailer

before seeing it.

As the trailer spoils some of the greatest moments of fun.

And boy is there a lot of great fun.

But what would you expect from 87 North, the producers of John Wick, Deadpool 2, and

bullet train?

Casting David Harbor from Stranger Things as Santa Claus is nothing less than inspired

genius.

After watching his performance as jolly old Saint Nick, it seems so blatantly obvious

to cast him in the role that it is surprising it hasn't been done before now.

He steps into it effortlessly.

I went into my local AMC theater on January 18th, long past the days most anyone would have

seen this film at a movieplex.

Hey, forget me, I've been busy.

Because I waited so long to see it, I was alone with a film, not a single soul in the

theater, other than the ghost in the projection booth and my good friends Milk Duds, popcorn

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