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Haha!! Glad I found this. @ReidsonFilm spent our Xmas with 'Jingle All the Way', a first-rate second-rate movie..https://reidsonfilm.substack.com/p/jingle-all-the-way

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A classic!

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Somehow just saw this! Thanks for the delightful shout out, Erin!

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Kindred spirits!! ❤️

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I have a date with The Holdovers on Friday night! Cannot wait. And I will admit, I did waste two hours of my life watching that solar-powered hot air balloon flick, which deserves the same fate as the Hindenburg. Alas, mass critical flaming is also satisfying (even if I felt bad for Jason Biggs. C’mon dude!).

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I think you'll LOVE The Holdovers -- let me know what you think! I cannot stop laughing at the solar-powered hot air balloon. And how has Biggs not aged a day since 1999?

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I had no idea this is what Mary Lambert was up to these days! I still think of all her terrific Madonna videos, especially "Like a Prayer."

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She is the national treasure no one's heard of!

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I bought _Holdovers_, too. What a brilliant, tender, surprising flick by the fabulous Alexander Payne of _Descendants_--another brilliant flick I bought. Other folks: You gotta read https://erincarlson.substack.com for everything there is to know about the rom-com, and get this! She'll be writing for us at https://innerlifecollaborative.substack.com. We're lucky to get her: Her substack surprises and delights.

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Thank you, Mary!! I'm glad that you enjoyed The Holdovers as much as I did. A Giamatti/Payne collaboration is always a treat!

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You had me at directed A Castle for Christmas. (Also, thanks for the shout out!)

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Hi, it's me, I'm the new president of the Mary Lambert Fan Club!

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I will join!

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