Echo Chamber - 289 - Part One
You can hear ‘Part Two’ of this week’s episode HERE!!!
We're back to the 'TWO Parter' @EchoChamberFP this week, in a BIG way!!!
In 'Part ONE' Amazon MGM Studios & Imagine Entertainment bring a Xmas comedy to Prime Video, while Motion Blur Films have their own festive chuckle on Netflix. Searchlight Pictures, Picturestart & Gloria Sanchez Productions have theatre fun on Disney+. In the cinema we have an animated adventure from nWave Studios & Signature Entertainment AND the BFI celebrate the 75th anniversary of a classic!!!
In 'Part One' we have:
Candy Cane Lane
Watch Review: Here.
Digital Release Date: 1st December 2023
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Genneya Walton, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Madison Thomas, Nick Offerman, Chris Redd, Robin Thede, David Alan Grier, Ken Marino, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Lombardo Boyar, Timothy Simons, Danielle Pinnock, Iman Benson, Trevante Rhodes, Riki Lindhome, Catherine Dent, D.C. Young Fly
Credit: Amazon MGM Studios, Imagine Entertainment, Bubble Pictures, Amazon Prime Video
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Running Time: 120 min
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
Watch via Prime Video UK: Here.
Website: Here.
Christmas as Usual (aka Så var det jul igjen)
Watch Review: Here.
Digital Release Date: 6th December 2023
Director: Petter Holmsen
Cast: Ida Ursin-Holm, Kanan Gill, Marit Adeleide Andreassen, Veslemøy Mørkrid, Erik Follestad, Matilde Hovdegard, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Nora Harriet, Matilde Hovdegard, Veslemøy Mørkrid, Dustin Rubin, Jonas Strand Gravli
Credit: Motion Blur Films, Netflix
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Running Time: 88 min
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Netflix: Here.
Website: Here.
Theater Camp
Watch Review: Here.
Sundance Film Festival: 21st January 2023
Theatrical Release Date: 14th July 2023
Digital Release Date: 6th December 2023
Director: Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman
Cast: Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Jimmy Tatro, Caroline Aaron, Ayo Edebiri, Nathan Lee Graham, Owen Thiele, Amy Sedaris, Patti Harrison, Bailee Bonick, Kyndra Sanchez, Donovan Colan, Vivienne Sachs, Alan Kim, Alexander Bello, Luke Islam, Jack Sobolewski, Quinn Titcomb, Madisen Lora
Credit: Picturestart, Topic Studios, Gloria Sanchez Productions, Searchlight Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 93 min
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Apple TV+: Here.
Watch via Hulu: Here.
Watch via Disney+: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
Watch via Prime Video UK: Here.
Website: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @theatercampthemovie
The Inseparables
Watch Review: Here.
Annecy Festival: 12th June 2023
Theatrical Release Date: 8th December 2023
Digital Release Date: 22nd January 2024
Director: Jérémie Degruson
Cast: Dakota West, Monica Young, Jordan Baird, Donte Paris, Olivier Paris, Art Brown, Danny Fehsenfeld
Credit: A Contracorriente Films, Octopolis, nWave Pictures, Signature Entertainment
Genre: Animation, Family
Running Time: 88 min
Cert: U
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
The Red Shoes
Watch Review: Here.
London premiere: 22nd July 1948
Theatrical Release Date: 6th September 1948
Digital Release Date: 20th July 2010
75th anniversary Theatrical Re-Release Date: 8th December 2023
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Léonide Massine, Robert Helpmann, Albert Bassermann, Esmond Knight, Ludmilla Tchérina, Léonide Massine, Austin Trevor, Irene Browne
Credit: The Archers, General Film Distributors, BFI Distribution
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Running Time: 134 min
Cert: U
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Apple TV+: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
Watch via Prime Video UK: Here.
Website: Here.
The 75TH anniversary release of 'The Red Shoes' is in cinemas in the UK & Ireland on 8 December 2023 as part of the BFI’s major UK-wide season; CINEMA UNBOUND: THE CREATIVE WORLDS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER which continues until 31 December.
A tie in free exhibition at BFI Southbank, The Red Shoes: Beyond the Mirror continues until 7 January.
You can hear ‘Part Two’ of this week’s episode HERE!!!
*(Music)
'Da Joint' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020