20 posts tagged ‘thanksgiving’

• Fantastic Mr. Fox is the best Thanksgiving movie

  AV Club, Nov 22, 2023

  Thanksgiving gets totally bulldozed by Christmas, doesn’t it? There are certainly far fewer shows and movies to watch to get in the spirit of the thing. Sure, we’ve got some Thanksgiving episodes and a handful of films explicitly or tangentially about the holiday, including the beloved-but-dated classic Planes, Trains… Read more...

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• TV's 21 best Thanksgiving episodes

  AV Club, Nov 21, 2023

  Turkey pretty much has a lock on the biggest Thanksgiving tradition, but TV might just come in a sneaky second place. Whether you’re watching football, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, or a holiday film, there’s almost always something on in the background of your holiday gathering. So, this year, why not try some… Read more...

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• Chris Ware’s “Harvest”

  The New Yorker, Nov 20, 2023

  The artist discusses the rituals of gathering and building memories.

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• The week in film: Thanksgiving's gory feast, and what's wrong with Marvel

  AV Club, Nov 18, 2023

  Horror fans have been waiting more than a decade for Thanksgiving, director Eli Roth’s holiday slasher about a killer in a pilgrim mask terrorizing a small Massachusetts town. Ever since Roth’s fake trailer for the film showed up in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse, we’ve been wondering what the… Read more...

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• Remember that time three men got banned from Yellowstone for cooking chickens in a geyser? Lego Park Ranger does!

  Boing Boing, Nov 18, 2023

  If you don't follow Lego Park Ranger on Instagram or Facebook, you really should—the account is terrific. Here's how they describe themselves in their Instagram bio: Everyone has a hobby, but some are stranger than others. We build National Park scenes out of LEGO. — Read the rest

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• Eli Roth's Thanksgiving Is a Dumb, Disgusting Delight

  Gizmodo, Nov 17, 2023

  The idea for Eli Roth to make a horror movie about Thanksgiving was originally a joke. Several holidays are synonymous with Hollywood horror. Halloween, of course. Christmas has a few movies. Valentine’s Day too. But Thanksgiving? That’s so silly. Or is it? Read more...

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• Martha Stewart Has Canceled Thanksgiving

  The Cut, Nov 17, 2023

  She’s “turkeyed out.”

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• Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving Isn’t Terrible, and for That We Can Be Thankful

  Vulture, Nov 17, 2023

  We don’t watch movies like this wondering what’s going to happen next. We watch because we know what’s going to happen next.

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