There are a lot of Christmas movies out there, though I have not reviewed as many as I thought I had for The Legionnaire. I believed, in one of… Read more “Candy Cane Lane, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Author: Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.
Greetings! If you are wondering why the funny robes, it is because I have a Ph.D. in American History from Loyola University Chicago. While there, I wrote my dissertation on Catholics in film. With this blog I intend to bring my Catholic perspective to current film content.
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, by Albert W. Vogt III
When Disney finds something that seems to do marginally well for them financially speaking, boy do they run with it. Each one of the three movies in the… Read more “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Dream Scenario, by Albert W. Vogt III
Now to make up for my mistake of the previous weekend. What is not an error is being regular about your daily and weekly activities. As a practicing Catholic,… Read more “Dream Scenario, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Santa Clause 2, by Albert W. Vogt III
My favorite part of The Santa Clause 2 (2002) is when Toy Santa (Tim Allen) becomes a military dictator of the North Pole and decides every kid in the… Read more “The Santa Clause 2, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Christmas . . . Again?!, by Albert W. Vogt III
What becomes immediately apparent with Christmas . . . Again?! (2021) is that it is a pretty unapologetic rip off of Groundhog Day (1993). I fall short of being definitive here because… Read more “Christmas . . . Again?!, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Christmas in the Smokies, by Albert W. Vogt III
My mind drifts sometimes while watching movies. When you see as many as I do, they tend to blend together into one meta-narrative that makes twists and turns… Read more “Christmas in the Smokies, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Christmas Inheritance, by Albert W. Vogt III
My Netflix account is available to me on my cell phone, though I rarely use the app. Speaking of apps, I do not know about you, but I… Read more “Christmas Inheritance, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Disney’s A Christmas Carol, by Albert W. Vogt III
Because there have been so many cinematic renderings of Charles Dicken’s arguably most familiar work, A Christmas Carol (1843), I have to specify this one as Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009). Yet,… Read more “Disney’s A Christmas Carol, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Christmas in Mississippi, by Albert W. Vogt III
My initial guess that Christmas in Mississippi (2017) is a Hallmark Channel movie turned out not to be correct, but I was close. It is a Lifetime film, but it… Read more “Christmas in Mississippi, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Silent Night (2023), by Albert W. Vogt III
My go-to app for looking up movie times is Flixster. When searching the times for my usual Friday viewing, my intent was to see Dream Scenario. It looks to be… Read more “Silent Night (2023), by Albert W. Vogt III”
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