Fatso Christmas Watchlist

Need a movie to watch over the Christmas holidays with the whole family? Here's a handy list of recent, new and upcoming Christmas-themed releases you can rent from Fatso...

Almost Christmas
Abominable Christmas
The Wiggles - It's Always Christmas With You/Santa's Rockin'
Chilly Christmas
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
Peppa Pig - A Christmas Compilation
A Christmas Without Snow
A Christmas Wish
Scrooge
Mistletoe Over Manhattan
Christmas Comes Home
The Chase for Christmas
The Christmas Colt
K-9 Adventures: A Christmas Tale
Saving Santa
3-Day Christmas
A Christmas Tree Miracle
Golden Winter

The Sixth Annual Xmas Exploitation Screening

If you're looking for an unorthodox way of celebrating Christmas, make your way down to the Academy Cinemas in Auckland tomorrow night for a special double feature screening of the gory Xmas slasher Saint and the indescribable chunk of cine-insanity known as Raw Force (in rare 35mm!). Tickets are only $12. Here's a sneak peek of what to expect:

Fatblog's Favourite Festive Flicks

It's almost Christmas time, and it's also that time of the year where we're all scrambling together lists - best-of-year lists, shopping lists - so here's a list of classic and slightly unorthodox Christmas films for your viewing pleasure.

10. Black Christmas - I really don't expect anyone to be actually sitting down during Christmas watching this naaasty movie, but it's one of my favourite '70s slashers - and I guess if you're feeling er, masochistic or something, by all means check it out (forget the remake).


9. Batman Returns - best of those '90s Batmans. Who better to ruin the Christmas spirit than the Penguin?



8. Brazil - another kinda bummer/cynical pick; like no Christmas you'll ever have experienced.


7. Gremlins - GIZMOoooo!!


6. Miracle on 34th Street - the best heartwarming Santa movie ever



5. Home Alone - very fond memories of watching this one when I was a kid...


4. The Nightmare Before Christmas - enchanting stop-motion animation beauty from Tim Burton + terrific songs by Danny Elfman



3. Die Hard - yippee-ki-yay mofo, the most fun time you'll spend at a hostage situation during Christmas!!

2. It's a Wonderful Life - you thought this was going to be no. 1 right? no. 2 is still pretty good. Jimmy's always welcome at this time of the year.


1. Bad Santa - the best arsehole Santa movie ever. Not for the easily offended, but if you're a bit adventurous and like your humour a bit off-colour, you can't beat Billy Bob Thornton in a Santa suit cursing at kids and urinating in his pants.