I ♥ RETRO at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace kicks off its Xmas season with a cracker double - National Lampoons Christmas Vacation + Elf! Already tired at the thought of spending Christmas with the family!? Why not spend it with the Griswolds and see how much worse it could be! Since its release in 1989, Christmas Vacation has often been labelled as a modern Christmas classic. John Hughes wrote the screenplay for this silly, warm little guilty pleasure that nails most of the trials and tribulations of spending the holidays with family - Combustible Celluloid Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau. It stars Will Ferrell, James Caan and Zooey Deschanel. The story is about one of Santas elves who learns of his true identity as a human and goes to New York City to meet his biological father, spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics as he goes. A movie full of Yuletide cheer, Elf is a spirited, good-natured family comedy, and it benefits greatly from Will Ferrells funny and charming performance as one of Santas biggest helpers - Rotten Tomatoes A disarmingly funny holiday comedy - Entertainment Weekly I ♥ RETROs classic Xmas programming then continues with this treat of a double bill for those that would rather be naughty than nice! Scrooged + Bad Santa. Scrooged is a 1988 American comedy film modernization of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, directed by Richard Donner and starring Bill Murray. Bill Murray as Scrooge? Now thats perfect casting! - Sunday Times A big fruitcake of a holiday movie that does a 1980s number on A Christmas Carol. - Washington Post A roaring good time - Filmcritic Bad Santa is a 2003 American Christmas black comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton as a miserable conman who with his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. A gloriously rude and gleefully offensive black comedy, Bad Santa isnt for everyone, but grinches will find it uproariously funny - Rotten Tomatoes Best of all, it plugs into -- and electrifies -- the mostly unacknowledged grimness that lies just beneath our holiday cheer - Time Magazine Bad Santa is the most fun youll have while watching someone destroy themselves - Urban Cinefile Bad Santa squeezes enough humour into its tight costume to satisfy anyone suffering from seasonal sickness - Total Film A delightfully obscene alternative to the usual Christmas tosh - Empire Magazine CHRISTMAS VACATION + ELF FRIDAY DECEMBER 5 AT 7PM ALL TIX $16 BOOK TICKETS HERE: HTTP://WWW.ORPHEUM.COM.AU/WP-CINEMA/MOVIE/O-CHRISTMAS-VACA/ SCROOGED + BAD SANTA SUNDAY DECEMBER 14 AT 6:30PM ALL TIX $16 BOOK TICKETS HERE: HTTP://WWW.ORPHEUM.COM.AU/WP-CINEMA/MOVIE/O-SCROOGEDBAD/
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