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![A still from The Holiday Sitter. Sam takes Jason's hand as they sit cross-legged on the carpet, wrapping gifts.](https://hallmark.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ee73335/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/750x500!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhallmark-channel-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2Fc1%2F0a5a4d9f4bbd99b92788667c20cd%2Ftheholidaysitter-0497-rt.jpg)
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Christmas-averse city boy Sam meets holiday-loving smalltown Jason…who can guess what might happen next? it’s a Hallmark Channel holiday movie first, and we’re here to dissect it in all its sweet, slapstick-y, romantic glory, with film and culture writer Justin Kirkland in (mistle)tow.
What’s Good
Alonso – Monastery of Angels Pumpkin Bread
Drea – the outer limits of vanity
Justin – first latke
Ify – Modjeska time!
ITIDIC
Staff Picks
Alonso – All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Drea – Wildcat
Justin – Women Talking
Ify – Die Hard
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Alonso’s Books:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas Movies
Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas
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With:
Ify Nwadiwe
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Justin Kirkland
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher
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- Justin Kirkland
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A movie podcast that isn’t just a bunch of straight white dudes. Comedian Ify Nwadiwe is joined by film producer Drea Clark and film critic Alonso Duralde for a fast, funny, flight through film. Maximum Film! is news, reviews and in-depth insight, beamed directly into your ears every week.
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