Genre cinema has always been a welcoming place for films about psychopaths who dress like Santa and go slashing through the snow. But in the new action com..
Alexis Burling December 10, 2020Updated: December 18, 2020, 7:14 am
“Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” plays Dec. 18 at the Castro. Photo: Embassy Pictures 1964
It’s been no sleigh ride, 2020.
But if you’re looking forward to beating the holiday blues by spending December on the couch and plowing through Christmas-themed content, we have your back. There are nearly 100 offerings to choose from.
For the musically inclined, there’s the Debbie Allen-directed “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square” on Netflix, and “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” also on Netflix. It stars Forest Whitaker as a curmudgeonly toy maker whose granddaughter renews his faith in the holidays after his thieving apprentice ruins his business.