Do you know what? To heck with Christmas, let’s go on a cruise instead…is what Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis say in 2004’s Christmas With The Kranks, and we’re talking about it in great detail for the first of TWO Christmas Specials this month.

Synopsis: When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis) decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighbourhood in an uproar.

We’ll talk about the film’s scores, go over the whole plot, talk about trivia and more. We’ll also discuss at length perhaps why this movie has a score as low as the measly 5% it had at the time of recording. We’ll also be talking about yellow snowballs and famous hams.

If you would like to tell us what you thought of Christmas With The Kranks, suggest a rotten film you’d like us to talk about or just say hello you can email us at rankrottenpod@gmail.com, or contact us on any of our socials which are listed below.

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Link to Film Stories:

https://filmstories.co.uk/

Slate.com article; “’Tis the Season for Rationing Movies”:

https://slate.com/culture/2024/12/christmas-movies-2024-best-christmas-carol-grinch.html

Radio Times article; “Christmas with the Kranks is the most underrated Christmas movie ever:

https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/christmas-with-the-kranks-underrated-christmas-movie-comment/

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It’s another mystery pick for Cat and she has picked 2004’s A Cinderella Story. This is a movie that attempts to bring a classic fairy tale into the 21st century, but does it succeed or is it a by-the-numbers money spinner?

Synopsis: A teenager with a wicked stepmother develops an online relationship with a popular high school quarterback.

We’ll talk about the film’s scores, go over the whole plot, talk about trivia and more. We’ll also do a bit of reminiscing about the 00s and ask if storing your flip-phone on your ankle is a good idea, and if two good performances are enough to take a movie from rotten to fresh.

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Mikey’s old 90’s VHS version of Rumpelstiltskin, full title: ‘Britannica presents tales around the world: Rumpelstiltskin’, from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeyocDYwpRM&t=1221s

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Oh no, we’re off to Forks again for this episode, we’re talking about The Twilight Saga: New Moon from back in 2009. We honestly swear we thought these movies were more recent than that! Mikey, in his madness, chose this as his mystery pick, partly due to popular demand and partly in the hope we won’t have to revisit this saga for a while…but we’ll see,

Synopsis: After the abrupt departure of Edward, her vampire love, Bella finds comfort in her deepening friendship with Jacob Black. However Bella's loyalties are put to the test as she becomes drawn into the world of werewolves, ancient enemies of vampires.

We’ll talk about the film’s scores, go over the whole plot, talk about trivia and more. We have sparkly vampires, we have buff werewolves, a bucket load of angst and lots and lots of screaming, like, LOTS!

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Here are some links to our episode about the first twilight movie, in case you want to revisit that movie first. These are just some of the most popular podcast platforms:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6v9e8q6WF73IUfmZoejUWl?si=32c9113f4b2444ab

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s01e10-twilight-2008/id1809524932?i=1000715686635

YouTube: https://youtu.be/HDUi3WAv_4o?si=idqcwLWokI_uqgYO

Portobello Bookshop for those in Edinburgh and the surrounding area

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