The At The Flicks hugely popular advent calendar returns with some new additions for 2025.
Over the 24 days of December leading up to Christmas Eve, the At the Flicks team will publish a short Podcast every day containing a Christmas movie recommendation. Some of these movies you will have seen and some you may not. We have included some old films, some new ones, some silly, and some down right bizarre movies in the calendar to ensure that there is something for everyone.
We hope you enjoy our selection and we wish all our listeners, contributors and friends of the Podcast, a very Merry Christmas. Without you dear listeners we would just be a group of old guys sitting in a pub talking to themselves, waiting for someone to buy them a mulled wine and nobody wants that?
Day Twenty four
Today’s pick is an animated feature that was produced by an all woman team in the 1980’s.
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Day Twenty three
The writer / director wrote this romantic Christmas comedy specially for the four leads in the movie.
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Day Twenty two
Today’s pick could only have come from Emma At The Movies!!
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Day Twenty one
Today’s pick became a Christmas favourite because of a copyright error.
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Day Twenty
Listener Frank cites this as his favourite movie sequel of all time, and unlike the first film in the series, features snow.
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Day Nineteen
Today’s pick is acclaimed by many as the ultimate Christmas film.
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Day Eighteen
Today’s pick includes clips from Angels With Filthy Souls.
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Day Seventeen
John Lasseter introduced this Japanese animated film to American audiences. While not a seasonal feature as such, it has many of the values we expect from Christmas movies.
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Day Sixteen
Seth Rogan and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in this heartfelt Christmas comedy.
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Day Fifteen
Today’s pick was inspired by two short films from the same director.
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Day Fourteen
Today’s pick has a young woman searching for her brother, who is about to become Santa Clause.
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Day Thirteen
Veteran character actor Ed Asner played Father Christmas in this family favourite, which also was turned into a Broadway musical in 2010.
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Day Twelve
Todays pick is an animated film, featuring a dark alternate Santa.
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Day Eleven
Today’s darker seasonal selection was remade in 2006 and 2019.
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Day Ten
Today’s pick went by another name when first shown on American TV.
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Day Nine
The director does not believe that today’s choice, a 1970 set school comedy / drama is a Christmas film (we disagree).
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Day Eight
Today’s pick explains how all the presents are delivered in one night.
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Day Seven
Today’s pick is very bad.
Can you guess what it is?
Day Six
Many visitors have travelled to Covent Garden to find the Christmas shop featured in today’s film. The only problem is that it never existed!
Day Five
Today’s darker pick was one of the reasons for the creation of the PG-13 certificate.
Day Four
Today’s pick is the first film to use one of the best selling Christmas songs of all time.
Day Three
Today’s pick is a Netflix animation feature. Can you guess what it is?
Day Two
Today’s selection won the Oscar for Best Film in 1961.
Can you guess what it is?
Day One
Today’s pick is a British black & white classic. Can you guess what it is?