Nagier (http://youtube.com/biggoldbelt) joins for a discussion with writer and director Jake Horowitz, and stars Storm Steenson and Alexander Oliver of Cup of Cheer, a new irreverent, X-Mas rated comedy. We discuss making the film, the ridiculousness that happens during the movie, and their own holiday traditions! Plus we have some of our own ridiculousness!
CUP OF CHEER is a ridiculous and laugh-out-loud-funny satire of every cheesy Christmas movie you've ever seen, coming to streaming, digital, and VOD November 6, 2020. For more information, check out https://www.cupofcheermovie.com/.
The film follows Mary (Steenson), a big city journalist who heads off to her charming hometown of Snowy Heights to write an article about the town's world famous Christmas cheer. But upon (literally) running into the grumpy but endearing Chris (Oliver), the owner of Cup of Cheer, Mary learns that his charming hot cocoa shop is going to be shut down on Christmas Eve. And it's her ex boyfriend that's shutting it down. Using her big city smarts and her Christmas cheer, Mary unites the town in an effort to save Cup of Cheer, and to save Christmas.
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For Some Irreverent Holiday Cheer - Cup of Cheer (Digital and Tubi)
Cup of Cheer's confident, irreverent style, beautiful camera work, and great music make this one holiday treat that you won't want to return for store credit. For more information, check out our review!
For Some Emotional Holiday Cheer - My Dad's Christmas Date (Digital)
My Dad's Christmas Date gives Barrett and Piven a chance to shine and brings an unconventional holiday story with great characters and plenty of emotion and heart. For more information, check out the review!
For Some Extra Holiday Cheer - Operation Christmas Drop (Netflix)
The film is doing well with audiences and provides your standard holiday rom com so you can get in the holiday mood now!
For A Family or Western Thriller - Let Him Go (Theaters)
Let Him Go has fantastic characters and a slow burning story, fueled by the natural chemistry between Costner and Lane, in this harrowing tale of family and fear. For more information, check out our review!
For Some Post-Halloween Horror - The Dark and the Wicked (Theaters, Digital)
The Dark and the Wicked will keep you on edge with it's palatable sense of tension, dread-filled atmospheric horror, amazing gore and effects, and wonderfully nuanced characters in a terrible predicament. For more information, check out our review!
For Some Historical Horror - Antebellum (Redbox)
Antebellum is an imaginative mind game that explores the sins of the past and present through strong performances, a mysterious story, and some fantastic, dread-inducing music. For more information, check out our review!
For the Kids - Playing With Fire (Hulu)
Maybe you have a lot on your mind this weekend and want to distract the kids for a couple hours. If that's the case, then this is the perfect movie. It is surprisingly entertaining for adults and my kids absolutely loved it For more information, check out our review!
For Election Junkies - The Long Shot (Cinemax)
Long Shot starts off ridiculously enough but as it develops, you get to see a lot of heart from Theron and Rogan in this humorous election romp.
Release date: November 6, 2020 Running time: 94 minutes Stars: Storm Steenson, Alexander Oliver, Liam Marshall Director: Jake Horowitz Writers: Jake Horowitz, Andy Lewis
In a comedic shakeup of every cheesy Christmas movie, a big city journalist goes to a small town for the holidays and finds herself in an unlikely romance with the owner of a struggling hot cocoa shop. When Mary (Steenson) finds herself back in her hometown after escaping, she quickly latches onto Chris (Oliver), whose hot cocoa shop is running into financial trouble.
Cup of Cheer has a definite, confident style from the get go. The film sets out to mock every Christmas movie trope and takes no prisoners in its quest to do this. You will notice that many of the regular mainstays from numerous holiday movies are present here: big city person going back to their hometown, some dire consequence that might happen before Christmas, various characters and moral compasses on display to help guide the journey; they're all here. And the film's confident style translates to the camera, with bright colors and great lighting to really set the stage here. And the Christmas influence and small town charm are obvious from the start. Plus there is some really beautiful camera work in this movie, such as the scenes on a frozen lake. They are really stunning with a muted camera and expansive nature. And the music of the film, especially the last song, is really fantastic. It has a punk Christmas theme that really does a great job of setting the stage. And through this irreverent writing, there are some really funny lines and Christmas movie tropes that are highlighted.
Cup of Cheer has an irreverent style that clearly wants to make fun of everything about the Christmas genre, and this leads to an exaggerated style that is clearly by design. However, the style can be a little off putting at the start. It makes everything seem ridiculous, and sometimes the characters paraphrase Christmas tropes to make fun of them but it makes them feel a little strange. Although the satire is irreverent, sometimes it also feels too obvious and too pointed. And sometimes it seems like some lines are written to evoke a reaction; something a little too crude. The style does take some getting used to and eventually it didn't seem so out there. But the strangest thing about this film is that for a movie that rails against the tropes of Christmas movies, it is at its best when it settles into those tropes. In those instances, the movie keeps its irreverent style but also feels more natural and with more heart. Maybe there is something to those types of movies because I think this film hits its stride when it succumbs to the tropes it rails against.
Cup of Cheer's confident, irreverent style, beautiful camera work, and great music make this one holiday treat that you won't want to return for store credit.
Rent it.
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CUP OF CHEER is a ridiculous and laugh-out-loud-funny satire of every cheesy Christmas movie you've ever seen, coming to streaming, digital, and VOD November 6, 2020. For more information, check out https://www.cupofcheermovie.com/.
The film follows Mary, a big city journalist who heads off to her charming hometown of Snowy Heights to write an article about the town's world famous Christmas cheer. But upon (literally) running into the grumpy but endearing Chris, the owner of Cup of Cheer, Mary learns that his charming hot cocoa shop is going to be shut down on Christmas Eve. And it's her ex boyfriend that's shutting it down. Using her big city smarts and her Christmas cheer, Mary unites the town in an effort to save Cup of Cheer, and to save Christmas.
Director: Jake Horowitz
Writers: Jake Horowitz, Andy Lewis
Stars: Storm Steenson, Alexander Oliver, Liam Marshall, Jacob Hogan, Helly Chester
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