Christmas in July

On the surface this effort from the brilliant Preston Sturges looks like a standard sugar coated feel good movie, but strip away the outer skin and you get a delightful collage of comedy, romance, satire, drama, and nudge nudge observations... Full review

On the surface this effort from the brilliant Preston Sturges looks like a standard sugar coated feel good movie, but strip away the outer skin and you get a delightful collage of comedy, romance, satire, drama, and nudge nudge observations about... Full review

As the follow up to "The Great McGinty" Preston Sturgis returned to an old play of his that was written in 1931 and called "A Cup Of Coffee". Sturgis, for all of his cynical slant in his comedies and screenplays,... Full review

This is Preston Sturges's sweetest romantic comedy, and it's also very funny. One of the comments on this thread mentions that this would have been done better by Frank Capra. I disagree. Capra would have added his knee-jerk class warfare,... Full review

Could this be one of Preston Sturges's most profound comedies? In addition to being one of the funniest and most underappreciated. In "Sullivan's Travels," Preston Sturges has theJoel McCrea character speak admiringly of fellow director FrankCapra. In "Christmas in July"... Full review

This may be my favorite Preston Sturges film. It's as well written and well crafted as anything he made after it. Sturges had a knack for creating unique characters and throwing them into even more unique situations.Jimmy MacDonald is absolutely... Full review

Joyous dose of whimsy from writer-director Preston Sturges, who always managed to wring both sentiment and cynicism from a fairy tale premise. Here, Dick Powell is a working-class guy who's under the impression he's won $25,000 in a coffee-slogan contest.... Full review

Not as well known as "The Lady Eve" or "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek," "Christmas in July" was an unusual film for the writer-director Preston Sturges: it's more wistful, less frenetic. Though it's filled with a myriad of those wonderful... Full review

Christmas in July is nearly as good as Sturges' masterpieces, Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve, and Miracle at Morgan Creek. It's a nice film. The actors are good. It's funny and well directed. You couldn't ask for much more in... Full review

I'm a film buff...I watch movies of all sorts all the time. But Christmas In July may well be my favorite film of all time. It is well-constructed, tightly executed, and just plain hilarious. I've never laughed harder at any... Full review

Through today's eyes, Christmas in July is a parable for the financial crisis, making it perfect to watch before your creditors come calling. At 67 minutes long, and with a plot suited for a special episode of Seinfeld , Preston Sturges' 1940 Christmas in July is a classic example of something that no longer exists, a comedy designed for double billing. ... Full Review

This modest Preston Sturges comedy stars Dick Powell as an office clerk dreaming of better things and Ellen Drew as his more pragmatic girlfriend. ... Full Review

in retrospect, it emerges as one of Sturges's funniest and most purely enjoyable films.....Besides the delightful William Demarest as Mr. Bildocker;....CHRISTMAS IN JULY remains a wonderful present that's perfect for anytime of the year..... ... Full Review

Filled with rat-a-tat, droll dialogue, this is Sturges' second feature film and his first comic masterpiece. Immediately, his boss (also a coffee magnate) promotes him, ashamed he hasn't been listening to his obviously great ideas, and Jimmy takes his best gal (Ellen Drew) on a shopping spree. ... Full Review

Ask Jim Stitt to describe one of his trees and he won't say more than a few words before his hands start to explain for him. ... Full Article

Not exactly sure why, but Cartoon Network has been running a marathon of Christmas-themed episodes all day today. The marathon runs up through 10 PM ET tonight, leading into Ace Ventura Jr. , but the less said about that movie... ... Full Article

Oh, my. This is just like Christmas! Christmas in July. It's been revealed that Flight of the Conchords will have a new album coming out from Sub Pop Records, featuring music from the second season of their HBO series. ... Full Article

You'd think Warner Bros. would have come up with this for "The Polar Express." But all the better for the folks at Disney, who next weekend will set up shop amid the trains at Union Station to promote their animated... ... Full Article

Christmas in July: Thursday, July 8, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM at the Fall River Government Center Upper Level, West Balcony. Event will include appetizers, refreshments, and cash bar along with live music provided by the Baha Brothers. ... Full Article

MELBOURNE'S Sam Ciaravolo lost his tenth MasterChef Australia elimination challenge and was booted out of the TV cooking competition last night. But newlywed Ciaravolo said it was just another part of a rollercoaster year full of challenges and triumphs, the... ... Full Article