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Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and the sequel to the 2013 film, again loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen‘s fairy tale The Snow Queen, Frozen 2 is set three years after the events of the first film and sees Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell), Elsa (Idina Menzel), Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), Olaf (Josh Gad) and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land to find the origin of Elsa’s powers in order to save their kingdom.
Now that it’s December, we’re finally allowed to start watching some Christmas films! Hooray! So to help you decide what festive classic to stick on over the next 25 days, here’s my guide of what films are on TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sky Cinema and NowTV, over the different streaming services this month (December 2018).
I’ve tried to keep this guide family friendly, but there just aren’t enough decent Christmas films out there (let alone being aired on TV or available to stream online), so I have also made a separate guide for toddlers and younger families as some of the films below have some adult comedy. But here’s the best of the bunch, from children’s animations to family comedies and a few Christmas classics, all aimed to get you in the festive mood with your loved ones.
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It’s that time of year again, so here are my top 10 films of 2013.
This year I have watched more films than I ever have in a year before, reaching a total of 771 films (82 released that year and 665 for the first time). My most watched directors were Joel and Ethan Coen and my most watched actors were Robert De Niro and John Goodman.
This list obviously changes as I catch up with more films, so for an updated list you can visit my Letterboxd page.
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen‘s fairy tale The Snow Queen. Frozen is the 53rd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and follows the fearless and optimistic Princess Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) in a race to find her sister, Elsa (Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter. In an epic journey and Everest-like conditions, Anna teams up with the thrill-seeking mountain man, Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), and a hilarious snowman named Olaf (Josh Gad).
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