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I have affections for The Family Man, which doesn't get the credit of Capra's film, but it has strengths over the original. It's brutal and earned its R rating, but Eastern Promises is a Christmas Film (St. Nick and St. Anne save the baby Christ(ina) from Caesar). Also, Prometheus has a minor Christmas theme that puts it alongside Die Hard as a Christmas/Not Christmas film.

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The Family Man is indeed underappreciated. I've not seen Eastern Promises, though I'm very intrigued. And Prometheus . . . I may need further persuasion. I've not seen it since the theaters and I left fairly underwhelmed. And I thought Covenant was worse. Though I have high hopes for Romulus.

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Prometheus isn't very good, it's true. I was merely mentioning its minor Christmas theme. Romulus was solid however.

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I don't know what's showing the first week of January, but we should chat about going to see something.

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I don't know if Monroe will get it, but if Nosferatu is playing that's what we need to watch. Are you familiar with Robert Eggers?

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I am. Though I've not followed Nosferatu closely.

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