284 - Christmas Special: Gremlins
Films covered in this episode:
Gremlins
Allen: ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 57%
272 - Christmas Special: The Star Wars Holiday Special
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It's a holiday special about a holiday special! What is this? A podcast directed by Christopher Nolan?
Films covered in this episode:
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Allen: ½
Sol: ✰
Overall score: 15%
237 - Christmas Special: Die Hard 2 (with Calvin Dyson)
Guest: Calvin Dyson
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As is now Christmas tradition, we threw a selection of Christmas movies out to our Patreon subscribers and let them choose which one we should cover for what is now the fifth Christmas special of Diminishing Returns (that's almost as many as One Foot in the Grave). They chose Die Hard 2, so Calvin was furious - hear all about it, now!
Films covered in this episode:
Die Hard 2
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 67%
185 - Christmas Special: Home Alone (with Calvin Dyson)
Guest: Calvin Dyson
Films covered in this episode:
Home Alone
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 70%
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Allen: ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 50%
Home Alone 3
Allen: ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 60%
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House
Allen: ✰ ½
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ½
Overall score: 30%
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 65%
In a Christmas miracle, the Diminishing Returns gang take a surprisingly positive approach to the five Home Alone films, as selected for this year's Christmas special by the Diminishing Returns Patreon subscribers.
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134 - Christmas Special: Die Hard (with Calvin Dyson)
We've teased you about it for three years, but we've finally done Die Hard. Merry Christmas!
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Films covered in this episode:
Guest: Calvin Dyson
Films covered in this episode:
Die Hard
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 87%
82 - Christmas Special: Love Actually
Films covered in this episode:
Love Actually
Allen: ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 47%
Here's an early Christmas gift: a Diminishing Returns holiday episode. Yes, we're doing Love Actually instead of Die Hard (you'll hear why in the episode, itself). There's also a Christmas movie music quiz in there which is jolly good fun.
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Diminishing Returns Christmas Specials:
"It's a Wonderful Life"
"Love Actually"
29 - It's a Wonderful Life
Released 19/12/2016
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It's the Diminishing Returns Holiday Special, so gather your family around the fireplace and sit down to enjoy a festive feast of film discussion, ideas for sequels to It's a Wonderful Life and general Christmas cheer. Merry Christmas!
Films covered in this episode:
It's a Wonderful Life
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 87%
Calvin with his Postman Pat Transformer Christmas gift.
Allen with his Christmas gift: a lump of coal.
Diminishing Returns Christmas Specials:
"It's a Wonderful Life"
"Love Actually"
Cut material from this episode's recording session can be heard in:
"So It's Come to This: A Diminishing Returns Outtakes Show"