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Telemovies have dominated Christmas movies for 50 years – so why are the Aussie straight-to-streaming ones this bad?

  • Written by: Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
Telemovies have dominated Christmas movies for 50 years – so why are the Aussie straight-to-streaming ones this bad?A Savage Christmas/Binge

For some, December 25 is a solemn day, key on the Christian calendar, involving important traditions to be treated with reverence. But for many, Christmas is a time for unbridled fun: Santa, presents, and the random grump next door who suddenly decorates his house in an overwhelmingly delirious light display. For a month,...

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