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Podcast Release Date:
Dec 05, 2025

Patron Exclusive Review Episode 114

Yule Love It

Bill Murray needs to phone the Ghostbusters after finding himself in the 1988 Charles Dickens update Scrooged. Did a lump on the head make the SNL star leave humanitarian Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark), and pursue a career as a callous network TV programmer?  And can New York Doll David Johansen and flighty fairy Carol Kane beat some sense into the heartless executive before he ends up a rotting corpse like mentor John Forsythe (Dynasty)? Now Playing offers a podcast gift that’s better than a bath towel when you become a Patron this December.

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Movie Details

Series
Individual Movie Reviews
Series
Patron Exclusive
Director
Richard Donner
Runtime
1 h 41 min
Release Date
22 November 1988
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Overview
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

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