NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)

Monday, December 8, 7 pm

Join us for the ultimate comfort film for anyone who’s ever tried to host a “low-key holiday” and summoned pure chaos. Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) believes that Christmas magic can be achieved with 25,000 lights, a tree the size of a small moon, and a bonus check that will help him achieve the American Dream. In typical Griswold fashion, mayhem ensues thanks to a crazed squirrel, a dead cat, a deflated turkey, an unexpected kidnapping, and an exploding sewer. Featuring Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, Diane Ladd, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Miriam Flynn, Sam McMurray, Nicholas Guest, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Randy Quaid as Cousin Eddie.

TRADING PLACES (1983)

Monday, December 15, 7 pm

If you believe Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then this writer will not hear any protests about Trading Places not being a Christmas film. John Landis’ hilarious comic masterpiece is all about love, friendship, rejecting greed, the bonds forged during the holiday season. And frozen orange juice contracts. Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy are brilliant in this “rags to riches (and riches to rags)” comedy that declares revenge as the best Christmas gift of all. Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Paul Gleason co-star.

BATMAN RETURNS (1992)

Monday, December 22, 7 pm

Last year’s Drexel holiday hit is back again. Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Danny DeVito star as a trio of Gotham City’s weirdest as they battle over the future of the city in Tim Burton’s gothic Christmas card that explores whether there can be any goodwill toward men (and women) in a mad, selfish world. Christopher Walken co-stars as the malevolent corporate overlord, Max Schreck.