Archive - Retro Movie Reviews

Silver and Gold

Rick Retro’s Rankings #11: Counting down #2 to #1 All-Time Best Christmas Movies (w/ Retro Reviews up to 2026-01-12)

Jan 17 • Rick Retro

Three Kings of Christmas

Rick Retro’s Rankings #10: Counting down #5 to #3 All-Time Best Christmas Movies (w/ Retro Reviews up to 2026-01-12)

Jan 16 • Rick Retro

A Handful of Christmas Whimsy

Rick Retro’s Rankings #9: Counting down #10 to #6 All-Time Best Christmas Movies (w/ Retro Reviews up to 2026-01-12)

Jan 15 • Rick Retro

A Handful of Christmas Classics

Rick Retro’s Rankings #8: Counting down #15 to #11 All-Time Best Christmas Movies (w/ Retro Reviews up to 2026-01-12)

Jan 14

Christmas Movies: Our Bottom Ten

Rick Retro’s Rankings #7: Counting down #25 to #16 All-Time Best Christmas Movies (w/ Retro Reviews up to 2026-01-12)

Jan 13 • Rick Retro

What’s That in the Fridge?!

Rick Retro’s Realm, Project #5: 2025 Christmas Leftovers—A mixed bag of holiday memories.

Jan 1 • Rick Retro

December 2025

Moving On to a New Year

Rick Retro’s Realm, The Realm Report #10: Looking back and looking forward.

Dec 31, 2025 • Rick Retro

Wrapping Up the 2025 Christmas Tour

Rick Retro’s Realm, Project #4: 2025 Christmas Tour – Our last three Substack debuts in our tour have been posted. Christmas leftovers are up next.

Dec 27, 2025 • Rick Retro

Of Scissors, Muppets and Nightmares

Rick Retro’s Realm, Project #4: 2025 Christmas Tour – Christmas films in the early 1990s give us three Pure Dark Whimsy classics.

Dec 22, 2025 • Rick Retro

12 More Days of Christmas!

Rick Retro’s Realm, The Realm Report #9: Nothing to do with a partridge in a pear tree, just a scheduling issue.

Dec 18, 2025 • Rick Retro

The Stars Are Out for Christmas

Rick Retro’s Realm, Project #4: 2025 Christmas Tour – Trending in the late 1980s: Christmas box-office hits driven by big stars.

Dec 18, 2025 • Rick Retro

A Christmas Story of Gremlins Trading Places

Rick Retro’s Realm, Project #4: 2025 Christmas Tour – The early 1980s: cynicism and nostalgia with extra helpings of Dark Whimsy.

Dec 14, 2025 • Rick Retro

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts