Podcast · 13 episodes
Bah Humbug: A Christmas Movie Podcast with Helen O'Hara
by Helen O'Hara & Stripped Media · English
If you have tinsel on the brain and mulled wine in your blood, this is the podcast for you. We’re living in a golden age of delightfully cheesy Christmas movies, and on Bah Humbug we examine the biggest new offerings this season, as well as looking back at classic seasonal favourites. Think Kurt Russell in The Christmas Chronicles 2, Dolly Parton in Christmas On The Square and Kristen Stewart in Happiest Season. Hosted by Helen O’Hara (the Empire podcast, His Darker Materials) and a rotating cast of film experts and guests, this will take a (mostly) affectionate look at the snowiest, coziest, Scroogiest, and Santa-iest films of all.
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Merv: A movie about a dog should be a slam dunk for Christmas. Right?The episode of Bah Humbug (Christmas Movies podcast) discusses the film Merv, a Christmas movie starring Zooey Deschanel as Anna and Charlie Cox as Russ, who share custody of their dog, Merv.21 Dec 2025 · 25 min
Jingle Bell Heist: It's definitely better than its title, but how much better?The hosts review Netflix’s romantic comedy crime caper Jingle Bell Heist, debating whether it’s more than its title suggests and ranking it for Christmasiness and overall quality.21 Dec 2025 · 27 min
Christmas, Again: Will this indie film become a mumblecore seasonal classic?The episode reviews the indie film Christmas, Again (not the 2021 Disney Channel movie) and debates whether it could become a seasonal classic, linking it to mumblecore’s legacy and to Christmas…21 Dec 2025 · 28 min
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Merv: A movie about a dog should be a slam dunk for Christmas. Right?The episode of Bah Humbug (Christmas Movies podcast) discusses the film Merv, a Christmas movie starring Zooey Deschanel as Anna and Charlie Cox as Russ, who share custody of their dog, Merv.21 Dec 2025 · 25 min · 16 chapters
Jingle Bell Heist: It's definitely better than its title, but how much better?The hosts review Netflix’s romantic comedy crime caper Jingle Bell Heist, debating whether it’s more than its title suggests and ranking it for Christmasiness and overall quality.21 Dec 2025 · 27 min · 11 chapters
Christmas, Again: Will this indie film become a mumblecore seasonal classic?The episode reviews the indie film Christmas, Again (not the 2021 Disney Channel movie) and debates whether it could become a seasonal classic, linking it to mumblecore’s legacy and to Christmas…21 Dec 2025 · 28 min · 10 chapters
The Family Plan 2: Mark Wahlberg leads an international criminal family Christmas - or somethingReview and discussion of The Family Plan 2, a Mark Wahlberg spy sequel that pivots into a Christmas-movie framing.19 Dec 2025 · 29 min · 14 chapters
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie: Are we broken or is this actually funny?Bah Humbug Christmas Movies podcast discusses Disney+’s A Very Jonas Christmas Movie—whether it’s genuinely funny or “broken,” and how it blends Jonas Brothers celebrity with a Christmas-travel…16 Dec 2025 · 29 min · 13 chapters
Goodbye June: Life, death and Nativity plays with Andrea Riseborough and Timothy SpallGoodbye June is a Christmas-set family drama about June (Helen Mirren) dying after a cancer recurrence, spending her final weeks in hospital as her family rallies around her for Christmas and a…15 Dec 2025 · 35 min · 16 chapters
Silent Night Deadly Night: We talk to the director of this season's sweetest serial killer slasherThe Christmas horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night (a loose 1984 remake/reinvention) is discussed, focusing on its plot twist that Billy Chapman’s “Charlie” voice targets “naughty and nice” by…14 Dec 2025 · 36 min · 12 chapters
Pillion, with director Harry Lighton: the unlikely love story with a Christmas twistThe episode is a discussion of Pillion, a Christmas-themed directorial debut by Harry Lighton, starring Harry Melling (Harry Potter) as Colin and Alexander Skarsgård as Ray.12 Dec 2025 · 33 min · 10 chapters
Oh. What. Fun. - Michelle Pfeiffer, Christmas, an all-star cast. It *must* be fun, right?Bah Humbug reviews the Prime Video Christmas film Oh What Fun (released Dec 3), starring Michelle Pfeiffer as an overworked, wealthy Texas mom trying to be nominated “Mom of the Year,” then going on…9 Dec 2025 · 31 min · 8 chapters
Tinsel Town: or, some Brits attempt to explain panto to the rest of the worldThe episode discusses the Christmas film Tinseltown, where Kiefer Sutherland’s Hollywood star is sent to play Buttons in a British panto production of Cinderella in a small town, and he struggles to…6 Dec 2025 · 33 min · 15 chapters
A Merry Little Ex-Mas and Champagne Problems: Are Netflix Films...Good Now?The episode of Bah Humbug discusses whether Netflix Christmas rom-coms are “good now,” reviewing two films: A Merry Little Xmas and Champagne Problems.4 Dec 2025 · 31 min · 11 chapters
Christmas Karma: Reinventing redemption, Dickens And MuppetsThe Christmas Movies podcast episode reviews Christmas Karma (Gurinder Chadha’s musical reworking of A Christmas Carol) and debates its effectiveness versus other adaptations, especially Muppet…3 Dec 2025 · 38 min · 15 chapters
There's Something In The BarnBah Humbug Christmas movie podcast episode reviewing the film “There’s Something in the Barn,” a horror-comedy about Norwegian barn elves.24 Dec 2023 · 59 min · 28 chapters