This week it’s our annual Yuletidemas episode. We start with First Blood (1982) based on the novel by David Morrell about a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD at Christmas time. Next we have Shane Black’s first time in the director’s chair with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) with a performance from Robert Downey Jr. that will lead to Iron Man. We finish with bros on the town farce fairy tale The Night Before (2017) with two out of the three leads retreading familiar performances.

Also: Jingle Joe. Yeet cannon. Kiss of Death (1995). If Chins Could Kill (again). The Survivors (1983) (not The Survivalist as Joe keeps referring to it). Korea vs. Vietnam. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. The rules of pulp noir. Double trope flip. Douche bro gross out. Jason Mantzoukas. This Is the End (2013). We play a game of “X-Mas or Not-Mas?” and Joe receives a Christmas miracle.