LAist Film Calendar 12/23-12/26: Sick Santas & Golden Globe Nominees

Bing Crosby may have sung of a White Christmas, but the holiday brings us plenty of dark theaters. Have no fear! There are still more gems than lumps of coal!

The Aero caps off its Holiday Films series with a Santastic two-fer of Elf (which has really emerged as a new holiday tradition) and the director's cut of Bad Santa. If the latter isn't evil enough for you, Laemmle's Pasadena has morning shows of Rare Exports, a Finnish comedy that unearths the truth about Santa and his demonic minions.

The Cinefamily has a much fuzzier afternoon screening of Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas. Their evening program sports fuzzy-brained Canadian kiddie kino The Christmas Martian and another of their infamous Mondo mixtapes. Bring your own egg nog, they'll have plenty of fruit cake!

If none of that fits your holiday tradition, the Royal Theatre boasts a Fiddler on the Roof sing-a-long Christmas Eve. Chinese takeout goes great with Manischewitz! For secular magic, head back Christmas morning for The Illusionist, the Golden Globe nominated sleight of heart from French animator Sylvain Chomet (Triplets of Belleville).

Grinchy Globe-watchers take note: Aussie crime thriller Animal Kingdom reemerges briefly in the wilds of Beverly Hills. The film's malevolent matriarch Jacki Weaver is up for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The Nuart brings even more pain - and nominations - with 127 Hours, up for Best Actor, Screenplay and Score.

For some Globes of Christmas Past, take the cannoli to the New Bev for a deadly double of The Godfather (winner of Best Picture, Director, Actor, Screenplay & Score) and The Godfather: Part II (nominated for the same - can't win 'em all!). Six hours at the cinema for $7? That's an offer you can't refuse!

Full list appears below. See you at the movies!

All Week

• 127 Hours (2010) (Nuart Theatre)
  
• All Good Things (2010) (Nuart Theatre) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
  
• Animal Kingdom (2010) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
  
• Frankie and Alice (2010) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
  
• Inside Job (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
  
• The Social Network (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)

Thursday 12/23

• Elf (2003) / Bad Santa (2003) (Aero Theatre) (Holiday Films)
  
• King and the Clown (2006) (Korean Cultural Center)
  
• Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) / Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008) (New Beverly Cinema)

Friday 12/24

• Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (sing-a-long) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre)
  
• PeeWee's Big Adventure (1985) (Regency Academy) (Insomniac Cinema Midnight Movie)

Saturday 12/25

• All Good Things (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
  
• Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (1977) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (More Muppet Magic)
  
• The Illusionist (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre)
  
• The King's Speech (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
  
• Mondo Xmas featuring The Christmas Martian (1971) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
  
• Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
  
• Rabbit Hole (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)

Sunday 12/26

• The 1st Annual Cartoon Hall of Fame Big Screen Event (Alex Theatre)
  
• All Good Things (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
  
• The Bank Dick (1940) / Poppy (1936) (Aero Theatre) (Holiday Films)
  
• The Godfather (1972) / The Godfather: Part II (1974) (New Beverly Cinema)
  
• The Illusionist (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre)
  
• The King's Speech (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
  
• A Night at the Opera (1935) (The Bay Theatre)
  
• Rabbit Hole (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
  
• Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
  
• Singin' in the Rain (1952) (w/ Gene Kelly's widow, Patricia Kelly) (Egyptian Theatre)

That's all for this week. Have you been good this year?