For this year's Nutcracker entry, Kerry and Collin fulfill a listener request with "The Nutcracker Prince," surprisingly not a direct-to-video animated film from this era, but sure feels like one. What is Blue (or Bleu) Cheese Cake? Is it acceptable to have a Nutcracker movie without the slightest hint of ballet? Is it worth the effort to travel to Miller's Pub on Wabash Avenue in Chicago to try the seasonal Tom and Jerry beverage? All these questions answered, plus a Blu-ray Gift Exchange from December that feature a few classics and obscurities.

Blu-ray films covered:

Universal:

"Love Actually" (4K) (2003)

Criterion:

"The Red Balloon" and Other Tales by Albert Lamorisse (1951-1965)

Sony:

"School Daze" (4K) (1988)

MGM:

"Bikini Beach" (1964)

Warner Bros.:

"The Color Purple" (4K) (1985)

Warner Archive:

"Tarzan The Ape Man" (1932)

"Anna Christie" (1930)

"Madame Bovary" (1949)

"The Great Ziegfeld" (1936)

Giant:

"A Disturbance In the Force" (2023)

Music Box Films:

"Fremont" (2023)