---
title: "Episode #468 \u2013 The Christmas Martian, with Alonso Duralde"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2025\/12\/episode-468-the-christmas-martian-with-alonso-duralde\/"
date: "2025-12-06T11:00:00+00:00"
episode_number: 468
movie: "The Christmas Martian"
guests: "Alonso Duralde, Dan McCoy, Elliott Kalan, Stuart Wellington"
---

# Episode #468 – The Christmas Martian, with Alonso Duralde

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Some might go so far as to call it the hap-happiest season of all. Why? Because we’re rejoined by [Alonso Duralde](https://maximumfun.org/about/team/alonso-duralde/), one of the warmest most delightful film critics and podcasters in the world, for our annual bad holiday movie! That said, goddamn you Alonso for suggesting we watch [The Christmas Martian](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067400/). This… this… thing… oof. Just listen to the show.

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![](https://www.flophousepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The_Christmas_Martian_poster.jpg)

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 [Wikipedia page for The Christmas Martian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Martian)

 Recommended in this episode:

 Dan: [PTU (2003)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250638/)

 Stu: [Sentimental Value (2025)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27714581/), [Sirāt (2025)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32298285/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_in_0_q_sirat)

 Elliott: [The Baron of Arizona (1950)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042229/?ref_=fn_t_1)

 Alonso Duralde: [Rebuilding (2025)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29361963/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_rebuildi), [Train Dreams (2025)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29768334/?ref_=fn_t_1)