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The Iron Lady debuts on DVD and Blu-ray today, and we’re giving away a free copy of the movie on Blu-ray. I fluctuate between recommending this Margaret Thatcher drama and not; on the one hand, it features an incredibly excellent and transformative performance by Meryl Streep, in which she surpasses the already high expectations set every time the actress appears on screen (as evidenced by her long overdue victory at the Academy Awards this year); on the other, the movie largely misses the mark in capturing what made Margaret Thatcher so interesting, instead opting to focus on her later years as she battles dementia.

In other words, great performance, but boring movie.

Sold? No? Well, enter our Iron Lady giveaway anyway.

Objectively, Meryl Streep is the greatest actress in the history of cinema. She has been nominated for 17 Academy Awards. She’s won twice. What few people realize is that her last win was for Sophie’s Choice, 30 years ago. She is so good that people take her for granted, shrug off her performances as "typical Meryl Streep" good. With The Iron Lady, her "losing" streak should come to an end, as she has even outdone herself.

Read FilmJabber’s full The Iron Lady movie review.

It’s worth celebrating when Hollywood produces a Christmas movie that’s actually worth watching. There’s a reason why the most popular holiday movies are from yesteryear: it’s hard, apparently, to make a movie that sincerely captures the Christmas spirit. Over the last decade, Tim Allen and Vince Vaughn have combined to almost singlehandedly destroyed the genre, giving us such disasters as Santa Claus 3, Christmas with the Kranks, Fred Claus and Four Christmases. There hasn’t been a good holiday-themed movie since 2003′s Elf.

Read FilmJabber’s full Arthur Christmas movie review.