‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ (1965) Charles Schulz’s ‘Peanuts’ gang has been around a very, very long time. Pretty much anyone around can identify Charlie Brown and his beloved beagle Snoopy, and this time of year many people gather around the television set to watch a classic film about the commercialization of Christmas with the whole Read more...
‘Jingle All The Way’ (1996) When Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to make a holiday film about the dedicated pursuit for the perfect gift, we got probably the best we could expect from a guy who made his movie career by terminating people in various fashions. In 1996 Arnold gave us ‘Jingle All The Way’ to a Read more...
‘Mixed Nuts’ (1994) Steve Martin headlines this little-seen holiday gem of a film as Philip, the manager at “Lifesavers” telephone crisis center. He is not having a great day, but neither are any of the people he comes in contact with, including his fellow co-workers. Such is life, or death, in Nora Ephron’s darkly comedic Read more...
‘Four Christmases’ (2008) When Kate (Reese Witherspoon) and Brad (Vince Vaughn) attempt to avoid the Christmas holiday and escape from visiting their families, their plan is interrupted by getting caught at the airport. So, both coming from divorced families, they are faced with visiting four households on Christmas day with hilarious results in 2008′s ‘Four Read more...
‘A Christmas Story’ (1983) By now just about every man, woman & child has seen Bob Clark’s epic holiday staple ‘A Christmas Story’. The nostalgic, look back at the most memorable Christmas for little Ralphie and his quest to receive a Red Ryder 200-shot carbine action BB gun is etched into our subconcious forever. Read more...
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a special treat in store for the holiday gift-giving season. His wristwatch, the M47-331 Tank Watch to be specific, is now available for sale in a limited quantity of 500 pieces. This watch was designed by the Governator himself, to commemorate his two terms in office as the governor of California.
The 1985 cult classic boy-who-cried-vampire story ‘Fright Night’ has been a favorite of mine for as long as I can remember. Recently, Sony Pictures remade the film with a modern-day setting in the outskirts of Las Vegas and kept the basic principles the same while freshening up the dated original. Both films are released on Read more...
The decision to adopt a well-established video game series/franchise into a full-length feature film is a daunting task, there are some serious considerations that should not be taken lightly. First, the fanbase is already recognized and happy with the product that has existed so you better try to keep the essence of what makes the Read more...
‘Edward Scissorhands’ (1990) Johnny Depp has played many interesting characters over the years, from a swashbuckling pirate to a murderous barber, and beyond. In 1990 he began his first collaboration with visionary director Tim Burton in the dark, emotional fantasy film ‘Edward Scissorhands’.
Tom Cruise recently spoke with MTV News and confirmed, for real, that a ‘Top Gun 2′ is in the works and that he has been wanting to work with director Tony Scott again for a long time. In Tom‘s own words, “We’re working on it.”
