Christmas movies

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Star of One Iconic Xmas Film Tries to Settle Die Hard Debate

Peter Billingsley of 'A Christmas Story' makes the case for why the Bruce Willis classic qualifies

(Newser) - It's become a Great Christmas Debate at this point, maybe on par with the one over real vs. artificial trees. Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? This year, the go-around has gotten a little more attention than usual because of the strong case for the yes-it-is camp made by...

The Most Rewatched Christmas Movies
10 Most Rewatched
Christmas Movies
Dec 3, 2023 6:23 AM CST

10 Most Rewatched Christmas Movies

These films are most likely in your holiday movie rotation, poll says

(Newser) - Whether or not you believe Die Hard is a Christmas movie, a good number of people invite Hans Gruber into their yearly December rotation. According to a Yahoo/YouGov poll, the 1988 action film made it into the top 10 list of movies people rewatch every holiday season. Home Alone (1990)...

Someone Will Be Paid to Watch a Hallmark Movie a Day

BloomsyBox says it wants to pick the best

(Newser) - For the discerning Hallmark Christmas movie viewer—someone who finds Christmas Getaway, say, less predictable than Northpole but more predictable than A Royal Christmas—there's an opening. The online flower subscription service BloomsyBox wants to pay someone $2,000 to watch a dozen examples of the genre in 12...

Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? Americans Have Spoken

And they say no, by a margin of 51% to 39%

(Newser) - It's the debate everyone loves to have: Is Die Hard a holiday film? The action takes place during a Christmas party Bruce Willis' character is attending, but the star has previously weighed in with his opinion that no, that doesn't make the movie a Christmas flick. It turns...

Hallmark Channel Is Giving Us What We Need Right Now

A Christmas movie marathon

(Newser) - Some feel-good pandemic news from the company that pretty much invented feel-good: The Hallmark Channel is running a Christmas movie marathon this weekend, as the country hunkers down to self-isolate amid the coronavirus outbreak. It starts Friday at noon Eastern, and ends 27 movies later, at 6pm Sunday. The marathon...

It's the Most Terrible Movie Time of the Year

Studios increasingly schedule junk for the holidays: Nico Lang

(Newser) - Night at the Museum, anyone? How about Annie, or Big Eyes? Once again, it's a year of unappealing films for the holidays—no big surprise, considering what's been released around Christmas in recent years, ranging from It's Complicated to Gulliver's Travels. Christmas has increasingly become what...

Could the Burglars Have Survived Home Alone ?
Could the Burglars Have Survived Home Alone?
analysis
Dec 25, 2012 9:37 AM CST

Could the Burglars Have Survived Home Alone?

Yes, but with serious injuries, says a doctor

(Newser) - Home Alone is a modern Christmas classic—but, as Lauren Hansen points out in The Week , it requires quite a suspension of disbelief. Could the "Wet Bandits," played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, really have taken an iron to the face, a blow torch to the head,...

The Greatest Holiday Film of the Past 30 Years Is...

Gremlins . Didn't see that coming, did you?

(Newser) - Try to come up with a modern holiday classic and you'll probably think of films like Elf or The Nightmare Before Christmas. But, no, it's actually Gremlins that claims the top spot in the Atlantic 's analysis of the greatest modern holiday films. The magazine looked at...

Nine Truly Awful Christmas Movies
Nine Truly Awful
Christmas Movies
Dec 25, 2010 10:54 AM CST

Nine Truly Awful Christmas Movies

Sorry Jim Carrey, but you're no cartoon Grinch

(Newser) - It’s fun to be festive and all, but nobody really needs to see Arnold Schwarzenegger trading Christmas-related quips with Sinbad. On E! , Josh Grossberg lists nine holiday flicks you should skip:
  • Jingle All the Way: The aforementioned Schwarzenegger-Sinbad vehicle involves jokes that “fall flatter than a drunken department
...

Like Home Alone? Follow Twitter Recreation

Project has accounts for all 22 characters, linked via list

(Newser) - A British studio is using Twitter’s new(ish) list feature to re-create the Christmas classic Home Alone online, with each of the film’s 22 characters having a Twitter feed. So if you can’t be near a TV, or maybe just want to experience Macaulay Culkin’s star turn...

It's High Time We Get a New Classic Christmas Movie
It's High Time We Get a New Classic Christmas Movie
no more 'elf,' please
Dec 6, 2009 7:10 AM CST

It's High Time We Get a New Classic Christmas Movie

A critic says 'bah humbug' to another year's worth of mediocre movies

(Newser) - When it comes to films, the Christmas canon is made up of old favorites like It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, and Miracle on 34th Street that are, well, old—and it's high time that changed. The 21st century is the "dark ages" of holiday movie going, writes...

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