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What's On Tonight: 'Til Death, Sherlock Holmes, Christmas Episodes
25 December 2009 9:06 AM, PST
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Spike is showing Bad Santa all night.
TCM is showing Sherlock Holmes movies all night.
Fox Movie Channel is showing Home Alone all night.
At 8, Fox has four new episodes of 'Til Death.
NBC has Saturday Night Live: A Very Gilly Christmas at 8.
MyNetwork TV has a new Smackdown! at 8.
USA has Elf at 8.
Espn has NBA Basketball at 8, the Clippers vs. the Suns.
We has two Christmas episodes of Golden Girls at 8, then two Christmas episodes of Hope & Faith and two Christmas episodes of Girlfriends.
Nickelodeon has a Christmas episode of iCarly at 8.
At 8:30, PBS has a new Now, then a new Bill Moyers Journal.
At 9, The CW has Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.
Lifetime has Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage at 9, then two Christmas episodes of Will & Grace and a Christmas Frasier.
At 10, Nickelodeon has two Christmas episodes of The George Lopez Show, followed
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What's On Christmas Day
25 December 2009
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TBS is running A Christmas Story all day.
FX has Night at the Museum all day.
AMC is showing National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation all day.
Hallmark has Christmas TV movies all day.
Nickelodeon has Christmas episodes all day, including iCarly, Fairly OddParents, True Jackson, VP, and Drake & Josh.
BBC America has Christmas episodes all day, including Gavin & Stacey and Absolutely Fabulous.
At 6Am, Cartoon Network and Boomerang start an all-day marathon of Christmas cartoons and specials.
At 8, MTV2 has a Real World: Cancun marathon.
At 8:30, Comedy Central has A Colbert Christmas.
At 9, Discovery has a Mythbusters marathon.
Spike has a Bad Santa marathon at 9.
At 9:30, Lifetime has Christmas episodes of various shows, including Frasier, Reba, and Will & Grace, as well as Christmas movies.
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Holiday Movies: What's on Tonight? (12/25/09)
24 December 2009 6:02 PM, PST
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A Christmas Carol (1938) (Comfort & Joy)
TCM, 9 Am Et
Dickens' London miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen) meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and yet to come.
Bad Santa (Marathon) (Laughing All the Way)
Spike, 9 Am though 11 Pm Et
Two criminals (Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox) disguise themselves as St. Nick and an elf to rob stores at Christmastime.
What else is showing this season? See the complete Holiday TV Movie Guide: The 12 Flavors of Christmas.
And if you're wondering what to buy the movie lovers on your shopping list, check out our Holiday Gifts store.
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Reginald Owen | Billy Bob Thornton | Tony Cox | A Christmas Carol | Bad Santa
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The Worst Christmas Movie Ever?
24 December 2009 9:46 AM, PST
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By Lee Pfeiffer
Writer Brooks Peters has no problem naming his worst Christmas-themed movie of all time:
Lady in the Lake. Huh? The 1947 Philip Marlowe detective film noir starring Robert Montgomery (who also directed)??? Who thinks of this as a Christmas movie - especially when it's based on a Raymond Chandler murder mystery? But that's precisely the point Peters makes - director Montgomery chose to destroy Chandler's source novel to the point that the famed author wanted any reference to his name taken off the film. Montgomery decided to work a Christmas theme throughout the film, for no apparent reason - and even added delightful holiday music to the opening credits! Peters' case is persuasive enough for me to now put this on the "must-watch" list. (Click here to read) As for my own "Worst Christmas Movie Ever", nothing takes the place of Bad Santa, as vile a holiday concoction as can be imagined.
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Christmas cable marathons: Which one will you use to avoid interacting with your family?
24 December 2009 5:45 AM, PST
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Thank goodness that despite all the suckage 2009 has wrought, one thing remains dependable in this godforsaken world: Cable marathons on Christmas. Yes, the holidays once again bring us the greatest gift of all, hit after hit of addictive movies to watch instead of actually sharing the spirit of the season with other human beings.
The beauty of the movie marathon is that you don't even have to look at a schedule to know when you have to turn on the TV to catch the likes of A Christmas Story and Night at the Museum -- because they'll be playing on
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The Best Christmas Movies of All Time
24 December 2009 4:54 AM, PST
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"Extra's" counting down the best Christmas movies to watch while you anxiously await Santa and his sleigh!
The Best Christmas Movies of All TimeThe Polar Express, 2004
On Christmas Eve, a boy who is hoping to believe in the magic of Christmas boards a train that’s headed to the North Pole. The film, starring Tom Hanks, is an adaptation of the beloved book by Chris Van Allsburg.
The Santa Clause, 1994
Tim Allen stars as Scott Calvin,
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TV for Christmas: Parades, movies and marathons
23 December 2009 3:11 PM, PST
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Christmas isn't quite as fruitful as Thanksgiving for TV offerings but we've found the best options if you happen to flip on the television Dec. 24 or 25.
Apparently, Thanksgiving is the time for marathons. Christmas is almost all Christmas-themed fare. What's up with that? Here's what you can look forward to over the holiday.
Dec. 24
Bravo: Starting at 2 am Christmas Eve day, Bravo is showing all the "West Wing" Christmas episodes. These five episodes are truly among the show's best. Following the "West Wing" mini-marathon, catch a marathon of last season's "Millionaire Matchmaker."
Syfy: A marathon of "Ghost Hunters." Nothing says Christmas like ghosts. Just ask Ebeneezer Scrooge.
Dsc: "Deadliest Catch" marathon. Our dad has the DVR set.
AMC: "White Christmas" marathon. This is our all-time favorite Christmas movie, so please tune in if you've never seen it.
VH1 Classic: "Pop-up Video" marathon
ABC Family: A full day of Christmas
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Five
23 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST
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Hippie Hippie Shake
Opens: 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby
Director: Beeban Kidron
Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.
Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.
Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence
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Tina Fey & Steve Carell Team Up for Mail-Order Groom
18 December 2009 4:20 AM, PST
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Steve Carell and Tina Fey are loosely attached to star in a new feature film called Mail-Order Groom. The pair will also be co-producing the movie through their respective production companies, Carousel Productions and Little Stranger, Inc.
THR describes Mail-Order Groom as the story of a desperate and naive single woman (Fey) who buys an Eastern-European mail-order husband (Carell). The idea for the film originally came from Fey’s husband Jeff Richmond, but the script was written by Robert Carlock and Scott Silveri. The screenwriter team of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Bad Santa) are currently working on a “light” rewrite of script.
While Fey and Carell are currently attached to the project, there is no guarantee that they will end up as the lead actors. As the THR article points out, both Fey and Carell are the anchors on two very successful television shows
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Tina Fey, Steve Carell may re-team for 'Groom'
17 December 2009 10:38 PM, PST
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Steve Carell and Tina Fey are taking their big-screen relationship to the next level.
The two NBC comedy stars, who will share the screen in the movie "Date Night" this spring, are "loosely attached" to a new project called "Mail-Order Groom," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is based on an idea by Fey's husband, Jeff Richmond.
Fey ("30 Rock") would play a woman whose lack of success at relationships leads her to a service that imports men from abroad. She ends up with an Eastern European man played by "The Office" star Carell.
The "loosely attached" part of their involvement stems from the fact that the movie doesn't have a director yet, and filming would have to take place while both Carell and Fey are on hiatus from their shows. The script, originally written by "30 Rock" scribe Robert Carlock and Scott Silveri ("Friends"), is also getting a rewrite from
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Steve Carrell & Tina Fey To Re-Team
16 December 2009 11:04 PM, PST
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"The Office" star Steve Carell and "30 Rock" star/creator Tina Fey are loosely attached to star in the comedy "Mail-Order Groom" for Warner Bros. Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story follows a naive single woman who can't find love and ends up with a husband from Eastern Europe, bringing him home to the States.
Robert Carlock and Scott Silveri penned the script based on an idea by Fey's husband Jeff Richmond, while "Bad Santa" scribes Glenn Ficarra and John Requa have come onboard to do a polish.
Fey and Carell will be seen starring opposite each other in "Date Night" which opens in the Spring.
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What's On Tonight: NCIS, X-Play, Gordon Ramsay, The Good Wife
15 December 2009 9:15 AM, PST
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At 8, ABC has A Charlie Brown Christmas, then new episodes of Scrubs and Better Off Ted.
CBS has a new NCIS at 8, followed by new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife.
NBC has a new, two-hour episode of The Sing-Off at 8, followed by a new Jay Leno Show.
Fox has a new So You Think You Can Dance, then the premiere of Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live.
G4 has a new X-Play at 8.
Also at 8: TCM has Gone with the Wind.
Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9, followed by a new Ghost Lab.
BBC America has a new Britain's Missing Top Model at 9.
At 10, Syfy has a new Ecw, then two new episodes of Outer Space Astronauts.
Bravo has a new Tabatha's Salon Takeover at 10.
A&E has the season premiere of Paranormal State at 10.
TBS has The Funniest Commecials of the Year 2009 at 10.
IFC has
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Hate Christmas? Have We Got a Movie (or 6) for You!
11 December 2009 4:14 AM, PST
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For most, Christmas is a happy time rife with warm family memories, selfless gift giving, gentle snowfalls, and the sharing of the season's goodwill tidings.
For others, Christmas is a time when you can't step into an elevator without being subject to the Muzak version of "O Holy Night." When going to your local pharmacy means being guilted into giving up your spare change by a guy with a bell who looks like he just got released from prison.
We've got 6 movie recommendations for those with a more cynical perspective of the season. They offer the chance to enjoy some seasonal cinematic joys with more edge and less good cheer. From German terrorists to singing skeletons, little green monsters to an alcoholic St. Nick, we've got all the bases covered.
To find out when these Bah Humbug selections are playing, check out our Holiday TV Movie Guide: The 12 Flavors of Christmas.
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Cameron Diaz Returns To Raunch As A 'Bad Teacher'
10 December 2009 2:00 PM, PST
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Cameron Diaz can do sweet romantic comedies like "The Holiday" and tearjerker dramas like "My Sister's Keeper" and even the occasional period piece like "Gangs of New York," but her true calling has always been raunchy comedy. Now, to add to her gross-out work in "There's Something About Mary" and "The Sweetest Thing," the actress will star in Columbia Pictures' "Bad Teacher," according to Variety.
Jake Kasdan, who last gave us "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," is directing the comedy, about a "foulmouthed, gold-digging middle-school teacher," who battles with another faculty member for dibs on a hot co-worker. The idea of a fought-over "model teacher" makes me imagine "Glee" star Matthew Morrison as the male lead, but that will never happen.
What makes "Bad Teacher" sound more appealing than, say, "What Happens in Vegas?" is that the script was written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, of TV's
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Cameron Diaz Is a Naughty Teacher
10 December 2009 1:44 PM, PST
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Remember how funny it was to watch Billy Bob Thornton play a nasty, foul-mouthed Santa in the film Bad Santa? Well, apply that same sort of concept to a middle-school teacher, then throw Cameron Diaz in the role. Variety tells us that Diaz will play a foul-mouthed gold digger in who, after being dumped by her boyfriend, competes against a rival colleague for the affections of the school's model teacher.
The raunchy comedy, which is actually called Bad Teacher, was written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, who, apart from writing for The Office and penning the comedy Year One, are the duo assigned to bring back the Ghostbusters for a third installment. And honestly, while a lot of people will probably knock this casting choice, I'm of the opinion that Cameron Diaz is a wayyy...
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Diaz Returns to Raunchy Comedy with ‘Bad Teacher’
10 December 2009 5:36 AM, PST
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People who watched Cameron Diaz’s performance in Richard Kelly’s The Box may have forgotten where she comes from: a world of goofy comedies including There’s Something About Mary. I haven’t watched that film in quite a while, and that’s because it simply doesn’t hold up. Funny, sure. Classic? No.
Diaz is headed to bat at the comedy plate once more, though, in Columbia Pictures’ “raunchy comedy” Bad Teacher. Directed by Jake Kasdan (Walk Hard) and written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, the same Office writers who are supposedly grinding away at Ghostbusters 3, Bad Teacher has found an actress for its leading role.
The film (which is unrelated to the Billy Bob Thornton flick Bad Santa, by the way) centers on “a foulmouthed, gold-digging middle-school teacher who, after getting dumped by her boyfriend, competes with a colleague for the affections of the school’s model teacher.
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Ho, Ho, Whoa!: The 5 Worst Movie Santas
7 December 2009 2:24 AM, PST
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It's the happiest time of the year ... once again. Rather than dole out the standard list of the best holiday classics to warm your heart, we prefer to shake things up a bit with our look at everyone's favorite bearded fat man, Santa Claus.
Now we all know that Edmund Gwenn was a wonderful Santa in Miracle on 34th Street, the only actor to take home an Oscar as St. Nick. And actors such as Ed Asner in Elf and David Huddleston in Santa Claus: The Movie have certainly done the red suit justice on the silver screen.
But what about those other Santas? The ones that took the legend of Santa in a different direction: Boozing, scaring, kicking, and even killing? Those are the ones we take a look at in Ho, Ho, Whoa!: The 5 Worst Movie Santas.
If you want to see these bad Santas in action,
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What's your favourite film to watch at Christmas?
1 December 2009 4:06 AM, PST
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We need to fill the Christmas Eve spot on our film advent calendar. And that's where you come in …
Today we're launching our guardian.co.uk/film advent calendar, in which our writers pick which film they'd most like to snuggle down in front of after the Queen's speech.
But what would be your top choice? A surefire yuletide hit, like It's a Wonderful Life? Or a misanthropic classic, like Bad Santa?
Write us no more than 50 words on your choice and why you think it's perfect for the festive season and you could have pride of place on 24 December. Comments will be open until 8am on December 23, so be sure to check back on Christmas Eve to see if your choice made the final cut. Our own writers have already picked their choices, so I'm afraid if yours clashes with one of theirs, it probably won't be selected - so think outside the giftbox.
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Culture Warrior: Towards a More Thanksgiving-Friendly Cinema
26 November 2009 12:35 AM, PST
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I don’t know about your family, but in mine Thanksgiving is viewed largely as a warm-up drill for the Christmas season, a Christmas prequel if you will. At Thanksgiving I see, for the most part, the same extended family I end up seeing at Christmas, but for a far shorter duration of time. Whatever conversation I don’t have time to catch up on with my family over Thanksgiving I promise to continue over Christmas. Thanksgiving is when Christmas decorations are put up, when holiday shopping begins in full force, and when Christmas wish-lists are collected. Thanksgiving used to be the time when the first Christmas-themed movies of the year were released, but now movies like A Christmas Carol are released the first weekend in November in hopes of capitalizing over two months of manufactured Christmas spirit. Department stores and retail outlets have begun moving in unison with the trends of Christmas-themed Hollywood fare, putting
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What Are Your Favorite Holiday TV Classics?
23 November 2009 11:15 AM, PST
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Thanksgiving is upon us, and that means two things: lots of turkey and plenty of TV programming to get you in the mood for the holidays.
This year's lineup offers new programs like Prep & Landing (Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 8:30/7:30c, ABC), but if you're anything like us, you look forward to re-watching such classics as Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, It's a Wonderful Life and How the Grinch Stole Christmas this time of year.
So we want to know: What are your holiday TV favorites?
Whether Frosty the Snowman warms your heart, or if you prefer to laugh along with movies like Home Alone, A Christmas Story and Bad Santa, share your picks and reasons why after the jump...
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