Eli Roth's 2023 slasher film "Thanksgiving" famously started its life back in 2007 in the form of a fake trailer sandwiched in between Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" and Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof," two movies released as a single mega-feature called "Grindhouse." The goal of "Grindhouse" was to recreate the experience of seeing a cheap exploitation double-feature in a run-down New York theater in the early 1980s, complete with film scratches, missing reels, and several previews for upcoming ultra-salacious genre movies. The trailers were all fake at the time, but since 2007, the trailers for "Machete," "Hobo with a Shotgun," and "Thanksgiving" have been made into real movies.
Roth, as the director's fans know, is a voracious cineaste, and has likely spent more time watching movies than most people. He also wears his influences on his sleeve; in the credits for Roth's 2013 cannibal film "The Green Inferno," he includes a list...
Roth, as the director's fans know, is a voracious cineaste, and has likely spent more time watching movies than most people. He also wears his influences on his sleeve; in the credits for Roth's 2013 cannibal film "The Green Inferno," he includes a list...
- 1/28/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Is it your Christmas wish to spend the day with Mickey, Minnie, and your other favorite Disney characters? While celebrating the holiday at Disney World or Disneyland might not be in the cards this year, you can still soak in some Disney Christmas magic thanks to the 2023 Disney Christmas parade.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade. The 2023 parade features a star-studded lineup of performers, including Derek and Julianne Hough, Chrissy Metz, Smashing Pumpkins, and Michael Bolton. Here’s what you need to know about the 2023 Disney Christmas parade and how to watch it.
Disney’s Christmas Day parade airs at 10 a.m. on ABC The Smashing Pumpkins at the 2023 Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade | ABC/Disney Parks
Disney’s Christmas Day parade has been a holiday tradition since 1983. Filmed earlier this year at Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim,...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade. The 2023 parade features a star-studded lineup of performers, including Derek and Julianne Hough, Chrissy Metz, Smashing Pumpkins, and Michael Bolton. Here’s what you need to know about the 2023 Disney Christmas parade and how to watch it.
Disney’s Christmas Day parade airs at 10 a.m. on ABC The Smashing Pumpkins at the 2023 Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade | ABC/Disney Parks
Disney’s Christmas Day parade has been a holiday tradition since 1983. Filmed earlier this year at Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim,...
- 12/24/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
There are Christmas movies and then there are Christmas movies -- as in, the ones you can't escape knowing about even if you tried, like "Home Alone," "It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle on 34th Street," and, of course, "A Christmas Story." You may not love them all equally; in fact, you might actually outright hate some of them! And yet, there are moments and quotes from these films that will remain burned into your brain until the day you die. It's also inevitable that you'll end up having to revisit them during the annual winter holidays, whether it's because you legitimately love them or because you've finally given up trying to convince everyone to agree on something new to watch during one of your family gatherings and just thrown on "Elf" for the umpteenth time instead.
With "A Christmas Story" turning 40 in 2023, 'tis the season more than ever to revisit...
With "A Christmas Story" turning 40 in 2023, 'tis the season more than ever to revisit...
- 12/13/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Christmas is truly the gift that keeps on giving for the television business and for viewers.
Dating back to the 1940s, there have been nearly 2,500 TV episodes and specials with Christmas themes according to a list on Wikipedia. Sitcoms have provided the most content with 813 episodes dating back to 1952.
For the variety show treatment, Perry Como got things rolling with the first of his The Perry Como Chesterfield Supper Club — Christmas Special in 1948. Old Blue Eyes himself joined the party in 1950 with The Frank Sinatra Show: Christmas Show in 1950. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show’s Gracie’s Christmas dropped that same year.
Sitcoms and dramas followed soon thereafter. CBS crime drama Suspense (“Dancing Dan’s Christmas”) aired in 1950. NBC’s Dragnet (“The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas”) and CBS’ Racket Squad (“The Christmas Caper”) followed in 1952. Amos ‘n Andy (“The Christmas Story”) and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet...
Dating back to the 1940s, there have been nearly 2,500 TV episodes and specials with Christmas themes according to a list on Wikipedia. Sitcoms have provided the most content with 813 episodes dating back to 1952.
For the variety show treatment, Perry Como got things rolling with the first of his The Perry Como Chesterfield Supper Club — Christmas Special in 1948. Old Blue Eyes himself joined the party in 1950 with The Frank Sinatra Show: Christmas Show in 1950. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show’s Gracie’s Christmas dropped that same year.
Sitcoms and dramas followed soon thereafter. CBS crime drama Suspense (“Dancing Dan’s Christmas”) aired in 1950. NBC’s Dragnet (“The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas”) and CBS’ Racket Squad (“The Christmas Caper”) followed in 1952. Amos ‘n Andy (“The Christmas Story”) and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet...
- 10/31/2022
- by David Morgan
- Deadline Film + TV
We haven’t even picked up our charcoal for our Labor Day cookout yet and already HBO Max has announced a quartet of four holiday movies! According to Deadline, HBO Max will release four such movies between November and December, starting with a sequel to 1983’s annual staple A Christmas Story.
The lineup as of now:
A Christmas Story Christmas (some title!), due out on November 17
Holiday Harmony and A Christmas Mystery, both on November 24
A Hollywood Christmas, set for December 1
A Christmas Story Christmas, which was announced earlier this year, isn’t the first A Christmas Story sequel. First came 1994’s My Summer Story (originally released as It Runs in the Family), also directed by the late Bob Clark. A decade ago came A Christmas Story 2, with Daniel Stern as The Old Man. This upcoming HBO Max sequel will ignore A Christmas Story 2…just like the rest of us.
The lineup as of now:
A Christmas Story Christmas (some title!), due out on November 17
Holiday Harmony and A Christmas Mystery, both on November 24
A Hollywood Christmas, set for December 1
A Christmas Story Christmas, which was announced earlier this year, isn’t the first A Christmas Story sequel. First came 1994’s My Summer Story (originally released as It Runs in the Family), also directed by the late Bob Clark. A decade ago came A Christmas Story 2, with Daniel Stern as The Old Man. This upcoming HBO Max sequel will ignore A Christmas Story 2…just like the rest of us.
- 8/25/2022
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Ralphie’s coming home for the holidays.
A Christmas Story Christmas, a sequel to the 1983 cult classic A Christmas Story, will be released Thursday, Nov. 17 on HBO Max, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The ’70s-set movie sequel, which hails from screenwriter Nick Schenk (Gran Torino, Cry Macho), will see original child actor Peter Billingsley,...
A Christmas Story Christmas, a sequel to the 1983 cult classic A Christmas Story, will be released Thursday, Nov. 17 on HBO Max, our sister site Deadline reports.
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- 8/24/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
With the holiday season in full effect and Christmas right around the corner, I took it upon myself to bug the GeekTyrant staff about their favorite holiday movies. While we often spend the year watching and reading up on comic book, fantasy, and sci-fi movies, when December rolls around we make time for some more wholesome holiday classics. And even if they’re not classics, per se, they still put us in the Christmas spirit. And before you get disappointed, none of us chose Die Hard. Admittedly, I considered it, but isn’t that whole thing played out already?
Joey Paur, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
“I've watched A Christmas Story every year during Christmas for as long as I can remember, and I've never gotten bored or tired of it. Every time I watch it, I still laugh at the wonderfully comedic scenes. Over the years it's connected with me in different ways.
Joey Paur, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
“I've watched A Christmas Story every year during Christmas for as long as I can remember, and I've never gotten bored or tired of it. Every time I watch it, I still laugh at the wonderfully comedic scenes. Over the years it's connected with me in different ways.
- 12/13/2018
- by Jason Ashley
- GeekTyrant
If songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul win the original music and lyrics Emmy for their song in “A Christmas Story Live!”, they will attain the elusive Egot status: that is, winning the four biggest honors in show business.
The two collaborators are nominated for “In the Market for a Miracle,” one of three new tunes they wrote for Fox’s Dec. 17 adaptation of their 2012 stage musical based on the holiday movie classic.
They previously won the 2016 song Oscar for “La La Land,” the 2017 Tony for their score for Broadway’s “Dear Evan Hansen” and the 2018 Grammy for the cast album for “Evan Hansen.”
Only 12 people in history have managed the Egot feat, and just five of those were composers. Plus, Pasek and Paul would be the youngest to manage the feat; both aged 33. Are they thinking about the possibility of entering this exclusive club?
“Only because people like you bring it up,...
The two collaborators are nominated for “In the Market for a Miracle,” one of three new tunes they wrote for Fox’s Dec. 17 adaptation of their 2012 stage musical based on the holiday movie classic.
They previously won the 2016 song Oscar for “La La Land,” the 2017 Tony for their score for Broadway’s “Dear Evan Hansen” and the 2018 Grammy for the cast album for “Evan Hansen.”
Only 12 people in history have managed the Egot feat, and just five of those were composers. Plus, Pasek and Paul would be the youngest to manage the feat; both aged 33. Are they thinking about the possibility of entering this exclusive club?
“Only because people like you bring it up,...
- 8/23/2018
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Well, this can’t be good.
In TVLine’s exclusive first look at the season finale of Fox’s The Gifted, Andy and Lauren Strucker are again uniting their “Fenris” power — and in an unlikely place.
This time while clasping hands, will the mutant siblings actually create calamity?
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In a recent episode, upon hearing from their dad the story of their great-grandfather Andreas and his twin sister Andrea (who when combined represented the original “Fenris”), the Strucker kids first tested their merged powers inside the vault at...
In TVLine’s exclusive first look at the season finale of Fox’s The Gifted, Andy and Lauren Strucker are again uniting their “Fenris” power — and in an unlikely place.
This time while clasping hands, will the mutant siblings actually create calamity?
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In a recent episode, upon hearing from their dad the story of their great-grandfather Andreas and his twin sister Andrea (who when combined represented the original “Fenris”), the Strucker kids first tested their merged powers inside the vault at...
- 12/18/2017
- TVLine.com
The ratings for Fox’s A Christmas Story Live were more “lump of coal” than Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle.
Opening opposite the tail end of one of the biggest NFL games of the fall over on CBS, the three-hour broadcast averaged 4.5 million total viewers and a 1.5 demo rating, thereby placing last among all live TV musicals of the past four years — starting with NBC’s The Sound of Music Live (still the reigning champ with 18.6 mil/4.6) and including Fox’s own The Passion (which in March 2016 did 6.6 mil and a 1.6).
Next up: NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar...
Opening opposite the tail end of one of the biggest NFL games of the fall over on CBS, the three-hour broadcast averaged 4.5 million total viewers and a 1.5 demo rating, thereby placing last among all live TV musicals of the past four years — starting with NBC’s The Sound of Music Live (still the reigning champ with 18.6 mil/4.6) and including Fox’s own The Passion (which in March 2016 did 6.6 mil and a 1.6).
Next up: NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar...
- 12/18/2017
- TVLine.com
Just when you thought A Christmas Story couldn’t become more of a small-screen holiday institution, Fox got an idea.
Ralphie Parker’s timeless tale of childhood desperation and eye-endangerment entered the pantheon of live TV musicals on Sunday with a high-concept (and overall successful) adaptation of the Tony-nominated Broadway spectacle A Christmas Story: The Musical. Based on the 1983 film of the same name, it told the story you’ve seen a million times — only with more singing and less offensive scenes at Chinese restaurants.
Powerhouse performances from Broadway and TV veterans like Jane Krakowski, Maya Rudolph, Chris Diamantopoulos,...
Ralphie Parker’s timeless tale of childhood desperation and eye-endangerment entered the pantheon of live TV musicals on Sunday with a high-concept (and overall successful) adaptation of the Tony-nominated Broadway spectacle A Christmas Story: The Musical. Based on the 1983 film of the same name, it told the story you’ve seen a million times — only with more singing and less offensive scenes at Chinese restaurants.
Powerhouse performances from Broadway and TV veterans like Jane Krakowski, Maya Rudolph, Chris Diamantopoulos,...
- 12/18/2017
- TVLine.com
The cast of The Greatest Showman certainly lives up to the movie's name!
In a live commercial that aired during Fox's musical A Christmas Story Live!on Sunday night, star HughJackman was joined by Zac Efron, Zendaya, and an enormous cast to perform the song "Come Alive" from the upcoming film.
Beginning with a few kids leaving the Christmas Story set and following Jackman -- in his P.T. Barnum ringmaster costume -- towards the back lot containing a large historical set, the performance kicked off with Jackman singing a quieter verse, before going big and tossing his cane to another performer.
As soon as Jackman finished his verse, the camera swung to Efron, with an unexpected mustache, and Zendaya, wearing her character's pink wig, dancing and singing on the steps of a building.
Keala Settle, who plays the Bearded Lady in the film, joined the rest of the cast next as the camera revealed just how many dancers...
In a live commercial that aired during Fox's musical A Christmas Story Live!on Sunday night, star HughJackman was joined by Zac Efron, Zendaya, and an enormous cast to perform the song "Come Alive" from the upcoming film.
Beginning with a few kids leaving the Christmas Story set and following Jackman -- in his P.T. Barnum ringmaster costume -- towards the back lot containing a large historical set, the performance kicked off with Jackman singing a quieter verse, before going big and tossing his cane to another performer.
As soon as Jackman finished his verse, the camera swung to Efron, with an unexpected mustache, and Zendaya, wearing her character's pink wig, dancing and singing on the steps of a building.
Keala Settle, who plays the Bearded Lady in the film, joined the rest of the cast next as the camera revealed just how many dancers...
- 12/18/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
If you have ever considered how some ideas get made into official sets put out by the company Lego, this is a story that is going to help you better understand it. While undeniably most of the sets that you are able to purchase in stores across the country are somehow officially licensed to one company or another, which in kind boosts their likelihood of being purchased, this is not always the case. In some rare instances, an act of pure imagination and determination on the part of a creative builder can peak the interest of the Lego Review Board
Man’s “Christmas Story” Lego Set Could Become Official...
Man’s “Christmas Story” Lego Set Could Become Official...
- 12/18/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 topped Friday with its first of two episodes, drawing 8.5 million total viewers and a 1.0 demo rating (though ticking down week-to-week).
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The procedural’s fall finale followed with 7.7 mil and a 0.9. Opening the Eye’s night, MacGyver (6.9 mil/0.8) dipped.
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Elsewhere….
Fox | The Exorcist‘s Season 2(/series?) finale scared up 1.32 mil and a 0.4, adding a handful of eyeballs versus last week while flat in the demo. Readers gave the closer an average grade of “A-.”
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The procedural’s fall finale followed with 7.7 mil and a 0.9. Opening the Eye’s night, MacGyver (6.9 mil/0.8) dipped.
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Elsewhere….
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- 12/16/2017
- TVLine.com
What’s almost as good as an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle? A Hugh Jackman song-and-dance break in Fox’s A Christmas Story Live.
The X-Men actor, who’s currently starring in the P.T. Barnum biopic The Greatest Showman, will perform “Come Alive” from the movie during a commercial break in Fox’s live musical, which airs Sunday at 8/7c.
Per our sister site Variety, he’ll be joined by Greatest Showman castmates Zac Efron (High School Musical), Zendaya (K.C. Undercover) and Keala Settle (The Big C), as well as 150 dancers. Benj Pasek and...
The X-Men actor, who’s currently starring in the P.T. Barnum biopic The Greatest Showman, will perform “Come Alive” from the movie during a commercial break in Fox’s live musical, which airs Sunday at 8/7c.
Per our sister site Variety, he’ll be joined by Greatest Showman castmates Zac Efron (High School Musical), Zendaya (K.C. Undercover) and Keala Settle (The Big C), as well as 150 dancers. Benj Pasek and...
- 12/13/2017
- TVLine.com
In 2017, there’s a show for everyone, and typically that’s a good thing. There’s so much demand for fresh content and so many content providers looking to stand out, fresh stories from distinct voices populate an ever-diversifying television landscape. In other words, this is a world that could easily have room for a show where Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Jean-Claude Van Damme, a movie star who’s also a highly trained international spy.
But for as nutty as “Jean-Claude Van Johnson” sounds, its execution feels too familiar to earn its spot. Though the story-building in the pilot is clever enough to provide ample opportunity for good old-fashioned fun, too many easy jokes and half-baked movie homages keep the six-episode first season from fulfilling its potential as the sharp meta successor to “Episodes,” “The Comedians,” or even Van Damme’s 2008 film, “Jcvd.”
For starters, “Jean-Claude Van Johnson” has nothing to say about the industry,...
But for as nutty as “Jean-Claude Van Johnson” sounds, its execution feels too familiar to earn its spot. Though the story-building in the pilot is clever enough to provide ample opportunity for good old-fashioned fun, too many easy jokes and half-baked movie homages keep the six-episode first season from fulfilling its potential as the sharp meta successor to “Episodes,” “The Comedians,” or even Van Damme’s 2008 film, “Jcvd.”
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- 12/13/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Alec Bojalad Nov 9, 2019
Get in the Christmas spirit with the best Christmas movies available for streaming on Amazon Prime
Sleighbells ringing, chestnuts open on a roasted fire, you on your couch in front of a television as it moves onto to its 11th consecutive hour of Christmas programming. We all know the various traditions of the season.
further reading: Christmas Movies: A Complete Holiday Streaming Guide
Where once you were beholden to watching A Christmas Story four times in a row on TV every Christmas, now thanks to the magic of streaming you've got more options. Services like Amazon Prime are here to help you have the merriest Christmas possible.
Here is our list of the best Christmas movies on Amazon Prime. We trust that you'll take a break from your holiday binging to point out titles we've missed.
Bad Santa
God bless the movies whose titles are essentially their premise.
Get in the Christmas spirit with the best Christmas movies available for streaming on Amazon Prime
Sleighbells ringing, chestnuts open on a roasted fire, you on your couch in front of a television as it moves onto to its 11th consecutive hour of Christmas programming. We all know the various traditions of the season.
further reading: Christmas Movies: A Complete Holiday Streaming Guide
Where once you were beholden to watching A Christmas Story four times in a row on TV every Christmas, now thanks to the magic of streaming you've got more options. Services like Amazon Prime are here to help you have the merriest Christmas possible.
Here is our list of the best Christmas movies on Amazon Prime. We trust that you'll take a break from your holiday binging to point out titles we've missed.
Bad Santa
God bless the movies whose titles are essentially their premise.
- 12/11/2017
- Den of Geek
Netflix’s latest offering is a true nightmare before Christmas — and that’s a good thing. “El Camino Christmas,” available to stream on Friday, Dec. 8, tells the story of a drifter (played by “Fifty Shades of Grey”‘s Luke Grimes) whose arrival in a sleepy California town sets off a chain of chaotic events, culminating in a fatal hostage situation at a liquor store. As the madness unfolds, countless lives — including those of a single mother (played by Letterkenny’s Michelle Mylett) and her young, introverted son — are changed forever.
In case it wasn’t already clear, this isn’t your typical comedy — and it’s definitely not your typical Christmas movie. The unconventional story, which also stars Dax Shepard and Vincent D’Onofrio as a pair of bumbling cops with absolutely no business wielding pistols, takes pride in bucking conventions at every turn, of which there are many.
Cookie...
In case it wasn’t already clear, this isn’t your typical comedy — and it’s definitely not your typical Christmas movie. The unconventional story, which also stars Dax Shepard and Vincent D’Onofrio as a pair of bumbling cops with absolutely no business wielding pistols, takes pride in bucking conventions at every turn, of which there are many.
Cookie...
- 12/8/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
The Brown family from Alaskan Bush People feature in a festive special tonight on Discovery, called A Discovery Christmas Story. The episode includes archive footage from several Discovery shows including Alaskan Bush People along with others like Moonshiners and Alaska: The Last Frontier. It centers around what the stars of the various shows get up to during the festive season and sees them share some of their Christmas traditions — including making bush gifts and moonshine, and hunting for meals to eat at this time of year. The special is not thought to contain any new footage of the Alaskan...read more...
- 12/7/2017
- by Julian Cheatle
- Monsters and Critics
Another season of “South Park,” another finale with unresolved plot lines. After last year’s election upset threw the season into turmoil, the 2017 run aimed to avoid similar complications by steering clear of predictions, overly serialized plots, and the president in general. No, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone weren’t ever going to leave Donald Trump out of “South Park,” but they weren’t going to make him the sole focus — not again.
In the finale, this decision felt more defeatist than freeing, as casually incorporated parodies of “It” and “Stranger Things” couldn’t overcome a final message that mirrored their premiere, minus the bite, and felt like a collective shrug: The Whites are America’s problem, and there’s no telling what they’ll do next.
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “South Park” Season 21, Episode 10, “Splatty Tomato.”]
Following last week’s Kyle-inspired nuking of Toronto, the Season 21 finale picked up with a country in disarray. The president is hiding out in South Park,...
In the finale, this decision felt more defeatist than freeing, as casually incorporated parodies of “It” and “Stranger Things” couldn’t overcome a final message that mirrored their premiere, minus the bite, and felt like a collective shrug: The Whites are America’s problem, and there’s no telling what they’ll do next.
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “South Park” Season 21, Episode 10, “Splatty Tomato.”]
Following last week’s Kyle-inspired nuking of Toronto, the Season 21 finale picked up with a country in disarray. The president is hiding out in South Park,...
- 12/7/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
This is either the best or worst time to be releasing a new series set in the aftermath of The Crusades, a centuries-long campaign to claim the Holy Land as Christian territory. Regardless of its timing, the new History series “Knightfall” falls short of the careful examination that this monumental period of world history deserves. Ambitious in its scale, but hamstrung by its conventions, “Knightfall” often confuses violence and brutality for visceral authenticity. Using the Templar Knights as an entry point into a volatile period in France and the world at large, the result is a series that often focuses its energies on the least compelling areas of its tapestry.
As a sword and shield epic, “Knightfall” brings a kind of visual comfort that will likely endear it to pre-existing fans of “Game of Thrones,” “Lord of the Rings,” or even “Braveheart” (whose antagonist King Edward “Longshanks” I is name-dropped...
As a sword and shield epic, “Knightfall” brings a kind of visual comfort that will likely endear it to pre-existing fans of “Game of Thrones,” “Lord of the Rings,” or even “Braveheart” (whose antagonist King Edward “Longshanks” I is name-dropped...
- 12/6/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
If you can watch this woodworker make a Christmas Story lamp out of his own leg and not be impressed I’m not sure what else to say. Watching this made me wish for a moment that I was a little more industrious and hands-on when it came to certain projects, but sad to say I could live until I was a thousand years old and never make anything this impressive with my own two hands. That’s why writing about this project is where I flex my skills as I’ll try to give the type of credit that’s due to this
Watch This Woodworker Carve A Christmas Story Lamp Of His Own Leg...
Watch This Woodworker Carve A Christmas Story Lamp Of His Own Leg...
- 12/4/2017
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
Want to watch a big movie, opening this weekend? Go see “Titanic,” the 20th anniversary of the biggest hit in the past 35 years, in a special-event rerelease in 87 AMC Theaters. Beyond that, you’re out of luck. The weekend also sees multi-hundred theater expansions of two initially strong specialized titles: Greta Gerwig’s New York Film Critics winner “Lady Bird” (A24) and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight). We’ll also see domination by holdovers like “Coco” (Disney), “Justice League” (Warner Bros.), and the surging “Wonder” (Lionsgate).
Read More:How ‘Wonder’ Will Become the $150 Million Hit of the Christmas Box Office
Otherwise, the seven top distributors, which provide about 90 percent of the annual box office, took a pass. And next week sees only one new wide release, when the beleaguered Broad Green takes advantage of the brief availability of screens to launch senior-citizen caper “Just Getting Started.”
This seems bizarre...
Read More:How ‘Wonder’ Will Become the $150 Million Hit of the Christmas Box Office
Otherwise, the seven top distributors, which provide about 90 percent of the annual box office, took a pass. And next week sees only one new wide release, when the beleaguered Broad Green takes advantage of the brief availability of screens to launch senior-citizen caper “Just Getting Started.”
This seems bizarre...
- 12/1/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
He’s got debts, writer’s block, and a child on the way; a new film tells how Charles Dickens beat the odds to write everyone’s favourite Christmas story. Its star Dan Stevens reveals how he brought the writer to life
In the pecking order of Christmas stories, A Christmas Carol is second only to the baby Jesus. Even if you’ve never read it, or had it read to you, you know about that flinty-hearted miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his redemption during one long dark night of the soul.
Bill Murray, Albert Finney, Michael Caine and Alastair Sim have all played Scrooge in one of the endless film remakes and reboots there have been over the years. Now comes the story behind the story, The Man Who Invented Christmas: a heavily fictionalised biopic with Dan Stevens playing Charles Dickens, bashing out A Christmas Carol in six weeks...
In the pecking order of Christmas stories, A Christmas Carol is second only to the baby Jesus. Even if you’ve never read it, or had it read to you, you know about that flinty-hearted miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his redemption during one long dark night of the soul.
Bill Murray, Albert Finney, Michael Caine and Alastair Sim have all played Scrooge in one of the endless film remakes and reboots there have been over the years. Now comes the story behind the story, The Man Who Invented Christmas: a heavily fictionalised biopic with Dan Stevens playing Charles Dickens, bashing out A Christmas Carol in six weeks...
- 12/1/2017
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Jon Hamm is looking positively angelic in Amazon’s forthcoming adaptation of the Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett fantasy novel Good Omens.
As previously reported, the Mad Men alum will assume the role of archangel Gabriel. The photo below, released on Thursday, features our first glimpse of Hamm as God’s impeccably dressed messenger.
Good Omens is set to premiere in 2019.
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Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Crackle’s 10-episode drama The Oath, starring Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), will premiere on Thursday,...
As previously reported, the Mad Men alum will assume the role of archangel Gabriel. The photo below, released on Thursday, features our first glimpse of Hamm as God’s impeccably dressed messenger.
Good Omens is set to premiere in 2019.
RelatedAmerican Gods EPs Bryan Fuller and Michael Green Exit Ahead of Season 2
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Crackle’s 10-episode drama The Oath, starring Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), will premiere on Thursday,...
- 11/30/2017
- TVLine.com
This pious digimation of the Christmas story contains nothing to frighten the donkeys with its rote wisecracks and slavish devotion to the Pixar formula
Some films are fated to be no more than the sum of their production companies. This seasonal digimation is almost exactly what you might imagine from a collaboration between Sony’s evangelical offshoot, Affirm Films, and Narnia deliverers Walden Media: it takes an idea with the potential for irreverent fun – retelling the Nativity from the animals’ perspective – then plays everything straighter than the average Sunday-school sermon.
Little donkey Boaz’s quest to escape his yoke and serve some higher purpose meets the religious brief; accompanying him through the usual series of helter-skelter set pieces, the rotely wisecracking Dave the dove swiftly puts paid to hopes of divine inspiration, while kooky sheep Abby hews so close to Ellen DeGeneres’ Dory in personality that you can hear the Pixar lawyers’ phones vibrating.
Some films are fated to be no more than the sum of their production companies. This seasonal digimation is almost exactly what you might imagine from a collaboration between Sony’s evangelical offshoot, Affirm Films, and Narnia deliverers Walden Media: it takes an idea with the potential for irreverent fun – retelling the Nativity from the animals’ perspective – then plays everything straighter than the average Sunday-school sermon.
Little donkey Boaz’s quest to escape his yoke and serve some higher purpose meets the religious brief; accompanying him through the usual series of helter-skelter set pieces, the rotely wisecracking Dave the dove swiftly puts paid to hopes of divine inspiration, while kooky sheep Abby hews so close to Ellen DeGeneres’ Dory in personality that you can hear the Pixar lawyers’ phones vibrating.
- 11/23/2017
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Hanukkah will be part of A Christmas Story Live!, Fox’s upcoming live musical event.
“They’ve written a really fun Hanukkah number. The music is fantastic,” Ana Gasteyer told Et at the Double Standards concert in New York City on Sunday benefiting women's rights, health and empowerment. “Even though A Christmas Story is clearly a Christmas story -- it’s fun to have a Hanukkah song join the ranks of the Christmas songs in the musical. I think everybody felt like it can really be a holiday experience.”
The Saturday Night Live alum will play Mrs. Schwartz in the production, inspired by the 1983 holiday classic feature film A Christmas Story and Ben Pasek and Justin Paul’s 2012 Broadway adaptation. It follows the exploits of youngster Ralphie Parker, who spends most of his time dodging a bully and dreaming of his ideal Christmas gift: a "red Ryder air rifle." Gasteyer appears alongside her former SNL co-star, Maya Rudolph ([link...
“They’ve written a really fun Hanukkah number. The music is fantastic,” Ana Gasteyer told Et at the Double Standards concert in New York City on Sunday benefiting women's rights, health and empowerment. “Even though A Christmas Story is clearly a Christmas story -- it’s fun to have a Hanukkah song join the ranks of the Christmas songs in the musical. I think everybody felt like it can really be a holiday experience.”
The Saturday Night Live alum will play Mrs. Schwartz in the production, inspired by the 1983 holiday classic feature film A Christmas Story and Ben Pasek and Justin Paul’s 2012 Broadway adaptation. It follows the exploits of youngster Ralphie Parker, who spends most of his time dodging a bully and dreaming of his ideal Christmas gift: a "red Ryder air rifle." Gasteyer appears alongside her former SNL co-star, Maya Rudolph ([link...
- 11/14/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Zachary Knighton, you are now free to move about the cabin.
The Happy Endings alum will guest-star on Fox’s upcoming airline-centric comedy La to Vegas, EW.com reports. Knighton will play a Sin City chef who’ll be a love interest for Kim Matula’s Ronnie. He’ll appear in multiple episodes.
Knighton’s past TV gigs also include Parenthood, The Catch, Fresh Off the Boat and The Good Fight.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Anthony Lemke (Dark Matter) will recur in Season 3 of Blindspot, per EW.com. Lemke’s character, Victor, is a charismatic...
The Happy Endings alum will guest-star on Fox’s upcoming airline-centric comedy La to Vegas, EW.com reports. Knighton will play a Sin City chef who’ll be a love interest for Kim Matula’s Ronnie. He’ll appear in multiple episodes.
Knighton’s past TV gigs also include Parenthood, The Catch, Fresh Off the Boat and The Good Fight.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Anthony Lemke (Dark Matter) will recur in Season 3 of Blindspot, per EW.com. Lemke’s character, Victor, is a charismatic...
- 10/26/2017
- TVLine.com
Why should the guys have all the fun?
Sunday’s Family Guy (Fox, 9/8c) flips the script on Peter’s long-running feud with Ernie the Giant Chicken, giving Lois a chance to go mano a mano with his wife Nicole — and TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek of their intense(?) encounter.
RelatedFamily Guy: Sir Ian McKellen Cast as Stewie’s [Spoiler]
At the very least, we can all learn a lesson from this: If your husband is involved in a blood feud with a giant chicken, it’s best not to befriend him — especially if he’s a married giant chicken.
Sunday’s Family Guy (Fox, 9/8c) flips the script on Peter’s long-running feud with Ernie the Giant Chicken, giving Lois a chance to go mano a mano with his wife Nicole — and TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek of their intense(?) encounter.
RelatedFamily Guy: Sir Ian McKellen Cast as Stewie’s [Spoiler]
At the very least, we can all learn a lesson from this: If your husband is involved in a blood feud with a giant chicken, it’s best not to befriend him — especially if he’s a married giant chicken.
- 10/20/2017
- TVLine.com
Warning: The following contains spoilers from Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 5, Episode 4: “HalloVeen.”
Blessed be the fruit, baby! Jake and Amy are getting married.
Related2018 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
Totally earning the title “Amazing Human Slash Genius,” Jake uses the precinct’s annual Halloween heist as a means to surprise Amy with a marriage proposal. After luring her into the evidence room via an elaborate scheme involving Fake Charles and her favorite show The Handmaid’s Tale, Jake has his Amy recite the inscription on the winner’s cummerbund, which reads,...
Blessed be the fruit, baby! Jake and Amy are getting married.
Related2018 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
Totally earning the title “Amazing Human Slash Genius,” Jake uses the precinct’s annual Halloween heist as a means to surprise Amy with a marriage proposal. After luring her into the evidence room via an elaborate scheme involving Fake Charles and her favorite show The Handmaid’s Tale, Jake has his Amy recite the inscription on the winner’s cummerbund, which reads,...
- 10/18/2017
- TVLine.com
Fox has found its Ralphie: 11-year-old Andy Walken will star as the Bb gun-loving kid in the network’s live musical presentation of A Christmas Story.
Walken — who already has a handful of TV acting credits under his belt, including NCIS and Heartbeat — won the role after a nationwide search that resulted in 350 auditions. A self-described Christmas Story fanatic, Walken said during the casting process that “if I got this role, it would be the greatest, most awesome Christmas present I’ve ever gotten in my life.” (Aw!)
Fox also released a video detailing the casting process and showing...
Walken — who already has a handful of TV acting credits under his belt, including NCIS and Heartbeat — won the role after a nationwide search that resulted in 350 auditions. A self-described Christmas Story fanatic, Walken said during the casting process that “if I got this role, it would be the greatest, most awesome Christmas present I’ve ever gotten in my life.” (Aw!)
Fox also released a video detailing the casting process and showing...
- 10/11/2017
- TVLine.com
Fox’s “A Christmas Story Live!” has found its Ralphie Parker. The three-hour live musical production will star 11-year-old Andy Walken from Seattle, Wash. More than 350 applicants were in the mix for the coveted part in the project that airs Dec. 17. Walken joins previously announced cast members Matthew Broderick, who narrates, and Maya Rudolph, playing Ralphie’s mother. Also Read: 'The Little Mermaid' Live Musical Postponed by ABC “Christmas Story Live” is based on the 1983 film and subsequent Tony-nominated Broadway adaptation. Peter Billingsley originated the role of Ralphie in director Bob Clark’s movie that has become a holiday staple.
- 10/11/2017
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Wrap
On the September 22, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson to talk about the latest news, including a three-hour cut of Superman: The Movie, Jordan Peele’s new tv series, and A Christmas Story live casting. At the Water Cooler, we’ll talk about Murder on the Orient Express and Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party at Disneyland, and in The Mail Bag we’ll take […]
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The post Daily Podcast: What It’s Like To Visit A Film Set, Superman, Peele, Christmas Story, Disneyland appeared first on /Film.
- 9/22/2017
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
It’s got to be one of the last stories you might ever expect to hear as a Christmas story but it stands to reason that since Die Hard was in fact set during the Christmas season it might as well be a yuletide tale. The one thing you wouldn’t want to do is read this to kids expecting them to think that Christmas is all about guns, bombs, explosions, and snappy one-liners that might not be permissible in polite company. But at least the story reads as it was filmed, not leaving too much out and getting some of the
Die Hard Is Getting a Children’s Christmas Book...
Die Hard Is Getting a Children’s Christmas Book...
- 9/13/2017
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
Fox has its latest live musical and it’s set to arrive just in time for the holidays.
The network announced Tuesday that Maya Rudolph is set to star in “A Christmas Story,” a live performance of the Broadway musical that premiered in 2012, based on the beloved film of the same name.
Read MoreHow ‘The Wiz Live!’ and ‘Grease Live!’ Revitalized the TV Musical
Rudolph will star as Ralphie’s mom, the role made famous by countless Christmas Day marathons by Melinda Dillon. In addition to her longtime tenure on “Saturday Night Live” and as the co-host of “Maya and Marty,” Rudolph led the 2014 variety special “The Maya Rudolph Show.”
This live event will serve as a reunion of sorts, as “La La Land” songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and producer Marc Platt will both reprise their roles from shepherding the “Christmas Story” Broadway musical to the stage.
This...
The network announced Tuesday that Maya Rudolph is set to star in “A Christmas Story,” a live performance of the Broadway musical that premiered in 2012, based on the beloved film of the same name.
Read MoreHow ‘The Wiz Live!’ and ‘Grease Live!’ Revitalized the TV Musical
Rudolph will star as Ralphie’s mom, the role made famous by countless Christmas Day marathons by Melinda Dillon. In addition to her longtime tenure on “Saturday Night Live” and as the co-host of “Maya and Marty,” Rudolph led the 2014 variety special “The Maya Rudolph Show.”
This live event will serve as a reunion of sorts, as “La La Land” songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and producer Marc Platt will both reprise their roles from shepherding the “Christmas Story” Broadway musical to the stage.
This...
- 8/8/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Steven Yeun has signed with UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. He previously was with Paradigm.
The move comes a year after the actor’s departure from AMC’s The Walking Dead last season, when his fan-favorite character, Glenn, finally met his much-publicized fate. Now a free agent, Yeun was one of this pilot season's most in-demand actors, fielding multiple offers from various shows.
He currently can be seen in Bong Joon-ho’s Okja, which premiered at Cannes and was released Wednesday on Netflix. Later this year, Yeun leads the voice cast of Sony Animation’s Christmas story The Star, whose...
The move comes a year after the actor’s departure from AMC’s The Walking Dead last season, when his fan-favorite character, Glenn, finally met his much-publicized fate. Now a free agent, Yeun was one of this pilot season's most in-demand actors, fielding multiple offers from various shows.
He currently can be seen in Bong Joon-ho’s Okja, which premiered at Cannes and was released Wednesday on Netflix. Later this year, Yeun leads the voice cast of Sony Animation’s Christmas story The Star, whose...
- 6/28/2017
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A live production of Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking musical “Rent” is in the works at Fox. The network announced Friday that Marc Platt, the acclaimed film, television and theater producer behind “La La Land,” “Wicked” and last year’s “Grease: Live!,” will executive produce the show, along with Larson’s estate.
Read More: ‘A Christmas Story’ Live Musical Event from Marc Platt to Air on Fox This December
Larson’s re-imagining of Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème” is set in New York City’s East Village. It tells the story of seven artists and their struggle to follow their dreams during a time of great social and political turmoil. The musical earned Larson four Tony Awards in 1996, including Best Musical and Best Original Score Written for the Theatre, and the Pulitzer Prize.
“‘Rent’ was Jonathan’s dream of sharing the theater and the passion he had for it with a whole new generation,...
Read More: ‘A Christmas Story’ Live Musical Event from Marc Platt to Air on Fox This December
Larson’s re-imagining of Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème” is set in New York City’s East Village. It tells the story of seven artists and their struggle to follow their dreams during a time of great social and political turmoil. The musical earned Larson four Tony Awards in 1996, including Best Musical and Best Original Score Written for the Theatre, and the Pulitzer Prize.
“‘Rent’ was Jonathan’s dream of sharing the theater and the passion he had for it with a whole new generation,...
- 5/12/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Hanne Palmquist talks plans for HBO Nordic and Sherlock Holmes heads to Finland.
Goteborg Film Festival’s first Nordic award for Best TV Drama Script, worth $23,000 (Sek 200,000) and funded by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, has been presented to Nobel screenwriters Mette M Bolstad and Stephen Uhlander.
Nrk’s Nobel is a Homeland-style drama about a Norwegian Lieutenant returning home from duty in Afghanistan who discovers a political conspiracy.
The prize’s jury included Lars Blomgren of Filmlance, producer Gudrun Giddings, consultant Isabelle Pechcou and critic Leena Virtanen.
They said of Nobel: “The script was precise, well-structured and solid. This is a strong, unpredictable drama with a sense of fresh realism. The story was thrilling and worked well also as a metaphor of the global instability between war and peace…This TV series has an impressive complexity in the scriptwriting, no loose ends and no inconsistency. There is no filter to the truth. It is so transparent...
Goteborg Film Festival’s first Nordic award for Best TV Drama Script, worth $23,000 (Sek 200,000) and funded by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, has been presented to Nobel screenwriters Mette M Bolstad and Stephen Uhlander.
Nrk’s Nobel is a Homeland-style drama about a Norwegian Lieutenant returning home from duty in Afghanistan who discovers a political conspiracy.
The prize’s jury included Lars Blomgren of Filmlance, producer Gudrun Giddings, consultant Isabelle Pechcou and critic Leena Virtanen.
They said of Nobel: “The script was precise, well-structured and solid. This is a strong, unpredictable drama with a sense of fresh realism. The story was thrilling and worked well also as a metaphor of the global instability between war and peace…This TV series has an impressive complexity in the scriptwriting, no loose ends and no inconsistency. There is no filter to the truth. It is so transparent...
- 2/2/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Some shows have actual hiatuses for the holidays, whereas The Big Bang Theory, as they are wont to do, just took a few weeks off and got back at it. This time, instead of airing a Christmas episode as the fall or winter finale, they waited until after the holidays and recapped them through flashback. Flashbacks are a hit and miss storytelling device, but they worked pretty well here. Rather than tell a Christmas story with these characters, they made it much more like returning to work or school after the holidays, which was overall a pretty nice touch. This week on The
The Big Bang Theory Review: “The Holiday Summation” Is A Nice Change Of Pace...
The Big Bang Theory Review: “The Holiday Summation” Is A Nice Change Of Pace...
- 1/6/2017
- by Nick Hogan
- TVovermind.com
It was Christmas in Salem as ornaments were hung, presents were shared and Chad finally learned that his wife had returned from the dead!
Our TV Fanatics Jack Ori and Christine Orlando are joined by Kpatch from MyHourglass a Days of Our Lives fan forum to choose their favorite ornament, decide if Chad should forgive Abigail, and debate whether Nicole will know she has a daughter for Christmas this year.
Which Horton Christmas ornament is your favorite?
Kpatch: I really don’t have one. I like that they are all unique.
Jack: I always look for Jj's ornament since he's my favorite character, and am always thrilled to see Tom, Alice, and Jack Sr's ornaments. I also think Ciara's ornament with its block letters is cute.
Christine: Seeing Tom and Alice’s ornaments, as they started it all, always makes me smile. I also like the history of the tree:...
Our TV Fanatics Jack Ori and Christine Orlando are joined by Kpatch from MyHourglass a Days of Our Lives fan forum to choose their favorite ornament, decide if Chad should forgive Abigail, and debate whether Nicole will know she has a daughter for Christmas this year.
Which Horton Christmas ornament is your favorite?
Kpatch: I really don’t have one. I like that they are all unique.
Jack: I always look for Jj's ornament since he's my favorite character, and am always thrilled to see Tom, Alice, and Jack Sr's ornaments. I also think Ciara's ornament with its block letters is cute.
Christine: Seeing Tom and Alice’s ornaments, as they started it all, always makes me smile. I also like the history of the tree:...
- 12/25/2016
- by Christine Orlando
- TVfanatic
The Christmas episodes used to be the best part of Days of Our Lives.
Every year, friends and family would gather at the Horton house to celebrate being together, hang ornaments with their name on them on the tree, and wish viewers a Merry Christmas.
Christmas was supposed to be a time for joy, love and miracles, and was often a break from the heartbreaking drama the Hortons, Bradys and other core characters suffered throughout the year.
But not this year. Salem's Christmas was minimal and depressing, with the annual ornament hanging taking up a little screen time as possible and almost nobody having any Christmas spirit.
At the beginning of the week, Jj seemed to be one of the few people who was genuinely excited about Christmas. He got a tree for his mom and groveled on the phone in order to get Gabi an ornament with her name on it.
Every year, friends and family would gather at the Horton house to celebrate being together, hang ornaments with their name on them on the tree, and wish viewers a Merry Christmas.
Christmas was supposed to be a time for joy, love and miracles, and was often a break from the heartbreaking drama the Hortons, Bradys and other core characters suffered throughout the year.
But not this year. Salem's Christmas was minimal and depressing, with the annual ornament hanging taking up a little screen time as possible and almost nobody having any Christmas spirit.
At the beginning of the week, Jj seemed to be one of the few people who was genuinely excited about Christmas. He got a tree for his mom and groveled on the phone in order to get Gabi an ornament with her name on it.
- 12/24/2016
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
A few members of Team Experience will be sharing posts on their favorite Christmas movies. Here's Lynn Lee
You can have your Christmas Story or your It’s a Wonderful Life. For me, my Christmas movie will always be Gillian Armstrong’s Little Women, which took its bow Christmas Day, 1994, and has kept a place in my heart ever since. Even though it faithfully adapts a literary classic, the movie’s also a perfect encapsulation of the ’90s: besides Winona Ryder, for whom Little Women was something of a pet project, it also featured a very young Kirsten Dunst, fresh off her star-making turn in Interview With a Vampire, and Claire Danes, still in her Angela Chase days, making her big-screen debut, as well as a 20-year-old Christian Bale completing his transition from child to adult actor.
None of that, of course, meant anything to me when I first saw the film.
You can have your Christmas Story or your It’s a Wonderful Life. For me, my Christmas movie will always be Gillian Armstrong’s Little Women, which took its bow Christmas Day, 1994, and has kept a place in my heart ever since. Even though it faithfully adapts a literary classic, the movie’s also a perfect encapsulation of the ’90s: besides Winona Ryder, for whom Little Women was something of a pet project, it also featured a very young Kirsten Dunst, fresh off her star-making turn in Interview With a Vampire, and Claire Danes, still in her Angela Chase days, making her big-screen debut, as well as a 20-year-old Christian Bale completing his transition from child to adult actor.
None of that, of course, meant anything to me when I first saw the film.
- 12/14/2016
- by Lynn Lee
- FilmExperience
If you watch television during the holidays at all, you had to have seen A Christmas Story. It plays on several networks each year leading up to Christmas and on two separate networks, they show A Christmas Story for 24 hours straight, beginning on Christmas Eve. There aren’t too many people who can say that they don’t watch at least once or twice during the 24-hour marathon. There are even lines from the movie, such as “You’ll shoot your eye out,” that people say all year long. If you are a huge fan of a Christmas story and want to
10 Things You Didn’t Know about A Christmas Story...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about A Christmas Story...
- 12/9/2016
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
The Baltic Event Coproduction Market Awards at the 20th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
The Baltic Event Coproduction Market, taking place since 2005, is the largest coproduction platform in the region of Northern and Central Europe. With a complete overview of the year’s audiovisual production in the region and a range of programs open for feature film projects, Baltic Event is the key production platform to be at in November.
For its 15th edition, Baltic Event selected 14 projects from its traditional roster of new EU territories, Scandinavia and Russia, as well as a project from Georgia in collaboration with Eave and 2 projects from this year’s focus country, Luxembourg. The Baltic Event Coproduction Market presented these 17 projects from November 22 to 24, 2016 to international coproducers and buyers at more than 500 one-to-one meetings during the 20th jubilee edition of the Black Nights Film Festival.
The Baltic Event team was satisfied by the exceptionally...
The Baltic Event Coproduction Market, taking place since 2005, is the largest coproduction platform in the region of Northern and Central Europe. With a complete overview of the year’s audiovisual production in the region and a range of programs open for feature film projects, Baltic Event is the key production platform to be at in November.
For its 15th edition, Baltic Event selected 14 projects from its traditional roster of new EU territories, Scandinavia and Russia, as well as a project from Georgia in collaboration with Eave and 2 projects from this year’s focus country, Luxembourg. The Baltic Event Coproduction Market presented these 17 projects from November 22 to 24, 2016 to international coproducers and buyers at more than 500 one-to-one meetings during the 20th jubilee edition of the Black Nights Film Festival.
The Baltic Event team was satisfied by the exceptionally...
- 11/26/2016
- by Tara Karajica
- Sydney's Buzz
The Man Who Invented Christmas is a film that revolves around the story of how Charles Dickens created his iconic classic A Christmas Carol. The movie is based on a book of the same name written by Les Standiford.
Dan Stevens (The Guest, Downton Abby, Beauty and the Beast) has been cast in the role of the young Dickens, Christopher Plummer (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Insider) is playing Scrooge, and Jonathan Pryce will play Dickens’ father.
The story is set in October 1843, "when Dickens was broke and distressed with his previous three books having failed. Rejected by his publishers, he set out to write and self-publish a book he hoped would keep his family afloat, and after six fever-pitched weeks, he created A Christmas Carol."
A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas story of all time and I think it's great they are making a film about...
Dan Stevens (The Guest, Downton Abby, Beauty and the Beast) has been cast in the role of the young Dickens, Christopher Plummer (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Insider) is playing Scrooge, and Jonathan Pryce will play Dickens’ father.
The story is set in October 1843, "when Dickens was broke and distressed with his previous three books having failed. Rejected by his publishers, he set out to write and self-publish a book he hoped would keep his family afloat, and after six fever-pitched weeks, he created A Christmas Carol."
A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas story of all time and I think it's great they are making a film about...
- 11/12/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Billy Bob Thornton Tells a Very Naughty Version of the Christmas Story in Exclusive Bad Santa 2 Clip
Warning: This Video Contains Strong Language Not Suitable For Work
Bad Santa is back and still firmly on the naughty list.
In an exclusive look at Bad Santa 2, Willie Soke (played again by Billy Bob Thornton) is his usual grumpy, potty-mouthed self as he turns down a chance to participate in a kids’ Christmas concert alongside Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks.
“Are you out of your goddamn mind? I ain’t dancing around with a bunch of candy canes,” he says in the clip, before tacking on a friendly, “Because I’m all about the birther Christmas.”
He then...
Bad Santa is back and still firmly on the naughty list.
In an exclusive look at Bad Santa 2, Willie Soke (played again by Billy Bob Thornton) is his usual grumpy, potty-mouthed self as he turns down a chance to participate in a kids’ Christmas concert alongside Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks.
“Are you out of your goddamn mind? I ain’t dancing around with a bunch of candy canes,” he says in the clip, before tacking on a friendly, “Because I’m all about the birther Christmas.”
He then...
- 11/8/2016
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Rob Leane Jul 21, 2016
Back in 1993, geek legend Mark Hamill enhanced Christmas for some New York fans with a Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm treat...
Is there a better way to mark the summer of 2016 than a Christmas story from 1993? Actually, don’t answer that...
Anyway, while listening back to a classic episode of Kevin Smith’s Fat Man On Batman podcast recently - namely the two-part Mark Hamill interview from 2012 - I stumbled upon a terrific little anecdote.
Mr Hamill voiced the Joker in the now-much-celebrated Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm. During the production of the animated movie, the decision was made to show this film in cinemas rather than sending it to telly or straight to video.
“We went from a 30-piece orchestra to a 100-piece orchestra, and they were able to this origin of the Joker”, Hamill said, recalling how this decision to target a cinematic audience had...
Back in 1993, geek legend Mark Hamill enhanced Christmas for some New York fans with a Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm treat...
Is there a better way to mark the summer of 2016 than a Christmas story from 1993? Actually, don’t answer that...
Anyway, while listening back to a classic episode of Kevin Smith’s Fat Man On Batman podcast recently - namely the two-part Mark Hamill interview from 2012 - I stumbled upon a terrific little anecdote.
Mr Hamill voiced the Joker in the now-much-celebrated Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm. During the production of the animated movie, the decision was made to show this film in cinemas rather than sending it to telly or straight to video.
“We went from a 30-piece orchestra to a 100-piece orchestra, and they were able to this origin of the Joker”, Hamill said, recalling how this decision to target a cinematic audience had...
- 7/20/2016
- Den of Geek
Sony Pictures Animation on Monday afternoon unveiled a blockbuster film and television slate through 2018 that made no secret of the properties the studio values most highly.
The multi-platform roster includes features of Spider-Man, Emojimovie and new instalments in the Hotel Transylvania and Smurfs franchises, as well as a TV outing for Ghostbusters.
Emojimovie: Express Yourself will open in August 2017 and explores the world of the characters beloved by cell phone users. Anthony Leondis directs from a screenplay he wrote with Eric Siegel. Michelle Raimo Kouyate produces.
Smurfs: The Lost Village is earmarked for April 7, 2017. Kelly Asbury directs from a screenplay by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon based on the characters and works of Peyo. Jordan Kerner produces and the voice cast includes Demi Lovato, Jack McBrayer, Joe Manganiello, Danny Pudi, Rainn Wilson and Mandy Patinkin.
Christmas story The Star (working title) is being made in association with The Jim Henson Company and set for December 8, 2017. Timothy Reckart directs...
The multi-platform roster includes features of Spider-Man, Emojimovie and new instalments in the Hotel Transylvania and Smurfs franchises, as well as a TV outing for Ghostbusters.
Emojimovie: Express Yourself will open in August 2017 and explores the world of the characters beloved by cell phone users. Anthony Leondis directs from a screenplay he wrote with Eric Siegel. Michelle Raimo Kouyate produces.
Smurfs: The Lost Village is earmarked for April 7, 2017. Kelly Asbury directs from a screenplay by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon based on the characters and works of Peyo. Jordan Kerner produces and the voice cast includes Demi Lovato, Jack McBrayer, Joe Manganiello, Danny Pudi, Rainn Wilson and Mandy Patinkin.
Christmas story The Star (working title) is being made in association with The Jim Henson Company and set for December 8, 2017. Timothy Reckart directs...
- 6/20/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
With special effects credits including Harry Potter, X-Men and Assassin’s Creed, the firm is now pushing into animation production.
Speaking in Annecy this week, Cinesite’s director of animation Eamonn Butler has revealed further details of the first batch of films being made at the VFX house’s new animation studio in Montreal and has revealed why the company has taken the step into producing its own material.
Founded in 1991 as part of Kodak, Cinesite - based in London, Montreal and Vancouver - became a fully independent company in 2012.
In response to what Buttler has said is ferocious competition in the VFX field,...
Speaking in Annecy this week, Cinesite’s director of animation Eamonn Butler has revealed further details of the first batch of films being made at the VFX house’s new animation studio in Montreal and has revealed why the company has taken the step into producing its own material.
Founded in 1991 as part of Kodak, Cinesite - based in London, Montreal and Vancouver - became a fully independent company in 2012.
In response to what Buttler has said is ferocious competition in the VFX field,...
- 6/16/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Some legendary holiday stories are simply to classic to ever die out. From the tale of old St. Nick to the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas has so many accompanying stories and tall tales that it has practically become a genre itself. Who else but Disney could completely capitalize on this idea? Although winter will soon come to a close later this month, Disney has just revealed that they have begun development on a live-action adaptation of one of the world.s most iconic Christmas tales of them all: The Nutcracker. A new report from THR indicates that Disney has begun developing a brand new live-action adaptation of the classic Christmas story, The Nutcracker. Titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, the project will directly adapt Tchaikovsky.s iconic ballet as well as E.T.A. Hoffmann.s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Screenwriter Ashleigh Powell sold the script ...
- 3/4/2016
- cinemablend.com
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