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Filming has officially started on Waxman, the latest horror-thriller from writer-director Thomas J. Churchill and producing partner Aleksandra Zorich Hunt, who are fresh off the heels of filming “The 3 Killer Pigs”. Like “The 3 Killer Pigs”, Waxman is planned to be a franchise. As the psychological slasher styled film begins shooting on location in and around Los Angeles—the film is planned to be a blood-soaked story of revenge, fear and betrayal.

The plot follows Detective Danny Murphy whose desperate actions ignite a nightmare, culminating in the return of a vengeful, serial killer after his death. Detective Murphy is spooked by a theory but is determined to find all the pieces to figure out how to end the carnage of this notorious serial killer in hopes to save another life. Including the ones he loves. How has he returned? How do you catch someone who is already dead? The...

Last week, we shared the news that Full Moon is bringing their 1992 film Bad Channels and 1990 film Crash and Burn to Blu-ray, with copies available through their site FullMoonHorror.com and available for pre-order on Amazon. (Links can be found in our article.) Now, we have more Full Moon Blu-ray news to share, as the company will be giving director Albert Pyun‘s 1993 sci-fi horror film Arcade a Blu-ray release on July 15th! Copies can be pre-ordered through Amazon at This Link.

Directed by Pyun from a screenplay by David S. Goyer (and a story by Full Moon founder Charles Band), Arcade has the following synopsis: All the kids in town are dying to play the hot new video game “Arcade”. Trouble is once you play the game you can kiss reality good-bye. Arcade has seven levels of excitement, adventure, and terror for its players. The game transports you to...

Waxmax, an indie horror film from writer-director Thomas J. Churchill, is now in production in Los Angeles, Deadline reports.

Frank Stallone (Hudson Hawk), Jon Abrahams (Scary Movie), Carlo Mendez (“Dexter: Original Sin”), Shar Jackson (“Moesha”), Scott Schwartz (A Christmas Story), Christiana Leucas (The Last Stand), Jody Quigley (Hijacked), and Sharna Burgess (“Dancing with the Stars”) star.

The film follows follows Detective Danny Murphy, whose desperate actions ignite a nightmare, culminating in the return of a vengeful serial killer after his death. Murphy is spooked by a theory but is determined to find all the pieces to figure out how to end the carnage of this notorious serial killer in hopes of saving another life – including the ones he loves.

How has he returned? How do you catch someone who is already dead? The questions permeate Murphy’s every thought.

The cast is rounded out by Rachel Pizzolato (“Mythbusters Jr.”), Charlie Schlatter...

The Old Man from A Christmas Story was thrilled to win a leg lamp as his major award, but that was nothing compared to the enthusiastic citizens of Chickasha, Oklahoma. The town built a 50-foot version of the movie prop to lord over its downtown, beckoning visitors from near and far. But now, Warner Bros. is playing Scrooge, demanding that Chickasha amputate the leg for violating its trademark.

But the obvious question first: Why would any community erect a giant leg in the center of town? The Chickasha Community Foundation says it’s a tribute to the late Noland James, a local who was an art professor at the University of Oklahoma. James claimed to have designed the lamp for A Christmas Story, and the statue is a tribute to the area legend.

The leg lamp put Chickasha on the map, say locals, with social media posts and other publicity allegedly reaching a billion people.

Horror cinema has a strange habit of resurrecting itself from time to time. The Universal monsters of the 1930s enjoyed a technicolor reincarnation in the Hammer films of the late 1950s; slasher films bled out by the mid-'80s, but Scream brought them back with a vengeance; and the walking dead just keep coming back for more. Today's zombie fans can easily see why this trope never dies with this list of terrifying 20th-century cult classics and hidden gems.

Everyone knows that George Romero is the reigning champion of zombie cinema, but the tradition he established has begotten a horde of powerful and innovative followers whose films still stand up today. This horror history lesson will show fans of modern hits like The Walking Dead and the 28 Days Later franchise that their faves come from a grand tradition that refuses to stay dead.

This Early Zombie Film Is Still...

With the holiday season now behind us, the weeks set aside for watching movies centered around the most wonderful time of the year have come to an end. Films like National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story are certainly only meant for the days leading up to – and perhaps directly following – December 25, but there are other holiday titles that we’d argue could be watched year-round. One of those movies will graduate to a new streaming home next month, as Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers lands on Peacock on February 28.

When my friends and I were tiny adventurers looking for ways out of the house, we’d often end up at the local movie theater deciding which cinema-loving audience would get to enjoy the full extent of our youthful (and probably annoying) enthusiasm. Sure, we went outside occasionally, but it would usually end up with somebody’s tongue stuck to a pole a’la A Christmas Story, so our parents were more than happy to drop us off at the mall and say a little prayer.

My friends were very flexible in their choices, but I was the one who had thoughts. So in my memory, I acted as a sort of cinematic cruise director, shepherding everyone to a specific title that I thought we had to see in order to be either well-rounded or supremely entertained. Watching something on a screen was a way for me to understand my...

It may only have a 40% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, but Adam Sandler’s 1995 movie, Billy Madison, has become a classic among audiences since it was released 30 years ago. The film boasts a 79% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and hits Hulu on Feb. 1.

Billy Madison stars Sandler as the titular man-child, Billy Madison, who, to inherit his father’s hotel empire, must repeat first through twelfth grade again. His father, Brian, is played by the late Darren McGavin, of A Christmas Story fame. In the process of going through school again, Billy is hindered by his rival, Eric Gordon, played by Emmy-winner Bradley Whitford (The West Wing).

Although Billy Madison wasn’t a box office hit, grossing just $26.4 million against a budget of $10 million, it is considered to be one of Sandler’s funniest movies and one of the first starring the Saturday Night Live alum. Before Billy Madison, Sandler...

‘Twas the season to be thrilled with action. As people settled in and got cozy with their kith and kin this past Christmas, sometimes watching classics like Home Alone, A Christmas Story and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation just isn’t enough. Many viewers checked out some newer movies that incorporated action with their holiday theme. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Dwayne Johnson’s Red One on Prime Video became a big hit in homes after its brief theatrical run that grossed $186 million globally. His Santa action flick would be followed by Netflix’s Carry-On, which stars Taron Edgerton as a Tsa agent working on Christmas Eve when he’s faced with a terrorist plot.

Red One faced much criticism for its content, but the newest live-action film from megastar Dwayne Johnson topped the streaming charts in December with 2.1 billion minutes of viewing. Meanwhile, while finishing in second overall, Carry-On was...

This past holiday season, we shared some unconventional Christmas movie recommendations, like The Silent Partner, Anna and the Apocalypse, The Ref, and my own recommendation, Trancers. But even though I love Trancers and also watch Anna and the Apocalypse every December, my two favorite Christmas movies are not unconventional choices at all: every December 25th, I watch A Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation. Very common choices. Someone else with very common choice for their favorite Christmas movie is filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who revealed to BFI that his holiday favorite is It’s a Wonderful Life.

Directed by Frank Capra, who crafted the screenplay with Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Jo Swerling, the 1946 classic It’s a Wonderful Life was based on the short story The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern (which was loosely based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol) . Here’s the synopsis: George Bailey has so many...

Murder By Decree (4Kuhd) (4K Uhd) From Bob Clark, the acclaimed director of Dead of Night, Black Christmas, Breaking Point, Porky’s and A Christmas Story, comes this horrifying murder-mystery which pits legendary detective Sherlock Holmes against the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper! When Scotland Yard is unable to stop the gruesome rampage of Jack the Ripper, a citizens’ committee asks Sherlock Holmes and his trusted associate Dr. John H. Watson to investigate. Now the brilliant pair must follow a terrifying trail of clues that includes a frightened psychic, a suspicious inspector (David ... Read more...

Even though they aren’t technically Christmas movies, the Harry Potter film series has become a staple in the holiday viewing season. There’s nothing better than enjoying a solid movie marathon, and stepping into the Wizarding World and strolling into The Great Hall in all of its Christmassy goodness takes it to an entirely different level. Perhaps that’s why the movie that started it all — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — is currently casting a spell on Max’s Top 10. Sure, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story may seem like the logical content to indulge in during the week between Christmas and the New Year, but a Harry Potter marathon will give you not one, not two, but eight feature-length bits of entertainment.

It’s hard to find a movie that can cross genres and appeal to a multitude of fans but - by golly - Joe Dante did exactly that with his 1984 feature Gremlins. It’s hard to box Gremlins into one singular category, so we’re lucky that we don’t have to. The movie is technically a horror feature, but its cute, Christmassy, campy, comedic, and cuddly undertones put it in a league of its own. With all these pieces fixed together, it’s easy to understand why the film is quickly climbing the charts over at Max, where Gremlins currently sits in the #6 spot on the streamer. Sure, holiday favorites like A Christmas Story Christmas and the box office bomb Joker: Folie à Deux are topping the Top 10 - and for good reason - but Gremlins is truly where it’s at for all the campy horror lovers out...

Movie magic and the holiday season go hand in hand. There’s just something about taking a break from timely classics like It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story and ripping into a high-octane blockbuster that does the trick - particularly during that weird week between Christmas and the new year. Right now, audiences around the globe are helping Tom Cruise’s 2022 money-making sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, reach completely new heights away from its home streaming platform of Paramount+. According to FlixPatrol, the action-packed follow-up to the 1986 classic, Top Gun, is a chart-climbing Top 10 favorite on Max in more than a dozen countries. All around the world, fans in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Slovenia and more are feeling the need for speed and tuning into HBO’s streamer for the second chapter of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell’s (Cruise) story.

For many, A Christmas Story is an inseparable piece of holiday nostalgia, with the wide-eyed misadventures of young Ralphie Parker, stirring up joyous memories of childhood wonder and warm family gatherings. Over four decades later, this film has remained beloved by high-spirited fans, delivering a comfy slice of American Christmas to those seeking a cozy time, with even some of the best holiday movie quotes coming from A Christmas Story. While iconic, rewatching A Christmas Story can surface some harsh realities, but despite these bumps, it’s difficult not to love the movie’s unbridled affection for Christmas traditions.

The most iconic moments from A Christmas Story have achieved comedic highs as well as a sense of timeless holiday charm that remains as heartwarming as ever. This provides the essential dose of seasonal cheer expected with a successful Christmas movie. However, a rewatch can spark new discussions about the film’s inevitable pitfalls.

Olivia Hussey, known in part for playing one of the two leads in the 1968 feature film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, has passed away. She was 73 years old.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Hussey died due to cancer. Filmmaker Marc Huestis confirmed her passing, telling the outlet, “I just heard some sad, sad news. I adored her. She had so much love, and was the most beautiful Juliet ever. On screen and in real life she exuded love and life.”

Born in Argentina in 1951, Hussey was still a child when she began her acting career. After she was noticed for her stage work in London, she wound up getting cast as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. For her role in the film, which also starred Leonard Whiting, Hussey drew heavy acclaim, even garnering a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. This success led to other big roles,...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about What If…?, SNL, Outlander, Bad Sisters and more!

1 | Silo’s Lukas last week sure repaired that very damaged hard drive in a jiffy, no? And does anyone find it quite cool that Simms’ wife helped Knox and Shirley hide?

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These child actors starred in iconic films – here's what they're up to now.Iniversal Studios, 20th Century Fox;new Line CinemaDaniel Tay – 'Elf'Daniel Tay starred in 2003's 'Elf' alongside Will Ferrell.Warner Bros. Entertainment; Mega

Daniel Tay was 11 when he acted opposite Will Ferrell in 2003's Elf as Buddy's half-brother, Michael Hobbs. But after making American Splendor (2003) and Doogal (2006), he quit acting to take a drastically different path.

He graduated from Yale in 2014 with a degree in economics and became an Sat tutor and bilingual editor. Now 32, Tay volunteers at a New York hospital and still has an agent in case he's called on to make a comeback.

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From age eight to 20, Eric Lloyd played Charlie Calvin in 1994's The Santa Clause and its two sequels.

Gary Oldman has embodied a lot of roles throughout his star-studded career, be it that of the perfect commissioner in The Dark Knight Trilogy or a grumpy yet gifted spy boss in Slow Horses. And now, he seems to have made his splash among the real-time secret services as well, considering how he has been recruited by her majesty’s secret service, the real time MI5.

Gary Oldman. | Credits: The Dark Knight / Warner Bros.

Oldman may not have earned the chance of playing James Bond, yes, but he most certainly earned the opportunity of a lifetime to work with the MI5. In the latest surprising turn of events, the actor revealed that he had been recruited by the secret service as his iconic character Jackson Lamb – to narrate a Christmas poem!

Gary Oldman just got recruited by MI5 for Christmas!

Hollywood’s very own favorite Oldman, known for his portrayal...

There’s still plenty of time to fully get in the Christmas spirit. Whether this be through holiday favorite films like Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas or with newer hits like The Holiday and Last Christmas, many options — cable and streaming — exist to watch festive films and TV shows.

Below find a list of classic Christmas movie titles by alphabetical order and where they are streaming or airing on cable this season. Further down, a list of holiday-themed television show episodes is outlined, and various networks’ offerings for Christmas will be sprinkled throughout.

Where To Watch Christmas Movies:

A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas is available to stream via Apple TV+.

Related: Deadline’s 50 Classic Holiday Movies Gallery: From ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ And ‘A Christmas Story’ To ‘Die Hard’ And ‘The Holiday’

A Christmas Story & A Christmas Story Christmas

Bob Clark’s hit film starring Peter Billingsley,...

The holiday season means it’s time for essential holiday movie viewing. Over the years, favorites have included such beloved classics as A Christmas Story, Elf, Home Alone, and It’s a Wonderful Life, to name a few. Many of these titles have stood the test of time and are regularly viewed every year during the holiday season, but a few other Christmas movies have often fallen under the radar.

Take a look at these Christmas cuties and their lives now.Movieclips/YouTube; Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers/YouTubeDaniel Tay – 'Elf'Warner Bros. Entertainment/YouTube; Mega

Daniel Tay was 11 when he acted opposite Will Ferrell in 2003's Elf as Buddy's half-brother, Michael Hobbs. But after making American Splendor (2003) and Doogal (2006), he quit acting to take a drastically different path.

He graduated from Yale in 2014 with a degree in economics and became an Sat tutor and bilingual editor. Now 32, Tay volunteers at a New York hospital and still has an agent in case he's called on to make a comeback!

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From age 8 to 20, Eric Lloyd played Charlie Calvin in 1994's The Santa Clause and its two sequels.

Since then, the 38-year-old has added comedian, musician and producer to his résumé, and starred in the 2018 movie The Onyx of Wall Street. He partnered with...

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Streaming is hard sometimes, especially when it comes to finding all those feel-good holiday movies you want to binge for the rest of the week. You won’t really find one streamer that has all of the big Christmas movies in one place; rather, they are quite spread out across the board.

We’ve scoured through endless lists of Christmas content to find all of the best streamers where you’ll find all of your favorite flicks. From “Home Alone” to “Elf” and everything in between. Here’s where you can stream the best Christmas movies in 2024.

Where to stream the best Christmas movies

Disney+: Chock-full of Christmas content this year, with greats like “Home Alone”, “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” and “The Santa Clause” series.

Hulu: A great option for Christmas movies this year,...

Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story has become the festive film of the 2024 holiday season, but how well do the Hallmark stars know holiday trivia? TV Insider sat down with Tyler Hynes, Hunter King, Diedrich Bader, Megyn Price, and Ed Begley Jr. to quiz them on their knowledge. Bader hilariously left the room when Begley Jr. admitted that he hadn’t seen A Christmas Story before. What Ralphie wanted for Christmas in the holiday classic stumped most of the cast, but Hynes got pretty close, so we gave him the point. They all had great guesses for the highest-grossing Christmas movie ever, but Hynes won that round with Home Alone. The cast then had a fun moment when we asked which of the movie’s stars was born on Christmas Eve. Spoiler alert: It’s Bader! Just don’t ask them which show originated the word “Chrismukkah.” The O.C.

It’s a dark and rainy Monday night in December, and as you slowly drive northwest up a slanted street, a festive mustard-yellow house at the corner gradually comes into view. Cheerful holiday lights line the porch roof, while a warm, yellow-orange glow illuminates the upper floors. As you get closer, the real star of the house becomes visible in the green-trimmed front window: a shapely leg lamp. A major award. Electric sex gleaming in the window.

This scene doesn’t take place on good old Cleveland Street in the years preceding World War II — but on West 11th Street in modern-day Tremont, a historic neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. In a case of life imitating art, the house with the fishnet-clad leg lamp is the very same residence bespectacled Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) and his family occupy in the 1983 film A Christmas Story. The beloved holiday season staple follows Ralphie as he dodges bullies,...

Saturday Night Live released a "unique" retelling of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It's a straightforward adaptation of the story for a full minute, and then it became a Quentin Tarantino fever dream.

Lucy Liu reprised her Kill Bill character in a cut-for-time Saturday Night Live sketch. A Quentin Tarantino film is often a highlight in any actor's career, and Liu got hers after breakout stints in two Charlie's Angels movies; she was cast in Kill Bill: Volume 1 as O-Ren Ishii. Liu played a one-and-done character, however; Beatrix Kiddo sliced O-Ren's cranium clean off toward the end of the film. Kill Bill's iconic moments have been referenced and imitated in media since, but so far, Liu's scenes have not been parodied. SNL's reimagining of How the Grinch Stole Christmas broke that streak.

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When Christmas time comes around, most have their rotation of A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, or Elf to get them into the holiday spirit. But I go for different fare. Because what are the holidays for if not for uncomfortable family drama. A crumbling marriage isn’t usually a plot point of a Christmas movie but that’s what makes The Ref so unique. Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis play Lloyd and Caroline, a married couple clearly on the path to divorce. But everything is turned upside down when criminal Gus (played by Denis Leary) holds them hostage until the citywide manhunt for him chills out, and he can escape. Denis Leary is at his absolute peak, with even the teaser trailer for this film just being him ranting, standup-style about Christmas. This is crude so it may make for some awkward moments with family, but what are the holidays...

The concept of the holiday movie began back in 1898 with G.A. Smith’s pioneering silent film Santa Claus. The first of its kind to show the depiction of Santa that only runs just shy over a minute.

Since then Hollywood has belted out an array of films that have either been true to the genre such as A Christmas Story; The Holiday; Miracle On 34th Street; Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey or films like Die Hard; Brazil, and Gremlins that have teetered on the edge of identifying as a holiday film.

Then there are the anti-holiday movies and the Christmas horrors. Subgenres of their own like the slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night, Black Christmas, and Christmas Evil, a John Waters favorite, so you are inclined to know what demented viewing you are in for.

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Cord cutters can score some of the best deals on Prime Video streaming channels during Amazon’s end-of-the-year sale.

Through Jan. 2, 2025, save on select holiday movies and get Prime Video channel subscriptions for $1.99 per month for the first two months, including on Paramount+, Starz, MGM+, Hallmark, PBS Masterpiece, Crunchyroll, BBC Select, Lifetime Movie Club and more. The best deals include Paramount+ with Showtime (regularly $12.99 per month) and Starz (reg. $10.99 per month), saving you up to 85 percent off streaming for two months.

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Movie lovers can get into the holiday spirit with deals on films such as A Christmas Story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Last Christmas, Office Christmas Story, Elf and more.

Amazon’s streaming subscription sale is available to existing members of Amazon Prime ($14.99 per month or $139 annually) or the standalone Prime Video streaming service ($8.99 per month), which is home to original series such as the awards-nominated Fallout,...

I grew up in Canada, and I’d wager the experience – at least as far as pop culture goes – was probably pretty similar to growing up in the States. Yet, there were some minor, strange differences. Here, we have a regulatory body called the Crtc (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission), which ensures that about 30% of the content that’s broadcast on TV qualifies as “Canadian Content.” Thus, whenever you turn on the TV, one of our Canadian channels is bound to show something Canadian, including movies. While holiday classics like A Christmas Story and Black Christmas counted as Canadian Content (God Bless Bob Clark) we could reliably see around the holidays, more adventurous TV stations would show something outside the box. One such station was the adult-oriented Showcase (not to be confused with Showtime), which would program an utterly mental movie called The Silent Partner every Christmas Eve.

If you’re not Canadian,...

’Twas the weekend before Christmas… With the holiday season upon us, many of us are starting to revisit some of our of Christmas favourites. I actually went to see a 4K re-release of the original Black Christmas last night here in Montreal. There’s something comforting upon returning to our old favourites every year, whether they be traditional Christmas classics, or perhaps something a little more modern, like Die Hard, which, despite many claiming otherwise, has totally established itself as a Christmas classic over the years.

Whatever the case, there are certainly Loads of Christmas movies, with everything from old-time classics like It’s A Wonderful Life or some of the many versions of A Christmas Carol (the Alistair Sim version is the best Imo), or something like Love Actually, which is virtually inescapable at this time of the year.

With that in mind, we’d love to figure out just...

Santa Claus won’t be the only thing coming down the chimney this Christmas Eve, as director Justin Kurzel’s FBI thriller The Order comes to On Demand. In the film, a string of violent robberies in the Pacific Northwest leads a veteran FBI agent into a domestic terrorist plot to overthrow the federal government. Nothing says Christmas like violence and corruption! Who’s bringing the spiked eggnog?

Here’s the official synopsis for The Order:

“For over a year, a series of bold daylight bank robberies and armored car heists leaves law enforcement baffled and the public panicked throughout the Pacific Northwest. As the attacks become increasingly violent, FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) becomes convinced that the robberies are the work of a domestic terrorist gang that plans to use the loot to finance an armed uprising against the U.S. government.

Based on a true story, The Order...

If there's anything better than Christmas itself, it's Christmas movies. Who doesn't enjoy cuddling under a warm blanket and watching Home Alone, or even taking in the action of John McClane (Bruce Willis) killing bad guys in Die Hard? Everyone has their favorite Christmas movie, but perhaps the most popular of all is Bob Clark's A Christmas Story. This wasn't Clark's only Christmas movie though, and arguably not his most influential. Before Bob Clark made this holiday staple, he was a horror director, and his scariest offering was 1974's Black Christmas. Released 50 years ago, it's one of the most important horror movies ever made. The slasher craze, which is mostly credited to the success of Halloween, wouldn't exist without it.

If you simply can’t get enough of this holiday classic, you’re in luck – stream it non-stop starting on Christmas Eve.

A staple in millions of households around the world this time of year, “A Christmas Story” is a must-see as Dec. 25 approaches. And over the past few decades, the nostalgic coming-of-age Christmas movie has been a near-impossible-to-miss fixture of holiday programming as the Turner cable networks have run it on a loop to celebrate the big day. This year, both TBS and TNT will be airing the holiday classic around the clock beginning at 9 p.m. Et on Christmas Eve as they kick off their annual 24-hour marathon of the film. You can watch the entire marathon for free with a five-day free trial to Directv Stream.

How to watch ‘A Christmas Story’ 24-hour marathon When: Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024 at 9 p.m. Et TV: TNT and TBS Stream: Watch...

Fans of A Christmas Story will remember the snot-nosed bully Grover Dill, and the actor who plays him, Yano Anaya, must have had a great time on set, considering how he wanted to purchase the original A Christmas Story house. A Christmas Story is a classic of the Christmas movie canon and as much a part of the holidays as Home Alone, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Miracle on 34th Street. It's synonymous with the season and a heartwarming and hilarious tale about a young boy and his family's misadventures during Christmastime in the 1940s.

The third installment in the Parker family saga, which includes the first film in the series, The Phantom of the Open Hearth from 1976, and the latest film, A Christmas Story Christmas, which arrived in 2022. A Christmas Story is by far the most memorable movie in the holiday franchise, with incredible quotes, hilarious scenes, and lovable characters.

'Tis the season for watching holiday movies, and Amazon MGM Studios is delivering a brand new one in the Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Chris Evans-starring action-comedy, Red One. During a time when a big-budget movie is expected to be a sequel to a popular franchise, based on a comic book or video game, remake or reimagining of a beloved movie, or cashing in on 1980s or 1990s nostalgia, it makes this holiday-themed appear to be a risk, and one that didn't pay off at the box office.

Red One is a PG-13 action comedy where The Rock plays North Pole's head of security, Callum Drift, who enlists bounty hunter Jack O'Malley to help him find and rescue a kidnapped Santa Claus (played by J. K. Simmons). The big question about Red One is who the film was made for. There are a few things about the action comedy...

Eagle-eyed fans of A Christmas Story will notice one peculiar name in the credits – Flash Gordon. The 1983 movie has created a massive legacy, going down in history as one of the best Christmas movies of all time. Between the leg lamp and the iconic quotes, there are so many reasons to enjoy the story. Some of the most entertaining moments are Ralphie's daydreams, which offer excitement into an otherwise straightforward story.

Some examples of Ralphie’s fantasies include him fighting bandits and Black Bart, his parents feeling guilty about poisoning him, and the teacher and class celebrating him. However, not every fantasy scene made it to the final cut. One of the most interesting bits of trivia about A Christmas Story is the fact that Flash Gordon nearly appeared in the movie, and his name even shows up in the credits.

A Christmas Story Cut A Scene That Featured...

Although there is no shortage of Christmas movies out there, very few of them end up lasting a long time in the public consciousness. The last movie to truly prove itself long-term was the 2003 comedy "Elf," which is up there on most people's rewatch list every time the holidays come around. For the most part, though, our favorite Christmas movies are the older ones, like "Home Alone" (1990), "A Christmas Story" (1983), "A Christmas Carol" (1951), or "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947).

Before all of those was "It's a Wonderful Life," which came out in 1946 and is now considered the absolute best film the Christmas genre has to offer. With a score of 8.6 out of 10 on IMDb, the movie is ranked 21st among the site's top movies ever. In 2024, at least, nobody's got a bad thing to say about the film. It's a heartwarming story about a guy who learns to value the wonderful life he has,...

It's the holiday season, which can mean only one thing: it's time to watch Christmas horror movies! Christmas horror is nothing new. In the Victorian era, folks would gather by the fireside around Christmas time to tell each other ghost stories (this is how we got "A Christmas Carol"). Over the years, the horror genre has embraced this idea by unleashing horror films set on or around Christmas. Some of these films are quite bad and seem to recycle the same boring idea ("What if a guy dressed as Santa Claus killed people?!") over and over again. But there are others that make the yuletide bright. Hell, even some of the killer Santa stories work. As the weird year that was 2024 comes to a close, and the horrifying uncertainty of 2025 lurks right around the corner, let's chug some mulled wine, deck the halls, and watch the following Christmas-centric horror movies.

A great Christmas movie will not only make the grade for the test of time, but it can become a beloved part of a person’s life. Ask 15 people which is their favorite holiday film, and you may get 15 different titles. Our photo gallery above focuses on the 15 titles we believe are the best of all time. Scroll through the gallery, read our descriptions, and debate with us the order, ranked best to worst, and which ones you think are missing.

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Our list is led off by the classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” starring James Stewart, a film that was deemed a box office bomb when it was first released. It was the relentless airings on television over the past few decades that made it a favorite for many families. Stewart is also featured in the lesser-known but still wonderful “The Shop Around the Corner.

A great Christmas movie will not only make the grade for the test of time, but it can become a beloved part of a person’s life. Ask 15 people which is their favorite holiday film, and you may get 15 different titles. Our photo gallery focuses on the 15 titles we believe are the best of all time. Scroll through the gallery, read our descriptions, and debate with us the order, ranked best to worst, and which ones you think are missing.

Our list is led off by the classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” starring James Stewart, a film that was deemed a box office bomb when it was first released. It was the relentless airings on television over the past few decades that made it a favorite for many families. Stewart is also featured in the lesser-known but still wonderful “The Shop Around the Corner.” While that movie is uplifting, other...

Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas and Father Christmas are just a few names for the iconic figure who makes his rounds every Christmas delivering presents but more importantly spreading Christmas joy.

Many an actor have portrayed him in Christmas movies, animated and live action. A nice list of some of the actors who have played and voiced Santa Claus lies below.

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This article will contain spoilers for 'The Holdovers.'

Throughout time, Christmas and holiday movies became staples of December. Rewatching It’s a Wonderful Life became tradition in many homes, and cable channels constantly play reruns of Home Alone, A Christmas Story, and Elf once the calendar finally says December 1st. In recent years, however, it seemed like the well had dried up when it came to a new popular Christmas film that would transcend generations. While Hallmark Channel and Netflix churn out new holiday rom-coms every year, there was rarely, if ever, a Christmas movie that drew in wide audiences and actually lasted more than two weeks in the pop culture lexicon.

That all changed in October 2023, when The Holdovers hit theaters and captured the hearts of audiences and critics-and the Christmas spirit. The story of an unlikely found-family navigating the happiness and heartbreak the holiday season could bring instantly won over moviegoers,...

It’s the time of year most TV fanatics hate — when all of our favorite Primetime series go on break.

We’ve got tips for fighting the fall finale funk to help you get through the next few weeks of reruns and missing series. These ideas are meant to be fun and festive.

If you’re struggling with seasonal withdrawals and feel out of sorts without anything to do until your favorite shows come back on, try these funk-fighting tips. You can always catch a rerun of one of your series favorites, like NCIS: Origins.

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Many of today’s popular TV shows go on a multi-week hiatus around the end-of-year holidays, giving TV networks time to fill with seasonal specials and holiday favorites.

However, the break in regular programming is also the perfect time for other shows to try to capture an otherwise distracted audience.

As December chugs along, movie fans are getting into the Christmas spirit, with many now turning to a particular festive action comedy led by a particular Austrian Oak for their merriment hit. That’s right, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s holiday favorite Jingle All the Way has now broken into the Prime Video top 10, with the movie bringing together families from across the globe in a way that only a Schwarzenegger movie can. After all, who doesn’t remember cozying up under a blanket with your nearest and dearest to watch the Terminator’s red eye fade out at the end of James Cameron’s sci-fi –action classic?

Jingle All the Way, of course, finds Schwarzenegger starring alongside the comedian Sinbad as two rival fathers who find themselves facing off while desperately trying to purchase a Turbo-Man action figure for their respective sons on a last-minute shopping spree on Christmas Eve. As of this weekend,...

Quick Links What is Santa Claus Conquers The Martians? Why Tim Burton is Perfect for a Remake of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Why Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is the Gift That Keeps on Giving

As the holiday season kicks off and people revisit their favorite movies, one infamous Christmas cult classic screams for a Tim Burton remake. From traditional fare like It's a Wonderful Life to unconventional picks like Die Hard and Batman Returns, the holidays are filled with beloved films, but on the fringes lies something stranger and undeniably funny: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. This kooky kids' film has entertained audiences for decades as a lesser-known gem, deserving more love and recognition. Whether through its campy charm or the potential of a visionary remake, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a gift that keeps on giving, making spirits brighter than the lights on a flying saucer.

Home Alone is No. 1 on the Disney+ Top 10 chart in the United States, so there's reason to celebrate for those fans of "ya filthy animal." The must-see Christmas classic beat out not only the premiere of Jude Law's Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, but the holiday favorite outperformed the original Moana, too. The Goonies-eque Star Wars series checked in at No. 3, while all the hype surrounding Moana 2 inevitably played a part in Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s first go-round as Maui landing the No. 2 slot on the Top 10.

A number of other holiday hits filled out the Top 10, such as No. 4 The Polar Express, No 5. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, No. 6 Mickey and the Very Many Christmases, and No. 8 The Santa Clause 2. Meanwhile, the box office blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine came in at No. 7, while both The Lion King (1994) and the animated movie's 2019 CGI reimagining rounded out the...

A seasonal television classic, A Christmas Story, was released in 1983 but was set just over 40 years earlier. As a result, the film could better capture that warm, nostalgic vibe often associated with Norman Rockwell paintings. But rather than focusing on positivity, A Christmas Story embraces the chaos that comes with every family. Although the film's themes are timeless, there's still the lingering question: What year is A Christmas Story set in? The question is kept deliberately vague so as to preserve the sense of slightly fuzzy nostalgia that has made the film so beloved. But a few concrete clues appear in the movie itself that provide clarity to the question.

Based on the writings of humorist Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story follows a boy named Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) — a stand-in for the author himself — who wants nothing more than to get a Red Ryder Bb gun for Christmas. However,...

Chuck Norris hasn’t starred in a movie since 2012, when he picked up Sylvester Stallone’s call and became Booker in The Expendables 2, a man so tough that a cobra allegedly died after biting him. Despite that, he is still cherished by action movie fans. Norris is the subject of many internet memes, many of which joke about his grit and no-nonsense attitude. He is a United States Air Force vet after all, and has a black belt in Tang Soo Do, judo, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

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*Availability in US Release Date September 27, 1985Cast Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Melissa Prophet, Alexander Zale, Alex Colon, Eddie JonesRuntime 107 minutes

Like many other legendary action stars, Chuck Norris did his best work in the ‘80s. From Missing in Action to The Delta Force,...

With the holidays in full swing and Christmas music on demand, some may hope for new renditions of classic Christmas songs. Certain singers like Kacey Musgraves, Mariah Carey, Sabrina Carpenter and more have holiday Christmas specials in which they sing with musical guests and feature actors and comedians. These specials accompany certain Christmas albums like those of the aforementioned singers, or EP “Fruitcake” in Sabrina Carpenter’s case.

For those looking for alternatives to Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” can watch these specials for new duets and listen to accompanying Christmas albums.

Find more musical comedy holiday specials and where they are streaming below.

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