For their fifth season finale of The Movies That Made Me, hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante welcome back writer/director Adam McKay (the genius responsible for films ranging from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy to Don’t Look Up). The…
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We recently asked MovieFanFare readers if they thought that Die Hard was a Christmas movie. As of this writing, a whopping 57% of you did. For this is a film that is considered “Christmas-adjacent” — set during the holidays, but…
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Christmas in Connecticut is a perennial holiday favorite thanks to a warm and funny script and unforgettable performances from Barbara Stanwyck, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardner, and Dennis Morgan. In this fantastic farce, Stanwyck shines as a New York food writer…
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“Charlie Brown is a blockhead, but he did get a nice tree.” It was almost 60 years ago that Charlie Brown first discovered the true meaning of the holiday season when A Charlie Brown Christmas made its debut. Is there…
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The director of acclaimed films like the Suspiria remake and Call Me By Your Name, Luca Guadagnino is the guest on the brand new episode of The Movies That Made Me. You can enjoy Guadagnino’s conversation about his favorite films…
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A very 1980s retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooged stars Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a successful TV exec who receives laugh-packed lessons in having holiday spirit from some antagonistic apparitions! The film ends with Cross having learned…
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Holiday movies have a tendency to pull on our heartstrings. With that in mind, I want you to think about which seasonal movie moments have had an emotional impact on you and share them in our comments. Was it when…
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A Christmas Story has become a beloved holiday classic since its initial (and unsuccessful) theatrical run in 1983. Thanks to multiple video rentals and TV airings, the film’s hilarious and heartfelt look at a Midwest Christmas in the 1940s, it…
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Hollywood and the world mourns another great loss with word that veteran film and TV actress Kirstie Alley has died at the age of 71 following a brief battle with cancer. Best known for her Emmy-winning role as Rebecca Howe…
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Battlestar Galactica. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Walking Dead. Godzilla: King of the Monsters. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. These are just a mere fraction of the many iconic projects composer Bear McCreary has worked on in…
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