Hoping that none of you are feeling “Scrooged” on this Christmas Day, we at MovieFanFare would like to take a moment to wish you the happiest of holidays.
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Christmas Movies
Why It’s a Wonderful Life Is Wonderful
Some folks watch it several times every year; others call it “sentimental hogwash.” In this classic article, “Movie Irv” Slifkin gives his reasons why Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life should be considered the definitive Christmas film.
Read more →First Time Watch: Christmas in Connecticut
In need of a little holiday spirit? In this classic review, author Brian Sieck spends Chrtistmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan. See if this first-time viewing puts the 1945 Yuletide favorite on Brian’s nice or naughty list.
Read more →Good Grief! A Charlie Brown Christmas at 50
“Christmas time is here..,” and so is the 50th anniversary of one of the best-loved TV holiday shows ever, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Join us as we celebrate the Peanuts gang’s animated Yuletide favorite.
Read more →So, What Did YOU Get for Christmas?
By now, the Yuletide gifts have been unwrapped all over the world. Think you made out as well as the lucky folk in some classic Hollywood films? Check out our collection of movie Christmas scenes and then tell us what your favorite film-related present was.
Read more →Merry Christmas from MovieFanFare!
Feeling light as a feather and merry as a schoolboy? Of course you are, it’s Christmas! MovieFanFare would like to take a moment to wish you and yours a merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.
Read more →Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Still Glowing at 50!
One of the best-loved Christmas TV specials ever marks its 50th anniversary this year. MovieFanFare offers a holly jolly salute to Rankin-Bass’s 1964 animated favorite Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, featuring the voice of Burl Ives.
Read more →Remember the Night (1940): A Movie Too Good to Show Only at Christmas
New York City D.A. Fred MacMurray heads home to Indiana for the holidays–with shoplifter Barbara Stanwyck in tow–in the charming Yuletide tale Remember the Night. As this classic review explains, the 1940 comedy is truly a year-round treat.
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Christmas Film of the Past 20 Years?
The holidays will soon be upon us, and MovieFanFare wants to know which Yuletide film made since 1993 puts you in the Christmas spirit. From Tim Allen as St. Nick to Will Ferrell as a would-be elf, vote for your favorite in this week’s poll.
Read more →The Years Margaret O’Brien Ruined Christmas
Can Margaret O’Brien ruin Christmas? A look at the spectacular brattiness of O’Brien in the Christmas films Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) & Tenth Avenue Angel (1948). Guest Blogger Jessica Pickens gives us a play by play.
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