There's nothing like decorating the tree with "Home Alone" or "The Santa Clause" playing in the background, or gathering around the TV for both versions of "Miracle on 34th Street." These films are well-worn and comfortable, already popular for decades. But while friends and families may appreciate these ubiquitous favorites, they likely watch a few hidden gems every season, too -- those films that, while they may not dominate the airwaves, are considered classics by the people who love them most.
Long before Hallmark became the biggest purveyor of holiday rom-coms, theaters showcased a great range of Yuletide fare. This was particularly true in the 1940s, which the British Film Institute called "the golden age of the Christmas movie." There's much more to that decade than "It's a Wonderful Life," but as time marches on, more and more holiday films fail to get the recognition they should.
Christmas comedies are...
Long before Hallmark became the biggest purveyor of holiday rom-coms, theaters showcased a great range of Yuletide fare. This was particularly true in the 1940s, which the British Film Institute called "the golden age of the Christmas movie." There's much more to that decade than "It's a Wonderful Life," but as time marches on, more and more holiday films fail to get the recognition they should.
Christmas comedies are...
- 12/19/2022
- by Allison McClain Merrill
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Jason Wong, who starred alongside Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant and Charlie Hunnam in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentleman, is exploring Hong Kong’s most notorious gangster in a new narrative podcast series.
The actor is hosting Bad Money, a six-part series that charts the life of Big Spender, otherwise known as Cheung Tze-keung.
Beginning with cash hauls and prison breaks, over the course of the podcast we hear how Big Spender’s heists gradually became more and more extreme, until eventually he committed a crime so big that it broke records around the world and attracted the wrath of the Chinese government.
Crimes included the kidnapping of Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, son of Li Ka Shing, and Walter Kwok, chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, reaping billions in ransom money.
He was convicted and sentenced to death in Guangzhou at the end of 1998.
The series explores what begins as a story about gangsters,...
The actor is hosting Bad Money, a six-part series that charts the life of Big Spender, otherwise known as Cheung Tze-keung.
Beginning with cash hauls and prison breaks, over the course of the podcast we hear how Big Spender’s heists gradually became more and more extreme, until eventually he committed a crime so big that it broke records around the world and attracted the wrath of the Chinese government.
Crimes included the kidnapping of Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, son of Li Ka Shing, and Walter Kwok, chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, reaping billions in ransom money.
He was convicted and sentenced to death in Guangzhou at the end of 1998.
The series explores what begins as a story about gangsters,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exactly the kind of rom-com story audiences have seen again and again for middle-aged straight, white characters — and that Hollywood has recently shown more interest in with younger LGBTQ+ characters in projects like Love, Victor, Fire Island and Anything’s Possible — Uncoupled delivers the kind of narrative treatment middle-aged gay men are rarely on the receiving end of. And it’s arriving at a notable time for the LGBTQ+ community.
Netflix’s latest rom-com installment follows Neil Patrick Harris’ Michael, a successful, middle-aged New York real estate agent who suddenly finds himself separating from his partner of 17 years after Colin (played by Tuc Watkins) decides, without explanation, that their relationship is no longer working.
After having his life turned upside down, Michael attempts to redefine (and find) himself now as single gay man in New York navigating a dating scene that leaves him feeling,...
Exactly the kind of rom-com story audiences have seen again and again for middle-aged straight, white characters — and that Hollywood has recently shown more interest in with younger LGBTQ+ characters in projects like Love, Victor, Fire Island and Anything’s Possible — Uncoupled delivers the kind of narrative treatment middle-aged gay men are rarely on the receiving end of. And it’s arriving at a notable time for the LGBTQ+ community.
Netflix’s latest rom-com installment follows Neil Patrick Harris’ Michael, a successful, middle-aged New York real estate agent who suddenly finds himself separating from his partner of 17 years after Colin (played by Tuc Watkins) decides, without explanation, that their relationship is no longer working.
After having his life turned upside down, Michael attempts to redefine (and find) himself now as single gay man in New York navigating a dating scene that leaves him feeling,...
- 7/30/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The seven-movie shortlist for Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Well Done U short film competition has been unveiled.
The broadcasters announced the names of films on their BBC Radio 5 Live flagship film programme today (December 13), having narrowed down the list from the hundreds received when the competition opened in October.
Hatchet Job author Mark Kermode: 'I want to get better at praising things'
Amateur filmmakers aged 16 over were asked to produce "a two-minute, original, interesting and technically capable short film which, in the opinion of the Kermode and Mayo production team, would fit the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) for a Universal or 'U' certificate".
The titles and directors of the shortlisted films are as follows:
Pong - Director: Philip Chidell
Planting Seeds - Director: Billy Jackson
My Garden or Stupid Heroes - Director: Ed Jones
Crisis Management - Director: Patrick Murray
Orca Amor - Director: Cat...
The broadcasters announced the names of films on their BBC Radio 5 Live flagship film programme today (December 13), having narrowed down the list from the hundreds received when the competition opened in October.
Hatchet Job author Mark Kermode: 'I want to get better at praising things'
Amateur filmmakers aged 16 over were asked to produce "a two-minute, original, interesting and technically capable short film which, in the opinion of the Kermode and Mayo production team, would fit the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) for a Universal or 'U' certificate".
The titles and directors of the shortlisted films are as follows:
Pong - Director: Philip Chidell
Planting Seeds - Director: Billy Jackson
My Garden or Stupid Heroes - Director: Ed Jones
Crisis Management - Director: Patrick Murray
Orca Amor - Director: Cat...
- 12/13/2013
- Digital Spy
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