Christmas movies: Last News

Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix and Ed Ivory voice the characters conceived by Tim Burton, who also co-produced the movie. Some fans believe the presences of Jack and the other spooky characters, the Halloween-centric town, and the Halloween songs make “The Nightmare Before Christmas” a Halloween movie first.Not to mention, the movie came out on October 29.However, those on “Team Christmas” argue that the spirit of the red and green holiday is felt throughout the film.

trailer for the upcoming “Saturday Night” film, Chevy Chase (played by Cory Michael Smith) takes one of his trademark tumbles backstage.“Sorry, I tripped over my p—-,” the character smirks.In that brief, humorous moment, it’s hard not to flash back to the deadpan comic’s legendary career. For us, we immediately conjured up images of Chase in “Caddyshack,” “Three Amigos” and, of course, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.”Thankfully, Chevy hasn’t forgotten his most famous holiday film either.From Nov.

“White Christmas” star Anne Whitfield — who played Susan Waverly in the 1954 holiday film — has died. She was 85.

played by Adam Driver in the new Michael Mann movie “Ferrari,” which is released on Christmas Day, was anything but. “He would fart and burp and cuss and do what he wanted… He taught himself to calm his baser instincts,” Stacy Bradley, editor and contributing writer to “Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine,” by her late father Brock Yates, on which the hotly anticipated movie is based, told The Post. Bad behavior included “sleeping with hundreds of women” and not minding when his best drivers died in the line of high-speed duty.Never mind that he was married to Laura, and had a longterm mistress, Lina Lardi — played by Shailene Woodley — and a lovechild.

seasonal classic “A Christmas Story” has its marathon on TNT and TBS. For 24 hours straight on Christmas Day, the networks will air and re-air and re-air “A Christmas Story.” The tradition has been around since 1997, a source from the network told The Post. The source said that the annual tradition “showcases the power of nostalgia.” The 1983 movie, directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd’s 1966 book “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash,” follows Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley, now 52, who also appeared as one of the elves in another seasonal classic, “Elf”), a boy who wants a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle for Christmas — but everyone from his mom to a department store Santa Claus warns him, “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Sure enough, he does have an eye-related mishap after getting the rifle for Christmas, but as an adult, he reflects that it was the best present he ever got.Other vignettes in the movie follow his dad, or “the Old Man,” played by Darren McGavin, who died in 2006 at age 83.

The Grinch” is a long-time favorite and no matter how many times people have watched it, there’s a fact that many have missed.And let me tell you this: once you see it, you’ll feel like a ning nong because you’ll realize how obvious it is. As snowflakes drop in the opening credits of the 2000 Ron Howard flick, the narrator delivers his opening line: “Inside a snowflake, like the one on your sleeve. There happens a story you must see to believe.”That’s it.

comes during the film’s climax, features the character Mark (played by Andrew Lincoln) arriving at the home of his best friend, Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor), to wordlessly declare his love for Peter’s wife, Juliet (Keira Knightley), using a boombox and handwritten notecards. “He actually turns up, to his best friend’s house, to say to his best friend’s wife, on the off chance that she answers the door, ‘I love you,'” Curtis, 67, told the Independent.

was pregnant with her and fiancé Allan Russell’s son Roman during filming, spoke about the milestone Monday on her “Whine Down” podcast.“It’s the first [Lifetime] Christmas movie that has a sex scene,” she explained. “When I read it, I was like, ‘Well, this is gonna be interesting.’ I’m like, ‘How are we gonna do this with the baby belly?’”Kramer, 39, portrays Lexie Crenshaw, a real estate “closer” who returns to her hometown of Tubac,  Arizona, to try to convince Coby Mason, a horse-whispering rancher (Adam Senn), to give up his family’s land while also reconsidering returning home to her roots.

carry another “Grinch” film.Despite a report from Giant Freaking Robot that the 61-year-old actor was set to return to “Universal Pictures for ‘The Grinch 2,’ once again playing Dr. Seuss’s most famous and ill-tempered creation,” a rep for the actor confirmed that the rumors were false.

“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” isn’t just playing on cable this year.From Nov. 26 through Dec.

Tuesday, Nov. 7, marks the 20th anniversary of the modern classic Christmas movie “Elf.” The movie stars Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf — a human who is mistakenly raised among elves at the North Pole — as he takes a journey to NYC to meet his biological father, grumpy book publisher Walter (James Caan). Along the way, Buddy, who has a childlike innocence, learns lessons, like the fact that other people think it’s weird to eat spaghetti with maple syrup on it, or the fact that other people think that it’s not an acceptable way to answer a phone with the opening, “Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?” He also falls in love with department store worker Jovie (Zooey Deschanel), and he gets into a fight with a pre-“Game of Thrones” fame Peter Dinklage.

Hallmark Channel is already ringing sleigh bells. The network’s infamous lineup of holiday movies is here for 2023, with a staggering 42 Christmas movies that will air on the Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and the streamer Hallmark Now. Former Hallmark star Candace Cameron Bure may have left to join Hallmark’s competitor, Great American Family Network, but that’s not slowing down Hallmark’s holiday schedule.

reported People.“Sometimes, we, as actors, don’t have control over which network buys the projects we are in, nor are we a part of the process in which they get sold,” said the actress in a scathing statement. “So I was very surprised to learn by reading about it in the press yesterday that the independent film I worked on over a year ago was sold to Great American Family.” The Hallmark Channel actress also slammed the network’s stance toward gay marriage.

Son of a nutcracker!”Will Ferrell’s iconic “Elf” costume has sold for almost $300,000 at auction in the United Kingdom.The sale occurred at the Prop Store Entertainment Memorabilia auction on Tuesday, with an anonymous bidder forking out $296,702 (£218,832) for the ensemble.The costume was only expected to fetch between $27,116 and $40,675 (£20,000 and £30,000), according to TMZ, meaning it was auctioned off for almost 10 times the anticipated price.Ferrell, 54, wore the costume during the production of “Elf,” which was filmed in 2003.The comedy — in which the funnyman plays an unwitting elf who arrives in New York from the North Pole — has become a beloved holiday classic in the years since it was first released.Ferrell’s costume was

TV movie schedule on Wednesday. 2021’s holiday season will be stocked with 41 new titles across the Hallmark Channel, sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and the streaming platform Hallmark Movies Now.This year’s X-mas slate of feel-good flicks includes sequels to several much-beloved Hallmark movies.

Find it on: Amazon Prime VideoCharlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and the gang deck the halls and discover the meaning of the season in the 1965 animated special.Find it on: Apple TV+It’s not Christmas without a magical train journey to the North Pole; based on the 1985 children’s book, with help from an animated Tom Hanks. Find it on: Amazon Prime Video The classic 1947 film follows the intrigue around a department store Santa who claims to be the real deal.Find it on: Disney+Join Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) as he meets his human family, explores New York and finds love and the world’s best cup of coffee in this modern classic. Find it on: Starz and AMC+In this star-studded 2005 family drama, the Stone family has a dysfunctional gathering,

told Boston.com. “It was a really good way to break the ice.”His biological father didn’t get the joke because he hadn’t seen the movie, which is about a man raised at the North Pole who meets his dad for the first time.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and Stampede have set up “Frosty The Snowman,” a live-action film that will see Aquaman star Jason Momoa voicing the iconic snowman.Jon Berg and Greg Silverman of Stampede produce with Geoff Johns of Madghost and Momoa.