The Polar Express
Late on Christmas Eve, a boy who doesn’t believe in Santa anymore wakes up to see the Polar Express just outside his house; it’s headed for Santa’s home. The first…
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The green Grinch (Jim Carrey) hates Christmas and the people of Whoville hate him, but a little girl (Taylor Momsen) wants to change that. Director Ron Howard is sadly saddled…
Die Hard: Terror in a Highrise
Bruce Willis. Photo: 20th Century Fox Where would Bruce Willis be without this film? In 1988, he had spent several years charming viewers as a private eye on the hit…
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
As Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) waits for the all-important Christmas bonus, he starts planning for the best Christmas ever with his family. Of course, disaster looms in this third chapter…
Home Alone: Christmas with a Kick
Macaulay Culkin. Photo: 20th Century Fox I love everything about Christmas. Most people would pick It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) as their favorite Yuletide-themed film, and it certainly is a…
Die Hard 2
As John McClane (Bruce Willis) is waiting for his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) in Washington, terrorists take charge of Dulles International Airport and demand the release of a South American…
Elf
A young man (Will Ferrell) who was raised as an elf at Santa’s workshop at the North Pole arrives in New York to find his real father. Director Jon Favreau’s…
Home Alone 4
This one makes the third film look pretty good. It’s a TV movie that takes us back to Kevin, with a new kid replacing Mac Culkin, who once again runs…
Love Actually
Writer Richard Curtis’s directing debut is one big, loveable mess, a romantic comedy with a huge cast of people who keep falling in love with each other. There are too…
Batman Returns
The Caped Crusader returns, ready to do battle with the Penguin (Danny DeVito), a freak who has risen from Gotham City’s sewage works, and Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer), who is intrigued…