The Marvel movie Iron Man 3 might seem like a Christmas movie in setting only, but writer and director Shane Black has explained the reasoning behind the festive choice. Funnily enough, he didn’t want ...

Make no mistake: Die Hard is one of the best Christmas movies of all time. John McClane’s defence of Nakatomi Plaza from German terrorist Hans Gruber is a carefully engineered thriller movie that ...

The Harry Potter movies feel like Christmas. There’s just something about the idea of a big movie packed with fantasy escapism that feels tailor-made for those long afternoons where nobody is at work ...

Every year, movie fans are bombarded with cheer, cinematic fairy lights, candy canes, and bombastic choral singers when December rolls round. Classic Christmas movie re-runs dominate the TV schedules, ...

Like all great Christmas movies, Love Actually has its fair share of iconic scenes and lines. Emma Thompson’s heartbreak over the necklace, the cuteness of Martin Freeman and Joaana Page, and ...

We all acknowledge that Batman Returns is a gothic masterpiece within the wider DCEU, right? It’s an ideal Christmas movie for anyone who lives life a little darker than normal. The thriller movie‘s ...

When someone mentions The Grinch, all I can see is Jim Carrey‘s huge grin and those fluffy, green sideburns. Still, now that I know Jack Nicholson was almost the man behind the miserly beast years ...

There’s a long-established link between horror movies and the holiday season. Something about the endless joy of Christmas seems to lend itself to bloodshed and darkness. Every action has an equal and ...

As a master of blockbuster cinema, it takes a lot to impress Steven Spielberg, and instances where he’s blown away by a script are rare. One of those moments, though, was when he saw an early draft of ...

If you thought Marvel movies were the main hub for random cameos, you are wrong. Long before MCU character Iron Man was even a glint in Kevin Feige’s eye, Disney movies had a habit of having some of ...

You’d think making a Muppets movie about Christmas would be an easy sell. Already head shoulders above Christmas movies because, well, you have Kermit the Frog and Animal and such, who make everything ...

Everyone has their favourite Christmas movie. Mine’s The Muppet Christmas Carol. Yours might be action movie Die Hard, or rom-com Love Actually. Fast and Furious star Charlize Theron doesn’t reveal ...