Christmas is a time for giving. Some presents are great, some are terrible, and we’ve seen plenty of both in Christmas movies… It’s the season of goodwill and sharing festive cheer (and beer) with friends and family. Big Red dumps his goods down the chimney and kids across the land open their presents in baited […]
The 10 Best Movie Santas
Santa Claus is coming to town, but who are the best movie Santas? Here’s our picks… It’s the season to be jolly. Soon we’ll all be leaving mince pies and cookies out for Santa Claus. It’s a festive time of good will and time for watching movies. We’ve all got our Christmas traditions and favourites, […]
20 Years Back: The Films of 2003
It’s time to take a journey twenty years back in time to look at the cinematic landscape of 2003… Another year passes and another anniversary comes around. 2003 was 20 years ago. 20 years!!! Take a stiff drink people and come along with me to revisit a cinematic year that was stuffed with so so […]
A Not So Holly-Jolly Christmas: Why are the mean spirited festive films so enjoyable?
Tom Jolliffe looks at mean spirited Christmas films, and why we enjoy them so much… We all love a bit of Christmas cheer. Okay, some of us do. There are plenty of warm hearted Crimbo films to enjoy. Injected with pure unadulterated saccharine. Any mean spirited film of course, will inevitably turn back into festive […]
Eight Overused Tropes in Mainstream Christmas Movies
Rae Gellel with eight overused tropes in mainstream Christmas movies… A woman falls in love with a mysterious man who is later revealed to be a prince. The future of a family enterprise is dependent on the success of a community Christmas pagent. A woman returns to her quaint home town from the big city, […]
Plumbing New Depths in Low Brow
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at an increasing trend in witless low brow comedies on the big screen… It goes without saying that low brow comedy is nothing new. Foul mouthed tirades, sex jokes and toilet humour. Occasionally these comedies might play with stereotypes relating to race, gender or sexuality. Of course attitudes have changed […]
Christina Hendricks joins Bad Santa 2
It appears that Lauren Graham won’t be coming back as the love interest for Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) in Bad Santa 2, but a seemingly suitable replacement has been found in Christina Hendricks, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Not much about the plot is known yet, but Hendricks will apparently play the head of a charity […]
Mark Waters to direct Bad Santa 2, Tony Cox and Brett Kelly will return
Miramax and Broad Street Pictures are finally getting the ball rolling on Bad Santa 2, as the studios have just found the film’s director and finalized deals with two original cast members from 2003’s Bad Santa. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mean Girls director Mark Waters is officially on board for the sequel, while Tony Cox and […]
Billy Bob Thornton returning for Bad Santa 2, release set for Christmas 2016
Having been teased for a couple of years now, Variety is reporting that Bad Santa 2 is finally moving forward, with Billy Bob Thornton set to reprise the role of Willy Soke for the sequel to the cult 2003 comedy. “We’ve been waiting far too long to see Billy Bob’s Willie Soke mess with the […]
Bad Santa 2 may shoot in September or October
Back in November of 2013 Billy Bob Thornton spread a little Christmas cheer by stating that a follow-up to the 2003 cult comedy Bad Santa was set to shoot “next year”, and while that obviously didn’t materialise writer-director Doug Ellin (Entourage) has revealed that Bad Santa 2 is still very much alive and he’s hoping […]
