Home Alone Goes Back to Theaters

Home Alone celebrates 25 years this Christmas and producers are celebrating in a variety of ways — the latest by announcing that it will make a very limited to return to theaters on November 8th. Over two dates in early November — the 8th and the 11th — you can see Home Alone again on the big screen. Chances are you saw it at least twice at the time but for whatever reason the movie, which is short on special effects and scenic wonders, has been chosen to once again grace the big screen. Home Alone was the top grossingRead more

Merry Podcast #45 — Classic Christmas Movie Trivia

Jeff Westover Christmas Features, Merry Podcast September 7, 2015Christmas Movie Trivia, Home Alone, It's a Wonderful Life, John Phillips Sousa, Merry Podcast, Miracle on 34th Street, New Christmas movies, The Bishop's Wife 3 Comments

We’re pleased to release Episode #45 of the Merry Podcast Titled Classic Christmas Movie Trivia. In the absence of any new Christmas movies on the horizon that have any hope of becoming another treasured classic we felt this episode looking back at the Christmas movies we love was appropriate and timely. Three great movies were made without about 18 months of each other in 1946-47 that we still enjoy every year: It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Bishop’s Wife. We explore these three movies in detail and they take us on some unexpected journeys: — Macy’sRead more

Home Alone Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Jeff Westover Christmas Features, Christmas Movies September 2, 2015Christmas movie release, Home Alone 3 Comments

It has been 25 years since the Christmas classic Home Alone hit the big screen. That, of course, means that an all new 25th anniversary edition of the movie is coming available. Arriving on Blu-ray and DVD October 6, a must have gift set features all five films packaged together for the first time in a collectible paint can full of limited edition movie memorabilia that will keep the whole family laughing including a McCallister Christmas ornament, Kevin’s battle plan for the Wet Bandits, his tarantula and a wanted poster of the thieves – Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (DanielRead more