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Tis the Season for Christmas Movies

A new survey commissioned by MyMerryChristmas.com has determined that 46 percent of annual Christmas movie watching happens between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The survey, conducted over a three day period offline in 7 American cities, reveals…
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The Five Most Essential Movies of Christmas

By Lloyd Larsen -- Guest Blogger on My Merry Christmas The history of film is slowly watering down the quality that was once fairly exclusive to Christmas. Recent releases with Christmas themes such as "The Night Before" has taken the once…

The Christmas Movie They Will Never Make

The world was underwhelmed with Mariah Carey’s breathless announcement this week that she is turning her 1994 Christmas tune – All I Want for Christmas Is You – into the next animated Christmas movie. This clearly isn’t the Christmas…
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Cumberbatch to Voice the Grinch in Remake

Famed British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been tapped to voice the Grinch in an animated remake of Dr. Seuss' classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas, set to be released later next year. The last remake of the Grinch was met with mixed…
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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…

Peanuts 2015 Preview

In the absence of any real film of substance this Christmas it is refreshing to see a little glimpse of what has been rumored for Christmas 2015 for some time. Mashable talked about it today and lo and behold the trailer magically appeared a…
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Jimmy Stewart’s Other Christmas Movie

In a 1980 production of a low budget and not-so widely distributed film directed by Academy Award winning director Keith Merrill, Jimmy Stewart gives the holiday performance of a lifetime. Unlike that other Christmas movie (It’s a Wonderful…

Grumpy Cat Could Be the Most Painful Christmas Preview Ever

So the Grumpy Cat movie appears to be about a girl who just wants a friend for Christmas. That is as good as the preview gets. From there, this movie appears about as obnoxious and boring as could be. It’s so bad, it could be good:

I am Santa Claus Debuts on Blu-ray

Mick Foley’s pet project I am Santa Claus will be released on Blu-ray this holiday season. Virgil Films & Entertainment has announced the documentary arrives on Blu-ray on November 11th. But check the kids at the door — this ain’t…
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Kirk Cameron is Explaining Christmas to Christians

Actor and Christian activist Kirk Cameron is a releasing a new movie in November titled Saving Christmas. While media coverage is already negative on the project the target audience appears not to be the critics and the skeptics. Cameron appears…

White Christmas Diamond Anniversary Blu Ray Announced

In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount is preparing ‘White Christmas: Diamond Anniversary Edition’ for Blu-ray on October 14: In honor of the 60th anniversaries of White Christmas and Danny Kaye’s appointment as UNICEF’s first…

Sony to Make Animated Film with Jesus Portrayed by a Lamb

Talk about your twisted logic. Sony Pictures has signed on to develop a new animated feature based on the Bible nativity story. However, the film will shoot for laughs and will feature an all-animal cast, with Jesus portrayed as a lamb. Word…