Star wrappings canât hide a ho-hum Christmas film
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for every âA Christmas Storyâ there are three â8 Crazy Nights.â (Admittedly, there are few films of any
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There's a part of Christmas morning that Tiffany Seay dreads: getting everything out of its packaging. The twisties. The tape. The hard plastic ties, like handcuffs for dolls. The itty-bitty screwdrivers.
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What exactly is a family film, anyway? The rating doesnât always tell the story.
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Those darn aliens and  predators upset the box office hierarchy established during the  weekend before Christmas.
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What does it take to lure harried Christmas shoppers away from the malls and the prepackaged convenience of an already decorated plastic Christmas tree in a box?
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Yes, he's a megastar whose personal life fills the gossip pages. But can Ben Affleck still fill theaters? Not judging by his new release, Surviving Christmas, which earned only &#36;4.4 million its opening weekend, following less-than-stellar box office for Gigli and Jersey Girl.
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Have yourself a chilly little Christmas with the wintry bite of Mike Nicholsâ âCloser.â Of course, this acid-etched satire has been released at this time of
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A semiromantic holiday semicomedy about a struggling actor who puts aside his pride and takes a $100-a-day job as a sidewalk Santa Claus.
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s the year stumbles toward its conclusion and critics begin penning their best-and-worst compendiums, here&#39;s a holiday contender fit for the all-time Naughty List.
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The film will go as an independant entry.
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The whole film industry bemoans the lack of a &quot;Lord of the Rings&quot; episode to do for the current week what the trilogy did for the week leading into Christmas the past three years.
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LONDON - British workers have been told: Have a merry Christmas - but skip the mistletoe, don't dance on the desks and definitely don't perch bare-bottomed on the photocopier.
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By B.C. Manion, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Dec. 16--Nothing can spoil a holiday like a knock on the head and a trip to the emergency room. Here are some reminders from the Home Safety Council to help ensure the only stars you see are on the Christmas tree.
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LOS ANGELES  - Those darn aliens and predators upset the box office hierarchy established during the weekend before Christmas.
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LOS ANGELES  - With the arrival of  Christmas weekend, it's Hollywood's last chance to open a box  office bonanza or two before the calendar year ends.
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Nearly every year about  this time we get a holiday comedy in which characters celebrate  the season as poorly as possible for 95% of the movie. Then an  epiphany arrives in a nick of time to remind everyone how to  correctly celebrate the spirit of Christmas. Let's call this  the Dysfunctional Christmas Comedy.
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For those tired of  bleak and scary movies this Christmas, veteran actors Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freedman suggest an alternative.