Posts Tagged ‘christmas-tree’

The Polar Express (2004)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Hanks | Leslie Harter Zemeckis | Eddie Deezen | Nona Gaye | Peter Scolari | Brendan King | Andy Pellick | Josh Eli | Mark Mendonca | Rolandas Hendricks | Mark Goodman | Jon Scott | Gregory Gast | Sean Scott | Gordon Hart | Michael Jeter
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
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Santa Claus does not exist. Or does he? For one doubting boy (voice of Daryl Sabara and Tom Hanks), an astonishing event occurs. Late on Christmas Eve night, he lies in bed hoping to hear the sound of reindeer bells from Santa’s sleigh. When to his surprise, a steam engine’s roar and whistle can be heard outside his window. The conductor (voice of Tom Hanks) invites him on board to take an extraordinary journey to the North Pole with many other pajama-clad children. There, he receives an extraordinary gift only those who still believe in Santa can experience.

Where the Heart Is (2000)

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Natalie Portman | Ashley Judd | Stockard Channing | Joan Cusack | James Frain | Dylan Bruno | Keith David | Ray Prewitt | Laura House | Karey Green | Mary Ashleigh Green | Kinna McInroe | Laura Auldridge | Alicia Godwin | Dennis Letts
Directors: Matt Williams
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Novalee Nation, 17 and very pregnant, has never been part of a real home. The closest thing to family for the hard-luck teen is her selfish, would-be musician boyfriend, Willy Jack, with whom she’s traveling from Tennessee to California in a rust bucket that used to be a Plymouth. A bathroom stop en route, at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, changes Novalee’s life forever. For when she leaves the store, she discovers that Willy Jack and the Plymouth are gone. Only her Polaroid camera remains in the parking space. Alone and broke, Novalee surreptitiously moves into the vast store, borrowing food and supplies from its shelves. When she gives birth on the floor - and her hideaway is revealed - Novalee and her “Wal-Mart Baby” become instant celebrities. More importantly, over the next few years, Novalee finally becomes part of an unconventional, makeshift family comprised of her wonderfully eccentric new friends. Now, with the family she always wanted, Novalee is transformed from a homeless teen to a successful and strong woman. She has finally found a home in this small town where fate has dropped her.

Black Christmas (1974)

Friday, March 13th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada
Actors: Olivia Hussey | Keir Dullea | Margot Kidder | John Saxon | Marian Waldman | Andrea Martin | James Edmond | Doug McGrath | Art Hindle | Lynne Griffin | Michael Rapport | Leslie Carlson | Martha Gibson | John Rutter | Robert Warner
Directors: Bob Clark
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This 98-minute film is a stark and stylish horror/thriller that turns everyone’s favorite time of the year inside out. Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder star among an ill-fated houseful of sorority sisters celebrating the holiday season. Festivities turn fatal when obscene phone calls break the serenity and it becomes clear that a psychopath is stalking the house.

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: James Stewart | Donna Reed | Lionel Barrymore | Thomas Mitchell | Henry Travers | Beulah Bondi | Frank Faylen | Ward Bond | Gloria Grahame | H.B. Warner | Frank Albertson | Todd Karns | Samuel S. Hinds | Mary Treen | Virginia Patton
Directors: Frank Capra
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On Christmas eve, all of the citizens of the small town of Bedford Falls pray to the heavens to help George Bailey. It’s then decided that Clarence, an angel who hasn’t earned his wings, is to help George. Before he does, he should know who George Bailey was. George Bailey grew up in Bedford Falls, a small town where he dreams of leaving it and making his mark on the world. His family’s business is the only thing stands between the good citizens and Mr. Potter, a rich miser who takes sick pleasure in taking from everybody, without even caring how it affects them. George was all set to leave when his father died and had to take care of the business. George would forever be hindered by his plans to leave and thinks that he is nothing but a failure, he decides to kill himself. That’s when Clarence comes in and tries to convince him that he has made something with his life, and that he had a “Wonderful Life”.

One Magic Christmas (1985)

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Genres: Family | Fantasy
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Mary Steenburgen | Gary Basaraba | Harry Dean Stanton | Arthur Hill | Elisabeth Harnois | Robbie Magwood | Michelle Meyrink | Elias Koteas | Wayne Robson | Jan Rubes | Sarah Polley | Graham Jarvis | Timothy Webber | Joy Thompson | John Friesen
Directors: Phillip Borsos
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Gideon (Harry Dean Stanton), a Christmas angel, is sent, by Santa, to help Ginny Grainger (Mary Steenburgen). Ginny is a cynic, and she hates Christmas. She and her family (husband, Jack and two kids, Caleb and Abbie) have fallen on hard times, making it even harder to believe in anything that can’t be seen. With help from Abbie (Elisabeth Harnois), and a trip to see Santa Claus himself, can Gideon find a way to make Ginny believe again?

Surviving Christmas (2004)

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: James Gandolfini | Bill Macy | Ben Affleck | Christina Applegate | | Josh Zuckerman
Directors: Mike Mitchell
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Drew Latham is a supervisory leading an empty, low life with only resources on his side. Opposite another alone Christmas ahead, Drew wants to revisit his old infancy home and possibly revive some older holiday reminiscences. But when he arrives, he finds that the domicile he was raised inside is refusal longer the home he grew up in. peopled by another family, Drew offers a nice economic reward that has the family buzzing. But is Drew’s bighearted cash tender only the beginning of a frustrating visitor who’s a little too overeager to celebrate Christmas?

Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999)

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Wayne Allwine | Tony Anselmo | Jeff Bennett | Corey Burton | Jim Cummings | Bill Farmer | Shaun Fleming | Kelsey Grammer | Andrew McDonough | Alan Young | Tress MacNeille | Diane Michelle | Russi Taylor | April Winchell
Directors: Jun Falkenstein
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A Christmas themed, three-part anthology-style video. The first part, “Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas”, is essentially a retelling of _Groundhog Day (1993)_ (qv), with Huey, Dewey, and Louie reliving Christmas ad infinitum. Next is “A Very Goofy Christmas”, in which Goofy tries to overcome his son’s skepticism about Santa Claus. Finally, “Mickey & Minnie’s Gift Of The Magi” recreate the classic tale of ironic Christmas selflessness. The stories are linked together by narration by ‘Kelsey Grammer’ (qv).

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Boris Karloff | Thurl Ravenscroft | June Foray
Directors: Chuck Jones
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Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas things. The village is sure to have a sad Christmas this year.

The Christmas Wish (1998)

Friday, November 28th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Neil Patrick Harris | Debbie Reynolds | Naomi Watts | Alexandra Wilson | Beverly Archer | Ian Meltzer | Gary Bayer | James Greene | Jerry Douglas | Michael Fairman | Adilah Barnes | Frank Birney | Ismael 'East' Carlo | Jan Hoag | Stuart Mitchell
Directors: Ian Barry
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THE CHRISTMAS WISH stars Neil Patrick Harris as an orphan who returns to his grandparents’ home after the death of his grandfather. He and his grandmother (played by Debbie Reynolds) begin to uncover some mysteries about the man’s life that lead them both to a fresh understanding of the Christmas season.

The Ref (1994)

Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
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Denis Leary plays an unfortunate cat burglar, who is abandonded by his partner in the middle of a heist, and is forced to take an irritating Connecticut couple (Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis) hostage. He soon finds that he took more than he bargained for when the couple’s blackmailing son and despicable in-laws step into the picture. Before long they’re driving him nuts with their petty bickering and family problems. The only way for him to survive is to be their referee and resolve their differences, before he can be nabbed by the police.