Tag: Home Alone
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Harry Potter Director Chris Columbus Was In Fear Of Being Fired Every Day On Set
Before we knew about the beliefs of author J.K. Rowling, the world fell in love with the Harry Potter books. Then we got to see them on the big screen with the eight-film series. We were introduced to actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, and we got to see the magical school of…
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‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ Became an Unexpected Success
It’s seemingly impossible to purposefully engineer a cult classic. Part of a cult classic’s charm is that it’s a movie that works for reasons it shouldn’t. While Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead isn’t a terrible movie (in fact it’s quite good), it was for all intents and purposes a failure upon release. Watching it…
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The Third Culkin Brother Has a Dark Side You Might Not Know About
Any “child star” that’s trying to be taken seriously is inevitably going to face challenges, and those challenges are intensified for any member of a famous Hollywood family. Considering these pressures, the expectations placed upon Rory Culkin may have seemed impossible to overcome. Macaulay Culkin was a generational icon thanks to the success of Home…
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‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ Gets 4K Release With Director’s Commentary
Throughout the 80s, there were few filmmakers on a streak quite like John Hughes. His name is attached to what feels like all the biggest comedies of the era, from The Breakfast Club to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, and Home Alone among many more. One particular day off that he crafted still sticks…
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‘Skinamarink’ Review: A Micro-Budget Horror Sensation that Feels like ‘Home Alone’ in Hell
Or a creepypasta remake of “Home Alone” steeped in the ineffable fear a young child would feel if the rest of their family abandoned them in the middle of the night. Or a slow cinema version of “Paranormal Activity” that ditched jump-scares for pervasive dread, maintaining the disembodied camerawork of a found footage film while…
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‘Home Alone’: Every McCallister Kid, Ranked By Likability
Home Alone may center around one unforgettable Kevin McCallister, but he’s just one of 11 children in his extended family, who are all about to take a trip to Paris for holiday break in this hilarious Christmas classic. And after an evening of torment and arguing among the kids, it’s no wonder Kevin is, at…
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How to Watch Home Alone
Every kid, at some point, has wanted to be all alone at home, eat junk, watch TV, and be without adult supervision, at least for one day. Didn’t you? Kevin McCallister had that dream come true, not once, but twice! Home Alone is not just a holiday movie, it’s a Christmas tradition for many, a…
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Becky Is the Darker Home Alone Action Movie You Need to See
What is Home Alone if not Die Hard with a kid instead of John McClane? Well, for starters, it isn’t full of shootouts and exploding elevator shafts, and it isn’t rated R. “Die Hard with a kid” then is a logline better applied to an action gem from 2020, Becky. In short, it’s the story…
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Why The Final Scene Of White Christmas Was Reshot Without Bing Crosby…and Without Film
We all have our go-to holiday movie classics. “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Home Alone” quickly come to mind, but another holiday staple for me is “White Christmas.” Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kay, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen, the film follows singers Bob Wallace (Crosby) and Phil Davis (Kaye), who have been pounding the pavement as…
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Everything Coming to Disney+ in December 2022
Disney is generally one of the companies people think of when it comes to the holiday season, and the streaming service certainly plays it up. Disney+ regularly has a section devoted to holiday content, that this year will certainly highlight their new spinoff series “The Santa Clauses,” as well as films like “Home Alone.”But if…