Author Chris Faers

Everyone has had that conversation - who is your favourite Bond? Most justifiably favour Sean Connery, some prefer Roger Moore and then there are those with a fondness for Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig. But...

Alternative Christmas It’s Christmas Eve and if you’re anything like us, you’ve exhausted your Christmas movie library. You’ve seen New York declare Kris Kringle the real Santa...

My Favourite Christmas Film Die Hard (1988)   Oh, how I constantly hear this isn’t a Christmas film. John McTiernan’s masterpiece stands up there with the genuine action greats such as...

The ‘Future Classic’ Christmas Film Arthur Christmas (2011) Sure, anything made by Aardman is going to stand a fair chance of greatness. As soon as you see their logo appear in the opening,...

Top 5 Versions of A Christmas Carol   The story of Scrooge, a cantankerous old man who sees the light and embraces Christmas after three spirits (the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To Come)...

The ‘Offbeat’ Christmas Film Gremlins (1984)   As joyous a time of year it is, are you possibly on the fringes of yuletide burnout? Everything and everyone is full of the Christmas sap,...

The ‘Take Your Pick’ Christmas Film Miracle on 34th Street (1994)   Any film fan worth their salt knows remakes are somewhat redundant and inferior, for the most part. Sure, there are...

The ‘No-Brainer’ Christmas Film White Christmas (1954)   Considering the title alone, it’s of little surprise to see this yuletide musical make the cut. While Irving...

The ‘2003’ Christmas Films You’re always good for at least one new Christmas film every year, but sadly most end up being nothing more than a cash-in the holiday before fading into...

The ‘One For All The Family’ Christmas Film Home Alone (1990)   If you summarise Home Alone in a nutshell, a young boy left to his own devices who lays a series of traps to protect his...

The ‘Divisive’ Christmas Film Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)   Back in 1966, an animated television short of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released,...

The ‘So Bad It’s Good’ Christmas Film Jingle All The Way (1996) Putting Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christmas comedy together seems like a match made hell. Lets face it; the Austrian...

12 Days of Christmas As we count down to the big day, no doubt you’ll be looking to get into the yuletide spirit, and what better way to get you in the mood than to curling up with your loved ones and...

When I was a kid, my sister and I would have weekend sleepovers at my aunt and uncle’s every year on our Birthdays. Luckily, they were young, insanely cool and would spoil us rotten: get in all kinds...

Wasn’t the 80s awesome? OK, not all of it, but there was the boom in gym-culture, power, excess, evolving technology, the end of the Cold War, MTV and everyone striving to be the best they can be…...

Sometimes in life it just clicks: the stars align, quirks of fate occur, everything comes together and out of it all you’re left with a film that simply works. Towards the beginning of the summer...

When first speaking to the editor about these Why I Love features, I was told the general idea was to not only to go into why you’re passionate about a particular film, and what makes it good, but to...

As La La Land, sorry, Moonlight eventually walked away with a fully deserved Best Picture Oscar, amongst the chaos, there was a congratulatory sense of job-well-done in regards to the whole equality and...

  Amongst filmgoers, there seems to be one general consensus towards to the Academy Awards; they get a lot wrong. By the same token, they also get their fair share right. Well, when it’s a...

Anyone remember Dennis Pennis? The anarchic BBC interviewer played to perfection by Paul Kaye who would catch celebrities off guard by asking them stupid questions in an attempt to put them down and get a...

As Disney’s new blank chequebook hits cinemas, there’s a sense of optimism around Rogue One. The Force Awakens put to rest any and all fears the masses may have had lingering from George...