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Ian takes aim at Michael Winner's devilish hatchet job

Raquel Welch may have grabbed a lot of the headlines (and column inches) that followed the release of Hammer's One Million Years BC, but she was far from the only eye-catching female actress on show. For...

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...

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 Claus, Howard...

Can a film be evil? I'm not talking about cursed films. We've all heard tales of cursed films, usually films of a supernatural bent, The Exorcist, The Omen, Poltergeist, films where cast and crew members...

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...

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, so...

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 many...

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 Berlin’s 1942 hit...

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...

OK, here’s a slightly unusual question for you – when was the last time you actually cried during a horror movie? Now I don’t mean a chuckle at a so-bad-its-good flick, or tears of frustration at some...

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 house...

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, becoming...

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 Oak’s...

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...

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...

Anyone who has spent any time on our site knows we are big fans of horror scream queen Jessica Cameron, so when a video popped up with her and director Todd Nunes dissecting their favourite festive...

With Ben Affleck's latest film, The Accountant, in cinemas this Friday, we decided to take a look at some of Affleck's greatest films that have made him force to be reckoned with. It's fair to say that since...

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 of...