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A perfectly cast Richard Attenborough gives a really skilled and winning performance as Kris Kringle, a twinkly old man who claims that he’s the real Santa Claus, in director Les Mayfield’s 1994 plush and splendidly […]
In a fondly remembered performance that won him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, a perfectly cast Edmund Gwenn is a twinkling miracle as merry old Kris Kringle in this delicious 1947 Christmas fantasy film about […]
A little boy gets a ticket to ride aboard a magical steam train to meet Santa at his home in the North Pole on Christmas Eve, in the 2004 Christmas treat The Polar Express, the […]
Jim Carrey is at his hilarious best as Dr Seuss’s famous curmudgeon, The Grinch, who resolves to stop everyone enjoying the festive season in this big budget ($123million) remake of the classic book and cartoon […]
The British Prime Minister romancing his Downing Street tea lady? Yes actually! Clever writer-director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings) looks – with great affection and optimism – at the state of love in Britain in 2003, […]
A London gang’s ramraid heist on a money-counting depot goes to plan for a change. But it turns out one of their number is a traitor. Who’s the rotten apple? Criminal with a conscience, ex-socialist […]
The monster 1988 blockbuster hit Die Hard is sometimes named as the greatest action thriller of all time. Based on Roderick Thorp’s novel Nothing Lasts Forever, it finely balances funny laconic humour with thrilling wholesale […]