Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page and Ed Ivory

Director: Henry SelickWriter: Caroline Thompson

Based on: A Story and Characters by Tim Burton

Producers: Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi

Music by: Danny Elfman

Rated: PG for some scary images

Release Date: 10/29/93

Favorite Character: Oogie Boogie

Tagline: N/AQuote: “Since I am dead, I can take off my head to recite Shakespearean Quotations,”- Jack Skellington

Fun Facts: Patrick Stewart was going to be a narrator for the movie, but it ended up getting cut, however, it can still be heard on the soundtrack.

Tim Burton’s original poem was inspired after seeing the Halloween decoration gets taken down and they put up Christmas decorations at the store.

Vincent Price was originally the voice of Santa Claus, but thanks to the death of his wife, his voice performance became weak from all the grief, so sadly, he had to be replaced with Ed Ivory.

In the alternative ending, Oogie Boogie is actually Dr. Finklestein.

Summary: Board of being the Halloween King, Jack Skellington discovers Christmas Town and vows bring Christmas cheers, however, he soon discovers that Halloween and Christmas don’t exactly mix very well.

The Review: Is it a Halloween movie? Is it a Christmas movie? It’s both! And truly an unforgettable holiday film.

Rating: Full

Cast: Zach Galligan, Phobe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Francis Lee McCain

Director: Joe Dante

Writer: Chris Columbus

Producer: Michael Finnell

Music by: Jerry Goldsmith

Rated: PG

Release Date: 06/08/84

Favorite Character: Gizmo

Tagline: This is one furry box you don’t wanna get wet!

Quote: “Fantastic ideas for a Fantastic World. I make the Illogical logical.”- Rand Peltzer

Fun Facts: The movie is partly responsible for the birth of the PG-13 rating (thank you Spielberg).

‘Mogwai’ means ‘Devil’ in Cantonese.

The voice of Gizmo is provided by America’s Got Talent’s Howie Mandel.

Kingston Falls and Back to the Future’s Hill Valley are the same set.

Summary: During Christmastime, a failed inventor gave his son an exotic pet, not knowing its dark nature.

The Review: Gremlins is a perfect horror film for the kids to see instead of the violent Jason Voorhees or Chucky.

Rating: Full

Cast: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard and Alfre Woodard

Director: Richard Donner

Writers: Mitch Glazer and Michael O’Donoghue

Based on: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Producers: Richard Donner and Art Linson

Music by: Danny Elfman

Rated: PG-13

Release Date: 11/23/88

Favorite Character: Frank Cross

Tagline: Bill Murray is back among the ghosts. Only this time, it’s three against one.

Quote: “The Bitch hit me with a toaster!”- Frank Cross

Fun Facts: The Belle Cab Company is a reference to Scrooge’s former lover in A Christmas Carol.

During the end song, Murray made a reference to his other movie, ‘Little Shops of Horror (he said “Feed me, Seymour).

Murray was injured when Carol Kane actually DID grab his lips and tore it, so the film was halted for several days.

The tagline is marketed with a reference to Ghostbusters (See Tagline).

Summary: A Cruel TV Network president is visited by three spirits on Christmas eve.

The Review: Out of all the Christmas Carol adaptations, this one is the funniest and it’s everything but a ‘Bah Humbug!’

Rating: Few Burned Kurnels

Cast: Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson and Stana Katic

Director: Diederik Van Rooijen

Writer: Brian Sieve

Producers: Todd Garner and Sean Robins

Music by: John Frizzell

Rated: R for gruesome images and terror throughout

Release Date: 11/30/18

Favorite Character: Hanna Grace

Tagline: Death is only the begining

Quote: N/A

Fun Facts: The film is the first to be shot on full-frame mirrorless camera (Sony a7S II).

The fictional hospital in Boston is really Boston’s City Hall.

Summary: When a cop takes a graveyard shift at the Hospital Morgue, she encounters terrifying events, all from one corpse.

The Review: Sloppy writing and flat-out characters, honestly, this film should have just stayed dead.

Rating: Half-Full

Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Danial Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker and Catherine O’Hara

Director: Chris Columbus

Writer: John Hughes

Producer: John Hughes

Music by: John Williams

Rated: PG for comic action and mild language

Release Date: 11/20/92

Favorite Character: Marv

Tagline: He’s up past bedtime in the city that never sleeps.

Quote: “Merry Christmas, you filthy animal. And the happy new year.”- Gangster Johnny

Fun Facts: Donald Trump makes a cameo in the Plaza Hotel (He owns the place the time the movie came out).

Every child who appeared in the Duncan Toy Store scene was allowed to take one thing home.

In the Plaza Hotel, you can get a ‘Live like Kevin’ package that includes the ice cream sundae cart.

It was so cold during filming that some of the cameras froze during filming.

Summary: Kevin is once again separated from his family, only this time, he’s in New York City but he soon realizes that he must stop the Wet Bandits once again, who unfortunately, happened to be in New York City too.

The Review: So basically, it is just the same plot in New York, but it is still worth the trip.

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: John C. Riley, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, Alfred Molina and Ed O’Neil

Directors: Phil Johnston and Rich Moore

Writers: Phil Johnston, Rich Moore, Jim Reardon, Pamela Ribon and Josie Trinidad

Producer: Clark Spencer

Music by: Henry Jackman

Rated: PG for some action and rude humor

Release Date: 11/21/18

Favorite Character: Vanellope Von Schweetz

Tagline: N/AQuote: “When you break the Internet, you don’t literally have to BREAK the Internet!”- Yesss

Fun Facts: Alan Tudyk (KnowsMore) also voiced King Candy in the first Wreck it Ralph film.

Champion auctioneer Brian Curless voiced an auctioneer in the film.

There are easter eggs on the 21’st century clothing the Disney princesses wore in the movie.

Stan Lee makes a non-speaking cameo (the movie released has been released weeks after his death).

Summary: In order to rescue Vanellope’s game, she and Ralph must travel to the internet.

The Review: The true, true Disney film that is different in the very good way.

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, Yaara Shahidi, Ely Henry and James Tatro

 

Director: Karey Kirkpatrick

 

Writers: Glenn Ficarra, Karey Kirkpatrick, John Requa and Clare Sera

 

Based on: Yeti Tracks by Sergio Pablos

 

Producers: Glenn Ficarra, Bonne Radford and John Requa

 

Music by: Heitor Pereira

 

Rated: PG for some action, rude humor and thematic elements

 

Release Date: 09/28/18

 

Favorite Character: Meechee

 

Tagline: Yeti or not, here they come

 

Quote: “We’re about to blow some tiny minds.”- Gwangi

 

Fun Facts: The names, Migo and Meechee are two different Tibetan words for ‘Yeti’

 

The voice of Mama Bear was voiced by Patricia Heaton in the US version but was voiced by Emma Bunton in the UK version.

 

Summary: A Yeti tries to prove to his community that the ‘Smallfoot’ (humans) actually exists.

 

The Review: Smallfoot is an absolute delightful to both kids and adults and also contains a great message and cool (no pun intended) songs.

 

 

 

Rating: Overflowing

 

Cast: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kirstin Dunst and Angela Lansbury

 

Director: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

 

Writers: Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Eric Tuchman, Bob Tzudiker and Noni White

 

Based on: Anastasia by Marcelle Maurette

 

Producers: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

 

Music by: David Newman

 

Rated: G

 

Release Date: 11/21/97

 

Favorite Character: Anya/Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

 

Tagline: Discover the Adventure behind the Greatest Mystery of our time.

 

Quote: “Men are such Babies.”- Anastasia

 

Fun Facts: In real life, the real Anastasia did not survive, making this one of the most inaccurate historical film ever made.

 

In order to get Meg Ryan to accept the main role, the filmmakers took an audio clip of her in her other film, ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and created a short animation of her character saying the lines from the film.

 

Cinderella was the ballet the gang go see in the film (and coincidently, one of Cinderella’s step sisters was named Anastasia).

 

A lot of historical figures made appearances in the song “Paris Holds the Key (to your Heart)”

 

Summary: Ten years after losing her family to Resputin and suffered amnesia, the last child of the royal Russian family joins the two con men on a journey to find her lost grandmother.

 

The Review: The Disney like princess film so magical and enchanting that you’ll wish it really happened.

Rating: Empty

 

Cast: Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman

 

Directors: Lasse Hallstrom and Joe Johnston

 

Writer: Ashleigh Powell

 

Based on: The Nutcracker by Marius Petipa

 

Producers: Larry Franco and Mark Gordon

 

Music by: James Newton Howard

 

Rated: PG for some mild peril

 

Release Date: 11/02/18

 

Favorite Character: The Sugar Plum Fairy

 

Tagline: Let the Mystery Unfold

 

Quote: “It’s Christmas Eve. A time of mystery, expectations, who knows what might happen?”- Drosselmeyer

 

Fun Fact: If the nutcracker’s name Hoffmann sounds familiar, it’s because he is named after the author of ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ E.T.A. Hoffmann.

 

Summary: A young girl receives a mysterious item which led her to the magical world with soldiers, a sugar plum fairy, etc.

 

The Review: This so-called holiday movie completely lacks the original story and looks more like Alice in Wonderland with yuletide themed sets.

 

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Martin Henderson and Daveigh Chase

 

Director: Gore Verbinski

 

Writer: Ehren Kruger

 

Based on: Ring by Koji Suzuki

 

Producers: Laurie MacDonald and Walter F. Parkes

 

Music by: Hans Zimmer

 

Rated: PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images, language and some drug references

 

Release Date: 10/18/02

 

Favorite Character: Samara Morgan

 

Tagline: Before you die, you see

 

Quote: “Seven Days.”- Samara Morgan

 

Fun Facts: While filming in Washington, it rained almost every day, adding a good atmosphere to it.

 

The lighthouse in Moesko Island is fictional.

 

Summary: After watching a cursed video tape, a journalist has seven days to figure the mystery behind the tape before she dies.

 

The Review: This is not a horror film, it’s a freakin good mystery story with creepy cinematography.