Sentences with phrase «holiday family films»

However, because expectations are set so low (or maybe just because I've encountered some truly atrocious, far more amateurish holiday family films recently), it's not as terrible or unwatchable as you might think.

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These are family - friendly films that are perfect for the holiday season.

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Valletta's roles — given the actress» off - camera motherhood and intermittent magazine work — accumulated slowly over the next several years (in films such as the Nicolas Cage holiday vehicle The Family Man and the Danny DeVito - directed black comedy Duplex); as a result, Valletta only ascended gradually to top billing.

Danes» other film credits include Matthew Vaughn's STARDUST opposite Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer; Lajos Koltai's EVENING, opposite Toni Collette, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Natasha Richardson, and Vanessa Redgrave; Thomas Bezucha's THE FAMILY STONE, opposite Diane Keaton and Sarah Jessica Parker; Jonathan Mostow's TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nick Stahl; Stephen Daldry's Academy Award ® winning drama THE HOURS, opposite Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Allison Janney, Ed Harris, and Toni Collette; Jonathan Kaplan's BROKEDOWN PALACE, opposite Kate Beckinsale; Bille August's LES MISERABLES; Theresa Connelly's POLISH WEDDING; Francis Ford Coppola's THE RAINMAKER, opposite Danny DeVito and Matt Damon; Oliver Stone's U TURN, opposite Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, and Joaquin Phoenix; Michael Pressman's TO GILLIAN ON HER 37th BIRTHDAY, opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter Gallagher; Jocelyn Moorhouse's HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT, opposite Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, and Ellen Burstyn; Billy Hopkins» I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU NOT, opposite Jude Law; Jodie Foster's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, opposite Robert Downey Jr., Holly Hunter, and Anne Bancroft; and Gillian Armstrong's LITTLE WOMEN, opposite Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, and Kirsten Dunst.

«Prey at Night» continues the first film's tradition of casting secluded rural enclaves as key locations, moving the action from the first film's oddly empty middle class neighborhood to a cleared - out trailer park that caters to families on holiday at the local lake.

From bestselling author, Max Lucado, comes The Christmas Candle, a timeless holiday film for the entire family.

The Bottom Line: Perhaps the best aspect of the film is that it's for the entire family to enjoy during the holidays and offers a fresh perspective of the man and his beloved novel, «A Christmas Carol.»

Every film has its respective target audience, but A Monster Calls looks like it could be a great holiday release that mostly the whole family can see.

His previous indie darling — indeed the film that put him on the map — was last year's Krisha, which wasn't technically a horror movie, but it sure managed to have a tight grasp on making the audience feel tense and creeping dread throughout a contentious family holiday.

Everything I've seen so far from trailers, suggests this will be a very fun and action packed family film with a lot of holiday cheer.

In 1994 Walt Disney Pictures released the family holiday film, The Santa Clause, in which funnyman Tim Allen accidentily kills the real Santa Claus on Christmas Eva, only to find himself magically recruited to take his place.

And that's where Sheridan's modern - day fairy tale pays dividends, in the film's handful of magical moments — the ones that make «August Rush» so enjoyable, and that make it such a pleasant box - office option for families over the long holiday weekend.

Many Christmas films share the recurring themes of kindness, love for your family and friends, and the spirit of the holiday season.

The ultimate family holiday film, playing on both the heart strings and the horror to capture a genuine Christmas spirit.

«Black Nativity» is a film for the whole family and perfect for the holidays.

There's a family of monstrously daffy blue - bloods holidaying at the film's gorgeous costal bay setting which is gradually being transformed into a resplendent crime scene.

Lucas and Moore's film opens with a dejected Amy (Kunis) sobbing in the middle of her messy home, telling us in voiceover that she's managed to ruin both the holiday and her family.

Funny Games U.S. is Austrian director Michael Haneke's shot - for - shot American remake of his 1996 film of the same title, in which a middle - class family are terrorised in their holiday home by two effete, creepy young men (played by Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet), who occasionally break the fourth wall for Brechtian asides intended to point out that we're watching people suffering for our entertainment.

The trailers have certainly played up the violence, and the movie moved from a rather dull October spot to a highly touted Thanksgiving weekend position; an odd move considering families probably won't want to celebrate the holiday with a violent film like this, but enhances the possibility that Lee has something unique to offer.

It may also be the worst film posing as a feel - good holiday feature for the whole family.

Horror movie «Deliver Us From Evil» and family film «Earth to Echo» also debut early on holiday that lacks the typical tentpole opener

So leave it to the ornery Desplechin to take the stuffing out of the holiday movie with A Christmas Tale, which greets the season with the deep family dysfunction that most films are anxious to salve in time for Midnight Mass..

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the ultimate family holiday film, playing on both the heart strings and the horror to capture a genuine Christmas spirit.

This extended clip from the film was preaching to the choir last night, but it's now arrived online, ready to win the hearts and minds of non-gamers looking for a big movie that will allow them to escape their family for two hours this holiday season.

Thanksgiving Family Reunion is National Lampoon's attempt to give to the Thanksgiving holiday what they were able to do with Christmas Vacation, a film that can be shown every year around the same time.

Needless to say, this is not the NFL's preferred choice of family film for your holiday consumption.

The holiday season is typically one of the more family - friendly times of year at the cineplex, and 2010 is no different; while you'll still get your share of hard - hitting dramas and raunchy comedies, the weeks between now and the end of the year will also provide a cornucopia of films the whole family can enjoy, including the latest from Disney («Tangled»), a new «Narnia» sequel («The Voyage of the Dawn Treader»), and yet another version of Tchaikovsky's holiday classic («The Nutcracker in 3 - D»).

For her latest film, Your Sister's Sister, she's brought a name actress into the fold: Emily Blunt plays Iris, who hopes to help her friend Jack (Duplass) get over his brother's death by letting him stay at her family's empty holiday cabin.

Some entries in the largely undistinguished dysfunctional - family - holiday - film subgenre — The Family Stone (also with Keaton) and Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays, to name two — are watchable despite their forced zaniness and predictable emotional beats; the spectacle of attractive stars packed into the frame to act out universal problems (meddling parents, sibling rivalries, unfulfilled romantic and professional lives) has its charms and comfamily - holiday - film subgenre — The Family Stone (also with Keaton) and Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays, to name two — are watchable despite their forced zaniness and predictable emotional beats; the spectacle of attractive stars packed into the frame to act out universal problems (meddling parents, sibling rivalries, unfulfilled romantic and professional lives) has its charms and comFamily Stone (also with Keaton) and Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays, to name two — are watchable despite their forced zaniness and predictable emotional beats; the spectacle of attractive stars packed into the frame to act out universal problems (meddling parents, sibling rivalries, unfulfilled romantic and professional lives) has its charms and comforts.

Centering on a family's holiday gathering in their family home, Red Christmas is a to - the - point home invasion slasher film that has some interesting digressions and even more interesting subplots.

The film does what it sets out to do and is a worthwhile family holiday outing.

Action films and holiday films have always been considered separate entities, with the former categorised by everything from Bond to Dirty Harry to Lethal Weapon features, and the latter recalling the sentiment of Miracle on 34th St or the family fare of The Santa Clause.

Though some will find the plot overly contrived, the film's assertion that faith and family can heal what ails us will fill others with holiday cheer.

As the film opens, audiences witness some of the most unpleasant aspects of the holiday season including unruly families scrambling for last - minute...

It's the story of a family coming together for Christmas and the conflicts the erupt, but that's as close as this film gets to the familiar comedies of dysfunctional families reluctantly gathering for the holidays and colliding in slapstick scenes.

Pixar's latest film Coco, based on the Mexican holiday of Día de Muertos, followed a young boy named Miguel who, while pursuing his dream of becoming a musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, finds himself in the Land of the Dead, where he will unlock a family secret and learn the meaning behind this celebration.

Starring Adam Scott and Toni Collette, the film tells the story of young Max (Emjay Anthony), who turns his back on Christmas when his dysfunctional family clashes during the holidays.

JH: The film becomes an intimate portrait — not only of Salvador Dalí and the people close to him, but it could also be seen as a love story with the municipality of Cadaqués on the Cap de Creus, where Dalí spent many holidays with his family and which later became his home.

As the film opens, audiences witness some of the most unpleasant aspects of the holiday season including unruly families scrambling for last - minute gifts and children crying because they are afraid of Santa Clause.

Most Americans will go see a movie with their families over the holidays and I seriously doubt that audiences will choose a film about sexual violence over typical holiday fare like action and comedy.

is also part of the cast for a new independent film called Home for Purim, which tells the story of the dying matriarch of the Pischers, a Jewish family in a 1940s Georgia who reunite to celebrate the mother's favorite holiday.

FORCE MAJEURE: This initially quiet film by award - winning Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund finds a nuclear family on a ski holiday in the French Alps suddenly blown apart when they are caught in an avalanche and the impact reverberates through every primal relationship in the film.

A dysfunctional family comes together after the matriarch's death in this holiday film from 2016.

From the wine library with on - call sommelier and wine supplied from Coppola's own vineyard, and Francis's studio where he finished writing his most recent film «Tetro», to the estate's three «hidden gardens» where residents can plunge into the solar - heated swimming pool or do as Coppola does and grill up a sizzling barbecue in the garden's outdoor kitchen, Jardin Escondido makes for the perfect base camp for film fanatics, families and groups of friends looking for a holiday with a twist of Bohemia