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Set the DVR! Family-Friendly Holiday Flicks

Rebecca M Gruber — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:00:00 PST

Pop some corn and get comfortable! The boob tube is ushering in the holidays with hours of classic programming scheduled for kids. From animated favorites like Charlie Brown and Frosty the Snowman, to live action hits like A Christmas Story, there are plenty of opportunities to get everyone in the holiday spirit! Get your remote ready and mark your calendar!

10 Fun Family Flicks For Valentine’s Day

babysugar — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:45 PST

When all the valentines have been passed out, and mouths ache from an overdose of sugar moms and dads can kick back with the kiddos for a little family love fest on the couch and a good movie. While everyone else heads to theaters for the hyped Valentine's Day movie, stay in and snuggle up with the wee ones and settle in with a lovey-dovey flick. Check out our favorites that will leave you warm and fuzzy.

LilSugar’s 15 Favorite Family Holiday Flicks

babysugar — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:00:03 PST

There's hardly a better time of year to cook up popcorn, steam hot cocoa and cuddle up as a family for the holiday's best family flicks. You've told us some of your favorites, and now we're sharing our top 15 with you. Check out the list and let us know which one you are most excited to watch this month!

What Is Your Favorite Children's Holiday Movie?

LilSugar — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:00:00 PST

The holiday movie season kicked off with CBS' annual airing of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, the longest running holiday special on TV last week. Now the airwaves are filled with flicks and families will be gathering to watch these classics over the next few weeks.

Tell us, what is your favorite children's holiday movie?

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Some Holiday Spirit: Two Christmas Movies From Afar

BuzzSugar — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:30:38 PST

For Christmas movies this holiday season we've got Four Christmases and Nothing Like the Holidays as new offerings here in the U.S. Elsewhere in the world there's Un conte de Noel and Navidad, S.A.

The French film Un conte de Noel (more commonly referred to as A Christmas Tale here) stars excellent actors like Catherine Deneuve and Diving Bell and the Butterfly's Mathieu Amalric, and has been generating rave reviews. Critics are likening director Arnaud Desplechin's style to that of Noah Baumbach ("if he were French and a little more hopeful about humanity"), or a combination of Ingmar Bergman and Wes Anderson. The plot description reads: "The Vuillard's shared history of physical and mental illness, estrangement, self harm, and loss doesn't lend itself to the idea of a cheerful holiday season. But can a Christmastime reunion, a scheme concocted by three of the youngest family members, finally bring peace their clan?" The trailer, which you can view after the jump, completely sealed the deal for me. Apparently A Christmas Tale is currently available from IFC on OnDemand.

Down in Mexico there's a slightly more innocent and whimsical Christmas story in Navidad, S.A. The movie had a record-breaking opening weekend in Mexico in mid-November, marking the "largest domestic release in the nation's history." The sweet-looking film's plot is as follows: "With Christmas approaching, Santa Claus has to contend with the fact that the North Pole is melting and find a way to rid the holiday of its capitalist nature."

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a trailer for Navidad, S.A. with English subtitles but the one in Spanish is so endearing even if you don't understand the words. To check out the trailers for these two new Christmas movies from afar,

A Christmas Tale (France):

Navidad, S.A. (Mexico)

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Lil Tip: Holiday Movies

LilSugar — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:02:32 PST

For everyone who grew up watching the traditional holiday movies -'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Frosty's Winter Wonderland and The Year Without Santa Claus, ABC Family Channel is airing all of them during its 25 Days of Christmas movie marathon beginning December 1. In addition to the nostalgic films, the line-up also includes modern favorites like The Polar Express and Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas. So make a bowl of popcorn, settle in on the couch with your kids and kick off the season with some great flicks and family time.
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BuzzSugar's Holiday Movie Quiz: The Answers!

BuzzSugar — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:05:10 PST

Yesterday I challenged you guys to test your Christmas movie knowledge with BuzzSugar's Holiday Movie Quiz. If it turns out you're not a holiday movie buff and want to know the correct answers,

1. "The Preacher's Wife," starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington, is a remake of what film?
ANSWER: The Bishop's Wife

2. In the 2000 movie, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas," how long did it take Anthony Hopkins to complete the narration?
ANSWER: 1 day

3. Who was originally supposed to play George Bailey in "It's A Wonderful Life"?
ANSWER: Cary Grant

4. "A Christmas Story" is based on semi-autobiographical short stories, three of which were published in what magazine?
ANSWER: Playboy

5. Who plays Ebenezer Scrooge in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
ANSWER: Michael Caine

How Sick of Holiday TV Specials and Movies Are You?

BuzzSugar — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:05:17 PST

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Now that the Big Day is over, are you so done with shows and movies having to do with Christmas? Or are you still hungry for more holiday ham?

Isla Fisher Breaks From Cannes Film Fun to Hit the Park With Her Girls

Allie Merriam — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:42:03 PDT

Isla Fisher brought her two daughters, Olivie and Elula Cohen, to a park in France yesterday. The girls tackled the rides and a minitrain during a couple hours free of work for Isla. She's in the South of France chatting up her movie Rise of the Guardians during the Cannes Film Festival, and earlier yesterday, joined costars Chris Pine and Alec Baldwin for a press conference about the animated holiday release. Isla's husband Sacha Baron Cohen is also making the rounds at the cinema celebration. Sacha's at Cannes as the Dictator and made his usual stir yesterday by arriving on the Croisette atop a camel. He then threw on a swimsuit for a PR stunt on a yacht. Sacha roped a bikini-clad Elisabetta Canalis into horsing around for the cameras.

Isla Fisher Has an Animated Conversation With Alec Baldwin and Chris Pine in Cannes

Katie Henry — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:56:28 PDT

Dreamworks' next animated project, Rise of the Guardians, hits theaters this holiday season, but the film's starring voices Isla Fisher, Alec Baldwin, and Chris Pine were happy to talk about the film during a Q&A session with press in Cannes today. The trio are just a few of the stars in the ensemble cast, along with Hugh Jackman and Jude Law. The movie chronicles the so-called guardians - Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and more - in their fight to save the children of the world from an evil spirit, voiced by Jude. Guardians will likely be a project Isla can share with her daughters, Olive and Elula.

Alec is in France with fiancée Hilaria Thomas, and he's actually doing double-duty. In addition to press for Guardians, Alec is filming the documentary Seduced and Abandoned. He and writer-director James Toback are capturing the process involved in raising funds and selling an idea at Cannes. It seems Alec's turning his attention to film with news that 30 Rock will air its final episode next Fall in an abbreviated 13-episode season.