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Die Hard is on the list. And no, we won’t be debating its merits Let’s just get one thing out of the way: Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. One of the very best. But is it the best? And what exactly makes a movie a Christmas movie? It’s not enough to be set around Christmastime, like much of Shane Black’s oeuvre (see: Lethal Weapon, The Nice Guys), but a Christmas movie should boast scenes and themes tied to the holiday (family, charity, personal transformation) as well as…

Image: Studio GhibliIn defense of English dubs, no one does it better than Studio Ghibli. It’s not a matter of either-or; with the incredible global talents that span the original Japanese voices and the English casts, it just means we get more!With the release of The Boy and the Heron, which features Robert Pattinson’s dedicated vocal bird transformation, we’re looking back at the best Studio Ghibli dubs. When it comes to Hayao Miyazaki’s films, care has always been taken between by the Disney and GKIDS distributors to…

Image: DisneyHocus Pocus 2 has opened up the chance for even more witchery in the works at Disney. Tuca & Bertie is no more, again. Ryan Reynolds puts his own spin on A Christmas Carol in Spirited. Plus, what’s coming on Reginald the Vampire, Chucky, and more. To me, my spoilers!01:25Randall Park's Favorite SuperheroesMonday 5:02PMThe Electric StateVariety reports Giancarlo Esposito, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton,and Ke Huy Quan have joined the cast of The Electric State, Joe and Anthony Russo’s upcoming sci-fi…

The Gray Man — out Friday on Netflix — brings the Russo Brothers, directors of Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War, back into big-budget action filmmaking. And they have all the right ingredients at their disposal. For one, they are working with the writers behind those Avengers movies, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who have shown themselves capable of handling unwieldy material. By contrast, The Gray Man — based on Mark Greaney's 2009 eponymous novel — is thin and straightforward. In Ryan Gosling, they…