TOP FIVE CHRISTMAS FILMS

Merry Christmas! Today I have taken a look back at Christmas films which a have already been reviewed on nEoFILM and selected what I believe to be the top five festive movies. This is not the top five of all time as I have not reviewed every major Christmas film, with classics such as early…

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1947)

1947 1947/1985 (Colourised) DIRECTOR: George Seaton May contain spoilers! The original and dare I say, the best, Miracle On 34th Street is one of the  Christmas classics. We meet Maureen O'Hara and her daughter, a young Natalie Wood, a cynical pair, the mother divorced and the daughter who only believes in what she sees. Enter…

THE SANTA CLAUSE 2

2002 DIRECTOR: Michael Lembeck May contain spoilers! Evil Santa (Tim Allen) delivers coal: The real Santa (Tim Allen) is about to lose his powers if he fails to enact the second 'Santa Clause', 'The Mrs Clause': Somehow, this sequel is better than the 1994 original, probably because it does not begin with Santa's untimely death at the hands our…

FAMILY GUY: STAR WARS SAGA (TRILOGY)

2007, 2009 & 2011 DIRECTORS: Dominic Polcino, Peter Shin & James Purdum BLUE HARVEST (2007) SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING DARKSIDE (2009) IT'S A TRAP! (2011) May contain spoilers! Family Guy is all about spoofs. But none better than the passionate take on the original Star Wars Trilogy. The love for this franchise is oozing out of every crevice of…

STAR WARS: REBELS: SEASON 1: EPISODE 1 “SPARK OF REBELLION”

2014 DIRECTORS: Steve Lee & Steward Lee May contain spoilers! Opening with Darth Vader's (James Earl Jones) head looming over The Inquisitor (Jason Issacs) sets the tone from the opening of this, Disney's answer to The Clone Wars. Set between Episodes III and IV we finally get a series which delves into the "Dark times", the rise of the Empire and…

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: SEASON 1, EPISODE 1 “AMBUSH”

2008 DIRECTOR: Dave Bullock May contain spoilers! The first episode of the hit Cartoon Network series, The Clone Wars, not to be confused with the earlier 2003-2005 Genndy Tartakovsky Micro Series Star Wars: Clone Wars which tells the story of the titular conflict between Episodes II and III much more succinctly, focuses on Yoda and his efforts to…

STAR WARS: TOP 10 MOVIES

STAR WARS FEATURE FILMS RATED (Only films which have had a theatrical release) THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) Irvin Kershner 10/10 "Dark, deeper and the model of a progressive sequel." A NEW HOPE (STAR WARS) (1977) George Lucas 10/10 "Derivative but kinetic adventure in which we are taken along for the ride to a galaxy far, far away..." THE…

STAR WARS: EWOKS (TV)”THE CRIES OF THE TREES”

1985 DIRECTOR: Raymond Jafelice May contain spoilers! Never being a fan of this cuddly cartoon about even more cuddly teddy bears which would both defeat the Galactic Empire and kiddify the Star Wars universe in a way would lead to the Prequel Trilogy 15 years later, I returned to this childhood pariah with trepidation. Being about eight…

STAR WARS SEVENS: THE BATTLES

It is Star WARS after all... Here is a brief run down of what I believe to the best SEVEN battles in the Star Wars Saga to date... 7 ~ THE PHANTOM MENACE BATTLE OF NABOO - ANAKIN Vs. TRADE FEDERATION CONTROL SHIP The finale of Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) was split in to…

STAR WARS: EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS (3D)

I believe that it is a fair quote to say that this is an instant classic and possibly one to depose Return Of The Jedi from its 32 year number three spot in the list of best Star Wars film, being good enough to join The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars (A New Hope) as one of the best films of the saga so far...