Big Screen Thanksgiving Scenes to Be Thankful For

As you defrost your turkey and prep your pie, I thought you might want to sample some Thanksgiving scenes from the big screen. Put on your bib and dig in… and be sure to let me know if I’ve missed any. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Planes, Trains and Automobiles – This is the all-time BEST Thanksgiving movie, featuring one memorable scene after another. A must-see EVERY Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Scenes and/or Movies – Perhaps the Most Popular
About Last Night…
Addams Family Values
Avalon
Funny People
Grumpy Old Men
Hannah and Her Sisters
Home for the Holidays
Little Fockers
Miracle on 34th Street
Nobody's Fool
Pieces of April
Raising Arizona
Scent of a Woman
Son in Law
Spider-Man
Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale
The Blind Side
The Ice Storm
The New World
You’ve Got Mail



More Thanksgiving Scenes and/or Movies
Alice’s Restaurant
American Gangster
Antwone Fisher
The Doors
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Dutch
Easy Virtue
Four Brothers
Antwone Fisher
Beethoven
Broadway Danny Rose
Grindhouse (trailer in movie)
Hit & Run
Holiday Inn
Home of the Brave
House of Yes, The
Jack and Jill
Palo Alto
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Pie in the Sky
Primary Colors
Rescue Dawn
Rocky
She's Gotta Have It
Starting Over
Thankskilling
Tower Heist
White Palace
Pocahontas
Smart People
Tadpole
Thankskilling
The Myth of Fingerprints
What’s Cooking?


These movies appeared on some lists, but I can’t remember the scenes and have not verified them at this point. Feel free to comment!
27 Dresses
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Conviction
Hanging Up
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Morning Glory
Parenthood
Superhero Movie
The Family Man
Trading Places
Tropic Thunder (Fatties commercial)
While You Were Sleeping
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory


TV
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Family Reunion
The Mayflower Voyagers
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving

Movies with a Bite

Even though The Twilight Saga is coming to a close, the long list of vampire movies is very much alive and growing all the time. If you're a real bloodsucker, you'll love this list of movies with a bite. If I'm missing any, be sure to add them. Also, PLEASE let us know YOUR top picks and the ones that really SUCK. There are a few vampire classics I have yet to see, but there's a special place in my heart for "The Lost Boys" and the hilarious "Love at First Bite". Now dig in, all you nightwalkers!

30 Days of Night
A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Blacula
Blade
Blade II
Blade: Trinity
Blood: The Last Vampire
BloodRayne
BloodRayne 2: Deliverance
BloodRayne: The Third Reich
Bordello of Blood
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Cronos
Dark Shadows
Day Watch
Daybreakers
Dracula (1931)
Dracula 2000
Dracula 3000
Dracula 3D
Dracula II: Ascension
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Dracula's Daughter
Fright Night (1985)
Fright Night (2011)
Fright Night Part 2
From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Hotel Transylvania
House of Dark Shadows
I Am Legend
I Sell the Dead
Innocent Blood (1992)
Interview with a Vampire (documentary)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
John Carpenter's Vampires
Let Me In
Let the Right One In
Lifeforce
Lost Boys: The Tribe (video)
Love at First Bite
My Step-Dad's a Freakin' Vampire
Near Dark
Night Watch (2004)
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Once Bitten
Priest
Queen of the Damned
Salem's Lot (1979/tv movie)
Salem's Lot (2004/tv movie)
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire
Sleepwalkers
Son of Dracula
The Addiction
The Hunger
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (tv movie)
The Little Vampire
The Lost Boys
The Monster Squad
The Moth Diaries
The Night Stalker (tv movie)
The Return of the Vampire
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: Twilight
The Vampire Lovers
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
Thirst (2009)
Transylmania
Transylvania 6-5000
Ultraviolet (2006)
Underworld (2003)
Underworld: Awakening
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Vamp
Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire in Brooklyn
Vampire's Kiss - Nicolas Cage
Vampires Suck
Van Helsing
We Are the Night

Villains to Avoid!!!

I saw "Alex Cross" in the theater yesterday and while it's not the best movie, I thought Matthew Fox (who has come a long way since "Party of Five") was soooooooooo creepy and superb in the role. So... it got me thinking about movie villains. I'll give you a few good ones to start, but who are YOUR favorites and why? Be sure to head on over to http://www.facebook.com/LyndaHalliganTV to post your choices. Here's also a clip to get you in the mood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT_QQ95Hmhg

In no particular order...
Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Jack Nicholson - Batman
Voice of James Earl Jones - Star Wars franchise
Kathy Bates - Misery
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects
Glenn Close - Fatal Attraction
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List
Jaws - Jaws
Margaret Hamilton - The Wizard of Oz
Christof Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Voice of Lucille La Verne - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Voice of Betty Lou Gerson - 101 Dalmatians

Take It Off!!!

Whether it's a bachelor party, bachelorette or just a regular night out for some, strippers put on a big show by taking it off. Many actresses, who want to prove they can play gritty, take on roles as exotic dancers... and sadly, not as many men do. That's why women all across the globe are rounding up their girlfriends and heading out to see "Magic Mike" when it opens this Friday, June 29th. Let's just hope they've said goodbye to the typical male stripper mullet hairdos and opted for a more modern cut. In honor of Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer showing us their greased up goods, here's a look at some more actors, who have stripped down to make their star power go up. (OK, some just played strippers, but didn't actually perform a striptease on camera).

Magic Mike (2012) - Channing Tatum et al
Closer (2004) - Natalie Portman
Striptease (1996) - Demi Moore
Flashdance (1983) - Jennifer Beals
The Full Monty (1997) - Tom Wilkinson et al
Sin City (2005) - Jessica Alba
The Wrestler (2008) - Marisa Tomei
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) - Salma Hayek
Gypsy (1962) - Natalie Wood
Welcome to the Rileys (2010) - Kristen Stewart
Grindhouse/Planet Terror (2007) - Rose McGowan
Showgirls (1995) - Elizabeth Berkeley, Gina Gershon et al
Powder Blue (2009) - Jessica Biehl
The Hangover (2009) - Heather Graham
Rock of Ages (2012) - Julianne Hough
Zombie Strippers (2008) - Jenna Jameson et al
Summer School (1987) - Ken Olandt
Dogma (1999) - Salma Hayek
Frankie and Alice (2010) - Halle Berry
The Last Boy Scout (1991) - Halle Berry
Jury Duty (1995) - Pauly Shore
I Know Who Killed Me (2007) - Lindsay Lohan
Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000) - Daryl Hannah
Barb Wire (1996) - Pamela Anderson
Choke (2008) - Gillian Jacobs
Enter the Void (2009) - Paz de la Huerta
The Right Stuff (1983) - Peggy Davis
Exotica (1994) - Mia Kirshner
Yellow (2006) - Roselyn Sanchez
Darling Lili (1970) - Julie Andrews
Burlesque (2010) - Christina Aguilera et al (They're not really strippers, but we'll include it.)
True Lies - Jamie Lee Curtis (She wasn't a real stripper, but this is a very memorable stripping scene.)

Let's Go to Camp!

With Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" getting more and more buzz and summer officially in full swing, I thought I'd spend a bit of MY summer break making a list of camp movies. In "Moonrise Kingdom," Jared Gilman plays a twelve year old Khaki Scout, who ditches his New England sleepaway camp to embark on a journey with his new young love played by Kara Hayward. Whether you're sending your kids to camp this summer, you're a kid in the thick of it all or if you're a grown up, who attended camp as a child, this list is for you. I have THE BEST memories from summer camp, day camp AND sleepaway camp, and I hope you do too. Either way, enjoy these "campy" movies!

Meatballs (1979)
Bill Murray, Ivan Reitman directs - HILARIOUS!
Little Darlings (1980) Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol - Love this one!
Friday the 13th (1980) Watch a young Kevin Bacon get killed!
Dirty Dancing (1987) Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey - Classic!
Camp Nowhere (1994) Christopher Lloyd and Jonathan Jackson - Great for kids.
Jesus Camp (2006) documentary - This one may freak you out.
Indian Summer (1993) Alan Arkin, Bill Paxton, Diane Lane, Elizabeth Perkins
Camp (2003) Anna Kendrick
Heavyweights (1995) Ben Stiller, written by Judd Apatow
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) Jim Varney
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) Janeane Garofalo, Paul Rudd, David Hyde Pierce
The Parent Trap (1998) Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid
Addams Family Values (1993) Christina Ricci, Joan Cusack, Anjelica Huston
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) Schuyler Fisk, Rachael Leigh Cook, Larisa Oleynik SpaceCamp - Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, Joaquin Phoenix in his feature film debut
Summercamp! (2006) documentary Sleepaway Camp (1983) slasher flick
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
Camp Rock (2008) made for tv Disney movie The Adventures of Spin and Marty - Disney tv series from the 1950s

Devil's Food for Your Movie Appetite

"The Devil Inside" is possessing audiences in theaters right now, but which other demonic movies have given us nightmares over the years? Here's a list of some. What are we missing?

The Devil Inside
The Exorcist
The Omen
Rosemary's Baby
Devil's Advocate
End of Days
Prince of Darkness
The Witches of Eastwick
Stigmata
Bedazzled 1967
Bedazzled 2000
Constantine
Angel Heart
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Lost Souls
The Ninth Gate
Devil
Little Nicky
The Prophecy
The Evil
Mr. Frost
Legend
Prince of Darkness
The Golden Child
Drag Me to Hell
The Beyond
The Sentinel
She-Devil
The Story of Mankind
Switch
Demons
The Passion of the Christ
House of the Devil
Angels and Demons (by name only)
Devil in a Blue Dress (by name only)
The Devil Wears Prada (by name only)

New Year's Eve Movies to Celebrate (or Not!)

Before you bust out the champagne, horns and hats... and start counting down till 2012, here's a list of New Year's Eve movies or movie scenes to help you get in the mood. If you like to stay home on the big night and ring in the new year on your couch, then you may want to pick up a couple of these for tomorrow night. Either way, have a safe, fun and happy New Year!!! And remember, this is not an exhaustive list, so if your favorite is missing, please add it. Thanks!!!

New Year's Eve (still in theaters)
When Harry Met Sally
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
It's a Wonderful Life
Rosemary's Baby
Trading Places
About Last Night...
The Poseidon Adventure
While You Were Sleeping
Sleepless in Seattle
Bridget Jones's Diary
Entrapment
The Apartment
Forrest Gump
The Holiday
Sex and the City
200 Cigarettes
The Hudsucker Proxy
Poseidon
About a Boy
A Lot Like Love
The Cutting Edge
Overboard
Money Train
Diner
The Gold Rush
Holiday (1938)
Holiday Inn
The Godfather: Part II
Strange Days
Boogie Nights
Sunset Boulevard
Out of Africa
Show Boat
An American in Paris
Made for Each Other
Are We There Yet?
Rumor Has It
Hide and Seek
Blackboard Jungle
Chaos Theory
54
Jaws: The Revenge
Little Caesar
Love Ranch
The Quickie
The Roaring Twenties
Taboo
More American Graffiti
Assault on Precinct 13
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead

Mall Madness Continues Today!!!

Just when you thought mall madness was over till Black Friday 2012, we find ourselves in the middle of it all over again! And guess what... I just came from the mall (yes, I finished all my returns, exchanges and shopping by 9:30 am and bolted before it got REALLY crazy) and I got some killer deals!!! So, if you're an early riser like me and you've made getting to the mall right when they open on December 26th an annual ritual, then this list is definitely for you! Here's a look at some of our favorite mall movies and mall scenes. Be sure to add YOUR favorites if they're not already on here.

The Blues Brothers
Clueless
Valley Girl
Mall Rats
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Can't Buy Me Love
Scenes from a Mall
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Observe and Report
Minority Report
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Back to the Future
Commando
Jingle All The Way
True Lies
Twins
Eight Legged Freaks
Kindergarten Cop
Gremlins
Bad Santa
Career Opportunities
Elf
Dawn of the Dead
Jackie Brown
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Anywhere But Here

You're An Angel!

On this Christmas day, I thought I'd take a look at all the angels, who have flown onto the big screen. Of course I'm sure YOU'RE the biggest angel of all, but here are some others to join your posse. If your favorite is missing, be sure to add it. Thanks! And remember, "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings". Wait, did I just hear a bell??? Nice!

It's A Wonderful Life
Heaven Can Wait
Michael
The Preacher's Wife
City of Angels
Angels in the Outfield
We're No Angels
Just Like Heaven
Dogma
Prairie Home Companion
Legion
Charlie's Angels
Angels and Demons
The Da Vinci Code
All That Jazz
Wings of Desire
Constantine
The Prophecy
Unlikely Angel
One Magic Christmas
Hawaii, Oslo
Faraway, So Close
Miracle Dogs

Kids who Deserve Coal in Their Stocking

While all the good little girls and boys are preparing for bed right now SO excited that Santa's coming soon that they just can't fall asleep, I've decided to focus on the kids who deserve coal in their stocking. I know... edgy, right??? What's that? Blasphemous? Oh, sorry!!! Have a merry Christmas anyway... and bad kids... CLEAN UP YOUR ACT!!!

The Bad Seed - Patty McCormack
The Good Son - Macaulay Culkin
Kids - Chloe Sevigny, Rosario Dawson
Heavenly Creatures - Kate Winslet, Melanie Lynskey
The Basketball Diaries - Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg
Thirteen - Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed
Elephant - Alex Frost, Eric Deulen
Mean Creek - Rory Culkin
River's Edge _ Keanu Reeves, Crispin Glover, Roxana Zal
Bully - Brad Renfro, Bijou Phillips, Nick Stahl
Rebel Without A Cause - James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Poison Ivy - Drew Barrymore
Hard Candy - Ellen Page
Freeway - Reese Witherspoon
Murder By Numbers - Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt
Gummo - Jacob Reynolds and Nick Sutton
The Doom Generation - James Duval, Rose McGowan
Jennifer's Body - Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried
Heathers - Christian Slater, Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty
The Exorcist - Linda Blair
Carrie - Sissy Spacek
Jawbreaker - Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Judy Greer
Problem Child - Michael Oliver
Pet Sematary - Miko Hughes
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - all the kids, but Charlie
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - all the kids, but Charlie
The Omen (1976) - Harvey Stephens
Carrie - Sissy Spacek
The Butcher Boy - Eamonn Owens
Heavenly Creatures - Kate Winslet, Melanie Lynskey
Orphan - Isabelle Fuhrman
The Exorcist - Linda Blair
Village of the Damned - all the kids
Children of the Corn - John Franklin and all the kids
Bully - Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, etc.
Dennis the Menace - Mason Gamble
Case 39 - Jodelle Ferland

To Heck with Christmas Tradition!

You know the traditional Christmas movies that come to mind every December, but there are countless feature films that take place around Christmas that aren't really about the holiday or have Christmas as the backdrop for certain scenes. Here's a list of some of them that are available on DVD for your viewing pleasure (and displeasure - let's face it... some of them are not so good!). Be sure to add YOUR favorites to the list! Happy holidays!!!

Die Hard
Gremlins
Lethal Weapon
Trading Places
Batman Returns
The Family Man
Beautiful Girls (A young Natalie Portman is the standout in this ensemble cast of adults.)
Bridget Jones's Diary
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
LA Confidential
Brazil
Powder Blue
The Last Boy Scout
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Go
I Am Legend
First Blood
Screwed
Surviving Christmas
Psycho
Ghostbusters II
The Ice Harvest
The Proposition
The Ref
Reindeer Games
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Just Friends
Diner
The Thin Man
Metropolitan
Eyes Wide Shut
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
When Harry Met Sally...
Man on the Moon
Little Women
Serendipity
Cast Away
Sleepless in Seattle
You've Got Mail

A Christmas Gift List For You

With Christmas only a few days away and most of you hopefully getting some well-deserved time off and family time, I thought I'd give you a list of Christmas movies(feature films) available on DVD. If your favorite is missing, I'd love it if you'd add it. Thanks... and ho ho ho! I'll do a non-traditional Christmas movie list tomorrow!

A Christmas Story (My personal favorite - Peter Billingsley rocks!)
Love Actually (A heartwarming movie for any time of year.)
It's a Wonderful Life
Home Alone
Elf ("Santa! I know him!!!")
The Santa Clause
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street (The original is best, but you can watch both!)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Polar Express
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Scrooged
The Muppet Christmas Carol
White Christmas
Four Christmases
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The Family Stone
The Holiday
Bad Santa
A Christmas Carol (So many versions to choose from!)
All I Want for Christmas
Holiday Inn
Christmas in Connecticut
Holiday Affair
We're No Angels
Black Christmas (Scary!)

And to get in the spirit of Hanukkah, there's always Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights