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Live sporting events on Netflix drew strong audience numbers, but ‘Squid Game’ was the star of the show for the streamer in the last six months of the year.

Netflix is giving analysts and subscribers alike another look into what audiences watched on the streamer in 2024. The latest “What We Watched” report includes viewership data for all shows and movies in the Netflix library over the second half of 2024, and it includes some fascinating insights about the streamer. Perhaps unsurprisingly, “Squid Game” — which released its second season late in December — was the most watched show in the second half of they year, while Taron Egerton airplane thriller “Carry-On” was the most viewed film on the service.

Key Details: “Squid Game” Season 2 was the most-viewed show in the second half of 2024, despite only six days of availability. Netflix’s three marquee sporting events in November and December all cracked the top...

Netflix just dropped its Engagement Report for the second half of 2024, revealing how people spent their time watching movies and shows. From July to December, members watched over 94 billion hours, marking a 5% increase from the previous year. This shows a solid rise in interest, and it’s clear that the more people enjoy what’s on the platform, the more they keep coming back.

One standout is Squid Game Season 2, which premiered just six days before the year ended. Despite the short time frame, it became the most-watched series, with 87 million views. But, it’s important to note that even big hits like this make up only a tiny fraction—less than 1%—of total viewing time.

Another trend we’re seeing is the growing popularity of animated films. A full 10 of the top 25 films were animated, including favorites like Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (67M views), Trolls Band Together (61M), and...

Taron Egerton airport thriller Carry-On was the most-viewed film in the second half of 2024on Netflix on 137m views, while Oscar contender Emilia Pérez is way down the list on 1.5m views.

Jaques Audiard’s beleagueredmusical enters Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony on a field-leading 13 nominations and ranked 1,778th out of 8,686 features viewed from July to December last year.

However it should be noted that Netflix only holds US and UK rights for the film and cannot make it available in approximately 190 countries, as is the case when it has worldwide rights.

Netflix only has US rights for its other Oscar-nominated feature,...

Nearly one-third of all Netflix viewing in the second half of 2024 came from films and shows not in the English language, while Taron Egerton airport thriller Carry On was the top feature on 137m views.

Mark Wahlberg-Halle Berry thriller The Union was second on 131m, followed by Jeremy Saulnier’s thriller Rebel Ridge on 129m, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F on 97m.

Ten of the top 25 films were animation, led by licensed titles The Grinch on 67m, Trolls Band Together on 61m, and Sing on 58m. Netflix Original That Christmas drew 60m views.

Squid Game Season 2 dominated...

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For data nerds – it’s our favorite time of the year – the second half of 2024 viewing data has just been released! We’ve got a lot more to come, but what are the most-watched movies and series of the second half of the year? Let’s dive straight in.

What are the key points that Netflix has cited as being the most important for this data drop? Netflix reiterated that Engagement (time spent watching) is the best metric to gauge member satisfaction and that this data drop covers ~99% of all video watch time on Netflix and that no single title accounts for more than 1% of total Netflix viewing.

Squid Game S2 had the most hours viewed (0.7% of total viewing), and their total watch time for this period of July to December 2024 was 94B hours (5% increase YoY). Their most-viewed series was Squid Game S2 (87M views) despite premiering only 6 days before year-end.

Netflix subscribers streamed more content than ever in the back half of 2024 — and the second season of Korean hit drama “Squid Game” was the biggest TV show on the service.

The streamer’s customers watched more than 94 billion hours on Netflix in the second half of last year, a 5% increase year over year, according to its latest Engagement Report sharing data on what people watched on from July-December 2024.

“Squid Game” Season 2, despite premiering on Dec. 26 with only six days left in the year, dominated the period as Netflix’s most-viewed series with nearly 87 million views. That said, no single title accounts for more than 1% of total viewing on Netflix. For example, “Squid Game 2” represented only 0.7% of global viewing for the time period. That’s “why we invest in a wide variety of quality shows and films and why we need to make them great, so that every time a member...

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The most wonderful time for streaming officially has a date: Dec. 25, 2024. That single day accounted for 51.2 billion minutes of cumulative streaming time, according to Nielsen, making it the most-streamed day of television for the U.S. in the company’s history of measurement.

Streaming represented roughly half of total TV consumption on that day, clocking in at 49.5%.

So what were people watching on Christmas Day? Unsurprisingly, Netflix stole the show. The Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans NFL game was the most-watched event of the day, securing 2.98 billion minutes streamed alone. The Ravens and Texans likely got an assist from Beyoncé, who performed during halftime. That was followed by the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburg Steelers game, which also secured 2.98 billion minutes streamed, though it saw roughly 200,000 fewer streaming minutes than the other game.

Rank Film (origin) Distributor Jan 31-Feb 2 gross Total Week 1 A Complete Unknown (US) Disney £1.2m £8.3m 3 2 Mufasa: The Lion King (US) Disney £1.1m £29.3m 7 3 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (US) Paramount £708,000 £24.1m 6 4 Companion (US) Warner Bros £670,512 £737,840 1 5 The Brutalist (US-uk) Universal £607,434 £1.8m 2

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Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown topped the UK-Ireland box office for an impressive third weekend for Disney; as Warner Bros’ Companion led the new titles with a fourth-place opening.

James Mangold’sA Complete Unknown fell 28% with £1.2m taking it to £8.3m total, now likely to overtake the £10.4m of Mangold’s 2006 Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line...

“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” now has a release date.

The animated feature, directed by “Wicked” filmmaker Jon M. Chu and Jill Culton, has been given a March 17, 2028, release date in traditional theaters and Imax. J.J. Abrams and Gregg Taylor are producing the project, from Abrams’ Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Dr. Seuss Enterprises.

Rob Lieber wrote the screenplay for the movie based on Dr. Seuss’ final book, which was published Jan. 22, 1990, and has been a graduation gift mainstay ever since.

Egot winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have written new songs for the movie. Pasek and Paul, as they are known, wrote the songs for “La La Land,” “The Greatest Showman” and “Spirited,” and have songs in Disney’s live-action adaptation of “Snow White” and the upcoming Pharrell project “Golden” (formerly “Atlantis”).

“Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” marks Chu’s first animated feature — although there...

Christmas week brought a bounty of viewing to streaming platforms, with eight titles crossing the billion-minute mark in Nielsen’s streaming ratings. Netflix’s Squid Game, however, stood well apart from the pack.

The Korean hit posted the highest single-week viewing tally for any streaming title in the United States in 2024 with 4.92 billion minutes of viewing for the week of Dec. 23-29. Season two of Squid Game premiered Dec. 26.

The show’s premiere week was the best for any title in two years, in fact — since Wednesday delivered about 5.3 billion minutes of viewing for the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2022. Squid Game also smashed its own previous high of 3.26 billion minutes during season one’s run in 2021. Netflix had earlier said season two set a worldwide record for a premiere week, based on the streamer’s internal data.

Coming in second overall was Virgin River, Squid Game‘s tonal opposite, at 2.25 billion minutes of viewing,...

The Traitors is becoming more than just a cult favorite.

The competition series opened its third season with its largest viewing numbers to date: It registered 499 million minutes of viewing on Peacock for the week of Jan. 6-12, based on preliminary Nielsen streaming figures. Season three premiered on Jan. 9. (Nielsen’s streaming figures include all episodes of a show, so some of that time came from prior seasons.)

That’s a series high for The Traitors, whose previous best showing in Nielsen’s streaming ratings was 402 million minutes the week after its season two premiere in January 2024. It’s also the best premiere week for any Peacock unscripted series to date and was the top unscripted show in the United States last week across all platforms.

Full streaming ratings for Jan. 6-12 from Nielsen will be released in a few weeks, per the ratings service’s agreement with streaming platforms.

This claim, included in Universal’s thorough and impressive list of box office achievements for 2024, is technically true: “Domestically ‘Wicked‘ is now … the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation of all-time at the domestic office ahead of ‘Grease’ ($188.62M).”

Also technically true is that “The Grinch” is bigger than “Gone with the Wind,” “Sing” is bigger than “Jaws,” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s” is bigger than “The Godfather.” Also, the 1977 first “Star Wars” is only the third biggest success of that franchise.

Presenting grosses without adjusting skews the real picture of how they compare. It is a prime case of film history erasure, an all-too common occurrence these days. The somewhat (but not impossible in most cases) effort to sort out the true success of films through history starts with adjusting box office takes to current ticket prices. Normally, that is fairly simple, since we know the costs by year and can do the math.

‘Twas the season to be thrilled with action. As people settled in and got cozy with their kith and kin this past Christmas, sometimes watching classics like Home Alone, A Christmas Story and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation just isn’t enough. Many viewers checked out some newer movies that incorporated action with their holiday theme. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Dwayne Johnson’s Red One on Prime Video became a big hit in homes after its brief theatrical run that grossed $186 million globally. His Santa action flick would be followed by Netflix’s Carry-On, which stars Taron Edgerton as a Tsa agent working on Christmas Eve when he’s faced with a terrorist plot.

Red One faced much criticism for its content, but the newest live-action film from megastar Dwayne Johnson topped the streaming charts in December with 2.1 billion minutes of viewing. Meanwhile, while finishing in second overall, Carry-On was...

Prime Video’s Red One and Netflix’s Carry-On both had big opening weeks in streaming, with Red One coming out on top in Nielsen’s charts.

Christmas-themed action comedy Red One, which the Amazon streamer touted as its biggest worldwide premiere to date, racked up 2.1 billion minutes of viewing in the United States for the week of Dec. 9-15. (The movie, starring Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson, also had a short theatrical run, making about $186 million worldwide at the box office.)

Carry-On, meanwhile, scored 1.69 billion minutes of viewing for Netflix for the week, albeit with one fewer day: It premiered on Dec. 13, while Red One began streaming Dec. 12 on Prime Video. The thriller starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman is currently in Netflix’s top five English-language films to date (as measured over the first 91 days of release).

Netflix also had a strong streaming premiere for It Ends With Us,...

Chris Hemsworth and Tom Holland's $94 million box office disappointment has become a global Netflix hit 10 years later. The two stars are best known for their roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Thor and Peter Parker/Spider-Man, appearing in a total of two movies together – Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The Australian actor has appeared as the Asgardian superhero in nine total MCU movies, while the British actor has appeared in six.

However, Hemsworth and Holland have appeared in many movies outside the MCU. The former is known for his role in Netflix's action franchise, Extraction, starring in the 2020 film, a 2023 sequel, with another sequel on the way. Holland has also starred in the Netflix film, The Devil All the Time, and some other direct-to-streaming titles, such as Apple TV's Cherry, directed by the Russo brothers. Hemsworth and Holland have also starred together outside the MCU, though the...

Netflix’s conspiracy thriller The Madness stayed atop the U.S. streaming charts in the first week of December.

The series starring Colman Domingo grabbed 1.48 billion minutes of viewing time for the week of Dec. 2-8, Nielsen says, marking its second week as the No. 1 overall title. The Madness and Bluey (1.01 billion minutes of viewing on Disney+) were the only two streaming shows to top a billion minutes for the week.

Paramount+ continued to get strong showings from Landman — whose 773 million minutes of viewing are a high so far — and Lioness, which hit a series high of 692 million viewing minutes in the week leading up to its Dec. 8 season finale. The two shows ranked third and fourth among original series for the week, while Tulsa King (385 million) placed ninth among originals, hanging in the top 10 two-plus weeks after its season ended.

The Keira Knightley-led spy drama Black Doves scored...

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“Squid Game” Season 2 has become the No. 2 most popular non-English series in Netflix history.

The second installment of the Lee Jung-jae-led series brought in 126.2 million views in just 11 days on Netflix, ranking the No. 2 most-watched non-English series, behind just “Squid Game” Season 1. Amassing this many views in this time frame marks a new record for the streaming giant.

In the second week since its release, “Squid Game” Season 2 jumped to from No. 7 to No. 2 on the weekly most-watched non-English shows list, capturing 58.2 million views during the week of Dec. 30. Season 2’s success has also caused Netflix subscribers to return to its first installment. “Squid Game” Season 1 scored 13.6 million views during the week of Dec. 30, putting it as No. 2 on Netflix’s non-English TV charts.

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Warning! This post contains Spoilers for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew episode 6Skeleton Crew episode 6 is full of exciting Easter eggs and Star Wars references. There are also some really great nods to classic pirate lore and pop culture. This is especially true with Jude Law's Jod Na Nawood reuniting with his old crew with intentions to plunder the secret missing treasure planet known as At Attin.

As seen in Skeleton Crew episode 5, Jod betrayed Wim, Fern, Kb, and Neel the moment he discovered the location of At Attin and the legendary Captain Tak Rennod's message that the planet held one of the last Old Republic mints, capable of creating an "eternal treasure". Now the kids are shown in this new episode trying to get back to their ship while Jod attempts to convince his old crew to trust him once more. To that end, here are all the biggest...

Audiences flocked to a healthy mix of streaming original content and familiar, older titles during Thanksgiving week.

Nielsen’s latest streaming report, which was delayed due to the holidays, puts Netflix’s The Madness at the top of the charts with 1.3B minutes viewed from November 25 to December 1. The Colman Domingo-led crime thriller series was one of four billion-minute titles during this interval — three of which were from the same streamer.

Bluey was the outlier, putting up another monster week with just under 1.1B minutes viewed, good enough for third place. Second place was Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey with 1.2B minutes viewed, while fourth place went to Our Little Secret with Lindsay Lohan and Ian Harding.

Netflix’s A Man On The Inside also made it on the list with 933M minutes viewed, as did Prime Video’s Cross with 801M viewing minutes.

The rest of the...

Two survival movies starring Idris Elba have ascended Netflix's Global Top 10 chart. The English actor began his career in television, rising to prominence for his compelling performances as the ambitious drug kingpin Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire and as the titular brooding detective in the BBC series Luther, the latter earning him four Emmy nominations. Elba has also made notable appearances in other TV shows, including a recurring role as Charles Miner on the NBC sitcom The Office.

Transitioning to film, Elba's career reached new heights with a series of high-profile roles in blockbuster films, including Heimdall in six Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and Bloodsport in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. His versatility was on full display in more blockbuster movies like Prometheus, Pacific Rim, Star Trek Beyond, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, and Sonic the Hedgehog. In recent years, Elba has continued to captivate audiences with survival movies,...

One of Liam Neeson's worst movies has become a global Netflix hit two years after its release. Beginning his film career in 1978, the Irish actor broke through with his portrayal of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed Holocaust drama Schindler's List in 1993, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. From there, Neeson took on several roles in blockbuster movies, including Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins, and Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy.

However, starting in 2009, Neeson established himself as a prominent action star with roles in the Taken movies, The A-Team, The Grey, Wrath of the Titans, and Cold Pursuit. He's collaborated multiple times with director Jaume Collet-Serra, starring in four of his action films – Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night, and The Commuter. Even as he's expressed interest in retiring from the genre,...

Like clockwork, Christmas is on its way, and so is the Grinch. Every holiday season, his story returns to our screens. The tale first appeared in 1957 when Dr. Seuss introduced us to How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, a children’s book that quickly became a holiday staple.

The story takes place in Whoville, a lively, Christmas-obsessed town nestled in the valley. The Grinch, meanwhile, lives high above them on Mount Crumpit with his dog, Max. Grumpy and bitter, he can’t stand the Whos. One year, he decides enough is enough and devises a plan to stop Christmas entirely.

Whoville in How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Universal

He sneaks into town, swipes the decorations, snags the presents, and even takes away their holiday feast. But his grand scheme to ruin the holiday backfires when the Whos gather to celebrate anyway, showing him that Christmas is about more than material things.

Three Dr. Seuss adaptations are dominating a major streaming chart, even though two of them are based on the same book. Dr. Seuss, which is the pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel, is an iconic children's book author and illustrator. Some of his most well-known works are 1954's Horton Hears a Who!, 1957's The Cat in the Hat, 1960's One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, 1960's Green Eggs and Ham, 1965's Fox in Socks, and many more. His work usually includes fantastical designs for unusual characters, creatures, and worlds.

Over the years, many Dr. Seuss movies have made it to the screen. A few of his works have been adapted into live-action blockbusters, including the Mike Myers-led The Cat in the Hat, which debuted in 2003. However, it is much more common for his work to be adapted into animated specials or features such as 2008's Horton Hears a Who,...

One of the Terminator franchise's biggest commercial disappointments has found streaming success on Netflix. Since the first movie was released in 1984, there have been six Terminator movies and two television series in the long-running franchise. The franchise's first movie, directed and written by James Cameron, set the tone and established Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, along with presenting the now iconic characters of Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese.

The first sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, is widely considered to be the franchise's best movie, along with being one of the best all-time movie sequels. None of the ensuing movies, released from 2003-2019, were able to reach the same level of acclaim as the original two installments. The franchise expanded onto television with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which aired from 2008-2009, along with Terminator Zero, an anime series that debuted on Netflix in 2024.

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Tyler Perry's new Netflix movie has become a streaming hit despite mixed reviews. Perry is best known as the creator of the Madea franchise, along with playing the titular role in the comedic film series. As a filmmaker and actor, many of Perry's movies and television series have been met with divisive reception, especially from critics. However, his work has had a great deal of mainstream success, with the Madea movies only being a portion of this.

Perry has also gained recognition for the 2005 movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman, written and adapted from his stage play. He found longevity with the Tyler Perry's House of Payne series, which aired for eight seasons on TBS. In addition to Madea, Perry starred in J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek movie, David Fincher's 2014 adaptation of the bestselling Gillian Flynn novel Gone Girl, and Adam McKay's satirical 2021 movie Don't Look Up,...

There’s still plenty of time to fully get in the Christmas spirit. Whether this be through holiday favorite films like Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas or with newer hits like The Holiday and Last Christmas, many options — cable and streaming — exist to watch festive films and TV shows.

Below find a list of classic Christmas movie titles by alphabetical order and where they are streaming or airing on cable this season. Further down, a list of holiday-themed television show episodes is outlined, and various networks’ offerings for Christmas will be sprinkled throughout.

Where To Watch Christmas Movies:

A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas is available to stream via Apple TV+.

Related: Deadline’s 50 Classic Holiday Movies Gallery: From ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ And ‘A Christmas Story’ To ‘Die Hard’ And ‘The Holiday’

A Christmas Story & A Christmas Story Christmas

Bob Clark’s hit film starring Peter Billingsley,...

Carry-On, a film about traveling through the airport at Christmas, is on course to break into Netflix’s top ten films of all time.

The thriller, which stars Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, and Sofia Carson, bested its performance last week by adding another 55M views on top of last week’s 42M number. It remains number one on Netflix’s weekly film charts, having already become Netflix’s biggest launch of a film this year.

Given that it has scored 97M views in its first ten days, Carry-On, which was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and produced by Amblin Partners, it could well enter Netflix’s top ten films of all time. For reference, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery wrapped up 136.3M views in its first month to take the ten spot, Jennifer Lopez’s The Mother is number nine with 136.4M views, We Can Be Heroes got 137.3M for...

Don’t stress out trying to find your favorites – we’ve got them all right here!

Streaming is hard sometimes, especially when it comes to finding all those feel-good holiday movies you want to binge for the rest of the week. You won’t really find one streamer that has all of the big Christmas movies in one place; rather, they are quite spread out across the board.

We’ve scoured through endless lists of Christmas content to find all of the best streamers where you’ll find all of your favorite flicks. From “Home Alone” to “Elf” and everything in between. Here’s where you can stream the best Christmas movies in 2024.

Where to stream the best Christmas movies

Disney+: Chock-full of Christmas content this year, with greats like “Home Alone”, “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” and “The Santa Clause” series.

Hulu: A great option for Christmas movies this year,...

Streaming audiences have been all over the place with their holiday viewing this year. Instead of non-stop Christmas classics, we've seen Megan Fox sci-fi thrillers dominating Netflix's charts, and Gerard Butler-led crime thrillers taking over the Max rankings. That said, viewers have still managed to squeeze in some traditional holiday fare amid all the crime and sci-fi stuff, with Prime Video audiences propelling Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1996 Christmas comedy "Jingle All the Way" to the top of that streamer's charts. But even as the festive classics surface for the season, our collective appetite for darker offerings appears to be insatiable, as a new Netflix comedy drama series has managed to stand out amid the holiday stream-fest.

Back in 2022, "Dead to Me" creator Liz Feldman signed on to helm new Netflix series "No Good Deed," and now the show has finally arrived. It seems it was worth the wait, too,...

Jim Carrey's divisive Christmas movie has become a streaming hit 24 years after its original release. The comedic actor rose to stardom during the 1990s with a series of box office hits, starting with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber (all released in 1994), followed by Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Batman Forever (both in 1995). These hits made Carrey one of the highest-paid comedic actors, starting with the slightly darker comedy, The Cable Guy, in 1996 and Liar Liar in 1997.

Carrey's success as a leading comedic actor continued well into the 2000s, starting with How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000, which became the second highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time, and continued with Bruce Almighty, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Yes Man in the following years. In 2009, Carrey played multiple characters in the 3D animated adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens story, A Christmas Carol,...

Christmas bargain shopping usually doesn’t start until December 26. But this week’s Video on Demand top 10 lists suggest the sales started early. And once again this year, Ron Howard’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (Universal) leads the way.

Overall, nine different holiday-related movies charted either at iTunes or Fandango (as VOD) or among the current top 10 movies streaming on Netflix. For the latter, that includes their original thriller “Carry-On,” with the Christmas Eve-set movie starring Tagon Egerton and Jason Bateman #1 for the second straight week.

It’s an odd year for VOD, with fewer than usual top recent films getting a pre-holiday release with potential digital gift ability. None of November’s four biggest hits, “Gladiator II” will go digital after its fifth weekend in theaters. It is likely to lead VOD activity both because of its strengths and the lack of competition during this period.

‘The Six...

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. “Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net” is the outlet for that passion. In this column, I will showcase the kick-ass artwork of some great artists, with the hopes that these artists get the attention they deserve. That’s the aim. If you have any questions or comments, or even suggestions of art or other great artists, feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

Black Christmas by Mark Gibeault

Die Hard by Forsaken Folklore

Gremlins by Saniose

The Grinch by Ronyzon

Home Alone by Syh

It’s A Wonderful Life by Paul Butcher

The Muppets Christmas...

The week of Nov. 18-24 was a good one to premiere a streaming show with “man” in the title.

Netflix’s A Man on the Inside and Paramount+’s Landman both ranked among the top five original streaming series in their first week on the charts. A Man on the Inside, starring Ted Danson as a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community working for a private investigator, drew 880 million minutes of viewing for the week. That’s either the second- or third-best debut for a streaming comedy in 2024, depending on whether you classify The Bear (1.23 billion minutes for the week of its season three premiere) as one. (Nobody Wants This had just over a billion minutes for its first week.)

Landman, meanwhile, snagged 653 million minutes of viewing, largely for its first two episodes that premiered Nov. 17. The third episode, which debuted Nov. 24, had only a day to contribute...

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Warning: This article contains Spoilers for The Simpsons season 36's special “O C’Mon All Ye Faithful."

While The Simpsons season 36’s holiday special features an entirely original storyline, the double-sized Christmas episode also took the opportunity to parody a trio of classic Christmas specials. The Simpsons season 36’s changes to the show’s formula have seen the series garner praise. Despite airing over 770 episodes throughout its 36 years on the air, The Simpsons has proven that it still has plenty of creative juice with episodes that play with its format, rewrite its canon, and disregard conventions in favor of invention. As Vulture noted in 2023, The Simpsons is officially good again.

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Carry-On debuts on Netflix to be the resident alternative to cheery Christmas movies and rom-coms as Taron Edgerton plays a Tsa worker in a high-stakes situation. Our Tyler Nichols thought it was a pretty ok for a Die Hard clone when he said in his review, “Ultimately, Carry On feels like more of a whimper than a bang. For everything that works, there are a multitude of things that don’t. Even so, I still have a soft spot for these kinds of films and Jason Bateman’s performance is absolutely electric. If you don’t let the logic of it all ruin it for you, then this is an interesting thrill ride. But I have a very hard time recommending it as it doesn’t really bring anything new to the table.”

However, this past week, Carry-On has taken viewers for a ride as the thriller debuted with the...

We’re definitely in the run-up to Christmas now. The festive season is being cranked up to almost maximum as the countdown to the big day is well underway. With all the extra tasks and stress that can bring everyone needs a chance to relax and unwind.

What better way to do so than curled up at home watching a movie? Seasonal snacks and refreshments are, of course, optional. But do you head straight for a Christmas movie to keep the mood going? Or are you searching out anything other than a film with Santa, elves, and sugary sweet themes?

Of course, there are halfway houses like the classic Die Hard and the much more recent homage to the Bruce Willis movie, Carry-On. Are they Christmas films or not? The debate will rumble on each year for sure. But this type of film's tension and thriller element, with its occasional festive sprinkling within,...

Blake Lively's controversial movie that made $351 million at the box office has landed on Netflix's global chart. The actress broke through in 2005 with her supporting role in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and returned for its 2008 sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. However, Blake Lively gained further recognition for her role as Serena van der Woodsen in The CW's popular teen drama Gossip Girl from 2007 to 2012.

During and after Gossip Girl, Lively starred in several romantic comedies in supporting roles, such as the anthology New York, I Love You, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and Woody Allen's Café Society. She also starred in several thrillers, Ben Affleck's The Town and Oliver Stone's Savages, and the superhero movie Green Lantern, where she met her husband, Ryan Reynolds. After several supporting roles, Lively went on to star as the lead in The Age of Adaline,...

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Universe became household names, Jim Carrey made waves in the superhero genre with The Mask. Released in 1994, this quirky comic book adaptation showed Carrey’s incredible range as he brought to life a character with two wildly contrasting personalities.

That year was a career-defining one for Carrey, who also delivered two other cult classics: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Dumb and Dumber. With this trio of hits, Carrey became a comedy legend.

Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask | Credit: New Line Cinema

His superhero journey didn’t stop there, as he took on the role of The Riddler in 1995’s Batman Forever. However, it was The Mask that truly changed the game, combining humor, action, and groundbreaking effects. Despite its massive success at the box office, Carrey’s paycheck for the film was surprisingly modest compared to the fortune it raked in.

Pablo Larraín’s opera biopic “Maria” is the latest and last of this year’s Netflix’s Oscar top Best Picture and acting contender films to stream on the service. And like “The Piano Lesson” and “Emilia Pérez” (never listed), “Maria” had a short shelf life among top-viewed titles. It debuted at #4, placed for two more days, then dropped off before this weekend..

The streamer continues to do very well in Oscar nominations and has won top prizes. But Netflix has so far failed to win Best Picture or either lead acting prizes. The company’s top contenders always get some theatrical play. But in that absence, how they do on the site remains a gauge of how popular they are, and public interest is always a nice arrow for any awards campaign to have in its quiver.

The VOD top 10s this week at iTunes (ranking by transactions daily) and Fandango are more conventional.

To celebrate the release of Christmas comedy animation Superklaus – available on DVD & Digital now from Altitude – we have a DVD up for grabs!

Santa with memory loss, supervillains, tech boffins, robots, and a race against time to save Christmas – eye-popping family animation Superklaus has got the lot!

Destined to become an animated Christmas favourite like Arthur Christmas and The Grinch, Superklaus sees Santa losing his memory and mistakenly thinking he is the superhero character of the title – leading to all sorts of antics to ensure Santa gets back on track in time for the deliveries on Christmas Eve.

Featuring the voice talents of The Umbrella Academy stars Colm Feore and Millie Davies, Superklaus, directed by Steve Majaury and Andrea Sebastiá, is a non-stop fun ride packed with twists and turns and loveable characters.

So why queue for Santa’s grotto this Christmas when Superklaus can take your whole family on...

Jim Carrey wants to return for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, but on one condition that could make it even better than the original. Speaking with Comicbook, Carrey commented on the advancements in technology and revealed: "Anything is possible in this world." Jim Carrey was a huge draw for How the Grinch Stole Christmas and is a large reason why the movie is still adored 24 years later. The Grinch is the exemplification of a perfect character's journey, with moments that are both touching and hilarious. Carrey is singlehandedly responsible for most of the funniest quotes in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

The studio encountered a lot of trouble retaining the rights to Dr. Seuss' character, and it is abundantly clear that Carrey legitimized How the Grinch Stole Christmas — which makes the prospect of his return all the more exciting. The Grinch has consolidated his spot as one of Jim Carrey's best characters,...

It’s not the best streamer when it comes to Christmas movies, but there are some hidden gems.

Like many relatively new streaming services, Peacock doesn’t have nearly the library of holiday films as some of the larger, more established platforms. However, it is not completely bereft of quality options. While I wouldn’t recommend subscribing to the NBCUniversal streamer specifically for its Christmas offerings, if you already have a subscription there is small, but eclectically interesting, group of holiday movies you can stream to keep you merry and bright through the end of the year.

Both the original “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and the animated remake “The Grinch” are available on Peacock; they even have a Grinch-themed Yule Log channel that you can put on in the background if you want to make sure that your holiday parties have a little tinge of mischief in the air.

Jim Carrey is best known for his comedic roles and his very peculiar style of physical comedy, and in 2000, he starred in the Christmas classic The Grinch, and his reason for doing it makes it even better and more memorable. Carrey rose to fame in the 1990s after starring in some of the most successful comedies of the decade, such as Ace Ventura, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber, as well as in Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever, where he famously played The Riddler. Carrey kept this successful streak throughout the 2000s, beginning with How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Directed by Ron Howard and based on Dr. Seuss’ 1957 classic children’s book of the same name, How The Grinch Stole Christmas introduces viewers to the title character (played by Carrey), a bad-tempered and misanthropic green creature who hates Christmas. After a chance encounter with him and learning of the origin of his hatred for Christmas,...

Sunday, December 8, 2024 ratings — New episodes: America's Funniest Home Videos, 60 Minutes, The Equalizer, The Simpsons, Krapopolis, Universal Basic Guys, and Bob's Burgers. Specials: Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, The Lion King, and Afv: So Many Laughs, So Little Time. Sports: NFL Overrun, The Ot, Football Night in America, and NFL Football: Chargers at Chiefs. Reruns: The Conners, Tracker, and The Neighborhood.

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When it comes to making live-action adaptations of video games, Hollywood hasn’t had the best time. Only rarely does a live-action manage to recreate the hype (and love) that the video game commanded from the fans.

Over the years, there have been some exceptions though. While The Witcher stands at the top of the pile, works like Uncharted have also amazed fans. Sonic The Hedgehog was no different. The movie’s success prompted Paramount Pictures to dedicate an entire trilogy to the project. And the latest entrant looks set to bring Jim Carrey the accolade he always deserved.

Jim Carrey’s acting nous knows no limits Jim Carrey has had a stellar career || Image by Noemi Nunez, licensed under Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Over the course of his 4 decade-long career, Jim Carrey has been a part of innumerable successful projects. While he shot to fame with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,...

Deadpool & Wolverine is the latest MCU movie and the most successful one in recent years. It made $636.7 million in the U.S. and Canada, $701.3 million internationally, and a total of $1.338 billion worldwide. The movie also earned $84 million from IMAX, making it the fifth highest-grossing Marvel film in that format.

It broke several box office records, and after being released on Disney+, it topped the streaming charts in its first week with 1.34 billion minutes viewed from November 11-17, 2024.

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Focus follows Deadpool & Wolverine with 458 million minutes viewed on Netflix, while Hot Frosty comes in next with 439 million minutes, also on Netflix. Other popular films include Twisters on Peacock with 428 million minutes, The Lost City with 362 million minutes across Netflix and Paramount+, and Moana with 311 million minutes on Disney+. Films like The Grinch (2018), Despicable Me 4, and Meet Me Next Christmas also made the list, performing well on Peacock and Netflix.

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is MCU’s most recent installment, but also the most successful one in the last few years. The movie made $636.7 million in the U.S. and Canada and $701.3 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $1.338 billion. It also earned $84 million from IMAX screenings, making it the fifth highest-grossing Marvel film in that format.

It broke several box office records, and now that it’s released on Disney+, the movie managed to top the streaming charts for its first week of release with 1.34 billion minutes viewed between November 11- 17, 2024.

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‘Focus’ is right behind ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ with significantly fewer minutes, currently standing at 458 million minutes viewed on Netflix, followed by ‘Hot Frosty’ with 439 million minutes, also on Netflix.

Other notable films include ‘Twisters’ on Peacock with 428 million minutes, ‘The Lost City’ with 362 million minutes across Netflix and Paramount+, and ‘Moana’ with 311 million minutes on Disney+. Films like ‘The Grinch’ (2018), ‘Despicable Me 4,...

“Cross,” the James Patterson adaptation starring Aldis Hodge, debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings, with 1.36 billion minutes watched during the week of Nov. 11 to Nov. 17. All eight episodes of the series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on Nov. 14, meaning the show was only available for four days during the viewing period.

The show, created by Ben Watkins and based on Patterson’s “Alex Cross” detective novels, performed particularly well with Black audiences, who accounted for 40% of total watch time.

Following behind at No. 2 on the overall top 10 is “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which landed on Disney+ on Nov. 14 and was the most-streamed movie of the viewing period. “Outer Banks” held on at No. 3 after five new episodes of the Netflix teen drama dropped on Nov. 7.

Rounding out the original series list are Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Cobra Kai” and “The Diplomat”; Paramount+’s “Special Ops: Lioness” and...

The opening week of Cross was a big one for Prime Video.

The Amazon-owned streamer claimed the No. 1 overall spot on Nielsen’s streaming charts for Nov. 11-17 as Cross drew 1.36 billion minutes of viewing (the full eight-episode season premiered Nov. 14). The crime drama, starring Aldis Hodge and based on James Patterson’s Alex Cross novels, ranks as Prime Video’s second-best new series debut of 2024 behind Fallout. (Amazon says 40 million viewers worldwide watched at least some of Cross over its first three weeks of release.)

While Cross had a big opening, HBO’s DC Comics-based series The Penguin made its first appearance on the Nielsen charts for the week after its finale. The series had 595 million viewing minutes on Max for the week — and apparently has been landing just outside the acquired series top 10 for most of its run. Nielsen says The Penguin amassed 3.8 billion minutes of viewing...