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Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly's Holmes & Watson is currently being utterly barbecued by critics and audiences alike. Earlier in the day (at the time of writing), it was sitting at a kinda impressive 0% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes. We say 'kinda impressive' because not many films have managed that.
Billy Dee Williams has just picked up the Hollywood Legacy Award at the American Black Film Festival, which he richly deserves after a fine career appearing in movies like Brian's Song, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany, Nighthawks and Batman (I'm still miffed we never got to see his Harvey Dent become Two-Face). But let's face it, there's really only one role people associate with Williams, and that's Lando Calrissian.
The lack of a Christmas Day Doctor Who special has left the holiday feeling like it's got a bit of a hole on it. For the benefit of non-British readers, this annual episode has quickly established itself as a tradition, and it gives me a kick to think of the nation gathering around the television with their families to watch an idiosyncratic, strange and generally pretty weird science fiction show about a time-traveling alien in a magic box. I know we've got the New Year's Day episode to look forward to in a week, but let's face it, it's just not the same.
2019 is set to be a huge year for Star Wars. Not only do we have Episode IX arriving, but there's also the return of The Clone Wars, the start of The Mandalorian, the video game Jedi Fallen Order and, what might end up proving to be the most exciting of the lot, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
It's Christmas Eve, and Hugh Jackman has a message for you. Well, you and his other millions of adoring fans. The Wolverine star has taken to Twitter to post season's greetings to his fans in the form of a short video in which he celebrates what is technically a white Christmas. Sure the ground isn't blanketed in rolls of white snow, but this light dusting on the lawn is enough to qualify as 'snow' in my book, so I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
It's now almost a hipster cliche to say that your favorite Batman movie is Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. After all, it's the spinoff of a 1990s animated series that sank without a trace upon its small theatrical release back in December of 1993. However, in my opinion, it really is the best Batman movie made thus far.