Christmas.  It’s a time in which families huddle together around the warm, bustling glow of the fireplace, with the mantle framed with rows of stockings the TV set as we nod off from half a gallon of eggnog and some turkey.  And, in keeping with that tradition, we here at ScreenCrave have cobbled together a list of our favorite unusual Christmas films—not A Christmas Story or It’s a Wonderful Life or any other of the more obvious picks; rather, it’s our favorite oddball X-mas movies, the films that somehow catch our attention every single year, even if they aren’t exactly the most appropriate holiday fare.

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2011 was the year of the indie. The majority of adaptations and blockbusters all fell completely flat, and numerous big studio dramas were missing that something special. Normally I’m one to say that every year is a great year, but this is no There Will be Blood Vs. No Country for Old Men, or even Moon Vs. Inglourious Bastards. That being said, the end of this year has been packed with award-worthy films and Sundance seemed to produce a number of films that made it big throughout 2011.

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With The Adventures of Tintin, Steven Spielberg has finally decided to play with some of the newest toys of cinema, and in his first motion capture film, he revolutionizes the format. Moreso than Avatar, here Spielberg is let loose to play with the camera as he sees fit, and you can see an invigorated director who’s able to stage sequences in ways that would be unimaginable in live action. And that’s enough to make it a must-see.

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With year-end worst of lists, it’s rarely fun to pick on films that are dead and buried. Is it really worth rehashing why I Am Number Four or Apollo 18 are bad movies?  In five years no one’s going to remember those films, to say nothing of Shark Night or One Day. in fact it’s likely everyone’s forgotten them. What’s much more disappointing and terrible is cinematic good will squandered. And so here is our list of the ten worst films and trends in cinema in 2011:

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Though he took his licks for his public insanity, Tom Cruise is now back as a movie star in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. But perhaps more exciting for film geeks is the launch of Brad Bird as a live-action director. The two work together to create a stunning action movie that’s lightweight but filled with all the great action one hopes for in an event film.

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2012 is now looming around the corner, and with it comes another year of TV watching (if you’re like us, that is).  Unfortunately, though, for every Breaking Bad, Mad Men, or Boardwalk Empire, there are about a dozen clunkers that just keep rolling onward, shows which should have ended years ago.  With that in mind, we here at ScreenCrave decided to group together the five TV shows that most desperately need to be put out of their misery.  From former classics to programs that were never good to begin with, these are the shows we hope fade to black in 2012.

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Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as the legendary fast-talking intellectual sleuth Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie‘s sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Jude Law also returns as Holmes’s faithful best friend and sidekick Dr. Watson. This time, the two travel to exotic places like Paris and Switzerland with the sole purpose of taking down the villainous Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris), an influential scholar and close friend to the British prime minister. Joining them in their journey is Noomi Rapace, the Swedish actress who became an international success thanks to her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; comedian Stephen Fry plays Holmes’s snobby older brother. Let’s see if this blockbuster is worth your jolly golly time this Holiday season.

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Well, today’s the day–it is exactly 100 days until the premiere of The Hunger Games on March 23, 2012.  The film, based on the futuristic young adult novel of the same name, finds several young teens participating in a televised game in which they must battle one another until only one person remains alive (as we’ve noted before, think Twilight meets The Running Man vs. Battle Royale).  And, to celebrate our 100 day wait, ScreenCrave is taking part in the #HungerGames100 Poster Puzzle Hunt, a contest spanning 100 websites across the internet that will lead to the unveiling of the new Hunger Games poster!  Check out the details below!

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Christmas is upon us, a time to be jolly and holly… or a time to be completely stressed out about finding the perfect gift. Well, if you’ve got a film lover on your Holiday list, then you’re in luck! We’ve compiled a carefully selected list of gift choices for all kinds of cinefiles. Maybe you’ve got a close relative who is nuts about Stanley Kubrick; or a teenage daughter who can’t stop talking about the Twilight movies (we try not to judge). We’ve got you covered. And with enough time still left and online ordering, you won’t even have to stand in those long, annoying lines!

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