What films are on TV this Boxing Day?

1995 comedy “Mallrats,” she claims that it derailed her film career.The “Jay and Silent Bob” creator, 53, appeared on Doherty’s “Let’s Be Clear” podcast recently, where they discussed the now-cult classic’s poor box office at the time.“That’s kind of the interesting thing about ‘Mallrats,’ right, is that it wasn’t a box office success,” she said, with Smith chiming in: “Oh, it died.”The “Charmed” alum nodded her head: “It died. So did my film career.

Caroline Brew editor Subject Matter will award a grant of $25,000 to “Daughters” by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae. The documentary will have its world premiere in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Eddie Cockrell, who reviewed films for Variety for many years and programmed for several film series, died of liver failure Dec. 29 in Sydney, Australia, according to his sister Ann. He was 67.

K.J. Yossman Kevin Smith has apologized to Shannen Doherty after she revealed to him his 1995 cult movie “Mallrats” killed her film career. Doherty was reminiscing about the movie with Smith, a guest on her “Let’s Be Clear” podcast, when she pointed out that despite becoming a fan favorite, it had fared poorly at the box office when it was originally released.

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s been talking about making a new film about Jesus in recent months, and many have asked, does this mean a drama, something in the vein of “The Last Temptation Of Christ” or “Silence,” and we basically have our answer now: likely not. To recap, after Cannes last year, Scorsese traveled to Italy to attend a Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination seminar, where he met briefly with Pope Francis.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Scotland have used free community spaces to keep warm this winter, according to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). The charity estimates more than 230,000 people have visited community centres, libraries and cafes this winter to heat themselves up and save money on home energy bills.

Crazy Rich Asians and Harry Potter are among the film highlights on New Year’s Day.After wishing 2023 a boozy farewell, the TV schedules are loaded with films to help ease you into the new year.Highlights include Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, which is set to receive a sequel starring Paul Mescal later this year. For something lighter, there’s Crazy Rich Asians on BBC Three and Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone on ITV2.Elsewhere, Liam Neeson action flick The Commuter is on Sky Showcase, while the 2020 remake of The Witches starring Anne Hathaway is on BBC One.See all the films airing on New Year’s Day below.If you want new films, streaming services have added a bunch in recent weeks.

No Time To Die and Saving Mr Banks are among the film highlights on New Year’s Eve.As another year comes to an end, the TV schedules clog up with films to fill the gaps before the fireworks begin.Highlights this year include Disney’s 2016 remake of The Jungle Book, featuring the voices of Idris Elba and Bill Murray. Daniel Craig’s last outing as James Bond, No Time To Die, takes the primetime slot on ITV at 8.30pm.Elsewhere, there’s comedies in I Give It A Year, The Inbetweeners Movie and Bridesmaids.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Hollywood had a rough year in many areas — but the stock market largely was not one of them. Wall Street is poised to finish out 2023 up double digits: As of Dec. 27, the S&P 500 index has climbed 25% year to date and is nearing an all-time high record close.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Zack Snyder is currently leading the Netflix charts with his space opera “Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire,” and he recently got a huge sign of support from none other than Christopher Nolan. In a profile published by The Atlantic, Nolan said Snyder’s influence on cinema is so dominant that part of his touch can be felt in any “superhero science-fiction film coming out these days.” Nolan served as a producer on Snyder’s “Man of Steel” (2013), which was based on a story Nolan cracked with his “Dark Knight” trilogy co-writer David S. Goyer.

A brilliant Boxing Day recipe has been shared by celebrity chef James Martin, who revealed that fellow cook Paul Ainsworth came up with this stunning sandwich.

It’s no secret that a great designer perfume can be pretty pricey, which is why Boxing Day’s sales are the perfect time to get your hands on some of the best-loved fragrances at a fraction of their usual price. From topping up your fave fragrance to trying something new in time for New Year’s Eve, now is the perfect opportunity to snap up those scents you’ve been loving – especially when plenty of them are now less than £50 at The Perfume Shop.

Forrest Gump and Toy Story 4 are among the Christmas Day film highlights on TV.For the big day, TV channels are showing a range of festive, non-festive and family classics while people slump on the sofa.Highlights include the fourth Toy Story on BBC One and Home Alone on Channel 4. Elsewhere, Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands and animated musical sequel Sing 2 occupy the schedule.Many networks have also pulled from the bank of Tom Hanks, with Forrest Gump, Big and The Green Mile all being shown.See all the films available to watch on Christmas Day below.If you want some new festive offerings, streaming services have added a bunch of new films in recent weeks.

After enjoying some downtime in The Bahamas, Victoria and David Beckham have headed to Miami with their children to continue their festive celebrations. Victoria, 49, and David, 48, have been holidaying with their eldest son Brooklyn, 24, and his wife Nicola Peltz, 28, as well as their two youngest children, Cruz, 18, and Harper, 11.The pair's son Romeo, 20, has been absent from the festivities so far.

The Holiday and Last Christmas are among the film highlights on TV for Christmas Eve.In the run-up to Christmas Day, TV channels will be showing a range of both festive and non-festive fare.Highlights for Christmas Eve include The Holiday starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black. Director Paul Feig’s 2019 film Last Christmas, meanwhile, is showing on BBC Three, which stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding.If you fancy violence, Film4 has the best options between Taken starring Liam Neeson and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.See all the films available to watch on Christmas Eve below.If you want some new festive offerings, streaming services have added a bunch of new films in recent weeks.

Die Hard and Fantastic Beasts are among the film highlights on TV for December 23.In the run-up to Christmas, TV channels will be showing a range of both festive and non-festive fare.Highlights for Saturday (December 23) include 2014’s Paddington, voiced by Ben Whishaw, and 2019’s How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Other family-orientated offerings include How The Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald and Home Alone 3.If you’re after an action classic, Die Hard is showing on Channel 4 from 9pm.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor In Paul King’s “Wonka,” there is a scene where Noodle (Calah Lane) and Willy Wonka (Timothee Chalamet) have to sneak into a zoo so he can produce his one-of-a-kind chocolate. There the duo meets Abigail the giraffe and milks her. It cues up the musical number “For a Moment” where they fly over way the town’s Galeria and back into the town square.

Warner Bros’/DC’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom posted $4.5M last night at 3,400 locations while Illumination/Universal’s Migration did $1.5M in what is expected to be a slow weekend at the 4-day Christmas box office. That’s largely due to the fact that there isn’t a massive want-to-see movie in the marketplace, Aquaman 2 weighted down by aweful reviews at 36% on Rotten Tomatoes and outlook of $40M plus-or-minus over four-days.

Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom is set to release this weekend, and critics have already been weighing in on the sequel to the 2018 film.Based on the DC character, Aquaman, and directed by James Wan, the film features an ensemble cast including Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.The movie joins Arthur Curry/Aquaman as he juggles his duties as king with being a father and a member of the Justice League. Black Manta returns as the villain, still eager to avenge his father’s death and take Aquaman down.Reviews from critics so far have been generally poor, with the movie currently scoring a 37 per cent rating on review aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes.Empire gave the movie two stars, and called it a “disappointing send-off that sees the DCEU (DC Extended Universe) go out with a squelch rather than a splash”.Meanwhile, The Independent rated the film one star, calling the franchise “brainless”.

Quentin Tarantino’s scrapped Star Trek film has been compared to an unexpected Marvel movie.Earlier this week, news emerged that the Oscar-winning director had reportedly abandoned the project because he didn’t want it to be the final film of his career.The director has long spoken of his intention to retire after his tenth and final film, the title of which, The Movie Critic, was revealed earlier this year.Screenwriter Mark L. Smith, who worked on the script for Tarantino’s Star Trek film, explained in a new interview with Collider that after some “back and forth”, the director “started worrying about the number, his kind of unofficial number of films”.He went on to shed some light on what the scrapped project might have been like, comparing it to the script for Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok, in that that it would have been very different to the rest of the franchise.“I liked it because I think it’s different, but the way that [Thor] Ragnarok changed things.