Er, a Home Alone film that won’t even call itself Home Alone 5? This doesn’t bode well - does it? You could be forgiven for thinking thatHome Alone 4was the pitiful last gasp of once-majestic franchise. But time heals all wounds, including (apparently) fatal ones. Ten years afterHome Alone 4, someone willed the series back to life. And this time they were determined not to squander the lingering goodwill that anyone might feel for the series....

Is this a trend? This article contains Creed and Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers. Still, the film it Force-choked that record away from is barely even six months old. So clearly, 2015 has just been an amazing, groundbreaking time for storytelling, right? Well, in a very particular and franchise-friendly sense, it has beenexactlythat. In fact, the more echoesForcehas to the originalStar Wars,the better. Its true, all of it. But nonetheless, the picture follows the same narrative beats of dinosaurs escaping....

We salute Detectorists, a brilliantly written, strongly performed comedy series that airs its Christmas Special tonight… Its the home of the comedy drama,Detectorists. Lets start with the key to all good comedy, the writing. Detectorists is entirely written by one of the shows stars,Mackenzie Crook. The scripts humour comes from its humanity and the honest observations of the real world. Its just such a well-rounded and distinctively written show I cant wait to see what Crook writes next....

The Kaptara TPB arrives this week. Chip Zdarsky talks about the wild and funny Image series, with some Howard and Jughead for good measure. His latest creator-owned project isKaptara, an extended He-Man riff that he created with artist Kagan McLeod. Is there anything surprising to you in how its been received? Chip Zdarsky:Hmm, surprising? So Im always pleasantly surprised when people like it. But Im super happy that this found the people that it needed to find, you know?...

Will Smith stars as the forensic pathologist who took on the NFL over player head injuries. Read our review.. Concussionis a film that made this critic quite angry after watching it. Its a shocking opening and a sad spectacle we see repeated several times throughout the film. There is a story to be told here, and its too bad thatConcussiontells it in such tedious fashion. Concussionopens in theaters on December 25....

We start our countdown of the top 20 films of 2015, with this little lot… Democracy! You cant beat it, right? Dread hangs like cobwebs over Justin Kurzels magnificent adaptation ofMacbeth. Ad content continues below Heres our original review. Who would have thought this at the start of the year? It bodes well for his sequel, that he has a far longer run-up at. It shows Marvel playing again with the feel of a film and its genre....

Er, it ain’t a classic… Its a pretty good title, isnt it? In fact, its such a good idea its been done before, but what Christmas idea hasnt? Hes a Scrooge and a half. He hates not only Christmas but any form of long-term commitment, and really hates his girlfriends son. Everyone in the first thirty minutes of the movie is quite horrible. Everyone is self-obsessed and whiny. in a convincing manner....

ThePoint Breakremake is somewhat different than the 1991 movie of the same name. For one thing, it features more extreme sports, many of which werent even around in 1991. Its not all different, though. Bodhi doesnt lead a gang of bank robbers this time around, though. Now theyre eco-terrorists trying to save the planet. Luke Bracey plays Johnny Utah inPoint Break, with Edgar Ramirez as Bodhi. We sat down with Bracey in Los Angeles to talk about the new Johnny Utah....

It’s our round-up of horror DVDs and Blu-rays for December… Looking forward to catching a nice bout of seasonal black humour with lashings of SFX gore and tongue-in-check terror? Well, sorry, but our first film this month isnt thatKrampus. Nothing could go wrong there, right? Ill leave you to decide which it is.

This article originally appeared onDen of Geek UK. The following containsmajor plot spoilersforStar Wars:The Force Awakens.Heres our usual Jedi squirrel as a reminder. Scroll below him at your peril… Is theStar Warsuniverse in safe hands now that George Lucas has gone? How fitting, then, that the weight of history also hangs heavily overThe Force Awakensvillains. Consider Kylo Ren, brilliantly played by Adam Driver. Where Vader was all cool, efficient resolve, Ren is more hormonal teenager....

The Homeland Season 5 finale ends on a rather shocking if ambiguous note. But does it bring a satisfying close to the year? This review containsHomelandseason finale spoilers. The title of tonights season finale is called A False Glimmer. And shockingly, feels like they never will.Probably. Well get to it. Yet before addressing that final scene, we must consider that it wasnt the focus of the episode. In fact, I am not entirely certain there was a focus to much of theHomelandseason 5 finale....

Into the Badlands saved all the cool stuff for the season finale. ThisInto The Badlands Reviewcontains spoilers. Well, Ill be damned.Into the Badlandsreallywassaving all the cool stuff for its stunning season finale all this time. Or so I thought. And then I watched this episode. But once again, we only had six to work with this time. Obviously, Sunny and M.K. Yeah, it needs to be tossed out. Ad content continues below...

The great Kurt Russell talks The Hateful Eight, Bone Tomahawk, Escape from New York and more! Kurt Russell is at the stage of his 50-year career where hes become a living legend. Kurt Russell: Yeah. Ad content continues below What do you remember about that and what impressions you had of this script? What I remember about it was Quentin wanted to do a rehearsal of it. I said, Yeah, Id love to do that....