![]() Bold colors, shocking turns, and passionate performances had critics and the Academy cheering Campion’s unique vision of romance. She takes comfort in her young daughter (a 10-year-old Anna Paquin), her beloved piano, and in the arms of a burly but sensitive sailor (Harvey Keitel). Holly Hunter stars as a mid-19th century single mother, who’s shipped from her native Scotland to the shores of New Zealand to wed a rich gentleman (Sam Neill) with a cruel streak. The PianoĬredit: Jan Chapman Prods/Miramax/Kobal/ShutterstockĪcclaimed Kiwi writer/director Jane Campion won her first Academy Award for this stirring and steamy drama, which centers on a turbulent love triangle. How to watch: White Christmas (opens in a new tab) is streaming on Netflix. Cue the hijinks, the romance, the overflowing Christmas spirit, and the only Bing Crosby performance of “White Christmas” anyone should watch, ever. - Alexis Nedd, Senior Entertainment Reporter While scouting a new double-act, the pair find themselves drawn into a scheme to save their former general’s independent hotel by staging a live holiday showcase, featuring themselves and the Haynes Sisters, Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy (Vera-Ellen). In addition to Bing Crosby as soldier-turned-performer-turned-producer Bob Wallace, Danny Kaye plays his partner, and best friend since the war, Phil Davis. Always double check to make sure you’re watching the right one. The important thing to remember is that one of those movies is the terribly racist film Holiday Inn and the other is the charming 1954 classic White Christmas. Both of the movies have someone singing the song “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin. There are two classic movies starring Bing Crosby where he plays a former stage performer who decides to reinvigorate his career by putting on shows at an isolated hotel and/or resort. ![]() Here are the top 10 classic titles now streaming on Netflix. So, if you’re hankering for classic American cinema that’s over 25 years old, you’ll have to do some digging.īut don't fret! Whether you’re in the mood for charming musical numbers, dashing action heroes, kooky comedies, rapturous fantasy, wondrous Westerns, or landmark cinema, we’ve got you covered. But as other streaming services have emerged, this groundbreaking platform has seen its old-school library dwindle. When questioned, Rickman replied with “because it’s blunt, you twit, it hurts more” before smiling, dropping the spoon and stepping over the reaper’s broken body to walk unaided into the light.For years now, Netflix has been dedicated to bringing subscribers a plethora of new releases from around the world. “Serves me right for fucking with the half-blood prince, I suppose.” “Between this and that Bowie bloke smashing a guitar over my head, it’s been a strangely violent week for me. Well I feel less bad for enjoying it now I suppose. “I knew we should have frisked him on the way in this is the guy who nearly killed Bruce Willis. “Then he held it up to my face and said ‘Yippee Kay-Yay, Motherfucker’. I was in shock I didn’t realise I HAD a heart. “He dug and dug until he scooped my heart clean out. “And then he leapt on me and jabbed a spoon right through my chest. “I took his arm to lead him away,” said a visibly shaken grim reaper, “and he looked at me, brandished the spoon and said ‘I am going to count to three, there will not be a four’, which I just laughed at. The so-called Grim Reaper continued his utterly shite run of form in 2016 by taking the soul of the man who played Hans Gruber, Professor Snape and The Sheriff of Nottingham – literally the only outstanding thing in an otherwise middling version of Robin Hood. The late Alan Rickman has set about the face of death with some silverware.
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