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Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola in Riihimäki, Finland in March of 1959) is one of those filmmakers who somehow managed to be huge, influential, wildly successful, catastrophically unsuccessful, critically dismissed, financially celebrated, totally misunderstood, and relentlessly productive all at the same time. And I mean that as the highest possible compliment. This is a guy who has worked in Hollywood, Europe, Finland, Bulgaria, and China, who has directed g

Every year, people around the world gather in front of their TVs, big-screen home theaters, or laptops to watch their favorite Christmas movies. Everyone has their favorite Christmas or Holiday movies; some are perennial choices that appear on Best Of lists every year. Obvious stuff like "It's a Wonderful Life," "White Christmas," "Miracle on 34th Street," "A Christmas Carol," "Meet Me in St. Louis," "Christmas in Connecticut," "The Bishop's Wife," "The Shop Around the Corner

After I saw the terrific "Alien: Romulus" last week, I began to think about movie sequels that are actually better than the original film. Now, my thinking gets complicated here (because I am an idiot, and I always make things harder than they should be) and because I actually DON'T think that "Alien: Romulus" is better than the original "Alien." However, I DO think that it's better than "Aliens," the second film in the series which - bear with me - most people think is bette