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The best Christmas movies bring back the memories. And television will supply the fare for a long sentimental journey, if you're inclined.

A Christmas Story Marathon 8/7c TBS Butter up plenty of popcorn, gather the family and settle in for lots of holiday yuks as this 1983 classic airs in 12 consecutive screenings.

A reality TV star gets to spend a couple of nights living like Ralphie in the house used for the movie "A Christmas Story." The experience is a "major award" for Billy Jeffrey, who says he's obsessed with the 1983 film.

It's one of those guilty pleasure sort of things. Everybody talks about how Ted Turner drove A Christmas Story into the ground by airing it non-stop during the holiday season, but we all secretly have to watch it at least once a year to see little Ralphie shoot his eye out.

The Riverview Theatre will show the 1983 holiday classic Mon.-Wed. for $1 or a nonperishable food item; popcorn and drinks also $1. Last update: December 18, 2009 - 11:11 AM Catch "A Christmas Story" on the big screen before it begins its 24-hour run on TV Christmas Eve.

Peter Billingsley as Ralph 'Ralphie' Parker in "A CHRISTMAS STORY," visits Santa Claus in a department store.

'A high school girl's been murdered, Mr. Harrison's daughter is missing and now at the house where she lives the other girls are getting obscene phone calls.' Merry Christmas, everybody-it's time to celebrate the birth of the slasher film! This 1974 splatter-core masterpiece from director Bob Clark has everything a genre fan could want: John Saxon, ...

Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount, Paramount Pictures Ralphie begs Santa Claus for a Red Ryder BB gun in 1983's "A Christmas Story." The Aero in Santa Monica will screen the film on Dec.

The 1980s were an awesome decade to the be a kid. Growing up, I got to see so many cool movies when they were originally released, and of course I would watch them over and over again at home.

Christmas is fast-approaching, and there is no better way to get in the Christmas spirit than to watch movies about Christmas! Snuggle up with a mug of hot cocoa, a candy cane and a plate of Christmas movies and take a break from the holiday... more... The Outdoor Page They'll believe you now! Share your photos at theoutdoorpage.com AP Videos A ...

George Bailey , right, loses his cool with Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life.

To the list of life's few certainties-death, taxes, football on Thanksgiving-add the undeniable charm of director Bob Clark 's 1983 film about the Christmastime antics of young Ralphie Parker and his delightfully eccentric family and friends, based on the work of the late radio writer and novelist Jean Shepherd.

Four couples with marital problems arrive on a tropical island in an attempt to improve their rocky relationships.

Caption: Kali Hawk Los Angeles Premiere of 'Couples Retreat' held at Mann's Village Theatre in Westwood - Arrivals Los Angeles, California .... Actress KALI HAWK still can't believe she landed a leading role in new comedy COUPLES RETREAT - because her audition was a sticky mess.

An Impressive Amount of Top Talent is Wa... One would think that casting Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Kristen Bell and Kristin Davis would've gotten Peter Billingsley comic gold.

Real couples in need of retreat from busy but average lives will recognize themselves in his character's avowal, during that protracted prologue, to "buckle down over these next six months, and then when we come up for air, we'll go somewhere." Getting away from it all isn't easy.

Couples, retreat: this movie has the power to make any date feel as endless and soul-sucking as the lifetime's worth of defective, hateful marriages that doom the film's protagonists.

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Peter Billingsley didn't feel pressure directing his first feature film, the new comedy "Couples Retreat." After all, he spent the last 30-odd years either in front of the camera as a child actor or, later, ensconced in the producer's chair .

Remember little Ralphie Parker, played by Peter Billingsley from 1983's "A Christmas Story," and the infamous phrase "You'll shoot your eye out?" Well, he's no longer interested in BB guns, and will make his directorial debut with the film "Couples Retreat," starring Vince Vaughn.