One of the best Christmas movies (a close second to Die Hard).

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2016)

Angels with Filthy Souls...when I first saw Home Alone I thought this black and white gangster movie that inspires Kevin was a real movie!! But I recently found out it wasn't, and much effort into making the clip as authentic as possible. Vanity Fair did a great write-up of the making of Angels of Filthy Souls in the article "Inside the Making of ​ Home Alone​'s Fake Gangster Movie" by Darryn King, which was published online on 22 Dec '15.
Sure, Home Alone may not fit into the traditional canon (no girl wistfully wishing for a house on 34th Street) but it's one of my favorite Christmas movies next to Die Hard of course. In a way, Home Alone and Die Hard share similar themes of survival against the vicious criminals, with the hero using his wits and ingenuity to fight back and ensure the crooks get their just desserts.