Yes, indeed, Santa Claus arrives in just one short week. So if you’ve not already begun binge watching all of your favorite Christmas movies and specials now is most definitely the time to start.

If you haven’t watched 1990’s Home Alone this year, a new video from the fine folks over at CineFix offers you a collection of fun facts about the movie maybe didn’t know. Nine of them, to be specific!

You can watch the video below.

Don’t ask for much of an explanation on this one, folks.

In what can only be described as quite strange, a man named Paul Little has decided to semi-recreate scenes from the hit movie Home Alone…playing every single character himself. It’s a “semi” recreation because he doesn’t actually use scenes from the movie, but still images, replacing characters’ faces with his own and reciting various memorable lines from the movie.

You can check out the video below.

Every day, Amazon offers up “Lightning Deals,” limited quantities of various products for a discounted price for a 4-hour window of time. You have to be on the lookout for these deals and once the item runs out within that four hours, the sale is over. Meaning, if you see something on sale that you want, buy it immediately before it’s gone.

Today being Cyber Monday, Amazon has a load of Lightning Deals coming up today for Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray. See list of today’s deals here below, along with more information on how these special deals work.

There’s also TONS of extremely low prices and great deals on DVDs and Blu-rays right now, so visit the CYBER MONDAY DEALS page to see the wide selection, like the Lord Of The Rings DVDs for $3.99 each and Blu-rays for $7.99 each; Harry Potter DVDs for $5.99 each and Blu-rays for $10 each; and much, much more!

Also, Amazon’s Blu-ray box set deal of the week is the Firefly: The Complete Series Blu-ray Edition for only $25 (that’s 72% off the list price of $89.99). This deal is valid only for this week through December 4, 2010.

The Video On Demand deal of the day is Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas for only 99 cents for a 48-hour rental. Deal is good for today only.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2010

4:40 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. PST

Dollhouse: Season One
Blu-ray – $9.99

Home Alone Collection
Blu-ray – $14.99

TMZ is reporting that legendary writer and director John Hughes has died. The report is that Hughes was out for a morning walk in New York while visiting family when he suffered a fatal heart attack. The news has since been confirmed by multiple other top news sources.

John Hughes was not only a staple in popular ’80s cinema, the man was an ’80s cultural icon. His brain was responsible for some of the best comedies and teen angst movies ever created.

While most of his credits came as a writer and a producer, he’s best known for his work behind the camera. His directing resume only contains eight films, but those eight films have made more of an impact in cinematic history than most directors could pull off in 100 movies. Below are the eight films he directed.