Alter­na­tive movie themed Christ­mas gifts for 2015

Because we know just how dif­fi­cult it can be try­ing to find the per­fect Christ­mas present for the film lover in your life, this year we’ve made things a lit­tle eas­i­er by col­lect­ing eight of our favourite movie themed curios into one handy shop­ping guide.

Con­sid­er­ing the wealth of Wes Ander­son themed bric-a-brac that’s avail­able to buy online, we could quite eas­i­ly have ded­i­cat­ed this guide to the inim­itable writer/​director. Vari­ety being the spice of life, we’ve picked out this rather charm­ing Steve Zis­sou brooch, which is hand­made from shrink plas­tic (based on an orig­i­nal water­colour illus­tra­tion), hand cut, baked and lov­ing­ly var­nished for pro­tec­tion by the good folk at Andsmile Studio.

Avail­able from andsmilestu​dio​.com

The only dilem­ma where this snazzy acces­so­ry is con­cerned is you’ll most like­ly want to keep it for your­self. Comes ful­ly endorsed by the Crit­ics Union of New The­atre Studies.

Avail­able from etsy​.com

Is the thought of cold stuff­ing and Monop­oly already get­ting you down? Why not get away from it all this Christ­mas and book a stay for you and a loved one at the Juvet Land­scape Hotel in rur­al Nor­way, which played a star­ring role in Alex Garland’s AI para­ble, Ex Machi­na.

Book at juvet​.com

Not only does this neat build-your-own Pac-Man brick set promise to deliv­er a pur­er dose of nos­tal­gia than the Adam San­dler flop Pix­els, it’s also in no way direct­ly affil­i­at­ed with the movie, mak­ing this a guilt-free gift option for both buy­er and recipient.

Avail­able from mer​chan​dis​ing​plaza​.co​.uk

Stick­ing with the Adam San­dler theme now, and a chance to own a small piece of movie his­to­ry cour­tesy of eBay sell­er juras­sicfeetxxl. The icon­ic ​‘Mud Dogs’ buck­et hat as worn by Hen­ry Win­kler in the 1998 movie, The Water­boy, could be yours for just $175.99. Now that’s what we call high qual­i­ty gifting.

Avail­able from ebay​.co​.uk

Cer­tain to be a con­ver­sa­tion starter at your next fund rais­er or mix­er, the Bates Motel bath tow­el comes in one size and one colour only, mak­ing it the ide­al choice for the prac­ti­cal shopper.

Avail­able from filmgifts​.co​.uk

*Knife sold separately

The first Lit­tle White Lies book fea­tures 50 impas­sioned dec­la­ra­tions of movie love from 50 of the bright­est lights in world cin­e­ma, each accom­pa­nied by a gor­geous illus­trat­ed portrait.

Avail­able from whatilove​about​movies​.com

Lord knows George Lucas doesn’t need the ched­dar, but we couldn’t resist includ­ing a piece of Star Wars mer­chan­dise in this guide. While we’ve pre­vi­ous­ly flagged up one of the weird­er Han-Solo-frozen-car­bonite inspired fran­chise tie-ins, this one obvi­ous­ly takes the biscuit.

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Fun fact: Nico­las Wind­ing Refn has an incred­i­ble col­lec­tion of rare and vin­tage Amer­i­can movie posters, which the writer/​director has trawled through for the first time for this cof­fee table com­pendi­um. Fea­tured titles include Spike Heels and Black Nylons, Alice in Acid­land and Tor­ture Me Kiss Me.

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The sound­track to the sto­ry about the great­est film that nev­er was. Com­pos­er Kurt Sten­zel gives life to a retro-futur­is­tic uni­verse as fan­tas­tic as Ale­jan­dro Jodorowsky’s own vision for Dune. Quite sim­ply one of the best sound­tracks released in years.

Avail­able from onewaysta​t​ic​.com