THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS WISH

 

Martha Evans (Kristy Swanson) is abandoned by her waste of space husband.

Who before taking his leave emptied the bank account and left her homeless and destitute. Martha leaves town with her stepson and two daughters with no destination in mind in the vague hope of finding work and someone to live.

They end up in a small rural town where she rents a room in the motel and manages to find work in a diner.

But that isn’t the end of her trouble theough the warm hearted folk of the town come to her aid.

A nice seasonal tale.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DIE HARD

 

NYPD cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation.

He is picked up from the airport by limo driver Argyle (De'voreaux White) who drops him at the Nakatomi Tower where the office Christmas party was taking place.

While they are there amidst a tense reunion, a group of bank robbers, led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) takes control of the building and holds everyone hostage, with the exception of John, who escapes up the fire escape while the bad guys plan to perform a lucrative heist.

Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE WISHING TREE

 

Jason Gedrick, Erica Cerra, Richard Harmon, Amitai Marmorstein and Emmalyn Estrada star in this festive tale that centers around the towns Wishing Tree.

The story revolves around the local private school, its teachers, its pupils and their lives.

This movie delivers just what you want in a Christmas tale.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SMALL CHAIRS

 

Family friends Sam Reed (Dustin Milligan) and Kat Patton (Danica McKellar) spend every Christmas Eve at the Children's Table from the age of three.

Over the years they grew up together, sharing the highs and lows of young adulthood.

But at the age of thirty, Sam realizes that Kat is the one...but he's afraid that the past will get in the way.

A real gem of a Christmas movie and Danica McKellar is an absolute delight.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – X-MAS (2015)

Three lifelong friends in New York City, Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie), have for a decade enjoyed their yearly Christmas Eve reunion which has been an annual drug and alcohol fuelled night of debauchery and hilarity.

But now that they're entering a more passive phase of adulthood, the tradition is to come to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracker Ball - the Holy Grail of Christmas parties that they have never managed to find in ten years of trying.

Jillian Bell, Lizzy Caplan, Heléne Yorke, Mindy Kaling and Ilana Glazer make up an excellent supporting cast along with Michael Shannon as Mr Green and James Franco and Miley Cyrus appear as themselves. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY FIRST MIRACLE (2015)

 

Angelica (Katya Martín), is a 16-year-old girl who's battling a rare kind of cancer called Myelodysplastic Syndrome, and it will claim her life if she doesn’t get a bone marrow transplant and on top of her struggles to try to live a normal life is the very real prospect of never finding a donor match, but higher on her priority list are her hopes of finding her first true love before it's too late.

But then she meets homeless teenager Sean (Juan Castano).

A heart-warming film in which the acting is only surpassed by the Cinematography, well worth a watch.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER

 

In Budapest, Hungary, Matuschek and Company’s store is owned by Mr. Hugo Matuschek (Frank Morgan) and the bachelor Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) is his best and most experienced salesman.

But everything seems to go awry when Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) is hired by Mr Matuschek, but from the first moment Kralik and she do not get along.

Over the weeks that follows the lonely and dedicated Kralik has an unknown pen pal and through their correspondence he falls in love with her and intends to propose to her.

However simultaneously his relationship with his employer deteriorates and he is fired without explanation by Mr Matuschek on the night that he is going to meet his secret love and propose.

He goes to the bar that night regardless where they have scheduled their meeting with his colleague Pirovitch (Felix Bressart) and he surprisingly finds that Klara is his correspondent, he chooses not disclose his identity to her because he feels ashamed after being sacked.

But following a shocking incident, Matuschek has a change of heart and hires him back again but this time to manage the shop.

However as Klara is still fascinated with her correspondent she pays little or no attention to Alfred so it would take all his guile and cunning to work out a plan to reveal himself to Klara's who his is.

But anything is possible, it is Christmas after all and everyone loves a happy ending.