Wednesday, 11 May 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS HERO

Firefighter Jenny Jenkins (Anna Hutchison) falls in love with local star Tom Norris (Marcus Rosner) but his ex-wife and celebrity figure skating champion Mary Hamilton (Anita Brown) is asking him to choose between reconciling or going through an ugly custody battle, but she has an ulterior motive.

But Jenny’s natural warmth and kindness to the community starts to convince everybody that her love for Tom is real however Mary's fierceness is more powerful than anything Jenny has ever faced before so who will Tom choose in the end?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA JR

 

Santa's son (Nick Stabile) tries to follow in his father's footsteps, and anxious to prove his worth, he decides to clamber down a few chimneys just prior to Christmas Eve.

Alas, his efforts coincide with a string of burglaries, and Nick is promptly arrested by cops Daryl Bedford (Judd Nelson) and Norm Potter (George Wallace).

So although he was delivering toys, he is arrested for trespassing and is placed under house arrest.

As Nick frets away the hours before Christmas, Bedford grows attached to Nick's court-appointed attorney, Susan Flynn (Lauren Holly) -- and inevitably, the real burglar strikes again.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – TRUMAN CAPOTE’S ONE CHRISTMAS

 

Based on an autobiographical short story by Truman Capote, this story is about Buddy (T.J. Lowther), an 8-year old boy who leaves Alabama in 1930 to go and live with his father (Henry Winkler) in New Orleans, and has a terrible time while he is there.
His father is a con man trying to raise money for his latest get rich quick scheme and prays on wealthy middle-aged women flattering his way into their cheque books and one of those frustrating his plans is matriarch Cornelia Beaumont (Katharine Hepburn) and as he faces one setback after another there is an uneasy relationship between father and son.

Henry Winkler puts in a fine dramatic performance, as he ranged from loving father, to con man, to angry and misunderstood outsider, Katharine Hepburn is a touch of class in her final performance and a brief appearance from Julie Harris is a glimmer of light.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2009)

 

Jim Carrey stars as miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this animated retelling of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.

The classic tale in which he is taught the true meaning of Christmas by three Spirits who visit him, revealing to him the truth about his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current catalogue of cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.

Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold, death or redemption.

The film also features the vocal talents of Steve Valentine, Daryl Sabara, Sage Ryan, Amber Gainey, Ryan Ochoa, Bobbi Page, Ron Bottitta, Sammi Hanratty, Julian Holloway, Gary Oldman, Colin firth, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Molly C Quinn, Fay Masterson, Leslie Zemeckis, Paul Blackthorne, Michael Hyland, Kerry Hoyt, Julene Renee, Fionnula Flanagan, Raymond Ochoa, Callum Blue, Matthew Henderson, Aaron Ranke, Sonie Fortag, Aliane Baquerot, Seth Belliston, Troy Edward Bowles, Sam J Cahn, Kelly Connolly,

John R Corella, Kelly Crandall, Sheri Griffith, Beckie King, Keith Kuhl, Allison Leo, Tarah Paige, John Todd, Patrick Wetzel. Eva La Dare, Jacquelyn Dowsett and Suzanne C Robertson.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY (2012)

 

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 – MIRACLE AT CHRISTMAS: EBBIE'S STORY

 

Susan Lucci stars as ruthless business-woman and shopping store owner Elizabeth “Ebbie” Scrooge in this updated retelling of Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.

The classic tale in which she is taught the true meaning of Christmas by three Spirits who visit her, has been brought into contemporary times.

It is refreshing in this version to have the main character of Ebbie played by a woman as indeed is her beleaguered employee Roberta 'Robbie' Cratchet played by the ever reliable Wendy Crewson.

The spirits are given some modern handling and the way Jake Marley communicates with God by cell-phone is very amusing and all in all it’s a very enjoyable adaptation.

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE BATTLE OF ARDENNES

 

In the bitter winter of 1944 in the depths of the Ardennes Forest, an American Army Captain John Myers (Craig Olejnik) and a Belgian girl named Alina (Ali Liebert) meet and fall in love during a brief 24-hour Christmas truce amid the Battle of the Bulge.

When the fighting resumes and they have to go their separate ways they promise to reunite on the first Christmas Eve after the end of World War II, providing they're both alive.