Monday, 16 May 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A HOLIDAY TO REMEMBER

 

Carolyn Giblin (Connie Selleca) is a therapist living in Los Angeles with her pre-teen daughter Jordy (Asia Vieira) and has just gone through an extremely painful divorce.

Carolyn is anxious to move on so she tells her daughter they are leaving LA and moving back to Mayville, North Carolina, her hometown and Jordy is less than thrilled.

When they arrive at Carolyn's grandma's old house they find it is in great need of many and varied repairs.

Being a small town Carolyn soon runs into an old flame, Clay Traynor (Randy Travis) whom she left at the alter a long time ago, but he's still angry about it, but his loving aunt, Miz Leona (Rue McClanahan) is delighted to see Carolyn and to meet Jordy which angers Clay further.

One night, on hearing noises, Carolyn discovers that a young homeless boy William (Kyle Fairlie) is living in her basement.

He won't reveal where he is from or who his parents are and Carolyn befriend the boy, much to the chagrin of the town's social worker Eve Stevens (Brenda Bazinet), who also happens to have her eye on Clay.

With a possible romantic triangle brewing, two energetic kids, a Christmas pageant, and more, what will happen next in Mayville?

This is an excellent holiday offering for fans of romantic comedy but it is that and far more.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE ENGAGEMENT CLAUSE (2016)

 

This is the story of two sisters, Carrie and Katie Tate (Jes Macallan and April Bowlby) who are as different as chalk and cheese.

Katie is away doing her own thing with no business brain or even any interest in commerce, while Carrie has been working hard for several years building the family business at the expense of a personal life.

But the bottom falls out of her world when Katie suddenly announces that she's getting married on Christmas Eve and all hell breaks loose in the Tate household.

And it’s all because there is some family chauvinistic contract which states that the new husband of whichever girl marries first gets control of the business.

So the race is on, will Carrie find a husband of her own in time to save the business she loves or will she reprioritise her life.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WISHIN' AND HOPIN'

 

This film is based on the New York Times best-selling novel by award-winning author Wally Lamb and is a slice of vivid 1960s life, a wise-and-witty holiday tale that celebrates the “look how far we've come” philosophy.

It takes place in1964 in the small town of Three Rivers, where Felix Funicello (Wyatt Ralff) is a Catholic school fifth-grader at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School.

And his only claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello (Krysta Rodriguez), the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen.

But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette (Molly Ringwald) and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova (Siobhan Cohen) and Felix’s world is turned upside down in this witty and endearing Christmas offering.

Annabella Sciorra puts in a great performance as his ma and Meat Loaf is outrageous as Monsignor Muldoon which just adds to the overall quality.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – UNDERCOVER LOVER

 

Workaholic FBI agent Jake Cunningham (Shawn Christian) fears his case against investment fraudster Scott Shift (Cameron Bancroft) may not stick without the testimony of cocktail waitress Brandi O'Neill (Jami Gertz), who naively believed herself to be more then Scott's latest throwaway flirt. Then Jake is tricked by his “Ma”, Anne Cunningham (Tyne Daly) to spend Christmas with his “seriously ill” dad, Judge Joe Cunningham (Winston Rekert) and is ordered by his bosses to take Brandi into protective custody.

Jake didn’t regularly visit his family, so he passed off Brandi as his steady date and his mum is not impressed and there follows a humorous posh versus working class seasonal culture clash, but there is a dark side to the tale when Jakes dad discovers the true identity of his girlfriend and sympathizes with the Shift family and unwittingly informs the corrupt family lawyer of her location.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOVE ALWAYS, SANTA (2016)

 

Celia Banks (Marguerite Moreau) lost her husband on Christmas Day and never thought she’d fall in love again so she lived the three years following her loss making her entire world revolve around taking care of her daughter Lilly (Isadora Swann).

But Lilly writes a letter to Santa expressing just one wish and that was for her mom to be happy and to find love again.

A struggling writer Jake (Mike Faiola) makes extra money by answering “Dear Santa” letters and when he receives the letter from Lilly, he finds new inspiration and it signals the beginnings of a romance.

Thursday, 12 May 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A PUPPY FOR CHRISTMAS

 

Noelle (Cindy Busby) has the perfect life with a successful job, a handsome boyfriend and the life of her dreams but after adopting a cute puppy, Noelle's world is turned upside down when her boyfriend breaks up with her and she and her puppy are facing Christmas alone.

Accepting an invitation to spend the holidays with her co-worker, Liam (Greyston Holt), she is surrounded by the Christmas cheer of a warm, happy family and sparks soon begin to fly between Noelle and her host as the warmth of the season ignites something between them.

But when Noelle’s estranged boyfriend Todd (Christopher Russell) tracks her down and proposes, in an attempt to win her back, Noelle must decide which life she wants, will it be the safe, successful world she knows, or an unpredictable future with the man who is quickly winning her heart?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MOONLIGHT AND MISTLETOE

 

Holly Crosby (Candace Cameron Bure) grew up in her father’s old-fashioned all-year Christmas village Santaville, and working as a mere elf on Christmas preparations all year round killed Holly's seasonal spirit so she moved out after feeling neglected following her mother’s death, to become a Boston toy firm's hardest-working sales executive.

But when Nick (Tom Arnold) has a bad fall, Holly returns to help out and finds Santaville outdated and near bankruptcy despite a lot of generous help, especially from shy Peter (Christopher Wiehl).

Holly tries everything to save it, but the solution appears like manna from heaven when a plan proposed by charming financial advisor Ben Richards (Matt Walton) but is it too good to be true.