Thursday, 28 July 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS LOVE LETTER (2019)

 

Amalie Hess (Ashley Newbrough) is a magazine feature writer dolling out relationship guidance but is sadly lacking herself in the relationship and romance department.

So, when she receives a Christmas card containing an unsigned love letter from someone she was at school with, full of romance and longing, the envelope bearing the postmark from her hometown, she starts to try and find out who the sender was.

So, to tackle the puzzle of who sent it head on she decided to head home and possibly discover the author.

The first person she meets is her old school friend Ian McCallister (Tilky Jones) and his daughter Marty (Izzy Herbert), so would they shed any light?

Or will she need to look further afield to find true love.

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BOYFRIENDS OF CHRISTMAS PAST (2021)

 

Late one night, in the run up to Christmas, Marketing Executive Lauren Kim (Catherine Haena Kim) has fallen asleep in her apartment while working on a last minute work project.

While asleep she is visited by the spirit of her first ever boyfriend, Tyler Mirsky (Jordan Kronis) and he tells her she will be visited by three other ex-boyfriends before Christmas.

On waking she dismisses it as just a very odd dream, but right on cue came Jake (Karn Kalra), then Henry (Ish Morris) and finally Logan (Jon McLaren) and all of then showed her their break up moments.

It soon becomes apparent that the one thing they all had in common was when they broke up, Christmas.

The other thing they had in common was her best friend, Nate Sagar (Raymond Ablack), who was a constant in her life, through thick and thin.

She comes to the conclusion that she must learn to open her heart to Nate or risk losing him forever.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN DOLLYWOOD 2019

 

Tennessee girl Rachel Davis (Danica McKellar) is a New York City event planner and having successfully concluded the final event on her calendar for the year she travels home for the holidays with her daughter Ava (Zoë Noelle Baker).

Although her intention was to just enjoy the holidays with her family, she ends up working on the thirtieth anniversary Christmas event at Dollywood with the theme park's Director of Operations Luke Hackman (Niall Matter).

As they work closely to make it a memorable 30th Anniversary they spend an increasing amount of time just enjoying the season and each other.

The only thing is that Rachel is going back to New York after the holidays to take up a promotion and Luke is headed out of Dollywood to Wild West Amusements, unless Christmas love gets into their hearts.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS JARS (2019)

 

Hope (Jeni Ross) was abandoned as a baby and left in a diner booth and was discovered by waitress Louise Jensen (Jodi Larratt) who adopted her.

Hope has a very happy life with her adoptive mum until the time Louise is suddenly taken ill and passes away.

The day after the funeral she returns home to the apartment to find it has been burgled.

As the Police Officer is taking her statement Hope is feeling at her absolute lowest and then she discovered a Christmas Jar left anonymously in the hallway outside her apartment filled with coins and bank notes.

As a reporter for an online publication, she is tasked with writing a feelgood holiday piece, so she decides to investigate the "Christmas Jars" which have become a widespread phenomenon and tries to uncover the secret benefactors.

Using her journalistic skills, she tracks down the original act of kindness to the Maxwell family who have a business restoring used furniture.

Posing as a customer she manages to worm her way into the bossom of a loving family, but she gets in too deep and falls in love with Ian Maxwell (Markian Tarasiuk) but when the truth gets out that love will be put at risk.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GHOSTING: THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

As she is driving home, Jess (Aisha Dee) is preoccupied with texting following the best first date of her life with Ben (Kendrick Sampson) and is killed in a car crash and after the accident she wakes up as a ghost.

She is unable to move on, so she assumes she has to settle unfinished business first.

She is drawn to her best friend Kara (Kimiko Glenn) and is surprised that she can see her so they embark on an hilarious, bittersweet final adventure to determine what it is that’s keeping her earthbound so that Jess can ascend to the afterlife.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SENSE, SENSIBILITY AND SNOWMEN (2019)

 

Huge Christmas fans, Ella Dashwood (Erin Krakow) and her sister Marianne (Kimberley Sustad) are joint owners of the family party-planning business although Ella has only been on board for a year, having led a bit of a wanderlust existence so Marianne is less than sure her sister is fully committed to the business.

Which is why when Ella suggests expanding the business Marianne shuts her down.

However, after a chance meeting with Edward Ferris (Luke Macfarlane), the company's C.E.O. of a Toy Company, and a subsequent bit of eaves dropping in a bar, Ella commits Dashwood’s to planning a last-minute Christmas Party to impress one of Edwards most important clients.

Her overly enthusiastic Christmas spirit and his not-so-jolly dourness cause some clashes as they didn't see eye-to-eye on much at all but in the end, she warms him up, in more ways than one, and despite the occasional planning hitch the event is a great success for both companies.

However, Ella not only works her Christmas Magic on the party she also got into his heart and he into hers.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHERISHED MEMORIES: A GIFT TO REMEMBER 2 (2019)

 

Darcy Archer (Ali Liebert) and Aiden Harris (Peter Porte) prepare to celebrate their second Christmas together, with Darcy running Henley's and Aiden is a crafts teacher.

But all is not plain sailing as they have an unexpected guest staying with Mrs. Henley (Tina Lifford) in the shape of Marcus (Dominic Mariche) who bonds with Bailey the dog, for obvious reasons and with Aiden through a model village project he’s working on as a gift for Darcy.

But the overwhelming topic on everyone’s minds is the beloved community centre, which is threatened with closure as the rich owner David Pearce (Ben Wilkinson) plans to sell it for a lucrative development.

But as the community all have memories tied to the centre everyone unites to seek historical protection and give everyone an unforgettable holiday.