Friday, 29 July 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A RING FOR CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Singleton socialite Angie Moore (Liliana Tandon) is living the good life in New York City and although she is kind-hearted and thoughtful, she is spoiled by the financial support she receives from her mother Margaret (Lorraine Bracco).

But she has had enough so 25 days before Christmas she cuts Angie off and she is devastated but determined to continue her lavish lifestyle.

So, when she discovers the existence of a sizable trust fund she will inherit once she marries she thinks Christmas has come early.

Angie decides to find a man to marry by Christmas and thinks she has a suitable candidate in the form of her high school crush Tyler Davis (Charles Hittinger) so she heads back to her small hometown of Greenwood.

But although Tyler agrees to marry her for a cut of the fund its his best friend Gabe Hudson (Dean Geyer) who finds his way into her heart.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SISTERLY CHRISTMAS 2021

Two sisters Kristina and Vicky Marshall Deborah (Joy Winans and Lisa Michelle Cornelius) have drifted apart since the death of their mother and their Aunt Debbie (Marium Carvell) has had enough of their foolishness so decides on an intervention.

As an early Christmas gift, she uses part of their inheritance to book them into an all exclusive luxury Christmas resort.

Despite the initial discomfort at spending the holidays together, and the appearance of their childhood rival, Regine Radcliffe (Kyana Teresa) they eventually thaw and reconcile past and present and even land themselves a little Christmas boo.

 

Thursday, 28 July 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SPOTLIGHT ON CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Heroine of a trio of superhero movies, Olivia O'Hara (Tori Anderson) is dumped before Christmas by her rock star boyfriend Ryan Wrangler (Matthew James Dowden).

So, to avoid the reporters and paparazzi she secretly returns home to small town Happy Valley, Colorado, unannounced to spend Christmas with her family.

All she wants to do is watch Christmas Movies, eat cookies and avoid the press, but instead she has to go to the store for condensed milk which is where she runs into an old high school classmate, Casey Rawlins, (Victor Zinck Jr.) who now teaches English at Eagle Heights, their old school.

So instead of being a couch potato for the holidays she finds herself directing the Christmas Eve school show.

As a result, she spends the holiday busily directing the show, avoiding the paps and falling in love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS (2018)

 

Young businesswoman Noelle (Christina Milian) was raised by the queen of Christmas, so as an adult she had no love for the season.

So, when she inherits her late mother's house at Christmastime, she travels to her old childhood home with the intention of selling it as quickly as possible and getting out again.

Once in the house her worst fears are realised, she finds out that her mother had hired someone to decorate it for the holidays, Dave (Mark Taylor) to carry on the tradition.

As the lights and tinsel go up, Noelle's defences begin to come down and as her feeling for Dave grow, she decides to embrace him, Christmas and the town's Christmas gala that was her mother's legacy.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS PRINCESS (2019)

 

Jessica Byrnes (Shein Mompremier) is a talented but struggling Chef living in a trendy New York borough and trying to get her new restaurant up and running.

Then one day Prince Jack (Travis Burns) walks in and her life changes forever.

He is in the City to oversee and host his family's annual Christmas charity dinner and has just sacked his head Chef and after tasting Jessica’s meatloaf he offered her the job, shocking her and his Royal entourage in equal measure.

She reluctantly agrees because she knows it could make or break her career but she finds Jack very charming and very persuasive and they hit it off. 

But as their relationship evolves romance blooms, but they face mounting obstacles including the wrath of the Queen.

the dinner arrives and despite the Royal objections Jessica is a great success and gets a Christmas present she could never have imagined.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LONESTAR CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Widowed mother Erin Oliver (Stephanie Bennett) reluctantly takes her daughters Peyton and Carter (Lina Renna and Emma Oliver) to spend Christmas with her estranged Dad Gary (Brent Stait) and stepmom Farrah (Colleen Wheeler) on his Texas ranch.

On the way to the ranch, the tarpaulin comes adrift, shedding parcels all over the road, and Mateo, a family friend of her father, local Mexican restaurant owner Mateo Verdosa (Marco Grazzini) comes to her aid and sparks clearly fly.

Over the coming days Erin spends a lot of time with Mateo but her strained relationship with her dad keeps niggling at her, but the girls love him, and she can see he is a good and loving grandpa.

But in the end, she needs to forgive her father for the past and enjoy the fact that she had unexpectedly fallen in love with Mateo.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NOSTALGIC CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

Anne Garrison (Brooke D'Orsay) is head toy buyer for Sinclair's chain of department stores and is riding high when she leaves New York City for North Bay, Maine, to help her father Bill (Ron Lea) close up his store, Garrison's Toys, due to his impending retirement.

What he wants is for Anne to take over the store and run it, but she already has a job, which she keeps reminding him.

So, her mindset is very much on packing up the store and returning to the City, but then she meets Wood Mill manager Keith McClain (Trevor Donovan) and his ten year old daughter Jessie (Jenna Weir) and her mind is not quite as set as it was.

In part its due to a set of themed wooden Santa’s which Anne carved just before she went away to college, which seem to work magic for the people who receive them.

But also, it’s the love and nostalgia that brings the city girl back to her small-town roots.