Friday, 3 February 2023

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH A CROWN (2020)

 

Cassie (Lisa Durupt) is a successful businesswoman in New York who returns to her hometown for Christmas where she immediately sets out to revive her family's Christmas festival and she meets a dashing stranger Nicolas (Marcus Rosner) who volunteers to help.

Nicolas is actually a runaway Prince hoping to find the true spirit of the holidays.

However, Queen Mary (Teryl Rothery) sends courtier Arthur (Michael Lazarovitch) to track him down, but he gets roped in to help instead.

During the preparations Cassie and Nicolas fall for each other but when she discovers his true identity it will take a Christmas miracle of royal proportions for their hearts to be fulfilled.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CANDLELIT CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

While waiting to hear if she has won the race for her dream job in Paris Ellie (Nazneen Contractor) decides to go back home to spend the season with her father (Sugith Varughese) in Portsmouth to help her dad at the family candle-making business for the first Christmas since her mother’s death.

When she gets there, she finds the business is struggling, with no Christmas candles having been made and there is a charming writer by the name of Logan (Mykee Selkin) staying with him.

After her father falls on the ice Ellie sets out to make the Christmas candles herself, although she must first search for the secret lost ingredient and Logan helps her while he is looking for inspiration for his writing and in the process, they both find each other.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NATIVITY 2: DANGER IN A MANGER! (2012)

 

Donald Peterson (David Tennant) and his pregnant wife Sarah (Joanna Page) have move to Coventry for a new start and is the new teacher at St Bernadette’s.

He inherits a very unruly class led by teaching assistant Desmond Poppy (Marc Wootton) who tricks him into entering the School in the National 'Song for Christmas' Competition which headteacher Mrs. Bevan (Pam Ferris) had forbidden.

In addition to being up against St Bernadette’s arch Nemesis Gordon Shakespeare (Jason Watkins) and Oakmoor Primary, Donald must also face his overachieving twin brother Roderick and his almost professional choir.

He is then kidnapped by Mr Poppy and the children as they embark on an epic road trip to Wales, picking up a baby and a donkey along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A ROYAL CHRISTMAS (2014)

 

Right before Christmas Philadelphia Dressmaker and designer Emily Taylor (Lacey Chabert) finds out that her boyfriend Leo (Stephen Hagan), the man who wants to marry her is actually Prince Leopold, heir to the throne of Cordinia.

But when they return to his home for Christmas he shocks his mother, Queen Isadora (Jane Seymour), by introducing Emily as his girlfriend.

However the Queen has no intention of accepting a commoner as a daughter in law as she has always planned to marry Leo off to aristocratic family friend, Natasha, Duchess of Warren (Katherine Flynn).

But the devoted Palace Butler Victor (Simon Dutton) and members of the staff think that she is a breath of fresh air, so will they break the Queens will or will Isadora break Leopold's heart.

Thursday, 2 February 2023

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SCENTSATIONAL CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

While waiting to hear if she has won the race for her dream job in Paris Ellie (Nazneen Contractor) decides to go back home to spend the season with her father (Sugith Varughese) in Portsmouth to help her dad at the family candle-making business for the first Christmas since her mother’s death.

When she gets there, she finds the business is struggling, with no Christmas candles having been made and there is a charming writer by the name of Logan (Mykee Selkin) staying with him.

After her father falls on the ice Ellie sets out to make the Christmas candles herself, although she must first search for the secret lost ingredient and Logan helps her while he is looking for inspiration for his writing and in the process, they both find each other.

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

 

Former Olympic skating hopeful Courtney Bennett (Abigail Klein) runs the Worcester outdoor public skating oval in the Common behind City Hall and teaches skating classes, when Mayor Greenwood (Will Lyman) announces it will be closing after Christmas.

Then she meets former NHL hockey player Noah Tremblay (Ryan Cooper) who runs the new indoor skating centre and his daughter Grace (Meara Mahoney-Gross) after Grace joins Courtney's skating class.

But they come together to try to save the public rink and the Christmas Carnival at the Oval and fall in love along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NATIVITY ROCKS! (2018)

 

Jerry Poppy (Simon Lipkin) journeys to St Bernadette’s primary in Coventry in search of the brother he didn’t know he had, Desmond, only to find out from the new headteacher, Mrs. Keen (Celia Imrie), that he and his Aunt were in Australia.

His arrival coincides with the announcement that the city is competing to be the city of Christmas by staging a rock opera, to be directed by Emmanuel Cavendish (Craig Revel Horwood).

So Jerry joins teacher Ben Johnson (Daniel Boy) to try and get the class an audition for the competition, while also helping social worker (Helen George) try to reunite unattached refugee Doru (Brian Alan Bartle) with his father (Ramin Karimloo) after Doru runs away from his friend Barnaby’s (Rupert Turnbull) house. 

So they must follow him to Much Wenlock where they meet Farmer Beatie (Ruth Jones) and then they must all get  back to Coventry in time for the concert.