Sunday, 2 July 2023

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A KINDHEARTED CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Cooperville Tour and Sightseeing owner Jamie Monroe (Jennie Garth), is very proud of Cooperville, New York.

But she finds Christmastime difficult to navigate since the death of her husband, Matt, five years earlier, and her celebrations had gotten stale.

So, after a conversation with friend and colleague Colleen (Bronwen Smith) and her Niece Kylie (Emily Tennant), she looks for a spark and finds it when she sees an item on the morning talk show "Wake Up - Upstate" co-hosted by her television crush Scott Morris  about a fundraiser at a high school.

Newscaster Scott Morris (Cameron Mathison) attends, and she gets inspired to give a large anonymous donation.

Jamie gets a reel buzz and decides to do more anonymous good Samaritan acts of Christmas cheer, this then attracts the attention of Scott Morris who arrives in Coopersville to uncover the identity of the secret Santa.

His first port of call is Jamie’s Store to get a sightseeing tour, which turns out to be the first of many excursions, in the process, Jamie and Scott start to fall for each other, but how will he react if he finds she is the Secret Santa he is searching for?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS AGAIN (2021)

12-year-old Rowena Clybourne (Scarlett Estevez) has an absolute nightmare Christmas day, when everything goes wrong that can possibly go wrong.

So, at the end of the day, she sits on the front step bemoaning her life to a passing guy in a Santa suit (Gary Anthony Williams) and wishes for another Christmas Day, which is unexpectedly granted and as a result he has to relive Christmas Day over and over again.

She must suffer her insufferable prankster half-brother Louie (James McCracken) who also steals all the attention.

Then there is her perfect sister Gabby (Ashlyn Jade Lopez), her soon to be stepmother Diane (Beth Lacke), her grandfather (Tony Amendola) and flatulent grandmother (Priscilla Lopez).

Rowena also has to repeatedly incur the wrath of her parents (Alexis Carra and Daniel Sunjata) as she tries to figure out what she has to do to bring Christmas Day to an end. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS...AGAIN?! (2021)

 

12-year-old Rowena Clybourne (Scarlett Estevez) has an absolute nightmare Christmas day, when everything goes wrong that can possibly go wrong.

So, at the end of the day, she sits on the front step bemoaning her life to a passing guy in a Santa suit (Gary Anthony Williams) and wishes for another Christmas Day, which is unexpectedly granted and as a result he has to relive Christmas Day over and over again.

She must suffer her insufferable prankster half-brother Louie (James McCracken) who also steals all the attention.

Then there is her perfect sister Gabby (Ashlyn Jade Lopez), her soon to be stepmother Diane (Beth Lacke), her grandfather (Tony Amendola) and flatulent grandmother (Priscilla Lopez).

Rowena also has to repeatedly incur the wrath of her parents (Alexis Carra and Daniel Sunjata) as she tries to figure out what she has to do to bring Christmas Day to an end.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, IT'S CHRISTMAS! (2011)

 

The Bob and Amy Duncan (Eric Allan Kramer and Leigh-Allyn Baker) and the children Teddy, PJ, Gabe and Charlie (Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Bradley Steven and Mia Talerico) are heading to Miami to spend Christmas with her parents Petunia and Hank (Debra Monk and Michael Kagan) when Amy and eldest child Teddy are removed from the flight and have to make their own calamitous way via bus, train, rental car and tandem ending up penniless in Las Vegas.

Bob on the other hand is left looking after the children and dealing with his mother-in-law alone until he gets a call from Vegas and he, PJ and Gabe have to survive their own adventures as they drive to the rescue, leaving the opinionated Petunia to deal with Charlie.

So, will they all reunite in time to celebrate Christmas together? 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GOOD LUCK CHARLIE: THE ROAD TRIP MOVIE

 

The Bob and Amy Duncan (Eric Allan Kramer and Leigh-Allyn Baker) and the children Teddy, PJ, Gabe and Charlie (Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Bradley Steven and Mia Talerico) are heading to Miami to spend Christmas with her parents Petunia and Hank (Debra Monk and Michael Kagan) when Amy and eldest child Teddy are removed from the flight and have to make their own calamitous way via bus, train, rental car and tandem ending up penniless in Las Vegas.

Bob on the other hand is left looking after the children and dealing with his mother-in-law alone until he gets a call from Vegas and he, PJ and Gabe have to survive their own adventures as they drive to the rescue, leaving the opinionated Petunia to deal with Charlie.

So, will they all reunite in time to celebrate Christmas together? 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GOOD LUCK CHARLIE: THE MOVIE

 

The Bob and Amy Duncan (Eric Allan Kramer and Leigh-Allyn Baker) and the children Teddy, PJ, Gabe and Charlie (Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Bradley Steven and Mia Talerico) are heading to Miami to spend Christmas with her parents Petunia and Hank (Debra Monk and Michael Kagan) when Amy and eldest child Teddy are removed from the flight and have to make their own calamitous way via bus, train, rental car and tandem ending up penniless in Las Vegas.

Bob on the other hand is left looking after the children and dealing with his mother-in-law alone until he gets a call from Vegas and he, PJ and Gabe have to survive their own adventures as they drive to the rescue, leaving the opinionated Petunia to deal with Charlie.

So, will they all reunite in time to celebrate Christmas together? 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE NOEL DIARY (2022)

 

A lawyer calls successful writer Jacob Turner (Justin Hartley) shortly before Christmas informing him that his estranged mother has passed away and he is the sole beneficiary.

She had suffered with severe mental illness and the last time he’d seen her was twenty years earlier when she threw the 17 year old out.

He’s shocked when he returns to the house to settle the estate, he finds that on top of everything else she had been a hoarder.

The prospect of clearing the house is quite daunting but more productive than spending the holidays alone, watching re-runs of Christmas classics.

While he’s there clearing the clutter, he is please to find his old neighbour Ellie Foster (Bonnie Bedelia) is still alive and kicking and also has a visit from a beautiful young woman Rachel Campbell (Barrett Doss) searching for her birthmother who had worked for the family as a nanny when he was a small boy.

Then they discover a diary written by her mum, Noel, that leads them on a journey across the country which leads him to reconcile with his father Scott (James Remar) and her to reassess her life as they follow the same path.