Three
sisters, Lawyer Mary Hall (Lauren Butterfield), Homemaker Susan
Hall-Culver (Christie Duffer) and promiscuous barfly Michelle Hall (Heather Fraley) reluctantly head home for Christmas after
they learn from their Uncle Phillip Andrews (Les
McDowell) that
their estranged mother, Donna (TeriEnna Blanco),
is in
the latter stages of Alzheimer's.
The
visit opens up old wounds, concerning loss, grief, guilt and alcohol abuse, but
in the process, they find true meaning of family.
In
this heartwarming animated Christmas tale the young reindeer Niko, hopes that
his father, Prancer, will get back together with his mother, but instead he is
introduced to his future stepfather and his young son Jonni.
Nico
is angry and when he’s told to take Jonni with him when he goes to play with
his friends, so he doesn’t pay any attention to him, and then when he is
kidnapped by the Eagles for an evil Wolf.
So,
on Christmas Eve he must find his little brother, but it’s not just his brother
that is in danger but Christmas itself, so he needs a lot of help from his
friends in order to save the day.
While
on their epic journey Niko learns the importance of friendship and family.
In
this heartwarming animated Christmas tale the young reindeer Niko, hopes that
his father, Prancer, will get back together with his mother, but instead he is
introduced to his future stepfather and his young son Jonni.
Nico
is angry and when he’s told to take Jonni with him when he goes to play with
his friends, so he doesn’t pay any attention to him, and then when he is
kidnapped by the Eagles for an evil Wolf.
So,
on Christmas Eve he must find his little brother, but it’s not just his brother
that is in danger but Christmas itself, so he needs a lot of help from his
friends in order to save the day.
While
on their epic journey Niko learns the importance of friendship and family.
In
this heartwarming animated Christmas tale the young reindeer Niko, hopes that
his father, Prancer, will get back together with his mother, but instead he is
introduced to his future stepfather and his young son Jonni.
Nico
is angry and when he’s told to take Jonni with him when he goes to play with
his friends, so he doesn’t pay any attention to him, and then when he is
kidnapped by the Eagles for an evil Wolf.
So,
on Christmas Eve he must find his little brother, but it’s not just his brother
that is in danger but Christmas itself, so he needs a lot of help from his
friends in order to save the day.
While
on their epic journey Niko learns the importance of friendship and family.
An impressive cast perform this rather preachy antiwar pro United Nations adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic,
A Christmas Carol, in which Sterling Hayden
stars as the Ebenezer Scrooge character.
Daniel
Grudge is a wealthy industrialist and fierce
isolationist, long embittered by the loss of his son Marley (Gordon Spencer) in
World War II.
Steve Lawrence plays the ghost of Christmas past, Pat Hingle is the
ghost of Christmas present, and Robert Shaw plays the ghost of
Christmas yet to come.
Other notable appearances come from
Ben Gazzara as Daniel's nephew Fred, Peter Sellers as a post-apocalyptic leader
Imperial Me.
Eva Marie Saint as Lt. Gibson, Percy Rodrigues and Barbara
Ann Teer as his household staff Charles and Ruby, James Shigeta as the
Hiroshima Doctor and Britt Ekland as the mother.
Overall,
not one I will be in a hurry to watch again.
An impressive cast perform this rather preachy antiwar pro United Nations adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic,
A Christmas Carol, in which Sterling Hayden
stars as the Ebenezer Scrooge character.
Daniel
Grudge is a wealthy industrialist and fierce
isolationist, long embittered by the loss of his son Marley (Gordon Spencer) in
World War II.
Steve Lawrence plays the ghost of Christmas past, Pat Hingle is the
ghost of Christmas present, and Robert Shaw plays the ghost of
Christmas yet to come.
Other notable appearances come from
Ben Gazzara as Daniel's nephew Fred, Peter Sellers as a post-apocalyptic leader
Imperial Me.
Eva Marie Saint as Lt. Gibson, Percy Rodrigues and Barbara
Ann Teer as his household staff Charles and Ruby, James Shigeta as the
Hiroshima Doctor and Britt Ekland as the mother.
Overall,
not one I will be in a hurry to watch again.
Bestselling author Rashad Williams (Donald Ross
Jr.) and
his girlfriend Annie Nichols (Nicole M. Williams) go down to
Douglas, Georgia to spend the Christmas holidays with his cousins, Junior and Aretha
Williams (Ron Way and Charmeka Robinson) but things are far from perfect as
Junior and Aretha are trying to conceive without success and the Doctor, Jabari
Hart (Quincy Kelly) once dated Annie and still carries a torch for her and
makes no secret of the face.
He
turns to his lifelong friend Faye DeVoe (Kiara C. Bennett) and her husband Elijah
(Aaron Wiggins) for support.
As events unfold at Christmas, Faye is set to have a Christmas baby, and Junior discovers he is already a father, but will there be a proposal.
