Tuesday, 12 November 2024

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN NOTTING HILL (2023)

 

Special education teacher Georgia Bright (Sarah Ramos) travels from Indiana to London to spend Christmas in Notting Hill with her little sister Lizzie (Joelle Rae) to whom she had been like a surrogate mother since their mother passed away.

While out Christmas shopping, she literally bumps into a famous footballer Graham Savoy (William Moseley), the captain of Newbourne FC.

He had been avoiding relationships because he could never tell he women were interested in him because of him or because he was a famous footballer.

But he reconsidered after meeting the one person in Notting Hill who had no idea who he was, coincidentally his half-brother Henry (Peter Rothwell) is dating Lizzie.

Georgia and Graham bond because they are both at a crossroads  in their lives, he’s at the wrong end of his playing career and she is on the threshold of a career change.

So can they open themselves up to a relationship with all the uncertainties in their lives?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH A PRINCE: THE ROYAL BABY (2021)

 

Despite the fact she is heavily pregnant Dr Tasha (Kaitlyn Leeb) insists on accompanying Prince Alexander (Nick Hounslow) on a Royal State Visit culminating in the official opening of the new wing of her hometown hospital.

After leaving for the flight home Tasha experiences a scare with the baby so they return to the hospital where she is confined to bed.

Which brings the royal couple into conflict with King Edward (Charles Shaughnessy) and they struggle with blindly following tradition and literally delivering on expectations.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA'S CHIMNEY OF SECRETS (2024)

 

While their mother (Mely Pinon) is sleeping, siblings Adam and Emily (Gavino Tragarz and Ayli Pinon) find Santa’s hat by their fireplace but no sign of Santa, so Ayda (Mandy Lee Rubio) and Detective Nut (Bert Lopez) come to investigate.

They find out that their chimney is a gateway to a magic world, so Ayda and the children embark on a magical quest to rescue Santa (Dave Malin) and do battle with the Ice Fairy (Marivel Tragarz) to save Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CARIBBEAN CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Theatre critic Rachel (Elizabeth Hurley) is a hopeless romantic and after she catches her actor boyfriend sneaking out of the church minutes before he was supposed to marry her she is devastated. 

So her mother Chloe (Stephanie Beacham) suggests she makes use of the honeymoon and take her bridesmaids Amanda and Rebecca (Caroline Quentin and Nathalie Cox) to St Kitts in the Caribbean.

On their night on the island she meets handsome restaurateur and chef Allesandro (Edoardo Costa) and they are smitten.

So her friends and resort manager Ellie (Downtown Julie Brown) set about getting them together, but his Monica (Hadar Cats) daughter tries to keep them apart.

So who will succeed?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN THE CARIBBEAN (2022)

 

Theatre critic Rachel (Elizabeth Hurley) is a hopeless romantic and after she catches her actor boyfriend sneaking out of the church minutes before he was supposed to marry her she is devastated. 

So her mother Chloe (Stephanie Beacham) suggests she makes use of the honeymoon and take her bridesmaids Amanda and Rebecca (Caroline Quentin and Nathalie Cox) to the St Kitts in the Caribbean.

On their night on the island she meets handsome restaurateur and chef Allesandro (Edoardo Costa) and they are smitten.

So her friends and resort manager Ellie (Downtown Julie Brown) set about getting them together, but his Monica (Hadar Cats) daughter tries to keep them apart.

So who will succeed?

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

 

Christmas hating New York mob boss Tony Pantera (Nino Cimino) is betrayed by some of his associates and when he is apprehended by the FBI he turns the tables on them and is relocated to Los Angeles in the witness protection program.

It’s up to FBI Agent Martin (Chris Spinelli) to keep him alive and on the straight and narrow.

While LA Cop Natalie (Jaclyn Marfuggi) tends to his personal needs while she helps him rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS EVE (2018)

 

Michael (Rafael Jordan) lives in Brooklyn and is struggling to make ends meet despite working hard as a car valet, Parking wealthy people’s luxury cars, as a short order cook, and other menial and demeaning jobs, but he loses the cook job because of an act of kindness.

While taking a break from a serving job at a cocktail party on Christmas Eve he makes an unexpected connection with a stranger Evelyn (Elisabetta Fantone) who offers him an alternative view on life despite their vastly different social status and backgrounds.

So they go on a journey on that cold December night which offers him a break from the routine and a glimpse into what might be, but ultimately nothing changes.