Thursday 11 August 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SKIPPING CHRISTMAS (2004)

 

A fun Christmas movie in which Luther Krank (Tim Allen) is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas anyway but when only daughter Blair (Julie Gonzalo) leaves and goes to another country he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation cruise with his wife Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) instead.

All they have to do then is resist the pressure from their neighbours to participate in the house decorating contest and survive all the other seasonal nonsense.

But when their daughter calls on Christmas Eve and says she’s coming home for Christmas, it causes an uproar in the Krank household as the family scrambles to create a perfect Christmas from scratch in 12 hours will hilariously effect when the pesky neighbours suddenly become their allies.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS CUPID'S ARROW (2018)

At Thanksgiving dinner with her family, single College Literature Professor Holly, (Elisabeth Harnois) announces that she has had an article published in a prestigious journal but is soon overshadowed by the revelation that her married sister is pregnant.

So, she is forced to evaluate her life and is persuaded by her best friend Emily (Sasha Jackson) to sign up to a dating app.

After her first three dates didn’t go well, she was ready to throw in the towel rather than risk meeting another “frog” but then she is paired with a “prince” and arranges a date with Lawyer Josh (Chad Michael Collins) who is gorgeous, but she thinks he is all good looks and no substance.

Josh, being a serial womaniser doesn’t want to let a beautiful woman slip through his fingers, so he enlists the help of college roommate David (Jonathan Togo) who is also a Literature Professor at the same college as Holly.

Using the promise of an interview for a lucrative job he persuades David to write love poems to Holly on his behalf in true Cyrano De Bergerac style.

What widowed single parent David is unaware of is that the girl in question is the object of his own affections. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS TAIL (2012)

 

Bobby Cole (Bryson Sams) and his smart but boisterous dog Chilly love their life in   Sunshine Beach getting into scrapes and having adventures on the beach with his friends. 

But one day his father Patrick (C. Thomas Howell) announces he is being transferred to New York City, and to make matters worse, Chilly can’t go with them because he is untrained.

So, Bobby and his friends have only one week to turn the boisterous crazy beach dog into a well behaved, civilized, fit for New York indoor city dog.

And if that’s not enough to contend with there are the unforeseen consequences of opening their doors to prospective house buyers as they also make welcome a group of dangerous dog-nappers, led by Quarterman (Tom Arnold), who are hell bent on stealing Chilly who the boys have to fend off on Christmas eve.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS COACH (2019)

Christmas Coaches Lauren (Erica Deutschman) and Colleen (Tianna Nori) are best friends, business partners and Christmas enthusiasts who have turned their love for the holidays into successful careers, and every day they think they landed the job of their dreams, where they have the opportunity to give clients their most perfect Christmas.

 

Then out of the blue they land their biggest job yet, when the aristocratic Anderson family hires them.

Because of other commitments it falls on Lauren to tackle the job single handed and her mission is clear, to make Christmas into a magical event for the family even though she is intimidated by such nobility.

Thankfully she finds an immediate ally in Joyce (Jennifer Vallance) the family housekeeper who know all about the family traditions, and Lauren certainly needs help, especial to break the ice with the handsome James Anderson (Chad Connell).

 

However, James is best described as frosty as he’s in the middle of closing a business deal, and he is far from receptive to her enthusiastic Christmas spirit, but Lauren is persistent, and James begins to thaw as happy childhood memories are rekindled, and love appears to be in the Christmas air until family lawyer and childhood friend Maryam (Samantha Madely) arrives on the scene.

So, will Christmas work its magic or not? 

Wednesday 10 August 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOHN GRISHAM’S SKIPPING CHRISTMAS (2004)

 

A fun Christmas movie in which Luther Krank (Tim Allen) is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas anyway but when only daughter Blair (Julie Gonzalo) leaves and goes to another country he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation cruise with his wife Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) instead.

All they have to do then is resist the pressure from their neighbours to participate in the house decorating contest and survive all the other seasonal nonsense.

But when their daughter calls on Christmas Eve and says she’s coming home for Christmas, it causes an uproar in the Krank household as the family scrambles to create a perfect Christmas from scratch in 12 hours will hilariously effect when the pesky neighbours suddenly become their allies.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS COACH (2019)

 

Christmas Coaches Lauren (Erica Deutschman) and Colleen (Tianna Nori) are best friends, business partners and Christmas enthusiasts who have turned their love for the holidays into successful careers, and every day they think they landed the job of their dreams, where they have the opportunity to give clients their most perfect Christmas.

 

Then out of the blue they land their biggest job yet, when the aristocratic Anderson family hires them.

Because of other commitments it falls on Lauren to tackle the job single handed and her mission is clear, to make Christmas into a magical event for the family even though she is intimidated by such nobility.

Thankfully she finds an immediate ally in Joyce (Jennifer Vallance) the family housekeeper who know all about the family traditions, and Lauren certainly needs help, especial to break the ice with the handsome James Anderson (Chad Connell).

 

However, James is best described as frosty as he’s in the middle of closing a business deal, and he is far from receptive to her enthusiastic Christmas spirit, but Lauren is persistent, and James begins to thaw as happy childhood memories are rekindled, and love appears to be in the Christmas air until family lawyer and childhood friend Maryam (Samantha Madely) arrives on the scene.

So, will Christmas work its magic or not?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE BOY WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS (1998)

 

Santa (Colin McClean) has an evil younger brother named Atnas (Douglas Robinson) who along with his henchmen tricks his way into the North Pole, kidnaps his brother, imprisons the Elves, woes Mrs Claus and plans to put an end to Christmas forever.

It falls to Jeremy (Andre Bourque) a brave little boy, his friends and one of the Elves, Pointer (Dana Michael Woods) to reunite Santa with his Magic Hat and save Christmas.