The Day 7 selection for my Christmas Movie Review embraces all that makes me fall in love again with the magic of Christmas – The Santa Clause, 1994, because it’s timeless. Thank you, Walt Disney.
The basic premise is that the main character, Tim Allen, finds himself in a position where he cannot refuse becoming Santa when he inadvertently agrees to a magical contract. Continue reading
Hitched for the Holidays, 2012, Hallmark, is a surprisingly refreshing movie. This is the selection for Day 6 of my Christmas Movie Review.
Two people, pressured by their parents to “have” someone by New Year’s Eve, find themselves backed into proverbial corners. Continue reading
As a screenwriter, I find myself analyzing movies on two levels. For the Day 5 selection in my Countdown to Christmas Movie Review – Christmas in Boston (ABC TV Movie – 2005), my screenwriter side kicked into auto-pilot and overrode my want-to-be-entertained-holiday-viewer side even sooner than usual.
I love the concept; a couple of pen pals who’ve been intimately close on paper except for one gentle lie: They’ve both hidden behind their best friends’ photos, but will they come clean when they have to meet when their work lives intersect right before Christmas – in Boston, of course? Continue reading
My pick for Day 4 of my Christmas Movie Review is Angels Sing (2013 – Hallmark) with Harry Connick, Jr., Connie Britton (think Friday Night Lights and Nashville), Kris Kristoferson, Lyle Lovett, and Willie Nelson.
With such a star-studded cast, what could go wrong, right? Continue reading
I can’t help it.
For Day 3 of my Christmas Movie Countdown, it’s back to the The Holiday Yule Log – with Happy the cat and Happy the dog. Hallmark, of course, 2007. The original version dates back to 1966.
Warning: It’s three (3!) hours of nothing but a burning Yule log, Christmas music, and watching the dog and cat bliss out by the fire, or maneuver with each other for the best spot (the cat always wins). Continue reading
I got a little sidetracked, but didn’t forget about Day 2 in my Christmas Movie Countdown. Here we go.
Okay… this is still on the sappy happy meter, but I love A Bride For Christmas, 2012 TV Movie – romantic comedy. In fact, I’ve watched it twice so far. Continue reading
Countdown to Christmas Movies – Day 1.
Since I’m specializing in writing Christmas family movies, I’m thrilled the calendar has flipped over to December so I can unabashedly watch all the Christmas movies I want, grinning as I go from one to the next. My husband is willing (and I think secretly happy) to go along for the ride, unless he realizes he’s watching one he already saw.
I’m simply going to share my impressions. Continue reading
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