Christmas

  • “Becoming Santa” Lifetime Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 19, 2015
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    [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaWmmEWegQE[/embedyt] Holly has never introduced her toy designer boyfriend Connor to her family and has only revealed that they live “up north.” As their relationship intensifies, Holly knows she can’t wait any longer and decides to bring Conner to meet her parents for Christmas. Connor is in for a shock when he discovers he’s actually headed to the North […]
  • “Debbie Macomber’s Dashing Through the Snow” Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Review

    By Ruth on December 13, 2015
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    Stranded at an airport at Christmas-time, ASHLEY DAVISON accepts a ride from DASH SUTHERLAND, who has just rented the last car in town. Ashley sells crafts for a living, while Dash is supposedly a house painter. Although they initially clash, romance soon blossoms during their journey — but the fact that Dash is a secret FBI agent who has been […]
  • “On the Twelfth Day of Christmas” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 12, 2015
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    Maggie Chalke is torn between her journalistic integrity and helping her long time crush Mitch O’Grady when her boss orders her to write a story for the paper about the Secret Santa gifts she’s been sending Mitch to help him relearn his love for Christmas. First of all, let me mention what I think are the negligible “criticisms” concerning this […]
  • “Just in Time For Christmas” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 9, 2015
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    Lindsay Rogers (played by Eloise Mumford) has to make a tough decision: stay in her small town hometown and marry longtime beau and coffee shop owner Jason Stewart (Michael Stahl David), or accept a once in a lifetime job offer, teaching at an Ivy League college thousand of miles away. Fortunately, a magical messenger (William Shatner) gives her a priceless […]
  • Karen Kingsbury’s “The Bridge” Part 1 Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 5, 2015
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    Karen Kingsbury’s The Bridge is the sweeping tale of Molly Callens (Findlay) and Ryan Kelly (Nash), two young students who share a profound friendship their first semester in college, a time that becomes the defining moment of their lives. At their favorite bookstore and coffee shop, The Bridge, they spend countless hours studying and inspiring the other to dream their […]
  • “The Christmas Note” Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Review

    By Ruth on December 2, 2015
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          First of all, while this film is predictable and even somewhat conventional, this does not mean that it is tedious nor unpleasant. On the contrary, it is superb in both acting and storytelling alike. I don’t often find myself crying during films, but this is one that caused me to well with emotion. The ending was so stirring that I couldn’t […]
  • “A Christmas Detour” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on November 29, 2015
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    Two NYC bound travelers find themselves inextricably linked when a snowstorm waylays their flight to an airport hotel in Buffalo. Eternal optimist and hopeless romantic, Paige Summers, desperately needs to find a way to the city to meet her fiance’s parents before her wedding – and it’s up to a guy she can’t stand, fellow passenger and total stranger Dylan […]
  • “Home and Family Holiday Special 2015” Review

    By Ruth on November 28, 2015
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    First of all, know that this is the first time I have ever done a review on a show like this. Typically, I review films, television shows, and oftentimes I get to see them early. Unfortunately, that is not the case here. I didn’t see this beforehand. I watched it in primetime with everyone else. And the idea struck me […]
  • “Crown For Christmas” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on November 27, 2015
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    [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRZf8-SoQ6I[/embedyt] Crown For Christmas Allie, a fired maid from a ritzy NYC hotel, takes a job as a governess to a young girl who is part of a powerful family in Europe. After reluctantly accepting, and upon arrival at the castle, learns the girl is Princess Theodora and that her father is Maximillion, the King of Winshire. Max informs […]
  • “12 Gifts of Christmas” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on November 26, 2015
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    [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwh4vgAyy8[/embedyt] An aspiring artist is hired as a Christmas gift buyer for a high- powered business man with whom she falls in love. First of all, I would be remiss if I did not mention how much this film unexpectedly touched me. At the heart of the story is the comprehension and acceptance that redirection of goals and dreams […]