Thank you, Comcast, for the gift of Hallmark this week!
There was certainly not much choice on the other channels.
Football, football, football!!!
So, here are the films that entertained me and got me into the holiday spirit!
The first two were quite good and I'd gladly watch them again.
"The Nine Lives Of Christmas" (2014) featured Brandon Routh as Zachary the stud fireman who gets a rescue cat. Kimberly Sustad was Marilee, the big-city veterinarian in town for the holidays to visit her dad. Of course they - and their two cats - fall in love!
"Never Kiss A Man In A Christmas Sweater" (2020) kept Oogway's mantra - "there are no accidents" - front and center, so of course I loved it! Niall Matter was Lucas, a burnt-out architect who finds himself stuck in the small military town where his brother lives when his left wrist is shattered by a woman moving a Christmas tree to her car. Ashley Williams was that woman, Maggie, an artist who has him stay in the cottage in her backyard while he recovers. With the help of her young daughter, they fall in love, naturally. This had a lot of humor and I really liked Niall Matter!
"Never Kiss A Man In A Christmas Sweater" (2020) kept Oogway's mantra - "there are no accidents" - front and center, so of course I loved it! Niall Matter was Lucas, a burnt-out architect who finds himself stuck in the small military town where his brother lives when his left wrist is shattered by a woman moving a Christmas tree to her car. Ashley Williams was that woman, Maggie, an artist who has him stay in the cottage in her backyard while he recovers. With the help of her young daughter, they fall in love, naturally. This had a lot of humor and I really liked Niall Matter!
"Christmas Next Door" (2017) has a confirmed bachelor cookbook writer who opens his heart to the girl next door when she helps him out with his visiting niece and nephew - really fun!
Fiona Gubbelman is delightful as April, and so is Jesse Metcalfe as Eric.
"Write Before Christmas" (2019) featured Lolita Davidovitch as the aunt of Jessica, played by
Torrey DeVitto. Jessica is a music store owner who gets dumped by her boyfriend after three months. Meanwhile, she had bought five fancy Christmas cards for him. What to do? She sends the cards to five special people from her past: her bff; her aunt; her younger brother in the military; her music teacher; and her teen crush (famous musician), whose music helped her when her mom died. Chad Michael Murray was Luke, that long-ago crush, whose star has faded in the last two decades. Now it's her turn, via that card, to bolster him!
Fabulous movie to see every year!!!
"One Royal Holiday" (2020)
While on her way home for the holidays, a cardiac nurse offers shelter from the snow storm at her parents' inn for travelers whose flight was canceled. Lo and behold, they are
the queen and crown prince of Galwick! Laura Osnes was kind and caring as Anna the nurse, with Aaron Tveit doing well as Prince James. This was another to watch again!
the queen and crown prince of Galwick! Laura Osnes was kind and caring as Anna the nurse, with Aaron Tveit doing well as Prince James. This was another to watch again!
Well, one with football managed to sneak in! Ed Begley Jr. was the grandpa that got a "magic hat" from a street Santa on the day the Kansas City Chiefs won - so now the whole family believes in that hat! Every year they wear the hat and every year the Chiefs win - then comes a reporter, Derrick, to write about it and the hat disappears and the granddaughter freaks!
Loved that Diedrich Bader was Begley's son in this! Hunter King plays Alana, daughter of Bader and granddaughter of Begley. Tyler Hines was great eye candy as Derrick!
Very fun movie to see again!
"Holiday Engagement" (2011) has Bonnie Somerville as Hillary, Jordan Bridges as David, and features Shelley Long as her mom! Very good movie with song "(Angels We Have Heard On High) Gloria" done very well! Hillary's lawyer fiance breaks up with her, so she hires an actor - David - to pose as him and to go to the family Thanksgiving with her - hilarity of course! Very good!!! Bonus points for -not- being Christmas!
"Holiday Date" (2019) was chosen for its similar theme. This time its Brittany Bristow as Brooke, the woman in need, with Matt Cohen as Joel the actor. Brooke gets Joel to play Ethan the architect, her fiance who can't make it to meet her parents for Christmas. To make for more fun, Joel is Jewish, so he's not the Christmas aficionado he's portraying! And then Ethan shows up after all when he sees photos on fb!
Very fun movie to see again!
"Holiday Engagement" (2011) has Bonnie Somerville as Hillary, Jordan Bridges as David, and features Shelley Long as her mom! Very good movie with song "(Angels We Have Heard On High) Gloria" done very well! Hillary's lawyer fiance breaks up with her, so she hires an actor - David - to pose as him and to go to the family Thanksgiving with her - hilarity of course! Very good!!! Bonus points for -not- being Christmas!
"Holiday Date" (2019) was chosen for its similar theme. This time its Brittany Bristow as Brooke, the woman in need, with Matt Cohen as Joel the actor. Brooke gets Joel to play Ethan the architect, her fiance who can't make it to meet her parents for Christmas. To make for more fun, Joel is Jewish, so he's not the Christmas aficionado he's portraying! And then Ethan shows up after all when he sees photos on fb!
These last two were chosen because they star Niall Matter.
Seriously.
I really like that Canadian actor!
Both movies are part of the "Father Christmas" trilogy, which are mystery romances.
Both have Niall Matter as Ian and Erin Krakow as Miranda, a woman who had come to the small town to find information about the father she never knew.
Wendie Malick is featured as Margaret, wife of the actor whose affair with Miranda's mother had resulted in that pregnancy, which he never knew about.
That was all found out in the first movie.
"Engaging Father Christmas" (2017)
In this part 2 of the trio, Miranda has returned to the town for the Christmas festivities and that's when she and Ian realize that they are very much in love and he proposes.
In this part 2 of the trio, Miranda has returned to the town for the Christmas festivities and that's when she and Ian realize that they are very much in love and he proposes.
"Marrying Father Christmas" (2018)
This time, a stranger shows up who turns out to be the bride's long-lost uncle that she never knew existed. Miranda's mom told her years ago that all her maternal relatives were dead. Very nice mystery, with Bill Dow as Miranda's Uncle Charlie.
Now, I'm going to find out what else Niall Matter has been in so I can watch him again.
He's such a natural and has a delightful, low-key, charm!!!
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