Even if some of the acting is a little stilted, this movie has my heart. I believe I’ve watched it at least once each year. It’s like a well-read Christmas novella . . . you know what’s going to happen, but you don’t care. You’re invested. Crystal Carruthers (Acker) is a young woman now in […]
Christmas Movie Review: Christmas Plus One (2022)
“From the moment you were born,” a wise woman once told me, “and from the moment he was born . . . God began to move you toward each other.” Those words of wisdom came from Joan Zimmerman whose true story I told in my book Five Brides. Thus is the story also found in […]
Christmas Movie Review: Last Christmas (2019)
I saw the ad for Last Christmas several times as I opened up Netflix and, given what I saw, decided it would be my next review. I knew it wasn’t going to be a typical Hallmark-type Christmas movie, but I thought it was good to stretch a little in my holiday viewing. After all, not […]
Christmas Movie Review: A Bride for Christmas (2012)
Okay. This movie was ADORABLE. Well-acted. Well-written. Simply good. I would recommend this film over and over again. The movie begins with the wedding of Jessie (Arielle Kebbel) and Mike (Sage Brocklebank). Jessie is called “Bolt” by her father because she is known to “bolt” before a wedding. This particular trip down the aisle is […]
Christmas Movie Review: Hot Chocolate Holiday
Hot chocolate. A bakery. A cafe. A budding romance. A Christmas market. Holiday decor. Holiday fashion. Globs of snow . . . I mean, seriously. Everything . . . EVERYTHING. . . about Christmas is in Hot Chocolate Holiday. The acting is somewhat stilted, but I couldn’t stop watching it, nonetheless. So, here’s the story: […]
Christmas Movie Review: Our Little Secret (2024)
At first glance, this doesn’t appear to be a Christmas movie (much like Die Hard), but it is. Because . . . well, it’s Christmas. And B, it’s Christmas. So, here’s the story: Logan (Ian Harding) and Avery (Lindsey Lohan) were childhood sweethearts. In fact, ten years ago, Logan proposed to Avery before she left […]
Christmas Movie Review: The Spirit of Christmas (2015)
Full confession: I love this movie. I have watched it every year since Lifetime released it. The Spirit of Christmas tells the story of a quite handsome man named Daniel (Thomas Beaudoin) who was killed a century ago. Now attorney Kate (Jen Lilley), is assigned the job of selling Daniel’s estate, which has become Hollygrove […]
Christmas Movie Review: A Paris Christmas Waltz (2023)
Allow me to tell you a story . . . two years ago, during the holidays, I took the trip of a lifetime to Ireland, Northern Ireland, and England (specifically London). My goal was to hit every Christmas market I could find alongside my friend Clare and (sometimes) her now husband, Chris. Magical doesn’t begin […]