Every year, there are movies that become instant personal favorites, and you know you’ll rewatch them every year. Then there are movies that you enjoyed watching once, but you probably won’t think about the again. Lifetime’s Serving Up the Holidays,…
Hallmark ‘Countdown to Christmas’ Review: “A Holiday Spectacular”
It can take a great deal of courage to be the person you’re meant to be. That’s the focus of Hallmark’s A Holiday Spectacular, part of the Countdown to Christmas. It’s a story about a Philly heiress named Maggie (Ginna…
Lifetime’s “It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” Review: ‘The 12 Days Of Christmas Eve’
Who wouldn’t want a chance to right their greatest mistakes? In The 12 Days of Christmas Eve, part of It’s a Wonderful Lifetime on the Lifetime channel, Kelsey Grammer‘s Brian Conway gets a chance to do just that. It’s a…
Lifetime’s “It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” Review: ‘Steppin’ Into The Holiday’
Lifetime’s newest It’s a Wonderful Lifetime offering, Steppin’ into the Holiday asks the question “Is there anything that says Christmas more than…a dance recital?” If you have two left feet like me, there are probably plenty of things. I may…
Lifetime’s “It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” Review: ‘Baking All The Way’
Our traditions only matter because we share them with the people we love. That’s the message of Baking All the Way, part of the It’s a Wonderful Lifetime slate of movies on the Lifetime channel. It’s also the perfect message…
Lifetime’s “It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” Review: ‘A Show-Stopping Christmas’
Christmas movies come in a feel-good, cheesy spectrum. The cheesier the better, I say. It’s rare for a Christmas movie to make me as annoyed, irritated, or as downright disgusted as Lifetime’s A Show-Stopping Christmas, part of their It’s a…
‘Spirited’ Review: A Musical Take On A Holiday Classic
By my estimation, there are approximately 300 retellings of the holiday classic A Christmas Carol. (And, for the record, the Muppet version is the best.) This year, Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds present a musical addition to the pantheon with…
Lifetime’s “It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” Review: ‘Santa Bootcamp’
It’s not often that a feel-good Christmas movie could easily double as a harrowing true crime tale, with only a slight tweak to the plot. Yet that’s where we are with the Lifetime “It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” film Santa Bootcamp.…
Lifetime’s “It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” Review: ‘A Country Christmas Harmony’
You know what they say: home is where the heart is. Unless you’re A Country Christmas Harmony part of “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” on the Lifetime channel. Then home is where you were born. It doesn’t matter if you leave.…
Hallmark’s ‘Countdown to Christmas’ Review: “Inventing The Christmas Prince”
Of all the movies I was looking forward to in this year’s slate of Countdown to Christmas movies, I have to confess that Hallmarks’s Inventing the Christmas Prince wasn’t at the top of the list. The premise – that a…
