Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
Work-obsessed, trying-to-make-it-big woman has a horrible boss. Woman wears a lot of glitter and meets a guy in a falling elevator. Woman takes off glitter, puts on glasses and the guy (her boss’s boyfriend) doesn’t recognize her the next time they meet. Of course. Guy asks woman to fill in as his girlfriend on a… Continue reading Holiday movie night: “A Christmas Kiss”
A woman who’s so very clumsy (of course she breaks a heel within the first 10 minutes) and terribly lonely puts work ahead of everything and meets her fairy godmother. She time-travels back a year when she was with her now-ex-boyfriend. And guess what! He’s terrible! He hates kids, and everyone knows that’s all that… Continue reading Holiday movie night: “Back to Christmas”
Woman can’t find love because her childhood was screwed up. (Um, it wasn’t really.) Woman becomes obsessed her with job because of stereotypes. Woman is sent to sell an inn (this is her job — not just for fun) where she, you guessed it, falls in love with a guy. Who’s a ghost. But who’s… Continue reading Holiday movie night: “The Spirit of Christmas”
Starring Victoria from “How I Met Your Mother.” I always liked her. Much better than Robyn. Anyway, small-town woman and her 6-year-old daughter heads to the big city to try to make enough money to save her dead father’s candy store. She lands a job at a department store in a miraculously short timeframe and… Continue reading Holiday movie night: “Christmas in the City”
I don’t care much about Christmas, but there’s something about holiday-themed movies. Particularly those that fall in the “romantic drama” and “romantic comedy” categories. They are awful. Awful. So let’s start here. The lead actress is familiar from “iZombie.” It’s something new from Netflix so it has a chance to be watchable, right? The main… Continue reading Holiday movie night: “A Christmas Prince”