Mini Movie Review : Snow (2004)

 

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The Snow movies are an absolute must for all the family this Christmas!

A slimy big game hunter is given the task of finding a herd of reindeer for San Ernesto Zoo in California. Unfortunately, one of the reindeer he captures just happens to belong to Santa! It's just a few days before Christmas and Nick Snowden, taking over the job of Santa form his father for the first time, has to find Buddy the Reindeer and teach him how to fly before Christmas Eve; the sleigh just won't fly with just seven of the critters.
 

Nick Snowden can travel between places via mirrors and some magic dust and has landed at the zoo to find Buddy. But it's just not going to be that easy to get Buddy back home; Nick has been seen on the CCTV monitor, climbing into the reindeer pen and is mistaken for a crazy man. How on earth is he going to get Buddy back and win the heart of Sandy who works at the zoo, without her thinking he need locking up?
 

A really funny, romantic wee movie with a rather quirky Santa, the likes of which you're never seen. Great acting, funny script, and good family fun for everybody.
 

Remember to watch the sequel Snow 2 : Brain Freeze as well; it's just as cute and just as funny!

x Holly-Anne x



Mini Movie Review : Snowglobe (2007)

  

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First off, I absolutely LOVE this movie!  It has fast become one of my favorites after discovering it in 2012 and I watch it every year now.  It's a gem!

Angela's parents think she's never going to settle down and start a family – having a date would be a good start! The have a new tenant, Eddie, in the apartment building they own – and he'd make the perfect son in law, they reckon.

 

But all Angela (Christina Milian) wants to do is to escape from her dysfunctional (but loving) family. Eddie gives her a gift – a snowglobe – which magically transports her to a magical winter wonderland where every single day is Christmas and everything is perfectly calm – and perfectly perfect! She meets Douglas there (played hilariously by Matt Keeslar,) who is truly Mr. Perfect. Well, Mr. Too Perfect, actually.
 

After a mishap with the snowglobe, Angela becomes stuck in the perfect Christmas world and realizes that her own family maybe aren't so bad after all.
 

A really cute family movie, a little bit of romance, and plenty of laughs.
 

x Holly-Anne x

 

Mini Movie Review : White Christmas (1954)

 

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I'm only reviewing this because there may be one person left on Planet Earth who hasn't seen it – and you need to! Yes, you!

 

White Christmas follows Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye,) from their meeting whist serving during World War II, right up to their being a smash hit double act and show producers.
 

Circumstances find Wallace and Davis traveling to the Columbia Inn, VT, with the Haynes Sisters (Rosemary Clooney & Vera Ellen,) the siblings of a soldier Bob and Phil served with in the Army. The inn, which is failing, just happens to be owned by their old commanding officer, Major General Waverly.
 

A string of romantic near-misses and misunderstandings ensue. Everything falls apart when the sticky-beaked old housekeeper, Emma, listens in on part of a conversation Wallace is having with a TV show host back in New York City, and gets her wires thoroughly crossed, believing he wants to exploit the old General for TV ratings. Emma relays the part of the conversation she eaves-dropped on to Betty (Rosemary Clooney;) she is outraged and disappointed at what she thinks Davis is cooking up with his TV pal and leaves the inn without a word, taking a lounge singing job back in New York.
 

It's a big mess! Will they ever sort out all these misunderstandings and get themselves together?

White Christmas is one of those movies that is just filled with the magic of Christmas, especially the super-festive finale. Romantic, funny, and with fabulous, timeless songs from Irving Berlin. If you're the one person on the planet who hasn't seen it, you're missing out on something that's an absolute tradition in many a household – including mine – every Christmas. I've been known to watch it in July or even in September, or any old month of the year. Yeah, it's that good!
 

x Holly-Anne x

 

Mini Movie Review : The Case for Christmas

 

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In The Case for Christmas a widower, recently qualified as a lawyer and desperate for clients agrees to take on Santa Claus as a client.

Santa is being sued by the ruthless head of a sporting goods manufacturer who plans to demonize the old Elf King so his brand new Christmas icon, Santana Snow, can take over. Santana Snow is a fairy who delivers – you guessed it – sporting goods for Christmas!

Dean Cain is wonderful as the lawyer dad, Michael Sherman (but don't take my word for it - I'd watch him recite his grocery list and applaud!) and George Buza and Dylan Roberts are authentic and convincing Santa Clause and Charlie Elfkin (Santa's Head Elf,) respectively.

The Case for Christmas is a super-cute festive movie for all the family. The acting is superb, the script well-written and funny and all the characters are endearing – except for the scuzzball corporate head and his lawyer!

A charming, mildly romantic Christmas movie that's a must in our household from now on. You'll love it!

x Holly-Anne x

Mini Movie Review - CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

 

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Firstly, let's get the confusion out of the way – I saw this movie on Netflix, via my Roku box and it was entitled A CHRISTMAS PUPPY. It's another one of those titles that can be off putting to those not into cutesy doggy movies. There is a dog, who is an a few scenes, and in the over all story is quite important, but I would not call this a dog movie, per se, not at all. The actual name of this movie is CHRISTMAS SPIRIT (according to IMBD.com, which is a reliable source, and there is no alternative title listed.)

Riley is a teenager who is cynical and has lost his Christmas spirit. He's used to spending it alone due to his overworked mom never being home.

But Hope, a Christmas Spirit, literally, sets him a task to find his own Christmas spirit whist helping a family of complete strangers in desperate need of some festive mojo! The previously well-to-do family are being foreclosed on, the company the dad works for is being shut down, and their daughter feels utterly invisible to both of them due to their preoccupation with their problems. Holiday cheer is pretty short in their household this year.

Aaron Jaeger is superb as Riley, and Alexandra Paul is wonderful as the children's author with semi-permanent writer's block, one of the family Riley is sent to help.

A charming movie that warms the cockles of your heart! Great for all the family to watch this Christmas holidays.

 

x Holly-Anne x

 

Mini Movie Review - CHRISTMAS ANGEL

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Young Olivia is intrigued by the spooky old dark house next door. Her best buddy, Lucas, tells her it's a wishing house – all you have to do to make your wish come true is throw rocks at it and break some glass!

Olivia and her classmates have an assignment to do before the holidays – My Impossible Wish. One of Olivia's classmates is a foster child whose impossible wish is to get a new, horrendously expensive bike for Christmas. Olivia goes to the wishing house and wishes the foster kid could get the bike he wants - without breaking any glass.

Olivia's wish is mysteriously granted, as are some more of the wishes she wanted for other people. Suddenly, the wishing house is besieged by rock-throwing kids.

Olivia wonders if the granted wishes have something to do with the strange blue light that emanates from inside the spooky old dark house at night. Could there be an angel in there, granting all these seemingly impossible Christmas wishes?

But Olivia is smart and curious and needs to find out exactly who, or what, is really behind all these granted wishes.

This is a must-see Christmas family movie! It has a wonderful message of selflessness and giving to others, and is one of the best message movies I've ever seen.

The cast is superb, especially the two best friends, Olivia and Lucas played by Izabela Vidovic and Tyler Humphrey respectively, and the incredible Della Reese as the Spook House-dweller. I've rarely seen two such incredibly talented child actors in a movie. They are funny and adorable and you and your family will absolutely love this movie. Highly recommended!

x Holly-Anne x

Mini Movie Review - A CHRISTMAS WISH

 

 

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A Christmas Wish is an absolutely heart-warming, charming, movie that runneth over with the true spirit of Christmas.

Martha is a mom of three (which includes a step-son,) who is left in the lurch by her dead-beat husband who runs off with a younger woman and cleans out their bank accounts in the process.

They wind up in a small town in the middle of nowhere, destitute and homeless, and just when the townsfolk rally around the family-in-need and things are looking up, guess who turns up like a bad penny?

There's tears to be shed watching this movie, but there's some great laughs too. Excellent performances from the whole cast – and the kids are absolutely awesome! Starring Kristy Swanson, Tess Harper, and Edward Herrmann, this movie is an absolute treat to watch. Great for the whole family!

x Holly-Anne x