12 Days of Christmas…Movies

On the first day of Christmas, Disney+ gave to me “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” As a fan of Tim Burton, I have always loved this movie, even though it was actually directed by Henry Selick. This darkly-enthusiastic stop-motion flick pairs as a Halloween and a Christmas movie. From “This is Halloween,” to “What’s This?” this movie has the best of both holidays.  For those of y...

On the second day of Christmas, I watched the Disney+ Original movie “Noelle.”  This movie, starring comics Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader, is kind of wack. The story is all sorts of crazy with its many subplots. There’s a plot that seems like it would be a main plot, but it’s not entirely focused on it. The film centrals more on the extra subplots. The main plot of the movie is Noelle Kring...

“Let It Snow” is a Netflix Original film that is set in Illinois and stars the "Descendants" actor Mitchell Hope and "Spider-Man" actor Jacob Batalon. It also has "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" star Kiernan Shipka, with a few appearances by the woman, the myth, and the legend herself: Joan Cusack.  This movie has three different plots going on at once. If I’m being totally honest, I liked...

There’s so many of those “Cinderella Story” movies, I am definitely not surprised that there’s a Christmas-themed one. It’s called, “A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish.” It stars "Austin & Ally" actress Laura Morano, along with "Runaways" actor Gregg Sulkin. I will admit, when I first started watching this movie, I actually thought Sulkin was Robert Pattinson from "Twilight." Anyway, this movi...

“White Christmas” is a CLASSIC Christmas musical starring Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby. I’m sure you know the Christmas song “White Christmas.” That song is from this movie. It’s about two WWII veterans who started a music tour after the war. These two vets end up following sisters, who also happen to be a singing duo, to Vermont. In Vermont, they meet up with their general from their Army d...

I can’t believe we are already halfway through the 12 Days of Christmas movies. That being said, winter break is approaching us, and so are finals. Today’s movie is “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” which was released in 2018.  As a big fan of the 2000 film “How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” starring Jim Carrey, I wasn’t quite sure how I was going to feel about the animated one. There’s d...

The new release “Klaus” is a Netflix original starring the voices of “Parks and Rec” actress Rashida Jones, and the legend Joan Cusack. This is the story of a postal worker who completely changes a town for the better and creates Christmas as we know it.  In the beginning, the town of Smeerenburg was pretty much at war with itself. There were two different clans who fought all the time. T...

“The Christmas Project” is an adorable film about how far a little kindness can go. It follows the four Buckley brothers (Simon, Matthew, Peter and John) and the Hagbart siblings (I only remember Finn and Little Francie, but there were four of them) on their journeys through middle school. The brothers do this thing called “elving,” which is basically a Secret Santa but the other person does...

The 1989 film “Prancer” stars the man who is more cowboy than any country singer, Sam Elliott (who also starred in “Roadhouse,” released that same year) along with Rebecca Harrell Tickell. “Prancer” is the story of a little girl (Tickell) who sees a reindeer while sledding and convinces herself it’s Santa Clause’s. Later on, she sees it while she’s with her dad (Elliott) and the ...

Apparently, Will Ferrell likes playing the 30-year-old son who still has not left home. He has done it a few times. There’s “Step Brothers,” which I have only watched the first thirty minutes of, and in “Elf” he also plays a fully grown adult. At least in “Elf” he has a decent excuse as to why he still acts five. If you have not seen it, “Elf” is the story of Buddy, a human who was...

Christina Milian, Ashley Benson, and Chad Michael Murray star in "Christmas Cupid." School appropriate words can not express how much I hate the main character in the movie “Christmas Cupid.” She is a terrible person and won’t even admit it. Personally, I don’t really care if someone isn’t a good person, as long as they can admit it, and this chick can’t even do that. All she cares ...

In my opinion, “The Santa Clause” is probably one of the best Disney Christmas films made yet, excluding the “Good Luck Charlie” Christmas movie. This movie, or I guess series of movies, tells the story of a dad who is trying to keep the withering Christmas spirit alive in his son, despite the fact he can tell his son doesn’t enjoy being around him and the lack of any sense of family in ...