Hercules Saves Christmas - Animal Planet Christmas Movie

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Hercules Saves Christmas

Network: Animal Planet

Original Air Date: Nov. - Dec. 2011

CAST:

Shorty Rossi ... the Voice of Hercules
Hercules ... Santa's Dog
Anthony Robinson ... Max
Mackenzie Phillips ... Helen
Kathy Garver ... Sister Augustus
Marc McClure ... Don Roscoe
Danny Arroyo ... Rick Wilder
Richard Van Vleet ... Rondo
Arturo Gil ... Elf Rocky
Ronald Clark ... Elf Remo
George McGuire ... Santa
Brad Williams ... Elf Mickey
Dana Woods ... Elf Joseph



PLOT:

"Hercules Saves Christmas" takes us on a magical, fun-filled and touching journey. MAX MOOGLE, an adorable yet mischievous orphaned twelve year old boy is alone in the woods two days before Christmas. Max happens to meet a large talking dog named HERCULES. He explains to Max that he is the one who makes the naughty and nice list for Santa and he was sent to offer Max a chance at the “nice list."

Max soon takes a magical ride to the North Pole and appears before SANTA in his courtroom, run by ELVES. Santa tells Max that in order to make the nice list, he must help RICK WILDER, a bitter man, find the spirit of Christmas. MAX is whisked off to the San Francisco Bay Area with Hercules. Unbeknownst to everyone but Max, Hercules is invisible to everyone but Max, which leads to many a comical encounter. Together, Max and Hercules leap into action in order to help Rick find the spirit of Christmas.



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Hallmark Channel adds another new Christmas Movie for the Holiday Season!

This is the 11th New Movie that Hallmark will be premiering during their Countdown to Christmas. (They will also have a new Cartoon.)

See the New Christmas Movies Page for the other 10 Movies and Many More New Christmas Movies, Specials, etc...  from other networks.

In my opinion... this new premiere movie, titled, A Christmas Wish, sounds to be very intriguing. The movie will star Kristy Swanson (What If) and Tess Harper (Christy).
A Christmas Wish will be Released on DVD, December 6, 2011. You can pre-order your copy, today!

Please visit the: "A Christmas Wish" Movie Page, for more movie details - pics, cast, plot, video clip, etc...

I hope all of your Christmas Wishes come true!

A Christmas Wish - Hallmark Channel Movie

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A Christmas Wish

Originally Titled : A Root Beer Christmas


Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: November 20, 2011


CAST:

Kristy Swanson ... Martha Evans
Tess Harper ... Trudy Willis
Edward Herrmann ... Les
Aline Andrade ... Clarice
Danielle Chuchran ... Jeanie Bullington
K.C. Clyde ... Joe Hopkins
Lilee Clyde ... Katie
Kirstin Dorn ... Mel Evans
Lloyd Eisler ... Bad Bob
Mike Hagerty ... Owen Bullington
Kevin Herring III ... Miles Evans
Star Herrmann ... Carol Bullington
Taggart Hurtubise ... Danny Park
Bart Johnson ... Cal Evans
Claudia Mejia ... Carmelita Carnes

PLOT:

Martha Evans, an attractive 28 year old shows the wear of years of working double shifts at minimum wage. Martha is close to despair when her ‘never-do-well’ husband abandons her a few days before Christmas, leaving her homeless and destitute.

With her two young daughters and stepson in tow, Martha travels cross-country looking for work, finally landing a job as a late-shift waitress at a small town diner. Still, with her car broken down and the bills piling up as fast as her troubles, it looks like it’s going to be a very bleak Christmas for the Evans family. In a desperate cry for help, Martha reaches to higher power…and her prayer seems to work a small miracle.

Unbeknownst to her, the sympathetic townsfolk and a concerned new admirer have been working behind the scenes to make her season bright. The kindness of strangers ultimately renews Martha’s faith, not only in humanity but also in the God who answered her prayer. The owner of the local diner, an attractive, no-nonsense woman in her mid to late 60s takes pity on Martha and her kids. As their bond builds, the two find unexpected comfort in the values of true friendship. Could blowing the dust off the beloved old recipe for home-made root beer be the answer to their prayers?...


Video Clip - Movie Trailer:



The movie was originally titled : A Root Beer Christmas


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Love's Christmas Journey - Hallmark Channel Movie

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Love's Christmas Journey

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: November 5, 2011

*This will be a FOUR HOUR MOVIE - like a Mini-series!

Inspired by Janette Oke’s award winning Love Comes Softly book series, the four-hour, star-studded movie event is an inspiring tale of love, trust and miracles.





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CAST:

Sean Astin ... Mayor Wayne
JoBeth Williams ... Mrs. Beatrice Williams
Natalie Hall ... Ellie King
Dylan Bruce ... Deputy Strode
Greg Vaughan ... Aaron Davis
Bobby Campo ... Erik
Charles Shaughnessy ... Weaver
Ernest Borgnine ... jovial man named Nicholas




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Photo by Tracy Conroy – © 2011

 

PLOT:

from Hallmark:

"While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King (Hall) visits her brother Aaron Davis, (Vaughan) a sheriff in the small town of Haddonton, and his two children during the Christmas holiday. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, even making new friends with Beatrice (Williams), a local shop keeper and Deputy Strode (Bruce). Settling in nicely with her brother's family, Ellie agrees to watch her niece and nephew when Aaron travels out of town to purchase adjacent land for farming. But when a corrupt attorney in town leaves a young man to blame for Mayor Wayne's (Astin) barn catching fire and burning, Ellie ignores distrusting townspeople and steps in to help to prove his innocence. To her dismay, the season's festivities are threatened when Aaron goes missing. When all seems lost, Ellie not only gets the perfect holiday miracle-her brother delivered home safely on Christmas morning-but also the chance at a new life when she finds herself falling in love again."



*Images - Hallmark Gold Crown Family Networks

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Deck the Halls Movie from book by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark

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Deck the Halls

Network: TNT

Original Air Date: December 20, 2011

*Based on book - Deck the Halls, by Mary Higgins Clark and Daughter Carol Higgins Clark


CAST:

Kathy Najimy ... Alvirah
Scottie Thompson ... Regan
David Selby ... Luke
Larry Miller ... Willy
Eric Johnson ... Jack
Jane Alexander ... Nora
Luciano Carro ... ?



 

PLOT:

from TNT press release:

Adapted from the first book in Mary Higgins Clark and daughter Carol Higgins Clark’s series of holiday mystery novels, this warm-hearted story brings together two of the authors’ most popular characters: Detective Regan Reilly and cleaning-woman-turned-private-eye Alvirah Meegan. The women investigate the kidnapping of Regan’s father and a young female driver just before the holidays. The race is on to rescue the pair and get them home in time for Christmas.

Howard Burkons (John Q, TNT’s The Ron Clark Story) is set to write the script. He will executive-produce with Brenda Friend (Joan of Arc, The Ron Clark Story)

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When Angels Sing - Christmas Movie starring Harry Connick, Jr

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When Angels Sing

in Movie Theaters

Original Air Date: December 2011

CAST:

Harry Connick Jr. ... Michael Walker
Chandler Canterbury ... David Walker
Connie Britton ... Susan Walker
Fionnula Flanagan ... Ma
Kris Kristofferson ... The Colonel
Willie Nelson ... Nick
Lyle Lovett ... Griffin
Mike Gassaway ... Doctor
Ryan Tillman ... Customer
Melissa Cordero ... College Student
Eloise DeJoria ... Laura
Heather Kafka ... David's Doctor
Georgia Cole ... Tricia
Deborah Cole ... Theresa
Timeca M. Seretti ... Nurse




PLOT:


from official "When Angels Sing" site:

WHEN ANGELS SING is a life-affirming story for all ages!

Harry Connick Jr. stars as Michael Walker, who, as a child, wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife (Connie Britton) and well-intentioned parents (Kris Kristofferson, Fionnula Flanagan). But when his young son (Chandler Canterbury) faces a tragedy, Michael needs to make amends with his past. A mysterious man named Nick (Willie Nelson) gives Michael a gift and instills in him the courage to find the joy that he lost.

Based on Book:  When Angels Sing by Turk Pipkin



Also, Lyle Lovett spoke about the movie, in an interview:
here's an excerpt-

You just filmed a Christmas movie called When Angels Sing, with Harry Connick Jr., Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. That’s a pretty big musical lineup.

Music was a big component. The movie was filmed in Austin and it’s set in Austin, and it very much reflects the music community there. There are other musicians in it too; Bruce Robison is in it, Charlie Sexton is in it, Marcia Ball is in it. They play extended family members of Harry Connick’s character. He plays a guy who’s lost the Christmas spirit, and he and his wife and son move into a neighbourhood that is famous for being the town’s big Christmas neighbourhood, where people come to look at the lights. I’m his new neighbour, who is the Christmas decorating rabble-rouser. I’m Mr. Enthusiastic Christmas.

See full interview, here.



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Please beware of Christmas Movie coming to Theaters in 2011

When I read about this movie - honestly, I almost couldn't believe it. This movie sounds like Hollywood at it's absolute worst, so of course, I just had to share this news with all of you who visit here.

Please beware of this so-called Christmas Movie, 'A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'. It sounds terrible, but please read below, and you be the judge....

(My information regarding this movie – is directly from http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/07/27/neil-patrick-harris-is-back-in-a-very-harold-amp-kumar-3d-christmas/. In this article – it states that this is the third movie for this series.)


Excerpts from Article – (please beware of graphic details):


“This time around, ... the franchise is getting a fresh jolt of blockbuster juice from first-time director Todd Strauss-Schulson, who’ll oversee Harold and Kumar as they contend with robots, Claymation, a “huge car crash” and 3-D marijuana smoke rings. “The adventure is epic, and the 3-D is epic, and the amount of action-y spectacle scenes are epic,” says Strauss-Schulson. ‘It’s epically absurd.’


A recurring feature we’re excited for, however, is the perennial outrageously crass cameo by one Neil Patrick Harris. Yep, count on it — Doogie Howser himself, despite a scrape with death in the second installment, is back in the game for Round 3. “Neil is in this show-stopping Christmas spectacular dance number,” Strauss-Schulson says. “He’s on crack, he goes to heaven and he meets Jesus, he attempts rape, he abuses a robot, he’s telekinetic. It’s crazy. Straight-up crazy. It’s great.”


“I wanted this to be a ‘Trojan horse’ movie,” Strauss-Schulson explains. “The idea was that it should look like a Christmas movie, and at the end of the movie you should feel the warm fuzzies like you’re watching Miracle on 34th Street. But, like a Trojan horse, it’s filled with the most subversive, dirty [stuff]. There’s lesbian nuns, pedophile priests… all this stuff, [but] people walk away feeling like they’ve just seen this really sweet Christmas movie.”

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My Thoughts:

Christmas is a Holy day in which we celebrate the birth of Jesus and the joy of being surrounded by family. This movie sounds awful, filled with, and I quote from the Director, "dirty stuff". Is that supposed to be 3D fun? I couldn’t believe they actually admitted that it had “lesbian nuns”, and an attempted rape, etc... Is that supposed to be funny? From everything I've read, this movie appears to be a disgrace to Nuns, the Catholic church, and anyone who has ever been victimized - disguised as a sweet Christmas Movie. Please inform others.

Christmas should be about Joy and "Peace on earth, good will toward men". If you need a really good Christmas laugh, please watch Christmas with the Kranks, Home Alone, A Christmas Story, or just about anything else!