Film Critics United

Christmas With A Kiss (2023) - Hallmark So Big City Social Media Influencer Mona (Mishael Morgan) is out on a date with what I guess is her boyfriend and she's ready to commit to this dude by inviting him to spend Christmas with her, and her family, in her tiny home town.  But this cat also has something to say, mainly that being with Mona has made him realize how much he loves his ex-wife.  Damn.  I mean Mona seems pleasant enough, she's very good looking, has a nice figure, a great job and a killer NYC apartment but clearly there's something else there I'm not seeing because that's harsh.  Fortunately Mona's bestie Shay (Samantha Gracie) is there to comfort her in her time of need to let her know that while it is true, she is almost valueless without a man, but that a high quality man is just around the corner!  Thanks Shay! Now it's off to Tiny Town where Mona has to help the family with the annual Sinclair Christmas Festival, and that's when she sees

Scouting for Christmas (2024) - Hallmark My apologies my friends for last year, as an unpaid Hallmarky Christmas Movie Consultant, I was derelict in my duties.  Usually me and my Consulting Partner Lisa spit out between 20 to 40 of these hard hitting essays each year but last year I only did a couple.  There were extenuating circumstances of course, but as an old ball coach used to tell us, excuses are like nostrils (he didn't say nostrils), everybody has one.  This year however we are back on it, no longer shirking my duties as an unpaid Holiday movie consultant. Angela (Tamera Mowry-Housley) is a hard working real-estate agent and somewhat neglectful mom to the spunky 10-year old Brooklyn (Audrey Wise Alvarez).  Meaning she's always late picking up Brooklyn up from school to take her to her girl scout meetings, leaving Brooklyn to trek on down to the local bakery to avoid freezing to death, and beg for food.  In the real world, perhaps protective services should get involved,