Six TV movies this week and more to come
By David Josselyn
It’s that time of year when certain television channels pummel us with the cheesiest, predictable holiday movies produced on a shoestring budget; but let’s face it, this year we could all use a little predictable cheese with a preordained happy ending. With movie theaters either shut down or not showing anything new, my attention is turned to the magic box of colorful images and sounds. My wonderful wife and amazing daughter have gleefully agreed to watch a handful of Christmas movies with me (“just a handful?” asks my daughter) so we can rate them with a critical eye. In the spirit of the season, my rating scale has been adjusted to reflect the pleasure of the experience more than the questionable quality and so we will look at the traditional plot, acting, adult material, music, and message; but also the less traditional cookie scale (does it have Christmas cookies), does it feature a small town, does an ex-flame cause problems, holiday naming (characters, places named for the season) and whether or not Santa is either featured or real. Oh, and any movie that brings tears gets a bonus point. For this first week, we watched six movies from three different platforms: Hulu, Netflix, and Hallmark.
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