Christmas Festival of Ice

So cute - good acting and the plot isn't as ridiculous as it sounds. "Those years of law school pay off for Emma but not in ways one would expect. When she finds out that her beloved ice-sculpting contest, part of her hometown's Christmas festival, has been canceled, she springs into action. Determined to keep it going, she enlists sponsors and artists. Nick, the town's ace artisan, isn't interested in competing this year, but Emma wants him as her teammate. Considering what she's managed to accomplish, Nick is impressed and signs on. As Emma and Nick work together, she realizes there's more to life than legal briefs. And transformed by Emma's can-do spirit, Nick is invigorated, too. They just might have a shot at winning this very special Christmas contest - and a lot more."

—Hallmark

All in all, I say: SEE IT

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

The first film with Al Gore was shocking and concerning. I loved it. This one is heartbreaking and even more concerning. I had to stop it many times to just cry. Watching the glaciers melting....I can't even. It ends on a hopeful note, but barely. Everyone has to see not just the first one, but this one too. How anyone could still deny climate change is beyond me - talk about head in the sand. The chain reaction it causes....I'm going to tear up again. All in all, I say: SEE IT - I rented it on Directv.

Marry Me at Christmas

A famous action actor spends a holiday in a small town in order to give his sister away at her wedding. He meets a bridal shop owner who wants to go into the wedding planning business. The two fall in love. All in all, I say: SEE IT - Hallmark Christmas is a guarantee of a happy feeling.

Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow

These two were great together - the plot was a little off. I do like a dog and a road trip. "Based on a novel by Debbie Macomber, this yuletide movie tells the story of Ashley Harrison (Meghan Ory) and Dash Sutherland (Andrew Walker). She is a crafter based in San Francisco who is desperate to spend the holidays with her family in Seattle and Dash is also in a rush to get there. When Ashley inexplicably encounters a problem with her reservation at the airport ticket counter, she turns to Plan B and attempts to rent a car. But there's just one vehicle left and Dash beats her to it. Reluctantly, Ashley takes him up on his offer to join him on the road trip. As the pair heads north, their adventures include car trouble, adopting a puppy and being secretly tailed by federal agents, who believe Ashley is up to no good. With a hint of romance gradually filling the air will these two fall in love or will their journey bring about an unexpected road bump to romance?"

—Mary Padilla

All in all, I say: SEE IT - love me some Hallmark around the holidays

The Living and the Dead

Colin Morgan (Merlin) is a psychiatrist who leaves the big city for his families country manor with his second, and younger, wife. He goes from doctor to landowner. His return sparks a shift in some supernatural forces - he starts to believe in the unbelievable. I haven't finished the series from BBC yet. It's on Amazon. All in all, I say: STREAM IT

Chance

Hugh Laurie from House is a doctor again with great gifts again. He also has a bit of a psychological problem which he seems to have passed on to his daughter; he falls in love easily and can become obsessed. His latest obsession throws him in the path of a dangerous man (Ethan Suplee from My Name is Earl) which may or may not prove to be a useful friendship. It's one its second season on Hulu. All in all, I say: SEE IT

Geostorm

I love disaster movies so of course I saw this. I didn't see it in 3D. It follows the path of every disaster film. Danger comes and only one man can save the world. The bad guy must get caught. And...someone falls in love. Gerard Butler (Phantom) plays a scientist - kind of a stretch. Ed Harris (Westworld) and Andy Garcia (Passengers) also have roles. Most of the action is handled by a woman though. All in all, I say: SEE IT if you like disasters films as much as I do.

Tokyo Project

A short film starring Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Girls). It was really well done and I was kind of disappointed it was a short. "Sebastian is on a business trip to Tokyo. Handsome and hip, Sebastian represents a high-end Brooklyn men's grooming product company that has been finding much success in Japan. But while his business is going well, there's a sadness in Sebastian that's not hard to notice- a past that's haunting him. He's also fascinated with a woman he has seen at his hotel. Claire. Beautiful and mysterious, Claire and Sebastian keep running into each other. There's clearly an attraction there between these two strangers. And so begins an erotic, highly charged night between these two Americans traveling in a foreign land. But all is not what it seems. Truth is fiction, and fiction the new reality. And these stranger's dark pasts have more in common than you might think."

All in all, I say: STREAM IT

Love Struck Cafe

"Megan Quinn, an aspiring architect, finds herself faced with multiple tasks. She gets sent to her hometown to try to convince Mrs. Frances Figgins, her childhood mentor, to sell her family's home so that Megan's company can develop her hometown lake into a commercialized entertainment center. Megan also starts and helping out at her family café after her father breaks his leg, all while also dealing with the return of her childhood sweetheart, Joe, who broke her heart."

—nadawi95

It's Hallmark so it's predictable and has a happy ending. The acting in this by the male lead is good. The editing is only a little off. All in all, I say: SEE IT

The Foreigner

Jackie Chan - the action hero, who does his own stunts has not lost his touch. He plays an older ex-military man who wants revenge for the death of the only family member he had left in the world - his youngest daughter. Pierce Brosnon (Bond films) is an Northern Irish politician who is pressured to find the culprits. The plot is slightly more complicated than it needed to be. It would have been just as good with a simpler plot and more action scenes with Chan. All in all, I say: RENT IT if you like Chan's films.