Hallmark Holidaze: Movie Reviews from The Heart or Something

  Hallmark Holiday Movie Checklist: Workaholic woman who no longer believes in love or the magic of Christmas A small town Christmas tradition/festival/competition that is the biggest event of the year A Christmas music montage with characters doing Christmasy things This movie should have been about Bill aka Rebel Without a Claus and Contestant #4 . Everyone else is a straight up monster.  Synopsis: What would our Hallmark Christmas review blog be without at least one movie with Candace Cameron Bure ? Yet again, Hallmark urges us all to get back together with our exes during Christmas time even when the relationship was incredibly toxic.  This time getting back together with your ex is easy when he is a former MLB MVP who aggressively peddles sub-par jerky. All you need to do is compete against him in a cutthroat Christmas Competition to win money for a charity that you don't actually care about! Watch sparks fly as exes Lara and Ben square off to see which one of them i...

  Hallmark Holiday Movie Checklist: Tragic dead parent who was the embodiment of the holiday spirit Phone call or conversation that is overheard, misinterpreted, forcing character to leave true love behind Uses picking out a Christmas tree as a metaphor for finding love A Christmas music montage with characters doing Christmas-y things Workaholic woman who no longer believes in love or the magic of Christmas This is NOT the sequel I was hoping to get. - Brandon Routh Synopsis: Disclaimer: The only reason why we chose to review this movie is because Beth and I wrote a review about the original move, The Nine Lives of Christmas , back when this blog was in its infancy with zero readers. I apologize to the friends I made sit through the sequel as I don't think any amount of alcohol helped us make sense of the plot. Zachary is still a lifelong bachelor/firefighter/contractor house flipper (we are STILL confused on how he manages to do both, but whatevs) and Marilee is now a workah...