Hallmark Holidaze: Movie Reviews from The Heart or Something

Hallmark Holiday Movie Checklist: Character who is emotionally crippled by their parents bitter divorce and vows vehemently never to love again Character whose parents showed them the meaning of true love and now they can never settle for anything less Overly enthusiastic (and frequent mentions) of the Christmas Spirit Under-the-mistletoe make-out scene Uses picking out a Christmas Tree as a metaphor for finding love Best friends who tell it like it is (this movie has TWO!)  Are you a sucker for a story about a super handsome guy, whose parents' divorce caused him to write off love forever ( FOREVER! ), and a beautiful, true-love believing woman who wears incredibly frumpy, man-sweaters and although she is smart, beautiful, able to hook up a stove, and re-grout a sink has NO IDEA she is everyone's ideal woman? If you answered yes to the above question, then The Nine Lives of Christmas is the Hallmark movie for you!  MEETING CUTE! WITH CATS! Synopsis:   ...

Hallmark Holiday Movie Checklist: Character named Holly and/or some other Christmas derivative Character breaks down/gets lost/ gets trapped with a stranger who could be their soulmate Workaholic boyfriend Character whose parents who showed them the meaning of true love and they could never settle for anything less Flirty/romantic ice skating scene Bosses making their employees go to their extravagant Christmas Eve parties instead of being at home with their families  Christmas proposal    One Starry Christmas  has all of the above and COWBOYS! OMG SPONTANEOUS LINE DANCING AT A CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY!   The Synopsis: An aspiring astronomer (no seriously, an astronomer), who has just written her dissertation on the Cultural Significance of Orion and has a one-dimensional workaholic boyfriend (who chooses jeopardy and a work trip over spending Christmas with her), decides to travel on a rickety bus from Chicago to NewYork and-  surprise, sur...