Ring the Bells: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE to air on TV twice this Christmas Season!

It's a Wonderful Life

 

It is truly a special night of TV when 'It's a Wonderful Life' is on.

 

How many black & white movies take over a local TV network for 3 hours during Primetime?

Not once, but twice, in one month?

 Exactly! Only ONE...

the beloved Christmas Classic:

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE!

 

It has been cherished and enjoyed for years by generations of movie watchers...

and yet, it's message is strong and meaningful in our lives today!

 

Every life has meaning and purpose and "no man is a failure who has friends."

 

 

I am thrilled to think of someone out there seeing 'It's a Wonderful Life' for the very first time! This movie is so special and dear to my heart. I remember watching it so many times throughout the Christmas Season during my childhood - back in the day when it was free for stations to air and trust me, they certainly did... over and over again! And, we loved every second - we just happened to catch it... whether it was right at the beginning, in the middle, or near the "Every time a bell rings!" end!

 

See It's a Wonderful Life at 8 PM E.S.T. on NBC

Saturday December 6, 2014

and Christmas Eve, Wednesday December 24, 2014! 

 

 

 

Add a dash of Hallmark Channel's NORTHPOLE Magic to your Home!

We've been anticipating and hearing the buzz about the upcoming movie NORTHPOLE, starring Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Josh Hopkins, Bailee Madison, and Max Charles... since Last CHRISTMAS, and now it premieres THIS WEEKEND on the HALLMARK CHANNEL!

 

NORTHPOLE

*Premieres Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 8PM/7c.*

Along with watching the movie premiere of NORTHPOLE this weekend, You and your Family can also join Elf Clementine and a young boy named Kevin in the magic of the Northpole! Hallmark has come out this year with some wonderful fun products, from books, toys, kitchen gadgets, and more... that coincide with the movie!

Be sure to look for some of these creative new items featured below in the premiere of 1 of the 12 New Hallmark Channel Original Christmas Movies- NORTHPOLE!



Talk to the Northpole everyday with the Hallmark Christmas
North Pole Communicator:

 

 

You don't need real snow if you have the...
Hallmark Northpole Magic Snowball

 

Hallmark 2014 Northpole Dance Like an Elf

Hallmark Book: Once Upon a Northpole Christmas

Hallmark's Northpole Glow-in-the-dark Puzzles

Hallmark 2014 Northpole Treeluminator Christmas Tree Light Show

Hallmark. North Pole. Find Me Santa!

 

On Christmas Eve - the Light will glow on this Snowflake

for 4 hours until Santa comes!

Bake Like an Elf with Recipe Cards

Hallmark 2014 Northpole Avalauncher

 

This sure looks fun!

 

Hallmark Northpole Bake Like an Elf Baking Kit

Hallmark Book: Nighty-Night Northpole

Hallmark Treeluminator Magic Receiver

Hallmark 2014 Lionel North Pole Express Miniature Ornament Set

And, the NORTHPOLE Movie is also available on DVD!

If you are considering ordering one of these items for Christmas, please click through my links above. You will also be supporting this site: "It's a Wonderful Movie" in doing so!

I hope you all enjoy your trip to the NORTHPOLE this Weekend on the Hallmark Channel!

"A Christmas Mystery" - an ION Original Christmas Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

A Christmas Mystery

Network: ION

Original Air Date: November 30, 2014

CAST:

Esmé Bianco
Ryan Bittle
John Ratzenberger
John Colton
Anne Leighton
Kristen Miller
Ben Trotter


PLOT:

While searching through her late mother’s attic, Rebecca uncovers sealed cards from a mysterious suitor that had been addressed to her widowed Mom over the past 12 Christmases. As she begins to wonder the identity of man, Rebecca hires a handsome, yet mysterious, detective, Andrew, to help solve the mystery behind the letters. While working to unravel the family mystery, Rebecca and Andrew begin to fall for one another, but soon learn there’s more to the case than either expected.


Movie Review:

Coming...


See or Skip:

Coming...


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"Merry Ex-mas" - an ION Original Christmas Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Merry Ex-mas

Network: ION

Original Air Date: December 7, 2014

CAST:

Dean Cain
Kristy Swanson
Lochlyn Munro
Shannon Kummer
Sharon Thomas Cain
Jodi Lyn O’Keefe
Ernie Hudson
Rebecca Grant

PLOT:

When misleading photos are published of security company chief Jessie Rogers purportedly caught in a love nest with his rock star client, his humiliated wife, Noëlle, throws him out of the house and swiftly files for divorce. Unable to convince her of his innocence, Jessie fights in vain to win Noëlle back. A year later at the family ski cabin, a Christmastime blizzard snowbounds Jessie, his daughter, ex-mother-in-law, Noëlle and her wealthy suitor, Flynn, who is plotting a surprise wedding.


Movie Review:

This movie first aired last year (2014) on ION and I must warn that it is definitely NOT Family Friendly. I like both Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson as actors but this movie was awful. It was not only morally offensive, but an insult to our intelligence, as well.

First off, I hated the title. Removing the name of Christ and replacing it with EX was the first turn off for me. Secondary to that was the fact that this couple, Jessie Rogers and his wife Noelle, portrayed by Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson have decided to separate, due to the fact that the wife believes her husband is having an affair with another woman, who was constantly running around in the movie, very suggestively dressed.

In the meantime, Noelle has quickly moved on from leaving her husband, to seeing a rich man, who appears to be faking an Irish accent. No kidding. It's that crazy. Throw in a scene where everyone is be chased by bees, and you have even more insanity. To be honest, I ended up fast-forwarding through much of the craziness, just to see how it would end. In spite of the Christmas theme and well known actors, trust me, there is no redeeming quality in this movie whatsoever.


See or Skip:

I must strongly suggest skipping this one.

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