"It's a Wonderful Movie" FAMILY MOVIE AWARDS !

This is the very first "It's a Wonderful Movie Blog" Family Movie Awards! We will be honoring our favorites by Nominees & Winners! Be sure to check it out and click on Comments below to share your favorites.

All Nominees and Winners will be from Movies that aired or premiered on TV only in 2010. (We will honor the 2011 movies of this year - next year.) The winners below are highlighted in yellow!

FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE on TV, 2010:


Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Dad's Home - Hallmark Channel
2. Den Brother  - Disney Channel
3. Emma - Masterpiece Theatre, PBS
4. Growing the Big One  - Hallmark Channel
5. Jack's Family Adventure - Hallmark Channel
6. Meet my Mom (A Soldier Love Story)- Hallmark Channel
7. Return to Cranford - Masterpiece Theatre, PBS
8. 16 Wishes  - Disney Channel
9. The Way Home  - Gospel Music Channel
10. Uncorked - Hallmark Channel



FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE on TV, 2010:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Battle of the Bulbs - Hallmark Channel
2. Call Me Mrs. Miracle  - Hallmark Channel
3. Christmas with a Capital C - Gospel Music Channel
4. Farewell Mr. Kringle  - Hallmark Channel
5. Gift of the Magi  - Hallmark Channel
6. The Night Before The Night Before Christmas - Hallmark Channel
7. The November Christmas - Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS
8. The Santa Suit - Hallmark Channel
9. On Strike for Christmas - Lifetime
10. The Town that Christmas Forgot - Hallmark Channel




FAVORITE ACTOR,  from a 2010 Family Movie:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Brad Stine - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)
2. Daniel Stern - Battle of the Bulbs (Hallmark Channel)
3. David James Elliott - Dad's Home (Hallmark Channel)
4. Dean Cain - The Way Home, (Gospel Music Channel)
5. John Corbett - The November Christmas (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)
6. Jonathon Silverman - Jack's Family Adventure (Hallmark Channel)
7. Jonny Lee Miller - Emma (Masterpiece Theatre, PBS)
8. Rick Roberts - The Town that Christmas Forgot & The Night Before The Night Before Christmas (Hallmark Channel)
9. Sam Elliott - The November Christmas (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)
10. Ted McGinley - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)



Ted McGinley - Christmas with a Capital C

FAVORITE ACTRESS,  from a 2010 Family Movie:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Christine Taylor - Farewell Mr Kringle (Hallmark Channel)
2. Doris Roberts - Call Me Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark Channel)
3. Judi Dench - Return to Cranford (Hallmark Channel)
4. Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Amish Grace (Lifetime)
5. Lauren Holly - Call Me Mrs. Miracle & The Town that Christmas Forgot (Hallmark Channel)
6. Lori Loughlin - Meet My Mom  (Hallmark Channel)
7. Nancy Stafford - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)
8. Romola Garai - Emma (Masterpiece Theatre, PBS)
9. Sarah Paulson - The November Christmas (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)
10. Wynona Ryder - When Love is Not Enough (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)




Romola Garai - Emma

 

FAVORITE YOUNG ACTOR,  from a 2010 Family Movie:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Azer Greco - The Town that Christmas Forgot (Hallmark Channel)
2. Cameron Deane Stewart - A Walk in my Shoes (NBC)
3. Charles Henry Wyson - Meet My Mom (Hallmark Channel)
4. Cooper Peltz - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)
5. Gage Munroe - The Night Before The Night Before Christmas (Hallmark Channel)
6. Hutch Dano - Den Brother (Disney Channel)
7. Quinn Lord - Call Me Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark Channel)
8. Ryan Grantham - Battle of the Bulbs (Hallmark Channel)
9. Sterling Knight - StarStruck (Disney Channel)
10. Will Shadley - Dad's Home (Hallmark Channel)



Charles Henry Wyson - Meet My Mom




FAVORITE YOUNG ACTRESS,  from a 2010 Family Movie:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Ali Lyons - The Santa Incident (Hallmark Channel)
2. Debby Ryan - 16 Wishes (Disney Channel)
3. Emily Ann Lind - The November Christmas (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)
4. Emily Tenant - Battle of the Bulbs (Hallmark Channel)
5. Francesca Derosa  - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)
6. G. Hannelius - Den Brother (Disney Channel)
7. Jadin Gould - The Wishing Well (Hallmark Channel)
8. Kayla Carlson - Secrets of the Mountain (NBC)
9. Madison Davenport - Amish Grace (Lifetime) & Dad's Hom (Hallmark Channel)
10. Rebecca Williams - The Night Before The Night Before Christmas (Hallmark Channel)



G. Hannelius - Den Brother



Congratulations to all the Nominees & Winners!

Thank you for all these great Family Movies on TV...

Hallmark Channel, Gospel Music Channel, Lifetime, PBS, and Disney!

New Poll - Favorite TV Father... Father's Day is June 19!

May 31, 2011 -

Can you believe it? It's the very last day of May and June is on it's way!

Oh, how I love Summer... let's hold on to it as long as we can!!! Well, Summer doesn't officially start for 3 weeks, but I know many feel that Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start - as I do, too!

June 19th is Fathers Day - so I just added the Favorite TV or Movie Father Poll. Vote for one or as many as you like!

Enjoy your day, Everyone!



The Cabin - Hallmark Movie Channel

MOVIE REVIEW

The Cabin

Network: Hallmark Movie Channel

Original Air Date: July 30, 2011

CAST:

Lea Thompson ... Lily MacDougal
Steven Brand ... Conor MacDougal

PLOT:

Lily MacDougal (Thompson) and Conor MacDougal (Brand) are single parents who share the same surname, but have little else in common. Lily and Conor have each brought their children to Scotland to enter a national Clan Mac-type affair called the "Meeting of the Macs." But when a careless booking agent accidentally assigns Lily's family and Conor's to the same cabin, a civil war ensues reminiscent of the War of Scottish Independence. Through a series of mishaps, Lily and Conor struggle to get along as their families are now entered into the competition as a single team, which further means they will need to get along in order to get ahead and win. Will the warring "Macs" set aside personal differences for the greater good, or will it take another Treaty of Edinburgh to bring peace back to the tiny Scottish hamlet?

Movie Review:

Coming...


See or Skip:

Coming...



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PBS National Memorial Day Concert 2011

I hope many of you saw the PBS National Memorial Day Concert. It was very well done - respectful, moving, and deeply inspiring. Listening to those stories of bravery and loss, our family wept. I am so deeply proud of our Military and each time I hear these stories, I feel even more proud of our troops and America!

I am so proud to be an American... God bless America!!!


If you missed this special show, Sunday evening... it may replay in your area tonight - May 30th. I  checked my local PBS - and they are playing it late - at 3 AM. Please check yours and record it if you have to. It's a great program for honoring what the true meaning of Memorial Day is - a day to honor our Troops, our Freedom, and Country.

See the official web-site for the PBS National Memorial Day Concert:
http://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/

In Honor of Memorial Day

Memorial Day is... (definition excerpted from Wikipedia) a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 30th, in 2011). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates men and women who died while in military service to the United States. First enacted to honor Union and Confederate soldiers following the American Civil War, it was extended after World War I to honor Americans who have died in all wars.


Memorial Day often marks the start of the summer vacation season, and Labor Day its end. Begun as a ritual of remembrance and reconciliation after the civil war, by the early 20th century, Memorial Day was an occasion for more general expressions of memory, as ordinary people visited the graves of their deceased relatives, whether they had served in the military or not. It also became a long weekend increasingly devoted to shopping, family gatherings, fireworks, trips to the beach, and national media events such as the Indianapolis 500 (since 1911 - this is the 100th Centennial Race) and the Coca-Cola 600 (since 1960) auto races.



I hope you all have a very nice weekend. Memorial Day has always been a memorable time in our family to remember and honor those who have passed away by placing flowers at their graveside. I don't know if people do it as much as they used to. I suppose that is why the name was changed from Decoration Day (decorating the graves) to Memorial Day.


Also, on this Holiday Weekend, We honor those who serve our Great Country! God Bless Our Troops, past and present!


*If you are wondering about Family Movies for this Weekend, please see the Family TV Schedule.

There will be a wonderful Marathon of Episodes of The Waltons that honor our Military on the INSP Network. PBS will air it's annual National Memorial Day Concert on Sunday Evening - check your local PBS channel. The National Memorial Day Parade airs Monday at 2 PM on the Military Channel.