Release Date:12/9/18; Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Genre: Romance/Holiday Rating: NR Director: Tibor Takács Studio(s):Sepia Films, Mar Vista Films Cast:Christina Milian (Noelle), Mark Taylor (Dave).
Story:Noelle was raised by the queen of Christmas. When she inherits her late mother’s house, she finds out that her mother had been hiring someone to decorate it – Dave. The deal is off, but Dave convinces Noelle to let him carry on the tradition. As the display goes up, Noelle’s defenses start to come down. She embraces the town’s Christmas gala that was her mother’s legacy, finds unexpected love, and develops a joy for the holidays that she never thought possible. Source(s): Zig.com; Hallmark Movies & Mysteries; IMDB.
Cast: Tia Mowry-Hardrict (Taylor), Duane Henry (Adam), Jordana Lajoie (Isabelle/Annabelle Renard).
Story:With Christmas just weeks away, the architecture firm Taylor works for enters her in a contest in which the teams will design and build life sized gingerbread houses. After the contest, Taylor will likely be getting a promotion to a position in another city. The firm teams her up with Annabelle, a renowned French pastry chef with whom Taylor instantly locks horns. When Annabelle backs out, Taylor stumbles into a local bakery and meets Adam, a baker and single dad. In an act of desperation, Taylor convinces Adam to partner with her for the contest, arguing that winning would give the bakery and his designs much needed exposure. For years Taylor has been resistant to call anywhere “home” for fear it will only be temporary. But the time she spends with Adam and his daughter Brook in their cozy home, decorating for Christmas, and exploring Philadelphia at Christmas, fills her with a longing for a place to call home. Source: The Hallmark Channel.
Release Date: 11/11/18; UpTV Genre: Comedy Rating:NR Cast: Malinda Williams (Marci), Victoria Rowell (Stephanie), GregAllen Williams (Donald), DeEtta West (Myra).
Story:The Chandler family is back for another family Christmas adventure! Not finding any Christmas spirit during a hot December, the Chandlers decide to pack up and head to a cabin for maximum holiday fun. But with old feuds, new feuds and a heap of holiday stress, the Chandler family will have to pull together to make this the best Christmas ever. Source: UpTV; Itsawonderfulmovie.blogspot.
Release Date: 12/2/18; Freeform Genre: Fantasy Rating: Unknown Director:Steven K. Tsuchida Studio(s):Walt Disney Television, Freeform Running Time: Unknown Cast:Tyra Banks (Eve), Francia Raisa (Grace Manning), Alison Fernandez (Lex), Gavin Stenhouse (Calum), Shanica Knowles (Tahlia), Lindsey Lohan (Casey Stuart).
Story: Grace Manning, the confident and funny CEO of Marathon Toys, a huge toy company started by her mother that is most famous for manufacturing the iconic Eve doll. Grace is also a hot mess in the middle of her quarter-life crisis and realizing that she is in over her head as CEO. To make matters worse, her wild-child ways are causing the company’s stock to plummet.
Details:18 years in the making, Life-Size 2 is finally happening and it has Tyra Banks back in the lead as a life-size doll that comes to life. The model-turned-actress is promising that her original co-star Lindsay Lohan will be showing up too. Tyra Banks is excited to be returning to the fictional town of Sunnyvale in Life-Size 2. She stars as Eve, a living doll who has already dabbled in a medical career, aerospace design and the fashion industry, really giving Barbie a run for her money. The original premiered as a Disney Channel original movie in 2000. Lindsay Lohan was just getting started, starring as Casey Stuart, a girl who transformers her favorite doll into the perfect living, breathing, thinking woman. Banks was initially disappointed that Lohan couldn’t return for the sequel, but she says that Lohan will be in the movie in some kind of way. Life-Size 2 will be part of Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas line-up, hinting at a Christmas themed story this time around. Source(s): Movieweb, IMDB.
Release Date:11/6/18 – DVD Genre:Thriller Rating: NR Director: Larry Clark Studio(s): LCTCity Productions, Maverick Entertainment Running Time:87 minutes
Cast: Ronrico Albright (David), Delvyn Brown (John), Sylvester Brown (Detective Brown), Dawn Coleman (Dawn), Adrian Dent (Vince), Lavelle Mays (Mona), Natasha J. Ones (Voodoo Lady), Allonya Payne (Mom).
Story: When a young black suburban woman named Mona is devastated by the death of her first husband John, little did she know that dreams of his murder and voodoo would threaten to wreck her whole life with deadly consequences! Will she ever be able to live happily ever after? Rituals of Guilt will take you deep into the abyss of love, dreams, psychosis and voodoo! Source: Maverick Entertainment.
Release Date:11/9/18; In Theaters & VOD Genre:Drama Rating: NR Director:Christine Crokos Studio(s): Adrenaline Entertainment, 1821 Pictures Running Time:110 mins. Cast:Keke Palmer, Haley Ramm, Aunjanue Ellis, Vanessa Morgan, Mike E. Winfield, Edi Gathegi, DMX.
Story:Keke Palmer plays a struggling pimp named Wednesday whose fortune changes after her girlfriend Nikki (Haley Ramm) hits the streets. But when Wednesday comes face to face with another pimp (Edi Gathegi) who plays a much more dangerous game, her dreams of ever escaping the life are put at risk. Source: Entertainment Weekly; IMDB.
Release Date: 12/9/18; Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
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