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So as you know, I stopped writing lengthy reviews on this site this year, keeping the blog as more of a film diary of sorts.  Lo and behold,...

Monday, December 26, 2022

Three Wise Men and a Baby

 Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022)
Starring Andrew Walker, Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Margaret Colin, Ali Liebert, and Fiona Vroom
Directed by Terry Ingram


The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special

 Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020)
Starring Mariah Carey, Billy Eichner, Tiffany Haddish, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, and Misty Copeland
Directed by Roman Coppola and Hamish Hamilton


The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Five More Minutes: Moments Like These

 Five More Minutes: Moments Like These (2022)
Starring Ashley Williams, Lucas Bryant, and Brady Droulis
Directed by Kevin Fair


The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Friday, December 23, 2022

The Noel Diary

 The Noel Diary (2022)
Starring Justin Hartley, Barrett Doss, Bonnie Bedelia, Essence Atkins, and James Remar
Directed by Charles Shyer


The RyMickey Rating:  D+

Thursday, December 22, 2022

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

 The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
Starring Edward Burns, Kerry Bishé, Heather Burns, Marsha Dietlein, Caitlin FitzGerald, Anita Gillette, Tom Guiry, Ed Lauter, Michael McGlone, Noah Emmerich, and Connie Britton
Directed by Edward Burns


The RyMickey Rating:  B+

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

The Holiday Sitter

 The Holiday Sitter (2022)
Starring Jonathan Bennettt and George Krissa
Directed by Ali Liebert


The RyMickey Rating:  C+

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The Gift of Peace

 The Gift of Peace (2022)
Starring Nikki DeLoach and Brennan Elliott
Directed by Fred Gerber



The RyMickey Rating:  C

Monday, December 19, 2022

Scrooge

 Scrooge (1970)
Starring Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, David Collings, and Richard Beaumont
Directed by Ronald Neame


The RyMickey Rating:  B

Sunday, December 18, 2022

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) 
Starring Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Ann-Margret, Eric Lloyd, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Alan Arkin, and Martin Short
Directed by Michael Lembeck



The RyMickey Rating:  D+

Saturday, December 17, 2022

Christmas with the Kranks

 Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, and M. Emmet Walsh
Directed by Joe Roth


The RyMickey Rating:  F

Friday, December 16, 2022

The Royal Nanny

 The Royal Nanny (2022)
Starring Rachel Skarsten, Dan Jeannotte, Katie Cheridan, and Greta Scacchi
Directed by Jonathan Wright

Click here for my Letterboxd review

The RyMickey Rating:  C+

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Santa Bootcamp

 Santa Bootcamp (2022)
Starring Emily Kinney, Justin Gaston, and Rita Moreno
Directed by Melissa Joan Hart


The RyMickey Rating:  D-

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Lights, Camera, Christmas!

 Lights, Camera, Christmas! (2022)
Starring Kimberly Sustad, John Brotherton, Laura Soltis, Mathew Kevin Anderson, Leila Harrison, and Veronica Long
Directed by David Weaver


The RyMickey Rating: C

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

A Magical Christmas Village

 A Magical Christmas Village (2022)
Starring Alison Sweeney, Luke MacFarlane, and Marlo Thomas
Directed by Jason Furukawa


The RyMickey Rating: D

Monday, December 12, 2022

A Christmas Spark

 A Christmas Spark (2022)
Starring Jane Seymour and Joe Lando
Directed by Rhonda Baraka


The RyMickey Rating:  C

Sunday, December 11, 2022

A Family Thanksgiving

 A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
Starring Daphne Zuniga, Dan Payne, and Faye Dunaway
Directed by Neill Fearnley


The RyMickey Rating:  D

Saturday, December 10, 2022

Christmas with You

Christmas with You (2022) 
Starring Aimee Garcia, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Deja Monique Cruz, Gabriel Soyer, Socorro Santiago, and Zenzi Williams
Directed by Gabriela Tagliavini



The RyMickey Rating: C-

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

A Cozy Christmas Inn

 A Cozy Christmas Inn (2022)
Starring Jodie Sweetin, David O'Donnell, and Vivica A. Fox
Directed by Peter Sullivan


The RyMickey Rating:  D

Monday, December 05, 2022

The Holiday Stocking

 The Holiday Stocking (2022)
Starring Tamala Jones, Nadine Ellis, B.J. Britt, Mary Fanning Driggs, and Mykelti Williamson
Directed by Roger M. Bobb


The RyMickey Rating:  C-

Sunday, December 04, 2022

Dolly Parton's Magic Mountain Christmas

 Dolly Parton's Magic Mountain Christmas (2022)
Starring Dolly Parton, Tom Everett Scott, Ana Gasteyer, Angel Parker, Jimmy Fallon, Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmie Allen, Miley Cyrus, and Zach Williams
Directed by Joe Lazarov



The RyMickey Rating:  D-

Saturday, December 03, 2022

Ghosts of Christmas Always

 Ghosts of Christmas Always (2022)
Starring Kim Matula, Ian Harding, Beth Leavel, Lori Tan Chino, and Reginald VelJohnson
Directed by Rich Newey


The RyMickey Rating: C-

Thursday, December 01, 2022

Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas

 Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas (2022)
Starring Holland Roden, Tyler Hynes, Steve Bacic, and Meghan Gardiner
Directed by David Winning


The RyMickey Rating: D+

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Home for the Holidays

 Home for the Holidays (1995)
Starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chapman, Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Stevenson, and Claire Danes
Directed by Jodie Foster


The RyMickey Rating: C

Monday, November 28, 2022

The Santa Clause 2

 The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Starring Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, David Krumholtz, Eric Lloyd, and Spencer Breslin
Directed by Michael Lembeck


The RyMickey Rating:  C+

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Christmas Under Wraps

 Christmas Under Wraps (2014)
Starring Candace Cameron Bure, David O'Donnell, and Brian Doyle-Murray
Directed by Peter Sullivan


The RyMickey Rating:  F

Friday, November 25, 2022

Long Lost Christmas

Long Lost Christmas (2022)
Starring Taylor Cole, Benjamin Ayres, Jacqueline Ann Stuert, and Grant Vlahovic
Directed by Michael Robison


The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Thursday, November 24, 2022

Our Italian Christmas Memories

 Our Italian Christmas Memories (2022)
Starring Sarah Power, Jesse Irving, Morgana Wyllie, Alicia-Marie Ahamed, Parveen Dosanjh, Markian Tarousiak, and Beau Bridges
Directed by Catherine Cyran


The RyMickey Rating: B-

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Mrs. Santa Claus

 Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
Starring Angela Lansbury, Charles Durning, Terrence Mann, and Michael Jeter
Directed by Terry Hughes


The RyMickey Rating: D+

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

The Santa Clause

 The Santa Clause (1994)
Starring Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, and David Krumholz
Directed by John Pasquin


The RyMickey Rating: B

Monday, November 21, 2022

Falling for Christmas

 Falling for Christmas (2022)
Starring Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young, and Jack Wagner
Directed by Janeen Damian


The RyMickey Rating:  C

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Jolly Good Christmas

 Jolly Good Christmas (2022)
Starring Will Kemp and Reshma Shetty
Directed by Jonathan Wright


The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Saturday, November 19, 2022

Finding Nemo

 Finding Nemo (2003)
Featuring the vocal talents of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Stephen Root, Eric Bana, and Andrew Stanton
Directed by Andrew Stanton


The RyMickey Rating:  C+

Friday, November 18, 2022

Rosaline

 Rosaline (2022)
Starring Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Kyle Allen, Sean Teale, Christopher McDonald, Minnie Driver, and Bradley Whitford
Directed by Karen Maine


The RyMickey Rating:  C

Hocus Pocus 2

 Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
Starring Bette Milder, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Sam Richardson, Doug Jones, Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, Lilia Buckingham, Tony Hale, and Hannah Waddington
Directed by Anne Fletcher


The RyMickey Rating:  C

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

We Need a Little Christmas

 We Need a Little Christmas (2022)
Starring Erica Durance, Lynn Whitfield, Patrick Sabongui, and Azriel Dalman
Directed by Kevin Fair


The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Monday, November 14, 2022

Alice, Sweet Alice

 Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Starring Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Jane Lowry, Rudolph Willrich, and Brooke Shields
Directed by Alfred Sole



The RyMickey Rating:  C+

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II (1989) 
Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and Peter MacNicol
Directed by Ivan Reitman



The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Christmas on the Square

 Christmas on the Square (2020)
Starring Christine Baranksi, Jenifer Lewis, Josh Segarra, Jeanine Mason, Mary Lane Haskell, Treat Williams, and Dolly Parton
Directed by Debbie Allen


The RyMickey Rating:  F

Friday, November 11, 2022

A Kismet Christmas

 A Kismet Christmas (2022)
Starring Sarah Ramos, Carlo Marks, and Marilu Henner
Directed by Mark Jean



The RyMickey Rating:  C-

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

We Wish You a Married Christmas

 We Wish You a Married Christmas (2022)
Starring Marisol Nichols and Kristoffer Polaha
Directed by Paul Ziller


The RyMickey Rating:  D

Monday, November 07, 2022

Noel Next Door

Noel Next Door (2022)
Starring Natalie Hall and Corey Sevier
Directed by Max McGuire


The RyMickey Rating:  B+

Sunday, November 06, 2022

Campfire Christmas

 Campfire Christmas (2022)
Starring Tori Anderson, Corbin Bleu, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Caitlin Stryker, Matt Hamilton, Alex Santos, Iris Quinn, and Fred Henderson
Directed by David I. Strasser



The RyMickey Rating:  C

Tuesday, November 01, 2022

The Watcher in the Woods

 The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Starring Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, and Kyle Richards
Directed by John Hough


The RyMickey Rating:  C

Monday, October 31, 2022

Something Wicked This Way Comes

 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Starring Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier, Vidal Peterson, and Shawn Carson
Directed by Jack Clayton



The RyMickey Rating:  B

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Ant-Man

Ant-Man (2015)
Starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Anthony Mackie, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, and Michael Peña
Directed by Peyton Reed 



My current RyMickey Rating:  B

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Night Watch

Night Watch (1973) 
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, and Billie Whitelaw
Directed by Brian G. Hutton


The RyMickey Rating: C

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Dead Ringer

 Dead Ringer (1964)
Starring Bette Davis, Karl Malden, and Peter Lawford
Directed by Paul Henreid


The RyMickey Rating:  B

Monday, October 17, 2022

Hocus Pocus

 Hocus Pocus (1993)
Starring Better Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, and Vinessa Shaw
Directed by Kenny Ortega


The RyMickey Rating:  C+

Sunday, October 16, 2022

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
Starring Rose Byrne, Oprah Winfrey, and Renee Elyse Goldsbury
Directed by George C. Wolfe


The RyMickey Rating:  C

Saturday, October 15, 2022