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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,...

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Good Morning Christmas!

 Good Morning Christmas! (2020)
Starring Alison Sweeney and Marc Blucas
Directed by Paul Ziller
Written by Riley Weston


The RyMickey Rating:  B

Project Christmas Wish

 Project Christmas Wish (2020)
Starring Amanda Schull, Travis Van Winkle, and Averie Peters
Directed by Jeff Beesly
Written by Anne Abromowitz Junget and Joie Botkin


The RyMickey Rating:  C

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Swept Up by Christmas

 Swept Up by Christmas (2020)
Starring Lindy Booth and Justin Bruening
Directed by Phillipe Gagnon
Written by Nicole Baxter, Hilary Galanoy, and Elizabeth Hackett


The RyMickey Rating: C+

Cross Country Christmas

Cross Country Christmas (2020)
Starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Greyston Holt
Directed by Catherine Cyran
Written by Kirsten Hansen


The RyMickey Rating: B

Friday, January 29, 2021

A Glenbrooke Christmas

 A Glenbrooke Christmas (2020)
Starring Autumn Reeser and Antonio Cupo
Directed by David I. Strasser
Written by David Golden and Julie Sherman Wolfe


The RyMickey Rating: B-

Christmas Comes Twice

 Christmas Comes Twice (2020)
Starring Tamera Mowry-Housley, Michael Xavier, and Sheryl Lee Ralph
Directed by Michael M. Scott
Written by Gregg Rossen and Brian Sawyer


The RyMickey Rating: D

Thursday, January 28, 2021

A Little Christmas Charm

 A Little Christmas Charm (2020)
Starring Ashley Greene and Brendan Penny
Directed by R.C. Newey
Written by Christine Conradt and William Penick



The RyMickey Rating: C-


Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas

Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas (2020)
Starring Lacey Chabert, Stephen Hauser, Lini Evans, and Leon
Directed by David Winning
Written by Marcy Holland


The RyMickey Rating: C

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

The Angel Tree

 The Angel Tree (2020)
Starring Jill Wagner and Lucas Bryant
Directed by Jessica Harmon
Written by Teresa Kale


The RyMickey Rating: C-

The Christmas Doctor

The Christmas Doctor (2020) 
Starring Holly Robinson Peete, Adrian Holmes, and Fred Henderson
Directed by Kevin Fair
Written by Neil Dobrofsky and Tippi Dobrofsky


The RyMickey Rating: B-


Monday, January 25, 2021

Susan Slept Here

 Susan Slept Here (1954)
Starring Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis, and Alvy Moore
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Written by Steve Fisher and Adam Gottlieb


The RyMickey Rating:  D

Sunday, January 24, 2021

3 Godfathers

 3 Godfathers (1948)
Starring John Wayne, Harry Carey Jr., and Pedro Armedáriz
Directed by John Ford
Written by Laurence Stallings, Frank S. Nugent, and Robert Nathan


The RyMickey Rating:  B

Saturday, January 23, 2021

A Nashville Christmas Carol

 A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020)
Starring Jessy Schram, Wes Brown, Wynonna Judd, Kix Brooks, Sara Evans, Raelynn, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Directed by Dawn Wilkinson
Written by Eric Brooks


The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Friday, January 22, 2021

The Christmas Bow

 The Christmas Bow (2020)
Starring Lucia Micarelli, Michael Rady, and James Saito
Directed by Clare Niederpruem
Written by Gary Yates, Peyton McDavitt, and Erin Rodman


The RyMickey Rating:  C

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Meet John Doe

 Meet John Doe (1941)
Starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, and Waltter Brennan
Directed by Frank Capra
Written by Robert Riskin



The RyMickey Rating:  C

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The Christmas Ring

The Christmas Ring (2020)
Starring Nazneen Contractor and David Alpay
Directed by Troy Scott
Written by Anna White


The RyMickey Rating:  D

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

A Christmas Tree Grows in Colorado

 A Christmas Tree Grows in Colorado (2020)
Starring Rochelle Ayres and Mark Taylor
Directed by Jason Bourque
Written by Samantha Herman


The RyMickey Rating: C-

Monday, January 18, 2021

Lady on a Train

 Lady on a Train (1945)
Starring Deanna Durbin and Ralph Bellamy
Directed by Charles David
Written by Edmund Beloin and Robert O'Brien


The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Meet Me at Christmas

 Meet Me at Christmas (2020)
Starring Catherine Bell and Mark Bellamy
Directed by Annie Bradley
Written by Jennifer Aspen and John-Eliot Jordan


The RyMickey Rating:  D+

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Period of Adjustment

 Period of Adjustment (1962)
Starring Anthony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, Lois Nettleton, and John McGiver
Directed by George Roy Hill
Written by Isobel Lennart


The RyMickey Rating:  C-

Friday, January 15, 2021

Fitzwilly

 Fitzwilly (1967)
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, John McGiver, and Edith Evans
Directed by Delbert Mann
Written by Isobel Lennart


The RyMickey Rating: C

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Cranberry Christmas

 Cranberry Christmas (2020)
Starring Nikki Deloach and Benjamin Ayres
Directed by Linda-Lisa Hayter
Written by Joie Botkin


The RyMickey Rating:  B

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Kind Lady

 Kind Lady (1935)
Starring Aline MacMahon and Basil Rathbone
Directed by George B. Seitz
Written by Bernard Schubert


The RyMickey Rating: B+

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Doctor Zhivago

 Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Tom Courtenay, and Alec Guinness
Directed by David Lean
Written by Robert Bolt


The RyMickey Rating: B

Monday, January 11, 2021

Lucy in the Sky

 Lucy in the Sky (2019)
Starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, and Ellen Burstyn
Directed by Noah Hawley
Written by Brian C. Brown, Elliott DiGuiseppi, and Noah Hawley


The RyMickey Rating: C-

Sunday, January 10, 2021

A Timeless Christmas

 A Timeless Christmas (2020)
Starring Erin Cahill and Ryan Paevey
Directed by Ron Oliver
Written by Duane Poole and Ron Oliver


The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Saturday, January 09, 2021

Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing

 Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing (2020)
Starring Rukiya Bernard, Antonio Cayonne, Holly Robinson Peete, Barbara Niven, Marci T. House, Marlon Kazadi, Chris Cope, Malcolm Stewart, and Ashley Williams
Directed by Linda-Lisa Hayter
Written by Zac Hug and Shari Sharpe


The RyMickey Rating: B-

Friday, January 08, 2021

The Christmas House

 The Christmas House (2020)
Starring Robert Buckley, Ana Ayora, Treat Williams, Sharon Lawrence, Jonathan Bennett, Brad Harder, and Mattia Castrillo
Directed by Michael Grossman and Lance H. Robbins
Written by Erin Rodman


The RyMickey Rating: B+

Thursday, January 07, 2021

New Year's Eve

 New Year's Eve (2011)
Starring Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Paulson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, Hilary Swank, and Sofia Vergara
Along with James Belushi, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Carla Gugino, Cherry Jones, John Lithgow, Ryan Seacrest, and Nat Wolff
Directed by Garry Marshall
Written by Katherine Fugate


The RyMickey Rating: F

Wednesday, January 06, 2021

The Cheaters

 The Cheaters (1945)
Starring Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette, Ona Munson, Raymond Walburn, Anne Gillis, Ruth Terry, and David Holt
Directed by Joseph Kane
Written by Frances Hyland


The RyMickey Rating: C+

Tuesday, January 05, 2021

Tenth Avenue Angel

 Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
Starring Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy, Phyllis Thaxter, Warner Anderson, and Rhys Williams
Directed by Roy Rowland
Written by Harry Ruskin and Eleanore Griffin


The RyMickey Rating: D+

Monday, January 04, 2021

Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy

 Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
Starring Maggie Lawson, Paul Greene, Rukiya Bernard, Holly Robinson Peete, Barbara Niven, Jill Wagner, and Ashley Williams
Directed by Sean McNamara
Written by Zac Hug


The RyMickey Rating: C+

Sunday, January 03, 2021

The Miracle of the Bells

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Starring Fred MacMurray, Valli, Frank Sinatra, and Lee J. Cobb
Directed by Irving Pichel
Written by Ben Hecht and Quentin Reynolds


The RyMickey Rating: D-

Saturday, January 02, 2021

Angela's Christmas Wish

 Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)
Featuring the vocal talents of Lucy O'Connell, Ruth Negga, Caitriona Balfe, and Jared Harris
Directed by Damien O'Connor
Written by Damien O'Connor


The RyMickey Rating: B-

Friday, January 01, 2021

And So They Were Married

 And So They Were Married (1936)
Starring Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor, Edith Fellows, and Jackie Moran
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Written by Doris Anderson, Joseph Anthony, and Laurie Brazee


The RyMickey Rating:  C+