Holiday & Xmas Movies

By Geno McGahee In 1990, the game changed. HOME ALONE was a huge Christmas hit and started a trend. The idea of smart kids against stupid adults was a fun storyline and it is still being used to this day. Make no mistake, these sorts of films are an example […]

By Geno McGahee Dean Cain is really showing up in a lot of Christmas movies. He was in BROADCASTING CHRISTMAS, A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS, A BELLE FOR CHRISTMAS, THE CASE FOR CHRISTMAS, THE DOG WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS VACATION, A NANNY FOR CHRISTMAS, THE DOG WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS, A CHRISTMAS WEDDING, […]

By Geno McGahee The holiday movie formula is one that is seen in nearly every Xmas movie. A person doesn’t understand the meaning of Christmas or has lost it through some tragedy. Through another person or event, they rediscover the spirit of the holiday and we get a happy ending […]

By Geno McGahee Christmas can be a chaotic and stressful time. Families meet out of tradition or obligation and, for some, it can be a time that they want to avoid. In the 1994 Xmas comedy “THE REF”, this is explored and we see Denis Leary across from Kevin Spacey […]

By Geno McGahee Hallmark keeps on pumping them out and this is one of their new ones. Dean Cain from GOD’S NOT DEAD and Melissa Joan Hart from GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 team up for this Xmas romantic drama. I know that most people know Dean Cain from SUPERMAN and […]

By Geno McGahee Vince Vaughn is one of those actors that you either love or hate. I love him. I am not in love with him. I find a lot of the flack that he gets is unwarranted. He takes a great deal of heat from the PSYCHO remake, but […]

By Geno McGahee Tim Allen is a great comedic actor, which is something that I may have never said during his HOME IMPROVEMENT years. He found his groove in film and I find myself laughing most of the time when he’s on the screen. From WILD HOGS to CHRISTMAS WITH […]

By Geno McGahee Hallmark has the Xmas marathons and a lot of these films are very similar. We get somebody from the city coming to a small town and realizing that they lost touch with humanity. They fall in love and then move away from the big city. I don’t […]

By Geno McGahee The good thing about reviewing holiday films is that there is no end to them. I keep finding new ones to review. The 2003 made for TV movie “STEALING CHRISTMAS” features WHO’S THE BOSS star, Tony Danza, along with a cast of recognizable stars. The bad guys […]

By Geno McGahee I remember when DECK THE HALLS first came out and the reviews were mostly very bad. I elected not to watch it then, but now that I go on review sprees during the holiday season, I need to keep the content going. On the good side, this […]