Working in a Winter Wonderland (Friedman) = 4 stars. I liked that one best - even if it was pretty cheesy. But at Christmas (and at Hanukkah too?) some kitsch should be allowed.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup (Abbott) = 4 stars. Super cute couple. I also understood that sad feeling of fading friedship with former high-school-friends.
Stories from a Cinematic New Year's (Malkin) = 2 stars. I didn't like that über-macho, self-centered actor and that slangy language - although the hero emerges somewhat "reformed" from the end of the story.
The Christmas Choos (de la Cruz) = 3 stars. Fairly nice contemporary adaption of a well-known classic short story. One of the negative points: I thought more that once "Does she have to through around brand-names all the time?" It was made perfectly clear almost by page one that all the kids in school were rich and snobby whereas the hero and the heroine were working-class with their hearts in the right place. But maybe without all the brand-names the story would not have met the number of required lines. Who knows?
Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup (Abbott) = 4 stars. Super cute couple. I also understood that sad feeling of fading friedship with former high-school-friends.
Stories from a Cinematic New Year's (Malkin) = 2 stars. I didn't like that über-macho, self-centered actor and that slangy language - although the hero emerges somewhat "reformed" from the end of the story.
The Christmas Choos (de la Cruz) = 3 stars. Fairly nice contemporary adaption of a well-known classic short story. One of the negative points: I thought more that once "Does she have to through around brand-names all the time?" It was made perfectly clear almost by page one that all the kids in school were rich and snobby whereas the hero and the heroine were working-class with their hearts in the right place. But maybe without all the brand-names the story would not have met the number of required lines. Who knows?