My Top Christmas Obsessions This Week
Greetings to all my semi constant readers. Christmas is upon us and I have been so busy I have been neglectful of you. While TV programming has been filled with a Christmas binge watchers paradise, the quality is slowly draining from the genre. Lazy writing and cliche characters abound ,so it would be nice next year to lose some of the formulaic writing out there. Do we need more Christmas princesses or bakers or movies that come off the assembly line. That is my Christmas wish for you. How ever I have seen a few things that i liked at theaters and television that rose to the holiday occasion.
1) Anna and the Apocalypse-at theaters now and streaming soon could be a holiday classic if you like musicals, zombies and Christmas. This little gem has the audacity to bring in zombies during a Christmas high school play in the small town of New Haven. Some catchy tunes and a real living breathing bad guy have Anna and her chums singing and fighting for their lives.Ella Hunt as Anna is fantastic and up the challenges to save the world.
2) Mary Poppins Returns blew me away. How a movie with a whole new cast succeeded in creating a new nostalgia for something we have never seen is mind boggling. Emily Blunt has recreated Mary Poppins for a new era. Sharp tongued and witty and fresh while showing us the love and kindness in her eyes. What ever time period this it felt like a companion piece to the 64 film. I can actually say I prefer Lin-Manuel Miranda's Cockney accent was better than Dick Van Dyke's. I loved the songs and the magic and the way the director Rob Marshall pulled back the silliness and original Banks kids Michael (Ben Whishaw) and Jane ( Emily Mortimer) were great . Blunt is the heart of the show and every scene she is in steals the show. The bonus points are musical numbers by Angela Lansbury and Dick Van Dyke and the great number from Meryl Streep as cousin Topsy. This is a true Christmas classic for me.
3) A Very Nutty Christmas on Lifetime is a Christmas movie that is in on the joke. It is magical and there is a baker of course ( this time i didn't mind) It is about a stressed baker (MELISSA JOAN HART - who I love) who's boyfriend breaks up with her right before Christmas and the height of her busy baking season. The gift of a nutcracker who turns into a real man brings the magic and love of the Holiday Season. Supporting cast Marissa Jaret Winokur, Rizwan Manji, Conchata Ferrell and Barry Watson as the Nutcracker. This is soo much better than the rest of the dreck out there. I enjoyed it immensely.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!!
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