My Top Three This Week
Season's Greetings to all my semi-constant readers. As the year closes out , we have so many presents to be grateful for - a new season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for starters! Here a few Christmas gifts just for you.
1) Noelle streaming on Disney Plus with Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader as Kringle siblings who are forced to deal with their father Santa's retirement. Hader's Nick disappears to seek a simpler life and not fill his father's boots and Kendrick's Noelle goes on a journey to bring him back. A star studded cast starring Shirley McClaine, Billy EIchner, Michael Gross, Julie Hagerty and many other familiar faces. A sweet life affirming movie with a female empowerment subtext that is just perfect.
2) Holiday in the Wild a Netflix Original has a built in fan base with Kristin Davis and the ageless Rob Lowe as a jilted wife who decides to take a safari honeymoon on her own where she meets up with an elephant conservationist and decides to stay on to help. Fantastic cinematography and some majestic elephants.
3) No Sleep til ' Christmas is a 2018 movie but somehow I missed it. Streaming on Hulu was a great surprise. The premise is two good looking people ( David Annable and Odette Annable - married in real life) who cannot seem to sleep unless they are in each other's company which is a pretty new comic devise. The perfect foil to all the Hallmark shmaltz.
Holiday Bonus: Sugar and Booze the new holiday album from Ana Gasteyer is one of the most original Christmas albums I have heard lately featuring some guests such as Maya Rudolph. This is an instant classic. Femlins at the Castro Theater -A Peaches Christ Production with an all drag cast featuring Phi Phi O'hara, Detox and Miz Cracker and a showing of the holiday favorite Gremlins. And lastly Hey Gurl It's Christmas from Randy Rainbow with an all star lineup like Kathy Griffin and Lorna Luft and original music from Marc Shaiman
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