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The Search for Secret Santa (2022)
More of a comment than a review
Do the people who put this stuff on this website even read the description? Do they watch the movie? This one says "...Secret Santa gift addressed from B. To Claire.", Well, I watched it, and there's no Claire character in it or even mentioned.
The entire description, including the reference to B. And Claire, appears in several movie review sites. So it looks like somewhere sometime somebody wrote it, and it got distributed to many sites, and then somewhere along the line, apparently in the writing process, the character names got changed, but they never went back and corrected the description.
The movie itself was just OK; kind of confusing actually, trying to keep track of all the people's names she uncove4red in her search.
Holmes & Yoyo (1976)
More like a "thank you"
This is not so much of a review as it is a "thank you" to a previous reviewer (soulexpress) for submitting his review. Here's how it came about: I was watching a 2022 Lifetime Christmas movie. The opening credits were listing some of the people in the movie. One of them was John Schuck. I thought "hey...I remember him...the bunco squad guy". I googled something like "john schuck bunco squad" and found soulexpress' review of "Holmes and Yoyo" show on IMDB. I'd forgotten the name of the show. I just remember Schuck saying "the bunco squad...the bunco squad". I love it when ilttle things like that happen; when something so insignificant, from almost 50 years ago now, sparks my memory. But I'm not really sure...was it Schuck, did he say that, and then BOOM, I find it. So I was right, he DID say it. So, thank you soulexpress for your review, and mentioning the bunco squad.
'Tis the Season to be Merry (2021)
Who is Chris?
Well, the movie was fair; your typical made-for-tv Christmas movie. But what made me submit this was IMDB's own description, where it says Merry "finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Chris." Who is Chris? There's no Chris in this movie. Obviously, they mean Adam, the male lead opposite Merry.
The Enchanted Christmas Cake (2021)
Uh...that's not a recipe. It's a list of ingredients
Am I missing something? It SHOWED the piece of paper with the "MA..." on the bottom. It's just a list of ingredients; it doesn't say how much of each to use, how long to cook, what temperature, etc. So how could anybody use it to make this cake? Seems like a pretty important plot point for everybody involved (writers, director, cast) to miss.
Christmas Lost and Found (2018)
pleasant enough, but left me wondering
By "pleasant enough", I mean it was sweet, with references to past family Christmases, had some attractive Christmasy scenes, and the acting was OK, incl. veteran Diane Ladd. But the part I wasn't crazy about was: the whole scavenger hunt premise was unrealistic. Once the ornaments and notes start appearing, Whitney should have been SO happy that SOMEBODY found the ornaments and saved them. Instead, we're supposed to believe all she's interested in is figuring out the riddles of where the next ornament is, and who sent it.