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I thought Hallmark did a pretty good job. I was very disappointed in Lifetime. I wonder why Lifetime didn’t do a sequel to The Christmas Setup like Hallmark did to The Christmas House. Christmas House 2, Unexpected Christmas and A Kiss Before Christmas were excellent additions.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/deadline.com/2021/11/this-is-us-cast-bonuses-final-season-parity-jon-huertas-milo-ventimiglia-mandy-moore-1234880037/amp/ I find this fascinating. I am always surprised not more casts don’t go the Friends route. But in this instance, it was clear which actors have emerged as stars. And just in terms of creativity, the actors who play the Pearsons are the clear main characters. Love Beth, Toby and Miguel, but I cannot say that their characters are as centrally important to the show. But parity, nonetheless.

Yep, once the tournament announced the changes, it just made complete sense for Johnny and Daniel to combine forces. And given Daniel’s car salesperson experience, they could have done a better job of attracting more students, especially if all one needed to do is provide more attractive swag.

I have little patience for Redeeming Assholes storylines and this season had a lot of them: Tori, Eli, Anthony, Silver, Kreese. Eli’s was the most effective because: 1) we saw him do the work of contrition; and 2) he (more importantly, the writers) did not expect people to forgive him. But I am hoping that next season stops with giving assholes sad backstories. I am not the biggest fan of Sam, but I have absolutely no problem with her hating Tori. Her behaviour is not great but compared to what happens on the show, hardly qualifies as criminal. If Tori really attended her therapy sessions, what would her therapist have thought that she got into a fight at an after-prom party?

The therapy session was my favourite scene this season.

The Christmas House 2 was wonderful. Only the Exhusband stuff was unneeded. They also had the best product placement ever. The Modern Family type of testimonials were all terrific.

The trope I hate the most is when the big city person goes to a coffeeshop in the small town and order some fancy latte, but the server says they only serve black coffee, blah blah. But i think that trope is being used less frequently these days.

Prada could be made as a “period piece” even if somehow the current times are miraculously void of harassment. I enjoyed Prada, but I figured Streep and especially Blunt played those cool funny antihero’s that you’re supposed to hate but actually love, blah blah. I mean, there have been enough articles about how awful the friends and boyfriend are. Not sure this couldn’t be made today when something like Succession exists.

“Lisa Turtle had her shoe designs stolen by Ivanka Trump.” OMG, LOL!

Netflix scored another winner with Single All the Way. This and Love Hard were both well done in their own ways (Single had a truly excellent cast, where Love Hard had a superior screenplay).

I liked it but wished I liked it more. They really went in with Zoey’s self absorption. I wished they did a number that involved the entire cast. The coworkers were not given much to do. Simon had nothing to do. But I have to say I loved JAG, uhm, Lumber Jack. the Call Me Maybe number was the best of the night.

Bringing the original women for the Facts of Life could work. See how the Friends cast doing those table reads got such a positive reception.

Joy Lenz is my favourite Hallmark actress, and Tyler Hines’ makeover combined with his Chandler Bing schtick worked on me BIG TIME. Unexpected Christmas is my favourite Hallmark movie this year, tied with A Kiss Before Christmas. The movie with Reba was pretty good. I forget that she really has a lovely voice. Caroline from The Vampite Diaries was charming, not sure why she doesn’t lead one of these types of movies.

Watched the first two episodes and both have been wonderful. I am really liking the development of Daisy and Aisha. I hope we still get to see the football team!

I have seen and really enjoyed Rent, but knew nothing about tick tick boom. Seeing the trailer and seeing the Bohemia scene, I just assumed that “Oh, a biography on Jonathan Larson and how he created Rent.” Took me awhile to realize that this was an actual musical.

If Gucci is a solid hit (especially compared to non franchise adult fare these days) where does Lady Gaga land among established movie stars with a bankable reputation? Their weekend will probably make more money than The Last Duel overall. I would love to see a resurgence for Nina Dobrev after the success of Love Hard. A Netflix romcom Queen. And with Tick Tick Boom’s critical success and the Princess’ financial success, can Vanessa Hudgeons emerge as the HSM star with the most respectable career?

Count me in as a big fan of Kiss Before Christmas. James and Teri still have that chemistry, added with that level of comfort between to actors who worked with each other for a long time. My favourite sequence was him trying charm the Alternate version of Hatcher’s character. The restaurant scene with them where Hatcher questions why her other self didn’t end up going to law school (“You made me quit my career?!?!”) was funny and sweet.

I kinda liked Nantucket Christmas but I never understood the father’s pier project somehow done to honour his late wife. Why would she want the pier to be demolished for a marina and kick out the tenants? At least say it’s done for money.

The allusions to Rent were interesting, especially when two major characters in Jonathan’s life “settled.” I think it could be argued that the characters in Rent were significantly younger, so Michael and Susan may have been more idealistic their younger years. Very good movie but a truly exceptional performance by Garfield. Truly brilliant.

Love Hard is the best Netflix romcom ever, in my view. I won’t dispute its problematic premise but the two leads have adorable chemistry, a lot of scenes had a lot of thought and care to them, the family dynamic really is dynamic, and Nina really emerged as a romantic comedic actress.

Netflix’s best romcom. Nina needs to be in more comedies. I thought the chemistry was perfect.

This show is just so solid. The women are mature and adult even if their lives are colourful. The breakup of Jill and her girlfriend was well done.

Joelle is my favourite character the first two seasons but then they lost the plot when she united with Reggie. He treated her like crap, I was shocked they stayed together after all that. The show’s main problem for me was the overemphasis of Lionel and Gabe, people who got more credit for their contributions than they deserved. The show’s strength was the power trio of Sam, Coco and Joelle. It was weird to see Sam with Lionel so much. Coco was secluded and Joelle was being mistreated by Reggie.

Lovehard is easily the best Netflix Christmas movie ever made. Perhaps my favourite Netflix romcom.

That was the best episode yet. The rap battle was excellent and the final song terrific. The four ladies are really wonderful together. I like that they are not cartoons.