Production Media Group,
Casper Van Dien, Victoria Pratt, Richard Burgi
It’s just before Christmas, and Mom and Dad are having some troubles. They have a son who seems to be a model citizen and an older teen daughter who is a good kid, but doesn’t know it. She’s off on a ditch day at school, hanging at the mall in Texas, when a weird series of circumstances spawns some of the largest tornadoes known to man! Now mom is a TV reporter, and Dad is some kind of meteorologist, scientific guy who’s an expert on storms but can’t seem to convince anyone that the storms are coming. This is, of course, caused by global warming bringing the giant storms in just in time for Christmas instead of in March or April when they’re supposed to arrive. A giant twister is headed for Fort Worth, and Dad is out trying to find the kids, while Mom is trying to convince the station manager to warn people of these possible storms.
This is a suspenseful movie. It’s playing this month on the ION TV network, and is surprisingly grabbing like most of the disaster films. This is a Christmas disaster, but obviously except for the decorations at the mall, this could be any time of the year, really. But it’s a Christmas movie at that. The action is pretty good, as are the tornado sequences, and therefore, as I said, it does catch your interest, and it’s bound to keep you watching. It’s not really a classic, but it’s good enough for what it sets out to be. I found it entertaining, and something different for this time of year. I’m getting weary of all the Christmas romance movies and this was a refreshing change of pace!
Here is the link to the home page for this film from ION TV.
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Sterling Media, Birch Grove Films, Firm Films
Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter O’Toole, Aaron Ashmore, Richard Burgi, Geoffrey Lewis, Chris Elliott, Richard Moll, Kiersten Warren, Gina Holden, Edward Asner, Chelan Simmons, Tegan Moss, Nancy Robertson
Most of us know Thomas Kinkade (Jared Padalecki) as a great painter. But the year is 1977. In this story he is a student who comes home from UC Berkely to Placerville and finds his mother (Marcia Gay Harden) is in danger of losing her home. Young Thomas and his brother take on work. In the process he learns some lessons about love and friendship and loyalty. Artist Glen Wessler (Peter O’Toole) is his mentor and takes the lead in the project to save the house while helping Thomas to find his style and technique which led to his famous work.
This is a touching heartfelt Christian film, and it’s a Christmas movie, so you can expect it to be very saccharine. That it is. But what do you expect for a Christmas movie? There are a lot of sub plots going on, so it’s pretty busy, but the prime relationship between Thom and his mentor Glen is the most significant. Peter O’Toole is very good in his role, and he gets better and better as the film goes on. He is very good. Jared, as Thomas Kincaid is also very good. Basically the whole story is a lot of fun, and it’s very touching. I enjoyed this film quite a bit when I first saw it in 2008, and watching it again was very worthwhile.
Throughout there is a light hearted humor to the film, and we find a lot to laugh at. But as it winds down, it goes straight to your heart and Peter O’Toole brings it to an amazing level. This is one that you don’t want to miss.
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