My Two Biddies

Today we bring you another installment of Christmas-Movies-You-Just-Can't-Not-Watch. Today we are talking about Christmas in the Smokies . This one should really be called Christmas in the Hokies (guys, I am really funny). Source I was excited when I saw that this movie starred Sarah Lancaster because she's a little more mainstream than a lot of the actors that star in these low-budget cheese fests (you'll recognize her from  Chuck ). I actually liked her performance in Christmas in the Smokes  although I don't think the writing gave her the chance to shine.  Our story begins on Christmas Eve, Shelby Haygood is a teenager, watching out the front door of her family's home for someone to show up. Smash cut to many years later and Shelby is still reeling from whatever disappointment occurred on that fateful night. She seems to be somewhere in her early 30's now and lives on the family berry farm with her elderly parents who are a pair of crack ups. I

Last week Katy (the other author of this blog) sent me a screenshot of a Netflix-produced holiday movie called A Christmas Prince . At the time they only had a preview for the film and after watching it I was sure this was going to be a great one! And by great I mean it looked like they were purposely trying to make it bad. I mean, how many holiday movie cliches can you fit into one 90-minute film! There's a kid in a wheelchair, an underappreciated magazine editor with no life, a bad-boy prince just dripping in "mystery", snowball fights, low-budget royal ball scenes. This movie is so cliche that the main character, Amber, has TWO sassy best friends. Credit HERE When I actually started watching the full movie all of my assumptions about it were totally true. But isn't that what we love about these movies? That we know exactly where they are going and we get exactly what we want? Every one ends up the same and there is something comforting about that. Right fr

I really want my inaugural post to be about a classic: A Christmas Kiss . I know it's not a classic in the traditional sense, as it was made in 2011, but it's not Christmas until I've watched A Christmas Kiss at least once which makes it a classic to me. This movie is not to be confused with the sequels, A Christmas Kiss II , and Merry Kissmas , which will both be reviewed at a later date. The movie starts with our requisite heroine Wendy, who is beautiful and talented, but has no idea how beautiful and talented she is. Wendy used to be the set designer for the local theater, but has moved on to bigger and better things. She is now the personal assistant for Boston's premier interior decorator, and downright evil Pricilla Hall (played by Elisabeth Rohm who you may know as the DA from a few seasons of Law & Order). Miss Hall (yes, she is address as Miss Hall, not Pricilla) has promised Wendy that if she does all of her bidding, she will give her recommendation

It's the week of Thanksgiving and Christmas decor and music are already everywhere you turn. Most years I am pretty stubborn about not letting Christmas sneak in before Thanksgiving is properly celebrated but this year I am making some exceptions. The first of which is starting on my terribly cheesy Christmas rom-coms a little early. The first on the list this year is The Spirit of Christmas . It's probably one of the more interesting and dynamic Christmas romance tales I've seen in the last few years. The show begins with Kate, a slightly exaggerated Boston lawyer who has no relationship with her family and is the worst girlfriend of all time. She's married to her job and as you can probably guess, something in the movie is going to totally transform her. Because if there's one thing we know about this type of movie it's that there will be a happy ending and the main character will be a different person by the time it's finished. Funny how love su

Welcome to My Two Biddies. This is our little slice of the internet where we give our two bits about cheesy rom-coms (hello, Hallmark Channel at Christmas!) and period piece movies and TV series'. What started out as marathon-length text conversations between two friends discussing the worst-rated, highly-predictable, overly-cheesy holiday movies that we just couldn't stop watching has now become this blog. Sarah and Katy (the Two Biddies) met at a holiday party where neither one knew anyone else. We looked at each other, shrugged and said want to be friends so we don't have to talk to any of these people? It was instant friendship and some 10 years later we are still friends who save each other from awkward situations.