Rueben's Ramblings

The Netflix feature film Don’t Look Up will debut online on December 24.

The film tells the story of two low-level astronomers (Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence), who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet earth.

The ensemble cast includes Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Ron Perlman, Timothee Chalamet, Rob Morgna, Ariana Grande, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Himesh Patel, Matthew Perry, Chris Evans, Melanie Lynskey, Gina Gershon, Michael Chiklis and Paul Guilfoyle.

Here is a trailer for Don’t Look Up:

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On December 23, the Lifetime movie Rebuilding a Dream Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

Successful real estate broker Abbey (Meggan Kaiser) is forced back to her hometown to repair a Victorian house she inherited from her grandmother. She decides to sell the house and hires single dad Josh (Zane Stephens) to help with the repairs. Working together brings up memories from her past and as her relationship with Josh and his 8-year-old son, Noah (Jon Steele), grows, Abbey finds her calling and makes a home for herself.

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The Lifetime movie It Takes A Christmas Village will debut on December 22 at 8 PM.

In order to make the town’s Christmas market a reality, Mayor Alex Foster (Brooke Nevin) must convince the reclusive Darcy Hawkins (Corey Sevier) to loan out his family’s historic mill, which is no easy task thanks to a long-running family feud. But as Alex slowly chips away at Darcy’s frosty exterior, their feelings grow beyond the interest of the town, leading this unlikely duo to the prospect of love.

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On December 21, the Lifetime movie The Christmas Ball will debut at 8 PM.

When lead ballerina Clare Fitzgerald (Deidre Mullins) is let go before the Christmas season’s Nutcracker, she’s beyond devastated and jumps at the opportunity to visit her Aunt Bridget (Caroline Langrishe) in England during the holidays.

Once there, she meets Liam (Nick Hendrix), a local professor and historian who is helping Aunt Bridget preserve the family manor. Clare discovers that Christmas Regency balls were once held at the manor, prompting Aunt Bridget to propose they hold a ball as part of Liam’s presentation to the preservation society. As Clare and Liam work together, the two also waltz into a new romance.

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On December 20, the Lifetime movie Candy Cane Candidate will debut at 8 PM.

Natural born leader Julia (Jacky Lai) returns to her hometown of North Falls for Christmas to drown her sorrows in eggnog, cookies, and Yuletide after her recent political campaign for city council ended in a landslide loss. It’s the perfect place for Julia’s holiday escape — until she realizes coming home means running into her old high school rival, Parker (Jake Epstein), the arrogant know-it-all who beat her in a race for senior class president.

When the North Falls mayor resigns, the town holds an emergency election, and Julia and Parker find themselves once again facing off. But as Julia and Parker campaign their way through the Christmas season and plan a toy drive together, Julia begins to see a different side of Parker, and the ice between them slowly begins to thaw. As their political race comes to a head, Julia and Parker discover winning isn’t everything.

Here is a trailer for Candy Cane Candidate.

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On December 20, the VH1 movie Miracles Across 125th Street will debut at 9 PM.

The film follows a Harlem rapper who confronts his past by returning to his family’s church on Christmas Eve after battling drug addiction.

The film stars Nick Cannon, Lil Kim, Chrisette Michele, Kierra Sheard-Kelly and Tommy Davidson.

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