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On December 7, the Great American Family movie Once Upon a Christmas Wish will debut at 8 PM.
A local mayor discovers his childhood Christmas wishes are coming true. With his childhood friend, the pair can inspire residents to showcase the town’s warmth and values while pushing back a major developer’s desire to take the community in a different direction.
The movie stars real-life husband and wife Mario and Courtney Lopez.
Here is a trailer for Once Upon a Christmas Wish:
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This epic biblical film focuses on Mary (Noa Cohen, played by Mila Harris as young Mary), a Jewish girl who lives in Nazareth with her parents, Anne and Joachim, is presented at the temple in preparation for her marriage to Joseph (Ido Tako).
Following the incarnation and birth of Jesus, Mary is forced into hiding. When Herod the Great (Sir Anthony Hopkins) orders the Massacre of the Innocents, Mary and Joseph flee to Egypt with Jesus.
Here is a trailer for Mary:
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The Hallmark Channel movie Private Princess Christmas will debut on December 6 at 8 PM.
Vi (Ali Skovbye), better known as Princess Violet of Wingravia, adores the privileges of being a royal, if none of the responsibilities. After being disappointed by Vi one time too many, the Queen (Erica Durance) decides to test her daughter’s mettle once and for all and issues an ultimatum: Vi must pass a vigorous leadership boot camp in Colorado or lose the throne to her uncle. At boot camp, Vi and her fellow cadets are put through a rigorous grind under the uncompromising supervision of Captain Ryan Douglas (Derek Klena).
There is currently no trailer for Private Princess Christmas, though.
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On December 6, the limited series The Sticky will debut online today on Amazon Prime.
The series follows Ruth Landry (Margo Martindale), a tough, middle-aged maple syrup farmer who turns to crime when the bureaucratic authorities threaten to take away everything she loves. She teams up with the hot-tempered Bostonian mobster (Chris Diamantopoulos), and a mild-mannered French-Canadian security guard (Guillaume Cyr) to carry out a multi-million dollar heist on Quebec’s maple syrup surplus.
Here is a trailer for The Sticky:
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On December 6, the Hulu series Paris Has Fallen, based on the movie franchise, will debut online.
Set within the Has Fallen box office movie franchise that starred Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart, the small screen adaptation focuses on what happens when a terrorist group led by the villainous Jacob Pearce (Sean Harris) attacks a high-profile event, with the French Minister of Defense as their target.
Protection officer Vincent Taleb (Tewfik Jallab) finds himself working with street-smart MI6 operative Zara Taylor (Ritu Arya from The Umbrella Academy) to save the day. But when events take a dark turn, Vincent and Zara soon realize that the plan extends beyond just one politician. When they suspect that one of their colleagues in the security services is feeding information to Jacob, Vincent and Zara find themselves needing to rely only on each other. Increasingly isolated and with Jacob always one step ahead, can this unlikely pair stop Paris from falling to a man hell-bent on vengeance?
Here is a trailer for Paris Has Fallen:
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The Netflix drama Black Doves will debut online on December 5.
In this British spy thriller, Helen (Keira Knightley) begins a passionate affair that may endanger her secret identity when her lover becomes victim to London’s underworld and her employers send an old friend to protect her.
Sarah Lacashire, Ben Whishaw and Tracey Ullman also star.
Here is a trailer for Black Doves:
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On December 5, the Hallmark+ movie Season’s Greetings From Cherry Lane will debut online.
In 1951, a doctor (Corey Cott) wants to make the holiday special for his worried wife (Annabelle Bourke) before he is shipped out to serve in Korea, but when she suffers a minor fracture to her arm his carefully planned out Christmas Eve plans are upended.
In 2003, a newly married couple (Sarah Dugdale and Shannon Kook) who are always in agreement about everything host two sets of in-laws for Christmas Eve for the first time and find that they may not have had as much in common as they thought they did.
And in 2024, a couple (Jonathan Bennett and Vincent Rodriguez III) tries to arrange special Christmas surprises for each other but keeping them a secret may be harder than they thought.
There is currently no trailer for Season’s Greetings From Cherry Lane, though.
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The Hallmark Mystery holiday movie A Dance in the Snow will debut on December 5 at 8 PM.
Melanie’s (Erica Cerra) 17-year-old autistic daughter Jenny (Vanessa Burghardt) is a senior in high school and looking forward to college. After a bad experience her junior year, Jenny is not interested in attending her final Christmas dance before graduating. Melanie decides to surprise Jenny by getting involved in the school’s planning committee to create a welcoming dance for all students.
Meanwhile, Jenny and her friends secretly plan their own party, in part to honor Melanie. Melanie works with Jenny’s literature teacher (Mark Ghanimé) on the dance and starts to fall for him while Jenny develops something special with a new classmate (Dorian Giordano) at school. When their secrets snowball, however, their plans begin to drive a wedge between the usually tightknit mother and daughter at the holidays.
Here is a trailer for A Dance in the Snow:
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On December 5, the BET+ holiday movie Brewster’s Millions Christmas will debut online.
A reimagining of the 1985 comedic classic Brewster’s Millions starring the late Richard Pryor that follows Morgan Brewster (China Anne McClain) as she embarks on a unique and challenging journey of delightful chaos to inherit her uncle Montgomery’s fortune before Christmas. Along the way, she discovers the true meaning of love, faith, and family through the act of giving rather than receiving.
The ensemble cast includes Romeo Miller, Richard Pryor Jr., Rain Pryor, Telma Hopkins, Tequan Richmond and Sierra McClain.
Here is a trailer for Brewster’s Millions Christmas:
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The Netflix movie That Christmas will debut online on December 4.
The animated film follows a series of entwined tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, Santa Claus making a big mistake and it also features an enormous number of turkeys.
Voices are provided by Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw and Jodie Whittaker.
Here is a trailer for That Christmas:
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