A Season To Remember (2024): Review and Summary
OWN For The Holidays returns, and as it becomes one of the last instances when OWN releases scripted content, this tame but likable film is not the best way to start the season.
Comedy
Y2K (2024): Review and Summary
While “Y2K” may bug anyone born in the 1990s and before, it could be a fun film for those who only know the time through Tumblr aesthetics and unearned nostalgia.
Brewster’s Millions: Christmas (2024): Review and Summary
“Brewster’s Millions Christmas,” like many movies using name recognition for a boost, feels like it didn’t and shouldn’t have used its predecessor as a crutch, for this one could have stood on its own.
Allswell In New York (2024): Review and Summary
“Allswell In New York” will likely become a movie you badly wish was at least a mini-series, for while a completed film, it feels like such a tease.
The Day Before Christmas (2024): Review and Summary
“The Day Before Christmas” gives you a corny but likable romance building around Christmas.
Sweethearts (2024): Review and Summary
While much of what is to be expected is given with “Sweethearts,” at least the gay character, who feels obligatory/formulaic for films like this, is given a much better storyline than expected.
Style Me For Christmas (2024): Review and Summary
While it is always wonderful to see Raven Goodwin in a starring role, “Style Me For Christmas,” focusing on a talented woman’s desirability to an R&B superstar does lead to a tightrope walk between problematic and aspirational.
A Wesley South African Christmas (2024): Review and Summary
BET+’s staple holiday franchise returns with the Wesley family heading to South Africa as Todd and Chris’ company tries to close a deal with a major South African tech firm and family.
Albany Road (2024): Review and Summary
A cast of familiar faces, ranging from Lynn Whitfield to J. Alphonse Nicholson, delivers a holiday movie that is dramatic but a bit more serious than your usual fare.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024): Review and Summary
“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is a tear-inducing movie that reminds us that it really only takes one person, giving grace and kindness, to change the hearts of many.
