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Director:   Sam Irvin Writers:   Matt Marx  and  Anna White "When architect and Christmas amateur Steven (Jonathan Bennett) finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen (Alexa PenaVega) to bring holiday joy to his home. Gretchen's expert Christmas spirit brings Steven's family together, but neither expected it to bring them closer to each other. After a great opportunity presents itself to Gretchen, she and Steven must decide what's really important in life". — Hallmark This may be one of my favourite Hallmark Christmas stories ever. I'm exaggerating, of course, but I did enjoy watching this made for TV movie. True, the story is quite out of this world, and probably won't happen in real life, but who knows? Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, and life may imitate art. I had fun watching ALEXA PENAVEGA and JONATHAN BENNETT together. If CARLOS PENAVEGA didn't have a quote un...

The two stories are different as night and day, but "enchanted" and "magic" have some commonality, don't they? When she left Utah as a young widow, Laura Trudeau(Alexa PenaVega) left behind her father, her love of dance -- and an old heartbreak. Now, she must return home to spearhead the renovation of a derelict hotel, which must be restored in time for a Christmas Eve benefit dance performance. But Laura is shocked to learn that her old love, Ricardo Archuleta(Carlos PenaVega), the boy who jilted her for a professional dance career, is the star of the dance benefit. And when his dance partner Taylor walks out on the show for an out-of-town audition, Laura has to step in for her, reawakening her love of the dance, not to mention her old feelings for Ricardo -- a potent combination that has her head spinning.- imdb Director :  Terry Cunningham Writers: Catherine Fridey and Rick Garman THE MOVIE The long and short of it: I really lov...

Source Director Dick Lowry Based on    Follow the Stars Home  by Luanne Rice Writers    Luanne Rice (novel), Sally Robinson (teleplay) Cast    Kimberly Williams-Paisley  (Dianne Parker),  Campbell Scott  (David McCune),  Eric Close  (Mark McCune),  Alexa PenaVega  (Amy Williams),  Blair Brown  (Hannah Parker),  Roxanne Hart  (Tess) This is one of the best stories ever written for it doesn't only touches the heart, mind, and senses, but it also touches the soul and spirit.  LUANNE RICE , a very prolific writer of quality literature, surely has a way with words and thankfully, the screen adaptation was beautifully written by SALLY ROBINSON and wonderfully directed by DICK LOWRY. It's easy to be infatuated with a guy like Mark(ERIC CLOSE). He is handsome and he has an adventurous spirit.  Disappointingly, his adventurous spirit does not include loving a daughter with...

Ben Wilkinson and Alexa PenaVega Despite differing viewpoints, a wedding planner and a financial adviser find out that they have more in common than they thought. Director :  Mark Jean Running time :  1h 24m MS. MATCHED Haylie Duff and Nicholas Gonzalez CHRISTMAS BELLE Grumpy grieving Hunter Lowell hires Rex's firm to make an expert inventory of the library in his Californian wine estate for sale as he lives in San Francisco. Rex's daughter Isabella comes do it, he presses her to work hard. Belle starts enjoying the Christmas season and starts falling in love with the estate and dog Beast, slowly with the hunky owner, whose devoted housekeeper Angie explains Hunter never came to terms with losing his late wife, whose roses gazebo are off-limits even to her, yet an invaluable sale plus. Hunter warms up to Isabella, who gets him to taste life again, even consider reviving the Christmas ball in the barn. But Rex gave his bless...

Directed by JAMES HEAD Written by NINA WEINMAN Casting by Jackie Lind Love is, more often than not, lovelier the second time around.  Yes, we should keep moving forward, but there are times when we should give someone another chance.  Who knows?  He or she might have always been the one after all. This is that kind of movie.  It's quite predictable.  I have yet to see a movie where the lead actress would end up with Preston Vanderslice's role.  Maybe there's a movie out there, but I haven't seen it, plus it was marketed  in a way that you would know that the Maid of Honor would end up with the Best Man. In all fairness, beautiful Alexa PenaVega had good chemistry with cute Jeremy Guilbaut.  Even if I kind of guessed the ending, I still felt good it happened that way. This is a fun movie and I would probably watch it again some day.   CAST: Alexa PenaVega ... Ellie Hamilton Jeremy Guilbaut ... Greg Moun...