I am NOT a critic. I'm merely an observer. (Books, movies, plays, musicals etc.)

The Christmas Train is one of the best stories ever written for all time, and not just about Christmas.  In MY opinion, it has an all-star cast spearheaded by DANNY GLOVER, KIMBERLY WILLIAMS-PAISLEY, JOAN CUSACK, KAREN HOLNESS, JOHN INNES, NELSON WONG, TERRENCE KELLY and JILL TEED.   I love the way TIPPI and NEAL DOBROFSKY wrote it, and how RON OLIVER directed it. The book the movie was based on #TheChristmasTrainbyDavidBaldacci I also like the chemistry Dermot Mulroney and Kimberly Williams-Paisley have.  I am not certain if this is their only movie together as screen partners, but they sure make a good onscreen pair. Everyone did their parts right.  It sort of felt like Murder on the Orient Express, sans the murder, but I also love how the scenes were orchestrated , wink, wink! I also like the fact that I've been admiring the actors since the 1980s, at the very least...except for Kimberly and Karen because I only "met" them i...

Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. Realizing that help is not on the way, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength. -WWW GENRES Drama DIRECTED BY Hany Abu-Assad SCREENPLAY BY Chris Weitz and J. Mills Goodloe PRODUCED BY Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, David Ready BASED UPON THE BOOK BY Charles Martin STARRING: Idris Elba as Dr. Ben Bass, a surgeon Kate Winslet as Alex Martin, a photojournalist Dermot Mulroney as Mark, Alex’s fiancé Beau Bridges as Walter, the pilot of the charter plane Raleigh and Austin as Dog, Walter's dog Misery loves company and tragedy, more often than not, brings people together. I still have a hangover.  The movie is beautiful.  I did not expect that because I was very iffy about this film.  Idris El...