Enchanted, 2007

THURSDAY MOVIE CONNECTION!!!
Amy Adams-- Patrick Dempsey


Director: Kevin Lima

Stars: Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden






Giselle (Adams) lives in a fairy-tale world, but she is banished to New York by an evil queen (Sarandon).  In the real world, Giselle meets a lawyer (Dempsey), whose daughter takes a liking to Giselle, and he soon finds himself liking her as well, though he is puzzled by her innocent outlook on life.  And her strange gift for communicating with animals.

This is a silly fairy tale movie.  Real people, cartoons, a huge musical number in Central Park, an evil queen who turns into a dragon, a hero, a princess--this one has everything!  And it's cute and funny, as well.

The 10th Kingdom, 2000

Director: David Carson, Herbert Wise
Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Cohen, John Larroquette, Daniel Lapaine, Ann-Margaret, Ed O'Neil, Dianne West






Okay, so this isn't a Christmas movie. Not at all. In fact, it's technically a mini-series. But it IS a fairy tale. And it IS about 7 hours long, and what other day of the year do you have all that time to watch such a long movie? My sister and I spent a few Christmases this way.

How to describe this one without taking forever????? That is the question....

Prince Wendell (Lapaine) is forced by his step-mother the Evil Queen (West) to switch places with a golden retriever! He does escape from her, however, and accidentally falls through a travelling mirror into New York, a completely foreign and unknown Kingdom. The Queen sends 3 trolls and a half-wolf named Wolf (Cohen) after the dog. The dog runs into Virginia Lewis (Williams-Paisley), and that's how she and her father Tony (Larroquette) come into the story, taking the dog in and discovering he is not at all what he seems.

When they all get back into the other 9 Kingdoms, the mission is to get Wendell the dog back to his castle for his coronation, and somehow to turn him back into a human. But, naturally, there's much more to the story than that! Wolf's growing feelings for Virginia, Virginia's desperate search for the magic mirror to get them home, Tony's uncanny ability to get into lots of trouble make this quite an adventure!

It's really cheesy, so I'm not making any guarantees. But, personally, I love it!

Beauty and the Beast, 1991

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Stars: Page O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury,




The classic story of a girl who goes to live in an enchanted castle with a Beast, in order to save her father's life. And because it's Disney, it's got a bunch of songs that will get stuck in your head and heart.

(This one mostly takes place in winter so it has always sort of been a Christmas movie to me.)

Apparently, I saw this in theaters with my aunt (I was 4!), and I was so terrified of the Beast that I was on her lap, freaking out, blocking her view of the movie. Well, this January, I will get a second chance to see my favorite Disney film in theaters!! Beauty and the Beast is coming to theaters and it will be in 3D! (I'm so glad they are doing this with Disney movies now! SO cool!!) I don't like 3D, but I can't wait to see this anyway!! I will be taking my own niece and nephew. It should be a lovely time!

Is that enough exclamation points for you?