Season’s
Streamings
BY GEORGE DICKIE
“A Christmas
Prince”
(Netflix, now streaming):
Filmed in Romania, this
Netflix original comedy movie
stars Rose McIver (“iZombie,”
“Once Upon a Time”) as an
aspiring young New York
journalist who is sent to
Europe to get the scoop on
a handsome prince who is
about to be crowned king.
Sarah Douglas (“Stargate:
SG-1,” “Superman II”), Alice
Krige (“The OA,” “Thor: The
Dark World”), Theo Devaney
(“Supernatural,” “Becoming
Sophie”) and Honor Kneafsey
(“Sherlock,” “Miss You
Already”) are also in the cast.
“Christmas Eve”
(Hulu, now streaming):
Six groups of New Yorkers
find themselves trapped in
elevators when a power
failure strikes on Christmas
Eve, forcing them to interact
with one another to comedic,
romantic and transcendent
effect in this comedy movie.
Patrick Stewart (“Blunt Talk”),
Gary Cole (“Veep”), James
Roday (“Psych”), Jon Heder
(“Napoleon Dynamite”) and
Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your
Enthusiasm”) are among those
in the large cast.
“Christmas, Again”
(Sundance now streaming):
This independent romance movie stars Kentucker Audley (“Ain’t Them Bodies
Saints”) as a broken-hearted Christmas tree salesman who returns to his
hometown of New York City to put the past behind him. Working the night
shift and living in a trailer, his future looks ever dimmer until his rescue of
a mysterious woman and the appearance of some colorful customers snap
him out of his funk. Hannah Gross (“Mindhunter”), Craig Butta and Martin
Courtney head a cast of unknowns.
“Click Clack Moo: Christmas at the Farm”
(Amazon, now streaming):
In this animated children’s special, it’s Christmas at the farm and the animals
are getting together to get Farmer Brown the gift of his dreams – the
Tumbletron 300 clothes dryer. It’s a race against time for them – and for Duck,
who needs to bump up his “nice” numbers to get off Santa’s naughty list.
A Festivus for the rest of us
The “Seinfeld” episode “The Strike,” which originally aired in 1997, sees Kramer going back to work
after a (12-year) long strike from the bagel shop and Elaine accidentally giving out a fake phone
number on the back of a free sandwich coupon. But what makes this a real classic holiday episode
revolves around George and his father celebrating an alternative holiday called Festivus that they
created together many years ago.
Watch on TBS Dec. 22 2:30p; Dec. 23 8p; Dec. 26 12a; Also streaming on Hulu and Crackle
GRACENOTE - 2017 HOLIDAY PREVIEW pg 9