TRCC Reviews
Confessions of a Shopaholic Synopsis: Like many New York City gals, Rebecca Bloomwood loves to shop. The trouble is, she shops so much that she is drowning in debt. Based on the book with the same title, Confessions of a Shopaholic introduces us to Becky Bloomwood, a journalist who dreams of working for Alette, a popular fashion magazine. She also has a shopping addiction and finds herself thousands of dollars in debt while dodging the calls of Derek Smeath, an aggressive debt collector. After the gardening magazine she works for goes under, Becky inadvertently impresses the editor of Successful Savings…
Sylvie’s Love Synopsis: When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success. During the summer of 1957, Sylvia (Tessa Thompson) begins a slow-burn romance with Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophone player who has recently begun working at her father’s record store. The problem is Sylvie is engaged, her fiancé serving in Korea. Sylvie’s mother, an etiquette teacher, creates another obstacle for the young lovers, as she’s more concerned about image than Sylvie following her heart. Sylvie’s Love is an…
And So It Goes: A self-absorbed realtor enlists the help of his neighbor when he’s suddenly left in charge of the granddaughter he never knew existed until his estranged son drops her off at his home.
Love the Coopers Synopsis: The intertwined stories of four generations of Coopers unfold right before the annual family reunion on Christmas Eve. Can they survive the most beautiful time of the year? Charlotte and Sam have decided to divorce after forty years of marriage, but they agree to have one last family Christmas before telling their grown children of their separation. Their children, Hank (Ed Helms) and Eleanor (Olivia Wilde), have their own issues. Hank is going through a divorce, complete with a moody teenager and a younger son who just wants everyone to be happy again. Eleanor has a…
Christmas Cupid Synopsis: Los Angeles publicist is forced to reconsider her life choices as she gets visited by ghosts of her ex-boyfriends on the eve of Christmas. Sloan Spencer (Christina Milan) is an ambitious PR executive looking for a promotion to VP. She’s dating the son of the man who owns the company, which surely helps her case, but she’s also in charge of planning a movie premiere for her reckless, party-girl client, Caitlin Quinn (Ashley Benson). When Caitlin chokes to death on an olive, Sloan’s movie premiere turns into a premiere/memorial. The job becomes even more complicated when Caitlin…
White Christmas Synopsis: A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general. After the end of WWII, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis left the army to go on to become a famous song and dance team. While on tour, they are invited to see the sister act of a buddy they knew in the army. It’s there they meet sisters Judy and Betty Haynes. Judy and Phil get along quite nicely, but Betty and Bob initially feel a bit prickly toward one another. Thinking…
The Princess Switch Synopsis: Competing in a Christmas baking competition in Belgravia, a Chicago baker bumps into the prince’s fiancée–who looks just like her. They switch lives for two days. When her sous chef, Kevin, entered her in a prestigious baking competition, Stacy traveled to the kingdom of Belgravia to take part. There with Kevin and his daughter, Olivia, Stacy tries to stick to a strict schedule but is thrown when she runs into the Prince of Belgravia’s public-shy fiancee, Margaret. It turns out that Margaret and Stacy are identical in every way except for their personalities. Desperate to experience…
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby: Amber and Richard host royals from a faraway kingdom to renew a sacred truce, but when the priceless treaty disappears, peace is put in jeopardy and an ancient curse threatens their family.
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding: A year after helping Richard get to the throne, Amber is about to become his wife. But is she really made to be queen?