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Thriller on March 10th, 2007 by Chad Everett
This movie started in interesting fashion, with a driver picking up a hitchhiker and some relatively minor chit-chat happening until the hitcher asks if the driver is interested in guys (the hitcher himself is a man as well). At that point, the driver kicks him out, and you’re left wondering just what is happening here. But that doesn’t last long.
Next up, the driver pulls his truck over and opens up the bed of the truck to reveal a girl, bound and tied, and we get to see her dig her own grave, before (presumably) being killed by the driver of the truck. This isn’t actually shown, which would probably increase the suspense a bit, but it’s really a bit early on to do much more than whet the appetite. Shift to another car load, and you’re still wondering what’s happening.
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Family on December 15th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Nick (Steve Guttenberg) has finally met the woman of his dreams. Beth (Crystal Bernard) is everything that he has ever wanted. And what’s more is that even though she has been divorced and has a son from a prior marriage, that’s okay. She is perfect.
Nick even managed to convince her of what he most feared she wouldn’t believe. She really, truly understands that he is Santa Claus, and that when they get married, they will all go to live at the North Pole. They just need to do it by Christmas Eve, or everything will fall apart. It seems that Christmas can’t happen without a Mrs. Claus.
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Romance on September 30th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Kate (Famke Janssen) has a problem. She has a column due and the one that she’s written isn’t appropriate. What’s worse is that her boss is about to fire her. So she starts talking into one of those little tape records about what has gone wrong with her life to get her where she is now and why she has no experience to write about relationships. It turns out that the problems started on the playground when she was 9.
This is probably the best bit of the movie and it goes downhill from there. We jump forward from there (but not all the way forward to the absolute present) to where she met her big love – Adam (Jon Favreau). Adam was different and swept her off her feet, right out of the arms of someone else who she didn’t like at all and things just took off. But that doesn’t mean that they went well.
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