2013 Movies : Holiday

With Kris Kristofferson • Harry Connick Jr. • Connie Britton • Willie Nelson • Fionnula Flanagan • Tim McCanlies • Lyle Lovett • Elizabeth Avellan • Lou Berney • Chandler Canterbury • Turk Pipkin

A father's holiday spirit was crushed by an accident when he was a child. When his son faces a tragedy, a mysterious man instills in him the courage to find the joy he lost.

With Lesley Manville • James Cosmo • Samantha Barks • Hans Matheson • John Stephenson • Sylvester McCoy • John Hannah • Eric Newman II • Candace Lee • Susan Boyle • Barbara Flynn

Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.

When David Richmond (Hans Matheson), a progressive young minister, arrives in Gladbury, the villagers discover a new formula for miracles: good deeds and acts of kindness. While David's quest to modernize Gladbury sets him at odds with the old world candlemaker, he finds an unlikely ally in the lovely skeptic, Emily Barstow (Samantha Barks). Now, the fiery candlemaker must fight to preserve the legacy of the Christmas Candle. But when the candle goes missing, the miraculous and human collide in the most astonishing Christmas the village of Gladbury has ever seen.

With Forest Whitaker • Angela Bassett • Jennifer Hudson • Mary J. Blige • Kasi Lemmons • Jacob Latimore • Bill Horberg • Celine Rattray • Galt Niederhoffer • Daniela Taplin Lundberg • Joy Goodwin • Nasir Jones • Luke James • Grace Gibson

Follows Langston (Jacob Latimore), a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs (Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett). Unwilling to live by the imposing Reverend Cobbs’ rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to return home to his mother, Naima (Jennifer Hudson). Langston embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey and along with new friends, and a little divine intervention, he discovers the true meaning of faith, healing, and family.