-
Ask FlickChick: A Christmas Tearjerker, Alien Slugs and More Movies... | Ask FlickChick | 11/28/2007
What was that Christmas movie? How about the one with alien slugs... and more.Question: I saw a Christmas movie back in the 1980s. I don't know who starred in it, but it's about a dying rich lady in NYC — I think — who lives in a beautiful apartment and helps the homeless. She hires a detective to bring her family — a son and two grandchildren — back together for one last Christmas. If you know the name and if it will be showing this year, I would appreciate the info. Regards. — Susan FlickChick: I'd say you're looking for the made-for-TV movie Christmas Eve (1986), starring Loretta Young as wealthy, philanthropic Amanda Kingsley. Her son, Andrew (Arthur Hill), not only alienated all three of his children — Harley, Melissa and Josh (Wayne Best, Season Hubley and Patrick Cassidy) — but wants to have his mother declared incompetent so he can gain control of her money. Amanda, who knows she's dying but is hiding the fact from Andrew, hires a private... read more
-
FlickChick | 7/25/2002
Question: I saw a movie twice on television in the 1980s, in which a scientist injected his assistant with snake venom, read more
-
FlickChick | 2/7/2002
Question: Please, please answer my questions! In the early '70s, my parents took
my sister and me to a drive-in movie. read more
more Ssssssss spoilers, news and recaps (3 total news articles)
