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Synopsis: A recently widowed Barb drives to a remote lake in Minnesota to honor her late husband's final wish and stumbles upon a kidnapping. With no cell signal and the nearest town two hours away, she attempts to take matters into her own hands against the well-armed kidnappers. Who's in it? The movie stars Emma Thompson , Judy Greer , Marc Menchaca, Laurel Marsden and Gaia Wise. Review: My wife was scrolling through our movie channels while having breakfast this morning and came across Dead of Winter. At first, I wasn't sure if it was going to be a movie I would enjoy enough to justify it making me feel cold (I had enough of snow and cold this year). However, it turned out to be an interesting watch. There were a couple things that really stood out for me about this movie. One of the main ones was the choice to have the main protagonist, Barb (Thompson) be someone in her 60s rather than in her twenties or thirties. This added a whole new element to the character becau...

Synopsis: The subject of love is explored through the overlapping stories of eight different London couples as they prepare to celebrate Christmas. Who's in it? The movie stars Hugh Grant , Liam Neeson , Colin Firth , Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman. Review: My wife and I have both seen bits and pieces of this movie (sometimes in spoof form) and she had it in our library to watch. We finally got around to doing that tonight and, overall, I thought it was entertaining.  Some of the love stories were compelling, such as the British Prime Minister (Grant) falling in love with one of his assistants ( Martine McCutcheon ) and a business executive (Rickman) needing to choose between his wife/mother of his kids (Thompson) and his alluring secretary ( Heike Makatsch ). A couple others, like the one involving a man ( Andrew Lincoln ) being in love with his best friend's new wife ( Keira Knightley ) and a writer (Firth) trying to overcome a language barrier with the housekeeper he love...