by Mary Carver | Oct 29, 2020 | Hooked on Holiday Movies podcast episodes, The Couch Podcast
Welcome back to The Christmas Couch! In these weekly bonus episodes, a friend and I recap and review the new holiday movies we watched the weekend before. We tell you if we’re giving it a thumbs up or down, how diverse the movie was, what made us groan,...
by Mary Carver | Oct 19, 2020 | The Couch Podcast
Katie Reid—my friend and author—is here this week to talk about her new book, A Very Bavarian Christmas, which is basically a Hallmark Christmas movie waiting to happen. She talks about making the switch from writing non-fiction to fiction and, of course, why it is we...
by Mary Carver | Oct 13, 2020 | Hooked on Holiday Movies podcast episodes, The Couch Podcast
Today we have a very special episode for you, the long-awaited, much-beloved, annual holiday movie preview episode! My friend (and friend of the Facebook group) Tori Rask is here to help me decide which of the 70—count them, SEVENTY—Hallmark and Lifetime holiday...
by Mary Carver | Jul 21, 2020 | The Couch Podcast
Just a few months ago, it seemed like we’d never reach the end of the holiday movie season. We had holiday movies coming out of our ears! But now? Now we’re missing them. So let’s revisit the time Anna Rendell and I ranked 64 holiday movies in a March Madness-style...
by Mary Carver | Jan 1, 2020 | Hooked on Holiday Movies, Movie Moments
Did you know that 2019 brought us nearly 100 new holiday movies? Almost 100. I’m saying 95. NINETY-FIVE NEW HOLIDAY MOVIES. In one year! In one SEASON! What on earth. It’s outrageous and seems unbelievable, but it is true. When you add the new romantic or...