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Star Trek: The Motion Picture may not be great by most people, but I thought the movie was pretty good. It also depends on the version of film people watch. I grew up with the theatrical cut, the special longer cut, and the Special Directors Edition cut.

To make a simple summary of the film without spoiling for those who haven't seen it. A mysterious space cloud is heading towards Earth and only the crew of the USS Enterprise can stop it.

The positive thing I can say about the film is that I love the acting by the actors involved, some of the special effects, and Jerry Goldsmith's music. I own a record album of the soundtrack inherited from my parents.

I still consider this worth watching.

Some people thought that Disney's Robin Hood was the only animated film from 1973, but we all know that's not entirely true. Several months before it, there came Charlotte's Web, based on EB White's book of the same name, produced by Hanna-Barbara and released by Paramount Pictures. It tells the story about a pig named Wilbur who learns he'll become food in the fall and becomes very sad, but faith would soon come to him in the form of spider named Charlotte who uses her web making skills to show the world that Wilbur is actually very special and not another meal on the table.

For Hanna-Barbara's third animated film and first of three films not based on their shows and properties, I thought it was a pretty good animated film. The animation may not be Disney great as Hanna-Barbara was known for using Limited Animation seen in their TV shows, but it didn't bother me as kid and still doesn't as an adult and besides, you can't expect every animation studio to be like Disney. They have their own style at making animated features. The voice acting was good, same with the story, the songs by the Sherman Brothers, the music by Irwin Kostal, and the artwork. Even if it's not one of my favorite non-Disney animated films, it's still one the good animated films.

Christmas with Tucker is supposed to be a prequel to A Dog Named Christmas which itself was adapted into a Hallmark Hall of Fame film back in 2009. I haven't actually read the books these films were based off, so I can't actually compare them, but I can compare the two films.

In A Dog Named Christmas, there was a brief flashback involving the farmer's youth days with Tucker that took place around the 1940s. Here in Christmas with Tucker, those youth days are in the current time setting which was 2013. In other words, this film has continuity errors.

Honestly, Christmas with Tucker was a So-So Hallmark Christmas film and one of my least favorite Christmas films made by the company. The only good thing I love about it was the great acting by the actors involved with the film, especially Barbara Gordon as the grandmother. If the film's story and most of the characters were given improvements, this would've been a great Christmas film. If I had to choose between this and A Dog Named Christmas, I'll stick with A Dog Named Christmas. I also consider this another Christmas film from Hallmark to watch only once.

Not long after the original Northpole film aired, Hallmark announced that a sequel to the film under the working title Northpole 2 before being now called by its current name Northpole: Open For Christmas was in production and like most Hallmark fans, I had an open mind to see it. To me, this has to be one of the best sequel films Hallmark ever made.

Now for the plot. Clementine the elf was given a new task by Santa to help a workaholic Real Estate agent (played by the ever wonderful Lori Loughlin) restore her late aunt's Inn which actually serves as beacon for Santa's sleigh while at the same time helping her regain her true spirit of Christmas she lost as a kid.

As far as we know, Bailee Madison was the only actress from the original film to reprise her role as our favorite lovable elf Clementine. Santa Clause unfortunately was no longer played by Robert Wagner as in the previous film and was replaced with Donovan Scott for this film and his role as Santa was actually equally as wonderful as how Robert portrayed him. All the actors did an amazing job in this film especially Ava Telek (April Telek's daughter) as the widowed carpenter's daughter. Like the original, the movie was shot in Montreal, Canada, but at a different part of the city.

All in all, this is a great sequel film. Wonderful acting, good plot though there were some flaws, and good special effects. Like the original film, some people may love it, some may not love it, but hey, everyone's entitled to their own opinion.

Each of us find ourselves unexpectedly facing an alternate life different than our current life and that's what this Hallmark Channel Original Christmas Movie is about.

After talking to a Salvation Army Santa (or is he?), a successful TV news anchorwoman (played by the wonderful Lacey Chabert) finds herself in an alternate life where she is married to her former lover and have daughters of their own.

The film's story did had some minor flaws, but the acting from all the actors and everything else about the film is excellent.

It was a smart move for Hallmark to release this film during their annual Christmas in July movie marathon this year. We all need a break from Summer madness from time to time.

What to say about The Wishing Tree (not to be confused with the Showtime movie of the same name)? Well, it's not one of Hallmark's greatest Christmas films, but it was OK.

On the plus side, the plot was decent and the acting from the actors was pretty good. On the minus side, the human characterizations was not too good and needs more work.

I will admit, I did felt uncomfortable during many of the scenes in the film, even the scene where Teryl Rothery's character said she won't forgive the boy for what he did to the Wishing Tree.

Despite these problems, The Wishing Tree is still an OK Christmas film, though it's definitely a holiday film worth watching once.

Northpole is without a doubt one of the best Christmas films of 2014 and one of Hallmark's best films.

As far as the plot goes, it's far beyond what we see in other Christmas productions. A city at the North Pole called Northpole is on the brink of demise due to lack of Christmas spirit from the people down South. One elf (played by Bailee Madison) decided to seek help from one boy who still believes in Christmas and with help from his reluctant mom (played by Saved By The Bell's Tiffani Thiessen) and his teacher, they decided bring Christmas cheer the boy's new hometown.

The plot was good though some parts could used more work. I will admit, I did feel uncomfortable at the moments where the mom disbelieves her son about Northpole though she did regret her actions quickly. When you're an adult, it gets hard to believe in everything.

The acting from the actors was all right. The special effects were great. It looked like Hallmark spend a fortune on the Northpole scenes.

Despite a few minor flaws in the story, Northpole is still an enjoyable Holiday film. Some people may love it, some may not love it, but hey, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I personally recommend this film for those that love Hallmark Channel and its Christmas films.

Like most Bronies, I have my own judgment on the episodes of this show. To me, "Appleoosa's Most Wanted" was so-so. It's probably not one of the best CMC centered episodes nor one of the greatest episodes Season 5 has to offer so far, but at least it's nowhere near as bad as "Somepony To Watch Over Me" from the previous season. This episode seem to borrow everything from "Birdie Gossip" with the concept of judging a pony before actually getting the know the pony, "Stare Master" with the CMC going out in the woods without an adult, and "Somepony To Watch Over Me" with Applejack being overprotective. The plot and the story could've used more work, but the acting was all right.

All in all, I'd say this episode is worth watching only once.

I for one think this was one of the best Season 5 episodes ever.

The plot concerns a married woman named Mona (Jane Adams) who wishes not to move out of her apartment building that's about to be sold by a company. One day, while secretly watching two people having sex in the laundry room, she gets herself electrocuted and soon discovered that she can read people's thoughts with her mind and soon uses that ability to blackmail her neighbors.

The plot was wonderful and the acting from the episode's cast members was incredible. This episode was also considered a favorite by the actors that worked on this episode, even director Helen Shaver considered it her personal favorite out of a handful of episodes of the series she directed.