{"id":4927,"date":"2014-12-04T15:55:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T15:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2014-12-04T15:55:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T15:55:51","slug":"must-see-movies-to-watch-during-the-holiday-recess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2014\/12\/04\/must-see-movies-to-watch-during-the-holiday-recess\/","title":{"rendered":"Must see movies to watch during the holiday recess"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The holiday season often gives families the opportunity to celebrate the season by bonding of good food and entertainment on lazy nights cuddled on the couch watching movies. As it may be a little chilly outside this break, bundle up with your family and watch these top five movies.<\/p>\n


\n1. \u201cThe Best Man Holiday\u201d<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe Best Man Holiday\u201d is a must see movie to watch during the holidays. This movie shows relationships and friendships won\u2019t be perfect but they will definitely be worth it. A group of long time college friends reunite after fifteen years during the Christmas holiday and old rivalries and grudges are rekindled, but at the end, the friends come together. \u201cThe Best Man Holiday\u201d is tragicomedy\u00a0 and stars Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Harold Perrineau,\u00a0 Morris Chestnut, Monica Calhoun, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Melissa De Sousa and\u00a0 Regina Hall, who return to reprise their roles from the 1999 original film. This movie brings lots of laughs and tears throughout.
\n2. \u201cFRIDAY AFTER NEXT\u201d
\n<\/strong>If it\u2019s comedy you want for the holidays, who delivers it better than Craig and Day Day in the third installment of \u201cFriday\u201d series. In this film, Craig and his cousin Day-Day have moved out of their parents houses and gotten jobs as mall security guards in a not-so nice part of town. When a crack-head robber dressed as Santa Claus robs them on Christmas Eve and steals their gifts and rent money, they begin a hilarious adventure to retrieve goods. Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Rickey Smiley, and Katt Williams all on the same screen can only equate to the best Christmas comedy in the hood ever made.<\/p>\n


\n3. \u201cThis Christmas\u201d
\n<\/strong>\u201cThis Christmas\u201d has already become a classic must-see movie to watch during the holidays. The film chronicles the lives of the Whitfield family, led by matriarch Ma Dere (Loretta Devine), who has gathered her children together under one roof for the first time in seven years.\u00a0 The drama and comedy that follow between siblings: Sister (Regina King), Quentin (Idris Elba), Kelli (Sharon Leal), Claude (Columbus Short), and Baby (Chris Brown) is a reflection of the dysfunction many see in their own families. Criminal activity, legal problems, marital issues and family secrets, all culminate on the eve of Christmas as the family must put aside their differences to help each other proving that unity, forgiveness, and love keep families alive.
\n4. \u201cA Charlie Brown Christmas\u201d
\n<\/strong>\u201cA Charlie Brown Christmas\u201d is a musical animated television special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. Released way back in 1965, many generations are familiar with the program because it has aired every year since then. In the special, lead character Charlie Brown finds himself depressed during the holiday season because the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Jesus, seems to be lost as the holiday has become so commercialized.\u00a0 Heartwarming and touching, this movie seems to be just what is needed to remind us that it is not what you get for Christmas that is the most important, it is remembering the true reason for the season.
\n5. \u201cThe Christmas Story\u201d
\n<\/strong>\u201cA Christmas Story\u201d is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film released in 1983 that has become a holiday classic for many.\u00a0 The popularity of the film earned a 24-marathon on the TBS network every year.\u00a0 The film follows 9 year old Ralphie and his quest to receive a Red Ryder Range Shot 200 BB gun for Christmas.\u00a0 Although we may want something so bad, it\u2019s not always what it\u2019s cracked up to be. Always be thankful for what you do receive, because everyone isn\u2019t as fortunate.<\/p>\n

Shelbi Ware contributed to this story<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The holiday season often gives families the opportunity to celebrate the season by bonding of good food and entertainment on lazy nights cuddled on the couch watching movies. As it may be a little chilly outside this break, bundle up with your family and watch these top five movies. 1. \u201cThe Best Man Holiday\u201d \u201cThe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-variety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}