Roger Moore Returns to Television TONIGHT!

In the United States, Bonded Templar Sir Roger Moore returns to television tonight on the Hallmark Channel, where he stars in the family holiday movie A Princess For Christmas (formerly known as Christmas at Castlebury Hall). Katie McGrath and Charlotte Salt co-star. According to the L.A. Times, Sir Roger plays the "fabulously wealthy" and "Scrooge-like" Duke of Castlebury, whose "heart begins to melt" upon the arrival of his estranged young American niece, nephew and their aunt to his castle in the snowy countryside of a fictional European kingdom. Most of those phrases would normally put me off of a movie like this, but the appeal of the former 007 star is too much to ignore. The 84-year-old Moore rarely acts these days, devoting the bulk of his time to his UNICEF duties. He made headlines earlier this year when he was injured filming this movie in Romania.

The big question, of course, is which dignitary of a fictional European country is more curmudgeonly: Moore's Castlebury, or Timothy Dalton's Boris Pochenko from The Beautician and the Beast? Dedicated fans can find out soon, because A Princess For Christmas airs tonight (Saturday, December 3) at 8/7c on the Hallmark Channel. Or, if you want to save time, this extra-long trailer seems to condense the entire movie. (It also reveals that, in true Brett Sinclair fashion, Moore dons a cravat.) Watch till the end and you'll even see the Grinchy Duke's heart grow three sizes that Christmas.

New Spy Kids Trailer

The trailer is out for Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, and it looks... like a Spy Kids movie.  Sigh.  I have to admit that though I'm generally a fan of Rodriguez and I'm definitely a fan of spies—even kid spies (Alex Rider, CHERUB, etc.)—I'm not really a fan of the Spy Kids movies.  I had hope for this one based on the director's comments last year to the effect that if the original trilogy was the Roger Moore equivalent, the new "reboot" would be more akin to Daniel Craig's Casino Royale.  That intrigued me.  But based on this trailer, which includes more than one vomit joke, a talking robot ninja dog voiced by Ricky Gervais and as much over-the-top CGI as all the others, it's just more of the same old stuff.  Oh well.  Jessica Alba looks hot as a spy mom, and I did like the original spy kid's cameo...  Judge for yourself: