Olivia d’Abo in The Last Good Time (1994)
I haven’t seen her lately, but IMDb shows she is still very active, with several 2019 series appearances and movies. Looks like she’s another one who has fallen into the deadly Maelstrom of Hallmark. She recently did a Christmas movie with the legendary Ponyboy!
Speaking of whom …
You wonder about him? C. Thomas Howell has 117 movie credits, including nine in 2018 alone! He may be trying to be the new Eric Roberts, but he has a long way to go. The original Roberts has 355 movie credits at IMDb, including (this is not a typo) 47 still in the pipeline! He also makes a buck or two on Christmas. Some of his recent endeavors include:
Pups Alone: A Christmas Peril
A Karate Christmas Miracle
All American Christmas Carol
Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever
So This Is Christmas
Christmas in Compton
Those are all real Christmas movies, but one of them does NOT actually feature Eric Roberts. Can you guess which one? (If you care – and you absolutely should not – the answer is found after the jump.) I guess my favorite XMas movie is still A Sam Peckinpaugh Christmas: Bring Me the Head of Judas. It has just the right blend of gentle family remembrance and ultra-violence.
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That Grumpy Cat movie is real, but inexplicably, Roberts is not in it. If ever there was a project with his name on it! It actually features the irascible but esteemed Ms Cat playing herself, with (I’m not kidding) Aubrey Plaza playing her voice.
Sadly, the late Ms Cat was taken from us this past May and will not be available for the sequel. On the other hand, Eric Roberts is ready to go as soon as there is a script. Or sooner, if you know which lines you want him to say.