Thursday, March 31, 2016

PixL Family Movies and New Premieres!!!


If you get the PixL movie channel, then you know they play family movies 24-7 - commercial free. And, every month they premiere a new family movie!

Here's a closer look at some PixL movies...


*When Duty Calls premiered January 2, 2016 on PixL.

*UPDATE: This movie premiered March 2, 2017 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

Cast:
Daniella Monet
Kelly Blatz
Judd Nelson
Leslie David Baker
Daphne Zuniga

Movie Details via PixL:
Newlyweds Ellie (Daniella Monet) and Martin Skopic (Kelly Blatz) have reached a roadblock in their careers. With Ellie unable to get placed on her local police force, and Martin recently laid off, they are required to move into a retirement community with Ellie’s parents, Gary (Judd Nelson) and Carol (Daphne Zuniga). With hopes of being hired at their local police department, Ellie volunteers for the Sheriff Support Team Volunteer Cadet Program. While patrolling the neighborhood Ellie encounters a home invasion, and contrary to protocol, decides to try to track down the intruders. Against orders, Ellie continues to investigate the string of neighborhood robberies. In the meantime, Martin announces he was offered a position at a prep school in Maine. However, he’s taken aback by Ellie’s lack of enthusiasm at his news. With Ellie’s life in jeopardy she must find a balance to save the neighborhood and her marriage.




*Casa Vita premiered February 6, 2016 on PixL.

*UPDATE: This movie premiered September 6, 2016 on Lifetime Movie Network!

Cast:
Jean-Luc Bilodeau
Lindsey Morgan
Esai Morales
Sherilyn Fenn

Movie Details via PixL:
Iowa farmer Early Lindstrom (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) receives an invitation to attend a Major League baseball camp in Los Angeles. New to town, Early is invited by teammate Beto to his family’s Mexican restaurant where Early is immediately smitten by the chef, Ariana (Lindsey Morgan). Wanting to get close to Ariana, Early applies for the prep cook position. Against Ariana’s wishes her father, Rodrigo (Esai Morales), hires him. After a cold start, their relationship softens when they learn they both share a strained relationship with their fathers. As they grow closer, Ariana reveals to Early that she is secretly planning on opening a restaurant. When Early makes the team he receives a congratulatory kiss from a flirtatious agent, Taylor. Things are looking good for the pair until Early suffers an injury on the field that threatens to destroy his career and send him home to the farm.




*Change of Heart premiered March 5, 2016 on PixL.

Cast:
Leah Pipes
Rick Malambri
John Ratzenberger
Lindsay Wagner

Movie Details via PixL:
Diane McCarthy (Leah Pipes) is a reality television producer for her arrogant ex-boyfriend’s show highlighting travel destinations. While driving to her next assignment, Diane swerves off the road and gets stuck as a storm approaches. Nearby, she sees the Forest Cove bed and breakfast. Owner, Helen (Lindsay Wagner), offers Diane a complimentary room until her car is ready. Diane, desperate for shelter, accepts Helen’s offer and meets Helen’s handsome son Andy (Rick Malambri). Impressed by its charm, Diane changes plans for the next episode to instead focus on Forest Cove. Helen is excited and hopes the show will bring in much needed business. Andy, preparing to sell the struggling property, is against it. Despite his objections, Andy and Diane bond while preparing for the show. But it gets complicated when, Jared, Diane’s ex and host of the show, arrives and throws a wrench in things





*Secret Summer premiered April 2, 2016 on PixL.

*UPDATE: This movie will premiere June 1, 2017 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

Cast:
Lindsey Shaw
Derek Theler
Rachel Ticotin
Isaiah Washington

Movie Details via PixL:
Appraiser Rachel (Lindsey Shaw) receives the news that her top-notched client wants to buyout a small town’s beloved library to build a resort and spa on the land. Rachel is completely against the idea of leaving NYC but loses the argument to her boss. So Rachel packs her bags and flies out to California. During her first visit to the library she runs into writer, Jake (Derek Theler), who is researching the tale of Captain Black Bart’s hidden treasures for his next novel. With hopes of saving the library, Mrs. Archer (Rachel Ticotin), the librarian, pushes Jake to show Rachel what the library means to the town. Jake’s already got a lot on his plate with his research and taking care of his niece, Hailey (Chiara Aurelia), and nephew, Noah (Max Page), for the summer but he agrees to help out. As Rachel learns what the library means to the community she must find away to save it before it’s too late.



Please note: I do not personally have the PixL station, therefore I have not previewed any of these movies above, although this station is known for playing family safe films!


PixL's commitment to viewers reads: "PixL guarantees you'll never find bad language or inappropriate content in any PixL programming... just 100% high-quality, family-friendly Hollywood entertainment."


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16 comments:

  1. Cool. $1.99 a month or $14.99 a year isn't bad. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  2. Hey Net, hope you are doing well? I thought you'd like to know that I received an email this morning from INSP that Dish Network is cancelling them from their lineup. They don't understand why that is, as it's free to Dish. They don't have to pay for it. I thought maybe your readers who have Dish might like to flood them with emails.

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  3. Thanks for posting about this channel. Always good to hear about more family friendly movies. So glad so many channels are being created and we're getting more options now.

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  4. I love this channel. You never have to worry about your children watching it. No commercials is awesome. I wish Hallmark channel would do this.

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  5. I subscribe to it via youtube.

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  6. I've really been enjoying their new movies and seeing some of my favorite faces

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  7. I also subscribe via YouTube and find it a fantastic value at only $14.99 a year, and it's all family-friendly programming. I even have anytime access to some of my favorite Hallmark movies from past years.

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  8. I really enjoyed Casa Vita

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  9. So excited that "When Duty Calls" is showing on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries! I don't have PixL so I'm happy to see some of their movies showing up elsewhere. I'm definitely not going to miss the HMM premier in March. Thanks so much for this tidbit!!

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    1. I was excited to discover this PixL movie news, too, and share it, Anonymous!

      I also don't have the PixL station, so I'm hoping this may be the first of many on HMM!!!

      We'll have to keep a look out for (hopefully!) more!!!

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    2. I don't have PixL channel also. I'm so exciting if there more PixL movies on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

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  10. This is great news about When Duty Calls.

    I'm just hoping that Change Of Heart will maybe get an airing on HMM too at some time.

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  11. One of the most pleasing aspects of this is that even though it is airing at the beginning of March and on HMM it helps to fill a gap since the main channel is only showing one new movie in this month.

    I would personally like to see a more equitable schedule. They could perhaps have 2 or 3 fewer at Christmas and show them at times like these.

    It could even be a Christmas-themed one - if they can show a Christmas movie in July they could even show one in March!

    At least it ill be an opportunity to delve into the rewatch pile!!

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  12. I've seen When Duty Calls. It would be nice if they showed it on the main channel though where there are more viewers

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  13. I saw "When Duty Calls" recently and I didn't like it as much I liked "The Reluctant Nanny". I felt that the sequence of scenes was too choppy. Also, there was not enough focus on the mystery of the movie as I would have liked. Because the reveal of who was causing the burglaries came a little too early in the film, it seemed to take the fun out of trying to solve the mystery. I do hope that more PixL movies are shown on television to give people more of a variety of what PixL has to offer.

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  14. Watched Casa Vita (retitled Love Throws a Curve) on UP TV today, very nice movie! -Maria

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