🎨Listen to Your "Art" and Watch Hallmark's "A Brush with Love" this Weekend!🎨

Saturday, March 30, 2019:

Will art imitate life in Hallmark's "Spring Fever" movie...

A Brush with Love

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline via Hallmark: Jamie Spellman struggles to balance her dream of painting with the reality of such a difficult career choice, while having to choose between two men who seem perfect, but for very different reasons.

As she considers giving up on her artistic dreams, Jamie paints... click here to read more...

See the premiere of A Brush with Love

Saturday, March 30, 2019

at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel

*Catch an encore airing Sunday at 6pm/5c.

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More... Saturday, March 30, 2019:

It's a "Love Comes Softly"

Movie Marathon All Day Saturday

on Hallmark Drama-

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Movies featured in the marathon...

Love Begins - 8:30am/7:30c.
Love's Everlasting Courage - 10:10am/9:10c.
Love Comes Softly - 11:50am/10:50c.
Love's Enduring Promise - 1:30pm/12:30c.
Love's Long Journey - 3:10pm/2:10c.
Love's Abiding Joy - 4:50am/3:50c.
Love's Unending Legacy - 6:30pm/5:30c.
Love's Unfolding Dream - 8:10pm/7:10c.
Love Takes Wing - 9:50pm/8:50c.
Love Finds a Home - 11:30pm/10:30c.
Love Comes Softly - 1:10am/12:10c.

*Click Here for further details on the chronological order

of all the "Love Comes Softly" films!

Week in Review:

As I end this post for the weekend... I want to say, once again, how grateful I am for all of you who joined along - in a very busy week here at It's a Wonderful Movie!

First, I appreciate all of you - who participated in Mark the 25th on Monday! It's always fun to see everyone's Christmas movie picks for the day - and hear why that particular movie is special to you!

Also... Thank you to all who shared Your Take on Countdown to Valentine's Day/Unconditional Love Movies on Tuesday! If you haven't shared your favorites yet, you are still welcome to share - HERE - or check out others responses!

Wednesday was the BIG reveal - of Your TOP Votes for the It's a Wonderful Movie Awards! Be sure to visit - HERE - to see which Movies won for Favorite Movie, Mystery, Faith/Inspirational, and Christmas! Plus, you can see the Winners for Favorite Actor, Actress, Christmas Movie Couple, and TV Movie Couple! I was so overwhelmed and honored by everyone's warm reactions to all the winners here on my site and on Twitter. Thank you all so much!

On Thursdays and Fridays - we look forward each week to Hallmark's Christmas movies! This week was no exception, as I shared this week's Christmas movies - "Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane" and "Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa"!

Since Jill Wagner starred in the latest "Christmas in Evergreen" movie and since she's currently filming "Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses" in Marietta, Georgia for this upcoming Christmas season on the Hallmark Channel... I thought I would share here some fun images - Jill recently posted to Instagram on set with her co-stars:

Jill Wagner and Matthew Davis

Jill Wagner and Donna Mills

Have a Wonderful
Last Weekend of March, Everyone!

Happy Spring Fever... as you watch the New Premiere!

Blessings to You All! Net

It's CHRISTMAS on HALLMARK... Visit Honeysuckle Lane and Evergreen this Week!

🎄It's Christmas Thursdays🎄
on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries...

Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane

Storyline via Hallmark: With her parents passed, Emma returns home for one last Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane before the family home is sold. While doing an appraisal, antiques dealer Morgan discovers love letters hidden in Emma’s mother’s desk, and they’re signed with initials that aren’t her father’s. In researching the mystery man, and while enjoying holiday festivities, Emma and Morgan fall in love. But when Emma’s ex arrives, Morgan backs off. Then when he shows up at a gala with another woman, Emma is heartbroken. Misunderstandings abound during Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane, and the mystery of the love letters still must be solved.

Re-watch "Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane" again
or See it for the very first time...
Thursday, March 28, 2019
at 9pm/8c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

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🎄It's Christmas Fridays🎄
on the Hallmark Channel...

Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa

Storyline via Hallmark: When Lisa takes a last-minute Christmas trip to her hometown of Evergreen, she finds that the historic general store has been closed. Using her skills as a professional retail designer, Lisa decides to keep local tradition alive and help the good people of Evergreen bring the store back to life. As Lisa charms a local contractor named Kevin into working with her, the pair find themselves facing one surprise after another as they restore the store to its former glory. When the staff at the Kringle Kitchen temporarily accept the store’s beloved ‘Mailbox to Santa’ for safekeeping, the townspeople find and rally around a mysterious 25-year-old letter that never made it to the North Pole. As old traditions are made new again, Lisa finds herself falling for Kevin, the traditions, and the town of Evergreen.

Re-watch "Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa" again
or See it for the very first time...
Friday, March 29, 2019
at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel

Wishing you all the JOY of Christmas-
as we re-visit Honeysuckle Lane and Evergreen!

I can almost see that red truck coming down the road again!

As we watch these holiday movies once more... I hope they will brighten your best memories of Christmas!

Joyous Blessings to You All! Net

*IT'S A WONDERFUL MOVIE* AWARDS WINNERS REVEALED! - Your Picks for Favorite TV Movie, Mystery, Christmas, Inspirational, Actors, Actresses and More!!! 👉

The RESULTS are HERE!!!

Thank you to all the devoted followers here and visitors who stopped by and voted... during the *9th Annual Year* for the "It's a Wonderful Movie" TV Movie Awards! You voted in 8 separate categories... Favorite Family Movie, Christmas Movie, Mystery Movie, Faith/Inspirational Movie, Actor, Actress, TV Movie Couple, and Christmas Movie Couple - from a Movie that premiered on TV in 2018!

*NOTE: All the Winners below are highlighted in Yellow!


POLL #1:

Favorite "Family TV Movie" from 2018:

(Nominees are in alphabetical order)

All Of My Heart: The Wedding
Love at First Dance
Love at Sea
Love on the Slopes
Marrying Mr. Darcy
My Secret Valentine
One Winter Weekend
Pearl in Paradise
The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells
Royal Matchmaker
Very, Very, Valentine
Yes, I Do

And the WINNER
for "Favorite TV Movie" from 2018 is...

All Of My Heart: The Wedding
Hallmark Channel

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Top Three Results...

#1: All Of My Heart: The Wedding

#2: Marrying Mr. Darcy

#3: Pearl in Paradise

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POLL #2:

Favorite "Mystery TV Movie" from 2018:

(Nominees are in alphabetical order)

Aurora Teagarden Mystery: The Disappearing Game
Darrow and Darrow: Body of Evidence
Darrow and Darrow: In the Key of Murder
Deadly Deed: A Fixer Upper Mystery
Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder in D Minor
Garage Sale Mysteries: The Pandora's Box Murders
Hailey Dean Mysteries : A Marriage Made for Murder
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Legal Action
Morning Show Mystery: Mortal Mishaps
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar

And the Winner
for "Favorite Mystery TV Movie"
from 2018 is...
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Top Three Results...

#1: Signed Sealed Delivered: To the Altar

#2: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled

#3: Aurora Teagarden Mystery: The Disappearing Game

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POLL #3:

Favorite "Faith and Inspirational TV Movie" from 2018:

(Nominees are in alphabetical order)

Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa
Christmas on the Coast
Every Other Holiday
A Godwink Christmas
Hometown Christmas
Once Upon a Christmas Miracle
A Shoe Addict’s Christmas
Shoelaces for Christmas
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
A Veteran's Christmas
When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing

And the Winner
for "Favorite Faith/Inspirational TV Movie"
from 2018 is...
A Godwink Christmas
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Top Three Results...

#1: A Godwink Christmas

#2: A Veteran's Christmas

#3: A Shoe Addict’s Christmas

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POLL #4:

Favorite "Christmas TV Movie" from 2018:

(Nominees are in alphabetical order)

Christmas at Graceland
Christmas at Grand Valley
Christmas Bells are Ringing
The Christmas Contract
Christmas Joy
Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa
A Christmas in Tennessee
Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane
Christmas on the Coast
Christmas Pen Pals
Christmas Wonderland
Entertaining Christmas
Every Other Holiday
A Godwink Christmas
Hometown Christmas
It's Christmas, Eve
A Majestic Christmas
Marrying Father Christmas
Mingle All the Way
Once Upon a Christmas Miracle
Poinsettias for Christmas
Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe
Reunited at Christmas
A Shoe Addict’s Christmas
Small Town Christmas
Shoelaces for Christmas
Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas
A Veteran's Christmas
Welcome to Christmas
When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing

And the Winner
for "Favorite Christmas TV Movie"
from 2018 is...
A Veteran's Christmas
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Top Three Results...

#1: A Veteran's Christmas

#2: A Godwink Christmas

#3: A Shoe Addict’s Christmas

POLL #5:

Favorite "ACTOR" in a TV Movie from 2018:

(Nominees are in alphabetical order)

Marc Blucas
Wes Brown
Robert Buckley
Paul Campbell
Eric Close
Brant Daugherty
Brennan Elliott
Sean Faris
Colin Ferguson
Geoff Gustafson
Josh Henderson
Will Kemp
Eric Mabius
Cameron Mathison
Niall Matter
Chad Michael Murray
Ryan Paevey
Carlos PenaVega
Kristoffer Polaha
Marcus Rosner
Kavan Smith
Christian Vincent
Jack Wagner
Andrew Walker

And the Winner

for Favorite "ACTOR" in a TV Movie

from 2018 is...
Andrew Walker
Hallmark Channel's - My Secret Valentine,
Wedding March 4: Something Old, Something New,
and Love in Design
Lifetime's - Christmas in Tennessee

image: Hallmark Crown Media

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POLL #6:

Favorite "ACTRESS" in a TV Movie from 2018:

(Nominees are in alphabetical order)

Kristin Booth
Rachel Boston
Candace Cameron Bure
Hilarie Burton
Cindy Busby
Lacey Chabert
Taylor Cole
Sarah Drew
Pascale Hutton
Erin Krakow
Bethany Joy Lenz
Jen Lilley
Lori Loughlin
Crystal Lowe
Kellie Martin
Danica McKellar
Eloise Mumford
Emily Osment
Megan Park
Holly Robinson Peete
Alexa PenaVega
Kimberley Sustad
Becca Tobin
Jill Wagner

And the Winner

for Favorite "ACTRESS" in a TV Movie

from 2018 is...
Lacey Chabert
Hallmark Channel's - My Secret Valentine
Love on Safari, All of My Heart: The Wedding,
and Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe

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POLL #7:

Favorite "CHRISTMAS COUPLE" in a TV Movie from 2018:

(Nominees are in alphabetical order)

Rachel Boston and Andrew Walker
Candace Cameron Bure and Luke Macfarlane
Hilarie Burton and Robert Buckley
Jerrika Hinton and Christian Vincent
Erin Krakow and Niall Matter
Bethany Joy Lenz and Marcus Rosner
Jen Lilley and Brant Daugherty
Eloise Mumford and Sean Faris
Ashley Newbrough and Kristoffer Polaha
Emily Osment and Ryan Rottman
Megan Park and Josh Henderson
Kimberley Sustad and Paul Campbell
Aimee Teagarden and Brett Dalton
Jill Wagner and Mark Deklin
Alicia Witt and Colin Ferguson

And the Winner

for Favorite "CHRISTMAS COUPLE"

in a TV Movie from 2018 is...
Eloise Mumford and Sean Faris
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries- A Veteran's Christmas

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POLL #8:

Favorite "TV MOVIE COUPLE" from 2018:

(Nominees are in alphabetical order)

Josie Bissett and Jack Wagner
Kristin Booth and Eric Mabius
Cindy Busby and Ryan Paevey
Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott
Taylor Cole and Jack Turner
Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith
Bethany Joy Lenz and Will Kemp
Crystal Lowe and Geoff Gustafson
Danica McKellar and Andrew Walker
Alexa PenaVega and Carlos PenaVega
Becca Tobin and Niall Matter
Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha

And the Winner

for Favorite "TV MOVIE COUPLE"

from 2018 is...
a TIE -
Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott
Hallmark Channel's - All of My Heart: The Wedding

image: Hallmark Crown Media

and
Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha
Hallmark Channel's - Pearl in Paradise

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Congratulations to ALL the

Nominees and Winners!!!

As viewers, we are most appreciative to the various Networks

who air these wonderful, wholesome Family Movies on TV...

including: the Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries,

Lifetime, UP, INSP, BYU, etc...!

To all who voted - I hope some of your picks were winners!

Thank you! Thank You! To everyone who participated

in the "It's a Wonderful Movie" 2018 TV Movie Awards!

Blessings to you all, Net
itsawonderfulmovie.com

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*Please Note: There will not be any Monetary or Physical Award given out.
This is simply our way of honoring our favorite Movies, Actors, etc... Thank You!

Bottled with Love - a Hallmark Channel "Spring Fever" Movie starring Bethany Joy Lenz & Andrew Walker

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Bottled with Love

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: April 13, 2019

CAST:

Bethany Joy Lenz ... Abbey
Andrew Walker ... Nick
Katherine Elizabeth Isaac ... Sophie
Bethany Brown ... Elaine
Frances Flanagan ... Aunt Frances
Everick Golding ... George Wilmore
Barclay Hope ... Earl Everson
Eric Gustafsson ... Kevin
Jill Morrison ... Charlie
Amanda Wong ... Kat
Roman Podhora ... Stan Tucker
Elinet Louicius ... Groom
Garrett Black ... Waiter

PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: Career-focused executive Abbey decides in a moment of impulsiveness to pour her innermost feelings into an anonymous letter she seals in a bottle and tosses into Boston Harbor. Months later, it washes ashore and is discovered by Nick, son of the CEO of the company where Abbey works. Nick contacts the mystery woman from the letter, and without knowing each other’s identity, the two develop an online romance, while at the same time, not getting along as they are forced to work together on a project. When their two worlds finally collide, things do not turn out as they hoped.

Click here for details on Bethany Joy Lenz's
"Bottled with Love" - Brown Polka Dot Dress

Movie Review:

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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks
Credit: ©2019 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Farah Nosh

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If you just can't get enough of Bethany Joy Lenz and Andrew Walker together - you can also watch them in the Lifetime Christmas movie - Snowed Inn Christmas - available on DVD and Prime Video!



Thank you to everyone who clicks through the links on my site
and supports *It's a Wonderful Movie*!

Blessings to you all! Net

Which HALLMARK CHANNEL "Countdown to Valentine's Day" MOVIE & "Unconditional Love" MOVIE - Did You *LOVE* Best???

images: Hallmark Crown Media

It's been such a busy time lately with new movie premieres and everything, and I've been longing to share this post..., but hopefully this delay in posting has enabled you all to see ALL the recent movies!

Hallmark officially premiered TWO NEW MOVIES as part of *Countdown to Valentine's Day*... Valentine in the Vineyard and The Story of Us. Technically, Love, Romance & Chocolate was not included in the Countdown to Valentine's Day movies, but since the storyline is based around the holiday, and since it premiered just a few days after Valentine's Day - I'm including it in this category, too!

Hallmark called the rest of the February movies - "Unconditional Love" movies - so I'm going to squeeze all three in-between movies in that category... Love on the Menu, Just Add Romance, and Love Under the Rainbow.


Please share "YOUR TAKE" on this recent block of Original TV movies in comments below by answering these Two Questions...


1. Which "Countdown to Valentine's Day" movie / "Unconditional Love" Movie - did you like/love the most?

2. Which "Countdown to Valentine's Day" movie / "Unconditional Love" Movie poster (above) do you like best?

Looking forward to hearing all your responses!

Blessings, Net

Join along and "Mark the 25th" at *It's a Wonderful Movie*!

Merry "Mark the 25th" Day of the Month, Everyone!

Here at "It's a Wonderful Movie" we highlight every 25th day of the month - as we countdown to Christmas! We started doing this last year, long before Hallmark started playing Christmas movies two nights of the week!

I so appreciate all the devoted Christmas movie watchers- who continue to join in every 25th!

For the huge Christmas movie fans who wish to join along, simply pick something Christmassy to watch today on the 25th! It can be a Christmas movie, cartoon, family sitcom or anything you like. (There's only one stipulation - it must be family friendly.) Please share in comments below your Christmas choice for the day!

On this day, March 25th, there are 274 days and so many hours & minutes - until December 25th, Christmas day!

My pick for this "Mark the 25th" is the UP Christmas movie "Paper Angels." This is an inspiring film - in which a struggling high school boy discovers a much needed friendship through basketball.

I thought this would be a great time to re-watch this movie during this March Madness basketball season! Also, don't forget to create your Merry Madness Bracket on Hallmark's web-site by 3pm PT./6pm ET. Thursday, March 28, 2019! You can make up to ten brackets - and a winner will be chosen to win $10,000!


Hallmark viewers will recognize one of the lead actresses in the movie - Josie Bissett, of "When Calls the Heart" and the "Wedding March" movies.

Paper Angels storyline: In Paper Angels, abused wife Lynn (Josie Bissett), leaves her alcoholic husband Darryl (Russell Porter), with her two kids, Thomas (Rustin Gresiuk) and Sara (Farryn Van Humbeck) and move to another town where she works as a waitress to make ends meet. In that same town, we meet Kevin (Matthew Settle), whose Marketing & Design company is on the brink of shutting down due to the economy. Plus, Kevin’s wife Jenny (Kendra Anderson) is in a difficult pregnancy with twins. Thomas starts a new school and becomes the target of a bully who is threatened by how well he plays basketball. Unable to join the high school team, Thomas goes to the community center where he meets Kevin and the two of them become unlikely friends through pickup basketball games. Little do they know the tremendous impact they will have on each other’s families this Christmas through The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program. Inspired by the hit holiday song by country star Jimmy Wayne and book by Wayne with Travis Thrasher.

The movie Paper Angels is available on DVD and Streaming!

Merry "Mark the 25th" Day, Everyone!
Please share your Christmas choice in comments below!

Joyful Blessings to you all, Net

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Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder in Mind - a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original Movie starring Holly Robinson Peete and Rick Fox

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder in Mind

Network: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Original Air Date: April 14, 2019

The date on this poster is not correct - should be April 14th

CAST:

Holly Robinson Peete ... Billie Blessings
Rick Fox ... Ian Jackson
Karen Robinson ... Cassandra
Hilary Jardine ... Katie
David Paetkau ... Hawk
Sebastian Gacki ... Derek
Teryl Rothery ... Hannah
Greg Rogers ... Maurice
Barry Levy ... Charlie
Brittney Wilson ... Lucy
Jesse Moss ... Phil
Taylor St. Pierre ... Brian
David Lewis ... Lance
Hrothgar Mathews ... Donald
Brent Stait ... Jerry
Milah Thompson ... Emma
Kirsten Robek ... Gretchen
Anna Van Hooft ... Tiffany
Dee Jay Jackson ... Joey
Fernanda Alcantara ... Delivery Woman
Bernadette Saquibal ... Police Tech
Justin Fortier ... Young Officer
Robinson James Peete ... Colin

PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: Billie Blessings and her police detective friend Ian Jackson find their friendship blossoming into something more while in the middle of a murder investigation. When a former server at Blessings gets her big break starring as the title character in the new TV drama “Kelso’s Law,” she’s thrilled to be co-hosting “Wake Up West Coast” with Billie. But when a body turns up and Billie learns the dead man was blackmailing her friend, Billie is compelled to find the killer in order to prove her friend’s innocence.


Movie Review:

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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks
Credit: ©2019 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Ryan Plummer

Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder - a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original Movie starring Holly Robinson Peete & Rick Fox

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder

Network: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Original Air Date: April 21, 2019

Premiere Date - April 21, 2019

CAST:

Holly Robinson Peete ... Billie Blessings
Rick Fox ... Ian Jackson
Karen Robinson ... Cassandra
Tara Wilson ... Tess
David Paetkau ... Hawk
Andrew Francis ... Jay
Ona Grauer ... Olivia
Greg Rogers ... Maurice
Vincent Gale ... Edmund
Brittney Wilson ... Lucy
Jesse Moss ... Phil
David Lewis ... Lance
Robert Moloney ... Don
Kirsten Robek ... Gretchen
Anna Van Hooft ... Tiffany
Milah Thompson ... Emma
Darcy Laurie ... Dock Master
Gary Peterman ... Art
Arran Henn ... Reporter
Paul Duchart ... Minister
Nelson Carbonette ... Officer
Kareem Malcolm ... Second Officer
Jason Jennings ... Third Officer
Instructor ... Jen Oleksiuk

PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: When a beloved supermarket owner is killed in the early morning hours before opening, restauranteur and TV chef Billie Blessings becomes involved in the investigation of what quickly appears to be the work of a clever and darkly sinister serial killer.


Movie Review:

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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks
Credit: ©2019 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Ryan Plummer