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Everybody ready for the weekend? We have TWO NEW MOVIES coming up this Saturday and Sunday with many well-known and well-loved Hallmark stars, including: Autumn Reeser, Andrew Walker, Geoff Gustafson, Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, Barbara Niven, Gabe Hogan, and more!
See all the details below...
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Saturday, August 7, 2021:
Enjoy an outdoor vacation getaway, with Autumn Reeser and Andrew Walker in the Summer Nights movie...
Storyline: An entrepreneur takes a necessary break from developing her wellness brand empire and discovers that the work-life balance she needs won’t be easy. Will a new romance and relaxing retreat change her life forever?
The 27-Hour Day premieres
Saturday, August 7, 2021
at 9pm/8c on the Hallmark Channel
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Sunday, August 8, 2021:
Enjoy a day filled with "Murder, She Baked" movies starring Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison, then return to The Cookie Jar once again for...
Storyline: As Hannah (Sweeney) and Mike (Mathison) experience engaged life while balancing their busy careers, a murder at a 24-hour gym complicates their wedding planning.
Sunday, August 8, 2021
at 9pm/8c on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
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Sunday, August 8, 2021:
Chesapeake Shores: Season 5 Sneak Peek
Get a sneak peek at the new season of
This is a 2 minute preview Sunday night at 11pm/10c. on the Hallmark Channel.
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What am I watching?
I'm looking forward to seeing both of these movies this weekend, especially the new "Hannah Swensen Mystery!" I just hope it's enough like the original, "Murder, She Baked" - and we won't be disappointed, especially since (as we've been discussing in previous comments) her sister, Andrea, is not in this. Please... let there be some sort of hint that we will see Andrea possibly in a future movie in this series. (Yes, I'm already assuming there will be more of these mysteries!)
Are you looking forward to one or both of these movies this weekend? Please share in comments below...
Note: I have not pre-screened these new movies. Typically, the mystery movies (due to violence) are best suited for age 12 and up. If you'd like to add a review, on whether a film is family-friendly, please share in comments below.
Have a nice Summer weekend, everyone! Keep cool!
Blessings, Net
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"God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble."
~Psalm 46:1
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Sweeney Confirmed She’s Doing Another Hallmark Christmas Movie
ReplyDeleteThe “Hannah Swensen” actor hopes to be able to give fans an update on her other Hallmark series, “The Chronicle Mysteries,” soon. In the meantime, she can confirm another exciting project.
I’m definitely getting ready for a Christmas movie. We’re in development right now,” Sweeney told Heavy.
What about another Hannah Swensen movie? Will Hannah and Mike be getting married soon? Sweeney says fans may have to wait a while for a wedding, but they should “buckle in and get settled in for some fun, romantic drama in between.”
“I’m not ashamed to ask the fans to let Hallmark know how much you love the movie,” Sweeney told Heavy, adding that fans should tweet or post on Facebook about the film. “Let them know you loved it and that you want more Hannah.”
Don’t miss the premiere of “Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery” on August 8 at 8 PM EST.
So excited to see 27-Hour Day with Autumn and Andrew! It looks like a fun movie. Wish Alison had Marc Blucas as her co-star in the mysteries. I am not a Cameron Mathison fan. Might watch anyway because the story is intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to Sweet Revenge!
ReplyDeleteMisty
Looking forward to Autumn's movie.
ReplyDeletedenise
I don’t even wanna Hannah Swensen Mysteries: Sweet Revenge but I gotta watch Closing Ceremony in Tokyo
ReplyDeletecant wait to see hannah mike & Norman too. It’s going to be different. Sure. But at least those of us who’ve been begging for more murder she baked are getting this.
ReplyDeleteWill there ever be a Christmas Signature Mysteries Movie after Murder She Baked:Plum Pudding Mysteries?
ReplyDeleteChris, Not sure, but if they ever picked one, I would prefer another Signed, Sealed, Delivered Christmas movie, especially since those don't involve murder.
DeleteLoved The 27-Hour Day! Completely family friendly and another Autumn Reeser winner. She is such a great actress and paired well with Andrew Walker.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jennifer, for sharing this review for The 27-Hour Day! Always glad to learn a movie is family friendly, especially this one... since Autumn & Andrew are two of my favorites!
DeleteI shared your review above ^. Again, thank you! :)
Watched 27 hour day, it was ok. Not terrible but not great. Autumn was good, Andrew was good, just didnt really feel anything between them. This movie had the most diverse cast of people in the town in Montana. They went to the honey festival, and it was like they cast people of every race to play the side characters. The people that adopted the pig, asian. It was montana and I only saw one man with a cowboy hat on that looked like a rancher. everyone else was a quota to fill.
ReplyDeleteHannah Swensen movie: was full on woke, i mean it couldnt get more woke. All of the people in high positions on Hallmark are people of color. Eden Lake looked like a completely different place with different people. Hannah's out of the blue sister, very annoying, i get they are trying to replace Andrea but she was awful. Allison sweeney said in the books they have another sister, ok, but in 5 movies they didnt once mention another sister?????????
Have they been stringing Norman along for the last 2 movies? The women is engaged to someone else dude, it was very awkward.
The woman killed was married i believe and was kissing some guy on pictures, i just felt like this was a Lifetime movie. The movie just seemed weird to me. And just so weird the cast, i mean the band playing was asian, their were people walking behind mike and whoever the lady was at the police station and i saw so many different races of people walking around the police station. I get the need for diversity, but honestly, it feels like these movies have been told to have so many of each color. But they have seemed to skip the spanish and american indian. Hallmark is focusing on african american, and asian right now. Just like what is on the news now, although Cuban is on the news, but Cuban doesnt fit the narrative. It is so sad.
I am all for diversity, but it just feels like diversity threw up on all these movies and it feels forced.
Sabrina
Sabrina,
DeleteThank you for sharing these two movie reviews.
First, I haven't watched The 27-Hour Day, yet, but I've heard good things, mostly. Glad you thought it was ok.
Then, the Hannah Swensen mystery - I did watch that one. Sure... there was a lot of similarities to Murder, She Baked, but there was a lot of differences, too. The town is not Eden Lake anymore, now it's called Lake Eden. The new sister is a lovely actress (from Emma Fielding), but I also didn't think she fit with Hannah and her mom, Delores. I missed Andrea so much, it felt like she was replaced with a younger, single version. Plus, I missed Bill with Mike at the station, too. And - I so wanted to see their little girl. It's definitely not the same. And yes... poor Norman, it felt like he was still in this love triangle, even though Mike and Hannah are engaged. I hope in the next one he moves on to someone else.
Also, Sabrina...
DeleteI failed to mention, I posted your great review here:
https://itsawonderfulmovie.blogspot.com/2021/07/august-2021-hallmark-movies-mysteries-Mystery-101-Hannah-Swensen-Aurora-Teagarden.html
I do love the actress that played Hannah's new and out of the blue sister, I just felt they were trying t get her to act like Andrea, and it was very unnatural. The actress that plays Andrea is a natural and nothing was ever forced. I LOVE when she plays the scene in peach cobbler mystery where she says melanie didnt even make the pie. that entire scene and after when she is kind of crying saying oh i need to sit down. so good and natural.
DeleteAnother great scene is when Mom is asking Andrea where hannah is, and mom says please dont tell me hannah is at douglas's, and Andrea says "fine, then i wont tell you hannah is at douglas's. She is a natural and the new actresses seemed like she was trying way to hard to be like Andrea. she should be herself, there is only one Andrea.
I am sure a lot of the differences in this is because they likely couldnt use things and songs from the Murder she baked. Who knows maybe they couldnt use some of the characters? Could explain it. They only said Andrea moved so she could come back and either visit for a movie or move back. I wondered if they would pair Norman and Hannah's new out of the blue sister.
27 Hour Day wasnt bad, but it wasnt great either. I just didnt feel a connection with Andrew and Autumn like i thought i would. I did feel like someone else mentioned, it just didnt take off.
Sabrina
I knew it wouldn’t be good without Andrea! And the whole Norman thing was just weird! He had gotten over Hannah a long time ago and even had a girlfriend in the last movie. Why feel the need to always have a triangle in a Hallmark movie? Did anyone else notice how the mom was extra silly and annoying?
DeleteWatched all the Murder She Baked movies Sunday in anticipation of the new Hannah movie. Unfortunately, it was very disappointing. Andrea and Bill weren’t in it, they introduced a new sister that wasn’t mentioned in any of the previous 5 movies and Norman got very little screen time. Also, the Murder She Baked music typically played at the beginning of the movies and a little throughout was missing as well as the small town feel. It didn’t even feel like they were in Eden Lake anymore. They’ve used about four different locations for Hannah’s bakery through the years. The one in this movie was the same as the one used in the last Murder She Baked movie and it just doesn’t have the cute, small town bakery vide the previous ones did. If they decide to do more movies, they need to go back to what made the originals so great.
ReplyDelete- Melissa
Melissa, Sounds like we are feeling the same way... we were definitely not in Eden Lake anymore. I kept feeling like their was a missing ingredient; it was bittersweet.
DeleteI posted your fantastic review here:
https://itsawonderfulmovie.blogspot.com/2021/07/august-2021-hallmark-movies-mysteries-Mystery-101-Hannah-Swensen-Aurora-Teagarden.html
Thank you so much for sharing with us!
Yes! Where’s the music?!! They should’ve just made it a new series. They could’ve very well have had Mike and Hannah move because it was not the same at all. New town, new sister, no mayor, no elderly group of ladies who always gossiped; and since when does Hannah not know someone in her town? She was always in the know before. It definitely lost the friendly, small town vibe. Idk, not a success, Hallmark.
DeleteThe 27 Hour Day
ReplyDeleteLauren is a podcaster - when she books for Meadowlawn Retreat. She makes fridge brownies but they burnt brownies one. They kept her gadgets in the basket with her name on it. .
27 Hour Day wasn't bad but somehow it never reached its potential. I love both Autumn and Andrew but the real star was the pig. After watching it once, I thought perhaps it was just me so I watched a second time. Will not be waiting for this DVD. It is definitely family friendly.
ReplyDeletekitkat, What an interesting review- I can't wait to see this adorable pig! Good to hear your take on it being family friendly.
DeleteI shared your review here:
https://itsawonderfulmovie.blogspot.com/2021/07/hallmark-channels-summer-nights-round-2.html
Net, it’s piglet from The 27 Hour Day
DeleteThe girl & her Father adopted the piglet at Honey Fest when Jack named the piglet; Honey
I believe the actor is Nathan Wong
Jack wants to be a Veterinarian when he could be attending Vet School in NY. Lauren & Jack are in the lake at the park.
Jack’s family owns Meadowlawn Retreat when they need more guest houses investment
To be honest, I loved the little pig in 27 Hour Day. Question for anyone; is this what is called a pot-bellied pig and most people keep inside their homes? Growing up on a farm, I can not imagine keeping a pig inside. I am curious about the pig.
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