Hallmark's May 2022 Movie Schedule is Blooming! 🌹 SEE HERE:

Hallmark is showered viewers with Spring movies in April, and more movies are blooming for their line-up in May! ET has revealed- the Hallmark Channel will have three new premieres, while Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will have two. Look for these familiar actors: Cindy Busby, Christopher Russell, Natalie Hall, Corey Sevier, Andrea Brooks, Marcus Rosner, Aimee Teegarden and Torrey DeVitto!

Also, When Calls the Heart's ninth season will come to an end in May with the finale airing on May 22nd.

See all the details (via ET) on the new movies premiering in May below...



HALLMARK CHANNEL'S "MAY MOVIE LINE-UP"
All premieres are at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Movie: Warming Up to You

Starring: Cindy Busby, Christopher Russell, Caitlin Stryker

Premieres: Saturday, May 7, 2022

Storyline: Kate Wolfe (Busby) is a fitness instructor who leaves Los Angeles to take a job at her best friend’s wellness retreat. To her surprise, A-list actor Rick Steele (Russell) is assigned by the studio to train with her for his new feature film. Not only does the duo make a breakthrough athletically, but they also equally break through some personal walls and find an unexpected friendship that is put at risk when Rick’s co-star is also sent to train with Kate.

Movie Reviews:

🌹 "Watched Warming Up to You. It's family friendly and really cute. Cindy and Chris are great together, once again." ~Allie B

🌹 "Warming Up to You is a light-hearted and fun family-friendly comedy/romance. Christopher Russell and Cindy Busby have been in many movies together and have good chemistry. I enjoyed watching this movie with my 13-year old daughter." ~Anonymous

🌹 "Warming Up to You is sweet and fun and made me actually laugh-out-loud a time or two! Enjoyed seeing Cindy Busby and Christopher Russell together again. It's obvious (as others said above) they have an easy-going chemistry together. Also, it's a great movie for encouraging exercise and a healthy diet. Loved Cindy's pretty pink dress near the end of the movie (seen in the poster above). Overall, it's a delightful watch and family-friendly!" ~Net

🌹 "I enjoyed Warming Up to You and Road Trip Romance." ~dstoutholcomb

🌹 "Finally got around to watching Warming up to You, and I loved it! So goofy. Felt nice to see a new, clean Hallmark movie for a change." -Maria

🌹 "I didn't care for Warming Up To You, or especially Romance To The Rescue because of the gay reference. Other than that I would have kept Romance To The Rescue. (sigh)" ~Namegirl



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Movie: Road Trip Romance

Starring: Natalie Hall, Corey Sevier

Premieres: Saturday, May 14, 2022

Storyline: An escalating series of unfortunate events keeps delaying a young woman’s journey (Hall) to her sister’s wedding -- a journey she is forced to take with the guy (Sevier) who was her biggest rival in high school.

Movie Reviews:

🌹 "Sad to say it had its sprinkling of wokeness. I guess anything from now on from Hallmark will have its interjection of things that don’t really add anything to the story. Longing for story’s that aren’t cookie cutter themes with predictable endings." ~JoCo

🌹 "What did you think of Road Trip Romance? I thought that Road Trip Romance was terrible." ~Chris

🌹 "I'm sure somebody enjoyed "Road Trip Romance," but it wasn't me. In fact, it was one of my least favorite Hallmark movies ever. The part where the couple is in the small quirky town with the Renaissance Festival was just bizarre. But, it was family friendly. ~Amy G.

🌹 "Road Trip Romance.... I truly enjoyed this film. It was so sweet and funny. Loved the Renaissance Fair and all the kind people. All of it was great, especially loved the kindness and forgiveness she shows to Della. And it was 100% friendly!! And so much chemistry between the too! I thought the actress who played Della looked a lot like Alexa PenaVega if you ignore the curly hair and I thought the actress who plays the bride looked a lot like Julie Gonzalo. Almost like they could be sisters! Another thing I thought was funny... during the Renaissance, no one was using electricity, but the women obviously used curling irons. ;)" ~Abigail

🌹 "I agree with someone who wrote that Road to Romance was terrible. One of the worst HM movies I've seen. The female lead was not anything as good an actress as most HM channel has as their lead." ~Anonymous

🌹 "I enjoyed Warming Up to You and Road Trip Romance." ~dstoutholcomb


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Movie: Romance to the Rescue

Starring: Andrea Brooks, Marcus Rosner, Nathan Witte

Premieres: Saturday, May 21, 2022

Storyline: Trevor (Witte), the new manager at the grocery store where Kyra (Brooks) works, seems to check off all the boxes when it comes to what she’s looking for in love. When her well-meaning co-worker tells dog-loving Trevor that Kyra has an agility-trained dog, she plays along. Trevor is excited for Kyra to enter her dog in the upcoming agility contest the store is sponsoring, leaving her with a canine quandary -- she must adopt a dog and get him competition ready, stat. With the help of Mark (Rosner), the head of the dog rescue, she may pull it off and learn some lessons of her own along the way.


Movie Review:

🌹 "Romance to the Rescue in the first 10 minutes has a guy talking to the main character about the other guys he dates." -Anonymous

🌹 "I didn't care for Warming Up To You, or especially Romance To The Rescue because of the gay reference. Other than that I would have kept Romance To The Rescue. (sigh)" ~Namegirl



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HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 

"MAY MOVIE LINE-UP"
All premieres are at 9 p.m. ET/PT.


Movie: Heart of the Matter

Starring: Aimee Teegarden, Gail O'Grady, Andrew Zachar, Chandler Massey

Premieres: Sunday, May 15, 2022

Storyline: Andie (Teegarden) is a cardiologist who is devastated by the accidental death of a patient (Massey). As she and his grieving mother (O’Grady) overcome their sorrow through forgiveness, they learn that acceptance leads to hope.

Movie Reviews:

❤ "Heart of the Matter is, probably the most emotional HMM movie I've ever seen! And it's also clean. So, if you're interested, might be best to have some tissues handy." -Maria


❤ "Heart of the Matter: Family friendly, but what a heavy topic! A doctor loses her patient because of negligence on her part, and she suffers emotionally for it. Plus, the patient's mother is angry and sues the doctor. Aimee Teegarden has been great in other movies, but they don't hold a candle to her performance in this one! The emotions and the suffering she shows...you can't help but suffer along with her! I recommend watching it if you are in the mood for a very serious, non-light-hearted movie, and as Maria said, you may want to have some tissues handy." ~Mark 25


❤"I thought that Heart of the Matter was a great film." ~Chris


❤"I started to watch Heart of the Matter. Got 20 minutes into it, but had to stop watching because it was so sad. I really like the special needs young man. I was glad to hear this film is family friendly. I just couldn’t watch anymore. Did she get married in the end?? And Maria... you are so right. Her acting was terrific, and I only saw a little bit. It did make me grateful that my Dad got there in time during his heart attack last fall (he is doing really well, BTW. Thank you for all the prayers. God is so good!" ~Abigail


❤"At last, a movie with heart. Could be relatable to anyone that has faced loss." ~JoCo


❤"Heart of the Matter was a very intense movie, great acting all around. But, for some reason I just couldn't get into it. I watched the whole movie, but almost turned it after about 20 minutes. It's not one I will watch again!" ~Joyce in Carolina




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Movie: Rip in Time

Starring: Torrey DeVitto, Niall Matter

Premieres: Sunday, May 22, 2022

Storyline: Sarah (DeVitto) is an organic farmer who meets a man (Matter) named Rip Van Winkle Jr., who claims to be from 1787. Soon, she discovers old-fashioned romantic feelings that might be just as crazy as his story.

Movie Reviews:

🌹 "I just watched Rip in Time, and it is mostly family friendly. I only say "mostly" because in one scene Sarah tells Rip about Henry's father and refers to him as a "baby daddy." She explains that they were never married and that it is "very common nowadays." So parents may want to be aware of that. Rip does express disgust, however, that any man would leave a woman who is with child. Overall, I loved this movie though! From the commercials, I was afraid it might be cheesy or silly, but it wasn't. Niall Matter was so dashing as a gentleman from a bygone era, and he had great chemistry with DeVitto. It was also funny in all the right places.A new favorite for me!" ~melnewlife

🌹 "Rip in Time.... I did kinda enjoy this film and it was family friendly. No same sex issues, I mean. I've always had a fancy to time-travel themed books/movies. I loved the kind gentleman he was and his acting was great. I didn't like the kiss in the rain. Seemed too sensual. I wouldn't want my younger siblings to see that. I also did not appreciate the scene when she tells Rip she was never married before she had a baby and never intended to. I know that's the way our sinfull world is now, but it's hard to see them embrace that willingly. For these serious reasons I will not watch again." ~Abigail

🌹 "I loved Rip In Time. I couldn't record it because of Storms on the Saturday and Sunday it was shown. Happily for me I recorded it this past Thursday. It's family friendly, except when she tells Rip that she wasn't married to Henry's father. The cast was great together. Casey Manderson, Ted the deputy, wasn't vicious when telling Rip that he needed to leave." ~Namegirl



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After reading through the storylines above, I think I'm most looking forward to seeing the new rom-com premieres on the Hallmark Channel, however the time travel story coming to Hallmark Movies & Mysteries also piques my interest.

I know many may be surprised to see Cindy Busby and Christopher Russell paired together again. They have wonderful chemistry in their prior films, Love in the Forecast and Chasing Waterfalls. Hopefully, this one will be just as cute, but I do wonder if viewers will think their pairing is over-done.

Speaking of good pairings, I'm just loving the idea of Natalie Hall and Corey Sevier together. Natalie is always so fun and energetic on screen and Corey is a favorite of mine, as well. In fact, I was just recently watching him in a movie on another network and was thinking how much much I would like to see him more - and then this movie popped up in Hallmark's May schedule. I'm beyond thrilled, to say the least!

As for Andrea Brook's new movie, Romance to the Rescue, you may recall, she mentioned this movie in our interview, just a few weeks ago. At the time she couldn't mention where it was airing, but she did reveal it would be coming soon. It's great to finally know we will be seeing this movie about pet adoption on Hallmark in May!

Which movie interests you? Please share your thoughts on the new May movies in comments below...

Note: I haven't pre-screened these movies. If you like, you can share a movie review in comments after the movie premieres. Thank you!

Blessings to you all, Net