Ricky Schroder and family create Hallmark Movie, "Our Wild Hearts"

MOVIE REVIEW

Our Wild Hearts

Originally titled: Wild Hearts

Network: Hallmark Movie Channel

Original Air Date: March 9, 2013

"Our Wild Hearts" stars Ricky Schroder, who you will remember as the adorable blonde haired Ricky Stratton on Silver Spoons, and other Movies and TV Series such as : "Lonesome Dove", "NYPD Blues", "Strong Medicine", "24", etc... and most recently starring in the Hallmark Movie Channel Western Series, "Goodnight for Justice".




Rick Schroder as Jack Thomas in "Wild Hearts".




Rick and Andrea Schroder


Ricky returns to the West in a new Hallmark Movie he has created, along with his wife Andrea, who is a designer and a regular guest on the Hallmark Channel Morning Show, Home and Family.


The Schroders new family movie, "Our Wild Hearts" is a complete family affair.... It was written to star their daughter Cambrie, but also includes all of their children: Holden, Luke, and Faith.



Luke Schroder

You may recognize Luke Schroder from the wonderful GMC Movie, A Mile in His Shoes. As a sidenote: Luke was the winner of our 2011 Favorite Young Actor from a "Made for TV Movie".





Cambrie Schroder stars as Willow Johnson,
a young girl on an adventure to find her father.




CAST:

Rick Schroder ... Jack
Andrea Schroder ...
Cambrie Schroder ... Willow
Holden Schroder ...
Luke Schroder ... Duke
Faith Schroder ...
Eloise DeJoria ... Barbara
Veronica Dunne ... Zoe
Martin Kove ... Grizz
Angela Lindvall ... Katie
Chris Massoglia ... Ryan
Carl Mergenthaler ... Tyson
Cliff Potts ... Top
Mark Wystrach ... Young Whiskey

PLOT:

from Hallmark:

It is a family affair for veteran actor Ricky Schroder when he teams up with wife Andrea Schroder and his four children, Cambrie, Holden, Luke and Faith in “Our Wild Hearts,” a two-hour original film written by the Schroder parents and directed by Ricky as a starring vehicle for daughter Cambrie, an up-and-coming young actress.

The film is a coming of age story about a sophisticated young girl Willow Johnson who leaves Malibu for the beautiful High Country of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in order to find her father Jack Thomas and potentially create a loving relationship with him. After she meets up with Jack, the young girl will discover her first love is a wild, but gifted mustang she names Bravo. The steed’s indomitable spirit helps Willow find a love for spontaneity and adventure with the father she thought she would never know.

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Saddle up and join the Schroder Family
on this new family adventure!

*Images via:

http://cambrieschroder.com/picture-gallery

and Hallmark Channel Crown Media

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The Poll Results are in - "It's a Wonderful Movie" Awards #2

This is the second year for the the "It's a Wonderful Movie" - Family Movie Awards! Thank you to everyone who participated by voting in the polls for your favorites!

All Nominees and Winners (listed below!) will be from Movies that aired or premiered on TV only in 2011. (We will honor the 2012 movies of this year - next year.) The winners below are highlighted in yellow!

Favorite Family "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Beyond the Blackboard
2. Change of Plans
3. Field of Vision
4. Finding a Family
5. The Lost Valentine
6. Love Begins
7. A Mile in his Shoes
8. Smooch
9. Three Weeks, Three Kids
10. What if


And the Winner is...
The Lost Valentine - Hallmark Hall of Fame
ABC



Favorite Christmas "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. 12 Dates of Christmas
2. Annie Claus is Coming to Town
3. Christmas Angel
4. A Christmas Wish
5. Dear Santa
6. Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas
7. Holiday Engagement
8. Love's Christmas Journey
9. Mistletoe Over Manhattan
10. A Princess for Christmas



And the Winner is...
Trading Christmas
Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie



Favorite Actor from a "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Dean Cain - A Mile in his Shoes
2. Ernest Borgnine - A Christmas Journey
3. John Ratzenberger - What If
4. Jordan Bridges - Holiday Engagement
5. K.C. Clyde - Christmas Angel & A Christmas Wish
6. Kevin Sorbo - What If
7. Luke Perry - Goodnight for Justice
8. Richard Thomas - Time after Time
9. Sam Heughan - A Princess for Christmas
10. Tom Cavanaugh - Trading Christmas


And the Winner is...
Dean Cain - A Mile in his Shoes
GMC

Favorite Actress from a "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

This Winner one was a Tie!

1. Amy Smart - 12 Dates of Christmas
2. Anna Chlumsky - Three Weeks, Three Kids
3. Bonnie Somerville - Holiday Engagement
4. Brooke White - Change of Plans
5. Emily Van Camp - Beyond the Blackboard
6. Faith Ford - Trading Christmas
7. Gabrielle Miller - Trading Christmas
8. Katie McGrath - A Princess for Christmas
9. Kristy Swanson - What If & A Christmas Wish
10. Shelley Long - Holiday Engagement

And the Winners are...
Faith Ford - Trading Christmas
Hallmark Channel

and...

Katie McGrath - A Princess for Christmas
Hallmark Channel



Favorite Young Actor from a "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Drew Koles - Who is Simon Miller 
2. Jared Abrahamson - Finding a Family
3. Liam McKanna - Beyond the Blackboard    

4. Luke Schroder - A Mile in his Shoes  

5. Jakob Davies - Three Weeks, Three Kids
6. Jason Dolley - Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas

7. Kevin Herring III - A Christmas Wish 

8. Ryan Wynott - Love's Christmas Journey

9. Tony Oller - Field of Vision  

10. Travis Turner - A Princess for Christmas  




And the Winner is...
Luke Schroder - A Mile in his Shoes
GMC

 

Favorite Young Actress from a "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

This Winner one was a Tie!

1. Abigail Mavity - Love Begins
2. Danielle Panabaker - The Shunning
3. Emily Osment - Cyberbully (PG-13)
4. Emma Duke - Dear Santa
5. Helen Colliander - The Case for Christmas
6. Isabella Acres - Beyond the Blackboard
7. Kiernan Shipka - Smooch
8. Kirstin Dorn - A Christmas Wish & A Valentine's Date
9. Leilah de Meza - A Princess for Christmas
10. Sydney Stamler - Three Weeks, Three Kids

And the Winners are...
Abigail Mavity - Love Begins
Hallmark Channel

and...

Leilah de Meza - A Princess for Christmas
Hallmark Channel

Favorite Supporting Character, from a Family Movie, 2011:

1. Carrie Wiita - Holiday Engagement
2. Chonda Pierce - 12 Wishes of Christmas
3. James Dugan - Dear Santa
4. Jayne Eastwood - 12 Dates of Christmas
5. Marion Ross - Keeping up with the Randalls
6. Mike Bell - Lucky Christmas
7. Miles Richardson - A Princess for Christmas
8. Olivia Wickline - Smooch
9. Oxana Moravec - A Princess for Christmas
10. Page Petrucka - A Christmas Wish



And the Winner is...
Miles Richardson - A Princess for Christmas
Hallmark Channel




Congratulations to all the Nominees & Winners!

Thank You, again... to everyone who voted - hopefully many of you agreed with the ultimate Winners!

Also... Thank You to the Networks who air these great Family Movies on TV... Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movie Channel, GMC, Lifetime, ABC Family, Hallmark Hall of Fame Movies on ABC, Family Movie Night Films on NBC, FOX, and more!

I hope you enjoy your next Family Movie Night ~

so you can say...

"It's a Wonderful Movie!"

"A Mile in His Shoes" re-airs Tonight on GMC!

 You'll want to CATCH this Great Baseball Movie tonight on GMC!!!  

September 30th, 2011 at 9 PM and 11 PM

 

This is a re-airing of last week's Premiere of  "A Mile in His Shoes".

 

Click Here to check out Plot Details, Pictures, PLUS MY NEW MOVIE REVIEW !!!

 

Enjoy!

 

 Don't Strike Out Tonight -by watching something else- This MOVIE is a guaranteed Home Run!!!    

For More Details: 

FAMILY TV SCHEDULE 

A Mile in His Shoes - Movie Review Page

"A Mile in His Shoes" Premieres this Weekend on GMC !

The newest Family Movie on TV is...  A Mile in His Shoes, which will premiere September 25, 2011 at 7 PM - Sunday Night on GMC.

Repeats at 9 PM on Sunday Night and on Monday Night, September 26, 2011 at 9 PM.

*This is a DOVE approved family movie about baseball and life for a young farm boy, with Autism.

Stars Dean Cain (Superman, The Way Home, The Three Gifts, etc..) and Luke Schroder (the son of Silver Spoon's actor, Ricky Schroder)

Click Here for Movie Details, Pictures, and more!!!

Hallmark Channel and GMC give us New Family Movies in September!

Happy September Season, Everyone! What a difference a week makes. It was so hot here in the midwest last week - it felt like July! But now... there is a coolness in the air which makes me feel that we are slipping into fall harvest season very soon!

In September there will be

Two Original Family Movies on TV:

Love Begins

Premieres on the Hallmark Channel

September 17, 2011

Click Here for more details!

A Mile in His Shoes

Premieres on GMC

September 25, 2011

Click Here for more details!

I hope you and your family will enjoy these films!

GMC Movie - A Mile in His Shoes

MOVIE REVIEW

A Mile in His Shoes


Network: GMC

Original Air Date: September 25, 2011

*Stars Dean Cain (The Way Home, Superman, The Three Gifts, etc...) and Luke Schroder, the son of Ricky Schroder (Silver Spoons, Lonesome Dove, etc...)

*Based on the Book : The Legend of Mickey Tussler by Frank Nappi


CAST:

Dean Cain ... Arthur 'Murph' Murphy
Luke Schroder ... Mickey Tussler
Jarod Joseph ... Pee Wee
Jesse Hutch ... George 'Lefty' Rogers
Anna Mae Routledge ... Laney
Andrew Wheeler ... Warren Dennison
Jaren Brandt Bartlett ... Raymond 'Boxcar' Miller
Matthew Robert Kelly ... Chip McNally
Kenneth W. Yanko ... Sheriff Billings

PLOT:

A heartwarming story in which a sheltered farm boy with Asperger’s Syndrome and a killer fastball is recruited to play for a minor league team.

Mickey Tussler, an autistic pitcher joins a minor-league baseball team and has a profound effect on the team and manager Arthur "Murph" Murphy over the course of a season.

Movie Review:

Truly One of the VERY BEST TV MOVIES of the YEAR!!!

Inspirational and full of Emotion! Terrific Movie for the entire family!!!

Mickey Tussler, a young farm boy with Asperger’s Syndrome, was wonderfully portrayed by Luke Schroder. And Dean Cain was perfect as their Inspiring Coach Murphy, who believed in him and his abilities as a pitcher.

(Dean Cain is one of the best actors. I was a faithful Superman watcher, back in the day! Dean is also great in The Three Gifts and The Way Home!)

In "A Mile in His Shoes", it is deeply moving to watch this young man develop and transform from being shy and alone, with mostly only his parents and his pig, for company... to believing in himself, having friends on the team, developing a stronger sense of courage, as well as keeping his faith in the Lord, and becoming a great baseball player, and in the end... making his parents extremely proud.

There is one scene of caution. Some mean boys decide to be rough on Mickey- so they lure him out in the woods and hit him. I believe only a couple punches are shown before Mickey falls. He is shown the next day - with scratches and red marks on his face. It is handled carefully. There is a great message in this about bullys and doing what is right.

Also, our family caught one tiny editting mistake. The bully from their team, Lefty Rogers, has switched over to another team, but when the boys are shown running into the game - Lefty is shown running in with them.

That little editting faux pax didn't sway me. I loved it - from beginning to end! Sometimes stories are summed up too quickly, but this ended just right - with a beautiful, touching, emotional scene of Mickey playing catch with his father on the farm! I truly loved it!!! Beautiful!!!

Thank you, GMC, for giving us this inspiring story!


See or Skip:

Absolutely SEE!!!!

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