Save the Date! Danica McKellar stars in PERFECT MATCH on the Hallmark Channel this June!

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Perfect Match

Previously Titled: A Perfect Wedding

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: June 20, 2015

*This Original Movie Premieres on the Hallmark Channel, as part of the network’s special June Wedding Month!

Actress Danica McKellar image via: Hallmark Crown Media

 

 

CAST:

Danica McKellar ... Jessica
Linda Gray ... Gabby
Paul Greene ... Adam
Graham Verchere ... Luke
Anthony Konechny ... Paul
Elise Gatien ... Lucy

PLOT:

via Hallmark Press Release: Danica McKellar stars as a wedding planner extraordinaire who plans everything to perfection. However, wedding bells clash when she and a spirited and adventurous competitor are both brought on board to plan a wedding, only to discover that opposites can produce the most unexpected and incredible results.



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Happy Valentine's Day - Movies & Specials

On this Valentine’s Day...

Let Cupid catch you with an encore airing of the

Hallmark Channels new original Valentine Movie –

“Be My Valentine”!
February 14th at 8 PM.

I must say... I caught the premiere of this last weekend

and it is very sweet!

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INSP will have a Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman

Valentines Day Marathon

of Love Episodes

see INSPs page for details

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There are some PG-13 Romantic Comedies

airing Valentine's night

on ABC Family and FMC.

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All the While,

TCM has the Classic Romantic Drama

Gone with the Wind!

Happy Valentine's Day to You and Yours!

More Movies to come...

"After all... Tomorrow is another Day!"

Be My Valentine - Hallmark Channel Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Be My Valentine

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: February 9, 2013

CAST:

William "Billy" Baldwin ... Daniel Farrell
Christian Martyn ... Tyler
Natalie Brown ... Kate
Michael Cram ... Joey
James Thomas ... Gavin Malone
Lisa Berry ... Wendy Clark
Allison Brennan ... Serena
Siam Yu ... Alex
Jim Calarco ... Carney
Leah McPherson ... Rebecca
Michael Cleland ... Mikey


PLOT:

Be My Valentine is the story about a young widowed father Daniel Farrell who is navigating mourning and parenting Tyler, his adolescent son. Father and son have a great relationship so Tyler can't wait to confide to his dad that he has a crush on a girl in his class. Assuming that his dad is an expert on women, Tyler solicits his dad's help in wooing the girl. While teaching his son the ropes on dating, Daniel discovers he too has many things to figure out about love.

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Cupid - Hallmark Channel Movie

DVD

MOVIE REVIEW


Cupid

AKA: Cupid, Inc

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: February 11, 2012

CAST:

Joely Fisher ... Eve Lovett
Jamie Kennedy ... Vernon Gart
Roark Critchlow ... Rick
Rebecca McFarland ... Nancy

PLOT:

Cupid is the story of Eve Lovett a talk show host who is given a matchmaking assignment by none other than Cupid himself. Find three couples and make them fall in love before Valentine's Day and Eve will be rewarded by finding the love of a lifetime.

With Valentine's Day approaching, Eve Lovett (Fisher), a workaholic TV talk show host with a string of failed relationships, is worried she will never find true love. But when a mysterious stranger named Vernon Gart (Kennedy) shows up on the set claiming to work for Cupid, Incorporated, Eve has no idea her love life is about to get an arrow right through the heart. To help boost the show's low ratings, Rick (Critchlow), Eve's handsome producer books Vernon as a love expert to do a segment called "Eve's Week of Love." She reluctantly agrees and with cameras rolling, Eve is soon taken off guard when Vernon starts describing all her failed relationships. Eve storms off the set, thinking Rick is pulling a joke on her, but she soon realizes Vernon knows much more about her than she has ever told anyone, even her best friend Nancy (McFarland). Recognizing Vernon may be legitimate, Eve takes Vernon up on his very unusual offer - if she can help one couple fall in love before Valentine's Day, her own true love will be revealed to her. Eve begins enthusiastically setting up couples on her crew, but through a series of matchmaking mishaps, her deadline is soon up. Will cupid's arrow hit his mark or is Eve destined to be alone forever?

Movie Review:


The movie begins with Eve Lovett, a daytime talk show host, having her palm read by a Psychic on her TV show. A a Christian, I personally don't believe in this, so I fastforwarded this part - so I cannot tell you exactly what she predicted, however I gleaned from a conversation that Eve had with her best friend later on, that the prediction was that she would be alone for the rest of her life. From the look on Eve's face - she seemed very uncomfortable with the Psychic and when they released hands, I couldn't help myself from thinking of "It's a Wonderful Life" and the scene where George Bailey looks at his hand, after shaking Mr. Potters hand - as if he had just nearly made a deal with the devil. Ewww... it gives me chills.

Anyway... from there, we learn more about Eve and we begin to feel sorry for this woman, who is single and very much alone. She is even more afraid now of being alone forever, although she has been very good in years past at shutting others out of her life... Until from Cupid, Inc... an actual man, who calls himself Cupid, appears to her in her office. Cupid is dressed in a red suit and tells her that he is there to help her try to find true love. All she has to do is help one couple fall in love before Valentine's Day - and then her one true love will be revealed.

Faced with a life filled with loneliness, if she fails, Eve throws herself haphazardly into the role of Matchmaker... even breaking up one couple along the way. It's cute and zany, at times... with a little reality mixed with fantasy.

SPOILER:
Does she ever find her one true love? Well... of course - the movie is called Cupid, after all. However, it's quite a trip for Eve getting there with Cupid popping in and out of her life. Of course noone else can see him, but her. Eventually Eve finds just the right guy (nearly almost as the credits roll) and realizes that the perfect couple was right in front of her all along. Eve asks Rick, the show producer, to "be her Valentine." They both agree that the sentiment is corny, cheesy, and old-fashioned, yet... that is why people love it so much.
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This movie overall, had some cute and strange moments. For me, it just didn't have the depth of character and emotion that I have grown to enjoy and love in most Hallmark Movies.

It's just a simple, yet silly, Valentine Romantic Comedy.




See or Skip:

See, if you enjoy lighthearted, extremely cheesy romance movies.



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~Pictures from Hallmark Channel *Crown Media Family Networks

Hallmark Hall of Fame & Gospel Movie Channel Premiere New Movies this Sunday!

Gospel Movie Channel's New Movie Premiere, titled What If, will air 3 times on Sunday evening.

January 30, 2011 - Sunday:

What If ... Gospel Music Channel ... 7 PM *NEW
What If ... Gospel Music Channel ... 9 PM *NEW
What If ... Gospel Music Channel ... 11 PM *NEW

Click here for more details! Images, Cast, Movie plot, etc...

*I've heard this movie has an "It's a Wonderful Life" type feel! Of course, nothing can top the original... however, I love the idea of watching something inspired by it.


CBS will air the newest Hallmark Hall of Fame production once on Sunday night, titled The Lost Valentine.

January 30, 2011 - Sunday:

The Lost Valentine (Hallmark Hall of Fame) ... CBS ... 9 PM *NEW

Click here for more details! Images, Cast, Movie plot, etc...

*This should be a wonderful film for all hopeless romantics!

Catch TCM's June Bride Movie Marathon on Wednesday, June 9th!

"I DO" Love TCM - Turner Classic Movies
and good old Romantic Comedies...

June 9, 2010 Wednesday

TCM BRIDE MOVIES MARATHON:

Brides Are Like That (1936) ... 6:15 AM

Bride Walks Out, The (1936) ... 7:30 AM

Our Blushing Brides (1930) ... 9:00 AM

Bride By Mistake (1944)  ... 11:00 AM

The Bride Goes Wild(1948) ... 12:30 PM

They All Kissed the Bride (1942) ...  2:30 PM

Bride Came C.O.D., The (1941) ... 4:00 PM

June Bride (1948) ...  6:00 PM

See Descriptions of each movie below!

Brides Are Like That (1936) - 6:15 AM
A young man uses flattery to beat out a romantic rival. Cast: Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Dick Purcell. Dir: William McGann. BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC

Bride Walks Out, The (1936) - 7:30 AM
A model weds a struggling engineer then has her own struggles with domesticity. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young. Dir: Leigh Jason. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC

Our Blushing Brides (1930) - 9:00 AM
Three roommates try to land rich husbands. Cast: Joan Crawford, Anita Page, Robert Montgomery. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC

Bride By Mistake (1944) - 11:00 AM
An heiress poses as her own secretary to screen out fortune-hunting suitors. Cast: Laraine Day, Alan Marshal, Allyn Joslyn. Dir: Richard Wallace. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC

Bride Goes Wild, The (1948) - 12:30 PM
A womanizing author of children's books borrows a son to woo his illustrator. Cast: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins. Dir: Norman Taurog. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC

Short Film: Mr. Bride (1932) - 2:09 PM
A no nonsense business man takes his male employee along with him on a practice honeymoon. Cast: Charley Chase, Muriel Evans, Del Henderson Dir: James Parrott BW-19 mins,

They All Kissed the Bride (1942) - 2:30 PM
A woman running a trucking company falls for the reporter out to expose her business practices. Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young. Dir: Alexander Hall. BW-87 mins, TV-PG

Bride Came C.O.D., The (1941) - 4:00 PM
A pilot and a temperamental heiress are stranded in the desert together. Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Harry Davenport. Dir: William Keighley. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC

Short Film: Bring 'Em Back A Wife (1933) - 5:33 PM
In this Taxi Boys short, Billy must prove he's married or he'll lose his job. Cast: Ben Blue, Billy Gilbert Dir: Del Lord BW-19 mins,

June Bride (1948) - 6:00 PM
Two bickering reporters turn a small-town wedding into a battleground. Cast: Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter. Dir: Bretaigne Windust. BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC

Short Film: Mendelssohn'S Wedding March (1939) - 7:38 PM
C-8 mins,

Short Film: I Love My Wife, But! (1946) - 7:50 PM
A short about the various types of wives that one can have and how to deal with them Cast: Dave O'Brien Dir: Richard L. Bare BW-9 mins,


Descriptions & Details of each Movie and Short Film above are directly from TCM.

Check the Family TV Schedule for more family movies!

Mystery Girl - Hallmark Channel Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Mystery Girl

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: 2011

CAST:

Brigid Brannagh ... Charley Anderson
Sean Patrick Flanery ... Ben McCauley
Christine Scott Bennett ... Chloe


PLOT:

Ben McCauley e-mails Chloe, the beautiful, "mystery girl" who keeps crossing his path, but the message goes to single mother Charley Anderson by mistake. Ben begins dating Chloe, but she never quite lives up to the e-mail relationship and anonymous friendship he develops with Chloe's co-worker, Charley. Once Ben discovers his mishap, the identity of his true mystery girl is revealed.

Just out of a rocky relationship, Ben moves slowly with the intimidating Chloe (Christine Scott Bennett, "Funny or Die") and decides to e-mail her a hello. When he overhears the incorrect address, instead he e-mails Charley Anderson (Brannagh), a single, attractive mom who works at the same company - a sports entertainment company -- as Chloe. Ben and Charley soon develop a great relationship online. Then, through Chloe, they become friends in-person. Ben even helps Charley's 7-year-old son with baseball. Meanwhile, Chloe never quite lives up to the e-mail relationship and anonymous friendship he develops with Charley. But it isn't until Charley receives a job offer and is about to leave the state that Ben realizes who he's truly in love with.


Larry Levinson is the executive producer for Larry Levinson Productions.




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Romantic Movies for Valentines Day!

Valentines Day...

It's that time of year, again... when cupid gets out his arrow !!!

I've been thinking of all the wonderful .... "Romantic Movies" that I love. As a Christian, I chose those that reflect my morals and views. I picked many, old and new, and put them in the It's a Wonderful Movie Store. I included traditional favorites like Casablanca and An Affair to Remember... and ones I love, like Jane Austen's Emma and Pride & Prejudice. Maybe you will find a few that you love there, too!

Also, the Hallmark Channel always plays the best romantic movies on TV! I recently watched and reviewed their newest movie, The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love. You can read my review and check out lovely pictures from the movie.

...And on Valentine's Day the Hallmark Channel is showing romantic movies all day - leading up to their premiere of a new original movie, Before You Say I Do. You can read the plot details, plus check out lovely pictures from the movie - by clicking on the movie title above.

Happy Valentines Day!
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