For Lacey Chabert - "Rome" is Where the Heart is + Another Heartwarming Movie Encore! SEE HERE:

Looking for a little joy to be added to your week? Then, be sure to watch this Christmas movie and take a trip, along with Lacey Chabert to Rome, where adventure and love awaits!


Christmas Thursdays on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Thursday, September 2, 2021:

Christmas in Rome

starring Lacey Chabert and Sam Page

Storyline via Hallmark: Angela, an American tour guide living in Rome, meets Oliver, an American business executive who is lost and late for an important meeting on his first day there. Angela helps him, but soon finds herself playing a central role in Oliver’s business deal, as the company owner will only sell to someone who understands the ways of Italy. Oliver hires Angela as his personal tour guide but gets far more than he bargained for, as a romance blooms between them amidst the backdrop of Rome at Christmastime and he must learn that life and business work differently in Italy.

Christmas in Rome encores

Thursday, September 2, 2021

at 7pm/6c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

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Following "Christmas in Rome," is...

The Color of Rain

starring Lacey Chabert and Warren Christie

Please Note: This movie is heartbreaking and touching as it shows the death of two spouses and parents to young children. There is also a story of hope as they rediscover love again. This is not a Christmas movie, but there is a beautiful scene at the end that takes place at Christmastime with the children performing in a Church Nativity Pageant.

See my review of "The Color of Rain" - click here!

The Color of Rain encores

Thursday, September 2, 2021

at 9pm/8c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

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The last Christmas movie airing this week is "Crashing Through the Snow" on the Hallmark Channel. I know there were a lot of mixed feelings on this movie. It had some cute moments and fun banter, some loved it, others did not. My personal feeling is: marriage is a serious lifetime commitment, but I didn’t feel it was taken seriously, at all, in this movie.

You can read reviews on "Crashing Through the Snow" - here and decide if you'd like to watch. 

Blessings on your week! Net

Lacey Chabert movies on DVD at Amazon:
(click on DVD covers below for details!)

FALL for NEW MOVIES & a CLASSIC DRAMA this Weekend - with Jon Voight, Bo Derek, James Caan, Mischa Barton, Sean Faris, Clark Backo, Jonathan Keltz, Warren Christie and Lacey Chabert!

images via: Hallmark Crown Media / UPtv

Saturday, September 26, 2020-

Look for the second ALL NEW Fall Harvest movie...

Falling for Look Lodge

image via: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline via Hallmark: Lily wants a promotion to events director at the remote lodge she works for. She gets her chance when all-business hotel guest Noah arrives desperately needing help to finish planning his sister’s autumn wedding.

When the activities director at Look Lodge quits, Lily seizes the opportunity for a promotion and must immediately entertain a wedding party. While keeping her boss, who is also her sister, happy, Lily helps the bride’s estranged brother, Noah, put his job aside to help plan the wedding and reconnect with his family.

See the premiere of Falling for Look Lodge

Saturday, September 26, 2020

at 9pm/8c. on the Hallmark Channel

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Sunday, September 27, 2020-

Can a couple disconnect from tech and reconnect together in...

Love Unplugged

image via: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline: A man and his wife ditch the distractions of technology to repair their strained relationship.

See the UPtv premiere of Love Unplugged

Sunday, September 27, 2020

at 7pm/6c. on UPtv

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Sunday, September 27, 2020-

See Lacey Chabert on the Hallmark Channel in the heartwarming movie...

The Color of Rain

image via: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline: When Gina loses her husband on Christmas Day, she soon finds a kindred spirit in another parent at her kids' school, Michael, who loses his wife at the same time.

See The Color of Rain

Sunday, September 27, 2020

at 9pm/8c. on the Hallmark Channel

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Sunday, September 27, 2020-

Join Jon Voight and the original JL Family Ranch cast again in...

JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

image via: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline:When Henry proposes it looks like Rebecca will get her fairytale ending until her daughter invites a visitor from her past to the ranch that will change the Petersons and Landsburgs forever.

*You can also see the original J.L. Family Ranch movie Sunday at 9am/8c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

See the premiere of JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

Sunday, September 27, 2020

at 9pm/8c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

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Happy First Weekend of Fall, Everyone!

It's really beginning to feel more and more like autumn here in the Midwest. The leaves are still mostly green on our trees, but I'm spotting a few golden ones here and there. However, the fields around our family farm are ready and the combine started up yesterday - it's officially Fall Harvest!

Hope you all enjoy the new movies. I'm really looking forward to "JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift." The first movie was filled with mystery and intrigue; I'm hoping the second one will resolve previous disputes.

*Please Note: I have not pre-screened these new movies, but based on the previews we've been given, thus far, I am anticipating they will be family-friendly.

Have a nice weekend...

Blessings, Net

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SHARING HIS LOVE:

“You are my hiding place

and my shield;

I hope in Your word.”

~Psalm 119:114

🌟 FOLLOW THAT STAR! 🌟 CHRISTMAS MOVIES RETURN ALL YEAR LONG ON HALLMARK!!!

*image via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks

I know many of us miss the glow and warmth of Christmas once the season draws to a close, but we can keep that same spirit in our hearts and with Hallmark, once again, it never really ends!

Join Hallmark Drama every Wednesday night, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries on Thursday nights, and the Hallmark Channel on Friday nights - all throughout the year (as the promo "currently" says) for classic Christmas movies!

Here's what you can look forward to this week...

The first Hallmark Drama Christmas movie (after Christmas) is "The Christmas Heart" on Wednesday, January 8th at 9pm/8c..

Airing just before that, is another heartwarming, touching movie, "The Color of Rain," at 7pm/6c., which is Christmassy at the very end of the movie. Stars Lacey Chabert and Warren Christie. (See my review - here.)


images: The Color of Rain - Hallmark Crown Media

The first Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Christmas movie (after Christmas) is "Our Christmas Love Song" on Thursday, January 9th at 9pm/8c.

image: Our Christmas Love Song - Hallmark Crown Media

And... the first Hallmark Channel Christmas movie (after Christmas) is "Christmas Under the Stars" on Friday, January 10th at 10pm/9c.

image: Christmas Under the Stars - Hallmark Crown Media

 

Wherever 2020 leads each of us this year, I pray we always take the time to look up - and follow that star!

May you enjoy these encore Christmas movie presentations this week on all three Hallmark networks.

The first of January is always a relaxing time in our home, when we finally take some time to enjoy many of the Christmas movies we missed throughout the holiday season. Just last week, I watched "Christmas Under the Stars" for the very first time and absolutely loved it! Jesse Metcalfe and Autumn Reeser are just wonderful together again - since "A Country Wedding!" (another favorite!) And then... I was completely mesmerized by it once again - when it repeated on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries last Sunday. If you haven't seen this one, yet, or if you loved it as much as I did, then you'll definitely want to be sure and watch it again this Friday night!

Happy Christmas watching, everyone - as we Countdown to Christmas 2020!

Blessings in the New Year! Net

What is Your Favorite 'Lacey Chabert' Christmas Movie?

On the heels of Lacey Chabert's latest Christmas Movie premiere, "Family For Christmas"... I thought it would be fun for us all to vote for our all-time favorite Lacey Chabert Christmas Movie! (see the poll - on the right!)

Over the last few years, she has made several Christmas Films... "Matchmaker Santa", "A Royal Christmas", and "Family For Christmas"... all for the Hallmark Channel, and "The Tree that Saved Christmas" was an UP Original Christmas Movie.

Please note: I didn't count in this voting an ION Christmas movie, which she co-starred in, titled "A Holiday Heist". Nor did I count in this, "The Color of Rain", which is a very touching movie, just not necessarily a Christmas movie, although it does have a few Christmas scenes, at the end.

Please know, for this poll you can only choose one answer! Happy Voting and it will be fun to see which Lacey movie is our Favorite - so far!

New on TV this Weekend!

-- Saturday - August 23, 2014 --

The Color of Rain

Hallmark Channel

9 PM/8c.

 

 

THE COLOR OF RAIN - tells the emotional true story of two family's unexpected new beginning in the face of unimaginable loss. Inspired by the true story of Gina Kell and Michael Spehn and the New York Times bestselling book "The Color of Rain" they wrote together, the heartfelt movie follows both families as they unite to become one after cancer tragically claims both Gina's husband and Michael's wife six weeks apart. (via Hallmark)

*Please note: this movie first premiered on the Hallmark Movie Channel back in May. This will be it's first premiere on the regular Hallmark Channel.

Cedar Cove

Hallmark Channel

8 PM/7c. Repeats at 11 PM/10c.

CEDAR COVE - Season 2, Episode 6: TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS - Olivia and Jack realize that letting their children make their own decisions can only bring them closer. As Justine goes to any length to help Luke after his angry outburst lands him in jail, she tries to keep her involvement a secret from her mom, even as a depressed Luke begs her to stay safe at a distance. (via Hallmark)




-- Sunday - August 24, 2014 --

It's Saddle Up Sunday on UP

with an all day Marathon of the family drama:

HEARTLAND

on UP-TV 12PM-8PM (est.)

 

 

Heartland, Season 6... continues to be a sprawling multi-generational saga about a family getting through life together in both happy and trying times. Against the glorious backdrop and stunning vistas of the foothills of Alberta, Heartland continues to tell stories about people who Canadians from across the country have grown to love and welcome into their homes. In Season Six viewers will watch as their favourite characters - Jack (Shaun Johnston), Amy (Amber Marshall), Ty (Graham Wardle), Tim (Chris Potter), Lou (Michelle Morgan) and Peter (Gabriel Hogan) - struggle to overcome new challenges and attempt to navigate uncharted territory.

As the new season begins, Amy is struggling to understand why Ty hasn't said a word about the engagement ring she discovered in his pocket in the Season Five finale. She also has to deal with Ty's acceptance to vet school and the new friends who take him away from her. Working with horses remains the constant in her life and a runaway horse that arrives at Heartland ultimately leads Amy back into the world of show jumping, not just as a rider and competitor, but as a coach. In an unexpected turn of events, a fiery newcomer Georgie (Alisha Newton) arrives on the scene of Heartland. She is a funny, smart-mouthed, reckless and adventurous 11-year-old who has a penchant for drawing the main characters into situations they wouldn't normally find themselves in. But, as always, the family faces those challenges together, sometimes with exasperation, sometimes with love and always with a healthy sense of humour. (via: tvshowsondvd.com)

*Heartland: The Complete Sixth Season is Available on DVD!

Have a Wonderful Weekend, Everyone!

Inspiration, Romance, Faith, Mystery... find it all this Weekend in "The Color of Rain", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", and "Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio"

This Weekend: Discover the true story of

Michael and Gina Spehn,

portrayed by Warren Christie (The Most Wonderful Time of the Year)

and Lacey Chabert (Matchmaker Santa)

in "The Color of Rain"
 

 Premieres Saturday May 31, 2014at 9 PM / 8c. on the Hallmark MOVIE Channel 

"The Color of Rain" tells the emotional true story of two family?s unexpected new beginning in the face of unimaginable loss. Inspired by the true story of Gina Kell and Michael Spehn and the New York Times bestselling book "The Color of Rain" they wrote together, the heartfelt movie follows both families as they unite to become one after cancer tragically claims both Gina's husband and Michael's wife six weeks apart. (via Hallmark)

*Visit "The Color of Rain" page for more movie images & details!
 

On Sunday Night, June 1, 2014...let the music carry you away in an All New "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" 

 Airs at 8 PM / 7c. on the Hallmark Channel. 

In "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" Episode 7 "Something Good": Oliver, Shane, Rita, and Norman track down a wildly talented but anonymous singer/songwriter using only the lyrics of his undiscovered song, taking on an investigation like no other. As the team follows the song’s clues, they quickly unravel the details of a fated night, where two lives were changed. Meanwhile, an old friend of Shane's, Rebecca Starkwell, arrives and stirs things up in the DLO. (Guest star: Valerie Bertinelli) (via Hallmark)

*Visit the "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" page for more details on this episode and upcoming ones, too!

  Also on Sunday Night...Don't miss the All New Suspenseful 'UP Original Movie'based in Amish Country:"Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio"Starring Tom Everett Scott and Sarah Lancaster!  "Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio" - Storyline (via UP): Rachel Troyer (Sarah Lancaster) is a smart, focused, single policewoman in the quaint town of Sugarcreek, located in the heart of Amish country.

She frequently looks in on her three kindly Amish aunts, who are the proprietors of a picturesque, although faded, farmhouse inn and raised Rachel from girlhood after she was orphaned.

When a mysterious stranger, Joe (Tom Everett Scott), shows up on the inn’s doorstep with... (click here to read more)

See the "Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio" page for more movie images & details!

See the Family TV Schedule

for more air times for these New Movies and more!


*Also, for those of you interested in the family drama,
"Granite Flats",
you can see it from the very first episode -
starting this Sunday night on BYU-TV!

BYU will re-air the "Pilot" episode and the 2nd episode : "Empty Box" on Sunday June 1st, with repeat showings during the week, and it looks like further episodes of Season 1 will run on Sunday nights throughout June... Enjoy!

 

If you have the chance to catch one of these TV Shows or Movies...

please stop back by and let us know what you thought of it!

 

Have a Wonderful Weekend Everyone!

Hallmark Movie: The Color of Rain

MOVIE REVIEW


The Color of Rain


Network: Hallmark Movie Channel

Original Air Date: May 31, 2014


Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: August 23, 2014

*This Hallmark TV Movie is based on the New York Times bestseller, "The Color of Rain" by Michael and Gina Spehn.

CAST:

Lacey Chabert ... Gina Kell
Warren Christie ... Michael Spehn
Alex Zahara ... Pastor Karl
Lisa Durupt ... Colleen
Sean Michael Kyer ... Sam
Seth Isaac Johnson ... Drew
Alison Thornton ... Charlotte
Logan Williams ... Jack
Callum Airlie ... Danny

PLOT:

via Hallmark Press Release:

After cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina (Chabert) and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss while their close church community gathers around them for support. Wanting to be close to her kids, Gina starts to volunteer at their elementary school and meets the Spehn children, Jack, Danny and Charlotte. In a gut-wrenching coincidence, just weeks after Matt's death, the Spehn's mom, Cathy, also suddenly succumbs to cancer, leaving her distraught husband, Michael (Christie), to care for their three kids on his own. Sensing the hopelessness in Michael she so recently saw in herself, Gina reaches out to Michael and his kids and the two families begin to forge an unlikely friendship and close bond.

Over the year that follows, their lives become intertwined as they learn to lean on each other - during the at-times insurmountable obstacles, tears and adversity - and begin to heal with laughter, compassion and faith. As Gina and Michael realize their newfound friendship is so much more, they struggle against some surprising resistance from their families and community to unite their two grieving families as one and eventually learn to open their hearts to love again.

Movie Review:


Like lightning striking twice, "The Color of Rain" is a powerful story of loss, life, and finding love again.


When Michael Spehn and Gina Kell lose their spouses weeks apart, it's as if a dark cloud has come over them, until they find the comfort they seek, in their children and in their new friendship. Although Michael and Gina don't know each other well, at first, they do know exactly how the other feels. As they share their grief, the children also enjoy being together, and it seems they easily become like family.

Gina helps Michael with common Motherly tasks: such as cooking and laundry, and Michael helps Gina's sons build bunk beds.

The future ahead appears to be bright and sunny as all seems to be going along fine for the Spehn and Kell family until friends and family start to question their friendship/relationship being too much too soon.

As Christmas approaches, they both feel pressured to cool their relationship, so they decide to spend the Holidays apart. The Spehn family goes away at Christmas, however they have a change of heart, and decide to return home, at the last minute, for the Christmas Pageant.

In the end, will Michael and Gina, both decide to follow their own hearts?

Along the way, Gina had been looking for a sign and Michael reminds her of the double rainbow they saw together - the promise of a colorful life ahead.

"The Color of Rain" is a beautiful story of finding hope through the storms of life.



See or Skip:

See. It's a lovely movie.


(Please note: This story does involve the death of a spouse and parent, so it may not be suitable for young viewers.)

Warren Christie and Lacey Chabert

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*The small images of Warren Christie and Lacey Chabert (above) are via their Hallmark Channel Movies: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and Elevator Girl.

*"The Color of Rain" is a LaCanada/Lighthouse Pictures Production.