Hallmark Christmas Movies (+ other channels) ❤️ comfort & joy

[Imzadi]

On Tonight, Friday:

In an effort to ease us back into regular, non-Christmas movies, Hallmark Mystery is showing a soothing, cute doggie mystery.

Jazz Ramsey: A K-9 Mystery is on Hallmark Mystery at 9pm ET/PT.

Re-airs:
Sunday August 4 at 7/6c
Saturday August 10 at 7/6c
Sunday August 18 at 9/8c
Friday August 23 at 7/6c

Starring: Rachel Skarsten and Corey Sevier.
Description: When Jazz Ramsey and her crime detection dog Zeus stumble upon an old crime scene, the K9 trainer, her star pup, and ex-boyfriend and lead detective Nick are thrown into the investigation.

 

[Imzadi]

On Saturday:

The name of the Hallmark movie is Junebug. Yet, it should not be confused with an old Amy Adams movie of the same name.

This Junebug is a movie that’s been five years in the making, and the story is near and dear to star Autumn Reeser’s heart. “It was a Christmas movie initially,” Reeser revealed. However, after “listening to these characters and listening to the story,” Junebug moved to being a summer release.

She continued, “There’s this deep dive within the collective, into the archetype of the inner child, and connecting with this deep part of ourselves again and keep diving into these core wounds and these poor places that are ready to come up to be healed. To me, that’s the deeper theme of the movie, so it’s coming at a perfect time. It couldn’t have been made before now.”

Junebug is on the Hallmark Channel at 8pm ET/PT.

Re-airs:
Sunday August 4 at 6/5c
Thursday August 8 at 9/8c
Saturday August 17 at 10/9c
Saturday September 7 at 6/5c
Tuesday September 24 at 9/8c

Starring: Autumn Reeser and Aaron O’Connell.
Description: Juniper, a book editor turning 40, is magically reconnected with an eight-year-old version of herself who questions her life choices, including the dream of writing her own stories.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I think both of these will be fun, and a nice segue from the Christmas movies. I’m watching GAF’s Bringing Christmas Home, with Paul Greene and Jill Wagner. So far it’s solid and I’m enjoying it

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I really liked Bringing Christmas Home, Worfiedoodles and hope you are enjoying it. Thank you, as always, Imzadi for keeping us updated.

Not a movie but a TV series I discovered on Pure Flix from Great American Family, Shadrach. I posted this in the kindness thread earlier. I wish there were more than 3 episodes and sure hope the show continues. Such a sweet series set-in small-town Georgia on a family farm. It is so refreshing to watch characters who not only seem so synched with each other but who portray a life of kind faith, family, and home. I always appreciate movies or shows with kind and positive grandparents and this series has both the mother's parents healthy and active. Highly recommend! Shadrach, by the way, is the Wilson family horse

 

[Imzadi]

I think both of these will be fun, and a nice segue from the Christmas movies. I’m watching GAF’s Bringing Christmas Home, with Paul Greene and Jill Wagner. So far it’s solid and I’m enjoying it

I liked that movie too. Too bad Jill is no longer doing movies for Hallmark though. Last I read, she's being exclusive to GAF. Along with Cameron Mathison.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I liked that movie too. Too bad Jill is no longer doing movies for Hallmark though. Last I read, she's being exclusive to GAF. Along with Cameron Mathison.

I will miss her on Hallmark. I can't say the same about Cameron. There's just something I haven't liked about him since his All My Children days. And I do watch GAF, if I think I'll enjoy the movie.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I have recently noticed more that Trevor Donovan and Chad Michael Murray look similar. Chad I just Googled is a one year older than Trevor. The most memorable movie I have watched recently was called, "Welcome to Paradise." I appreciated how the small-town at the end of the movie came together for one another and in service to God by rebuilding their church.

I very much enjoyed another smaller TV series called "Homeschooled," about a woman named Hannah and her five younger siblings. I think this show ended prematurely due to Covid because the last episode seemed to be early into the pandemic and there haven't been any new ones since. I am truly hoping "Shadrach," comes back as that became quickly special to me as I shared above. I also realized it reminded me of a time years ago when I directed and taught at a school age program in a small-town and how much those kids meant to me. Good memories.

 

[dizneegirl]

I will miss her on Hallmark. I can't say the same about Cameron. There's just something I haven't liked about him since his All My Children days. And I do watch GAF, if I think I'll enjoy the movie.

I don't care for him much, either. Not sure why...

 

[elgerber]

I will miss her on Hallmark. I can't say the same about Cameron. There's just something I haven't liked about him since his All My Children days. And I do watch GAF, if I think I'll enjoy the movie.

I LOVED him on All My Children, but he has driven me nuts ever since he left.

 

[Imzadi]

I will miss her on Hallmark. I can't say the same about Cameron. There's just something I haven't liked about him since his All My Children days. And I do watch GAF, if I think I'll enjoy the movie.

I don't care for him much, either. Not sure why...

I LOVED him on All My Children, but he has driven me nuts ever since he left.

I loved Cameron on All My Children, too. But, I think I know what you guys mean. For lack of a better description, he has an over-intense-ness when he's talking to the female lead. Most people, when they talk, they look off and away here and there at times. But Cameron is always intently looking straight at the woman and standing a little too close in her space. Maybe it's all his soap opera training, where he's always ready for that soap opera close up, and that just doesn't transfer well to movies and he hasn't adjusted to the movie format?

 

[Imzadi]

Jazz Ramsey: A K-9 Mystery is on Hallmark Mystery at 9pm ET/PT.

Starring: Rachel Skarsten and Corey Sevier.
Description: When Jazz Ramsey and her crime detection dog Zeus stumble upon an old crime scene, the K9 trainer, her star pup, and ex-boyfriend and lead detective Nick are thrown into the investigation.

I tried to watch this movie. I was really looking forward to it as I like Rachel Skarsten and thought it would be a great dog movie. But. I barely made it through a half hour. The dog was hardly in it. And he had a lackluster personality. Corey Sevier, when he's not directing, can be cardboard. Yep, he was that. He and Rachel didn't seem to have chemistry. And as much as Rachel tried, she was given an awful script. The dialogue wasn't good. The pacing was too slow. And the supporting cast were all overacting and BADLY.

I blame the director when everyone is overacting. I ended up looking him up on the IMDb .com and he seems to make movies that have low ratings which are on UPtv or Lifetime. This was his first, and hopefully last Hallmark movie.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I enjoyed Love in Aruba last night. The story is about a single dad Connor, his daughter Macey, and Amber, the nanny Connor hires to watch and teach Macey while he is working. Of course, Connor and Amber end up falling in love. The three-member family was really sweet, and I was rooting for them all. The movie featured beautiful scenery along with fun scenes of the family exploring local tourist attractions. The one thing that bugged me was that we met Amber's sister Candace and saw Candace with her new baby daughter. We only heard about Candace's husband Rob, we never met him nor even learned the baby's name! Little things that I would have appreciated being added into the movie.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I waded my way through last year’s Joyeux Noel.
This was a rough one.

I enjoyed Jaicy Elliot in the movie where she was a fashion designer, so it’s not that I didn’t like her.

She and the male lead have zero chemistry.
Her character was annoyingly unrealistic, and his character was very unlikeable in the beginning — so much so I started watching it as background noise.

They dressed Jaicy poorly, which also didn’t help.
This was a dud I wouldn’t watch again.
It could have been cute, but it was a miss for me.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I tried to watch this movie. I was really looking forward to it as I like Rachel Skarsten and thought it would be a great dog movie. But. I barely made it through a half hour. The dog was hardly in it. And he had a lackluster personality. Corey Sevier, when he's not directing, can be cardboard. Yep, he was that. He and Rachel didn't seem to have chemistry. And as much as Rachel tried, she was given an awful script. The dialogue wasn't good. The pacing was too slow. And the supporting cast were all overacting and BADLY.

I blame the director when everyone is overacting. I ended up looking him up on the IMDb .com and he seems to make movies that have low ratings which are on UPtv or Lifetime. This was his first, and hopefully last Hallmark movie.

Oh man. We know that Corey Sevier is either really great, or a nightmare. I’m so sorry this was the latter.

 

[Imzadi]

I waded my way through last year’s Joyeux Noel.
This was a rough one.

I enjoyed Jaicy Elliot in the movie where she was a fashion designer, so it’s not that I didn’t like her.

She and the male lead have zero chemistry.
Her character was annoyingly unrealistic, and his character was very unlikeable in the beginning — so much so I started watching it as background noise.

They dressed Jaicy poorly, which also didn’t help.
This was a dud I wouldn’t watch again.
It could have been cute, but it was a miss for me.

I remember Joyeux Noel. I wish I didn't.

The male lead, Brant Daugherty wrote it with his wife. You'd think they would have made a movie to showcase him off better. He was too unlikeable.

A lot of reviews on the IMDb said that his wife, Kimberly should have acted with him instead of Jaicy.

One reviewer even wrote, "I think Kimberly Daugherty chose Jaicy because there was no chance of any chemistry between them!"

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I liked the smaller movie Anything Is Possible. It was a touching story that had Lacey Chabert in it. It was the child actor who made the movie! I would have preferred more faith in the film. Dad is a piano fan who enjoys classical music and is very knowledgeable in it. I admit that's not my preferred musical genre but how blessed I am to know it brings dad joy. To any of you particularly who do like piano music, I would extra recommend watching this story.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I just finished GAF’s Journey to Christmas.
I found the pacing to be slow, and some of the actors weren’t great, other than the male lead.

I’d watch it again while wrapping , but not as something I wanted to pay attention to closely.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Description: Juniper, a book editor turning 40, is magically reconnected with an eight-year-old version of herself who questions her life choices, including the dream of writing her own stories.

Ooh, that definitely sounds like one I'd like! I just set it to tape.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Imzadi said:
Description: Juniper, a book editor turning 40, is magically reconnected with an eight-year-old version of herself who questions her life choices, including the dream of writing her own stories.

Ooh, that definitely sounds like one I'd like! I just set it to tape.

Just finished watching and thoroughly enjoyed it!

 

[Imzadi]

On tonight, Saturday:

My Dreams of You is on the Hallmark Channel at 8pm ET/PT.

Re-airs:
Sunday August 11 at 6/5c
Thursday August 15 at 9/8c
Saturday August 24 at 10/9c
Wednesday September 11 at 3/2c

Starring: Skyler Samuels and Kapil Talwalkar.
Description: Grace has recurring dreams about a handsome stranger named Michael due to a mix-up in Dream Central. When they finally meet in person, Grace is shocked to learn he has no idea who she is.