Hallmark Movies ❤️ comfort & joy

[PrincessShmoo]

"The Most Colorful Time of the Year". I really liked this one. I liked how the relationship developed with a soft, easy feel. Even from their friends helping things along.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I'm watching "Merry #Textmas".

As a multi-tasker, it's annoying to have to stop what I'm doing so I can read subtitles. AND the subtitles are in extremely small font (for these old eyes) in white. Even for those random scenes where the background is light colored. Really hard to read.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I'm watching "Merry #Textmas".

As a multi-tasker, it's annoying to have to stop what I'm doing so I can read subtitles. AND the subtitles are in extremely small font (for these old eyes) in white. Even for those random scenes where the background is light colored. Really hard to read.

I tried watching this one and gave up. Subtitles first thing in the movie are not a good sign. And I was finding the heroine annoying. I compare this to Undercover Christmas for language accessibility, and that one wins by a mile — even if that one’s “pop star” was off key every time she sang acappella

 

[Imzadi]

I'm watching "Merry #Textmas".

As a multi-tasker, it's annoying to have to stop what I'm doing so I can read subtitles. AND the subtitles are in extremely small font (for these old eyes) in white. Even for those random scenes where the background is light colored. Really hard to read.

I'm watching it too. Yes, the small, white font is extremely annoying and practically unreadable most of the time. I do really like how the movie showcases the Mexican culture and artwork. And I like the Abuela (grandmother) character.

 

[Imzadi]

I tried watching this one and gave up. Subtitles first thing in the movie are not a good sign. And I was finding the heroine annoying. I compare this to Undercover Christmas for language accessibility, and that one wins by a mile — even if that one’s “pop star” was off key every time she sang acappella

I couldn't make it past 15 minutes into Undercover Christmas. Once she started singing, it was like nails on a chalk board. And when the two leads met with "sparks flying" it was obvious the female lead could take care of herself better than what Steven Huszar could do. And I usually like him in movies. But when she's more capable (except for singing,) what was the point of him being a bodyguard? I didn't see any chemistry between them.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

OK, so I made it all the way through Merry Textmas and it's on my "do not watch again" list.

 

[Imzadi]

GAC Family: B&B Merry
Starring: Jen Lilley and Jesse Hutch
Description: Tracey, a travel blogger, is invited by Graham Cooper to a Christmas getaway at his family's small bed and breakfast in exchange for her travel review. Unfortunately, the B&B is facing tough competition from a hotel resort that has been stealing guests and threatens survival of the family business.

GA Family's B&B Merry with Jen Lilley and Jesse Hutch is up on YouTube for a short time. It's missing the beginning credits. But, the rest seems to all be there.

I haven't seen it yet, but it has a current rating of 7.3 on the IMDb .com.

 

[Imzadi]

GA Family: I’m Glad It’s Christmas
Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Paul Greene and Gladys Knight.
Description: A Broadway hopeful falls for a jingle writer, while a real estate mogul tries to get them both to sing at a holiday concert.

GA Family's I’m Glad It’s Christmas with Jessica Lowndes, Paul Greene and Gladys Knight is also up on YouTube for a short time.

Currently, it's at a rating of 7.2 on the IMDb .com.

 

[Imzadi]

4 new Christmas movies are premiering tonight, Sunday. Re-air dates included below.

Hallmark Channel: The Holiday Sitter
Re-airs: Weds 12/14 at 6pm ET
Sat 12/17 at 10:01pm ET
Tues 12/20 at 8pm ET
Starring: Jonathan Bennett, George Krissa and Chelsea Hobbs.
Description: This is the first time a Hallmark movie centers around a same-sex couple. Jonathan Bennett tells Deadline.com: “We’re doing all the classic things that we love in Hallmark movies. We’re doing the tropes that we’ve come to love and expect from watching Hallmark movies. We’re just turning up the comedy and having two men as the leads instead of the classic straight couple." Story: When a single man finds himself unexpectedly caring for his niece and nephew at the holidays, a handsome neighbor good with kids helps out. It is directed by actress/director, Ali Liebert.

Lifetime: Single and Ready to Jingle
re-airs Mon at 12:01am ET
Sat 12/17 at 6pm ET
Weds 12/21 at 8pm ET
Starring: Natasha Wilson, Edward Ruttle, Lynn White and Eva Tavares.
Description: A toy company exec hopes to escape the holidays, but a travel mix-up trades her beach vacation for an Alaskan Christmas.

GAC Family: Crown Prince of Christmas
Re-airs: Tues 12/13 at 8pm ET
Weds 12/14 at 12pm ET
Fri 12/16 at 4pm ET
Sat 12/17 at 6pm ET
Sun 12/18 at 10pm ET
Starring: Cindy Busby, Jilon VanOver and Sarah Helbringer.
Description: A woman who jokingly tells her family she’s dating a prince, ropes her best friend into portraying him, only to discover he’s actually royalty.

UPtv: Santa’s Got Style at 7pm ET / 6CT
Re-airs: Fri 12/16 at 11pm ET
Mon 12/19 at 1:30am ET
Tues 12/20 at 7pm ET
Fri 12/23 at 3pm ET
Starring: Kathryn Davis and Franco Lo Presti.
Description: A department store looking to drum up business hires a young, “hot” Santa for their store.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I just wish the kids did other styles of dances, other than the super fast hip hop(?) style of dancing. I would have liked to think some kids sitting at home could have seen dancing that they could think they could do.

That's all that's on tiktok these days so it's right on par with the times. These kids at home are learning those types of dances these days better than any of us could lol

 

[PrincessShmoo]

"The Gift of Peace". While I really appreciated the concept, I felt this was sort of "meh". I've been in the position that the people in the group were in, and I didn't see any anger. Yes, anger is a part of it. And the guilt that comes with being angry at someone who died.

 

[hdrolfe]

I watched the Holiday Sitter and actually enjoyed it. It was interesting to see the one lead who has wasn't interested in marriage/family and explaining why. There were some funny moments for sure, but also some emotion which was nice to see.

 

[Imzadi]

I also watched The Holiday Sitter and liked it. The commercials made it look like Jonathan Bennett was going to be way, way, way over the top like in The Christmas House 2 and I almost didn't watch because of that. In The Christmas House 2 there were a lot more characters as it was an ensemble movie, which offset Jonathan being so over the top. But I didn't think I'd want to watch Jonathan alone being so over the top for 2 hours, as the commercials seemed to suggest.

As it turned out he was only way over the top during the beginning quarter of the movie. Once he settled down to more realistic acting, he was good, especially at the end.

And to offset him, the second male lead 's acting was subtle, very calm, centering. And he's good looking.

This movie is pretty much the same plot as Jesse Metcalfe's movie where he had to take care of his niece & nephew before Christmas. The story was solid.

It was interesting to see the one lead who has wasn't interested in marriage/family and explaining why.

Yes, I liked that part.

There were some funny moments for sure, but also some emotion which was nice to see.

I agree. I give it a solid 4 .

 

[Imzadi]

GA Family's B&B Merry with Jen Lilley and Jesse Hutch is up on YouTube for a short time. It's missing the beginning credits. But, the rest seems to all be there.

I haven't seen it yet, but it has a current rating of 7.3 on the IMDb .com.

I watched GA Family's B&B Merry. I liked it. Jen Lilley and Jesse Hutch gave solid performances. The mom and the aunt character were super annoying though. Very cloying and suffocating and really no need for them to have been that way.

I give the movie 3 out of 5.

 

[Imzadi]

Hallmark Channel: Lights, Camera, Christmas!
starring Kimberley Sustad and John Brotherton.
Description: A small town costume designer gets her big break when a Christmas movie production comes to town, but can she avoid falling for the star?

I also saw Lights, Camera, Christmas! I liked it. I really like Kimberley Sustad. She gave such a great down-to-earth performance amid the show business environment her character found herself in while a movie came to their town to film. I give it +1/2 trees.

 

[elgerber]

I also saw Lights, Camera, Christmas! I liked it. I really like Kimberley Sustad. She gave such a great down-to-earth performance amid the show business environment her character found herself in while a movie came to their town to film. I give it +1/2 trees.

I just watched that one, and really liked it too. I always like her.

 

[disney4us2002]

I loved the HMM The Gift of Peace. I also really love the two leads so that played into it. I had a few tears and a few laughs, just what I want from these movies.

 

[dwonderz]

Getting caught up

I really enjoyed A Holiday Spectacular and also liked The Holiday Sitter - nice to finally see a Hallmark movie featuring an LGBT cast.

The Royal Nanny is still my favorite of this year so far!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Who has watched Undercover Holiday from Hallmark?

I have just recorded it (pushed it off) and it's not looking good on IMDb on the ratings looking to see if anyone here has watched it and what they thought? Worth a watch or delete and catch it at a later date?

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Who has watched Undercover Holiday from Hallmark?

I have just recorded it (pushed it off) and it's not looking good on IMDb on the ratings looking to see if anyone here has watched it and what they thought? Worth a watch or delete and catch it at a later date?

Ummm, it’s ok. For me it was pretty unbelievable. Plus the heroine is a pop star, and she hurt my ears with being out of tune. It was a different storyline, but for me it was hard to watch.

Wait, I’m talking about Undercover Christmas. That might be a different movie? This one had Stephen Huszar ( I always spell his name wrong )