Hallmark Movies ❤️ comfort & joy

[Imzadi]

The movie that is on now, Christmas Getaway, is one of my favorites.

 

[wabbott]

A Biltmore Christmas night before last. It don't get no better.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I just Googled Christmas Getaway and discovered this free version of it that I will check out tonight. Thanks, Imzadi. I've been enjoying a lot of movies on Pure Flix. I wish the site would update with some new movies. Also do any of you use Pure Flix? If so, when you click on the heart symbol beside a movie title and it turns blue, does your selection save as it is supposed to in your saved movie list? Mine don't. Minor thing

 

[Imzadi]

I just Googled Christmas Getaway and discovered this free version of it that I will check out tonight. Thanks, Imzadi. I've been enjoying a lot of movies on Pure Flix. I wish the site would update with some new movies. Also do any of you use Pure Flix? If so, when you click on the heart symbol beside a movie title and it turns blue, does your selection save as it is supposed to in your saved movie list? Mine don't. Minor thing

I've never heard of Pure Flix before. Turns out it's been acquired by the Great American Family company.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I should have originally shared that, thanks Imzadi. I had never heard of it either. These days I am always looking for free movie sites that will work on my Kindle!

 

[Imzadi]

This weekend:

It's the last weekend of Christmas in July. The Hallmark Channel WILL run 24 hours with Christmas movies from Saturday 6am ET - Monday 2am ET.


On Saturday:

A second movie that aired exclusively on Hallmark Movies Now last Christmas will finally be shown on the Hallmark Channel.
It received a decent 5.9 on the IMDb .com.

An Ice Palace Romance is on the Hallmark Channel at 8pm ET/PT.

Re-airs:
Sunday July 28 6/5c
Wednesday July 31 9/8c
Friday August 9 7/6c

It is also showing on DailyMotion .com here:
https://www.dailymotion .com/video/x8qsjvt
(Copy & paste the whole link above into your browser and remove the space between DailyMotion and .com/video/x8qsjvt. The DIS shows the actual video rather than just the link when it's all together without the space.)

Starring: Celeste Desjardins and Marcus Rosner.
Description: A journalist faces old fears when she returns to her hometown ice rink to cover a story. With the help of the owner and his young daughter, she begins to reevaluate her life’s purpose.

On Sunday:

Another movie that originally aired on Hallmark Mystery during "Miracles of Christmas" will air on the Hallmark Channel. It received a high IMDb .com rating of 7.0.

A World Record Christmas is on at 8pm ET/PT, 7pm CT

NOT re-airing as it's the last weekend of Christmas in July.

Starring: Nikki DeLoach, Lucas Bryant and Aias Dalman.
Description: This is inspired by real events.
Charlie is an autistic boy determined to set a Guinness World Record by stacking 1400 Jenga blocks. His mother Marissa (DeLoach) and stepfather Eric (Bryant) encourage him to reach for his dream and they all celebrate when he gets the good news that he’ll have get his chance on Christmas Eve. Charlie’s journey to setting the Jenga world record gives them all the chance to learn not just about themselves, but about what family really means.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Thanks Imzadi and for the link. Happy weekend and sweet dreams to all.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I watched and overall enjoyed An Ice Palace Christmas last night. I would have enjoyed seeing a little more of Greenhill. I do realize tbe story was centered at the rink. I thought young Zoe did a great job. It was a bit odd to me that we never saw her with her grandparents just heard about them. Sounded like they were close and to her dad, their son.

I also would have preferred faith in the movie. I was rooting for some type of new Snowball Dance or Festival that included all ages so families could come. The Ice Palace was said to be a place where community and families came together yet that was lacking to me in being shown.

I also watched for a second time Love on Harbor Island. Beautiful scenery. I loved Pilots for Pups Rescue. In the back of my mind, I may be thinking of another dog movie or missed the scene in this one, that near the end the male lead surprises his love interest with the puppy she fell in love with. Did I make this up? Thanks, everyone.

Have a good night friends

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I did watch Christmas Getaway last night and really loved the cabin setting. I would enjoy experiencing a true white Christmas once from the warmth and safety of a cabin or better Hallmark movie family Inn--this was close. My own grandparents were very special to me, so I always love a positive grandparent in a movie which Marilyn, Scott's (main actor's mom) sure was a wonderful grandma to Katy. I hope each of you had enjoyed a merry movie this weekend.

 

[Kennywood]

My wife & I both really enjoy "A World Record Christmas". Our favorite line in the movie:

"These books are about autism. They're not about you."

 

[elgerber]

My wife & I both really enjoy "A World Record Christmas". Our favorite line in the movie:

"These books are about autism. They're not about you."

I loved that movie! It made me cry.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

What a touching line Kennywood. I will make note of this movie in hopes it becomes available to stream.

 

[Kennywood]

My wife & I both really enjoy "A World Record Christmas". Our favorite line in the movie:

"These books are about autism. They're not about you."

We watched this movie last night. It was even better than I remembered.

 

[Imzadi]

Another movie that is similar to A World Record Christmas is Searching For Bobby Fischer. It's a real oldie, came out in 1993. It's also based on real life events. It's about a very sweet, young boy who loves to play chess in the park against the adults, and turns out to have the makings of what could be a prodigy chess player. His father enters him into the national chess championship. But, what will it take to turn him into a cutthroat winner? It stars Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Joan Allen, Max Pomerance, and Laurence Fishburne.

I saw it again last week on some free streaming channel. So, it's out there somewhere.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108065/

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I remember watching Searching for Bobby Fischer, Imzadi! Wow that was years ago! I also enjoyed it especially when the dad finally got what his son needed was him and unconditional love!

I've been watching more Christmas movies. I saw last night Once Upon a Christmas Miracle which is based on a true story. It was very touching to see the real-life couple, Chris and Heather Dempsey at the end. I wish they had had a cameo in the movie itself. The one thing that jumped out at me was when Chris joins Heather's family for Christmas dinner at the end of the movie, I had hoped he would have gone to get his mom so she could have joined them. I do understand it was spur of the moment in a way. I also re-watched and really liked Christmas in Montana. I do wish faith were part of more Hallmark movies but am grateful for the movies that it is active in.

 

[Imzadi]

I do wish faith were part of more Hallmark movies but am grateful for the movies that it is active in.

You may like Brigham Young University's free streaming network. BYU is a private research university in Provo, Utah, based on the Mormon faith, so their network focuses on showing family friendly shows & movies and more faith based stuff without being preachy. It's online and they have an app.

https://www.byutv.org/

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Thanks, Imzadi. I did love as I shared last year, I believe The Gift of Peace and the Blessing Bracelet.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I watched “A Very Vermont Christmas.” It was fine to me. Not a standout, but fine for Christmas in July.

I still have quite a few from last year to watch for the first time.

That can be a mixed blessing — sometimes with too many movies the quality takes a dip

 

[Imzadi]

I still have quite a few from last year to watch for the first time.

That can be a mixed blessing — sometimes with too many movies the quality takes a dip

I do too! I only watched A Biltmore Christmas for the first time a couple weeks ago. I forgot that my Christmas viewing energy had petered out last January before getting to it and a couple other movies that are supposed to be good.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I agree Worfiedoodles, sometimes too many movies are just too much or too similar. I hope you and everyone else did enjoy some favorites new and old this summer and will, of course, continue to do so to come