For a more recent interview with Viv Leacock, please click here. Have you ever seen a picture of an actor as you’re scrolling online and you stop and wonder, “Now, where have I seen him before? He looks familiar!” Well, chances are pretty good that you have seen Viv Leacock in something before–probably more than once. He’s a Hallmark favorite in […]

San Francisco homicide detective Maggie Price and former, world-class chef Henry Ross are on the case once again. The crime-solving odd couple investigates the murder of Henry’s friend, a well-known local chef found dead in his kitchen. As they begin to unravel an old family secret, Maggie has to stay one step ahead of a mysterious man in the shadows […]

Now, of course, you’re going to be watching Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery tonight, right? It’s on the Hallmark Mysteries & Movies Network. I have interviewed several actors connected with the film, and I will be posting a review, but for now, if you have not, check out these interviews! JORDANA LARGY MARC SENIOR MATT HAMILTON   SAMANTHA FERRIS […]

For a more up-to-date interview with Matt, click here. When watching Hallmark network films, it is quite common to see certain actors featured regularly, and sometimes we don’t even think about learning their names or looking up their other works, especially if they are in supporting roles. However, I have discovered that if I delve a little bit deeper, I often […]

Anyone who knows me is aware of my affinity for mysteries. In fact, my mom, my daughter and I share a mutual admiration for murder mysteries. We are definite Hallmark Movies & Mysteries fanatics, and we adore the mystery series that Hallmark provides quite regularly on that network. When they chose to add Brooke Shields and Brennan Elliott to a new mystery series […]

Abby Knight (Shields) is a beautiful ex-attorney and proprietor of Bloomers, a quaint Illinois flower shop. Abby and Marco (Elliott), a handsome bar owner and former private investigator, discover the body of Jack Sutcliff, an unscrupulous grifter who attempted to crash Abby’s cousin’s wedding. Abby’s curiosity gets the better of her and she sets out to conduct her own murder […]

UPDATE: Per Dylan Neal, executive producer of The Gourmet Detective: Death Al Dente, it appears that this film will premiere on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries September 25th, date subject to change. You know how I’m always saying that I make it a point to feature the actors and actresses who are not as well-known? Well,this is one time, I do believe, that I […]

As many of my readers know, I fervently attempt to focus on every member of the cast when I do a movie review (and sometimes that means a lot of exploration on my part). More often than not, this diligence on my part connects me with great actors that may go undetected by the general public, and in the case of Flower Shop […]

FOR AN EVEN MORE UP-TO-DATE INTERVIEW WITH BRENNAN, PLEASE CLICK HERE! Anyone who knows me is aware of the fact that I like to be prepared when at all possible. I plan ahead for everything and anything that may or may not go wrong. In recent years, I have learned to be much more flexible (I’m a substitute teacher, after all–talk about […]

If you’re anything like me, there’s a sense of accomplishment that comes when you work tenaciously to bring something about, and once you have achieved what many may have doubted, you can just sit back and smile. And that is exactly how I feel about my interview with Cameron Mathison. From the moment I first requested the interview to the moment it […]