review

  • “When Calls the Heart New Year’s Wish” Hallmark Premiere Review

    By Ruth on December 25, 2015
    19
    3
    [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l6ijaeNXhU[/embedyt] The adventure and romance of the frontier returns to ring in the New Year! Elizabeth and Jack are reeling from Charles’ shocking proposal. As Elizabeth assures Jack her heart remains with him, Jack takes some time apart, while dealing with his disappointment in his mentor Bill, who remains in the Hope Valley jail awaiting trial. And while Abigail […]
  • “A Christmas Melody” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 23, 2015
    8
    0
      Mariah Carey, Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, Kathy Najimy and 10-year-old Broadway sensation Fina Strazza star in “A Christmas Melody,” directed by Mariah Carey: “A Christmas Melody” revolves around Kristin (Chabert), a beautiful, stylish divorcee {note this is Hallmark’s description, and Kristin is a widow in the final script} who is a talented clothing designer and her young daughter. Kristin […]
  • “Christmas Land” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 20, 2015
    13
    4
    A successful New York businesswoman learns her beloved late Grandmother has left her ‘Christmas Land’, a magical Christmas themed village in the country side. Let me apologize in advance. I suspect that it was not the best decision to air this film after one of the most outstanding nights in Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas.” In many ways, this is a potential disenchantment after […]
  • “Becoming Santa” Lifetime Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 19, 2015
    1
    2
    [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaWmmEWegQE[/embedyt] Holly has never introduced her toy designer boyfriend Connor to her family and has only revealed that they live “up north.” As their relationship intensifies, Holly knows she can’t wait any longer and decides to bring Conner to meet her parents for Christmas. Connor is in for a shock when he discovers he’s actually headed to the North […]
  • Beck Valley Books: “Country Courtship” by Kathy Carmichael Book Review/ Giveaway

    By Ruth on December 17, 2015
    2
    0
      Only 99c reduced from $3.99 until 12/31 The Texas Two-Step romantic comedy series is a reader favorite. All of the stories in the series are sweet, charming and emotional contemporary romance. Each story in the series stands alone, but all Texas Two-Step novels and novellas feature love stories about members of the Nelson, Murphy or Palmer families — and […]
  • Beck Valley Books: “Landscape For Murder” by Joyce T. Strand Book Review/Giveaway

    By Ruth on December 14, 2015
    4
    0
    NEW RELEASE….. A friend’s murder. An unconnected cast of suspects, including the victim’s missing adult daughter. As if that wasn’t enough, Brynn Bancroft’s winery has been broken into. Can she deal with her co-owner ex and help the police find her friend’s murder so she can finally overcome her own troubled past and enjoy family life with her teenage ward? […]
  • “Debbie Macomber’s Dashing Through the Snow” Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Review

    By Ruth on December 13, 2015
    9
    0
    Stranded at an airport at Christmas-time, ASHLEY DAVISON accepts a ride from DASH SUTHERLAND, who has just rented the last car in town. Ashley sells crafts for a living, while Dash is supposedly a house painter. Although they initially clash, romance soon blossoms during their journey — but the fact that Dash is a secret FBI agent who has been […]
  • “On the Twelfth Day of Christmas” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 12, 2015
    3
    2
    Maggie Chalke is torn between her journalistic integrity and helping her long time crush Mitch O’Grady when her boss orders her to write a story for the paper about the Secret Santa gifts she’s been sending Mitch to help him relearn his love for Christmas. First of all, let me mention what I think are the negligible “criticisms” concerning this […]
  • “Just in Time For Christmas” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 9, 2015
    1
    0
    Lindsay Rogers (played by Eloise Mumford) has to make a tough decision: stay in her small town hometown and marry longtime beau and coffee shop owner Jason Stewart (Michael Stahl David), or accept a once in a lifetime job offer, teaching at an Ivy League college thousand of miles away. Fortunately, a magical messenger (William Shatner) gives her a priceless […]
  • Karen Kingsbury’s “The Bridge” Part 1 Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 5, 2015
    73
    13
    Karen Kingsbury’s The Bridge is the sweeping tale of Molly Callens (Findlay) and Ryan Kelly (Nash), two young students who share a profound friendship their first semester in college, a time that becomes the defining moment of their lives. At their favorite bookstore and coffee shop, The Bridge, they spend countless hours studying and inspiring the other to dream their […]