Posts tagged with ‘television’

  • Karen Kingsbury’s “The Bridge” Part 1 Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on December 5, 2015
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    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 […]
  • “A Christmas Detour” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on November 29, 2015
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    Two NYC bound travelers find themselves inextricably linked when a snowstorm waylays their flight to an airport hotel in Buffalo. Eternal optimist and hopeless romantic, Paige Summers, desperately needs to find a way to the city to meet her fiance’s parents before her wedding – and it’s up to a guy she can’t stand, fellow passenger and total stranger Dylan […]
  • “Home and Family Holiday Special 2015” Review

    By Ruth on November 28, 2015
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    First of all, know that this is the first time I have ever done a review on a show like this. Typically, I review films, television shows, and oftentimes I get to see them early. Unfortunately, that is not the case here. I didn’t see this beforehand. I watched it in primetime with everyone else. And the idea struck me […]
  • “Sole Custody” Lifetime Movie Review

    By Ruth on November 11, 2015
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    (Watch the trailer with caution. Contains spoilers.) Zoey, a cyber crime cop, and Barry, a detective, raise their son, Timmy, in a quiet suburban neighborhood. When Zoey confides in her best friend about shift work and the lack of spark in her marriage. Zoey’s mind is set in motion and when she discovers Barry is screwing around, she calls him […]
  • “Charming Christmas” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on November 8, 2015
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    CHARMING CHRISTMAS – Rossman’s department store prepares for the Christmas season, but its employees are not quite in the holiday spirit. The no-nonsense manager, Meredith, is busy with the store’s possible expansion for her parents Cheryl and Harold, the store decorator, Jessie, is focused on her son, and former Broadway dancer Olivia misses her life in New York City. When […]
  • “‘Tis the Season For Love” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on November 1, 2015
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      During the Christmas season, a struggling New York actress returns to the small hometown she once left behind to follow her dreams of performing on Broadway. Feeling that she’s failed everyone’s expectations, she hides the reality of her difficult life from her former high school friends, until she finds herself opening up to a very special old acquaintance. When […]
  • “October Kiss” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on October 31, 2015
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    A free-spirited young woman who’s afraid of commitment is hired by a career-driven single dad as a temporary nanny for his two young children. As Halloween approaches – and she and the children bond – she finds herself also becoming drawn to their dad, and wondering whether to run or finally give commitment a chance.  POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT: While I […]
  • “Good Witch Halloween” Hallmark Channel Review

    By Ruth on October 23, 2015
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    Middleton’s enchanting ‘Good Witch’ Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell) is back, just in time for Halloween! As the whole town prepares for Middleton’s annual Halloween Fall Festival, trouble brews at Grey House when a mysterious new guest threatens to thwart the spirit of the season. After their close encounter in her shop, a flirtation is still brewing between Cassie and her […]
  • “Harvest Moon” Hallmark Movie Review

    By Ruth on October 11, 2015
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      When a privileged city girl goes bankrupt, she is left with only one asset, a small town pumpkin farm. Determined to sell the property to maintain her expensive lifestyle, she travels to the farm, run by a handsome farmer and single dad who will do anything to keep the sale from displacing his family. But as they both work […]
  • “Autumn Dreams” Movie Review

    By Ruth on October 10, 2015
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    With plans to leave their small town, teenage loves Annie and Ben elope. Their big city plans are halted, though, when Annie’s parents have the marriage annulled. Ben moves to New York, while Annie stays in Iowa to help her family. Fifteen years later, both engaged to their respective fiancés, the two discover that their annulment was never finalized. They […]