Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas
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Mingle all the way, good fun agree it’s been the best hallmark so far
Shoe addict was not great, but watchable for CBB
Shoe addict was not great, but watchable for CBB
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Once Upon A Christmas Miracle is a great new Hallmark movie. Supposedly based off a true story. It's about a young woman that needs a liver transplant.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-se...ies-1543514650
This Season’s Guilty Pleasure: Binge-Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies
Super fans keep track with spreadsheets, stay up all night to watch; ‘Romance at Reindeer Lodge’
This Season’s Guilty Pleasure: Binge-Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies
Super fans keep track with spreadsheets, stay up all night to watch; ‘Romance at Reindeer Lodge’
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I love me the frequent Hallmark/Lifetime cheese, but I watched the exact opposite of one of these films and it was wonderful. Christmas, Again is a 2014 film currently on Fandor and Prime. It’s about a downtrodden Christmas tree salesman and how his various interactions bring a dash of hope. But it doesn’t force the happiness or really stress the story, it’s just sort of shows his life, warts and all, without ramming in a theme or message or resolution. Best viewing of the month, although The Christmas Chronicles was a hoot.
Edit to add: Oops, wrong thread I guess, but I’ll leave it.
Edit to add: Oops, wrong thread I guess, but I’ll leave it.
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I am really enjoying this years batch of Holiday films from Lifetime, Netflix, UP, ION, and Hallmark. It feels like a stronger batch than years past with some really charming films such as the one I just watched on Hallmark called Time for Me To Come Home for Christmas.
ETA: I just watched the SNL skit which was so funny and so dead on but I stand by my love of these schmaltzy films. Also, Prince Santa...I bet someone at Hallmark is kicking themselves that they did not think of this first.
ETA: I just watched the SNL skit which was so funny and so dead on but I stand by my love of these schmaltzy films. Also, Prince Santa...I bet someone at Hallmark is kicking themselves that they did not think of this first.
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Started the Lori Laughlin one, but it wasn't doing it for me...
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Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe was fine--I couldn't identify that many connections to the novel other than some names, so they kind of click-baited me into watching it. Well, that and Lacey Chabert.
I saw an older one, Lucky Christmas, that was probably the worst one I've ever seen. For one thing, it had Elizabeth Berkeley, who will never be a good enough actress to wash away the stink of Showgirls. For another, it had a really morally questionable plot point of stolen property that the male lead's sidekick didn't want to give back. It was a 99-cent Amazon purchase, but if I could bluelightspecial it out of my collection, I would.
Nine Lives of Christmas was pretty good.
I saw an older one, Lucky Christmas, that was probably the worst one I've ever seen. For one thing, it had Elizabeth Berkeley, who will never be a good enough actress to wash away the stink of Showgirls. For another, it had a really morally questionable plot point of stolen property that the male lead's sidekick didn't want to give back. It was a 99-cent Amazon purchase, but if I could bluelightspecial it out of my collection, I would.
Nine Lives of Christmas was pretty good.
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The movies are loaded and the prices should drop at Midnight PST:
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...ristmas-Sale/3
Here's the full Christmas sale:
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...adquarters/118
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...ristmas-Sale/3
Here's the full Christmas sale:
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...adquarters/118
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Nutcracker Christmas is on the sale list!
Interesting that there's at least one 2018 title on the list, Christmas at Graceland.
Interesting that there's at least one 2018 title on the list, Christmas at Graceland.
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I've got a couple extra 20% Off Vudu coupons from the UnderTheCap promo. If anybody wants one for the Christmas sale, drop me a PM.
I'm not sure about the expiration date, but I think they're still good. It's limited to 5 coupons per person, so make sure you're not already maxed out.
I'm not sure about the expiration date, but I think they're still good. It's limited to 5 coupons per person, so make sure you're not already maxed out.
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Agree that Mingle All the Way has been the best so far. I don't think I've seen Jen Lilley in one of these before.
The Emily Osment one with the generic title of Christmas in Wonderland was fine.
The Emily Osment one with the generic title of Christmas in Wonderland was fine.
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This year, I've been watching Hallmark Movies & Mysteries more than the regular Hallmark Channel. The HMM movies are less fluff and more dramatic. They have better characters and storylines.
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A Bramble House Christmas from last year is real enjoyable. The always reliable Autumn Reeser is the star.
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Lousy prices on the Hallmark Sale. I would have bought all of them at $4.99. But I'm not paying $7.99.
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Yeah, I didn't buy any of the $7.99 titles. Fortunately Nutcracker Christmas was $4.99, maybe because it's two years old, so I did get that one. Maybe there'll be a mix and match $9.99 deal later. Plus I had a $2 code, though I thought I also had a 20% one that seems to have disappeared, so that was a little annoying.
Time for Me to Come Home was good, and Last Vermont was fine. My checklist has 2/21 comedies and 5/16 dramas.
Time for Me to Come Home was good, and Last Vermont was fine. My checklist has 2/21 comedies and 5/16 dramas.
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Not sure why I haven't run across her before, but I just watched a Lifetime movie with her, The Spirt of Christmas, a seasonal spin on the classic "woman meets and gets it on with hot ghost" theme. Fine but nothing special.
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Not sure anyone here saw this tweet:
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I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of Hallmark Christmas movies and then asked it to write a Hallmark Christmas movie of its own. Here is the first page. pic.twitter.com/HMEtkzHVCi
— Keaton Patti (@KeatonPatti) December 12, 2018
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I caught an older one that was fairly decent, A Christmas Kiss. A guy is on the verge of engagement with his girlfriend, when he accidentally kisses her assistant in an elevator. Of course, the assistant is a much better match for the guy than his actual girlfriend. The girlfriend hates living Christmas trees.
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I was watching the new Lori Loughlin movie Homegrown Christmas. I thought the teenage girl looked familiar. She played the hotel clerk in Lori Loughlin's previous movie Every Christmas Has A Story. Turns out the girl (Isabella Giannulli) is Lori's real life daughter.
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If you investigate the casts of these Hallmark movies, half of them are friends or relatives of the main stars.
I caught Country Christmas Album on ION, a new 2018 movie. I liked it since I always enjoy a music-themed Christmas movie, but the obstacle put in place of the potential romance is one of those non-problems that could be solved with two lines of dialogue. I'm not a big fan when a relationship is delayed over silly roadblocks that could be solved in one scene.
I caught Country Christmas Album on ION, a new 2018 movie. I liked it since I always enjoy a music-themed Christmas movie, but the obstacle put in place of the potential romance is one of those non-problems that could be solved with two lines of dialogue. I'm not a big fan when a relationship is delayed over silly roadblocks that could be solved in one scene.
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Vudu is going to have a year end sale. 511 titles will be $4.99. Two Hallmark title are included in the sale - Love on a Limb and Love by Chance.
Not sure when this sale will go live. Could be tomorrow or Friday.
Not sure when this sale will go live. Could be tomorrow or Friday.