AnnaRose

Airdate: Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Huh. I didn't get that at all. The only time I thought he really behaved badly was when Autumn's character broke the news to him that the deal was over and he reacted badly toward her... but then he apologized right after that. As for the manager... that didn't bother me because, unless I misunderstood, he took over after his sister died and was just in way over his head. I also didn't think the daughter was an annoying little snot either. I liked her scenes with Autumn's character. It was totally believable to me that a teenage girl who had lost her mother would bond with Autumn's character and would be excited to have some female guidance. I liked that aspect. I thought the boss was unnecessarily bitchy from her first scene, so it seemed well-telegraphed to me. Also, I don't think Teryl was in this movie... the boss was played by Barbara Niven. Anyway... these movies are mostly hit and miss for me, but I actually ended up enjoying this one. (Although it was a little slow and boring too, if I'm being honest.) I really liked Autumn and Kavan together and I liked how their friendship developed and then turned romantic at a normal pace throughout the movie. (No insta-love/let's get married or a couple who hate each other suddenly realizing they actually love each other.) Having their first kiss happen earlier than most of these movies was nice too. The negative for me was the business stuff - I never totally understood what their agreement actually was. But they signed a contract so the terms should have been clear. I read reviews here before I watched it though, and I think it actually made it easier for me to ignore the poorly written business details. I probably won't watch it again, but it was a pleasant diversion for an hour and a half.

I haven't watched Love on the Menu yet, but I did see the two Kavan Smith movies that were re-broadcast this weekend - The Perfect Bride and its sequel The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells - and I agree with the criticism I bolded above. It was very annoying to watch them being so ridiculous about having to have everything perfect for their wedding, to the point that they decided to postpone it two days before. That was in large part so that the bride to be could have her 'perfect' wedding dress, which was so silly. -- She's a beautiful fitness instructor and looked absolutely gorgeous in the dress she finally settled for... but then, while admiring the dress in the mirror, Ms. Eagle-Eyes sees a reflection of a store employee wheeling by a couple pieces of fabric and sketches for the most generic-looking strapless wedding dress I've ever seen... and OMG!!! it's her dream dress!! But 'Oh no's, it won't be ready in time!' so she'll have to settle for the gorgeous dress that is super-flattering on her. I need to go find my violin. So they cancel the wedding two days before - never mind all their guests that made travel arrangements and planned time out of their schedules... and then the next day, they finally start to get a clue that actually marrying your true love might be a little more important than making sure every single detail is absolutely perfect... so the wedding is back on, everybody! We hope you didn't cancel you flights and hotel reservations!! Bride is now ecstatic because the dress shop made her dream dress (which looks just like all the other ubiquitous strapless wedding dresses) in time after all, but she shouldn't be so excited because it looks incredibly frumpy and dumpy and makes her perfect bod look anything but perfect. Yay, karma! Ugh. Sorry for the rant. I just had to get that off my chest. I probably should avoid wedding-related movies all together because I have such low tolerance for wedding-related nonsense. I don't understand why people make such a huge deal out of something that lasts a few hours. To me, the marriage is the important thing. Anyway... Kavan Smith and Pascale Hutton were cute together though and there weren't the typical villians or misunderstandings - so that at least made it somewhat tolerable.

That made me laugh too! And although I agree that the town's reaction was way over the top and unbelievable, and Meemaw's flag waving was also over the top... it still made me laugh when they kept cutting back to her, and her "Screw you!", without missing a beat, was hilarious. Katy M. beat me to it, but yep... I just assumed the cord didn't reach his bedroom.

Same here. He's so sweet and genuine. The actor just nails that role. Poor Cooper B - so desperate for parental caring - he's like an eager puppy. I liked this episode, especially all the sibling stuff.

Wardrobe consistency would be good, but then again... in previous offices in which I worked I would be bundled up in layers of thick sweaters, sitting next to a space heater and shivering, while others in the same space would be sweating in light, sleeveless tops and complaining it was too hot. And it's not unusual for me to be out for a walk or running errands this time of year wearing substantial a typical winter coat, scarf, gloves etc... and I see people (usually males) here and there outside wearing shorts.

Original Airdate: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Original Airdate: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Same here. I loved the Bruges scenery, but the rest of the movie was excruciating.

Do you mean this Gap ad? Or is there another old commercial featuring Will Kemp dancing? I looked him up and saw that he was in Kristin's Christmas Past, with Shiri Appleby, and he was very cute in that movie. I haven't watched Love, Romance and Chocolate yet, but I recorded it mainly for the location stuff... so I'm glad to read that at least some people enjoyed it. I watched A Harvest Wedding, which was from 2017, starring Jill Wagner as a wedding planner... and I loved this rust colored coat she wore in several scenes. Are there any websites that list clothes worn in Hallmark movies, like they do for wardrobe items in various television shows? It's probably too late to find that particular item, or anything else Jill wore in that movie (she had a lot of cute outfits!)... but I've been wondering for a while if there are any Hallmark fashion websites.

Perhaps you can watch it here?

I was going to post the same thing, so thanks for saving me the trouble. 🙂 I watched Valentine in the Vineyard the other night and enjoyed it. I like the first of the series, but didn't care for the second because of all the secret-keeping nonsense and the idiotic behavior of the male protagonist in never actually checking himself whether the wine was actually ready before signing up their fledgling vineyard to host the big event. I like the cast of the series though and the scenery is beautiful... so it was nice enough to watch for an hour and a half. I haven't posted here for a while, and I've watched quite a few older Hallmark movies recently. Here's a quick synopsis: I liked All of My Heart, with Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott who each inherit half of the same house in Bucks County PA. It was quite amusing and had some nice secondary characters - i.e. the tall guy at the hardware store who was funny. Love at First Glance - Amy Smart did the best she could in the role, but I hated that the love interest was presented to be a ridiculously perfect person, and she falls in love with him to the point of having a break down when she was late for their first meeting because she loves him so much! And the ridiculousness of Perfect Guy being in love with her too even though they never even met and he barely knew anything about her. I also hated The Convenient Groom starring David Sutcliffe (who was fine) and Vanessa Marcil who drove me crazy with her horrible vocal fry and bad acting. (There was some other very bad acting in the movie too, so perhaps the director bears some responsibility too.) I did however really enjoy Valentine Ever After with Autumn Reeser, whose character was forced to perform community service at a horse ranch in Montana. Autumn is a very dependable, likable actress and she had nice chemistry with her co-star Eric Johnson. (I liked the mom in that movie too.) Anything for Love, with Erika Christensen and Paul Greene, was pretty good, except for the disparaging attitudes toward and about male R.N.s which was just silly. I don't think I had ever seen Paul Greene before in anything, but he was very likable. Plus we got Ali Liebert as Erika's character's assistant, which was fun. Last but not least was Love by Chance, which I just watched last night. I think I liked it more than I probably should have - because of Brenda Strongs' performance as the meddling mom, and because Benjamin Ayres was pretty awesome as the smitten pediatrician. The only big negative was that the idiot lead female character was willing to dump her perfect match, who is a wonderful guy, just because her mother arranged for them to both be at a gallery event so they could meet. Way to blow things out of proportion! Other than that though, I enjoyed it.

Original Airdate: February 12, 2019

Thanks, I loved his reply. It was so perfectly Joey.

I loved that!!

I've been wondering the same thing. I expected the topics I follow to be listed on my custom home page, but I only have the forums I follow listed there. I still have to go to the Followed Content page to see the list of topics I'm following.

I could relate too. I really liked that part of the episode.

Same here. This was a complicated topic, and they came through with an episode that was both thoughtful and moving, but still had plenty of laughs too. Fantastic episode! Side note: My mom also ran over my brother (his foot) back in the seventies... but it wasn't to get him out of the draft. Just a dumb accident - brother getting out of the car before it was completely stopped, if I recall correctly.

I loved Tripp and Taylor's resolution, and that the whole family put aside their arguments and helped.

I adore her too! She's not the only reason I watch this show, but she is a big part of the appeal!

Somebody else started a Vietnam thread. (Two actually - it looks like it posted twice.) I was going to start the new thread for tonight's episode Sunday night... but TVguide and IMDB were both listing Vietnam as the next episode, while both ABC and TitanTV were listing Valentine's Day. While looking into the discrepancy, I realized that the episode numbering of the last several episodes I had started had been wrong. (I just got the descriptions and episode numbers from TVGuide.) So I flagged one of my posts to have them corrected. I'm not surprised the Mod went with ABC's schedule listing for this thread - one would think ABC would know what they were planning to broadcast and have their website listings accurate. It's kind of ridiculous that you can't count on the network to get the episode schedule right.

Original Airdate: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 Check your DVRs... American Housewife is finally back from hiatus, with a new night and time!

That's a good point. I also found Tommy the "bully" interesting in that he seemed like a decent kid in his interactions with Sheldon. Actually, I'm not so sure Tommy was a real bully. Although he seemed like it in his first interaction with Georgie, he later told Sheldon it was because Georgie was a punk. (And also because he hit on his girlfriend. I'm not a fan of the macho thing, but at least he had some provocation.) The other kid seemed much more of a true bully.

When they announced it I was sad because it seemed like they were still turning out funny, well-done episodes. The last few have seemed sub-par though, I think, and I do wonder how much of that is because the writers are focused on lining up their next jobs at this point. I think The Middle suffered from a big decline in its last season as well... probably for the same reason.

I just watched Falling for Vermont and, like you MissyPoo, ended up really liking it, in spite of its similarities to A Christmas to Remember. I loved the setting... and I'm finding that movies set in non-snowy seasons are very appealing during a cold and sometimes snowy winter.