Hallmark Movies: Small Town Royalty Magically Celebrating Rekindled Love! - General Discussion

[twoods]

They had to throw Royal Hearts in to make sense of the title of the DVD, even if Meghan isn’t in it. Smart marketing, Hallmark. Dater’s Handbook is still one of my faves, solely based on the great chemistry with the leads and the wonderful Colorado scenery. 

[Suzysite]

The thing that gets me with the Aurora Teagarden movies is her unrealistic income.   She's not even head librarian and yet can afford that huge new house by herself?  Not to mention her nice car and endless wardrobe.   Is she actually an heiress who just works in a library for fun?

[MissyPoo]

On 4/23/2018 at 10:21 PM, twoods said:

They had to throw Royal Hearts in to make sense of the title of the DVD, even if Meghan isn’t in it. Smart marketing, Hallmark. Dater’s Handbook is still one of my faves, solely based on the great chemistry with the leads and the wonderful Colorado scenery. 

 

Totally agree! And that diner date scene never gets old.

[In2You]

On 4/24/2018 at 1:21 AM, twoods said:

They had to throw Royal Hearts in to make sense of the title of the DVD, even if Meghan isn’t in it. Smart marketing, Hallmark. Dater’s Handbook is still one of my faves, solely based on the great chemistry with the leads and the wonderful Colorado scenery. 

They have some new Royal Wedding Movie coming out with the most generic looking cast and the same tired ass commoner turned princess plot

    

[JAYJAY1979]

4 hours ago, Suzysite said:

The thing that gets me with the Aurora Teagarden movies is her unrealistic income.   She's not even head librarian and yet can afford that huge new house by herself?  Not to mention her nice car and endless wardrobe.   Is she actually an heiress who just works in a library for fun?

I always figure the house was given to her for a hefty discount (her mama being a real estate guru).. and her clothing isn't all that nice so I could see her doing the TJ Maxx/Ross/Marshalls route.. and maybe she got a car for solving a mystery.   That's my theory anyway :)

[GaT]

5 hours ago, Suzysite said:

Not to mention her nice car 

 

1 hour ago, JAYJAY1979 said:

and maybe she got a car for solving a mystery.   That's my theory anyway :)

Obviously she found the car abandoned by the side of the road with the doors open & the owner was never seen again, so she kept it. Maybe the cops should have looked a little harder at where Aurora was the night the owner went missing.

[TrixieTrue]

Aurora's money was explained in the first movie (which I think was actually the second book). In the first movie, she was the property manager for her complex and probably had a discount on the rent. Then she inherited her friend Jane's estate, including her house and money. She sold that house to buy the Julius house, and presumably sold the Julius house to buy the one she had in the most recent movie. In the first movie, when she's trying to figure out who the skull belonged to, she goes to a clothing store to question someone and comments that she can afford to splurge now, with the inheritance she got from Jane. 

On a personal note, I would like John to return to these movies. In the books, he and Aurora's mother get married. He's a nice addition to the cast and it makes more sense that Aurora would have friends out there talking to people and bringing back little bits for her to string together.  

Edited April 27, 2018 by TrixieTrue
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[In2You]

And when did Hallmark start a publishing line to publish book versions of their original movies? 

[susannot]

I'm watching The Beach House and I like it.  The scenery is beautiful.  I think the acting is a cut above the usual Hallmark movies, especially Andie McDowell.  And the scene with the baby turtles made me tear up.  I'm a sap.

[MissyPoo]

6 hours ago, In2You said:

And when did Hallmark start a publishing line to publish book versions of their original movies? 

 

 

Circa last summer or thereabouts. They started with their newest Christmas movies and have been adding like one or two new ones per month based on the current theme of the moment. They're apparently also looking for original works but I hear they are SUPER stingy about what they take for the original stuff. Even turning away books that are similar to their movies. I'm still waiting on the Crown For Christmas book but no idea if they are putting that out. 

 

3 hours ago, susannot said:

I'm watching The Beach House and I like it.  The scenery is beautiful.  I think the acting is a cut above the usual Hallmark movies, especially Andie McDowell.  And the scene with the baby turtles made me tear up.  I'm a sap.

I was going to skip this one but I'm a sucker for anything beach related and I so agree. The scenery is gorgeous and I'm already losing myself in the setting. I like it so far.

[Suzysite]

I normally watch about half of the Saturday night Hallmark offerings and then catch up the next day, but I actually stayed up until 11 to watch all of The Beach House.  It was so well done.  I'm not usually a fan of Andie's acting, but she was not bad in this.  And the same for Chad Michael Murray.  He was so good in the role I sometimes forgot it was him.  I want to find the book now.

[twoods]

I forgot the movie was airing this weekend so set the DVR for next weekend. Looking at the commercials for The Beach House, I was wondering why it looked prettier than usual and then saw that it was one of the Hall of Fame movies. What a world of difference from the last few movies.

[JAYJAY1979]

Hallmark Hall of Fame are high quality.. and sadly, it's on the Hallmark Channel with all the other subpar movies.  I'd rather they be shown on network tv.. or even on PBS like they used to be shown.

[Cherpumple]

I just saw on the Hallmark website that they're looking for submissions from authors who want their books turned into movies (link). I've jokingly thought of several ideas for cheesy romances over the years, and now I'm tempted to actually write one and get it self-published just to see if Hallmark is interested. They're pretty specific about what they want (no contact beyond hugging and kissing!) so I'll just stick to the formula and see what happens. I have the basic plot idea already, but I still need a fun artistic job for the main character. I've ruled out all the usual (florist, baker, ad exec, coffee shop owner, or anything to do with books), so maybe something with music or the visual arts. It has to be something that allows her to show off her beachy waves!

[twoods]

I’m sure we can write a better script than what we have watched on this channel. I say go for it! I have a lot of ideas as well but am bad with dialogue writing. 

[In2You]

22 minutes ago, Cherpumple said:

I just saw on the Hallmark website that they're looking for submissions from authors who want their books turned into movies (link). I've jokingly thought of several ideas for cheesy romances over the years, and now I'm tempted to actually write one and get it self-published just to see if Hallmark is interested. They're pretty specific about what they want (no contact beyond hugging and kissing!) so I'll just stick to the formula and see what happens. I have the basic plot idea already, but I still need a fun artistic job for the main character. I've ruled out all the usual (florist, baker, ad exec, coffee shop owner, or anything to do with books), so maybe something with music or the visual arts. It has to be something that allows her to show off her beachy waves!

If I was self publishing a book I wouldn't want to sell it to Hallmark so they can reap the publishing benefits and  and movie rights.

[Cherpumple]

I want to write it with the express purpose of submitting it to Hallmark (since they don't take movie script submissions). Just to see if I can. And of course I'll use a pen name- there's no way I'd put my real name on that sap! It's just an experiment, really. And a chance to practice my writing while working on my *real* novel.

[In2You]

4 minutes ago, Cherpumple said:

I want to write it with the express purpose of submitting it to Hallmark (since they don't take movie script submissions). Just to see if I can. And of course I'll use a pen name- there's no way I'd put my real name on that sap! It's just an experiment, really. And a chance to practice my writing while working on my *real* novel.

I don't think I can write an interesting novel to meet their requirements. Even my favorite cozy mysteries wouldn't meet since many of them have cheating exes, alluding to more than kissing happening offscreen, have adults actually act like normal adults, etc.

[Cherpumple]

It will indeed be a challenge! I'll definitely need to study the movie formula more to think of some Hallmark-appropriate character quirks and plot points, since I obviously can't make it too realistic.

[Happywatcher]

On 4/25/2018 at 5:20 PM, Suzysite said:

The thing that gets me with the Aurora Teagarden movies is her unrealistic income.   She's not even head librarian and yet can afford that huge new house by herself?  Not to mention her nice car and endless wardrobe.   Is she actually an heiress who just works in a library for fun?

The books explain that her single older friend in the club disliked her heirs and saw Roe as a younger her (plus another issue that is key to book 2's plot) so she left a home and large savings to Roe.

Plus Mom is a very successful and driven real estate broker and landlord in the books

On 5/1/2018 at 11:01 PM, Cherpumple said:

I just saw on the Hallmark website that they're looking for submissions from authors who want their books turned into movies (link). I've jokingly thought of several ideas for cheesy romances over the years, and now I'm tempted to actually write one and get it self-published just to see if Hallmark is interested. They're pretty specific about what they want (no contact beyond hugging and kissing!) so I'll just stick to the formula and see what happens. I have the basic plot idea already, but I still need a fun artistic job for the main character. I've ruled out all the usual (florist, baker, ad exec, coffee shop owner, or anything to do with books), so maybe something with music or the visual arts. It has to be something that allows her to show off her beachy waves!

First book series:

Pleasure boat rental marina owner, who was an ER nurse but her husband died in an ambulance accident just before her dad did of his sudden heart attack, leaving her the family business. She can't sell because her mother loves the marina and living in the stylish home overlooking the business.

She gets involved in the first murder because the town doctor is off the island and it is too foggy to fly the victim off to the hospital, and while trying to save his life Old Man Smithers whispers in her ear "[Macguffin]" and quietly dies, but the murderer thinks it was an accusation against Xer.

Make sure you describe at least one scene where she is working on a motor and has a smear of oil on her face, and the island craft brewer/love interest leans forward to wipe it off before they go to the police station, and it almost turns into a kiss.

 

Second book series:

She is running a craft brewery in a town that is exactly a suburb of Vancouver, but set in New England. She and her now dead husband were in the service where he was Marine recon and she drops hints she working on base/in offices a lot, but she got out when her brother had his accident and is now in a nursing home. She has to keep the business running to maintain his group health policy.

The murder is connected with the local massive grain farm she gets her locally sourced barley and hops from, and the cute guy detective is suspicious when she notices lots of clues and accurately describes everything.

After running into cute but hard nosed cop a lot when he tries spying on her, they catch on to the real killer skulking but Zhe gets away the first three times.

During the menacing final danger sequence scenes it turns out she was Marine Criminal Investigator, when she first easily disarms the bad person, and when they press a knife to the pregnant second detective's neck, the heroine retrieves her service pistol and fires a single shot into the exposed shoulder of the bad person.

[Jaded]

If anyone is planning on watching the Darrow & Darrow movie tonight they moved up the start time to 7pm est/6pm ct.  I'm not sure if it's to head off other stuff airing later on in the night elsewhere or what. It seems like an odd move though.

[In2You]

7 hours ago, Happywatcher said:

First book series:

Pleasure boat rental marina owner, who was an ER nurse but her husband died in an ambulance accident just before her dad did of his sudden heart attack, leaving her the family business. She can't sell because her mother loves the marina and living in the stylish home overlooking the business.

She gets involved in the first murder because the town doctor is off the island and it is too foggy to fly the victim off to the hospital, and while trying to save his life Old Man Smithers whispers in her ear "[Macguffin]" and quietly dies, but the murderer thinks it was an accusation against Xer.

Make sure you describe at least one scene where she is working on a motor and has a smear of oil on her face, and the island craft brewer/love interest leans forward to wipe it off before they go to the police station, and it almost turns into a kiss.

 

Second book series:

She is running a craft brewery in a town that is exactly a suburb of Vancouver, but set in New England. She and her now dead husband were in the service where he was Marine recon and she drops hints she working on base/in offices a lot, but she got out when her brother had his accident and is now in a nursing home. She has to keep the business running to maintain his group health policy.

The murder is connected with the local massive grain farm she gets her locally sourced barley and hops from, and the cute guy detective is suspicious when she notices lots of clues and accurately describes everything.

After running into cute but hard nosed cop a lot when he tries spying on her, they catch on to the real killer skulking but Zhe gets away the first three times.

During the menacing final danger sequence scenes it turns out she was Marine Criminal Investigator, when she first easily disarms the bad person, and when they press a knife to the pregnant second detective's neck, the heroine retrieves her service pistol and fires a single shot into the exposed shoulder of the bad person.

They said no sad elements so you'd have to take out the dead husband elements and also the craft brewery part. I don't think I've ever heard anyone talk beer in a Hallmark movie. Half the time they try to avoid alcohol all together.

[Starscream]

On 4/17/2018 at 4:15 AM, mikeb said:

The re-use of actors from other Hallmark movies and shows continues in full force.  I recognized the actors playing Poppy, Nicole, Lizzy, Nick, and even Nick's lawyer (who was just in one scene) from other movies and shows.  Also turns out the actress who played Lizzy is married to the actor who plays the detective Arthur, so wouldn't be surprised to see her show up in future movies.

Regarding the actress who played Poppy:

Spoiler

I wonder if she was happy to play the victim this time instead of playing another killer.  She was the killer in both the Morning Show Mystery movie and Gourmet Detective: Death al Dente.  She even killed the same actor in both movies (and he had a bit part in this one).

[Starscream]

On 4/27/2018 at 3:00 AM, TrixieTrue said:

Aurora's money was explained in the first movie (which I think was actually the second book). In the first movie, she was the property manager for her complex and probably had a discount on the rent. Then she inherited her friend Jane's estate, including her house and money. She sold that house to buy the Julius house, and presumably sold the Julius house to buy the one she had in the most recent movie. In the first movie, when she's trying to figure out who the skull belonged to, she goes to a clothing store to question someone and comments that she can afford to splurge now, with the inheritance she got from Jane. 

On a personal note, I would like John to return to these movies. In the books, he and Aurora's mother get married. He's a nice addition to the cast and it makes more sense that Aurora would have friends out there talking to people and bringing back little bits for her to string together.  

I think they also mentioned in Last Scene Alive that the offer on the Julius House was too good to pass up, which means she likely made out big on that investment.

[susannot]

7 hours ago, Jaded said:

If anyone is planning on watching the Darrow & Darrow movie tonight they moved up the start time to 7pm est/6pm ct.  I'm not sure if it's to head off other stuff airing later on in the night elsewhere or what. It seems like an odd move though.

I liked it.  I guessed the killer from his or her first appearance in the movie, almost, from long experience with these movies.  But it was still enjoyable.  I'm a lawyer and enjoy lawyer movies.

[Cherpumple]

9 hours ago, In2You said:

I don't think I've ever heard anyone talk beer in a Hallmark movie. Half the time they try to avoid alcohol all together.

They do talk about wineries a lot, so maybe a local family-friendly brewery would work too. Or just change it to a bakery (a perennial Hallmark favorite) and the grain farmer angle still works! 

I like both your ideas, Happywatcher! I'm sticking with a plain romance, without the murder mystery, to keep things simple.

Is anyone planning to watch the new "royal wedding" movie on the 19th? I generally find them really cringey and avoid them, and in this particular case the actor playing the prince just looks really scruffy to me. Blech. 

[ShelleySue]

The James Brolin movie this weekend was nice for a change.  The heroine didn't end up marrying a prince, she as a princess in her own right!  Talk about changing things up (said with sarcastic tone).

I don't keep track of British royalty.  Has the Harry/Meghan wedding been in the works for a long time? I'm wondering how Hallmark had time to come up with so many royal themed movies to tie-in with the wedding.  Was it a coincidence?  I know that there were more than the usual Christmas royalty themed movies last year.

 

Here is my idea for a series:  Beautiful high powered widowed female attorney realizes she's been neglecting her son.  At that very moment she finds out she inherited her aunt's bakery in a small town that looks like a suburb of Vancouver. She has spent her summers there and but hadn't visited her aunt since going to college.  She goes back with her son to sell the bakery.  On the way into town she's caught speeding  The police officer (the police chief) is her old boyfriend.  The policeman/old boyfriend immediately bonds with the son.  When the woman goes to look at the bakery before selling it she has flashbacks to happier times.  But then she opens the door of the walk in freezer and finds a body.  It's the local curmudgeon who owns the whole block except for the bakery.  He had been pressuring the aunt to sell the bakery so that he could tear down the historical buildings and build a box store.  Together the attorney and police chief solve the murder.  Of course the second to last scene will be the attorney confronting the murderer and having him tell her why and how he killed the curmudgeon.  Just as he's about to kill her she hits him with a rolling pin and saves herself.  The last scene is the grand re-opening of the bakery because the attorney has decided to stay and become a baker.

[Myrrhine]

I caught up on The Beach House, and I really liked it! That expanded hall of fame budget really makes a difference. It was basically city career woman realizes that small towns are best, but somehow it seemed to rise above that trope. I found I was very invested in the mother daughter relationship, and I liked what they did with the young single mom and the brother too. 

[Happywatcher]

On 5/6/2018 at 2:11 PM, Jaded said:

If anyone is planning on watching the Darrow & Darrow movie tonight they moved up the start time to 7pm est/6pm ct.  I'm not sure if it's to head off other stuff airing later on in the night elsewhere or what. It seems like an odd move though.

The movie wasn't great. 

6 hours ago, ShelleySue said:

The James Brolin movie this weekend was nice for a change.  The heroine didn't end up marrying a prince, she as a princess in her own right!  Talk about changing things up (said with sarcastic tone).

I don't keep track of British royalty.  Has the Harry/Meghan wedding been in the works for a long time? I'm wondering how Hallmark had time to come up with so many royal themed movies to tie-in with the wedding.  Was it a coincidence?  I know that there were more than the usual Christmas royalty themed movies last year.

 

Here is my idea for a series:  Beautiful high powered widowed female attorney realizes she's been neglecting her son.  At that very moment she finds out she inherited her aunt's bakery in a small town that looks like a suburb of Vancouver. She has spent her summers there and but hadn't visited her aunt since going to college.  She goes back with her son to sell the bakery.  On the way into town she's caught speeding  The police officer (the police chief) is her old boyfriend.  The policeman/old boyfriend immediately bonds with the son.  When the woman goes to look at the bakery before selling it she has flashbacks to happier times.  But then she opens the door of the walk in freezer and finds a body.  It's the local curmudgeon who owns the whole block except for the bakery.  He had been pressuring the aunt to sell the bakery so that he could tear down the historical buildings and build a box store.  Together the attorney and police chief solve the murder.  Of course the second to last scene will be the attorney confronting the murderer and having him tell her why and how he killed the curmudgeon.  Just as he's about to kill her she hits him with a rolling pin and saves herself.  The last scene is the grand re-opening of the bakery because the attorney has decided to stay and become a baker.

Perfect, except they already have an attorney in the wheel. Electronics engineer, and the body was shocked via a hacked freezer controller? And in movie 2 she stays in the town planning and supervising their city wide wifi...

[Cherpumple]

6 hours ago, ShelleySue said:

Here is my idea for a series:

Love it! Especially the heroine smacking the murderer with a rolling pin. It definitely has potential!

[GaT]

On 5/6/2018 at 11:11 AM, Jaded said:

If anyone is planning on watching the Darrow & Darrow movie tonight they moved up the start time to 7pm est/6pm ct.  I'm not sure if it's to head off other stuff airing later on in the night elsewhere or what. It seems like an odd move though.

 

20 hours ago, susannot said:

I liked it.  I guessed the killer from his or her first appearance in the movie, almost, from long experience with these movies.  But it was still enjoyable.  I'm a lawyer and enjoy lawyer movies.

 

46 minutes ago, Happywatcher said:

The movie wasn't great. 

I share the second opinion, it wasn't great. And there is absolutely no chemistry between Kimberly Williams-Paisley & Tom Cavanagh, they should have kept them as friends.

[ShelleySue]

18 hours ago, Happywatcher said:

Perfect, except they already have an attorney in the wheel. Electronics engineer, and the body was shocked via a hacked freezer controller? And in movie 2 she stays in the town planning and supervising their city wide wifi...

I see a Countdown to Christmas movie.  She can be in charge of the Christmas lighting for the whole town when she finds a body under the Christmas tree in the center of town.

[MerBearHou]

22 hours ago, GaT said:

 

 

I share the second opinion, it wasn't great. And there is absolutely no chemistry between Kimberly Williams-Paisley & Tom Cavanagh, they should have kept them as friends.

There is NO chemistry between them, though I like them both a lot.  Poor Kimberly's face makeup is so white that it's cadaverous -- she needs a little something to brighten her face up. 

[MissyPoo]

Saw Nearlyweds pop up on the app which means no more channel appearances for that one. Rewatching it again after all these years, I forgot how progressive that movie was for Hallmark's usual movies. Mixed couples, married couple bed scenes, a flamboyant hairdresser, innuendo. I'm guessing those aspects and the fact it isn't a Crown Media production meant its banishment from the main channel. A bummer because it's one of my faves.

[In2You]

17 hours ago, MissyPoo said:

Saw Nearlyweds pop up on the app which means no more channel appearances for that one. Rewatching it again after all these years, I forgot how progressive that movie was for Hallmark's usual movies. Mixed couples, married couple bed scenes, a flamboyant hairdresser, innuendo. I'm guessing those aspects and the fact it isn't a Crown Media production meant its banishment from the main channel. A bummer because it's one of my faves.

I feel like around that time Hallmark had a lot better movies that weren't so cookie cutter. 

[Irlandesa]

On 5/7/2018 at 2:04 PM, Myrrhine said:

I caught up on The Beach House, and I really liked it! That expanded hall of fame budget really makes a difference. It was basically city career woman realizes that small towns are best, but somehow it seemed to rise above that trope. I found I was very invested in the mother daughter relationship, and I liked what they did with the young single mom and the brother too. 

I liked it too.  I wonder if they're thinking of doing the sequels.

On 5/7/2018 at 10:00 AM, ShelleySue said:

I don't keep track of British royalty.  Has the Harry/Meghan wedding been in the works for a long time? I'm wondering how Hallmark had time to come up with so many royal themed movies to tie-in with the wedding.  Was it a coincidence?  I know that there were more than the usual Christmas royalty themed movies last year.

I never considered that these movies were done because of Harry and Meghan but it makes sense.  I just thought they were popular so Hallmark went on a run.  I know that Harry and Meghan got engaged around Thanksgiving but I seem to recall that there were rumors they'd get married for a few months before that.  Someone who knows royals more than I could give more details but apparently royals only make the kind of appearances they were making together when things are pretty serious--pre-engagement serious. So it would involve a bit of a gamble but it's possible they could have put things together a year ago.

On 5/8/2018 at 3:28 PM, MerBearHou said:

There is NO chemistry between them, though I like them both a lot.  Poor Kimberly's face makeup is so white that it's cadaverous -- she needs a little something to brighten her face up. 

I know. I like the actors but no chem. 

[MissyPoo]

I forgot to give a heads up that a Jane Doe marathon was on this weekend on the mystery channel. One of my faves of classic Hallmark mysteries next to the Mystery Woman series. I really wish they would've made more of these back in the day. Or at least had a continuation in book form. Such fun stories, characters, a believable romance between the lead and her husband, not so annoying kids, and the mystery/espionage aspect didn't feel tacked on or boring. Plus I could ogle more Joe Penny/Frank Darnell.

Depending on where you watch, it may still be available On Demand at the moment.

[GaT]

1 hour ago, MissyPoo said:

I forgot to give a heads up that a Jane Doe marathon was on this weekend on the mystery channel. One of my faves of classic Hallmark mysteries next to the Mystery Woman series. I really wish they would've made more of these back in the day. Or at least had a continuation in book form. Such fun stories, characters, a believable romance between the lead and her husband, not so annoying kids, and the mystery/espionage aspect didn't feel tacked on or boring. Plus I could ogle more Joe Penny/Frank Darnell.

Depending on where you watch, it may still be available On Demand at the moment.

I missed it & it's not on OnDemand:-(

[MissyPoo]

Oh bummer. :-( Hopefully, they re-air it again. I just noticed they only played 6 out of the 9 movies so I'm hoping they show it again in full sometime real soon. If I hear or see anything, I'll be sure to post it here.

[Fostersmom]

On 4/25/2018 at 10:08 PM, In2You said:

They have some new Royal Wedding Movie coming out with the most generic looking cast and the same tired ass commoner turned princess plot

    

Holy crap, not only does this movie suck, it's all but insulting. It's like the girl who just happened to be dating a guy who turned out to be a prince had never met another person in her life. Same with her parents. None of the very non royal Americans can manage a sentence without be completely classless rubes. Is this really how Hallmark decided to glom onto Meghan and Harry? I half expect them to start setting up a garage sale in the yard. 

[EyewatchTV211]

I agree. It's too bad, because I even liked the lead actor guy better than I thought I would from pictures and the brief previews. But they just made the Americans look so bad. Like when Sarah decided to take a nap before dinner - who doesn't set an alarm on your phone when you know you have to be up at a certain time? At least have her set an alarm and then be so tired that it doesn't wake her. Though I guess the palace staff would hear and come wake her and she would make it to dinner on time, so no manufactured drama. 

[Happywatcher]

Watched the Gourmet Detective yesterday, again. A Healthy Place to Die.

I like the leads a lot, and the characters flow well in this one, since this time the writers had Brooke's character stop the snide bitch act that seems to come on at random. When Maggie got on Henry's case it seemed legit.

In fact, liked it so much I checked the hotel out online. The resort is real, the Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa. Maggie's suite is also real, and with very careful shopping is only 245 CAN a night, midweek low season. 

[sacrebleu]

You're on to something @ShelleySue although I agree with the poster who suggested:

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Perfect, except they already have an attorney in the wheel. Electronics engineer

That way, you have all the titles have some sort of pun (like the cookie shop, flower, and anthropologist series)

A Shock to the System

A Charge of Murder

A Current Affair 

I'm with the Bandwidth (rock star on tour gets killed by an amp)

[ShelleySue]

On May 19, 2018 at 10:26 PM, Fostersmom said:

Holy crap, not only does this movie suck, it's all but insulting. It's like the girl who just happened to be dating a guy who turned out to be a prince had never met another person in her life. Same with her parents. None of the very non royal Americans can manage a sentence without be completely classless rubes. Is this really how Hallmark decided to glom onto Meghan and Harry? I half expect them to start setting up a garage sale in the yard. 

Mr. ShelleySue watches these movies while distracted by something else.  Yet he was aware enough to agree with me that this was one of the worst movies in a long time.  We both felt like screaming at the characters.  Ugh!  The prince had a whole flight with what-ever-her-name-was but didn't take the time to teach her the least little bit of royal protocol?  And I realize that she only had a short time to pack, but shouldn't she have realized that she'd have to "dress" for dinner?  The movie was so bad that after about 45 minutes of getting upset with the characters I fast forwarded to the very end.  I'm sure I didn't miss much in the middle except for a lot of stupidity.

[sistersledge]

I’m from NJ and was totally insulted. We’re not idiots. Horrible movie. 

[Koalagirl]

I turned this movie off as well after the first 45 minutes but not before I noticed that her pink suitcase was the same one used in another “American commoner falls in love with a prince” movie.  I don’t remember the name of the movie but it’s the one where the king hires her to find a match for his son.   I think I need a life if I’m actually remembering a suitcase!

[JasmineFlower]

On 5/27/2018 at 11:30 AM, Koalagirl said:

I turned this movie off as well after the first 45 minutes but not before I noticed that her pink suitcase was the same one used in another “American commoner falls in love with a prince” movie.  I don’t remember the name of the movie but it’s the one where the king hires her to find a match for his son.   I think I need a life if I’m actually remembering a suitcase!

Sounds like Royal Matchmaker with Bethany Joy Lenz. I don't remember the suitcase, but don't worry, we all catch on to useless things like that and a pink suitcase is unusual enough to stand out. Hallmark being that cheap comes as no surprise.

[Koalagirl]

Four new movies have been announced for this summer:

https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a20952388/hallmark-channel-summer-nights-movies-2018/?src=socialflowFBRBK

[mikeb]

5 hours ago, Koalagirl said:

Four new movies have been announced for this summer:

https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a20952388/hallmark-channel-summer-nights-movies-2018/?src=socialflowFBRBK

It's interesting they all were filmed on location overseas, instead of in Canada.  I wonder if their budgets are higher than normal.

 

On another topic, it looks like even though there was a PSYCH marathon on Memorial Day on HMM, they have already dropped it from weekday schedule and shifted MONK back to afternoon.  For this week at least, they are airing three 2-hr movies in 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM EDT time slots including several older ones from 2011 - 2013.  Currently watching "Fixing Pete" from 2011 with a dark brunette Brooke Burns.

Edited May 29, 2018 by mikeb
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[In2You]

Of joy another movie about white people in Africa