Rueben's Ramblings

On June 25, the original Hallmark Channel movie Two Tickets to Paradise will debut at 8 PM.

Two strangers meet on what feels like the worst day of their lives. Hannah (Ashley Williams) and Josh (Ryan Paevey) have both been stood up at the altar. While shocked and devastated, they happen to meet at the park, which turns out to be the morale boost they need to commit to taking their honeymoon vacations. They realize they are going to the same honeymoon resort and keep crossing paths in tropical paradise. Seeing the futility of fighting fate, Hannah and Josh eventually join forces and help learn from one other to enjoy their vacations.

The film also stars Mary-Margaret Humes (Dawson’s Creek).

Here is a trailer for Two Tickets to Paradise:

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On June 19, the UPtv movie A Romance Wedding will air at 7 PM.

Zoe Davis (Morgan Kohan from When Hope Calls), a successful and driven wedding planner in the big city, returns home to Romance, Oregon to help at her father’s café. Upon arrival, Zoe discovers that her mom has also hired Will (Drew Nelson from The Girlfriend Experience), her childhood sweetheart. As tensions (and chemistry) rise, will Zoe and Will settle their differences and find true love?

Here is a trailer for A Romance Wedding:

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On June 18, the Hallmark Channel original movie Moriah’s Lighthouse will debut at 8 PM.

Moriah (Rachelle Lefevre from Under the Dome) is a woodworking artisan living in a French seaside town, who dreams of restoring the local lighthouse. When Ben (Luke Macfarlane), an American architect, comes to town it seems as though her dreams will never become reality after she learns he’s there to give the lighthouse a makeover, but for another buyer.

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The futuristic movie I Am Mortal will debut online on AMC+ on June 17.

Set 200 years in the future, a small band of rebels face off against the status quo where humans have achieved immortality through genetic engineering.

The leads include relative newcomers Abraham Lewis (the mini-series Guerrilla) and Eloise Smyth (Harlots) along with Sean Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise) and John Harlan Kim (9-1-1 and The Librarians).

Here is a trailer for I Am Mortal:

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On June 17, the Netflix original film Spiderhead will debut online.

In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable of generating feelings of love begins questioning the reality of his emotions.

The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett.

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The latest adaptation of Father of the Bride will debut online on HBO Max on June 16.

This version stars Andy Garcia as a father who has to come to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding seen through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American clan.

The cast includes Adria Arjona (Good Omens and the Netflix movie 6 Underground), Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), Diego Boneta (Pretty Little Liars and Scream Queens), Enrique Murciano (Without a Trace), Laura Harring (NCIS: Los Angeles) and singer Gloria Estefan.

Here is a trailer for Father of the Bride:

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On June 12, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original movie Color My World with Love will debut at 9 PM.

Kendall (Lily D. Moore from Never Have I Ever) is a talented artist with Down Syndrome who, thanks to the support of her mother, Emma (Erica Durance from Smallville and Supergirl), and grandmother, Bev, is happy and thriving. Her life takes an exciting turn when she meets Brad (David DeSanctis from the box office movie Where Hope Grows) in a cooking class at the local center for diverse learners and romance blooms.

Emma has spent the last 22 years trying to protect her daughter and has reservations about this new relationship, especially when it quickly moves in a serious direction. With the help of Nic (Benjamin Ayres from The Chronicles Mysteries franchise), a longtime family friend of Brad’s, Emma slowly accepts that Kendall is ready to – and should – live her own life.

Here is a trailer for Color My World with Love:

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On June 11, the Hallmark Channel original movie Caribbean Summer will debut at 8 PM.

Jade (Heather Hemmens from Roswell, New Mexico), a morning news producer, is forced to take a vacation after an embarrassing gaffe during a live broadcast. She arrives on a relaxing Caribbean island, but Jade’s trip gets off to a rocky start thanks to a snafu involving the house she rented for her stay. Serendipitously, Jade manages to turn things around and begins a romantic Caribbean adventure with the legitimate owner of the house, a mysterious man named Ford (Ser’Darius Blain from the Jumanji remake franchise and The Big Leap).

As Jade slowly lets her guard down and welcomes all that the island, its people, and her handsome host have to offer, her heart and job come into direct conflict when she finds out the true backstory of the man she’s falling for – and it’s a career-defining scoop.

Here is a trailer for Caribbean Summer:

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