Rueben's Ramblings

The new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries franchise movie Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con will debut on March 14 at 8 PM.

When Aida Teagarden’s (Marilu Henner) real estate client is found murdered, her sleuthing daughter Aurora (Candace Cameron Bure) sets out with her fiancé Nick (Niall Matter) and the Real Murders Club to solve the murder.

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On March 14, the new UPtv movie The Charm of Love will debut at 7 PM.

Art historian Dr. Madison Turner (Katrina Norman from the holiday movies Christmas on the Menu and Christmas in Homestead), an expert in ancient artifacts, travels halfway around the world to the Caribbean to find the legendary “Lovers Stone” to save her beloved museum, but when she meets Andrew “Fitz” Fitzpatrick (Tilky Montgomery Jones from Nashville), an international hotelier with trust issues and a local’s knowledge of the island, her search may lead her to true love after all.

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The new movie Blue Ridge will debut on INSP on March 13 at 8 PM.

A murder in a sleepy town at the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains refuels a longtime feud between two of the community’s most powerful families. The new sheriff, Justin Wise (Johnathon Schaech from That Thing You Do!), finds himself in a race against time to solve the murder before ‘mountain justice’ takes over and the townspeople take the law into their own hands.

The cast includes Sarah Lancaster (Everwood and Chuck) and Oscar winner Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves).

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On March 7, the UPtv movie My Birthday Romance will debut at 7 PM.

Callie Fitzgerald (Ali Corbin) is tired of her family fixing her up and questioning her single status. She is determined to find a pretend boyfriend (Jesse Hutch) for her 35th birthday party just so her family will leave her alone. What she didn’t expect was to actually fall for him.

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The Hallmark Channel movie Fit for a Prince will debut on March 6 at 9 PM.

Cindy (Natalie Hall) is an aspiring fashion designer whose talents have been the creative force behind a high-profile designer but longs to strike out on her own. Hired to dress the ladies of a wealthy family hosting an upcoming charity ball, Cindy’s life takes an unexpected turn when Prince Ronan (Jonathan Keltz), in town to attend the gala, becomes smitten with her and also takes note of her talent for design.

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On March 5, the new animated film Raya and the Last Dragon will debut on Disney+.

Long ago, in the world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran), and her pet pill bug companion Tuk Tuk (voiced by Alan Tudyk), to track down the last dragon in order to finally stop the Druun for good. However, along her journey, she’ll learn that it’ll take more than dragon magic to save the world—it’s going to take trust as well.

Other voices will be provided by Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Sandra Oh, Benedict Wong and Ross Butler.

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The Amazon feature film Coming 2 America will debut online on March 5.

Set after the events of the first film, former Prince Akeem Joffer (Edide Murphy) is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler). Honoring his royal father’s (James Earl Jones) dying wish to groom this son as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi (Arsenio Hall) set off to America once again.

The ensemble cast includes Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Kiki Layne, Morgan Freeman, Vanessa Bell Calloway, John Amos, Wesley Snipes, Shari Headley and Garcelle Beauvais.

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On March 5, the new Hulu action adventure film Boss Level will debut online.

Frank Grillo (Kingdom and the MC Universe alum) stars as Roy Pulver, a former soldier who finds himself living in an infinite time loop inhabited by a cadre of assassins who take turns killing him over and over again. After many (and we mean many) deaths, a sarcastic and jaded Roy attempts to discover the true reason behind the loop, while trying to save his ex-wife, Jemma (Naomi Watts), and son, Joe (Grillo’s own son Rio), from Colonel Clive Ventor (Mel Gibson), a villain with a serious god complex. To reach — let alone defeat — the titular final baddie, Pulver must understand his enemies’ strengths and weaknesses, which inspires him to train with a legendary sword-master named Dai Feng (Michelle Yeoh).

The cast also includes Annabelle Wallis (The Mummy), Ken Jeong (Community) and Will Sasso (United We Fall) [among others].

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The Netflix movie Moxie will debut online on March 3.

Fed up with the sexist and toxic status quo at her high school, a shy 16-year-old (Hadley Robinson) finds inspiration from her mother’s (Amy Poehler – who also directed the movie) rebellious past and anonymously publishes a zine that sparks a school-wide, coming-of-rage revolution.

The cast includes Josephine Langford (from the movie franchise After), Patrick Schwarzenegger, Clark Gregg, Marcia Gay Harden and Ike Barinholtz.

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The TV One movie Don’t Waste Your Pretty will debut on February 28 at 8 PM.

After years of extreme career focus, Mykah (Keri Hilson) finally stops making excuses and starts looking for love. Encouraged by her best friends, Mykah embraces the dating scene by taking their suggestions on speed dating, making online connections, and hitting the nightlife, but soon discovers love might be right in front of her. The recent divorcée Jeanné (Deborah Joy Winans) has put the idea of love on ice but has to decide if the burning flame from Mykah’s twin brother Michael (Redaric Williams) is warm enough to melt her heart again.

Fun-loving, married couple Amma (Kaye Singleton) and Aisha (Jasmine Burke) are #couplegoals of the group but struggle to strike a balance as they embark on their parenthood journey. When jobs, romance, and family interactions prove more complicated than they had ever anticipated, the group of friends knows they can always turn to one another to figure out their next move.

Rainey Branch also stars.

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