Rueben's Ramblings

On November 8, the Hallmark Channel holiday movie Christmas with the Darlings will debut at 8 PM

Just before the holidays Jessica Lew (Katrina Law from Arrow) is ending her tenure as the assistant to her wealthy boss to use her recently earned law degree within his company, but offers to help his charming, younger brother (Carlo Marks from Chesapeake Shores) as he looks after his orphaned nieces and nephew over Christmas.

Here is a trailer for and a sneak peek at Christmas with the Darlings:

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The Christmas Ring will debut on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries on November 7 at 10 PM.

A reporter (Nazneen Contractor from Ransom and Major Crimes) searches for the love story behind an antique engagement ring. With the help of the ring’s owner’s grandson (David Alpay from The Vampire Diaries and The Lottery), they learn the legacy his grandparents left behind.

Here is a trailer for The Christmas Ring.

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On November 7, the Hallmark Channel holiday movie Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater will debut at 8 PM.

Single mom Maggie (Ashley Williams from the Hallmark Channel movies October Kiss and Christmas in Evergreen franchise) is facing Christmas alone until Lucas (Niall Matter from Eureka and the Aurora Teagarden Mystery franchise movies) crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected houseguest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond.

Here is a trailer for Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater.

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The Lifetime holiday movie A Welcome Home Christmas will debut on November 7 at 8 PM.

Chloe (Jana Kramer from One Tree Hill) has always supported various military organizations, including the town’s Army toy drive for Christmas. This year, she is paired up with Michael (Brandon Quinn from The Fosters and Against the Wall), a vet who recently returned home, and together they recruit other veterans and active military personnel to help in the cause.

As the community gears up for the Officer’s Christmas Ball, where all the kids will meet Santa Claus and receive their gifts, Michael and Chloe begin to realize the greatest gift this season has been each other’s company.

Veteran actors Charlene Tilton and Tim Reid co-star.

Here is a trailer for A Welcome Home Christmas:

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On November 6, the gripping Netflix movie Citation will debut online.

Based on real events, a bright student (newcomer Temi Otedola) in Nigeria takes on the academic establishment when she reports a popular professor (Jimmy Jean-Louis from Heroes and Claws) who tried to rape her.

Here is a trailer for Citation:

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The holiday movie The Christmas Yule Blog will debut on Lifetime at 8 PM on November 6.

Caroline Williams (Sara Canning from The Vampire Diaries and A Series of Unfortunate Events), a well-known social media travel writer, is given the assignment to cover a hundred-year-old Christmas parade in the small town of Carte De Amor, New Mexico. Not excited about the assignment, Caroline goes anyway and meets a high school music teacher, Oscar Ortiz (Zak Santiago from Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency), who introduces her to a side of Christmas that she has never seen, with different traditions and meanings.

In the twelve days before Christmas, Caroline falls in love with Christmas all over again and finds true love for herself.

Here is a trailer for The Christmas Yule Blog.

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On November 5, the Netflix holiday movie Operation Christmas Drop will debut online.

Congressional aide Erica (Kat Graham from The Vampire Diaries) forgoes family Christmas to travel at her boss’s behest. At a beachside Air Force base, she clashes with Capt. Andrew Jantz (Alexander Ludwig from Vikings), who knows her assignment is finding reasons to defund the facility.

Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica), Xavier de Guzman (The 100 and Take Two) and Virginia Madsen (Sideways) co-star.

Here is a trailer for Operation Christmas Drop:

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On November 1, the Hallmark Channel movie On the 12th Date of Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

Two seemingly incompatible game designers team up to create a romantic, city-wide scavenger hunt themed for the “12 Days of Christmas.”

The film stars Mallory Jansen and Tyler Hynes.

Here is a first look at On the 12th Date of Christmas:

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The holiday movie Holly & Ivy will debut on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries on November 1 at 9 PM.

When Melody’s (Janel Parrish) neighbor, Nina (Marisol Nichols), learns that her illness has returned, Melody promises to keep Nina’s kids, Holly and Ivy, together; but to adopt the children, she must renovate her new fixer-upper, which she does with the help of contractor, Adam (Jeremy Jordan).

Here is a trailer for Holly & Ivy:

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On November 1, the UPtv holiday movie A Very Country Christmas Homecoming will debut at 7 PM.

The third movie in the franchise finds Zane and Jeannette (Greyston Holt and Bea Santos) returnint from their magical honeymoon to plan the perfect first Christmas as a family, but the arrival of Jeannette’s former father-in-law throws a wrench into all of their holiday planning.

The cast includes Deana Carter, Mike Shara, Rob Stewart, Alison Hossack and Charlotte Hegele.

Here is a trailer for A Very Country Christmas Homecoming:

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