Rueben's Ramblings

On June 14, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Timeless Love will debut at 9 PM.

Megan (Rachel Skarsten from Batwoman) seems to have the perfect life with a wonderful husband named Thomas (Brant Daugherty from Pretty Little Liars and Dancing With the Stars) and two adorable children. She then finds herself awakening from a coma – and discovers she is not and has never been married. But when she meets Thomas for real, she seizes the chance to help him fall in love with her, again – for the first time.

Here is a trailer for Timeless Love:

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The UPtv movie Sisters of the Groom will debut on June 14 at 7 PM.

Jason ropes his neighbor Sarah into pretending to be his girlfriend for his brother’s wedding, but soon they begin to question if they are really pretending after all.

The film stars Malese Jow, Jeremy Sumpter and Greg Evigan.

Here is a behind the scenes look at Sisters of the Groom:

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The Hallmark Channel movie Love in the Forecast will debut on June 13 at 9 PM.

On-air weather reporter Leah Waddell (Cindy Busby) is getting weary of her bleak dating life and inability to be taken seriously as a budding meteorologist. At her wits end, she makes the decision to stay single and focus on her career for a full year. As soon as she makes this commitment, it literally starts pouring rain and men. As Leah deflects multiple romantic offers, she befriends her new neighbor Mark (Christopher Russell), a handsome farmer who teaches her methods to forecast the weather by observing signs in nature. With romance off the table, Leah and Mark grow comfortable and allow their friendship to blossom into something neither of them predicted.

Here is a trailer for and a sneak peek at Love in the Forecast.

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The box office film Artemis Fowl will actually debut on the small screen via Disney+ on June 12.

The film, based on the beloved book by Eoin Colfer, is a fantastical, spellbinding adventure that follows the journey of 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl (newcomer Ferdia Shaw), a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he desperately tries to save his father (Colin Farrell) who has been kidnapped. In order to pay his ransom, Artemis must infiltrate an ancient, underground civilization – the amazingly advanced world of fairies – and bring the kidnapper the Aculos, the fairies’ most powerful and coveted magical device. To locate the elusive object, cunning Artemis concocts a dangerous plan – so dangerous that he ultimately finds himself in a perilous war of wits with the all-powerful fairies.

The film also stars Dame Judi Dench, Josh Gad and Nonso Anozie.

Here is a trailer for Artemis Fowl:

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On June 7, the UPtv movie How Not to Propose will debut at 7 PM.

Travis plans the perfect romantic getaway to propose to longtime love Lena. As the carefully orchestrated weekend comically fails to go as planned, Travis may not get the answer he’s looking for.

The cast includes Kayla Ewell (The Vampire Diaries and Roswell, New Mexico), Ryan Merriman (The Pretender and Hallmark Channel movie Elevator Girl), Timothy Bottoms (The Paper Chase and The Last Picture Show) and Kathleen Quinlan (Apollo 13 and Chicago Fire).

Here is a behind the scenes look at How Not to Propose:

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On June 6, the Hallmark Channel movie Country at Heart will debut at 9 PM.

Struggling musician Shayna (Jessy Schram) is on the verge of giving up on her career and returns to her small-town home, when a chance encounter with prolific songwriter Grady (Niall Matter) changes everything. He’s writing a song for country music star Duke Sterling (Lucas Bryant) and Shayna seems like the perfect writing partner. The two grow closer and romance blooms as they work on their love song, but when Shayna meets Duke, who takes a liking to her and asks her to be his opening act, it undermines everything she and Grady created and Shayna feels forced to choose between love and possible stardom.

Here is a trailer for Country at Heart:

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On May 29, the Passionflix film Gabriel’s Inferno will debut online.

Gabriel Emerson (Giulio Berruti) is a brilliant and enigmatic professor of Dante studies at the University of Toronto. His cold, aloof exterior masks dark secrets he successfully hides, though he has never overcome them. A lovely, intelligent graduate student in his seminar triggers a dim memory – one he cannot place, but which is key to the happiness he long thought was impossible. Julianne Mitchell (Melanie Zanetti) is a compassionate, kind young woman still struggling to overcome a childhood of neglect and abuse. When she enrolls at the University of Toronto, she knows she will see someone from her past – a man she met once, in an encounter she has never forgotten. Gabriel cannot recall what Julia knows: that they have a shared history rooted in an important moment of their lives. The story unfolds around the electrifying connection between Gabriel and Julia and their increasingly passionate affair. Gabriel sees her unconditional love as his path to salvation even as he acknowledges his selfishness in doing so. Julia struggles with her own self-worth as she grows to trust Gabriel’s feelings for her. Determined to capture the happiness that eluded them when they parted years ago, they must defy their own painful pasts as well as obstacles which now conspire to keep them apart.

Here is a trailer for Gabriel’s Inferno:

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The UPtv movie Touched By Romance will debut on May 17 at 7 PM.

Young nurse Emma (Rachael Carpani) inspires a famous novelist to reconnect with her estranged son, Justin. With Justin’s arrival, Emma may just have found the companion she never thought she needed.

The cast includes Sam Page, Tessie Santiago, Ernie Hudson and the late Doris Roberts.

Here is a trailer for Touched By Romance.

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On May 17, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek will debut at 9 PM.

The theft of a rare Elizabethan artifact on display at the Lawrenceton Library’s annual fundraising event leads to capital crimes, when Aurora Teagarden (Candace Cameron Bure) begins her unorthodox investigation and soon discovers not one – but two – murders committed by someone who would do anything to possess “Leicester’s Gift,” the Tudor crown on loan from the Seattle Museum of History.

Niall Matter and Marilu Henner also star.

Here is a trailer for Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek:

NOTE: The movie was moved from April 12 to May 17.

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