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The holiday movie A Royal Christmas Ball will debut on ION on December 10 at 9 PM.
Dateless for the Christmas ball, 39-year-old bachelor, King Charles of Baltania, tracks down his American college sweetheart, only to discover Allison has never been married, yet raised a 17-year-old daughter, Lily, who mathematically might be Charles’ biological princess.
The film stars Tara Reid and Ingo Rademacher.
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On December 10, Sharing Christmas is the next new holiday movie to debut at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel.
Anna works for a New York City real estate development company that is trying to buy an old building in a prime location, hoping to flip the property for a profit. Unfortunately, there is one tenant holding out—-the owner of an old-fashioned Christmas shop. Anna has been hoping for a way to step up in her job, and finally she’s been given the golden opportunity to take point on this assignment. Anna approaches the Christmas Shop’s handsome owner, Michael, who is not only protective of his family’s legacy but appreciates what the holiday means to everyone.
But with sinking profits, Michael finally gives in to Anna’s attempts to change his mind. Anna will spend one week working in the store, and after that, if she doesn’t realize why this shop is so important, they can talk. When Anna’s company finds out about what’s going on and her career is on the line, she is forced to make a choice, one that will change her forever and make this one of the best Christmases she has ever had.
The film stars Ellen Hollman, Bobby Campo and Dave Koz.
Here is a trailer for Sharing Christmas.
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On December 10, the TV One holiday movie You Can’t Fight Christmas will air at 7 PM.
The Chestertown Hotel is being all decked out for Christmas by Leslie Major (Brely Evans from Being Mary Jane), who is the designer behind the Christmas magic. While decorating the hotel, Leslie finds out about the plans that Edmund James (Andra Fuller from Love By The 10th Date), nephew of the hotel owner, and his uptight business partner and love interest Millicent (Persia White of Girlfriends fame), have to turn the old hotel into an upscale resort once Edmund inherits the hotel from his uncle. Scheming Millicent also has plans for Edmund that involve a wedding ring but Edmund may not be ready to take their partnership to the next level.
Here is a trailer for You Can’t Fight Christmas.
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The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Karen Kingsbury’s Maggie’s Christmas Miracle will debut on December 10 at 9 PM.
Maggie spent one unforgettable summer with a boy when they were teens and she’s never forgotten his magical definition of love. Now a high-powered attorney in New York and a single mother, her young son unexpectedly connects them again.
The film stars Jill Wagner and Luke Mcfarlane.
Here is a trailer for Karen Kingsbury’s Maggie’s Christmas Miracle.
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on December 5, 2017| 1 Comment »
The Lifetime holiday film Christmas in Mississippi will debut on December 9 at 8 PM.
Photographer Holly Logan (Jana Kramer from One Tree Hill) returns to her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi for Christmas. The town is resurrecting their traditional holiday light show for the first time since a terrible hurricane struck five years earlier. Holly volunteers to pitch in, but soon has second thoughts when she discovers the festival is run by her high school sweetheart, Mike (Wes Brown from True Blood and Hart of Dixie).
Now Holly must spend the next few days with the man who broke her heart. With the help of Caroline (Faith Ford from Hope & Faith), her match-making mother and Mr. Kriss, the kind man who will play Santa in the town’s celebration, Holly begins to fall in love with her hometown, and Mike, all over again.
The film also Barry Bostwick (Spin City and Cougar Town) and Richard Karn (Home Improvement).
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On December 9, the ION holiday movie Runaway Christmas Bride will debut at 9 PM.
A runaway bride, Kate, making herself scarce for the holidays, meets a ski patrol rescuer, Jason, at a resort. Her December days begin to brighten, until her parents and jilted fiancé, Alex, show up at the mountain to reset the wedding for Christmas.
The cast includes Travis Milne and Cindy Busby.
Here is a trailer for Runaway Christmas Bride.
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The Christmas Cottage is the latest holiday movie that will debut on December 9 at 9 PM on Hallmark Channel.
Still only in her mid-twenties, Lacey Quinn has already given up on love. Her heart’s been broken too many times, and now she concentrates on her career as an interior designer in Raleigh, North Carolina. When BFF Ava Callahan asks Lacey to be her maid of honor, she must take on a few responsibilities, including making sure the Callahan family cottage is perfect for the honeymoon. Legend has it that if newlyweds spend their first night there, everlasting love and happiness follow. Lacey isn’t sure she buys into that notion. Still, when she finds herself snowed in there with Charlie, Ava’s brother, Lacey has to reconsider if the little house may hold some romantic magic after all — especially at Christmas.
The cast includes Merritt Patterson and Steve Lund.
Here is a trailer for The Christmas Cottage.
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The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Christmas Encore will debut at 8 PM
A struggling actress is cast in her last off (off) Broadway show – a modern take on “A Christmas Carol” – before giving up her dream and moving home. Instead, she finds romance with her director and a renewed passion for her craft and the city. But when the historic theater loses its lease and the show is set to fold, she and her cast mates are need of a Christmas miracle.
The film stars Maggie Lawson and Brennan Elliott.
Here is a trailer for Christmas Encore.
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On December 7, the much-anticipated Psych: The Movie will debut on the USA Network at 8 PM.
Fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and Burton “Gus” Guster (Dule Hill) open up their new office in San Francisco, appropriately (though perhaps awkwardly) named psychphrancisco, and are back in business solving a case after a mystery assailant targets one of their own.
The rest of the cast of the long-running series return as well as guest appearances by Zachary Levi, Kurt Fuller, Ralph Macchio, Jimmi Simpson and John Cena.
Here is a trailer of Shawn and Gus getting ready for Psych: The Movie:
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On December 3, the new TV One holiday movie Miss Me This Christmas will debut at 7 PM.
Regina and Franklin Young, a “perfect” couple, were married on Christmas Day at the Chesterton Hotel; but when Franklin (Redaric Williams from The Young and the Restless), a record exec at an up-and-coming hip-hop label, comes home at dawn after a long night of partying in the city, Regina (Erica Ash from Survivor’s Remorse) mistakenly thinks he has cheated on her with his ex-girlfriend and present pop star client, Alex Palomino (Christiana Leucas). Franklin denies it, but their trust has been broken and there’s nothing he can say to make it right. The couple separates and the divorce is set to be finalized on Christmas Day.
Regina’s best friend and sneaker empire heiress, Trish (Eva Marcille), gets Regina back out on the dating scene. Franklin still loves Regina and is hoping for a reconciliation, but when she gets engaged to multimillionaire tech entrepreneur Ullyses Danburg (Allen Maldonado from Black-ish and Rosewood), Franklin thinks there’s no way he will ever win her back. But there may be a happy ending for Franklin after all, and just in time for Christmas.
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