Rueben's Ramblings

The Wedding March is the new Hallmark Channel movie that will debut on June 25 at 9 PM.

When former college sweethearts Olivia Parsons and Mick Turner are unexpectedly reunited the weekend of Olivia’s wedding, the former couple initially locks horns but as the events of the weekend unfold, Olivia and Mick find old feelings rising to the surface. Will the bride-to-be walk down the aisle as planned or will she decide to give her first love a second chance?

The cast includes Jack Wagner (When Calls the Heart), Emily Tennant (Cedar Cove) and Josie Bissett (Melrose Place)

Here is a trailer for The Wedding March.

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On June 25, the Lifetime movie Center Stage: On Pointe will debut at 8 PM.

Jonathan Reeves (Peter Gallagher) is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy and enlists his top choreographers Charlie (Sascha Radestsky), Cooper (Ethan Stiefel) and Tommy (Kenny Wormald) to recruit dancers to compete at an intensive camp where the winners will be selected to join the Academy.

Bella Parker (Nicole Munoz from Defiance), who has always lived in the shadow of her hugely successful sister Kate, finally gets her chance to step into the limelight as one of the dancers selected for the camp.

Here is a trailer for Center Stage: On Pointe:

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The five-episode mini-series Thirteen will debut on BBC America on June 23 at 10 PM.

The mini-series explores how to pick up the threads of a life half-lived, while questioning who to trust when you can’t even trust yourself. It follows Ivy Moxam (Jodie Comer from Doctor Foster) on the day she escapes from the cellar that has been her prison for the last 13 years. It’s the day she’ll return to her home, to her family, to her life – but that day is only the beginning.

The Moxam family had given up all hope when suddenly their loved one was thrust back into their lives – now the family struggles to piece back together the version of their lives that existed before Ivy disappeared.

Here is a trailer for Thirteen.

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On June 19, Murder She Baked: A Deadly Recipe is the new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie will debut at 9 PM.

Bakery owner Hannah Swensen (Alison Sweeney) just can’t keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose. For Hannah, life seems to be lacking a certain flavor lately. Maybe it’s the local sheriff’s election that’s got her down. For years, Sheriff Grant’s been the iron hand in town. But now, Hannah’s brother-in-law Bill is giving the old blowhard the fight of his long, dubious career—and Grant’s not taking it well, especially once the polls show Bill pulling ahead. But before anyone can taste victory, things go sour.

While Hannah’s emptying the trash, she makes a very unappetizing discovery: Sheriff Grant’s body in the Dumpster behind the high school where she’s teaching her cooking class. And as if that weren’t bad enough, the poor man still has fudge frosting on his shirt from one of her cupcakes. The number one—and only—suspect is Bill, but Hannah’s not swallowing it. Plenty of people had reason to hate Sheriff Grant. Soon, Hannah’s dishing up scandalous secrets, steaming hot betrayals, and enough intrigue to keep the gossip mill at The Cookie Jar going through several pots of decaf. And the closer Hannah gets to the truth, the closer she gets to finding the murderer with a calorie-laden, nasty recipe for silencing people.

The cast includes Cameron Mathison, Gabriel Hogan and Barbara Niven.

Here is a trailer for Murder She Baked: A Deadly Recipe.

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The Convenient Groom is the new movie that will debut on Hallmark Channel on June 18 at 9 PM.

Dr. Kate Lawrence, a celebrity relationship expert, plans to publicly announce her engagement to Bryan, a handsome and perfectly polished businessman. As Kate prepares to share the news, Bryan shocks her by breaking up with her and calling off the wedding. Wanting to save her from humiliation and protect her public image, Lucas Wright, Kate’s childhood friend steps in and pretends to be Kate’s fiancé.

The film stars Vanessa Marcil and David Sutcliffe.

Here is a trailer for The Convenient Groom.

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On June 12, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse will debut at 9 PM.

Aurora Teagarden (Candace Cameron Bure) is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. A member of The Real Murders Club, a group of crime buffs who meet to discuss notorious unsolved homicides, Aurora has a reputation as an expert crime sleuth in her small town.

At an open house showing, Aurora meets Martin Bartell, a charismatic gentleman with a mysterious past, and happens upon the body of a local realtor who was strangled in the backyard. When the police arrive at the crime scene and open a homicide investigation, Aurora decides to launch an investigation of her own.

Here is a trailer for An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse.

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The Hallmark Channel movie Stop the Wedding will debut on June 11 at 9 PM.

Anna Colton (Rachel Boston from Witches of East End) is a career-focused San Francisco divorce attorney whose busy professional life has replaced her desire for romance. When she learns that her widowed Aunt Belle has hastily agreed to marry Sean Castleberry (Alan Thicke), a charming veteran movie star – who’s been married multiple times – Anna flies to Belle’s Seattle home, determined to talk her out of it.

There, she meets Sean’s son, Dr. Clay Castleberry (Niall Matter from Eureka), a handsome and successful surgeon who, perturbed by his father’s impulsivity, also plans to put a stop to the wedding.

Here is a trailer for Stop the Wedding.

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The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders will debut on June 5 at 9 PM.

Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin from When Calls the Heart) is a garage sale shopping expert whose sharp observation skills allow her to uncover valuable antiques, as well as help her local police department investigate crimes and solve mysteries. When an impoverished man enters Rags to Riches – a consignment shop where Jennifer sells the gems she’s found at garage sales – and asks to have an item home-delivered, Jennifer agrees.

Upon her arrival at his run-down apartment, Jennifer finds the man murdered. As the police survey the crime scene, Jennifer cannot help but think there is something familiar about the details of the killing – and soon realizes that the victim’s coldblooded demise is a re-enactment of a murder in a classic mystery novel.

Here is a trailer for Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders.

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The new Hallmark Channel movie Ms. Matched will debut on June 4 at 9 PM.

A successful wedding planner is trying to make dreams come true for brides by organizing fairytale weddings. But when she is paired with a financial advisor at a wedding expo, she soon realizes that he is giving the exact opposite advice to their audience by telling them to save their money. When they are forced to spend more time together than they bargained for, they find out that they have more in common than they think.

The cast includes Alexa Penavega (Spy Kids franchise and Nashville) and Shawn Roberts (the Hallmark Channel movies Recipe for Love and I Do, I Do, I Do).

Here is a trailer for Ms. Matched.

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On June 3, the new movie Wedding Bells will debut on Hallmark Channel at 9 PM.

Nick (Kavan Smith from When Calls the Heart) and Molly (Danica McKellar from The Wonder Years), commitment-phobic and busy professionals with little in common, are asked to be the best man and maid of honor at the wedding of their mutual friends, Amy and Jamie.

What they both assume will require a few hours out of their hectic lives quickly turns into a full-time job – and a life-changing romantic experience — when they end up organizing the wedding for the squabbling and ill-suited couple at a rustic hotel owned by Nick’s father.

Here is a trailer for Wedding Bells.

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