Rueben's Ramblings

On December 9, the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Christmas with Holly will debut on ABC at 9 PM.

After being left at the altar, Maggie Conway (Eliose Mumford from The River and Lone Star) relocates from Seattle to a smaller and calmer place: Friday Harbor in Washington State where she opens a “magical’ toy shop.

After the death of his sister, Mark (Sean Faris from The Lost Valentine), the local coffee shop owner, becomes responsible for raising his 6-year old niece Holly along with his two brothers. Maggie takes a special interest in Holly – especially with Christmas fast approaching – and by Christmas Eve, Maggie and Mark fall in love.

Here is a trailer with some behind the scenes interviews for Christmas with Holly.

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Help for the Holidays is the new Hallmark Channel movie that will debut at 8 PM on December 9.

Although she loves Christmas, Santa’s elf Christine (Summer Glau from Firefly) wonders if there could be more to life than making toys in the North Pole. When Santa receives an emergency wish from a little boy in Los Angeles, he puts Christine on special assignment, sending her to L.A. to give the VanCamp family – mom Sara (Eva La Rue from CSI: Miami), dad Scott (Dan Gauthier from Tour of Duty), and their two kids – a holiday wake-up call.

Here is a trailer for Help for the Holidays.

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On December 8, the Hallmark Channel movie Come Dance With Me will debut at 8 PM

Financial investor Jack (Andrew McCarthy from St. Elmo’s Fire) is aiming for a promotion at a prestigious firm, run by his girlfriend’s (Stephanie Mills from Urban Legend) wealthy father. Wanting to make a good impression in hopes of proposing, he signs up for ballroom dance lessons before the firm’s big Christmas party, but is soon caught in a moral dilemma when his company plans to tear the dance studio down, and his feelings for his instructor Christine (Michelle Nolden from Saving Hope) move beyond the dance floor.

Here is the trailer for Come Dance With Me.

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The Sundance Channel mini-series Restless (part one) will debut on December 7 at 9 PM.

This two-part mini-series is based on the novel by British writer William Boyd that follows the story of a daughter who discovers that her mother was recruited as a spy during World War II.

The cast includes Hayley Atwell (Captain America), Rufus Sewell (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Michael Gambon (Harry Potter franchise) and Charlotte Rampling (Melancholia).

NOTE: Part 2 of the mini-series will air next Friday, December 14 at 9 PM.

Here is a trailer for Restless.

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