Rueben's Ramblings

On November 8, the holiday movie The Christmas Bow will debut at Hallmark Movies & Mysteries at 10 PM.

When an accident puts her music dreams on hold, a gifted violinist (Lucia Micarelli from Treme) reconnects with an old family friend (Michael Rady from Timeless and Christmas at Pemberley Manor), who helps her heal and find love during the holidays.

James Saito (Altered Carbon and the movie Always Be My Maybe).

Here is a trailer for The Christmas Bow:

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A Very Charming Christmas Town is the latest holiday movie set to debut on Lifetime on November 8 at 8 PM.

City girl and travel and lifestyle blogger, Aubrey Lang (Natalie Hall from All My Children and the Hallmark Channel movie You’re Bacon Me Crazy), goes to the little town of Solvang for her next holiday vlog piece after it’s voted Most Christmassy Town in the USA.

She soon meets Sawyer Larsen (Jon Prescott from As the World Turns), a local community coordinator and chocolate shop owner assigned to show her around the small town. At first, the unlikely pairing is at odds but soon start to fall for each other amidst the twinkling lights of the romantic little Danish village.

Joe Lando (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), Tracey Bregman (The Young and the Restless) and Jo Marie Payton (Family Matters) co-star.

Here is a trailer for A Very Charming Christmas Town:

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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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