Rueben's Ramblings

The Hallmark Hall of Fame movie The Beach House will debut on the Hallmark Channel on April 28 at 9 PM.

Caretta “Cara” Rutledge (Minka Kelly from Friday Night Lights) thought she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind, but returns to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers after losing her job in Chicago. There, she reconnects with her mother Lovie (Andie MacDowell from Cedar Cove), who has been caring for her young, pregnant friend Toy (Makenzie Vega from The Good Wife) in her charming beach house.

Before long, the rhythms of the island open Cara’s heart in wonderful ways as she becomes a bona fide “turtle lady” who conserves the area’s wildlife, repairs the family beach house and renews a past romance with former love, Brett (Chad Michael Murray from One Tree Hill). Eventually, Lovie reveals a secret she has been keeping from Cara and the mother daughter pair does their best to keep it from putting a dark cloud over the precious time they have together.

When a devastating storm hits, Cara will help Lovie save hundreds of sea turtles from certain death and learn some of life’s real truths in the process: lasting love requires sacrifice, family is forever and mistakes of the past can be forgiven.

Here is a trailer for The Beach House.

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The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery will debut on April 15 at 9 PM.

When a Hollywood film crew comes to shoot in Lawrenceton, and the film’s star is found poisoned and bludgeoned in her dressing room, crime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden (Candace Cameron Bure) enlists members of the Real Murders Club to help her pare down a long list of suspects and prove the innocence of mystery writer Robin Daniels, a man she once dated.

The cast includes Niall Matter (Eureka), Lexa Doig (The Arrrangement), Peter Benson and Marilu Henner.

Here is a trailer for Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery.

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The debut of the Starz small screen adaptation of the 4-part mini-series Howards End will air on April 8 at 8 PM.

The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families – the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.

The cast includes Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter), Matthew Macfadyen (Pride & Prejudice), Tracey Ullman and Julia Ormond (The Witches of East End).

NOTE: An episode will air each Sunday throughout April, ending on April 29.

Here is a trailer for Howards End:

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On April 7, the new Hallmark Channel movie Once Upon a Prince will air at 9 PM.

Susanna (Megan Park from The Secret Life of the American Teenager) gladly accepts help one day from handsome stranger Nate (Jonathan Keltz from Reign) at her parents’ garden store in small-town Georgia. Sparks between them fly, but when a photo of them gets leaked to the press, Susanna is in for the shock of her life when Nate is called back home by his mother…for his coronation as the King Nathaniel of Cambria.

Here is a trailer for Once Upon a Prince.

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