Rueben's Ramblings

The Hallmark Channel movie A Very Venice Romance will debut on September 30 at 8 PM.

Amy (Stephanie Leonidas) is a New York City executive working for Blossom, a wellness company that has been trying to launch deliverable meal prep kits. She needs to find a chef to help guide the venture and tries to woo Marcello Barone (Raniero Monaco Di Lapio), an Italian chef. When Amy contacts him, he turns her down — Marcello got burned in the past by the New York restaurant scene and is now enjoying running a cooking school in Venice.

To try and persuade him, Amy enrolls in his cooking school which is located in a stunning Venetian palazzo. While there, Marcello introduces Amy to the slow-paced pleasures of Italy and shows her how the kits can be healthy by using fresh ingredients. But when the cooking course is over and Amy fails to lure Marcello back to New York, will she go back or stay in Venice?

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The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Mystery Island will debut on September 29 at 9 PM.

London Police psychiatrist Dr. Emilia Priestly (Elizabeth Henstridge) needs to take a relaxing break from her stressful job, so her wealthy friend, Baroness Jane Alcott (Kezia Burrows), invites her to Mystery Island, an immersive murder-mystery-themed resort hosting a special retreat for the original investors. As the mystery game begins, tragedy strikes: *John Murtaugh (Robert Getman) the resort’s reclusive founder, is murdered.

The visitors are confined to the island as local detective Jason Trent (Charlie Weber) investigates the case. Once Emilia proves her innocence, she makes use of her special skills to help Jason find the murderer. The lines between game and reality are blurred as they unravel the web of romance, revenge, and betrayal behind the resort, its guests, and its elusive founder.

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On September 29, the Apple TV+ movie Flora and Son will debut online.

The eponymous Flora (Eve Hewson, daughter of U2’s Bono) brings home a guitar after the police tell her that she needs to find something to occupy the time of her off-the-rails teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan), or he’ll end up “behind bars.”

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On September 28, the Netflix movie Love Is In the Air will debut online.

A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.

The movie stars Delta Goodrem and Joshua Sasse.

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On September 23, the Hallmark Channel movie Retreat to You will debut at 8 PM.

Abby (Emily Ullerup) and Sean (Peter Mooney) were best friends in high school until they had a falling out at their graduation party. Years later, when Abby’s friend Rachel (Meghan Heffern) brings her to a wilderness retreat, she is shocked to run into Sean. This chance reconnection only results in the old friends butting heads even more. However, when the pair becomes separated from the group on a hiking trip, they must work together to find their way back to the campsite. As the walls come down, they’ll face the reality of why their friendship and their lives fell apart and come to learn that maybe the way forward is together.

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On September 22, the revival of the movie franchise Spy Kids: Armageddon will debut online on Netflix.

When a game developer unleashes a powerful computer virus, the children of two secret agents must work together to save their parents — and the world.

The film stars Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Connor Esterso, Everly Carganilla, Billy Magnussen and D. J. Cotrona.

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The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G Major will debut at 9 PM on September 22.

Former orchestra conductor Gethsemane Brown (Tamera Mowry-Housley) has moved to the Irish countryside to teach music at St. Brendan’s boarding school. After deciphering a cryptic musical message, she meets renowned composer Eamon McCarthy (Risteard Cooper), who is rumored to be behind the death of his longtime love. Complicating things further, Eamon’s a ghost! Eamon enlists Gethsemane’s help to find the real person responsible, so that he can finally move on and reunite with his true love in the afterlife.

With the ghost of Eamon tagging along, Gethsemane investigates, but faces resistance from the charming Inspector O’Reilly (Adam Fergus), who takes a liking to her but considers the case closed. Juggling her sleuthing with the job she was hired to do, Gethsemane meanwhile struggles to turn the motley crew of students at St. Brendan’s into a choir that can compete at Regionals, though a handsome math teacher Griff (Marco Grazzini) is able to help her gain some ground. But when her sleuthing brings her close to solving the case for Eamon, it looks like Gethsemane has only a ghost of a chance of making it out alive.

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