Rueben's Ramblings

On June 12, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original movie Color My World with Love will debut at 9 PM.

Kendall (Lily D. Moore from Never Have I Ever) is a talented artist with Down Syndrome who, thanks to the support of her mother, Emma (Erica Durance from Smallville and Supergirl), and grandmother, Bev, is happy and thriving. Her life takes an exciting turn when she meets Brad (David DeSanctis from the box office movie Where Hope Grows) in a cooking class at the local center for diverse learners and romance blooms.

Emma has spent the last 22 years trying to protect her daughter and has reservations about this new relationship, especially when it quickly moves in a serious direction. With the help of Nic (Benjamin Ayres from The Chronicles Mysteries franchise), a longtime family friend of Brad’s, Emma slowly accepts that Kendall is ready to – and should – live her own life.

Here is a trailer for Color My World with Love:

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On June 11, the Hallmark Channel original movie Caribbean Summer will debut at 8 PM.

Jade (Heather Hemmens from Roswell, New Mexico), a morning news producer, is forced to take a vacation after an embarrassing gaffe during a live broadcast. She arrives on a relaxing Caribbean island, but Jade’s trip gets off to a rocky start thanks to a snafu involving the house she rented for her stay. Serendipitously, Jade manages to turn things around and begins a romantic Caribbean adventure with the legitimate owner of the house, a mysterious man named Ford (Ser’Darius Blain from the Jumanji remake franchise and The Big Leap).

As Jade slowly lets her guard down and welcomes all that the island, its people, and her handsome host have to offer, her heart and job come into direct conflict when she finds out the true backstory of the man she’s falling for – and it’s a career-defining scoop.

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On June 5, the movie Our Dream Wedding will debut on UPtv at 7 PM.

Commitment-shy Haley (Rachel Hendrix from the TV movies Midway to Love and Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses) tries on her grandma’s “magical” wedding veil and is transported to her future, where she and long-term boyfriend Scott (James Austin Kerr from Queen of the South and Johnson) are happily married with two beautiful children. Is Haley ready to take the veil off, and take on what comes next?

Here is a trailer for Our Dream Wedding.

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The Hallmark Channel movie Hidden Gems will debut on June 4 at 8 PM.

While prepping for her sister’s wedding, Addie (Hunter King from The Young and the Restless) loses her grandmother’s ring in the waters of Hawaii. She hires dive instructor Jack (Beau Mirchoff from Good Trouble and Awkward.) to search for her lost treasure. They immediately clash with each other when Addie insists she go on the pursuit with Jack. Once they come to an agreement, Jack ends up serving as Addie’s tour guide of the island’s hidden gems.

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On June 4, the two-hour presentation of the new movie franchise Buried in Barstow will debut on Lifetime at 8 PM.

The proposed 6-film franchise stars Angie Harmon (Rizzoli & Isles) as Hazel King, a single mother and former hit woman, now a diner owner, whose very dark past keeps coming back to haunt her, despite her desire for a quiet life.

Kristoffer Polaha (the Mystery 101 movie franchise and Bruce McGill (Rizzoli & Isles) also star.

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On June 3, the Disney+ sequel movie Hollywood Stargirl will debut online.

This movie is a sequel to the 2020 film Stargirl that follows the journey of Stargirl Carraway (Grace Vanderwaal) as she journeys out of her small town into a bigger world of music, dreams and possibilities. Judy Greer plays Stargirl’s mom Ana.

Uma Thurman, Judd Hirsch and Sarayu Blue also star.

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