Rueben's Ramblings

On November 21, the holiday movie A Nashville Christmas Carol will debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM

Vivienne Wake (Jessy Schram), a workaholic television producer in charge of a country music Christmas special showcasing newcomer Alexis (Raelynn), never lets personal feelings get in the way of business. On the verge of accepting a job in LA, and with the return of Gavin Chase (Wes Brown), her childhood sweetheart and manager to the special’s headliner, Belinda (country singer Sara Evans), she receives a visit from the ghost of her recently deceased mentor, Marilyn (country singer Wynonna Judd).

Her mentor warns her current path leads to a dark future and has recruited both the Spirit of Christmas Past (country singer Kix Brooks) and the Spirit of Christmas Present (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) to help her get back on track. The Spirits’ time-jumping adventures force Vivienne to take hold of her life.

Here is a trailer for A Nashville Christmas Carol:

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On November 21, the Lifetime holiday movie Feliz NaviDAD will debut at 8 PM.

David Morales (Mario Lopez), an Arizona high school principal and single dad, has lost the holiday spirit after also losing his wife a few years ago during the Christmas season. Now, David will do anything to avoid Christmas so he moonlights as a delivery driver during the holidays.

But this year David’s 14-year-old daughter, Noel (Paulina Chavez), and his live-in sister, Marissa (Marycarmen Lopez), are determined to bring the yuletide spirit back to the family and, with a little luck, also help David find love again via online dating. So when Sophie (AnnaLynne McCord), a witty musician and customer on David’s delivery route, swipes right on him, something magical happens between them.

Here is a trailer for Feliz NaviDAD.

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On November 20, the Lifetime holiday movie A Taste of Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

When Natalie (Anni Krueger) learns her cousin Francesca (Nia Vardalos) must cancel the Christmas Eve opening of her new Italian restaurant, Natalie’s heart goes out to all of the guests who were planning on attending. Since no one should be alone on Christmas, Natalie decides to make the opening happen any way she can. However, the attractive but pessimistic Chef Stefano (Gilles Marini) believes it’s impossible – there are only three days until Christmas.

But Natalie insists that problems are just opportunities in disguise and soon she convinces Stefano that they can do it. At first, these opposites do not attract, but feelings begin to change when they find themselves working side-by-side. With Stefano’s help Natalie learns that cooking, like Christmas, isn’t about perfection. It’s about sharing it with the ones you love.

Here is a trailer for A Taste of Christmas.

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The Passionflix movie Gabriel’s Inferno Part III will debut online on November 19.

This is the 3rd and final part of the made-for-TV movie version of the best-selling novel of the same name about Gabriel Emerson (Giulio Berruti), a brilliant and enigmatic professor of Dante studies at the University of Toronto and Julianne Mitchell (Melanie Zanetti), a compassionate, kind young woman still struggling to overcome a childhood of neglect and abuse, who captures Gabriel’s heart.

Part 2 (which aired back in May) ended with Julianne receiving a phone call from her abusive ex-boyfriend Simon, and the conclusion finds Gabriel helping Julia to start the healing process, helping to overcome her past. Together, they will heal each other.

This film finds them travelling from Toronto to Pennsylvania to Florence.

Here is a trailer for Gabriel’s Inferno Part III:

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On November 19, the Netflix sequel movie The Princess Switch: Switched Again will debut online.

The story follows Margaret Delacourt, the Duchess of Montenaro, who suddenly inherits the throne to her home country of Montenaro.  As her Christmas coronation approaches, she and Stacy switch places once again so Margaret can fix her relationship with Stacy’s friend Kevin.  Unbeknownst to both women, a third look-alike, Margaret’s wicked cousin Lady Fiona, disguises herself as Margaret in a scheme to steal the throne.

Vanessa Hudgens plays all three roles (Margaret, Stacy and Fiona) with Sam Palladio and Nick Sagar back as Prince Edward and Kevin respectively.

Here is a trailer for The Princess Switch: Switched Again:

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On November 15, the UPtv holiday movie Mistletoe Magic will debut at 7 PM.

When self-proclaimed “Christmas Grinch” Harper (Jessica Sipos) realized that she accidentally donated her family’s beloved magic mistletoe to a charity, she enlists the help of thrift store owner and old friend Luke (Stephen Huszar) to help her retrieve it.

Can Luke convince Harper that perhaps the magic of Christmas is real and that true love does exist?

Here is a trailer for Mistletoe Magic.

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On November 15, the holiday movie The Christmas Edition will debut on Lifetime at 8 PM.

It’s Christmas time and Jackie (Carly Hughes), an up-and- coming journalist, finds that her life is at a crossroads until she finds an unexpected opportunity – to run a small-town newspaper in Alaska. Jackie decides to give it a try and relocates to the small picture-perfect small town. Using a series of Christmas articles, she’s able to quickly return the newspaper to profitability, and soon falls in love… both with her new home and the handsome son (Rob Mayes) of the paper’s former owner.

However, when her old boss announces plans to take over the paper for herself, Jackie will need a Christmas miracle to save it.

Marie Osmond and Aloma Wright co-star.

Here is a trailer for The Christmas Edition.

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