Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
On June 13, the 6-part limited series Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime will debut on Ovation at 7 PM.
Set in cold-war Britain, in the quaint suburbs of 1950s London, the Beresfords are in desperate need of some adventure. Meet Tommy and Tuppence (David Walliams and Jessica Raine), a crime-fighting duo, that also happens to be married!
The cast includes James Fleet and Matthew Steer.
Here is a trailer for Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The Hallmark Channel movie Love in the Forecast will debut on June 13 at 9 PM.
On-air weather reporter Leah Waddell (Cindy Busby) is getting weary of her bleak dating life and inability to be taken seriously as a budding meteorologist. At her wits end, she makes the decision to stay single and focus on her career for a full year. As soon as she makes this commitment, it literally starts pouring rain and men. As Leah deflects multiple romantic offers, she befriends her new neighbor Mark (Christopher Russell), a handsome farmer who teaches her methods to forecast the weather by observing signs in nature. With romance off the table, Leah and Mark grow comfortable and allow their friendship to blossom into something neither of them predicted.
Here is a trailer for and a sneak peek at Love in the Forecast.
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The box office film Artemis Fowl will actually debut on the small screen via Disney+ on June 12.
The film, based on the beloved book by Eoin Colfer, is a fantastical, spellbinding adventure that follows the journey of 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl (newcomer Ferdia Shaw), a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he desperately tries to save his father (Colin Farrell) who has been kidnapped. In order to pay his ransom, Artemis must infiltrate an ancient, underground civilization – the amazingly advanced world of fairies – and bring the kidnapper the Aculos, the fairies’ most powerful and coveted magical device. To locate the elusive object, cunning Artemis concocts a dangerous plan – so dangerous that he ultimately finds himself in a perilous war of wits with the all-powerful fairies.
The film also stars Dame Judi Dench, Josh Gad and Nonso Anozie.
Here is a trailer for Artemis Fowl:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
On June 7, the UPtv movie How Not to Propose will debut at 7 PM.
Travis plans the perfect romantic getaway to propose to longtime love Lena. As the carefully orchestrated weekend comically fails to go as planned, Travis may not get the answer he’s looking for.
The cast includes Kayla Ewell (The Vampire Diaries and Roswell, New Mexico), Ryan Merriman (The Pretender and Hallmark Channel movie Elevator Girl), Timothy Bottoms (The Paper Chase and The Last Picture Show) and Kathleen Quinlan (Apollo 13 and Chicago Fire).
Here is a behind the scenes look at How Not to Propose:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »
On June 6, the Hallmark Channel movie Country at Heart will debut at 9 PM.
Struggling musician Shayna (Jessy Schram) is on the verge of giving up on her career and returns to her small-town home, when a chance encounter with prolific songwriter Grady (Niall Matter) changes everything. He’s writing a song for country music star Duke Sterling (Lucas Bryant) and Shayna seems like the perfect writing partner. The two grow closer and romance blooms as they work on their love song, but when Shayna meets Duke, who takes a liking to her and asks her to be his opening act, it undermines everything she and Grady created and Shayna feels forced to choose between love and possible stardom.
Here is a trailer for Country at Heart:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
On June 5, the new Cinemax drama Trackers will debut at 10 PM.
This series is an adaptation of internationally acclaimed crime novel by author Deon Meyer that deftly interweaves three story strands into a sophisticated action-packed thriller that covers the length and breadth of South Africa, explosively colliding in Cape Town in a violent conspiracy involving organized crime, smuggled diamonds, state security, black rhinos, the CIA and an international terrorist plot.
Here is a trailer for Trackers:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on May 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The USA Network series Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story will debut on June 2 at 9 PM followed by its time-slot premiere at 10 PM.
The 2nd installment of the anthology series spans the 1960s to the 1980s through the breakdwon of a marriage that ended in double homicide. Betty Broderick (Amanda Peet) was the perfect Southern California blonde wife and mother. Married to her handsome college boyfriend Dan (Christian Slater), Betty charms everyone she meets. After years of sacrifice and suffering while supporting Dan through both medical and law school until he exploded into the San Diego legal community as a superstar, Betty is finally enjoying the fruits of their labors.
That is, until Dan hires Linda, a bright, beautiful young woman without baggage with whom he can happily forget the struggles of his past. Betty’s attempts to fight back and enraged refusals to accept reality only serve to isolate and destabilize her until she loses her very identity. And Dan’s cold confidence blinds him to the bear he has created, and won’t stop poking until it’s too late.
Here is a trailer for Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on May 27, 2020| Leave a Comment »
On May 31, the AMC 3-part mini-series Quiz will debut at 10 PM.
The mini-series tells the extraordinary and sensational story of how Charles and Diana Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen and Sian Clifford) attempted an ‘audacious heist’ on the U.K. quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Michael Sheen stars as show host Chris Tarrant.
Here is a trailer for Quiz:
Posted in Movies, Reminder, Television, Video on May 27, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The UPtv movie Groomzilla will debut on May 31 at 7 PM.
A newly engaged woman makes a wish that her fiancé take the planning of their wedding seriously, and to her surprise and dismay, her wish comes true.
The film stars Darin Brooks, Elizabeth Rice, DeVaughn Nixon, Mark Derwin and the late Georgia Engel.
Here is a trailer for Groomzilla:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on May 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »
On May 29, the Passionflix film Gabriel’s Inferno will debut online.
Gabriel Emerson (Giulio Berruti) is a brilliant and enigmatic professor of Dante studies at the University of Toronto. His cold, aloof exterior masks dark secrets he successfully hides, though he has never overcome them. A lovely, intelligent graduate student in his seminar triggers a dim memory – one he cannot place, but which is key to the happiness he long thought was impossible. Julianne Mitchell (Melanie Zanetti) is a compassionate, kind young woman still struggling to overcome a childhood of neglect and abuse. When she enrolls at the University of Toronto, she knows she will see someone from her past – a man she met once, in an encounter she has never forgotten. Gabriel cannot recall what Julia knows: that they have a shared history rooted in an important moment of their lives. The story unfolds around the electrifying connection between Gabriel and Julia and their increasingly passionate affair. Gabriel sees her unconditional love as his path to salvation even as he acknowledges his selfishness in doing so. Julia struggles with her own self-worth as she grows to trust Gabriel’s feelings for her. Determined to capture the happiness that eluded them when they parted years ago, they must defy their own painful pasts as well as obstacles which now conspire to keep them apart.
Here is a trailer for Gabriel’s Inferno:
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