Rueben's Ramblings

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder in Mind will debut on April 14 at 9 PM.

Billie Blessings (Holly Robinson Peete) is drawn into a murder investigation when Katie Sanders, a former server at Blessings-turned TV star, becomes the focus when it’s discovered the victim was blackmailing her. Billie must sift through the mounting evidence – and list of suspects – to get to the truth and clear her friend’s name.

Rick Fox also stars.

Here is a trailer for Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder in Mind.

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On April 14, the premiere of the 6-part mini-series Les Miserables will debut at 9 PM on PBS.

This new adaptation of the classic novel stars Dominic West (The Affair and The Hour) as Jean Valjean, David Oyelowo (Selma) as Javert, Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply) as Fantine, as well as Oscar winner Olivia Colman.

Here is a trailer for Les Miserables.

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The new movie Bottled with Love will debut on the Hallmark Channel on April 13 at 8 PM.

Abbey (Bethany Joy Lenz) is a career-focused executive from Boston who decides in a moment of impulsiveness, to pour her feelings out and admit her desire to find love, in an anonymous letter she seals in a bottle and tosses into Boston Harbor.

Months later, the bottle washes ashore in Maine and is discovered by Nick (Andrew Walker), son of the CEO of Everett Valley Farms – the company where Abbey works and is about to secure the biggest deal of her career. When Nick is called home to help with his father’s company, he decides to contact the mystery woman with the only information he has – an email.

Without knowing each other’s identity, Abbey and Nick begin an online relationship which becomes a budding romance, while at the same time, they are being forced to work together on a project where they are not getting along.

Here is a trailer for Bottled with Love.

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The HBO original telefilm Native Son will debut on April 6 at 10 PM.

The telefilm tells the story of Bigger Thomas (Ashton Sanders), a young African-American living in Chicago who is hired as a chauffeur for affluent businessman Will Dalton (Bill Camp). As Thomas enters this seductive new world of money and power – including a precarious relationship with Dalton’s daughter, Mary (Margaret Qualley) – he faces unforeseen choices and perilous circumstances that will alter the course of his life forever.

The cast also includes Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Elizabeth Marvel, David Alan Grier and Sanaa Lathan.

Here is a trailer for Native Son.

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On April 6, the new Hallmark Channel movie True Love Blooms will air at 8 PM.

Vikki (Sara Rue) runs the community garden, threatened by Chace (Jordan Bridges), a developer who wants to replace it with condos. Determined to stop him, Vikki goes to his office with a peace lily, hoping to help the businessman see green in a different way. While he’s taken by Vikki’s drive, Chace says the project will go on, notwithstanding her petitions or protests.

However, wanting to prove he’s not a villain, Chace takes Vikki to a construction site, where she sees how it’s a source of pride to him and all the workers involved. But despite seeing the other’s viewpoint, they remain at a stalemate. Hopefully they will find a way to hurtle their impasse and find true love.

Here is a trailer for True Love Blooms.

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