Rueben's Ramblings

On April 21, Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder will debut on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries at 9 PM.

When a beloved supermarket owner is killed in the early morning hours before opening, restauranteur and TV chef Billie Blessings (Holly Robinson Peete) becomes involved in the investigation of what quickly appears to be the work of a clever and darkly sinister serial killer. Even as her relationship with police detective Ian Jackson (Rick Fox) begins to take a more romantic turn, Billie cannot resist involvement in the case, despite putting herself in tremendous danger.

Here is a trailer for Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder.

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The Hallmark Channel movie Easter Under Wraps will debut on April 20 at 8 PM.

Marketing director at Cavendish Chocolates, Erika (Fiona Gubelmann) goes undercover to see why sales have declined and learns from handsome chocolatier Bryan (Brendan Penny) automation has replaced quality. Later, at the museum, Erika is saddened to see the replica of the Cavendish egg, and is inspired by Bryan’s Easter egg sketches to go retro and bring back the legendary confection! Excited, the two pitch the idea to board members, who know Erika is undercover. Too bad Bryan sees her photo at a Cavendish event, and feeling duped, wonders if he should accept a job offer from a rival company.

Here is a trailer for Easter Under Wraps.

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On April 19, the Netflix movie Someone Great will debut online.

An aspiring music journalist, Jenny (Gina Rodriguez from Jane the Virgin), has just landed her dream job at an iconic magazine and is about to move to San Francisco. Rather than do long distance, her boyfriend of nine years, Nick (Lakeith Stanfield from Get Out) decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, Jenny gathers up her two best friends, Erin and Blair (DeWanda Wise from She’s Gotta Have It and Brittany Snow from Pitch Perfect), for one outrageous last adventure in New York City.

The cast includes Rosario Dawson (Daredevil).

Here is a trailer for Someone Great:

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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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