Rueben's Ramblings

On August 20, the Hallmark Channel movie At Home in Mitford will debut at 10 PM.

The movie is based on the best-selling novel by Jan Karon, telling the romantic and inspirational story of best-selling author Cynthia Copperstone (Andie MacDowell from Cedar Cove), a woman who’s learning there is more to life and love than completing checklists. With her cat (and muse) Violet in tow, Cynthia leaves Boston to spend some time in her late uncle’s small town of Mitford, North Carolina, in hopes of alleviating some career-damaging writer’s block.

Cynthia soon finds the heart and soul of the southern town in Father Tim Kavanagh (Cameron Mathison from the Murder She Baked movie franchise), a pastor in Mitford. As the pair works together to help a young boy Dooley (Nicholas Holmes) who has recently lost his family, Cynthia and Pastor Tim find solace, comfort, even romance.

Here is a trailer for At Home in Mitford.

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The Hallmark Channel movie Eat, Play, Love will debut on August 19 at 9 PM.

Veterinarian Dr. Carly Monroe (Jen Lilley from Days of Our Lives) makes it a habit to stop by the local dog shelter as often as possible for two reasons: #1 She has a passion for animals and treats the resident pups pro bono and #2 she’s secretly in love with the shelter’s owner, Dan Landis (Jason Cermak from Zoo) – and those closest to them have taken notice. Unfortunately for the pair, Dan has agreed to marry his glamorous TV personality girlfriend and move to the Big Apple in 30 days.

With Dan’s big move looming in the near future, his sister, Michelle, decides to take matters into her own hands by encouraging Carly to show him how she feels. The two arrange a local dog show to help promote adoptions in hopes of bringing Carly and Dan closer together. The question is: can Carly win over his heart before he disappears from her life (in 30 days or less!)?

The film also stars ’70’s action stars Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man) and Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman).

Here is a trailer for Eat, Play, Love.

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August 6, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder will debut at 9 PM.

Annie Winters is a long-time customer of Rags-to-Riches and her husband Garret is a wealthy internet entrepreneur. When Garret’s dead body is found washed up on the beach, it looks like an apparent surfing accident. But Annie doesn’t believe the death was accidental and pleads with Jenn (Lori Loughlin) to take a closer look.

The movie also stars Sarah Strange and Kevin O’Grady.

Here is the trailer for Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder.

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The Hallmark Channel original movie Love at the Shore will debut on August 5 at 9 PM.

The movie tells the story of author Jenna Thompson (Amanda Righetti from Colony and The Mentalist), a mother of two young children whose summer vacation plans take a turn when the family arrives at their summer rental and meets the neighbor of the adjoining duplex: stubborn, unconventional, and attractive surfer Lucas McKinnon (Peter Porte from Baby Daddy and The Young and the Restless). Jenna is neat and methodical, while Lucas rolls with and revels in life as it comes. As Lucas and Jenna spend more of the summer together, he finds a softer side of himself while dealing with Jenna and her children and Jenna realizes she may have been too quick to judge a book by its cover.

Here is the trailer for Love at the Shore.

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