Rueben's Ramblings

The Netflix feature film The Archies will debut online on December 7.

Set in ’60s India in a fictional town called Riverdale, The Archies is a coming-of-age musical following the lives of the town’s favorite set of teenagers — Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Ethel and Dilton (Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Mihir Ahuga, Vedang Raina, Dot and Yuvraj Menda). Seen through the lens of the unique Anglo-Indian community, The Archies explores friendship, freedom, love, heartbreak and rebellion.

Here is a trailer for The Archies:

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On December 7, the BET+ holiday movie Never Alone for Christmas will debut online.

When Lauren (Mignon) gets cold feet and calls off her wedding to Miles (Allen Maldonado), neither dreamed they would be forced to spend Christmas alone. By coincidence, each winds up at the same Cajun Christmas retreat, each with someone new on their arms.

The film also stars Travis LaBranch.

There is no trailer for Never Alone for Christmas, unfortunately.

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The holiday movie Rescuing Christmas will debut online on Hallmark Movies Now on December 7.

In a world where Santa (T. Mychael Rambo) is real and wants to drum up some holiday spirit, two of Santa’s elves, Chuck (Patrick Thomas O’Brien) and Debbie (Bailey Stender), devise a plan to grant one human on Earth three wishes to kickstart the holidays. Unfortunately, that human is Erin (Rachael Leigh Cook), who has lost all affection for the season. Even a blind date set up by her sister, with the affable and charming Sam (Sam Page), won’t change her mind about Christmas.

But when she makes the mistake of wishing Christmas would “just disappear,” Erin wakes up to a world where the holiday never existed. Horrified, she realizes that she’s taken away everyone’s joy, so she enlists Sam to help her reinvent the festivities from scratch. In the process, Erin learns just how much this holiday and its traditions have meant to everyone around her — and how much Sam has come to mean to her.

Here is a trailer for Rescuing Christmas:

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On December 7, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie To All a Good Night will debut at 8 PM.

A small-town photographer (Kimberley Sustad) saves the life of a mysterious man (Mark Ghanimé), who may just be in town to buy her family’s parkland – which is also the location of the annual Christmas celebration.

Here is a trailer for To All A Good Night:

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The holiday movie Christmas With a Kiss will debut on the Hallmark Channel on December 3 at 8 PM.

A woman (Mishael Morgan) returns home to help with her family’s Christmas Carnival and romance ignites. A photojournalist (Ronnie Rowe Jr.) curates a surprise reunion.

The film also stars Jamie M. Callica.

Here is a trailer for Christmas With a Kiss.

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On December 3, the UPtv movie Yuletide the Knot will debut at 7 PM.

When small town wedding planner Rachel is faced with planning her biggest Christmas wedding yet for an out-of-town influencer couple, she is thrown an unexpected surprise when the bride’s manager turns out to be Logan, her first love and high school sweetheart. He reminds her what it is to love, and through rediscovering the magic of Christmas, she rediscovers a part of her heart she closed off long ago.

The film stars Mary Antonini, Peter Porte, Kelley Jackle, Kelsey Scott and Melissa Peterman.

Here is a trailer for Yuletide the Knot:

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The holiday movie Mistletoe Match will debut on Lifetime on December 3 at 8 PM.

Journalist Olivia (Elena Juatco) goes undercover to the successful Mistletoe Match event. There, she meets single dad, widower Thomas (Ryan Bruce). Sparks soon fly, but with a promotion on the line, will she risk losing it all for the romance she never saw coming?

Here is a trailer for Mistletoe Match:

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The OWN holiday movie A Christmas Serenade will debut on December 2 at 9 PM.

When Jeremiah returns home for the first time in years to play a gig with his band, he is recruited to take over as the minister of music for the annual Christmas Jubilee at his home church reigniting the feud, and romance, between the pastor’s daughter Willow.

Skye Townsend, B.J. Britt and Darlene Cooke star.

There is no trailer for Christmas Serenade, unfortunately.

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The Lifetime movie Ladies of the ‘80s: A Divas Christmas will debut on December 2 at 8 PM.

Five internationally-known, glamorous, 80s soap opera stars (Loni Anderson, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Gray, Donna Mills and Nicollette Sheridan) reunite to share the spotlight and shoot the final Christmas episode of their long-running soap opera. The Ladies play cupid to the young director and producer and romance blooms.

The cast includes Christopher Atkins and Travis Burns.

Here is a trailer for Ladies of the ‘80s: A Divas Christmas:

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