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Are you seeing all these serialized dramas on Reels or YouTube? Want to know what they're about but annoyed at the ads? I've been watching them, just so you don't have to.

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#120 - An American in Austen

So many things! Americans! Austen! There's no place like home! All that, plus a plucky heroine named after the best one in all of literature. I watched An American in Austen, just so you don't have to

So February was a busy month for me, and every Saturday was either filled with stuff, or filled with me doing something else that was not watching any of the Jane Austen films from the Hallmark channel. But Husband and Younger Son are out, and it’s raining, and I’ve finally got a minute, so here we go with An American in Austen. The lead actress is Eliza Bennet. Did she change her name, like the…

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#Jane Austen

#119 - Paging Mr. Darcy

Faux Mr Darcy! Bonnets! Dancing! Drama! All that, plus questionable opinions on Wickham. I watched Paging Mr. Darcy, just so you don't have to

Hard to believe that it has been more than a year since I’ve done one of these, but life has a weird way of kicking you in the butt sometimes, and you need a ton of time to recover enough to want to watch movies where no one ever has to work or buy food or worry about if their flexible spending is going to max out before they get new glasses. I have some Christmas movies in my DVR, but this past…

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#Hallmark #Jane Austen #Love #mr darcy

#118 - October Kiss

Halloween! Costumes! A Sound of Music Plotline! All this, plus Overly Decorated Houses! I watched October Kiss, #justsoyoudonthaveto

It’s been a dreary for a while, but now the sun has been out for a while, chasing away that headache that festered over my left eye for four days. What better way to bring it back than to jump into some craziness that is a movie that came out in 2018? We’re gonna jump into October Kiss. Oooh. Seattle establishing shots, plus fall foliage. Ashley Williams is doing yoga in the park, and she’s way…

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#Hallmark #Halloween #Seattle

#117 - Xanadu

Roller Skating. Leg Warmers. Gene Kelly. You Have to Believe That I Watched Xanadu, just so you don't have to.

My husband is not happy that I’ll be, in his words, ‘tearing this movie apart.’ He wanted me to tell you that up front. We watched this several years ago, and I was amazed at the sheer 80s-ness of it, and now, I’m going to share it with you. Buckle up, it’s Xanadu! The opening credits are a globe with different aircraft going around, including the Concorde and a UFO. That’s the level of…

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#Guilty Pleasures

#116 Rip in Time

It’s Fourth of July weekend here. I’m not feeling super Fourth of July-y, other than the fact that yay, I have Monday off. However, since I just finished Stranger Things, and Dickensian, and The Stranger in Our Bed, I figured I’d break out the trusty ol’ laptop, sit in my air-conditioned living room (thank you, husband, for putting the window unit in, and maybe in my next life I’ll have central…

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#115 - A Dickens of a Holiday!

#115 – A Dickens of a Holiday!

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#9 - Crown for Christmas

#9 – Crown for Christmas

I will admit that I have watched this one more than once. I may, or may not have, DVR’d it last year, and then again this year. Why? Doesn’t it have all the cliche moments that we so love in these movies? Of course it does. I think, in this never-ending catalog of sweet, can’t-you-just-feel-the-magic-of-Christmas, I love this one the best. Maybe it’s the very blatant rip off of The Sound of…

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#114 - Christmas at Castle Hart

Fake Snow. Castles. Scary Nutcrackers. Galas. Fake Party Planners - all this, plus Ireland! I watched Christmas at Castle Hart, just so you don't have to!

Hello Everyone! It’s been a full year but we’re back recapping your favorite Holiday movies again. This year, obviously, has been a tough one. There were several times where I would DVR some movie that looked promising, and one that I thought I’d really enjoy recapping, but then, I just didn’t do it. Life sometimes felt too hard to engage. Some St. Patrick thing starring Allen Leech from Downton…

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#113 - A Christmas Carousel

#113 – A Christmas Carousel

So, I have a thing about Carousels. I love them. I love them in Mary Poppins, I love them at Six Flags, I love them everywhere, even in Disney World where they are misspelled (look it up). So what could go wrong with movies that combine Carousels and Christmas…and, dare I say it, vague European royalty? Let’s ride onward to A Carousel Christmas! He looks like he just farted and is super happy…

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#art #carousels #vague Europe

#112 - The Princess Switch - Switched Again

#112 – The Princess Switch – Switched Again

There are Three of Them! It’s a day for sequels. I watched both Avengers Infinity War and Endgame, and now we’re back to this world of bakeries, Belgravia, the Duchess of Montenaro, and implausible lookalikes. I do admire Vanessa Hudgens, she does have talent, and has risen above her High School Musical roots very nicely. Plus she played a great Rizzo in that Grease Live. So let’s dive in to The…

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#111 - Christmas Kiss 2

#111 – Christmas Kiss 2

This one has several titles. Christmas Kiss 2. Another Christmas Kiss. Whatever it is, it’s a sequel, and I love it. I’ve watched this one several times since it came out, and tracked it down on Amazon Prime just to watch it again. For you, readers. It’s all for you. I cannot tell what city this is. Our heroine is on a bluetooth with coffee as she walks into her office and into the elevator that…

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#110 - A Christmas Kiss

#110 – A Christmas Kiss

I’m amazed, astounded, and, quite frankly, flabbergasted, that I haven’t done this one yet. It’s a classic, and yet, I did a quick search and nope, not on the list. Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, I give you A Christmas Kiss! Starring the guy who played Michael in the OG Roswell, some girl with brown hair, and former ADA from Law and Order, Serena Southerlyn, Elisabeth Rohm! (Yes,…

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#109 - Christmas She Wrote

#109 – Christmas She Wrote

There are many reasons to pick this one, not the least of which is that this was written by Dateline correspondent Andrea Canning. As I just talked myself out of buying a Keith Morrison Christmas ornament, I felt it was fitting to pick this one for tonight. The title of this also hearkens back to beloved Jessica Fletcher and Murder, She Wrote, which I have been commenting on Facebook for the past…

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And Now For Some Fun!

I may be a little late, but never let it be said that I don’t get in on the action, and the action is, of course, Hallmark Movie Bingo. There’s been a lot of Bingo Card references throughout this year, what with Covid, Murder Hornets, The Crown making people hate Camilla again, but where would we all be if we couldn’t spend 2 hours (or 90 minutes if you DVR them and fast forward through the…

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#Bingo #Hallmark #Shots

#108 - Jingle Bell Bride

#108 – Jingle Bell Bride

I eeny-meeny-miny-moed my DVR selections and came up with this one, which I’m watching while Younger Son shoves his feet in my face and Older Son is sitting in the corner watching Scooby Doo. We’re all well-fed, as I made potato soup and bread today, and it’s cozy movie time! Let’s Dive In to Jingle Bell Bride. Overhead city view. NYC, although a weird view that I don’t recognize, but whatever,…

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#107 - Christmas Waltz

#107 – Christmas Waltz

So my good friend recommended that I watch A Christmas in Vienna first, but I decided I need some fun this morning, so we’re going with this Lacey Chabert number while I wait for the rain to stop so I can go out and shop. It’s time for Christmas Waltz! We start with people doing their best Dancing with the Stars routine, girl dressed in a gown hemmed with maribou, that weird stuff that sheds…

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