…they aren't just for Christmas anymore!
“Gingerbread Miracle,” starring Merritt Patterson and Jon Ecker, aired on October 31 during 2021’s Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel. It was filmed back in August in the Burnaby and Langley areas of British Columbia, Canada. The movie was set in Colorado. Michael M. Scott directed, having been in charge…
“Christmas Sail,” starring Katee Sackhoff, Patrick Sabongui, and Terry O’Quinn, aired on October 31 during 2021’s Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel. It was filmed in the waterside town of Gibsons as well as Vancouver, Canada in August. This is writer Robin Gadsby’s first screenplay, but he has the benefit…
“The Christmas Promise,” starring Torrey DeVitto, Dylan Bruce and Patrick Duffy, aired on October 30 during 2021’s Miracles of Christmas on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. It also featured Giles Panton as DeVitto’s deceased fiancé, Henry. Kathy Kloves provided the screenplay. Hallmark fans thoroughly enjoyed her other Hallmark movie this…
“Coyote Creek Christmas,” starring Janel Parrish and Ryan Paevey, aired on October 30 during 2021’s Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel. As I mentioned in my preview post last week, this is a first-time writing venture from Alexa Garster. She formerly has been a production assistant on shows like “American…
“Christmas In Harmony,” starring Ashleigh Murray and Luke James, aired on October 29 during 2021’s Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel. This is screenwriter Jessiline Berry’s first full-length script. Rusty Cundieff directed, which tickled me pink since he played Abe Carver’s son Theo briefly in the 1980s when I was…
“Christmas In My Heart,” starring Heather Hemmens, Luke Macfarlane, and Sheryl Lee Ralph, aired on October 23, 2021 during the premiere weekend of 2021’s Miracles of Christmas on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. A trio wrote the screenplay, Jamie Pachino, Shari Sharpe and Liz Storm. Pachino had a hand in…
I do have one more review to post from last weekend but there are new movies starting tonight, and I had to decide which one to preview! In the end, I thought I’d drop a preview of “Coyote Creek Christmas” starring Janel Parrish and Ryan Paevey. It airs this Saturday,…
“The Santa Stakeout,” starring Tamera Mowry-Housley, Paul Campbell, and Joe Pantoliano, aired on October 24, 2021 during the premiere weekend of 2021’s Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel. Regular Hallmark actor Peter Benson directed (he also directed the fantastic Sweet Carolina earlier this year), while Gregg Rossen & Brian Sawyer…
“Boyfriends of Christmas Past” aired on October 23, 2021 during the premiere weekend of 2021’s Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel. The movie starred Catherine Haena Kim (who actually had a role in the Matthew McConaughey movie “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”), Raymond Ablack (“Maid”) and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (“Kim’s Convenience”).…
“You, Me, and the Christmas Trees” aired on October 22, 2021 as the premiere movie of 2021’s Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel. David Winning directed the film, which starred Danica McKellar and Benjamin Ayres, with a screenplay by Julie Sherman Wolfe. It was Hallmark’s opening bet on ushering everyone…
A couple years ago I fell in love with the screenplays of Julie Sherman Wolfe. In particular, I was impressed with her adaption of “The Christmas Club” from a book into a movie, and how the characters were mature people having mature conversations during the holidays and falling in love. …
I think almost everyone agrees that this weekend’s movie starring Tamera Mowry-Housley, Paul Campbell, and Joe Pantoliano is one to watch. JOEY PANTS on Hallmark? That’s going to be amazing to see. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall for that project pitch to him. “The…
The new movies start tomorrow night, and we finally have the full Countdown to Christmas list including movie titles and air dates! I’ll be posting a previews of at least one of this weekend’s movies later this evening so keep an eye out for that! And tomorrow I have a…
I wanted to take a moment to post my sincere thanks to everyone who visits this site and takes the time to read my little write-ups of the movies we all know and love. The main reason I started this site is because I saw that there was definitely an…