…they aren't just for Christmas anymore!
“Project Christmas Wish” aired on December 20, 2020 on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel and starred Amanda Schull and Travis Van Winkle. Jeff Beesley, director of last year’s The Christmas Club, also directed this movie, with a well-written script by Joie Botkin and Anne Abramowitz Junget. It was filmed…
“Swept Up by Christmas” aired on December 19, 2020 on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. This is one of the rare Hallmark movies filmed in Montreal, Canada. It starred Lindy Booth and Justin Bruening with Hallmark newcomer Philippe Gagnon directing. The screenplay came from a trio of writers, Nicole…
“A Christmas Carousel” aired on December 19, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. Filmed in Ottawa, Canada, it starred Rachel Boston and Neal Bledsoe with Don McCutheon directing. Uma Incrocci and Kim Beyer-Johnson provided the script. In a nutshell This movie had a lot of headscratchers for me, but the performances…
“Unlocking Christmas” aired on December 12, 2020 on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. Filmed in Ottawa, Canada, it is based on the novella by Fern Michaels found on a book called A Season to Celebrate. And this is where I admit that back in the day when I read…
“Christmas Comes Twice” aired on December 13, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. Filmed in Vancouver, it starred Tamera Mowry-Housley, Michael Xavier and Sheryl Lee Ralph. We even had Brendan Zub playing the town mayor. Michael M. Scott directed, having helmed one of my favorite Christmas Hallmark movies, 2013’s “Window Wonderland”…
“A Glenbrooke Christmas” aired on December 12, 2020 on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. One my screenwriting faves, Julie Sherman Wolfe, co-wrote the screenplay with David Golden. The movie is loosely based on the book Secrets by Robin Jones Gunn (affiliate link). David I. Strasser directed the movie, which…
“Love, Lights, Hanukkah!” aired on December 12, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. The movie was filmed just a couple months ago in Abbotsford, Vancouver, Canada. It starred Mia Kirschner, Ben Savage and Marilu Henner. The most notable thing about this movie, for me, is that Karen Berger penned the script. …
“Christmas She Wrote” aired on December 6, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. The movie was filmed just a couple months ago in Victoria, Canada. It starred Danica McKellar and Dylan Neal as well as Andrew Francis and Dan Payne. Andrea Canning provided the script while Terry Ingram directed. In a…
“Time For Us to Come Home for Christmas” aired on December 5, 2020 on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. The movie was filmed in and around Vancouver. David Winning directed, having started in the Hallmark world with the every popular “Unleashing Mr. Darcy.” Marcy Hollard provided the script, in…
“Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing” aired on December 5, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. The screenplay was written by Zac Hug and Shari Sharpe. Hug has written several Hallmark scripts since 2018, including the previous two Evergreen movies as well as Matching Hearts. Linda-Lisa Hayter, who previously directed Cranberry…
“Five Star Christmas” aired on November 27, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. The screenplay was written by Alfonso H. Moreno, who has previously worked on “When Calls the Heart” and “When Hope Calls.” Christie Will Wolf directed, having helmed many a Hallmark movie since 2014. It was filmed in Vancouver…
“Christmas by Starlight” aired on November 26, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel and starred Kimberly Sustad and Paul Campbell. The story idea was Sustad’s and she approached Campbell a couple of years ago about turning it into a movie. He got to work and wrote the screenplay. Gary Yates was…
“USS Christmas” aired on November 28, 2020 on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. Steven R. Monroe directed with the script by Andrea Canning. Canning’s next movie coming up is “Christmas She Wrote” on December 6. Set in Norfolk it was actually filmed in Wilmington, NC. It starred Hallmark regulars…
“Good Morning Christmas!” aired on November 25, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. It starred Alison Sweeney and Marc Blucas, who charmed me as a pair in 2016’s “The Irresistible Blueberry Farm.” Riley Weston wrote the screenplay, while Paul Ziller directed. Weston is responsible for one of my favorite older Hallmark…