Snowed in this Weekend? Hallmark's "Winterfest" begins, Candace Cameron Bure stars in New "Aurora Mystery" Movie, Trevor Donovan stars in "Runaway Romance" on UP, and More!

This is a Wonderful Winter Weekend to Stay in, Keep Warm and watch a New Movie, and I have some great suggestions below for You!

Plus, looking back on Christmas...


Saturday January 6, 2018:

Let it Snow! Winterfest begins on the Hallmark Channel with...

Love on the Slopes

image via: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline via Hallmark: Alex copyedits for a travel magazine, but wants to be a writer. Now the magazine is holding a contest for a spot on the writing staff, and a plane ticket to anywhere in the world! Alex pitches an article on extreme sports photographer Cole Taylor, but is told to write about trying the risky sports herself. Her boyfriend Barton is supportive, but doesn’t see Alex as very daring. Determined, Alex heads to Colorado where she meets Cole and... Click Here to Read More...

See the premiere of Love on the Slopes

Saturday January 6, 2018

at 9pm/8c. on the Hallmark Channel

Also, on Saturday Night...


A mistaken identity may lead to something else in...

Secret Millionaire

image via: PixL

Storyline via PixL: When a bored millionaire (Steve Lund) is mistaken for a parking attendant by a beautiful girl (Siobhan Williams) who is protesting against his family’s intention of closing a local park, he uses the misunderstanding to get to know her better.

See the premiere of Secret Millionaire

Saturday January 6, 2018

at 9pm/8c. on PixL

Sunday January 7, 2018:


Reality TV star Ann Stanway just may discover true reality in...

Runaway Romance

Storyline via UP: When she’s written out of her show, her relationship and her seemingly perfect life, reality TV star Ann Stanway leaves Hollywood and finds herself marooned in Amish country. But when Ann is taken in by the owner of a nearby Inn, and meets a handsome young architect, she discovers... Click Here to Read More...

See the premiere of Runaway Romance

Sunday January 7, 2018

at 7pm/6c. on UP

Also, on Sunday Night...


Candace Cameron Bure is on the case again in...

Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Storyline via Hallmark: When a Hollywood film crew comes to shoot in Lawrenceton, and the film’s star is found poisoned and bludgeoned in her dressing room, crime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden enlists members of the Real Murders Club to help her... Click Here to Read More...

EXTRA:
All the regular cast members are back for this movie, including Marilu Henner, Yannick Bisson, Miranda Frigon, Peter Benson, and Robin Dunne is back in his role as author Robin Daniels.

Candace has also confirmed, via social media, that this will, unfortunately, be Yannick's (Martin's) last Aurora movie.

Marilu Henner has also shared the good news that there will be two more Aurora movies coming after this one... so, it should be interesting to see what this means for Aurora's love story.

See the premiere of Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Sunday January 7, 2018

at 9pm/8c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Well, how was your first week without Hallmark Christmas movies 24/7? I know. I know. Same here. I was at a loss as to what to turn the channel to many times. Over the last two months there was always something, either new or familiar, to turn to, and at night... so easy to drift off with. (Yeah, I know... they say, "you shouldn't watch TV before going to sleep... blah, blah, blah" Whatever. I'm sure I wasn't alone. I know others who have fessed up to doing it, too!)

In all seriousness, Hallmark Christmas movies leave you feeling good inside, and hopeful about the world and our fellow mankind. Whether I was watching intently, or it was simply on in the background, just knowing it was there was somehow a comfort. With all the lovely songs that sang out the joy of Christmas and the happy love stories, I felt at peace.

Thank you Hallmark for giving us these two months of sheer Christmas bliss!

Now, I suppose it's time to look forward to the next season... Winterfest!

I hope you all stay warm this Winter weekend. We still have snow here in the Midwest (we've been "white" since Christmas and more is on the way!), and we have bitterly cold temperatures. Be safe everyone and take care! This will be an ideal time to stay cozy inside, play a board game or Solitaire, and watch a good movie!

What's your weather like?

Are you looking forward to...
or did you enjoy this weekend's new movies?

Blessings to You All!!! Net


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One Winter Weekend - a Hallmark Channel Original "Winterfest" Movie starring Taylor Cole & Jack Turner!

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: One Winter Weekend

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: January 20, 2018

CAST:

Taylor Cole ... Cara
Jack Turner ... Ben
Rukiya Bernard
Dewshane Williams
Bea Santos

PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: A relationship writer at a women’s magazine has recently sworn off dating and joins her best girlfriend for a snowboarding weekend. A reservation snafu forces them to share a chalet with a couple of guys they’ve never met, one of whom is a company CEO who is also lying low on the dating front. However, once he and she get to know one another better, they begin to wonder if perhaps they should rethink their whole “non-dating” status, until each finds out what the other does for a living, and he bolts.

Movie Review:

Coming...


See or Skip:

Coming...

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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks
Photo Credit: Copyright 2017 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Steven Ackerman

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (1 More Hallmark "Countdown to Christmas" Movie, Lori Loughlin hosts Winterfest Preview, & More!!!)

This weekend as we celebrate New Year's Eve and Countdown to a New Year, may we also enjoy the conclusion of Hallmark's 24/7 coverage of "Countdown to Christmas" movies, which includes the premiere of Hallmark's newest original movie...

Royal New Year's Eve

Storyline via Hallmark: Magazine assistant and aspiring fashion designer Caitlyn’s world is turned upside down when Prince Jeffrey and his presumed future fiancé Lady Isabelle come to town, and Isabelle hires her to design a dress for the royal New Year’s Eve ball where Jeffrey is expected to propose. Navigating through her boss Abigail’s efforts to sabotage her, Caitlyn spends time creating a dress fit for a princess, and planning the ball with Jeffrey. Caitlyn and Jeffrey begin to develop... Click Here to Read More...

See the premiere of Royal New Year's Eve

Saturday December 30, 2017

at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel

(*See an encore airing: Sunday December 31, 2017 at 10pm/9c.)

Following the premiere of "Royal New Year's Eve," is a special sneak peek of what's coming next on the Hallmark Channel with the...

Winterfest 2018 Preview Show
Hosted by Lori Loughlin

Hallmark invites you to "cozy up by the fire with Lori Loughlin and get a sneak peek at all 4 "Winterfest" world premiere original movies coming to Hallmark Channel this January!"

See the Winterfest Preview Show -hosted by Lori Loughlin

Saturday December 30, 2017

at 9:30/8:30c. on the Hallmark Channel

On New Year's Eve various local stations and cable channels will be ringing in the New Year with Celebrations where you can watch performers sing, the ball drop, and confetti float through the air!

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

A Blessed Happy New Year to all of you who visit here at It's a Wonderful Movie!

Gripping adventures, fascinating love stories, engrossing mysteries, and enchanting tales surely await our watching and will fill us with wonder and suspense this year, as we look forward to each holiday and season!

I wish you every bit of *joy* possible throughout 2018! May each day be a gift we unwrap- as we share God's grace and love with one another!

Blessings to You All as we...

Ring in the New Year!!!
    🎉 Happy 2018!!! 🎉

Net

"Behold, I make all things new!"

~Revelation 21:5

Frozen in Love - a Hallmark Channel Original "Winterfest" Movie starring Rachael Leigh Cook & Niall Matter!

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Frozen in Love

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: January 13, 2018

CAST:

Rachael Leigh Cook ... Mary Cartwright
Niall Matter ... Adam Clayborn

PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: Mary faces the grim reality of her quaint but stagnant Denver store closing, she reaches out for some PR help to turn things around. At the same time, the handsomely wild, flashy “live-in-the-moment” Denver Royals hockey star Adam is sent to the same PR firm to fix his reputation, and the two are paired together in a seemingly mutually-beneficial buddy system: repair his image and give her the chance to reinvent the store and do something big to save it. Along the way, they both learn the important lesson that it doesn’t matter how many times you fall down, it only matters how many times you get back up again, which opens up two seemingly opposites for much needed change, and unexpected love.


Movie Review:

Coming...


See or Skip:

Coming...

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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks
Credit: Copyright 2017 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Ricardo Hubbs

Love on the Slopes - a Hallmark Channel Original "Winterfest" Movie starring Katrina Bowden & Thomas Beaudoin!

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Love on the Slopes

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: January 6, 2018

CAST:

Katrina Bowden ... Alex Burns
Thomas Beaudoin ... Cole Taylor
Anthony Konechny ... Barton Kane
Elysia Rotaru ... Kate Germain
Chris Shields ... Peter McHugh
Corey Woods ... Sarah Soley
Doron Bell ... Max Adams
Beverley Breuer ... Norah Burns
Marion Eisman ... Barbara “Bitty” Kane
Tom Tasse ... Charles Kane
Trevor Shane Lerner ... Shuttle Driver
Michelle De Broel ... Front Desk Clerk
Gabriel Carter ... Announcer
Zachary Cole Gulka ... Staffer Steve

PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: Alex copyedits for a travel magazine, but wants to be a writer. Now the magazine is holding a contest for a spot on the writing staff, and a plane ticket to anywhere in the world! Alex pitches an article on extreme sports photographer Cole Taylor, but is told to write about trying the risky sports herself. Her boyfriend Barton is supportive, but doesn’t see Alex as very daring. Determined, Alex heads to Colorado where she meets Cole and convinces him to be her guide. Though a klutz, Alex is soon skiing and zip-lining, all as Cole photographs her exhilaration and they fall in love. But when Barton arrives and tells Cole he’s part of the article, Cole feels betrayed. Later though, after reading the piece, Cole is happy for Alex, and even happier when she returns with a plane ticket and an invitation to join her on a trip, sure to be the first of many!


Movie Review:

Coming...


See or Skip:

Coming...

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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks

UPDATE on Hallmark Channel's 2018 ❄WINTERFEST❄ Movies + Lori Loughlin to host Preview Show! #Hearties

image: actress Lori Loughlin, Hallmark Crown Media

Winterfest Preview Show

Details via Hallmark...

"Cozy up by the fire and get a sneak peek at all 4 world premiere original movies coming to Hallmark Channel this January as we celebrate new beginnings during Winterfest. Hosted by Lori Loughlin."

See the 2018 Winterfest Preview Show

Saturday December 30, 2017

at 9:30pm/8:30c. on the Hallmark Channel

immediately following the premiere of-

"Royal New Year's Eve,"

starring Jessy Schram and Sam Page.

LOVE ON THE SLOPES image via: Hallmark Crown Media

Here's an update on the 4 New Winterfest Movies - Coming in 2018 via Hallmark:


LOVE ON THE SLOPES
Premieres Saturday, January 6th at 9/8c
Starring Katrina Bowden and Thomas Beaudoin
NYC-based copy editor, Alex, is sent to Ridgeline Resort, an extreme sports outpost, to write a story for a travel writing competition. At first, she fails at everything – much to the chagrin of Cole, an extreme sports enthusiast who thinks this city girl should head back to New York. But when Alex offers to assist Cole with his local arts festival, he reluctantly obliges to be her guide as she faces her fears doing one extreme sport after the next.


FROZEN IN LOVE
Premieres Saturday, January 13th at 9/8c
Starring Rachael Leigh Cooke and Niall Matter
When struggling bookstore owner Mary and the bad boy of professional hockey, Adam, are teamed together to help facilitate an image makeover for the other, they soon realize that opposites attract and they find themselves unexpectedly frozen in love.


ONE WINTER WEEKEND
Premieres Saturday, January 20th at 9/8c
Starring Taylor Cole
Cara, a women’s magazine writer who gets burned by her boyfriend on New Years’ Eve, decides to go on a dating detox. Challenged by her employer to write about it, she hopes a spontaneous ski getaway with her best friend will spark inspiration. Complicating matters, they discover they’ve double booked their chalet with two eligible men, including Ben, an entrepreneur. When the share-mates get snowed in, Cara and Ben are thrown together.


WINTER'S DREAM
Premieres Saturday, January 27th at 9/8c
Starring Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson
A former ski champion reenters the competitive world when a 16-year old downhill racer asks for help, leading her to reawaken an old passion and find a new love.


I hope you find comfort and warmth - in these all new Winterfest Hallmark movies! May they soothe the transition from Christmas to the New Year... where we can still dream of "Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland"!!!

Blessings to you all, Net

Hallmark Channel Announces 2018 Winterfest Movies!

Hallmark breaks the ice, when Christmas ends, with Winterfest movies that still give us that hint of cold weather, snowfalls, and days of warming by the fire. It's almost the feeling of Christmas. Almost. That's why Hallmark Winterfest movies are so good. They ease us into a new year - with all new movies to enjoy! So, take a look at what the Hallmark Channel has in store for 2018... (so far!)

On the Set of "Heart of a Mountain"
Pictured: Kristy Swanson, Lizzie Boys, and Dean Cain
image via: Kristin Booth instagram

2018 Hallmark Channel Winterfest Movies:

LOVE ON THE SLOPES
Premieres Saturday, January 6th at 9/8c
Starring Katrina Bowden and Thomas Beaudoin
NYC-based copy editor, Alex, is sent to Ridgeline Resort, an extreme sports outpost, to write a story for a travel writing competition. At first, she fails at everything – much to the chagrin of Cole, an extreme sports enthusiast who thinks this city girl should head back to New York. But when Alex offers to assist Cole with his local arts festival, he reluctantly obliges to be her guide as she faces her fears doing one extreme sport after the next.


FROZEN IN LOVE
Premieres Saturday, January 13th at 9/8c
Starring Rachael Leigh Cooke and Niall Matter
When struggling bookstore owner Mary and the bad boy of professional hockey, Adam, are teamed together to help facilitate an image makeover for the other, they soon realize that opposites attract and they find themselves unexpectedly frozen in love.


ONE WINTER WEEKEND
Previous title: SNOWBOUND
Premieres Saturday, January 20th at 9/8c
Starring Taylor Cole
Cara, a women’s magazine writer who gets burned by her boyfriend on New Years’ Eve, decides to go on a dating detox. Challenged by her employer to write about it, she hopes a spontaneous ski getaway with her best friend will spark inspiration. Complicating matters, they discover they’ve double booked their chalet with two eligible men, including Ben, an entrepreneur. When the share-mates get snowed in, Cara and Ben are thrown together.


WINTER'S DREAM
Previous title: HEART OF THE MOUNTAIN
Premieres Saturday, January 27th at 9/8c
Starring Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson
Story by: Tim Ware & Kristin Booth (of Signed, Sealed, Delivered) Written by: Tim Ware
A former ski champion reenters the competitive world when a 16-year old downhill racer asks for help, leading her to reawaken an old passion and find a new love.


*Movie Titles and Plot descriptions above via the Hallmark Channel.