Luke Macfarlane Talks Catch Me If You Claus
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Just over a month since we last saw him in Notes of Autumn, Luke Macfarlane is back on Hallmark Channel Thanksgiving night in the tentpole premiere of Catch Me If You Claus, his tenth holiday film (and ninth for Hallmark). I previewed the deeply silly in…
Italia Ricci Talks Catch Me If You Claus
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Last year’s number one movie on any cable network was Three Wise Men and a Baby, a very funny and affectionate straight up comedy that threw out the mold for the holiday romcom. That film walked so Catch Me If You Claus could run. Premiering Thanksgiving…
Previewing the 2023 Hallmark Christmas Movie Lineup
Break out the eggnog, kids, because Hallmark Media is coming for you in a month. The annual Countdown to Christmas (Hallmark Channel) and Miracles of Christmas (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) programming, plus Hallmark Movie Now premieres and sneak peek windows, start October 20th, with premieres airing Thursday through Sunday every weekend!…
Previewing Notes of Autumn
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] It’s finally here, y’all! Notes of Autumn, the next entry in Hallmark Channel’s “Fall Into Love” fall-themed romcoms, premieres this Saturday, taking a new spin on the BFF house-swap as besties Ellie (Ashley Williams) and Leo (Luke Macfarlane) find themselves at professional crossroads and seize the opportunity…
Hallmark Channel Announces Notes of Autumn and We’re So Ready
Although I live on the face of the sun nine months of the year and true seasonal fall is a distant memory, I do love a good fall romcom. Love, Of Course is my reigning all-time fall favorite (followed by Love on the Air) and I freely admit to rewatching…
Luke Macfarlane Talks Platonic
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Apple TV+ launches its next tentpole series this week with Platonic, a comedy notable for pairing up longtime pals Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne (who’s already established on the streamer with Physical, which was just renewed for its third and final season). While the duo printed…
Luke Macfarlane Talks A Magical Christmas Village
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] A Magical Christmas Village kicks off this weekend’s Countdown to Christmas programming on Hallmark Channel with a new holiday romcom starring Alison Sweeney, Marlo Thomas, Luke Macfarlane, and Maesa Nicholson. [If you missed it, you can see my 1:1 conversation with Sweeney here.] Fresh off his…
Alison Sweeney Previews A Magical Christmas Village
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Friday night on Hallmark Channel, Ali Sweeney teams up with Marlo Thomas and Luke Macfarlane for A Magical Christmas Village, a multigenerational holiday tale about Summer (Sweeney), an architect and single mom to Chloe (Maesa Nicholson), who begrudgingly brings her mom, Vivian (Thomas) to live them…
TV Goodness Guide to Luke Macfarlane Christmas Movies
There’s an achingly lovely, earnest moment (or four) in Bros, the theatrical romcom recently released to VOD, where Luke Macfarlane’s character, Aaron, admits that he hates his life and has a secret dream to do something else. It’s a delightfully sweet, vulnerable moment for an until-then, hard-shell titular bro, but…
Luke Macfarlane Talks Moriah’s Lighthouse
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Hallmark Channel continues its Summer Nights travelog programming this Sunday with Moriah’s Lighthouse, set in a small French seaside village and starring Rachelle Lefevre and our fave, Luke Macfarlane. I caught up with him last week to chat about the film. Based on the book by…
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George R. Olson, Tim Rozon, and Sarah Levy Talk the SurrealEstate S2 Finale
[Spoilers for the SurrealEstate Season 2 finale.] How’s everyone doing after the finale? As we close out the second season of SurrealEstate, some of our merry band of misfits are scattering to the winds–Zooey to law school, Phil to the Vatican, and Augie back to his think tank with Rochelle,…
Previewing SurrealEstate Season 2 Finale + Revisiting the Season with George R. Olson
[Warning; General spoilers ahead.] Strap in, SurrealEstate fam, because we’ve arrived at the Season 2 finale, and it’s a doozy. As we saw in the closing moments of last week’s episode, Susan is back. But because we have one more episode left, it’s not as simple as all that, as…
Tyler Hynes Talks Through His Eight-Film Hallmark Holiday Library
Things you realize when you have to re-record your shows on a new DVR – just how many Hallmark movies your people have done. Fan favorite – and one of ours – Tyler Hynes has done eight Christmas movies for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries since 2018. Alongside…
Spencer Creaghan Talks About Creating SurrealEstate’s Signature Sound
SurrealEstate is winding down its second season, with two episodes left, and just as in Season 1, Spencer Creaghan’s music continues to be a character unto itself. And every week, he shares tidbits with the fans via his s social media channels, something he started to help give them an…
Andrew Walker Talks Christmas Island and the Magical Hallmark Community
[Warning: Spoilers for Christmas Island.] Now that the Screen Actors Guild strike has been resolved, we’re able to resume regularly scheduled programming and interview our favorites and yours. Up first, earlier today, I spoke with Andrew Walker about Christmas Island, which premiered last weekend and encores tonight and through the…
George Olson and Danishka Esterhazy Talk SurrealEstate “I Put a Spell on You”
[Warning: Spoilers for the episode.] Tonight’s fun new SurrealEstate found Luke caught up in an especially bewitching woman, Kay, played by Tara Yelland, Susan trapped in her house, and Zooey learning the ropes. In the next part of my conversation with showrunner George R. Olson and producing director Danishka Esterhazy,…
Danishka Esterhazy Talks SurrealEstate: “The Butler Didn’t”
[Warning: General spoilers for the episode]. Tonight’s new SurrealEstate, “The Butler Didn’t,” follows the team as they investigate the years-earlier mysterious death of a woman whose ghost now reenacts her hanging by dropping over the banister from the second floor to terrify anyone on the landing or at the bottom…
Scott McCord and Elizabeth Saunders Talk the From Season 2 finale
[Warning: Spoilers for the season finale.] How’s everyone doing after that finale? While we wait and wonder and hope for a third season announcement, soon, here’s what Scott McCord and Elizabeth Saunders had to say about their parts of the finale, and where they hope they get to go next….
Scott McCord and Elizabeth Saunders Talk From Season 2 + A Season Finale Preview
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] It all comes down this, #FROMily. As Sunday’s episode wraps up Season 2, we begin with the aftermath of the terrifying onset of seemingly simultaneous attacks on Julie, Marielle, and Randall, which accelerate the “We gotta get out of this place” of it all. Sara comes…
Alison Sweeney Talks About What’s Next for Hannah and Mike After Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
[Warning: Spoilers for Carrot Cake Murder.] Everybody OK after that Hannah Swensen Mystery twist? Thankfully, our favorite crime-solving couple is still on speaking term, even if they’re on a break (hopefully not that kind of break). Most importantly, we already know this isn’t the last film in the series. No…
What They Said: Three Revealing Conversations from Survivor’s Remorse “Closure”
WARNING: Spoilers for Survivor’s Remorse “Closure” The latest episode of Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse featured conversations that showed characters really digging deep into their thoughts, emotions and motivations.
Two Takes: The Catch “The Knock-Off”
Who can you trust? If this episode of The Catch was any indication, the answer is just about nobody. Betrayal was running rampant as Felicity (Shivani Ghai) arose from the dead to seduce-con Margot, Gretchen (Maria Thayer, Gotham, The Mindy Project) played gold-hearted Alice 2.0 before swindling Ethan, Tessa jumped…
What They Said: Top 3 Quotable Moments from Preacher “El Valero”
Both Quincannon and Jesse refuse to give up on what they each think is rightfully theirs. While Jesse is struggling to face the consequences of his actions, Quincannon has laid his past demons to rest and is hellbent on moving forward and putting Annville on the map again. Despite a…
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supergirl “Worlds Finest”
Oh, Supergirl. That ending was cold. But I can’t hate on you because the latest episode has quickly become one of my favorites.
What They Said: Top 4 Quotable Moments from Black Sails “XXIII”
The dialogue in “XXIII” is phenomenal. It’s always a fun ride when Black Sails carries its viewers along without giving them the chance to catch their breath. When an episode moves at this unforgiving pace, there is no chance for a breather nor is there a respite from the information…
What Lucifer Said: Favorite quotes from Supernatural “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Supernatural episodes are almost always funny but thanks to the dialogue and a certain man speaking said dialogue, I laughed a lot during “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” You know, when I wasn’t busy fearing for Sam’s life or wondering what in the world was going on with Dean and…
What They Said: The Flash, “Legends Of Today” and Arrow, “Legends Of Yesterday”
Two nights of Arrow + The Flash = what more could we ask for?! I don’t know what it is about blending these shows, but I can’t help but feel that every time they come together, they somehow become greater than the sum of their parts. And that’s saying a lot…
What they Said: Top 4 Quotable Moments from Graceland “Little Bo Bleep”
Shoot outs. Fake outs. And long-awaited revelations. “Little Bo Bleep” was a jam-packed episode that wrapped up some loose ends and totally frayed others. Â It finally gave us one Sarkissian in jail and pulled back the curtain on Briggs’ master plan, but it also set up Jakes for a world…
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Poldark “Part 4”
“What have I told you, I don’t require my wife to crochet and sip tea, but I do require her to remember she’s not a beast of burden.†No, I’m not talking about The Rolling Stones! I have to admit though, just for a second, the lyrics popped into my…
3 Moments of Goodness from Brooklyn Nine-Nine “Johnny and Dora”
The most satisfying part of this season’s finale has to the Jake and Amy kiss. Well, they kiss three times but the last one is the best one — and it means something. The Charles and Rosa dynamic was also great. I love how she’s convinced he doesn’t know anything…
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