Love Under the Mistletoe (a.k.a. Operation Mistletoe)
Hair and Holly Last night’s (07/25/2026) Christmas in July premiere, the last of them for this year, thankfully, did not disappoint. It met my expectations, set up by the 3 preceding offerings in the series, as basic and only minimally entertaining at best. And it was not so bad as to be deliciously awful. Even…
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Snowbound for the Holidays
The Ski Lodge One This was the one about the Ski Lodge. You know, the struggling old fashioned family one which is about to be taken over by the multinational resort developer, which will erase everything that made it special with its hateful updates? Like Wi-Fi and indoor plumbing? Haha, I kid. But you get the idea.…
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O Little Christmas Market
Rinky Dink “Christmas in July” does seem to be the season for unambitious efforts and not breaking out of the tried and true. This one was made in 2024 and I guess has been on the shelf until Hallmark pulled it out this year for their “Poor Man’s Countdown to Christmas”. This one features Katherine…
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Renovation Romance (a.k.a Christmas Under Construction)
It’s an Old Story This movie which premiered on the Hallmark Channel last night is actually one from 2024 which has been running over on Hulu ever since. It reunites stars Daniel Lissing and Jessica Lowndes who were last paired together in an old christmas movie from almost 10 years ago called A December Bride…
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A Castle of Our Own
Castles in the Sand After last week’s super special movie offering, we conclude Hallmark’s Summer Nights line up with a shrug, and a “not bad, actually.” The most notable thing about it was the return of Brennan Elliot as the co-lead in a Hallmark premiere. As a Hallmark mainstay and an old favorite of mine,…
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The Love Heist
A Fashion Fairy Tale This was a big city one. In this case, Chicago. And I don’t know what it is, but those always seem to be a cut above the usual small town save grandma’s farm with a festival romances. Maybe they’re aiming towards a slightly more sophisticated faction of their audience, I don’t…
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About my Reviews
I’ve been reviewing shows on IMDb for quite a few years. This is a compilation I am adding to little by little. I enjoy many types of movies and programs, particularly British Mysteries and dramas, but you’ll mostly just find Romantic TV movies on this page. That’s because they usually don’t have 100s of other reviews already. If a movie has already been reviewed to death, I figure, “Why bother?” These TV movies are rated on a 10 star “special” scale: It’s more generous than I would rank a serious theatre film.
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