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The One I Wrote For You is an inspirational, family-oriented feature film set to release in 2014. The movie tells the heartwarming story of Ben Cantor, a talented, 30-something songwriter and musician who gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to finally hit it big when his precocious ten-year old daughter secretly enters him into a Reality TV show songwriting contest. Though burned by a record deal years ago, past his "prime" to make it as a pop star and concerned they'll change who he is, Cantor enters the contest after being encouraged by his wife, Alicia, and former manager, Mickey. As he struggles through his doubts and overcomes formidable opponents in the competition, Ben's journey captures the hearts of millions of viewers - including his own daughter and wife - touching all those who follow his rise to stardom, fall from grace, and eventual return to what matters most: his family.   Written by  David Kauffman   (story, teleplay, and summary) Directed by ...

Director: Alex Wright (as Alexander J.F. Wright) Writers: Rachel Hauck (novel), Tracy Andreen For many people who have read the book,  they didn't appreciate the character of the prince turned king, but I do.  Why?  I've seen a lot of movies worldwide where the kings were like puppets...like they were just rulers on paper. When I was growing up, mythology and fairytale kings were like gods here on earth.  They proclaimed edicts/decrees or anything to that effect, and people would follow them to the letter. Ang utos ng hari ay di mababali at walang makakatutol sa gagawin niya. ( The Command of the King is irrevocable, and no one can complain about anything or question what he does or would do. ) Why would a Prime Minister or the Board of Regents or whatever control a King of LEGAL age?  If the Crown Prince becomes King at a very young age, then there's an assigned regent, usually his mother, but here in this movie, the King is not a little boy....

Director: Michael Scott (as Michael M. Scott) Writers: Debbie Macomber (novel), Bruce Graham (teleplay) The Christmas season is approaching. In South Woodbourne, Washington, widowed second grade schoolteacher Emily Spengler loves the Christmas holidays, as do all the townsfolk, and the traditions she had built with her now deceased husband, Frank, who passed away almost three years ago, and her now grown daughter, Heather. As usual, she is expecting Heather to come home for the holidays from Boston, where she is going to school. In Boston, Massachusetts, novelist and English professor Charles Johnson is an unsentimental man, who, like his workaholic brother Ray, owner of his own lucrative business, doesn't celebrate the season. Emily and Charles meet on a house swapping website as they decide to do a one week swap with each other in the lead up to Christmas. Emily wants to go to Boston to be with Heather, who has told her that she isn't planning on coming home for...

Directed by  Allan Harmon Writing Credits  (in alphabetical order)   Susan Batten Gregg Rossen Brian Sawyer Sydney Sidner Amanda Schull and Peter Porte are so good to look at.  They are both good actors, and great dancers, so I was kind of expecting some sort of dance number, so... Anyways, I really enjoyed this movie.  How do I say this without sounding like a broken record?  This is the kind of movie when predictability is very much welcome, at least for me. Some viewers say there is no spark/chemistry or whatever else, but that's not what I see or feel. Maybe they are right.  They did not get the accent right, but all in all, at least for me, it's quite an enjoyable film. Well, it's not the best movie in the world, but it serves its purpose. I guess that's it.

Directed by David Winning Writing Credits  Tim Ware ,  Gregg Rossen , and  Brian Sawyer (teleplay) Tim Ware and Kristin Booth (story) Heather Gittens ... (script coordinator) KRISTY SWANSON and DEAN CAIN have great chemistry, and this is not the first time they were teamed up( A Belle For Christmas / Operation Cupcake / Merry Ex-Mas ).  Both of them look younger than the last time they were together, and Kristy Swanson is extra beautiful here.  Dean Cain is still dashingly handsome.  Both are great to look at, and that fact alone is good enough for me, but the story is icing to the already very delicious ice cream cake. Needless to say there are many predictable parts, but there were more surprises than the predictability.  At least, that's my opinion. The beautiful LUCIE GUEST is the rival skier/coach, but she's not really the antagonist. LIZZIE BOYS is the protégée skier and Ty(Dean Cain)'s daughter. She also plays he...

When Boston lawyer Mary Ross (Emily Rose) inherits a house in Plymouth from her late aunt, she has no idea she may have inherited a historical treasure. Mary's initial desire to sell the house is supported by her slick boyfriend, Rick (Adam Kaufman), but she is shocked to discover local historian Everett Mather (Justin Bruening) has evidence that her house is located on the site of the first Thanksgiving! With the house turning into an unexpected tourist attraction, putting Mary in the media spotlight at the prying of unscrupulous gossip blogger Ashleigh Mulligan (Cerina Vincent), Everett tries to prove his theory and Mary tries to prove anything that will keep the house in her hands. Suddenly, Mary clings to the house as an artifact of her own history before her happy childhood memories were tarnished by her father's abandonment. Ultimately, Mary must decide if it is more important to preserve the house’s historical ties or make it the site of many happy Thanksgivings to ...

When a best-selling author decides to escape the media frenzy, her plan goes awry when a she’s caught in a thunderstorm and crashes her car. Found wandering with no memory and no ID, the town doctor (and a single dad) offers up his guest house until her memory returns. But as she blends seamlessly into their family life, she must decide if the life she's been living is the life she wants. Stars  Julie Gonzalo  and  Benjamin Ayres . This made for TV movie is practically the "twin" or "mirror" show of A Christmas to Remember starring Cameron Mathison and Mira Sorvino, but with some differences, of course. At least in the Christmas movie someone sort of recognised Maggie or Jennifer Wade(Ms. Sorvino's role).  The Hopedale people seem to be from another planet.  Is there really a Hopedale, Vermont?  There's one in Massachusetts.  Anyways, fictitious or not, I can't believe that Emily wouldn't know about her favourite author.  Yes, there...

From Google Images Director: David Yates Writers: J.K. Rowling (screenplay), J.K. Rowling (based upon characters created by) Source This is definitely darker than the first of the trilogy, and I read somewhere that the script was top secret, so there were elements exclusive to the movie version alone. Who is Credence Barebone?  Who is he really?  Why do they want him killed?  Why does Gellert Grindelwald want him to be his ally? The special effects were very believable, and when the "ending" finally came for this middle of the trilogy, all I could say was, "Oh, so that's why."   The cast: EDDIE REDMAYNE as Newt Scamander & EZRA MILLER as Credence Barebone(both men are in character all throughout the film...bravo!) ZOË KRAVITZ as Leta Lestrange - Miss Kravitz is physically more beautiful in this film than in any of her other roles.  She also was able to channel Ms. Lestrange, ergo, she was convincing. CLAUDIA KIM as Nagini -Ms...

Director: Gary Yates Writer: Erinne Dobson If TAYLOR COLE was as pretty as she is in this movie in MY SUMMER PRINCE , (maybe) then that movie would've been more spectacular, and more believable.  She is again here acting opposite JACK TURNER, but this time, she is lovelier, and she looks younger. Jack is a dreamboat, but as their characters, the two of them together having a whirlwind romance, is not so believable.  Why?  Even if Ms. Taylor is very beautiful here, her eyes are not sparkling whenever Mr. Turner is around, like how she was when they were paired in that royal falls for a commoner movie.  At least here they are more comfortable around each other compared to that said movie. Nevertheless, I still finished the movie, even if I wanted to kick Diane(KRISTEN HARRIS), the boss of both Cara(Taylor's role) and Megan(RUKIYA BERNARD), Cara's best friend. Megan's love interest is played by DEWSHANE WILLIAMS, a surgeon named Sean, the best ...

Can one trip make a relationship fail? Embark on a journey with Ben and Jen in Iceland. THROUGH NIGHT AND DAY, starring Alessandra De Rossi and Paolo Contis is NOW SHOWING in cinemas nationwide!- Source For more movie updates, follow them on our social media accounts. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VIVAFilms/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viva_films/? ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/VIVA_Films Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/VivaEntertain... #ThroughNightAndDay The movie is beautiful in more ways than one.  How do I share my reactions without giving the whole story away?  How? Let me try... Maybe I should just talk about what we felt when they were in Iceland.  The movie made us want to pack our bags and go to Iceland ASAP, but of course, there are lots of things to consider. Not knowing the whole picture, we felt for Ben(PAOLO CONTIS) because Jen(ALESSANDRA DE ROSSI) was being so annoyingly bratty.   Later, we wou...

Director:   Terry Ingram Writers:   Robin Jones Gunn  (books),  David Golden Stars:   Erin Krakow ,   Niall Matter ,   P. Lynn Johnson Director:   David Winning Writers:   David Golden ,  Robin Jones Gunn  (novel) Stars:   Erin Krakow ,  Niall Matter ,  Wendie Malick , Andrew Francis , Jim Thorburn , and Ben Wilkinson Director:   David Winning Writer:   David Golden Stars:   Erin Krakow ,   Wendie Malick ,   Niall Matter , Julia Benson From the Father Christmas series by ROBIN JONES GUNN The Father Christmas trilogy by Ms. Gunn was originally set in London and Carlton Heath, England, but Hallmark changed the setting to New England(Massachusetts and Vermont).  In the TV trilogy, Miranda hails from Seattle, Washington, but finds herself looking for her dad in Carlton Heath, which is a fictitious town in Vermont.  In the book, Miranda comes...

Laurel, a Chicago-based business executive, travels to Memphis to close a deal to take-over the city’s oldest family-owned bank. While she’s in town, she bumps into her old flame Clay, a local music promoter with loftier aspirations. Though Laurel tries to stay focused on work, Clay pulls her back to the days when they were a performing duo on the brink of stardom. Laurel finds herself drawn to the City of Blues—and Clay—as she dreams of making music once again. Starring  Kellie Pickler  and  Wes Brown . - The Hallmark Channel Another formulaic movie that I liked in the end because  I especially loved the virtual tour of the city, and the article below formed into words my thoughts. I also learned a thing or two, like it was filmed in the summer, et cetera . At world premiere of Hallmark's ‘Christmas at Graceland,’ Memphis is the star That's it.  If I say anything more then... :-)

Melanie Welch (Ullerup) is a hard-working ad executive who finds herself teamed up with uptight coworker Donovan Goodwin (O'Connell) to come up with the ultimate Christmas commercial for a new cell phone. To make things more complicated, Melanie is Donovan' s secret Santa in the annual office gift exchange. To keep her identity secret, she sends Donovan emails from Santa to determine the perfect gift for him. However, her plan comes to a halt when Donovan mistakenly assumes another co-worker is his secret Santa, prompting Melanie to work to show Donovan that she's his perfect Santa. Written by  nadawi Directed by Marita Grablak Written by Marcy Holland Stars Aaron O'Connell as Donovan, Emilie Ullerup as Melanie, Rebecca Davis as Jude, Milo Shandel as Mr. Farnsworth, Lindsay Winch as Alicia, Kazumi Evans as Tracey, Jett Klyne as Zach, and  Michael St. John Smith as Atty. Andrew Goodwin The above summary is from an imdb user.  The last part is not exact...

Directed by  Don McBrearty Teleplay by  Stephen A. Stewart  and Bob Sáenz Story by Stephen A. Stewart Ellie Hartman is an aspiring crafter working in her small town’s bakery making famous Christmas Kringles. When the new, big-city CEO Nick Carlingson visits the bakery, he arrives filled with modernization ideas destined to lay off many employees. During his visit, Ellie is to teach Nick how to make a Kringle, and determined to show him it’s the  people  who make the business a success, not machines. Nick meets more of the employees and townspeople, visits the food bank and begins to see all the kindness that is shared, and he begins to soften — though not convinced automation isn’t better. Struggling with chasing her own entrepreneurial dreams, Ellie begins to fall for Nick but not before feeling betrayed when she inadvertently sees Nick’s laptop filled with automation plans. When Nick finally tells the employees his future ide...

As interim school superintendent Eve trims budgets, and now she’s in her hometown where it’s personal. Her handsome neighbor Liam is a music teacher and Eve feels his program must be cut. But luckily her friend is married to an IT guy, who’s created a website for donations directly to save the Arts program. Launched during the tree lighting ceremony, where Liam’s students will perform, the website could provide the Christmas miracle the town needs. Already the Universe is cooperating. Eve is back home and she, Liam and his daughter look like they might be celebrating many a future Christmas. Starring LeAnn Rimes and Tyler Hynes .- The Hallmark Channel Director: Tibor Takács Writers: Mark Amato (story by), Tracy Andreen Stars:  LeeAnn Rimes as Eve Morgan, Tyler Hynes  as Liam Bailey, Christian Convery as Wyatt James, Gwyneth Walsh as Nella Morgan Bell, Lara Gilchrist  as Darcy James, Giles Panton as Brad James, Dolores Drake  as Joan, Ellie Harvie  as M...

Written by J.B. White  Directed by Monika Mitchell When a beloved neonatal intensive care unit supervisor is forced to take early retirement, her young colleague, Jenny, decides to turn the upcoming staff Christmas party into a surprise celebration for her. But the plan is complicated by the hospital’s new CFO who’s been tasked to cut costs. Stars  Emilie Ullerup  and  Kristoffer Polaha. - The Hallmark Channel This movie may not be perfect and does not have big stars in it, but it does leave a mark in one's heart.    SHARON LAWRENCE is probably one of the few familiar to me along with KIMBERLEY SUSTAD, RACHEL HAYWARD,and BRUCE DAWSON, but I think it's the first time for me to meet  the lead stars (I have yet to find out if I'm wrong about this) . Maybe.  Maybe not.  I checked their filmography, and I'm guessing I've seen them, but didn't know who they were...Oh, and the dog.  Well, he's famous.   Or should I sa...