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Love, of Course (2018) and The Christmas Ornament (2013)

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Story Number 1: When widowed mother Amy(Rutherfod) moves her only daughter, Cara(Vega) to her out-of-state college dorm, Amy finds herself searching for the next step in her life. While at the university, Amy gets an offer she can't refuse and meets Noah(Cameron Mathison), a charismatic, well-traveled professor, and discovers a new life of her own.   Written by  Hallmark Channel Directed by Lee Friedlander Written by (in alphabetical order) Tracy Andreen ... (teleplay by) Lee Friedlander ... (teleplay by) Janna King ... (story by) Janna King ... (teleplay by) "You've been taking care of everyone for a while, let me take care of you."-Prof. Noah Ferris to Amy  I don't know how accurate that sentence is, but the essence is there. The ending might be predictable, but the paths leading to the ending is like the maze of corn in the story. It is a very sweet story about a mother and a daughter who have a very good relationship. They are...

Same Time Next Week(2017) with some notes on a production of They're Playing Our Song

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This is such a beautiful story about dealing with grief and so much more.  When people we love die, a part of us dies with them.  The pain would be lesser as the days go by, but they will always have special places in our hearts. Our central characters, Sarah(JEWEL STAITE) and Ryan(TRAVIS MILNE), have recently lost their respective spouses.  They briefly meet when Sarah had a minor mishap, but when bump into each other in the cemetery, they have a little chat at a diner that serves very delicious pies served by the most sarcastic person on earth.  Of course that's an exaggeration.  Anyways, after their chat they decided to have their little support group and promised to meet at the diner the same time the following week. I like the flow of this story.  The dialogues...the conversations rather, should really be heard.  We should really listen.  I am sure we could learn a thing or two, even if this movie is not preachy. There are different k...