Steven Helmer Publications

Synopsis: Maddie, a newspaper reporter in Norfolk, is getting a bit burned out with her job and reluctantly accepts an invitation to join her Navy pilot sister and their mom on an aircraft carrier's annual holiday Tiger Cruise. After hearing the ship's captain tell a story about how he met his wife on a similar cruise, Maddie is inspired to write a story about a similar event and, with the help of the captain's son, Billy, locates a journal in the ship's archives from 1965 that may be just what she's looking for. The only problem is the journal doesn't say if the love story between a pilot, Sam, and a USO dancer, Dorothy, has a happy ending. Who's in it? The movie stars Jen Lilley, Trevor Donovan, Barbara Niven , Stefanie Butler and Brett Rice. Review: For a variety of reasons I won't get into, my wife and I have had a hard time getting into the holiday spirit this year and are behind on our traditional Hallmark Christmas movie watching. So, when I wa...

Synopsis: Years after their breakup, Lara and Ben find themselves competing against each other in a televised Christmas competition. While they both want to win the $50,000 prize for their respective charities, renewed feelings may force them to choose between winning and a shot at getting back together. Who's in it? The movie stars Candace Cameron Bure , John Brotherton , Barbara Niven , BJ Harrison and Keenan Tracey . Review: My wife and I saw this movie advertised multiple times while binge watching Hallmark movies over the weekend. It looked interesting so we made sure to set aside time to watch it when it aired last night. Unfortunately, I just didn't like this one as much as I thought I would. I'll start out by saying I think the idea was a good one (though I feel like it's been done before) and had quite a bit of potential. However, the film just never really lives up to that potential, at least in my opinion. One of the things that hurt this movie was it was...