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Synopsis: Despite everyone believing she should open a restaurant; Portland chef Cleo Morelli is content selling sandwiches based on her grandfather's recipes from her food truck. Due to her popularity, Cleo decides to try to enter a food truck competition. However, as she tries to gain enough customer nominations, another chef, Gabe, parks his bacon-based food truck across from her, drawing a bigger crowd. The cordial competition turns into romance, but that romance is threatened when both trucks are nominated for the contest. Who's in it? The movie stars Natalie Hall , Michael Rady , Michael Karl Richards , Rhiannon Fish and Brenda Chrichlow . Review: We had a busy Memorial Day weekend and by yesterday afternoon, my wife and I were ready to crash on the couch. I was getting a bit bored with reruns of The Simpsons and after some contemplation, decided to watch this movie, which has been in our library for a while. It ended up being an OK film. The overall plot is a bit simp...

Synopsis: Several days before Christmas, a newly divorced single mom, Noel, meets and falls in love with Jeremy, an orchestra conductor and composer who is recovering from a stroke he suffered on Christmas morning three years earlier that cost him the use of one arm and his marriage. What Noel doesn't know is Jeremy lives in the same condo as her and is the neighbor everyone, including her sister and her 12-year-old son, describes as an unfriendly "Scrooge." Who's in it? The movie stars Natalie Hall , Corey Sevier ,  Callum Shoniker ,  Joanna Douglas and  Adrian Falconer. Review: My wife and I continued our Hallmark Christmas movie tradition last night with a bit of hesitation after the first two movies we watched were somewhat disappointing. However, while I had some doubts, this one turned out to be a pleasant surprise. I am always going to give points to a movie that at least tries to be somewhat unique, and this film does manage that. From the description, I t...

Synopsis : A vintage toy company owner, Megan Miller, wouldn't miss her younger sister's wedding for anything. However, an airline strike has left her stranded in Denver and she finds herself driving to Wichita, Kansas with her bitter rival from high school, Alden Brown. As a series of misfortunes threaten to keep her from reaching her sister's wedding, she begins to realize Alden isn't as bad as she first thought. Who's in it? The movie stars Natalie Hall , Corey Sevier , Julia Borsellino , Elana Dunkelman and Wendy German. Review : I added this Hallmark movie to our library a few days ago, figuring it would be something my wife would enjoy watching. Even though it wasn't my first choice yesterday evening, I put the movie on at her request. As it turns out, it was better than I was expecting it to be. I'm not going to lie, this movie is about as predictable as you would expect it to be, to the point I probably written the script myself. This includes the l...