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Christmas Encore
HDA struggling actress earns the lead part in the production of 'A Christmas Carol', and falls in love with the director. But, the cast and crew need a Christmas miracle to save the show when the theater loses its lease.
Royal New Year's Eve
HDMagazine assistant and aspiring fashion designer Caitlyn's world is turned upside down when Prince Jeffrey and his presumed future fiancé Lady Isabelle come to town. Isabelle hires Caitlyn to design a dress for the royal New Year's Eve ball where Jeffrey is expected to propose, which could launch the fashion career she's always dreamed about. Navigating through her boss Abigail's efforts to sabotage her, Caitlyn spends time creating a dress fit for a princess with her friend Doris, and planning the ball with Jeffrey. Caitlyn and Jeffrey begin to develop feelings for one another but Jeffrey's royal commitment to marry Isabelle and assume the throne stands in between them. As the New Year's Eve ball approaches, Jeffrey and Caitlyn must decide if they can overcome royal tradition to pursue their happily ever after.
Unlocking Christmas
HDJust before Christmas, independently minded Dr. Kate Stafford has started her latest one year orthopedic fellowship, this one at the small town Cedar Park Hospital. Long having been without family, Kate has frequently moved around and has never made an effort to make any place where she's lived at any given time feel like home in the difficulty, if she did, not if but when she ultimately makes the choice to leave. She does believe that Chicago is where she would ultimately like to end up in it being the last happy memory of family when she was a child. This Christmas is the first back to Cedar Falls in six years for native son Kevin Matthews, the son of Kate's real estate agent Maggie Matthews, Kevin who has just been decommissioned from the Air Force. While there is unspoken pressure from his father Arnold Matthews to take over the family hardware store, Kevin, equally independently minded as Kate, is trying to find his own way in civilian life, that path which he has yet no idea. Kate and Kevin's first chance meetings are antagonistic ones in each displaying her/his independent streak. But they are brought together when some anonymous person is sending them on a joint Christmas mission in the form of rhyming couplet Christmas riddles and followup tasks, they both intrigued by the riddles and the identity of the anonymous sender. As they embark on this mission, they start to fall for each other, which makes them both consider settling in Cedar Falls, something furthest from their minds when they first arrived. Their individual professional paths may factor into if there is a possible happily-ever-after for them.
Christmas on the Coast
HDHard-hearted New York novelist Dru Cassadine...known for her holiday romance stories (even though she is antilove and anti-Christmas)...is desperate to get her mojo back after a string of flops (and a not-so-subtle threat by her publisher that he'll drop her if she has another failure). She decides that a change of scenery might get her creative juices flowing and heads south for the winter, landing in a place known as Harbor Pointe. She doesn't quite get what she came for. She gets much more.
Love, Repeat
HDJames is still in love with his ex-wife. His quirky circle of family and friends are all breaking up too. But, in a crazy world, love is the only thing that makes sense.
Death to
HDTake a look back at the mad glory of the year 2020 in this comedic retrospective.
Very, Very, Valentine
HDHelen Russell owns and operates her own floral shop in New York City. What she loves about her work is the love associated with many of her orders, especially now during the Valentine's season. She hopes one day to have that sort of magical love, what she envisioned was like that of her now deceased parents where they just knew they were meant for each other. She thinks she may have found that love when her best friend since college, Henry Hart, invites her to a masquerade ball being held at the botanical gardens where he works as the chief botanist. At the ball, she meets a masked man with who she connects in that emotional, romantic sense. The problem ends up being is that by the time they abruptly part company at the end of the night, neither knows anything about the other, including the other's name. The only clue that Helen has to follow is the boutonniere he was wearing and accidentally dropped when he rushed off, one that was ordered from her shop using what is arguably the best rose she's ever hybridized, one that she is only calling the mystery rose until she names it and that Henry has encouraged her to enter into a prestigious flower competition. Helen, Henry and the other shop staff - her maternal Aunt Carol, and a new employee named Beth - go on a quest to find Helen's mystery man to match the mystery rose. Through the process, Helen wants those magical signs to tell her that the risks she is taking will end up with this mystery man being her true love. What Helen may find is that the signs are a little more subtle and may point somewhere closer to home.
Snowkissed
HDA travel-averse journalist chases her dream assignment where she soon finds herself mentoring a handsome B&B owner who wants to be a tour guide.
Midnighters
HDMidnight, New Year's Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life - except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian web of deceit and madness.
Finding Ophelia
HDNew York Advertising Executive William Edgar (Jimmy Levar) is mesmerized by a series of hypnotic dreams that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. His life is thrown into disarray when forced to choose between his career, his relationships and his romantic obsession with a mysterious woman.(Christina Chu) Doing whatever it takes to find her, leads down a bizarre, dark path of signs and wonders, William soon discovers that finding the girl of your dreams can be a nightmare.
Arlo the Alligator Boy
HDA young humanoid alligator travels to the big city in hopes of reuniting with his estranged father, meeting a colorful cast of characters along the way.
Romance on the Menu
HDCaroline is busy running her restaurant in New York when she suddenly receives a message that she has inherited her aunts Café in Lemon Myrtle Cove, Australia. She had to go down to Australia to try and arrange the sale of the Café. When she arrives she's soon met by resistance from the Café's personnel that are afraid that the Café will lose it's character and that they will lose their if she sells. They convince the Cafés cook, Simon, to delay the repairs needed to sell and try and convince Caroline not to sell.
Finding You
HDFinley, a talented aspiring violinist, meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small coastal village in Ireland. An unexpected romance emerges as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous reawakening, and she emboldens him to take charge of his future, until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.
Sweet Carolina
HDJosie Wilder is an executive at the New York based marketing company, Best Foot Forward. Despite loving her family - she always having considered her sister Ellie her best friend - all who still live in their small hometown of New Hope, North Carolina, Josie rarely gets to see them as work always takes priority. Josie's planned trip home in a month's time happens earlier when Ellie and her husband Aaron are killed in a vehicle accident. While everyone in the family expects that Ellie, Josie and their tech brother Jeff's parents, restaurateurs Pete and Kate Wilder, will assume custody of Ellie and Aaron's two offspring, young teen Ben and tweener Delilah, Ellie and Aaron throw them all for a loop as they, without telling her or anyone else, have stipulated in their wills that they want Josie to have custody. Josie has to figure out why Ellie chose her to look after her children, she not the obvious choice to her or anyone else, especially Pete who has always seemed to resent Josie's choice to leave New Hope as quickly as possible when she became of age. It is also not obvious to either Ben or Delilah, who, while still loving their aunt, always negatively define her in terms of "the city" i.e. New York, when anything goes wrong in her attempted parenting of them in their grief. It is especially difficult for more sensitive Ben who is going through his first case of puppy love for a classmate, Lily, from who he is not certain if the feelings are returned. Beyond her family, helping Josie figure things out is Cooper Avchen, her high school sweetheart and Delilah's basketball coach, he only having recently returned to town after being away in "the city" like Josie, in his case Atlanta.
Dutch
HDDutch: The First of a Trilogy. James Bernard Jr., a.k.a. Dutch, has become the most dangerous criminal in New Jersey. From his early skill as a car thief, Dutch recognized the opportunity to rule the streets and he seized it. With both the protection and respect of the Mafia, Dutch becomes the most terrifying force on the streets. District Attorney Anthony Jacobs is determined to take down Dutch and his crew, and he's confident that his witnesses will testify against them.
You Had Me at Aloha
HDPaige and Ben become the new co-hosts of a popular travel show set in Hawaii. As they clash over ideas, they grapple with the fact that not only do they need each other to further their careers, but they also balance each other on and off the screen.
The Toxic Avenger: The Musical
HDA musical adaptation of the 1984 movie by the same name. "A movie that most people only watched while stoned." A dystopian future of global warming and ecological disaster. While trying to get to the bottom of who's dumping the toxic waste in New Jersey, his discovery leads him to being dumped in the toxic waste to die only to come out as a super strong mutant.
Adventures of a Mathematician
HDThe warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
Hot Air
HDSlick comedy-drama from the director of The Wedding Singer, with Steve Coogan as an abrasive right-wing radio host whose perfect life is thrown into disarray when his sassy long lost 16-year old niece turns up on his doorstep, ready to challenge everything he stands for.
The Birthday Cake
HDThe Birthday Cake begins with the 10th anniversary of Giovanni's father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of carrying on the family tradition of bringing a cake to the home of his Uncle Angelo, Brooklyn's last Mafia boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Giovanni's life is forever changed and he's forced to grow up after witnessing murder, violence, chaos and the truth about what happened to his father.
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
HDInspired by the iconic mid-1990s DC story from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One begins as a brutal murder on Halloween prompts Gotham's young vigilante, the Batman, to form a pact with the city's only two uncorrupt lawmen (Police Captain James Gordan and District Attorney Harvey Dent) in order to take down The Roman, head of the notorious and powerful Falcone Crime Family. But when more deaths occur on Thanksgiving and Christmas, it becomes clear that, instead of ordinary gang violence, they're also dealing with a serial killer - the identity of whom, with each conflicting clue, grows harder to discern. Few cases have ever tested the wits of the World's Greatest Detective like the mystery behind the Holiday Killer.
The God Committee
HDAs a donor heart arrives at a New York hospital, the intended recipient dies. Due to this unexpected crisis, an organ transplant committee must convene within one hour to decide which of three other patients currently waiting for a transplant deserves the life-saving heart. God's work is now left in the hands of five doctors, including Boxer (Kelsey Grammer), a cynical but brilliant heart surgeon; Jordan (Julia Stiles), an idealistic up-and-comer; and Gilroy (Janeane Garofalo), a weary bureaucrat. As the debate over the heart heats up, ethics and bribes clash, leaving the committee members to question what's more valuable: morals or money?
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
HDSUMMER OF SOUL is part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just 100 miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was never seen and largely forgotten--until now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The feature includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, and more.
A Date with Danger
HDRecently divorced Nikki is a single mom looking for a fresh start in a new town. After she befriends fellow single mom Liz, the vivacious Liz takes Nikki under her wing, even giving Nikki a job at her popular boutique. To Nikki, Liz represents everything she aims to be, and she takes Liz's advice on her career, child-rearing, and love life very seriously. She even ends a new relationship with Gavin, a charming neighbor, when Liz points out red flags Nikki didn't even know to look for. But after Liz goes missing and all signs point to Liz's jealous ex, who she was in a custody battle with, Nikki is beside herself with grief. To her surprise, Gavin becomes her rock and even helps her dig into Liz's suspicious ex to help her (and the cops) close the case. But after Liz's ex is arrested for her murder, Nikki spots new clues no one else sees that point to the true killer.
Locating Silver Lake
HDUpon graduating college, a brokenhearted aspiring writer, without a dime or connections, packs his bags and heads to Los Angeles in the hopes of finding a new beginning. He quickly gets immersed into two very different worlds - one young, provocative and alluring, the other rooted in diversity, community and loyalty - both with their own unique appeals, advantages and dangers. Through his new experiences, he realizes who he is and where he belongs.
The Breaker Upperers
HDFifteen years ago, Mel and Jen discovered they were being two-timed by the same man. Bitter and cynical, they became fast friends and formed The Breaker Upperers, a small-time business breaking up couples for cash. Now they're in their late-thirties and business is booming. But when they run into an old victim, Mel develops a conscience and their friendship is truly put to the test.
Disencumber
HDOut of options and out of cash, two best friends - a jaded wannabe filmmaker and an idealistic PhD candidate - contemplate robbing their drug dealer.
Royally Ever After
HDAfter dating for one year, Sara Dimarco, a second grade New Jersey schoolteacher from a working class background, is pretty sure her boyfriend Danny, a struggling non-fiction writer from Britain, is the person she wants to spend the rest of her life with despite his obsessiveness in not having an online footprint, which makes her and her best friend and teacher colleague Caitlin believe he's hiding something. When on their first anniversary date he proposes having already secretly received the consent of her loving parents, Marie and Bert Dimarco, a waitress and construction worker respectively, and she accepts does he divulge the reason for not having an online presence: he, really Daniel Christopher Seamus Horatio Hughes (and not just plain Danny) is the crown prince and first in line to the throne of St. Ives, a small monarchy off the coast of Britain. While Marie and Bert welcome the news of the engagement and of his true identity, Daniel must now convince his parents, King Edmond and Queen Patricia, before anything can be considered official. In traveling to St. Ives with Daniel to meet his parents and convince them, Sara makes one misstep after another, she feeling more of a kinship to the palace staff than to Daniel's family. Sara can also pick up on the cues that the King and Queen are treading very carefully in not coming right out and saying that they won't approve of the marriage despite truly not willing to approve it solely because she is a commoner. Despite a rocky start, the one person with any sway who seems to be on Sara and Daniel's side is his sister, Princess Fiona, who they are unaware has ulterior motives in her actions. The question then becomes if Daniel and Sara's love for each other can overcome the obstacles to they becoming Prince and Princess and ultimately King and Queen of St. Ives.
The 27-Hour Day
HDLauren Garrett's New York City-based company, The 27-Hour Day, which consists of a podcast and blog, is all about how to do more with less time - efficiency - especially for the modern woman who wants to do it all. In developing strategies, she has a "hack" to fix almost any situation. In following her own advice, Lauren devotes whatever time she saves from her strategies back into further developing her brand. To move her company to the next level, she is pinning her prospects on a meeting with the guru in the business, Barbara Davrow, that meeting when she hopes Barbara will invite her along on her next speaking tour. Without giving a definite as to any future they may have, Barbara instead infers that Lauren has to find a healthier work-personal life balance, the latter which is virtually nonexistent despite not not wanting to do things like see her mother more often. In following Barbara's advice in order to secure that spot on the speaking tour, Lauren, out of her many options to find how to discover how to achieve that personal life, decides to attend Meadowlawn, a week long retreat in rural Montana run by the Wests: long widowed mother Sally, and her two adult offspring Jack and Ayla. While she knows the retreat does not allow guests access to electronic devices, she learns that extends further to no watches to provide one the sense of freedom devoid of time constraints. The problem becomes however slow she is to settle into doing things for herself, Lauren may find that she likes her new freedoms which may also provide her with those opportunities with Barbara that she had so coveted which would take away from her time. What she may also hope is to fill that personal life with Jack, who is like her more than he would like to admit in doing things for his mother and sister in taking over from the memory of his father, such measures as a planned expansion of the retreat for which Jack had long dropped out of veterinary school on which to focus his life.
The Expendables 3
HDBarney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill - or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables' most personal battle yet.
The Neighborhood Nightmare
HDWhen Lindsay Porter, responsible mother and head of the local neighborhood watch program, falls for Stephen, the handsome new bachelor on the block, she begins to fear she and her daughter's lives may be in grave danger.
The Year of Spectacular Men
HDStory of Izzy Klein, a young woman fresh out of college as she strikes up and ruins relationships with several men, and struggles to navigate the failures of post-college adulthood, leaning on her mother and older sister for support.