Hallmark Heartbeats

This week I am joined by actresses Miranda Roldan and Jessica Pacheco, stars of South Beach Love. They play the feuding mamas Dolores and Maria. This was a fun interview, full of laughs and stories. We chat about growing up in the Hispanic culture, working with William Levy, Taylor Cole, dancing, representing the Cuban culture on Hallmark Channel and so much more.

This week I am once again joined by Dara from Dear Hallmark podcast where we review Hallmark Channel's newest movie South Beach Love starring Taylor Cole and William Levy.

Since we both read the book and watched the movie, I wanted to do this podcast a little bit differently, comparing the book with the movie adaptation. Spoiler alert, the book was a million times better.

We talk about missed opportunities to delve deeper into the Cuban culture, particularly the symbolism behind quinceaneras, the plotline misses and the characters missing in the books.

Let's just say: go buy the book, don't bother with the movie.

Before the premiere of newest Hallmark movie titled "South Beach Love" I sit with the author of the book, Caridad Pineiro. We chat about her career, how she got started in the book, the inspiration of South Beach Love, her excitement for the movie, quinceaneras, Cuban food, books in the works and of course Will Levy. This was a great interview. This was actually my first time interviewing an author, and hopefully not my last.

This week I get to interview Matthew Lupu, star of Hallmark Channel movie titled "Love Strikes Twice". He played the Ash, younger brother of the main character, Maggie. We chat about being Potterheads, deleted scenes and what he would do if he could time travel. This was a great interview, lots of laughs and fun

This week I got to interview Eliza Hayes Maher and Megan McNulty, stars of Hallmark Channel movie Taking the Reins. Megan also did double duty being executive producer along with Nikki DeLoach. We talked about all things Taking the Reins, from working with horses, what do executive producers do to the important messages they want viewers to take from this movie. It was a great interview. Lots of laughs and wisdom around

This week I am joined by my friend and co-host of The Resident Rulebreakers Podcast, Kayla Blackwell as we talk about "Taking the Reins" starring Nikki Deloach and Scott Porter. 

This movie in my opinion was one of the best movies of 2021. It was an emotional roller coaster, going from laughing at family dinners and chats, to crying our eyes out with "I am proud of you" and "I love you". 

This movie had the important message of telling our loved ones how we feel, never leaving them in doubt. Kayla and I got personal with this podcast, sharing our own stories of how we both sought validation from our own family members. 

If there is one thing we want people to take from this movie, it is definitely say it loud and say it proud. Tell your loved ones how you feel. Never let them doubt it.

This week I get to interview actor Adil Zaidi, star of Wedding March 6 and Roadhouse Romance. We talk about all types of subjects, from Switzerland, wrestling, working with Tyler Hynes and Lauren Alaina plus many more.

This week I am actually doing three reviews in one. Lol. I am reviewing newest Hallmark films, Raise a Glass to Love starring Laura Osnes and Juan Pablo DiPace, Finding Love in Mountain View starring Myko Olivier and Danielle Ryan as well as the newest Chesapeake Shores episode.

I talk about the missed opportunity Hallmark had in making Raise a Glass to Love and talking about women empowerment, representation and feminism in the winemaking/sommelier industry. Instead turning it into a falling in love with a hot Argentinean guy while I have a boyfriend storyline.

I talk about the lack of emotional impact Finding Love in Mountain View had in comparison to Sweet Carolina, and yet because of that had a better ending in my opinion. 

And also i rant about the lack of wedding in the wedding episode of Chesapeake Shores.

Although the show notes make it seem I didn't like the movies, I did give both movies 3 stars.

And Chesapeake Shores sucked this week.

9/23 Interview with Adil Zaidi, co- star of Roadhouse Romance. He also starred in Wedding March 6. He was really the only part of that movie I liked so I am excited about this interview.

9/28 Taking the Reins Recap starring Niki Deloach and Scott Porter and Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone Recap

This is one of my proudest and probably hardest interview I have done so far. I had to hold in tears. 

Trigger warning: Talks of foster care and Residential Schools

This week I get to interview indigenous actors Paul Grenier and Ray Thunderchild, stars of Journey of my Heart. They played Niko and Jaco respectively.

We talked about the importance of representation in the indigenous community, chat about working with the cast and crew of Journey of my Heart as well as the hard topics of Residential Schools and Foster care system. This was definitely an emotional interview, but one I am most proud of.

This week I reviewed the newest Hallmark Channel movie "Roadhouse Romance" starring Lauren Alaina and Tyler Hynes. 

Not going to lie. I didn't like this movie much. The storyline was weak. The pacing was so SLOW. The acting and the singing was good, or at least the best that it could be. But it definitely wasn't a movie that I would want to watch again.

This was Tyler's worst movie of 2021

I also gave my thoughts on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries movie, Redemption in Cherry Springs. Let's just say I was reminded why I don't watch mystery series. I guessed the guilty party five minutes in. Lol.