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It's time to wrap up season 2 of Gilmore Girls with a mailbag episode!

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It's Festive Friday with a terrifying Christmas Eve thriller!

On Christmas Eve, a mother desperate to reconnect with her estranged family is abducted by a Serial Killer and forced to help him flee the country.

2025 | Streaming

Director: Thomas Pickering

Writer: James Pickering

Cast:

• Levi Heaton as Marie
• Roger Bingham as Donald
• Isabella Percival

It's September 22nd. A woman pulls into a parking garage and is waiting for the elevator when someone starts to whistle. She starts looking around and the lights go off. When the lights come back on, she's gone and only her shoe remains.

Cut to the holiday season, a radio show is taking calls about a serial killer who is on the loose. It's December 24th and a girl is driving her car, listening to Christmas music. She stops on the side of the road to pee. When she gets back into the car, she sees someone is in the backseat. She tries to run, but he stops her. He tells her to start the car. Turns out, her keys are outside. This gives her time to light her jacket on fire and throw it on him but it doesn't work out too well and he ends up killing her and putting her in the trunk. He uses that car to make another car stop and forces this new woman to drive him somewhere but won't tell her where.

Throughout the movie, we see other women that were murdered.

This dude is trying to get out of the country and she's like let's go to the river and you can leave that way. When they get there, she takes him down and then it's revealed that she's actually the serial killer, not him....I think. I gotta be honest, I'm not sure.

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It's time to breakdown the first batch of Hallmark Christmas movies! 

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These 2 movies MATTER! 

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

A headstrong marina owner teams up with the local pumpkin farmer to resurrect their lakeside town's beloved Pumpkin Regatta after a family feud cancels it, igniting old wounds and new sparks in the process.

September 26, 2026 | Hallmark

Director: Liz Farrer

Writer: Kate Pragnell

Cast:

• Mishael Morgan as Nadine Brooks
• Corey Sevier as Ethan King

Nadine is hanging out with her friend and they're both bemoaning the fact that her dad is cancelling the pumpkin regatta festival. Why is it cancelled? Well, apparently her dad George is mad at his old best buddy Andrew. There were cheating allegations thrown out there about who won the last race. So no more race!!!

Andrew's son, Ethan, is hot. And he is encouraging his dad to just talk to George and bury the hatchet. Nadine is trying to get her dad to do the same, with no luck. Nadine decides to reach out to Ethan to talk about how they might be able to reconcile their dads. And the sparks are FLYING when these 2 get together. They decide to just start planning the regatta in hopes that their dads reconcile beforehand. Luckily, that means that they're spending plenty of time together. They even bake some cake pops and he touches her face a dozen times. They carve up a giant pumpkin and have a pumpkin guts fight which leads to him taking his shirt off.

They go to get a bite to eat and they talk about their feelings and they almost kiss but pull back - they're keeping this professional!

So the planning is in full force but they keep having to hide it from their dads because they're still not interested in patching things up.

They're setting up for the race and Ethan shoots his shot and they kiss big ones! Her dad walks up and goes WHOA! He finds out that she's been planning the regatta without his knowledge. He's not thrilled. In fact, he's disappointed.

The next day, the dads end up making up. The race is on!!!

Nadine and Ethan talk and he gives her some sunflowers. She says it's time to go on a proper date.

The race happens and the kid who the money was going towards ends up winning, so good for him.

Nadine and Ethan celebrate with a kiss.

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It's Marvel Monday and Sam Wilson takes up the shield!

Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan.

February 14, 2025 | Theatrical Release

Director: Julius Onah

Writers: Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson

Cast:

• Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America
• Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross
• Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres
• Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns
• Giancarlo Esposito as Sidewinder

Five months into Thaddeus Ross' presidency, Sam Wilson is settling into life as the new Captain America — and he's already got his hands full. After a mission in Mexico, Sam and the newly minted Falcon, Joaquin Torres, recover stolen government tech. Joaquin is thrilled to be taking on the Falcon mantle, while Sam is a little more hesitant about putting him in harm's way. After all, neither of them has actual superpowers.

Sam and Joaquin soon find themselves invited to a White House summit with President Ross. Ross wants to prevent a global arms race and proposes an international treaty. Seems pretty straightforward, right? Of course not.

During the summit, several men — including super soldier Isaiah Bradley — suddenly open fire on Ross and other world leaders. The attackers are captured, but none of them have any idea why they did it.

Joaquin tracks a phone call back to Camp Echo One, a secret government facility in West Virginia. There, they discover Dr. Samuel Sterns, a scientist who has been imprisoned by Ross for years. Sterns gained enhanced intelligence after being exposed to Bruce Banner's blood during the Abomination's rampage in Harlem, and he's been using his genius — along with "Mr. Blue" and some mind-control technology — to manipulate people.

As they race to stop Sterns, they discover his real goal: destroy Ross' reputation by turning the president's own secrets against him. And Ross has plenty of secrets. He's dying from heart failure and has been taking pills created by Sterns to keep himself alive. Ross refused to release Sterns because he needed those pills, which gave Sterns a pretty big reason to want revenge. Turns out the pills he's been giving Ross have been pumping gamma radiation into his body.

Sterns eventually turns himself over to Sam, but his arrest and his connection to Ross are revealed publicly during a press conference. Ross completely loses control and transforms into the Red Hulk, destroying part of the White House in the process.

Sam manages to fight Ross long enough to get through to him. Ross finally comes back to himself.

Isaiah Bradley is officially exonerated and Ross resigns before voluntarily being imprisoned.

And just when you thought everything was wrapped up nicely, Sterns has one last warning for Sam: something is coming from other worlds.

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Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.

FALL IS HERE! What better way to get into the Fall spirit than by revisiting some of our Fall movie reviews! To help us get ready for another Corey Sevier Fall movie, it's time journey back to 2024 to revisit The Heiress and the Handyman.  This episode originally aired on September 17, 2024.

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It's Festive Friday with is time for some festive spooky season movies!

Former friends at a remote Christmas reunion face deadly consequences when a hunter targets them over their shared secret: a holiday prank that killed a woman last year.

October 28, 2025 | Streaming

Director: Gregory William Randolph Jr.

Writer: C.M. Wright

Cast:

• Lauren Staerck as Cassie
• Shayli Reagan as Amber

The movie kicks off with the camera coming across a woman sitting dead in a field. We then see another woman, walking around, looking nervous. This Santa with a mask walks up behind her and puts her in a bag. She then gets out of the bag and stabs Santa. Turns out, it was all a dream. She wakes up and we see a scary note sitting by her bed.

Next thing you know, she's in a car driving and arrives at this big house. She walks in, constantly saying hello but no one answers. It's Cassie and she finally finds her old friend Amber. Cassie decides to leave but before she can, Nico shows up. All of these folks are former friends and they all received the same letter. But that's not everyone - Trey and his girlfriend, Dax who just wants to sit in the corner and draw, and a couple other people whose names I didn't catch. They all know each other but then some dude named Sam shows up and no one really knows who he is but he also got the same invite.

They all talk about how what happened last year was just bad luck. The power turns off, so Trey goes outside to figure out where the breaker box is. When he gets the lights back on, Santa is there and stabs him through the neck. See ya Trey.

Everyone's keys are missing, so that's not good.

We finally find out what happened - they left their friend out to freeze in the cold.

Santa strikes again and this time kills a girl while she's working out.

People start dropping left and right. It finally comes out that Amber is the killer, alongside the guy that no one recognized. Turns out, Amber was in love with the girl who died. Cassie fights her off and is able to kill her and win the day.

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Let's blind rank some Hallmark fall movies!

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On the eve of Sookie's wedding, Lorelai and Rory's father spend a romantic night together, and Rory is so happy to see Jess she greets him with a surprisingly passionate kiss.

May 21, 2002 | The WB

• Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
• Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

It's almost wedding time for Sookie and Jackson. Sookie is trying to find the song for the wedding but Lorelai thinks all the songs are too morbid. Two people cancel and Sookie asks Lorelai to invite Richard & Emily. Of course, they take that personally. A pity invite, they say!

Rory is eating breakfast with Dean and everything seems fine. She is in love with Dean, TRUST ME!

Lorelai has a conversation with Luke and it's clear she's still mad at him but he insists everything is fine.

At Chilton, Paris is running for president. Early polling shows that no one wants to vote for Paris because everyone knows she's Paris. Paris sees Rory and hatches an idea - invite Rory to be her VP. She says no until she hears Harvard would like that. So Rory says yes.

It's time to get Rory's cast off! Christopher shows up last second! He wouldn't miss this for the world and he agrees to stay in town for the day and go to Sookie & Jackson's pre-wedding party. After the party, Christopher & Lorelai talk. She explains things are going super great with Sherry. HMMMM INTERESTING. She agrees to go to the wedding with him the next day.

Naturally, the next day, they're on the couch and they just end up kisssingggg BIG ONESSSSS. Luckily, he has a room upstairs.

Afterwards, she comes downstairs and finds Sookie in her wedding dress, spiraling about her wedding cake. To calm her down, she tells Sookie that she slept with Christopher. That'll do it.

She gets back up to the room and they talk about what the heck just happened. They agree to just try to give them a shot and see what happens.

Luke is shocked to find Jess in the apartment. He's like what are you doing here? Jess tells Luke he wants to come back. Luke says ok but it's gonna have to be different. Then Luke says Rory and Dean are doing really well. Just leave it alone.

Rory gets a call from Paris. They won & they're gonna spend the summer in Washington.

Christopher goes on a little walk with Rory and tells her the good news. She then sees Jess. He says he's back and she kisses him and then runs away!

Christopher then finds Lorelai and says he has to go. HE JUST FOUND OUT SHERRY WAS PREGNANT! He can't not be around for another kid. She says congrats.

It's finally wedding time and Rory tells Lorelai she's probably going to Washington.

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

One of the members of Jennifer Shannon's true-crime book club is murdered during the group's reenactment of the Lizzie Borden case.

September 19, 2026 | Hallmark

Director: Paula Elle

Writer: Teena Booth

Cast:

• Lori Loughlin as Jennifer
• Sarah Strange as Dani
• Kevin O'Grady as Frank
• Steve Bacic as Jason

We're at a garage sale and Jennifer and Dani are shopping around looking for fun stuff for their scarecrow. Jennifer finds a locket in a jacket pocket. Classic Jennifer.

Jennifer is a part of a book club that does murder mystery parties for charity and they're getting ready to do a Lizzie Borden show. The cast gets into a bit of an argument when it comes to showcasing both sides of the case. THEN, the book that they're using as a historical artifact goes missing! While looking for the book, Jennifer comes across a dead body! It's Isaac Simmons - he was one of the guys really upset about showing both sides of the case. I'll be honest - there's one guy who is an obvious suspect - the guy who runs this inn. He has keys to all the rooms and is just real awkward. Luckily, Detective Frank was already there because he showed up with Jennifer to be a part of the murder mystery. So he immediately begins pulling everyone in for questioning. Jennifer is helping Isaac's stepdaughter, Sierra, when she sees that she has the missing book. UH OH! She claims she has NO IDEA how it got there!

Turns out, only Carol's prints are on the book. Who is Carol? She's the one who was leading the murder mystery and brought the book to the party.

In a crazy turn of events, the murder mystery party is still a go! And everyone is still in as long as Detective Frank is out.

Bad news though - Jennifer gets hit over the head by someone cuz she keeps snooping around! Everyone is so incredibly suspicious and so down to continue with the play.

So, they decide to go forward with it but keep an eye on all the suspects. What we don't know is that Jennifer looked in the closet yesterday and there were 3 door knobs, now there's only 2. That means it could only be one person - the guy who runs the inn! He admits it really easily. They all celebrate.

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It's Marvel Monday and the multiverse just got a lot more chaotic!

Deadpool is offered a place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by the Time Variance Authority, but instead recruits a variant of Wolverine to save his universe from extinction.

July 26, 2024 | Theatrical Release

Director: Shawn Levy

Writers: Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Cast:

• Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool
• Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
• Emma Corrin

Alright, here's what you need to know. In 2018, Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, used a time-travel device to go back and prevent the death of his girlfriend, Vanessa.

He eventually makes his way to the Sacred Timeline, hoping to join the Avengers. Unfortunately for Wade, Happy Hogan turns him down, so he heads back to his own universe.

Six years later, things aren't exactly going great. Wade and Vanessa have broken up, he's retired the Deadpool suit, and he's now selling used cars alongside his friend and former teammate Peter.

During his birthday party, Wade is suddenly taken by the Time Variance Authority - something that obviously needs to exist now - and brought before Mr. Paradox. Paradox explains that the TVA exists outside of time and monitors the Sacred Timeline and the larger multiverse. He offers Wade a chance to leave his universe behind and become part of the Sacred Timeline, but there's a catch: Wade's universe is slowly dying because its "anchor being," Logan, is dead.

Paradox plans to speed up the process with a device called the Time Ripper. Wade isn't exactly thrilled with that plan because he's quite fond of his universe, so he steals Paradox's device that allows him to travel to Logan's grave, hoping he can somehow bring him back to life, Evanescence style. When that doesn't work, Wade starts jumping across the multiverse looking for a different version of Logan, aka Wolverine, who can take Logan's place in his universe.

Eventually, Wade brings one back to the TVA, but Paradox isn't impressed. This Logan is apparently the worst Wolverine in the entire multiverse, and Paradox explains that an anchor being can't simply be replaced. Wade also realizes that Paradox is doing all of this without the approval of his bosses, so Paradox sends Wade and Logan to the Void.

Wade convinces Logan that the TVA might be able to change his past, giving the two of them a reason to work together and escape the Void. Instead, they are captured alongside Johnny Storm, who looks a whole lot like Captain America, and brought before Cassandra Nova, the powerful and extremely unhinged twin sister of Charles Xavier.

Cassandra has made a deal with the TVA to rule the Void, and she quickly proves that she's not someone Wade wants to mess with. She kills Johnny and leaves Wade and Logan to be eaten by a giant smoke creature, but the two manage to escape.

After meeting a couple of Deadpool variants, including Nicepool and Dogpool, Wade and Logan are pointed toward a resistance group fighting against Cassandra. They find this group and Deadpool proposes an alliance and they attack Cassandra. They fight real good but Cassandra ultimately heals herself and sends Wade and Logan back to Earth-10005.

Cassandra learns about the Time Ripper and now wants to use it to destroy every timeline and leave nothing behind except the Void, cuz she's the bad guy in a Marvel movie.

Paradox finally reveals that the Time Ripper can be destroyed, but doing so would require one person to disrupt its power source and sacrifice themselves. Wade and Logan refuse to let the other make that sacrifice, so they do it together. The two of them manage to destroy the Time Ripper, killing Cassandra in the process, and survive via the power of friendship.

Paradox is arrested and Earth-10005 is saved. Logan is allowed to stay in Wade's universe. Wade is reunited with his friends and Logan encourages Wade to finally make things right with Vanessa.

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Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.

In honor of the return of Lori Loughlin, we thought it would be fun to revisit our first Lori Loughlin Hallmark movie! This week, it's time journey back to 2018 for Homegrown Christmas.  This episode originally aired on December 17, 2018.

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It's Festive Friday with a charming holiday romance!

A Christmas booking blunder in Frankenmuth, Michigan's beloved Bavarian village known for year-round Christmas charm, forces two families to share a B&B, where sparks fly, plans unravel, and romance sneaks in.

June 26, 2026 | Streaming

Director: Joel Paul Reisig

Writers: Joel Paul Reisig, Sandy Silverthorne

Cast:

• Danielle Sarentino as Caroline Mathison

• Tom Kruszewski as Karl Williams

   

We meet Caroline. She pulls up to a nice big Airbnb. She gets a call from the owner who is like someone is gonna drop by soon with the linens. She's like that's all good, looks like they're pulling up now. It's Karl and his grandma. Only problem is Karl isn't the linen guy - he and his grandma are staying there. After some initial confusion, they realize they double booked. Just then, the linen guy shows up. Turns out, he booked it to Karl while his wife booked it to Caroline. Caroline is like well I booked it months ago and my entire family is coming into town. She decides she needs some space and goes shopping. When she gets back, her family is there and they've already become best friends with Karl and Grandma Williams. They think Karl is Caroline's boyfriend, who was supposed to be joining them and ironically is named Carl. So she sits them all down and explains what happened and tells them all the plan - they're all gonna sleep upstairs and Karl and Grandma will sleep downstairs for 1 night and then leave.

She gets bad news - Carl is gonna be a couple days late. But that means that Karl with a K and Grandma can stick around a little while longer. So Karl and Caroline start hanging out - they go for a sleigh ride, ice skating, dinner. They have a GREAT NIGHT and the sparks are flying.

Karl decides he's gonna shoot his shot and tell Caroline he's falling for her but is interrupted by almost fiancé Carl with a C finally showing up and that dude sucks.

So Karl and Grandma end up leaving and Caroline's sister discovers that Karl actually had a girlfriend this whole time, so it's good that he's gone.

She breaks up with her almost fiancé and then it turns out that Carl just has a sister. Karl comes back and they kiss.

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It’s finally that time of year again—Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas lineup has been revealed, and we at Deck the Hallmark Podcast could not be more excited! Every holiday season, Hallmark gifts us with brand-new movies packed with festive fun, cozy romance, and just the right amount of Christmas magic.

Everything kicks off on October 16th with our 24+ hour live stream marathon. Stay tuned for more information on that!

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Lorelai tries to patch things up with Luke. Rory invites her grandparents to her mom's graduation.

May 14, 2002 | The WB

• Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
• Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

Lorelai is actively avoiding Luke so she goes to Sookie's for breakfast. It's a whole thing. We find out that Lorelai is going to graduate from business school at the community college. She was planning to skip the graduation but Rory isn't having that. Rory says they should invite Emily and Richard but Lorelai isn't having it. Naturally, Rory is going to honor those wishes, yes? She doesn't. She goes to visit Richard & Emily in person. She gives them tickets and tells them if they want to go and encourage Lorelai, great. If not, that's ok - she doesn't need to know. Lorelai bumps into Luke and they do some awkward small talk.

Lorelai gets a call from Christopher. He says I sent you a basket as a congrats on graduating...you know as friends do.

Rory gets a call from Jess. Turns out he's in the city and says she should come visit. She hops on a bus immediately and meets up with him. They walk around the city and talk and eat hotdogs.

Lorelai shows up early for her graduation and is shocked to find Emily there with a full film crew.

After an amazing day in the city, it's time for Rory to leave but she clearly doesn't want to go. After she gets on the bus, he asks why she came through the window. She says because you didn't say goodbye. He says goodbye and off he goes. But off she doesn't go. The bus is delayed because of a crash. This is BAD NEWS!

All the other graduates are giving Lorelai a hard time about her fancy mom with the fancy film crew.

She graduates and Rory misses the entire thing. But she does look out and can see how proud her parents are. Afterwards, they take a picture and Richard gives her a graduation gift.

When Lorelai gets home she's relieved to see Rory but less relieved to hear why she missed the graduation. She tells her that she just wants to get dinner with her daughter.

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

Kaia returns home for her town's fall festival as well as her high school reunion and spends the week with her childhood best friend, James, to complete their unfinished fall bucket list.

September 12, 2026 | Hallmark

Director: Angie Nolan

Writer: Ansley Gordon

Cast:

• Alvina August as Kaia
• Nathan Witte as James

Kaia is in business. BIG BUSINESS. But business is gonna have to wait, because she's heading home to Maplecrest for her class reunion. She's up for a big promotion. Maybe she'll be returning to a corner office! It doesn't take long after returning home to literally bump into childhood best friend, James. They DEFINITELY weren't into each other as kids! She shows him their old fall bucket list that she found. There's still a few items that they didn't cross off. Everyone around them is like you should finish this even though one of the items is them winning King and Queen of the Harvest (as if a passerthrough like Kaia could possibly win!).

They get to work, making some festive donuts, competing in a scarecrow making contest, and more! The SPARKS ARE FLYING and everyone sees it. They even almost kiss but are interrupted by a honk. They keep hanging out and they dance together in his backyard.

She ends up deciding she doesn't want the promotion. She wants to move home. So she buys her grandma's house and applies for a remote position for her gig.

At the reunion, they end up winning Harvest King and Queen and she tells him the good news.

She pulls out the bucket list and shows she added one thing - kiss at the reunion dance. And kiss they do.

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It's Marvel Monday and three powerful heroes team up!

Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.

November 10, 2023 | Theatrical Release

Director: Nia DaCosta

Writers: Nia DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik

Cast:

• Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
• Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau
• Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel
• Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

Carol Danvers has already caused plenty of problems for the Kree, but destroying their Supreme Intelligence has left their homeworld of Hala on the brink of collapse. Thirty years later, the planet is basically out of air, water, and sunlight, and the Kree have given Carol a pretty BA new nickname: the Annihilator.

Kree leader Dar-Benn discovers one of two powerful Quantum Bands and uses it to rip open a jump point through space. Unfortunately, this starts messing with the entire network of jump points across the universe. When Carol investigates one of them at the same time that Monica Rambeau investigates another, the two somehow get tangled up with a kid named Kamala Khan (but we can call her Ms. Marvel), who happens to possess the other Quantum Band. Whenever any of the three uses their powers at the same time, they switch places. Naturally, this makes fighting bad guys considerably more complicated.

After a chaotic encounter destroys Kamala's house, the three eventually figure out what's happening and team up. Kamala is PUMPED gives their new trio a very on-the-nose name: the Marvels.

The Marvels discover that Dar-Benn is tearing open jump points to steal resources from other planets and is putting the universe in serious danger in the process. And because Dar-Benn blames Carol for everything, she's targeting planets that are important to Carol.

The Marvels attempt to stop her and Dar-Benn is destroyed when trying to use the bands  but the resulting energy creates a tear between realities. Kamala and Carol use their combined powers to help Monica close the tear, but Monica ends up stranded on the other side.

Back on Earth, Kamala's brief experience working with Carol and Monica inspires her to start looking for other young heroes, beginning with Kate Bishop. Meanwhile, Carol heads to Hala and uses her powers to restore the planet's sun.

And Monica? Well, she's now hanging out in another universe where she meets an alternate version of her mother and a very familiar blue-furred mutant scientist.

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It's almost Fall. What better way to get into the Fall spirit than by revisiting some of our Fall movie reviews! This week, it's time journey back to 2023! It's time to revisit Notes of Autumn .  This episode originally aired on September 19, 2023.

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Lorelai helps Richard open his new office. Rory tries to salvage Jess's reputation after the accident. Lane discovers her new love.

May 7, 2002 | The WB

• Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
• Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

Lorelai and Rory show up at the diner but Luke is nowhere to be found. They head to the Hungry Diner. The type of diner that Michel goes to.

Lorelai heads to her parents' house and finds out that Richard started his own company - it's an insurance consulting firm. He comes out of his office mad that his assistant from the old firm turned down Richard's offer to join his company. He's not sure what to do. He's like maybe I should just shut it down. Lorelai is like whoa that seems premature. Just hire a new assistant. Lorelai agrees to help him get his office set up and find a new assistant.

Dean gets home and Rory hands him a letter outlining exactly what happened. He's not thrilled but is relieved to hear that Jess left town and invites her in for dinner...not the reaction Rory was expecting. When she tells her mom, she's like he loves you, just be happy.

She goes to Richard's office and it's a mess. She takes the first call and realizes that he needs pens, so off to the office store they go.

Rory is hanging out with Lane and they see a new music store is opening up. Lane comes back when it's open and gravitates towards the drums, something her mom would NEVER approve of.

Richard is getting pretty comfortable having Lorelai around as his assistant so when they start interviewing perfectly capable candidates, no one can live up to Lorelai. She's like I can't do this - I have a job. This hurts his feelings and he tells her to scram.

Rory is getting annoyed that everyone in town blames the crash on Jess, giving her a pass.

It's time for an office opening party for Richard. Lorelai shows up and she sees that he finally hired someone. They talk business and Lorelai seems proud of her dad. Emily sees the cast and freaks out. Lorelai blames Jess and Emily pulls Lorelai out into the hallway and they argue. Lorelai says she gets to hate Jess for the rest of her life. They agree to disagree.

Lane convinces the music store owner to let her practice there a couple nights a week.

Rory is walking around town and sees that Luke is back. She goes in to drink some coffee. They talk about Jess and she tells Luke that it wasn't his fault.

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It's Festive Friday with a heartwarming holiday wedding comedy!

Leo and Rich, Michelle's two dads, are organizing their yearly Christmas bash when they learn their daughter Michelle is getting married but initially wants to skip the ceremony. Amidst the holiday chaos, her dads persuade Michelle to opt for a grand wedding instead.

May 27, 2025 | Streaming

Director: Paul Hart

Writers: Bruce L. Hart, Paul Hart

Cast:

• Bruce L. Hart as Rich
• Peter Szeliga as Leo

Michelle and Marc are in love! And they just got engaged! So Michelle FaceTimes her dads, Leo and Rich. At first they're excited for her but then they find out that they aren't going to have a big wedding ceremony. They get over that pretty quick but everyone else that they tell is real mad.

Leo and Rich didn't have a big wedding and Rich kind of regrets that. So he calls Michelle and says that he'd be happy to plan the whole thing, he just doesn't want her to regret not having a wedding. She reluctantly agrees and quickly regrets it. It's a lot and they almost instantly regret not just eloping. While all this is going on, Leo and Rich are also planning the company Christmas party and it's looking like they might have to cancel this which leads to a massive fight between the two of them at a friend's party. And then they get in a huge argument with Aunt Angela because she's being too overbearing and of course that leads to her feelings getting hurt. And Leo and Rich end up getting in a fight too. Everyone makes up and they get good news - they got a big client!

They decide to actually listen to Michelle and Marc and just have a small ceremony at their house. And while they're at it, Leo and Rich are going to have a wedding too. A double wedding! Both couples kiss and they celebrate together.

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We are stoked to have Hallmark movie producer, Ryan M. Murphy, on the pod to talk all things Hallmark movie making!

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Join us as we discuss ALL THINGS HALLMARK & hear from you about what you're excited for! There will be juicy actor gossip, the latest Hallmark Christmas movie news, AND MORE!

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

When Gethsemane is invited to play at a wedding, she and Eamon find themselves involved in the death of a member of the bridal party.

September 5, 2026 | Hallmark

Writers: Nick Hopkins, Tim James, Kraig Wenman

Cast:

• Tamera Mowry-Housley as Gethsemane
• Risteard Cooper as Eamon
• Marco Grazzini as Griff

The movie starts with this dude walking around, looking super stressed out. He comes up to a lighthouse and climbs to the top. He turns around and this dude pushes him off the top. This old guy goes to check on him as another guy begins to walk up.

36 hours earlier, Gethsemane is playing the piano at the school when Griff comes in. He's like I'm going to a wedding and the violinist backed out. Maybe you could come to fill in, be my date, do some dancing. She's in!

The groom is Ty and the bride is Sunny. Griff knows Ty - he was his first friend after the divorce. Of course it's not just the 2 of them - Eamon the ghost is also there.

The hotel has apparently been under renovation for a while and Gethsemane finds a piano to play with Eamon.

The wedding party is all there except for Franky, who shows up late, already intoxicated. Turns out everyone in the wedding party hates this dude. There are accusations of him owing money and he's got a lot of explaining to do.

The next morning, Gethsemane is walking around trying to get past her writer's block when she and Eamon come across the dead body of Frankie. Just then, the old dude that we saw walks through Gethsemane. Turns out he's a ghost! He says he's the last person to see this dude alive. His name is Colin. He says he saw someone run off after Frankie fell - they were wearing a long hooded jacket and were carrying something that looked like a necklace. Colin says they need to figure out who did this or else his son is gonna end up getting blamed for it. Apparently, the lighthouse belongs to the hotel which was owned by Colin and now is owned by his son, Daniel. The lighthouse railing needs to be replaced, so if they don't think it was a murder, he'll be held liable. Of course, Inspector O'Reilly shows up.

Apparently Frankie is a financial advisor but he's got a bunch of shady doings. The inspector is a bit suspicious of the groom. They have security footage of them in an argument the night he died and Frankie trying to give him this chain. He's like I'm gonna go ahead and wait for my lawyer. Apparently Frankie and the groom were on a boat one night when their best friend died and Frankie had his necklace.

Turns out, one of the people at the wedding was in love with that dude and overheard Frankie and the groom arguing. So she tells Frankie to meet her at the lighthouse and down he goes.

She finds Gethsemane in her room looking at that necklace. Luckily they're able to sort it all out and arrest her.

The wedding happens and Gethsemane still doesn't kiss Griff.

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It's Marvel Monday and the Guardians face their final mission!

Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.

May 5, 2023 | Theatrical Release

Director: James Gunn

Writers: James Gunn, Jim Starlin, Stan Lee

Cast:

• Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord
• Chukwudi Iwuji as The High Evolutionary
• Bradley Cooper as Rocket (voice)
• Pom Klementieff as Mantis
• Dave Bautista as Drax
• Karen Gillan as Nebula
• Vin Diesel as Groot (voice)

The Guardians of the Galaxy have settled into their new headquarters on Knowhere, but their peace doesn't last long. Adam Warlock, a powerful warrior created by the Sovereign High Priestess, attacks the Guardians in an attempt to get revenge for them stealing from her. He critically injures Rocket before Nebula is able to stab him.

Unfortunately, the Guardians discover that they can't save Rocket because Orgocorp, the organization that experimented on him, implanted a kill switch inside him. With Rocket's life hanging in the balance, the Guardians set out to find the override code that can save him.

As Rocket lies dying, we learn the tragic story of how he became the Rocket we know. As a baby raccoon, Rocket was captured and experimented on by the High Evolutionary, the leader of Orgocorp. The High Evolutionary is obsessed with creating a perfect society by genetically modifying animals into intelligent, humanoid creatures called Humanimals. Rocket proves to be unusually intelligent, and the High Evolutionary uses his ideas to improve future generations of Humanimals. But instead of being proud of Rocket, the High Evolutionary becomes jealous that one of his creations is able to solve problems that he can't. He decides to remove Rocket's brain and destroy the rest of his Humanimal friends. Rocket attacks him in a rage, takes down his henchmen, and escapes in a spaceship, eventually becoming the Rocket we know today.

Back in the present, the Guardians enlist the help of an alternate version of Gamora, who is now a member of the Ravagers. Together, they break into Orgocorp and steal Rocket's file, only to discover that Theel, one of the High Evolutionary's advisors, has taken the override code.

Off to Counter-Earth they go to confront the High Evolutionary and the Guardians quickly discover just how dangerous the High Evolutionary really is because he's planning to destroy the entire planet.

They capture Theel and get the code to shut down Rocket's kill switch, but Rocket's heart stops, sending him into a near-death experience where he sees his Humanimal friends again and they tell him it's not his time. Peter Quill restarts his heart.

There's also this group of kids that the Guardians rescue and before leaving, Rocket also discovers a group of imprisoned animals on the ship. The High Evolutionary confronts him. The Guardians defeat him, but Rocket chooses not to kill him.

The Guardians help the animals and children escape to Knowhere. Quill nearly dies while trying to make it back, but Adam Warlock saves him after Groot had previously rescued Adam from the destruction of the ship.

With the mission over, Peter decides it's time for him to leave the Guardians. He names Rocket the new captain before returning to Earth and reuniting with his grandfather, Jason. Rocket is the new lead and a new team of Guardians is ready to save the world.

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It's almost Fall. What better way to get into the Fall spirit than by revisiting some of our Fall movie reviews! This week, it's time journey back to 2022 when we review a Fall movie that promised a ton of pumpkin. It's time to revisit Pumpkin Everything .  This episode originally aired on October 12, 2022.

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During a tutorial, Jess persuades Rory to take a drive and crashes her car, landing her in the hospital, and Lorelai rages at Luke for putting her daughter's life in danger.

April 30, 2002 | The WB

• Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
• Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

Lorelai and Rory are at Doose’s, commenting on the new bagger. They go to check out, and Taylor invites them to the movie in the park. Lorelai wants to know what movie they’re picking, but he refuses to answer.

It finally comes out that the movie is going to be The Yearling for the fourth straight time. Taylor is fed up with Lorelai complaining and says she can just pick the movie.

They head home and begin talking through movie options, but they can’t decide!

Meanwhile, Lane is in class taking a test when Jess sneaks in late while the teacher isn’t looking. He asks Lane for a pen—not to take the test, but to make notes in his book.

Luke ends up getting a call to come to the principal’s office. Jess is a problem. He’s doing absolutely no work, he’s not nice to his teachers, and baseballs are going missing. The principal says he has to hire Rory a tutor. She needs serious help.

Later, at Luke’s, Taylor comes in with a binder full of movie titles they can pick from. Apparently, these come from a company that gives Taylor a good deal. The movies are all really obscure.

Luke goes to talk to Jess, and Jess makes it clear that he doesn’t care about school. So Luke goes to talk to Lorelai and brings her brownies. He asks to talk to Rory and asks if she’d be willing to tutor Jess.

She agrees.

Lorelai is not so sure about that.

Kirk shows up at the diner and pitches Lorelai on showing her the short film he’s been working on. She is PUMPED to watch it!

Rory goes to help Jess and asks Lorelai not to tell Dean if he calls. Lorelai is not thrilled with that, but Rory insists they’re just going to study.

Jess wants to do everything BUT study. He says, "Let’s go get ice cream, and then I’ll study."

So they take her car.

On the way back, they talk about their dreams for their lives. Jess wants to work when he needs money and just do his own thing. Rory wants to go to Harvard and then become a journalist.

Jess says, "We could go back to Luke’s... or we could turn right and drive around for a while."

She says, "Turn right."

Next thing you know, Rory calls Lorelai with bad news.

They got in an accident.

That’s right, folks. Jess crashed Rory’s car... THE CAR THAT DEAN BUILT HER!

So Rory is at the hospital because she fractured her wrist. Lorelai goes to pick her up, but she’s going to be there for another hour for X-rays.

So Lorelai goes to find Jess and yell at him, but she can’t find him. Instead, she ends up just yelling at Luke.

It turns into a screaming match. It’s a whole thing.

She’s crying and calls... Christopher.

Luke finds Jess sitting on the bridge and sits down next to him.

Lorelai comes home and sleeps in Rory’s room. When she wakes up, she finds Chris sitting next to her. He says he’s going to stay through tomorrow to make sure Rory is okay.

She asks if Sherry knows, and he just says, "Rory comes first."

So methinks she might not know.

The next day, they all go to the movie. We see Kirk’s short, and it’s perfect.

They overhear Patty and Babette talking. Apparently, Luke took Jess to a bus station and sent him home.

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It's Festive Friday with a snowbound family comedy!

A snowstorm traps a college student with his divorced parents, forcing them to band together when they discover that one of their guests is a con artist.

December 1, 2025 | Streaming

Directors: Aleshia Cowser Jackson, Mazi Oyo

Writers: Justin Colebrooke, Jordyn Harper, Aleshia Cowser Jackson

Cast:

• Angel L. Henderson as Hope
• Johnny Blake as Raymond
• Austin Holmes as Marcus
• Michael Gray as Greg
• Muhammad Khaerisman-Yunus as Gabriel
• Collin Talent as Dustin
• Zoe Osborne as Winnie
• Jephry Milloy as Dave

The movie kicks off with these repairmen doing repairs to people's houses exclusively using a wrench. At one of the houses, there's an elderly woman. This repair guy goes outside and calls this dude and says hey I found a sugar momma for you. He's like I'm not sure. She's probably too old. Find me a younger sugar momma.

Cut to the opening credits which is animated and tells the story of this couple getting married, having a kid, and ultimately getting a divorce. They work the best they can to raise this kid. So that's the whole backstory I guess.

Cut to 1 year later and we see a guy open a safe and pull out a yellow folder. We meet Raymond, the kid from the pictures. His parents are in town to celebrate Christmas a week early. His roommate could not be more ready for them to leave so he can undecorate for Christmas because he hates it.

Raymond's Army dad leaves early but ends up coming back because his flight is cancelled. We meet Raymond's mom's new boyfriend - Greg and Greg is the sugar momma guy from the beginning! Turns out there's going to be a blizzard and everyone has to stay there, including Raymond's roommate and his 2 friends.

Greg goes next door where one of the repairmen lives. He hands Greg a gun but implores him to get the money and not kill anyone in the process. He's like it's going to be complicated now that everyone is there but ok.

Raymond is shocked to see his mom smoking weed with his friend, Winnie.

The power goes out and Christmas day comes and Greg and his partner strike! They gas everyone and hold them hostage at gunpoint. They tie them all up with Christmas lights. They decide the best course of action is to rob this place and then burn the house down. Luckily, they get loose and Raymond takes Greg down and dad shoots the other guy.

They all spend Christmas together and agree to spend every Christmas together moving forward.

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Another month, another batch of Hallmark movies!

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Jacks joins us this week to continue our journey into Paris Is Always a Good Idea.

Change is in the air as Chelsea looks back on all of her loves and losses, now finally ready to face the future and anything it may hold for her.

August 27, 2026 | Hallmark+

• Lacey Chabert as Chelsea Martin

Marcos hits on Chelsea's sister cuz why not. Chelsea is wrapping up her Knightly message but she wants it to be perfect. She's got 30 minutes til the ceremony.

We see a flashback of her with her mom before she passed away, talking about how to know you've met the one. Chelsea hears a crash in the kitchen and she goes to check on her dad who was really struggling with why it couldn't have been him who got sick. This is when Chelsea finds out that her mom knew she was sick before she went on the summer trip. She passed away 2 weeks later. Now Chelsea felt robbed of time. That's why she struggled so much afterwards.

She tells Knightly she wants to know if there's still a chance for them. She's thought about him every day for a year. One day, her sister calls her and tells her that she saw Knightly at a soccer game with another woman. Chelsea says he's moved on and that's what I wanted.

After the game, Knightly comes up to talk to little Martin. He awkwardly asks how Chelsea is and then is like jk I'm sure she's fine with the perfect job and perfect man.

The girls he's with turn out to be his sister.

Chelsea is talking to Marcos and she tells him that she thinks she's going to reach out to the ACC in hopes of being able to reconnect with Jason. He responds to the email very professionally but doesn't come to Spain for the meeting. He sends his boss. Chelsea is like if I knew it was you coming, I wouldn't have made you come. He's like oh yeah cuz you're in love with Knightly. She's like how did you know that?! Classic boss stuff.

It's time for her family to show up for the wedding.

It's bachelorette party time, complete with karaoke. Her sister pushes Chelsea to sing something which she finally does - Since U Been Gone.

This causes her to have a mini breakdown. She's so not moving on!!! She isn't okay on her own. She's not happy. And it's too late.

That night, Chelsea finds her dad watching his first wedding on his laptop. He's nervous. Chelsea gives him a pep talk. Chelsea then stays up to watch that wedding video and her mom's vows get Chelsea thinking - she has found her person she wants to tell all her secrets to.

So the next day, she starts recording these messages. She sends the message after the wedding but then hears the ding of a text. Knightly is right behind her! He's like you just sent me a pitch or something? She's like yes…the pitch of why we should be together. He says I have a pitch for you too and he kisses her. They go to the reception and all dance together. Marcos comes to dance with little Martin. Knightly asks Chelsea where they're gonna live and she's like we can figure it out with spreadsheets later. Tonight, we just love each other and they kiss some more.

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

A TV director returns to her theater roots for a Shakespeare festival and runs into an old flame, rekindling a merry war of wits in this modern retelling of "Much Ado About Nothing."

August 29, 2026 | Hallmark

Director: Shamim Sarif

Writers: Ramona Barckert, Neal Dodson, William Shakespeare

Cast:

• Ashley Williams as Bea Bishop
• Niall Matter as Benny Gersten

It's time for the Summer Shakespeare Festival and Bea Bishop has arrived ahead of the show she's directing - The Taming of the Shrew. She is pumped, or should I say WAS pumped until she finds out Benny, a popular actor, is going to be the love interest for the play. She's not thrilled because clearly they have a history. Her mom is the one who runs the festival but she's going to retire. Bea says that SHE wants to take it over and her mom is thrilled.

The cast gets together for the first time for pizza that Benny brings. Benny meets his leading lady for the first time. Her name is Hannah and it's clear that Hannah has a thing for another guy in the play, Clay. When Benny sees them, he tells Bea to make Clay the lead instead, which she does.

Bea finds out that there are some more hoops to leap through before the board approves her to be the new director of the festival. Apparently, there's a buyer interested in purchasing the festival. If the play isn't a success, they need to sell. SO THE STAKES ARE HIGH!

She tells Benny about this and they agree to a peace treaty to work together to save the festival.

So turns out, Benny was right about Clay and Hannah....a little too right. Bea and Benny follow them into town and see them kiss big ones! Bea is worried that this isn't going to be great for the play - it's going to distract them.

So Bea goes to talk to her about it and Hannah is like we're falling in love. Bea is like it's not real love, it's festival love. Hannah disagrees. Bea says this happened to her once - she fell for Benny during their play together and got a bad review, calling her distracted. That's why she ultimately became a director. She tells Hannah if all you're thinking about is how much you're in love with Clay, it's going to affect your performance. Benny ends up having the same conversation with Clay.

Hannah and Clay decide they should try to get Bea and Benny together. It gives us a couple of great scenes.

Benny and Bea end up getting coffee together and talk through some changes they want to make to the play and then they're getting ready to talk about their feelings but they get interrupted. They begin to wonder if splitting Hannah and Clay up is doing more harm than good.

There's a party where everyone is in Shakespearean garb and Bea and Benny try to reverse what they've done and get Hannah and Clay back together, but they end up slow dancing together in the process.

The next day, Benny asks if she wants to go for a bite. She's like did you say date? And he's like no I said bite, but yes a date please. She says yes. And they tell each other that they like and love each other via crayon on the table. The SPARKS are flying. On the walk home, they both talk about how they overheard the other actors talking about how they are into each other. IT WAS ALL A BIG TRICK?!

This is quite the misunderstanding and she's like well thank goodness we didn't kiss!

This argument gets interrupted with a text - Hannah is leaving. She can't handle the pressure of saving this festival.

So they all agree it would be best if Benny and Bea took over the lead roles and it's going great! But THEN she hears that Benny told Clay that whoever takes over running the festival has impossibly large shoes to fill. She's like you don't think I can do it!

He realizes he done goofed. He needs to figure out a way to show her that not only does he believe she can run this festival, but show her that the love wasn't a trick.

He runs to the airport to stop Hannah from leaving and get her to come back and do the show, which she does!

The play is going great. The run is sold out. Bea goes to talk to her mom backstage and her mom tells her that her only regret in doing this is that she only focused on her job, not her heart. She encourages her to be sure she tends to her heart.

The show is a SMASH hit! After the show, she finds out that they don't need to sell. The board approves of Bea running the festival moving forward!

She goes to find Benny. She asks how he got Hannah to come back, and he says "I told her that all she needs to know is that Bea believes in you. When I know that Bea believes in me, I feel like I can do anything." He says I also knew I couldn't play this role with you because I wouldn't be able to hide my feelings for you.

She says I wanna be with you and I wanna run this festival with you. She says kiss me you fool and kiss they do, followed by a spin and dip!

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It's Marvel Monday and we're diving into the Quantum Realm!

Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne are dragged into the Quantum Realm, along with Hope's parents and Scott's daughter Cassie. Together they must find a way to escape, but what secrets is Hope's mother hiding? And who is the mysterious Kang?

February 17, 2023 | Theatrical Release

Director: Peyton Reed

Writers: Jeff Loveness, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber

Cast:

• Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man
• Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne/The Wasp
• Michael Douglas as Dr. Hank Pym
• Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet Van Dyne
• Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror
• Kathryn Newton as Cassie Lang

Scott Lang has settled into a pretty comfortable life. He's a successful writer, he's dating Hope van Dyne, and things are going pretty well. His daughter, Cassie, is now a teenager and has become an activist, helping people who were displaced by the Blip. This has caused some tension between her and Scott, who isn't exactly thrilled with her getting herself into dangerous situations.

While visiting Hope's parents, Cassie shows them a device she's been working on that can communicate with the Quantum Realm. Janet freaks out and shuts it down, but it's too late. The device has already sent a signal, opening a portal that sucks Scott, Cassie, Hope, Hank, Janet, and a bunch of Hank's lab ants into the Quantum Realm.

Scott and Cassie are separated from the others and are taken in by a group of people who are rebelling against the ruler of the Quantum Realm. Meanwhile, Hope, Hank, and Janet find themselves in a massive city where they run into Lord Krylar, an old friend of Janet's. Unfortunately, Krylar is now working for Kang, the guy who currently rules the Quantum Realm, so they steal his ship and get out of there.

The rebels explain to Scott and Cassie that Janet played a role in Kang becoming so powerful. Janet eventually admits that she met Kang during her previous time trapped in the Quantum Realm. Kang told her that he could get both of them home if she helped him repair his multiversal power core. They fixed it, but Janet discovered that Kang was actually a complete psycho who had been conquering and destroying entire timelines. She turned against him and used her Pym Particles to make the power core too large to function. Kang eventually regained his powers and took control of the Quantum Realm anyway.

The Langs are eventually captured and brought before Kang, who threatens to kill Cassie unless Scott helps him retrieve his power core. Scott shrinks down and heads into the core, where he encounters a probability storm that creates a bunch of copies of himself. Things get pretty chaotic, but Hope shows up and helps him get the core.

Kang captures Janet and has M.O.D.O.K. destroy the ship carrying Hank. Thankfully, Hank is rescued by his ants, who have spent their time in the Quantum Realm evolving into giant, super-intelligent ants.

With Hank's help, Scott and Hope head back into the fight. The rebels launch an all-out uprising against Kang and his army. During the battle, Cassie manages to convince M.O.D.O.K. — who turns out to be Darren Cross, the guy Scott thought he killed in the first movie — to switch sides. Cross helps them fight Kang but ultimately sacrifices himself.

Janet repairs the power core and she, Hank, Hope, and Cassie make it through a portal back home. Scott is almost left behind when Kang attacks him, but Hope comes back for him. Together, they manage to throw Kang into the power core, seemingly destroying him.

Cassie reopens the portal, allowing Scott and Hope to make it home. Scott goes back to his normal life, but he starts thinking about Kang and whether or not it's actually over with him. But he decides he's just not gonna worry about it.

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Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.

It's almost Fall. What better way to get into the Fall spirit than by revisiting some of our Fall movie reviews! This week, it's time journey back to 2020 when we review a CLASSIC Fall movie from 2015 -  October Kiss .  This episode originally aired on September 8, 2020.

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Rory's simple request for her grandpa's assistance in creating a first-aid kit designed for teenagers sparks an unexpected turn of events. The project reignites her grandfather's passion for work, leading him to reconsider his retirement.

April 23, 2002 | The WB

• Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
• Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

It's Friday night dinner and Richard is late. He's been working hard on a car. Emily refuses to let them eat until Richard is at the table.

The next day, Lorelai is giving Luke a hard time about his new omelette special. Rory says that's Jess' handwriting. Lorelai is like how do you know his handwriting? She's like he's written stuff in my margins. Dean shows up and crashes their breakfast and Rory seems kind of annoyed.

Later at school, Brad is back. He's here to face his fears - Paris. Rory, Paris, and company are in a group together for this school project. They need a parental advisor with business experience. They all want to pick Lorelai.

Sookie gets her wedding invites and they're wrong. She's so not a Soozie!

Rory asks Lorelai if she's willing to be the group advisor! She's like well....how about your grandfather? I bet he'd love to be your advisor!

So she goes over to ask him and he is like I'm not sure if I'll be much help. He's like things are a bit hectic right now and it's short notice. But when Emily hears about this, she's like YOU MUST HELP! So obviously, he will help.

Michel's mom is in town. It's a lot.

Richard shows up to hear the students' pitches on their made up invention they want to create. Paris pitches her idea - tricked out first aid kits. Richard presses her on it but she doesn't back down and he loves it.

She gets home and has a billion Dean messages. Lorelai seems like something is bothering this boy. She's like I don't know what his deal is.

Richard has all the kids over to his house and he is absolutely eating this project up!

Dean comes over to wash Rory's car. Lorelai is like hey bud maybe tone it down a bit. You're not losing Rory but if you keep this up, you will.

Michel gets mad at Lorelai for telling his mom that he doesn't eat carbs!

It's time to find out the winner of the project and...Rory's team doesn't win. Richard can't believe it! So he goes to talk to Headmaster Charleston and gives him a piece of his mind and demands a recount. Headmaster Charleston is like ok I just recounted and you still lose. Your project was in the running. Richard is like it's not my project, it's theirs! Charleston is like well they're not the one causing a scene, you are and he storms out.

Unfortunately, it's also Friday night dinner. When they get there, it's clear that Emily has had herself a day. She says that Richard hasn't come out of his room since he got home. Lorelai tells Emily that maybe Richard should go to therapy. Emily isn't having it. WE DON'T GO TO THERAPY! Just then, Richard comes out of his study and he seems perfectly fine. He has news - he doesn't want to be retired.

They head back to Stars Hollow and Rory asks to be dropped off in town. She'll call Dean later.

But when Lorelai gets home, Dean is there and he says "she's in love with Jess, isn't she" and Lorelai doesn't know what to say.

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It's Festive Friday and we've got a legal-minded holiday romance!

Justin, a lawyer, clashes with social worker Mercedes over a prosecution case, leading to romance, conflict, and a shared quest for justice.

November 25, 2025 | Streaming

Director: Graham Northrup

Writer: Graham Northrup

Cast:

• Lyon Hamill as Justin
• Maura Fawley as Mercedes

Mercedes is a social worker who is helping one of her clients - an elderly woman named Darla - deal with the growing uncertainty of the future of her trailer park, Shady Vista.

We then meet Justin - a lawyer who is leaving his current firm in Texas and moving to Aspen, Colorado, where the snow is snowy and the montages are montagey. He's moving in with a roommate...it's Mercedes! They see each other for the first time and the sparks start to SPARKKKKK. They both try to impress each other but it ends with spicy food and a trip to get ice cream.

That night, someone with a wrench shows up at Shady Vista and turns off the water. Darla heads out to figure out what the heck is up. She goes out and padlocks the meter. Well, apparently you can't do that and she ends up getting arrested when she refuses to take the locks off.

The next day in court, guess who the state's attorney is - it's Justin. As he's giving his opening statement where he makes it clear he wants them to throw the book at her, Mercedes comes in and she's shocked to hear him talk this way. Darla believes there's a conspiracy afoot - the city is trying to force her to sell. Justin thinks that's laughable.

Afterwards, Mercedes gives Justin a piece of her mind and then tries to kill him on the ski slopes.

So Darla is definitely correct about her conspiracy theory, especially after someone shows up and tries to blow up Shady Vista's pipes.

He ends up looking into the situation and realizes that the company that is wanting to buy Shady Vista has been paying this guy, Bruce, to do all this stuff.

Mercedes and Justin argue about how to handle this situation. Mercedes wants to work with Bruce to take the bad guys down. Justin is like Bruce is the bad guy. Ultimately they make up and make out.

They do some digging and figure out that the company didn't actually hire Bruce - rather, a lawyer that they hired to make the deal happen by any means necessary. That lawyer? JUSTIN'S OLD BOSS! The company is like we didn't mean criminal when we said any means necessary! They get him arrested.

And then Justin and Mercedes go to a wedding and he ends up proposing.

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Niall Matter FINALLY returns to the podcast to chat about his upcoming movie, Much About Love.

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Jacks joins us this week to continue our journey into Paris Is Always a Good Idea.

Encouraged by Knightly to seek out answers to the last few lingering questions about her past loves, Chelsea goes to Spain, and to Marcos's vineyard.

August 20, 2026 | Hallmark+

• Lacey Chabert as Chelsea Martin

It's a beautiful day to be a billionaire. Chelsea's dad, Glenn, comes up to Marcos and tells him that "she's going to love them."

Chelsea is back in the room, telling Knightly her story on her phone. We get the original Chelsea and Marcos story. She arrived already homesick. But eventually, she stopped missing home and found a new home at this vineyard in Spain. She loved it. But it wasn't because of Marcos. She fell in love with Spain well before she ever met Marcos. One day, she's in town and Marcos pulls up. She didn't fawn all over him when he walked by and he liked that. Weeks later, he comes riding up next to her in his car when she's on her bike. He offers her a ride back to the vineyard which also happens to be his father's. Later, she brushes him off again. He's like why won't you talk to me? She says you're not my type. He says I'm everyone's type. She says no family should have the money you have. It's impossible to have your wealth and not exploit people. I mean, look at your car. That money could've been used for so much good. He then went to auction his car off and donate the money to an environmental charity - something he never told Chelsea that he did. They start hanging out and she could tell that he had really changed and she falls for him fast. This is the type of relationship she's always wanted. But then she gets the call about her mom. She breaks out crying and immediately leaves without telling him.

Fast forward again and she's back at the vineyard at Knightly's request. She sees Marcos and she tells him that there's another man. He's like well there was another man when we first met. She insists it's different and he's like mmhmm.

Back in Boston, Knightly is freaking out. His sister gives him a pep talk. He also tells her he's gonna pay the $10k it costs for her soccer club she joined.

Marcos tells her how he sold his other businesses because of the carbon footprint. She tries to tell him about why she left but he's like I'm not worried about the past, I'm just worried about the future and what I'm gonna do with this 48 billion dollars.

He asks if they can get dinner together. She reluctantly agrees.

At dinner, he asks Chelsea to help him give away his 48 billion dollars. He's starting a foundation and he wants her to run it. She'd have full control. He says I was looking for someone to do this and out of the blue you contact me. She says but I'd need to live in Spain? He says yes. And tells her I know you're not going to agree to uproot your life over dinner but promise to think about it, which she does.

She gets back to her room and calls Knightly. They both talk about how they miss each other and how she's sure that he's the one. He's like well then come home! She tells him about the gig. The conversation goes about as well as you could expect.

She promptly goes home. She's not taking the job.

She goes to the office to see Knightly and bring him some Dunkin. But before they can talk, her boss pulls her in. They have to make some cuts. She says ok I'll talk to Knightly. He says you can't. I need to let him go. She fights for him but it's not going to work so she quits. Knightly is who the ACC needs.

She walks out and sees Knightly. She looks like she's in shock. He says "you picked Spain. That's okay we can make it work." She says no we can't. It's too much too soon. She doesn't want to tell him the full truth because he'd see it as a handout. He says he loves her. She says I need to go clean out my office.

She packs up her house and before she moves to Spain, Chelsea and her sister go to her dad's house because he's going to proposeeeee.

We're back to the present for the wedding at the vineyard. Annabelle stops Chelsea before she can finish her recording because it's time for wedding photos for Barbara Niven.

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

A mislabeled package convinces jewelry designer Alex she's found her ideal man, sending her and delivery driver Jack on a citywide search that helps them discover what they truly want.

August 22, 2026 | Hallmark

Director: Eva Tavares

Writers: Charlie Shahnaian, Shari Simpson

Cast:

• Aimee Teegarden as Alex
• Chris McNally as Jack

Alex is a jewelry designer who also has a habit of holding on to random items from her exes. She's having a bit of a relationship revelation. She likes to leave notes and cupcakes for her delivery driver, Jack, who has great legs. Jack doesn't have time for cupcakes. Her best friend Megan comes over to help her deal with all these ex items and talks to her about manifesting her perfect man by burning all of her exes' stuff and saying what she wants in a man after each item.

After work, Jack heads to get dinner with his sister who is trying to help him find a girlfriend. But all he really wants is a promotion at work and that starts by being the best and fastest driver. He goes to deliver this mysterious purple box to Alex's place and has a hard time scanning it and he's like that's weird. She gets this purple box and opens it up and it's full of items related to things she wished for last night. She's like wait...did I manifest my perfect man and then accidentally got his package delivered to my apartment?! Obviously that's what happened. So she runs down to catch Jack and asks if she can ride with him to deliver to the right person because it belongs to the perfect man. He's like no. That goes against all the rules. Naturally, he ends up giving in. She agrees to help him get his ratings up in the app cuz I guess some of it is based on customer satisfaction.

They go to one of the other Alex Browns in the area and she freaks out. She's real nervous to go talk to this guy and give him the box. Alex Brown is hot and is clearly into our Alex Brown but the more he talks, the more she knows it's not him.

After some more deliveries with sticky notes that she puts on people's packages, and an accidental hand touch, they get to the final Alex Brown. She's very nervous and he helps calm her down by telling her that she's perfect.

They get to the final Alex Brown and he's a priest, so clearly he's not the right one.

They keep hanging out though and they're starting to really enjoy being around each other and the sparks are starting to fly. After a full day, he helps her realize that she wants her own jewelry store and they agree to get together the next day to visit the final Alex Brown in the entire city. When they finally get to the house, he tells her how he feels but says I know you still gotta ring the doorbell. But she can't do it. She just leaves the package by the door. She says I know exactly what I want and she goes to kiss Jack. They kiss big ones but her best friend calls and she stops herself and goes to ring the doorbell. Dude is fricken ripped and of course they end up together. Fast forward a bit and everyone is happy and kissing and she's opening up her own jewelry shop - Manifested by Alex - in the back of a delivery truck.

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It's Marvel Monday and Wakanda faces its greatest challenge yet!

The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.

November 11, 2022 | Theatrical Release

Director: Ryan Coogler

Writers: Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Stan Lee

Cast:

• Letitia Wright as Shuri
• Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia
• Danai Gurira as Okoye
• Angela Bassett as Ramonda

T'Challa, the Black Panther himself, is suffering from a terminal illness. His sister, Shuri, believes the heart-shaped herb that gives the Black Panther his powers could save him, but the herb was destroyed. Shuri desperately tries to recreate it synthetically, but she can't do it in time, and T'Challa dies.

A year later, Wakanda is facing pressure from countries around the world to share its vibranium. Other nations are even trying to break in and steal it! Queen Ramonda encourages Shuri to continue working on the heart-shaped herb so they can create a new Black Panther to help protect Wakanda, but Shuri says she doesn't think Wakanda needs a Black Panther.

A U.S. expedition team is using a vibranium detector when they get a hit beneath the Atlantic Ocean. Before they can recover it, they are attacked and killed by a group of blue-skinned, water-breathing beings and their sound weapons. They are led by someone named Namor.

Only knowing about the vibranium detection, the CIA thinks it must've been Wakanda. Namor shows up to confront Ramonda and Shuri. He gives them an ultimatum: hand over the scientist who created the detector to get them off his back or else he will attack Wakanda.

Shuri and Okoye learn from CIA Agent Ross that the scientist who created said detector is someone named Riri Williams. Riri turns out to be just an MIT student. They track her down at the university, but before they can get her to safety, they are pursued by the FBI and Namor's warriors.

Shuri is taken underwater to meet with Namor who shows her his home and what makes it so special. Namor explains that he has grown bitter toward the surface world because of the slavery and genocide suffered by his people. He proposes that Wakanda join him in an alliance against the rest of the world, while threatening to destroy Wakanda if they refuse.

Shuri and Riri are rescued but two of Namor's guards are killed in the process. He's not pleased and Namor attacks Wakanda. During the attack, Queen Ramonda dies and Namor vows to return with his entire army.

Shuri discovers that she can use a remnant of the herb that gave Namor's people their superhuman abilities to recreate the heart-shaped herb. She takes it herself and gains the powers of the Black Panther.

Shuri returns wearing a new Black Panther suit and is accepted by the other tribes as the new Black Panther. Shuri is determined to get revenge on Namor for killing her mom.

The battle begins and Shuri manages to trap Namor and make him weaker. The two eventually crash onto a desert beach and fight one-on-one. Shuri gains the upper hand, but she has a vision of Ramonda, who reminds her to choose a better path. Instead of killing Namor, Shuri offers him a chance to surrender and form a peaceful alliance. Namor accepts, ending the battle.

Shuri plants more heart-shaped herbs to ensure that the Black Panther mantle will survive into the future. While she is away, M'Baku challenges for the throne of Wakanda.

Shuri then travels to Haiti to visit Nakia. There, she burns her funeral robe, finally allowing herself to grieve for T'Challa and honoring Ramonda's wishes. Shuri learns that Nakia and T'Challa secretly had a son, whom Nakia has been raising in Haiti.

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We had a BLAST recording this episode of Who What When at Bramble Fest 2026. 

What is Who What When? It's our interactive gameshow from South Carolina Public Radio that takes listeners on a journey through history and pop culture! 

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Lorelai and Emily spend a weekend at a health spa; unwelcome visitors spoil Rory's plans for an evening alone.

April 16 2002 | The WB

• Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
• Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

Lorelai is listening to a bunch of voicemails from her mom telling her a bunch of things about the DAR.

The next day, Emily is at the inn trying various soups to serve at the DAR meeting. Emily asks Sookie about her wedding planning, scaring her out of using a CD for music.

Luke calls Lorelai and asks for a couple rooms. His uncle Louie passed away and he's helping plan the funeral.

The next morning, Lorelai and Rory show up at the diner and it's PACKED! Cesar is gone and Luke is dealing with funeral stuff, so they jump in to help. Rory goes to force Jess to come down and help. Lorelai encourages Luke to go deal with the funeral stuff, she will work the diner today.

Taylor sees a farmers market has opened up in the town square and he is not happy! What about his market?! The guy running it insists that he is following all the rules.

Lorelai sees her mom at the inn and is confused. There was nothing on the books. She's like oh I'm here with Sookie, helping her plan her wedding.

Lorelai is busy this episode. She's back at the diner when Jackson comes by. He's sad that his nice simple wedding has been ruined, BY EMILY! He asks if Lorelai can help. They want to move the gazebo!

Taylor brings the farmers market issue to the town meeting. He asks to see the permit. He says this is wrong! This is for a cart, kiosk, cart-kiosk. You're not rolling in and out every night. This is the wrong permit! After the town meeting, Luke tries to get the reenactors to commit to the funeral but they all hated Louie - they're out.

Lorelai talks to Sookie about what Jackson said and tries to talk her out of Emily's version of her wedding. Sookie realizes she's gone a bit wedding crazy.

Lorelai goes to help Luke with the casket - Louie had a lot of things he wanted to be buried in. And Lorelai helps calm Luke down.

Emily finds out about this and isn't pleased and gives Lorelai a piece of her mind.

Lorelai shows up to be with Luke at the funeral. It's just the two of them. He asks her if he's like Louie. Lorelai says you are not your uncle. You care about your friends. You took in Jess. You're a good man. As Louie is being lowered, the reenactors show up. Lorelai put in a call.

They make it back to the diner and everyone in town is there for a wake. Lorelai didn't set this up. Neither did Rory. Who planned this?!

Farmers market guy tells Taylor he's done. He sold out. He's moving away.

Rory goes to talk to Jess. She says did you plan this? He says no, I just unlocked the door. Rory says you helped and that means you're officially a part of our town.

The town takes turns sharing Louie stories.

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It's Festive Friday with another heartwarming romance!

A toy designer visits her grandmother in Hungary during Christmas and helps at a holiday market, where she reconnects with heritage and finds love while crafting toys with a local carpenter.

November 6, 2025 | Streaming

Director: Adamo Halmo

Writers: Ric Forster, Alys Murray

Cast:

• Stephanie Perk as Olivia
• Gábor Kékesi as Andras

Olivia LOVES Christmas so much that she even misses meetings because she's too busy decorating her desk. When she finally goes into her boss's office, she's told they're considering pitching making toys for this big Hungarian filmmaker. This really excites her because that's where her family is from. But she actually needs to go to Hungary to pick up her grandma to bring her home for family Christmas. So she asks her boss and she agrees to send her so she can pitch the toys for the upcoming film.

A driver picks her up and they take a pitstop for cocoa and for him to introduce her to his son, Andreas. They butt heads on technology.

She gets to her grandma's house and she's not sick at all. She's climbing ladders. And she has no desire to go to the States for Christmas.

So she goes to make a phone call and meets a little girl named Emma who invites her up to her treehouse to make her call. Emma is actually Andreas' daughter. He takes Olivia to this old workshop where he shows her these 12 old toys that her grandpa would make and give out to the kids. She gives out one of the toys and she feels really good. And is really enjoying being around Andreas.

But her boss calls her and threatens to fire her if she doesn't get back to work. She focuses for 12 hours and then gets distracted with Andreas and handing out toys again. They even make their own wooden toy together.

But it turns out that her grandma was holding onto those toys and wanted to give some away herself. She's crushed when she sees that they're all gone.

It can't get worse, right? Well it does. Her boss shows up. Apparently the filmmaker wants to hear the pitch tomorrow. They show him the wooden toy and she hates it.

They try pitching him on an app or something and he's like that's not what I want. I'm outta here and she gets fired.

The grandma encourages her to pitch the wooden toys and has everyone in town bring them. She does, he loves them. She gets her job back and Olivia and Andreas kiss.

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It's time for Lifetime Uncorked with a tense thriller!

Anna, the editor-in-chief of a news magazine, and her husband Daniel, the founder of an AI-centered home security company, are threatened by a mysterious house guest as they expect their first child.

August 16, 2026 | Lifetime

Director: Jacob Vaughan

Writer: Juddy Talt

Cast:

• Felisha Terrell as Anna Stone
• Jason MacDonald as Daniel Stone
• Emily Topper as Rebecca Monroe
• Mira Sorvino as Kiera (voice)

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Jacks joins us this week to continue our journey into Paris Is Always a Good Idea.

Chelsea and Knightly are surprised to find themselves growing closer during their time together in Paris, as their big donor meeting finally approaches.

August 13, 2026 | Hallmark+

• Lacey Chabert as Chelsea Martin

We find out right away that she's been talking to Knightly this whole time. Cut back to when they met the first time. Her boss calls her in and shows her this video of Jason Knightly dancing. He tells her we've hired him and he's actually going to be her partner in donor gifts. She is not thrilled and is talking trash about him when he walks in behind her and overhears her. They quickly butt heads and agree to compete to see who can bring in the most donors. He asks if they can go get drinks to smooth things over. She wanted to say yes but didn't. And that led to them being rivals for years.

We're back in Paris and we see them eating fries, having a moment. And she talks into the phone and says "you Knightly will always be my biggest what if."

After they finish eating fries, they go for a walk and talk. He asks if she's heard from the third guy, Marcos. She says she hasn't heard back. She says she kinda just ghosted him so I'm not expecting to hear back. I left immediately when I heard my mom was sick and I never returned any of his phone calls. It wasn't him, I was just a real mess. As they're talking, they get close to kissing but they're interrupted by texts from work.

She calls her sister to chat but immediately tells her to keep hanging out with her Irish boo thang.

The next day, Chelsea and Jason agree to go out after work to celebrate closing the $50 million dollar deal. She gets a call from Marcos but cancels. When they get to the meeting, Jason is the only one on the list. He insists that Chelsea is a part of this meeting. The CEO is basically like I don't want to work with Chelsea, I want to work with you, Jason. But Jason isn't having it. He just brags about how amazing Chelsea is and even says she's the reason he works at the ACC. The CEO wants to meet for dinner to talk more.

Afterwards, he talks about how he saw her give a presentation and was taken by her passion and applied the next day. She's like oh man and then I was so mean to you on your first day. He says I like you mean though. And you better not get soft on me just because you're falling for me. She's like what? And he's like don't worry, I'm falling for you too.

She finds out that this CEO did want her off this deal. Her boss tells her to just focus on securing the deal!

They show up to dinner and are shocked to find out that they've been invited to her house! She surprises them with a famous chef who is trying out a new menu on them.

She tells Chelsea she wants full oversight over where her money goes. Chelsea says that's impossible and goes to leave. She asks her to stay.

Chelsea opens up about how control is an illusion when working with cancer treatment. She opens up about her mom and how this work means so much to her because she wants her mom's legacy to mean something. The CEO opens up about how she had stage 1 breast cancer and she wants to help make sure that she can help as many people as possible. She's IN!

They go celebrate by going up to the top of the Eiffel Tower. He gives her his jacket to keep her warm and he holds her to keep her steady in the elevator. They get up there and it becomes clear that he's very afraid of heights. He asks her to distract him, so they start doing rapid fire question time and he almost kisses her but they decide to head back down to the ground.

He says he saw that Marcos called her earlier and he thinks that it kind of bothers him. She says I didn't even listen to the message. I haven't even thought about it. You know why? Because I am falling for you. And they kisssss big ones! She leg lifts! It's serious stuff.

They keep kissing all the way up the elevator. They want to keep kissing but she sees her sister waiting for her so she has to call it a night.

The next day, they're holding hands and he says she has to go see Marcos. He says I've fallen for you. I want to make sure that in the future, there's never any question about what ifs. She's like I don't want to but he really pushes her to go see Marcos cuz he's stupid. They kiss one more time and off she goes.

He hops in a cab with Chelsea's sister and finds out that the Marcos she's going to go see is a BILLIONAIRE!

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

Samara, a former lawyer now event planner, reunites with Nate, her ex-coworker and rival, to plan a couple's anniversary in Queensland and begin to confront their past and fall for each other.

August 15, 2026 | Hallmark

Director: Colin Budds

Writers: Ansley Gordon, Sophie Tilson

Cast:

• Rhiannon Fish as Samara Hart
• Daniel Lissing as Nate Lawson

Samara is a wedding planner despite the fact that she was actually a really successful lawyer.

Speaking of used-to-be lawyers, we meet Nate in Queensland, Australia. His dad got sick and now he works with his brother on the boat.

Samara is on the phone with an old colleague who is in Australia for a trip. She asks Samara to come to Australia to help plan her parents' anniversary party. She's like I don't have another event for a few weeks….why the heck not.

She gets there and finds the yacht that her friend has for them to use. She is accidentally sprayed by water by Nate and it quickly becomes obvious that they know each other. Her friend, Liv, is like listen Nate is the best captain, you're the best event planner. It just made sense.

It doesn't take long for it to become obvious that Liv is trying to get these two rivals together!

They immediately start to bicker but then they start talking and hanging out. She starts wearing the necklace that he gave her back in the day. The sparks are clearly starting to fly again.

But there's a bit of an issue - she hired some firework company to put a firework show together but they're not getting the plan to Captain Nate. I'm sure it won't be a big deal though.

Nate & Samara go snorkeling and then he tells her he wants to get back into law. But then they get into an argument about how things ended between them at work. They really disagree about a witness that she wanted to put on the stand. But they talk it through and don't let the argument ruin the day!

She decides to use her father's contacts to try to get Nate a new job but the dude she talks to is really only interested in having her work for him. She insists she doesn't do law anymore.

Nate gets a call from that law firm but the person on the phone setting up the interview is confused and basically says crazy how you and Samara are interviewing for the same job. He's mad cuz he was under the impression she didn't want to do law?!

Then he gets a phone call from the fireworks people and he's like CANCEL THE FIREWORKS, GAHHHH! He goes to tell her the fireworks aren't gonna happen.

She finds out about how he's mad that she interviewed for his dream job and she's like dude bro I didn't apply for it, I got him the interview!

His brother is like dude you done goofed. You better fix the fireworks thing.

The happy couple renews their vows. It's nice.

The sun sets and she's beginning to think that the fireworks aren't gonna happen.

Nate shows up with flowers and apologizes and tells her he has an in person interview in Seattle next week. He is willing to break every rule in the book to not lose her and the fireworks start going off! They kiss BIG ONESSSSSSS!

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It's Marvel Monday and love and thunder are colliding!

Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.

July 8, 2022 | Theatrical Release

Director: Taika Waititi

Writers: Taika Waititi, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Stan Lee

Cast:

• Chris Hemsworth as Thor
• Natalie Portman as Jane Foster
• Christian Bale as Gorr
• Tessa Thompson as King Valkyrie

Meet Gorr and his daughter, Love. They're the last survivors of their race. Love ends up dying despite their prayers to their god. After Gorr finds a weapon that gives him the power to kill gods, he vows to kill every god.

Let's catch up with our ol' pal Thor. He's in shape and hanging out with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Thor's ex-girlfriend Jane Foster is battling terminal cancer. Desperate for a miracle, Jane travels to New Asgard, where the broken hammer mysteriously reforms and comes to her hand because I guess she's worthy!

Thor arrives just as Gorr attacks New Asgard and is shocked to find Jane there holding his hammer. They team up with Valkyrie and my boy Korg to fight Gorr, but Gorr escapes with several Asgardian children cuz that's what bad guys do in superhero movies.

The group heads to Omnipotence City to warn the gods and ask for their help, but Zeus has no interest in getting involved. Instead, he tries to keep Gorr from discovering the city's location. When Zeus injures Korg, Thor turns on him, stealing his magical thunderbolt before escaping with Valkyrie and the others.

Thor learns that Jane is dying of cancer which obviously makes him real sad and they end up kisssingggg.

The group travels to the Shadow Realm, where they discover Gorr's plan to use Stormbreaker to reach something called Eternity, a mysterious being that can grant one wish. Gorr eventually gets his hands on Stormbreaker, badly injuring Valkyrie and leaving Jane weakened.

Thor realizes that using the hammer is actually making Jane's condition worse by preventing her body from properly fighting the cancer. Knowing he may not have much time, Thor heads to Eternity alone. Using Zeus's thunderbolt that he now has, he gives the kidnapped children his powers so they can fight Gorr's monsters while he takes on Gorr himself.

When Jane realizes Thor is in danger, she joins him to help. Gorr makes his wish but ends up dying. He asks Thor to take care of Love. The hits keep coming and Jane ends up dying in Thor's arms.

In the aftermath, Love returns to New Asgard and joins Thor on his adventures. Thor wields Mjolnir while Love carries Stormbreaker, and the two become an unlikely superhero duo.

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Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.

It's almost Fall. What better way to get into the Fall spirit than by revisiting some of our Fall movie reviews! This week, it's time journey back to 2019 with Over the Moon in Love .  This episode originally aired on October 8, 2019.

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We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod.

Lorelai and Emily spend a weekend at a health spa; unwelcome visitors spoil Rory's plans for an evening alone.

April 9, 2002 | The WB

• Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
• Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

We start at Luke's where some serious renovations are going on. Lorelai and Rory show up and Lorelai gets a call from her mom. She tricks her into agreeing to go to a spa weekend together. But Lorelai is on the case - she plans all their spa appointments to happen at separate times. Naturally, Emily picks her up in a limo.

Paris is looking for someone to study with this weekend. Rory says I have big plans.

When Emily and Lorelai arrive, Lorelai is shocked that the schedule has been changed. Emily explains she called to make sure they could do everything together!

Rory is making out with Dean. He asks if he can come over since her mom is gone and Rory says no. She wants to be alone tonight. He's confused but what else is new.

Back at the spa, it's impossible to relax with Emily around.

Paris crashes Rory's night alone. Rory agrees to study with her for 1 hour.

Lorelai convinces Emily to leave the spa with her and go get a steak. Rebels!

Jess comes over with a care package from Luke's. They do some flirty banter and he takes his jacket off to get comfy. He's shocked to see that Paris is there. She invites Paris to stay which bums him out.

Lorelai and Emily end up having to sit at the bar - very unlike Emily. But Emily is loving it.

Back at the house, Paris and Jess are arguing about books when Dean calls - he says he's on his way but will only stay a minute. She begs him not to come. She says Paris is here. Don't come. He's like I'll just be a sec. So she begs Jess to leave before he gets there. Of course, Dean is already there. He's real mad. Jess is like I really was just dropping food off. Paris, picking up on the tension, takes the blame. She says she invited Jess over. They kind of make up but he says he's still gonna leave and she kisses him.

She goes to thank Paris. She says you helped me tonight, I helped you. She goes to leave but Rory encourages her to spend the night, like friends. Paris is pumped.

Back at dinner, a hot older man comes over to hit on Emily. He asks her to dance and Lorelai encourages her to get out there. One fast dance turns to a slow dance. She gets uncomfortable and leaves and takes it out on Lorelai.

When they get back to the spa, Emily asks why they can't have what she and Rory have. She says me and Rory are best friends. She then says why don't we steal the robes. It'll be a thing we did together and they do it!

The episode ends at Luke's the next morning. Rory goes to thank Luke for the care package which he knows nothing about. She starts talking to Jess, giving him a hard time. Dean is watching through the window. Lorelai comes to talk to him and he's like Rory wouldn't lie, right? And she says Rory wouldn't lie and smiles.

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Festive Friday is back with an action-packed holiday thriller!

A US Marshal gets stuck on Christmas Eve protecting a pregnant fugitive from a bounty hunter and a hitman Santa with his henchmen of elves.

November 13, 2025 | Streaming

Director: Prince Bagdasarian

Writer: Stephen Chrabaszcz

Cast:

• Gillian White as Mary Newton
• Scottie Thompson as Joanna Johnston
• David Koechner as Frankie The Slay Bell
• Isaiah Washington as Deputy Director Winters

The movie kicks off with a Santa and his elves (in costumes, of course) getting ready to snipe a woman from a long ways away.

12 hours earlier, we're gonna find out how we got in this pickle! We meet Mary. She's pregnant and single and spending Christmas in the woods.

We then meet Jo, who is a US Marshal. Well, she was a US Marshal. She ends up getting fired. But also maybe she's not fired? She is going to find the wife of this fugitive that they just captured. Well, they didn't capture him. A bounty hunter did. But that's neither here nor there.

So Jo gets to Mary's place and Mary is PUMPED to see her because she thinks she's her midwife. Mary realizes that she's not a midwife and Jo tells her who she is. She tries to make a run for it but when she gets outside, the bounty hunters are there. To make matters worse, Mary's husband hired hitmen to kill her.

So Mary & Jo have to work together. They're able to fend off the bounty hunters and the hitmen for a while. The bounty hunter offered Jo $100k to help them but she can't be bought!

Unfortunately for her, her partner can. Turns out, he's been working with the bounty hunters for a while - giving them tips and what not. It all comes out when Jo is on a FaceTime call with her doctor brother who is helping her walk through how to check how far along in labor Mary is. Now her partner is holding her family hostage as the bounty hunter comes in and shoots Jo and takes Mary.

She tracks them down at the nearby airport and calls her boss for backup. Unfortunately, Mary goes into labor and Jo helps deliver the baby. The ex-husband's new boo thang is actually the one who put the hit out, so she ends up taking the baby but it's a fake baby and the plane ends up crashing. Everyone else is safe, YAY!

The movie ends with the original Santa hitman opening his eye. HE'S ALIVE!

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