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Zombieland (2009)
Zombieland (2009)
2009 | Comedy, Horror
Cinematic Gold
Excellent actors. Again, Rhett Rheese has written a winner. Though this isn't like your average zombie movie, I think it really revived the genre. It stands out from the running, shooting and gore that is the Hallmark for most zombie movies and is a great movie to watch with friends.
  
Home Again (2017)
Home Again (2017)
2017 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Home Again prospers from a talented cast and a serviceable performance by Witherspoon, but the aggressive blandness that lays within the screenplay of first-time director Hallie Meyers-Shyer makes this romantic comedy nothing past Hallmark quality.
Critic- Rendy Reviews
Original Score: 2 out of 5

Read Review: https://www.rendyreviews.com/movies//home-again-review
  
The White Christmas Inn
The White Christmas Inn
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book, this story, so heartwarming and uplifting and wonderful! I loved it so much!

Definitely the perfect Christmas book just like the perfect Hallmark Christmas movie!

I just le sighed in contentment over this book! So many warm fuzzies and the best Christmas book I've read in a while! Go read it Now!!!
  
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was excited to read this. The contemporary cute romance was just what I wanted it to be. It reminded me of a Hallmark movie. I absolutely love a good Hallmark. The dynamic between Kensi and Javier was hilarious.

The romance wasn’t easy and the lead-up made it that much more enjoyable to read. I enjoyed the dual viewpoints of the book. We got to see each of their thoughts as well as how they changed throughout the book. The secondary characters were lovable as well and I cannot wait to see where this series will go.

Should you read?
Do you enjoy contemporary romance? How about romance but with characters that have a back story? Side stories that interweve?

Or if you just like a good romance that will make you smile.
  
Game Night (2018)
Game Night (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Mystery
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This movie was definitely a pleasant surprise, my parents lent it to me, telling me it was a funny movie. But, my parents also think Hallmark movies are good, so I wasn't sure.
The plot was great and moved swiftly. All of the characters were likeable and funny. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams together were hilarious. I would actually watch this film again.
  
One Day in December: A Christmas Love Story
One Day in December: A Christmas Love Story
Josie Silver | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
4
8.6 (8 Ratings)
Book Rating
DNF - Disappointed with the little bit that I read. I had hoped for something else something better but it was looking like a soap opera when I was hoping for more like a meet cute/hallmark romance story. I also didn't feel like reading more after the F bombs started. Oh well, I'll do read Christmas by Accident instead because that sounds much better to me.
  
Cranberry Christmas (2020)
Cranberry Christmas (2020)
2020 | Romance
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Mediocre as Hallmark Christmas movies go. No real chemistry between the main couple nor urgency to the plot. I did enjoy the fact that there was just one couple (estranged) so no side villains to keep an eye on. It was definitely going for a Chip & Joanna "Fixer Upper" vibe with their main cast, who started their own company. Held my attention while working, but wasn't anything special.
  
For the second book in this series we find a wedding planner in the midst of a Christmas wedding competition, and a Missionary recently returned from overseas. The characters in this book were believable and I liked their reactions to the situations presented. The plot was a good Hallmark feels to it, which seems to be the thing for Christmas books. I enjoyed this book I think more than the first one.
  
Memoirs of an Anti-Semite
Memoirs of an Anti-Semite
Gregor von Rezzori | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics, Religion
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"Virtuosic linked stories, all but one set in Rumania, Austria, or Germany before WWII, whose charming, maddening, light-minded narrator has no particular need to notice that murderous thugs are rising up and closing ranks right in front of his nose. The book is an exceptionally vivid evocation of pre-war Central Europe, and it’s also terrifyingly funny in its examination of specious reasoning, casual complicity, and the obtuseness that’s the hallmark of privilege."

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Alison Pink (7 KP) rated True Blue in Books

Jan 15, 2018  
True Blue
True Blue
David Baldacci | 2009 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry
8
7.3 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is only my 2nd Baldacci book and I must say I am hooked! This one has sisters as its main characters. Beth Perrywho happens to be D.C.'s cheif of police and her sister Mace who is a former cop, but just got out of prison. The characters are well developed and interesting without being over the top...a Baldacci hallmark. The plot was fast paced and unpredictable. The story was wrapped up nicely, but still leaves you wanting more, but in a good way.
Ireally look forward to delving further into Baldacci's works.