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Jun 2023 10

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: The Dancing Detective, A Deadly Tango

2023 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is shining brightly with several returning and new mysteries to excite fans. The very popular Hallmark lead Lacey Chabert (Crossword Mystery) is cast in the role of Detective Constance Bailey in the new The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango. Her co-star, British actor and Hallmark regular Will Kemp, is one with whom she is very familiar having concocted sweetness in Love, Romance, & Chocolate and tripped the light fantastic in Christmas Waltz.

Jun 2020 6

New Hallmark Mystery Movies: A Fatal Romance & Heist and Seek

2020 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Doward Wilson

The newest addition to the Matchmaker Mysteries series of movies is A Fatal Romance starring Danica McKellar as Matchmaker Angie Dove, Victor Webster as Detective Kyle Cooper, and Bruce Boxleitner as Angie's Dad, a retired cop.

Apr 2020 18

Lake Bringing Hollywood to Fresno

2020 Articles, Movies, Rebecca Potts

by Rebecca Potts

Just before Fresno’s shelter-in-place order began, Upsilon V Productions was in the midst of casting their first feature film, Lake. The search was on for the four main roles, and after casting actors for two of them (Spoiler alert: one of them is me!), they were forced to put in-person casting on hold. The current pandemic has thrown a wrench in…basically everything, and with most of the country ordered to stay at home, it’s difficult (See also: impossible) to make a film.

Oct 2019 12

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: Matchmaker Mysteries, A Killer Engagement

2019 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Doward Wilson

Hallmark Movies and Mysteries presents Danica McKellar and Victor Webster in Hallmark's newest Signature Mysteries, Matchmaker Mysteries: A Killer Engagement.

Jan 2019 12

A Feature in Fresno

2019 Articles, Movies, Rebecca Potts

by Rebecca Potts

Local filming has been consistently growing in the Central Valley for the past decade, and Fresno is no exception. With many independent projects gaining momentum, there is one in particular that stands out – John Neptune and the Sky Palace King, a retro sci-fi filmed in black and white and the story of a young man who must learn to think for himself whilst fighting a war for a leader he believes in, but who soon realizes that there are many shades of gray in what he thought was a black and white universe.

Jul 2018 7

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Hailey Dean Trilogy

2018 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Doward Wilson

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries gives us a new trio of Hailey Dean Mysteries that bring up the fifteen-year-old unsolved murder of her fiancé, Will, as a subplot that comes to an exciting and unexpected conclusion in the third story.

Jan 2018 3

From Billy Graham to Brokenness: A Beyond the Farthest Star Movie Review

2018 Articles, Movies

by Trista Holmes

On December 5, 2017, the pathway for faith-based film was forever changed. A brilliant screenplay by Andrew Librizzi was released onto DVD, after having a run in select theaters throughout the United States and Canada in 2015. Beyond the Farthest Star sets the bar much higher for films with a Christian message. This film truly captivates the audience, both believer and non-believer, from the first breath of the first scene.

Sep 2017 13

Brick MADNESS Movie Premiere

2017 Articles, Joshua Ryan Taylor, Movies

by Joshua Ryan Taylor

What an occasion! The night of Sunday the 10th, the Tower Theatre was packed with people from all over the Central Valley excited to see the premiere of a truly Fresno Film. Shot and set in Fresno, created entirely by Fresno (or, at least, at-the-time Fresno) artists, Brick MADNESS charmed the audience, who was primed by a red carpet entrance.

Feb 2017 20

2017 Oscar Nominees For Best Movie

2017 Articles, Movies

by Doward Wildon,
Sarah A. Peterson-Camacho, Jessica Ham,
& Camille Minichino

The 2017 Oscars are nearly here! They will be airing on ABC on February 26 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time. To celebrate, we are reviewing some of the movies nominated for Best Picture. Learn more about this year's nominees on the Academy Awards website.

Feb 2017 13

A Dog’s Purpose: Movie Review

2017 Articles, Movies, Pets, Sheryl Wall

by Sheryl Wall

A Dog's Purpose is a new movie based on the novel by W. Bruce Cameron. It is about a dog that is trying to find his purpose in life. He is reincarnated several times throughout the movie into various dogs and experiences life with new owners. The movie particularly focuses on his life as Bailey with a young boy named Ethan. He is a devoted dog to his owners in all of his lives and learns the meaning of life through his experiences where he helps his owners learn to love and find happiness.