Hallmark Movies on Blu-ray

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Hopefully these eventually get Blu-ray and/or DVD releases.

Junebug (2024)



Hallmark's The Kid

In the tradition of Disney's The Kid - with a dash of Say Anything, which the characters oddly treat as an obscure movie - comes Hallmark's Junebug.

Juniper (Autumn Reeser) is a bored and frustrated book editor with a boring and frustrating boyfriend (Chenier Hundal). What she really wants to do is become a writer. She just needs a reminder from her 8-year-old self, Junebug (played delightfully by Mila Jones), who magically appears to her. Junebug is not happy with all of the ways Juniper has compromised "their" dreams and says so with the blunt directness that could only come from an outspoken 2nd grader in short pink overalls.

With the help of Junebug and a brokenhearted muralist who refuses to sign his own art anymore (Aaron O'Connell), will Juniper finally remember who she used to be and still could be? This is Hallmark, not Lifetime, so you already know the answer to that.

DaBargainHunta's Decree: Junebug is a lovely fantasy about second chances with a nice message that it's never too late to rediscover your inner child. In many ways, we were wiser when we were 8.


My Dreams of You (2024)



Is My Dreams of You really a Hallmark movie or did they just buy the rights to it? Nothing against Hallmark - I adore the channel - but this seems so wholly original and outside the box for them.

Grace (Skyler Samuels) keeps dreaming about a man she's never met. All she knows is his first name, which is Michael (Kapil Talwalkar). As it turns out, a celestial organization called Dream Central has been weaving him into her dreams. However, when Grace and Michael finally do meet in real life, he has no idea who she is because she hasn't appeared in his dreams like he's appeared in hers. There's been a clerical error, and it's up to two dream-weavers (Cecilia Lee and David Rosser) to course-correct.

There are shades of The Adjustment Bureau here, and I'm reminded slightly of A Matter of Life and Death too, but this has its own unique concept and presentation.

DaBargainHunta's Decree: My Dreams of You honestly could have succeeded as a theatrical release and become a surprise hit. It's that ambitious and refreshing.