Hallmark Movies
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A Christmas Duet (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck and Star #MoviesThatNeedTylerHynes
Friends, you’d think with a winter festival to organize, a lodge to run, and a Top Winter Lodge Award to compete for, Averie (Chaley Rose) wouldn’t have the time to rekindle her old love with musician Jesse (Rome Flynn), but you’d be wrong. The problem is, your truly, a duck of true romance, was not… Continue reading
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A Taste Of Love (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck and Star
Friends, if I was presenting a cooking show that clashed with my integrity, having to smile harder on camera would give yours truly a pain in the beak. No wonder protagonist Taylor, the cooking show’s presenter, is unsure of whether to renew her contract. Ducking lost, off she goes to her hometown to visit her… Continue reading
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A Winter Getaway (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck and Star
Friends, sometimes two lead actors have such great chemistry that hanging with them is easier than paddling through a bowl of pondweed soup. And that’s how it is with Brooks Darnell (playing Joe) and Nanzeen Contractor (playing Courtney) in A Winter Getaway. Continue reading
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Walking The Dog (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck and Star
Seeing as they sometimes eat ducks, I’m not always a big fan of movies about dogs. (I mean, what the duck?! Really!) But I just had to make an exception for Walking The Dog, a super-ducking awesome Hallmark movie starring Jennifer Finnigan as Kristie and Sam Page as Keith. Also, I don’t think Gidget would… Continue reading
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Just Add Romance (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck and Star
Friends, sometimes a duck starts watching a Hallmark movie just to give it a five-minute “try,” fully expecting he’ll end up giving it the Flipper, but then he watches the whole ducking thing as easily as pondweed pie. That’s how it was with Just Add Romance. My beak-holes were firmly glued to the screen all… Continue reading
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Paging Mr. Darcy (Loveuary by Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck and Star
Friends, as a humble duck, I have to admit, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice rocks my feathers. But what did I think about Paging Mr. Darcy, in which a serious literary scholar attends a Jane Austen conference as a keynote speaker and finds the whole event is filled with costumes, period dances, and a liaison… Continue reading
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One Summer (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck T.
Friends, occasionally a duck sees a movie that makes him quacker-cry so much that he needs to buy a new beak. One Summer is such a film. (New beak works perfectly, thanks.) The movie is about a family that is mourning the sudden loss of a beloved mother and wife, even though it was actually… Continue reading
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Raise A Glass To Love (Hallmark) Reviewed By Duck T.
Friends, sometimes a duck sits in front of a movie and says, “I think this one’s going to get right up my beak-holes.” That’s what I said to myself at the start of Raise A Glass To Love. But alas, how wrong a feathered fellow can be! You see, Jenna (Laura Osnes) longs to be… Continue reading
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Always Amore (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck T.
Friends, sometimes a duck like me gets his feathers in a pickle because a protagonist is just too ducking resistant to change. Oh, don’t get me quacking about Autumn Reeser’s character Elizabeth in Always Amore who will not allow her late husband’s sadly failing restaurant to undergo even the tiniest Continue reading
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Just My Type (Hallmark) Reviewed By Duck T.
Friends, is it just me, or is actor Bethany Joy Lenz super-ducking awesome in EVERYTHING? Bless her beak-holes because she really has screen presence, not to mention flipper-tickling doses of emotional depth as well as a talent for humor. Well, Just My Type, a Hallmark movie about a journalist and famous author falling in love,… Continue reading
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About US
Welcome! I’m Star Tavares. I am queer and nonbinary, and I use they/them pronouns. My hubby Jake is LGBTQIA+ too. Our plush duck is called Duck and is super-ducking awesome. He likes to call himself an award-winning duck because we wrote a screenplay about him that won some awards, and who are we to argue?
The thing is, we used to publish in the romance genres, but after we came out, we thought romance didn’t want us anymore. But you know what, toots? We were wrong.
Now we’ve rebuilt our confidence and are back to living our Romancey Pants life, writing, reviewing romance movies, reading romance novels, and doing a whole lot of stretching. (Did I mention we’re getting older?)
Want to know more about Star’s writing credits? Under another name, Star has published romance stories, novels, and novellas with presses like Harper Collins and Cleis, and has won awards for their shorter works from the likes of Glimmer Train, Screencraft, and Narrative, where they also worked as an editor. More recently, Star’s nonfiction about gender identity has appeared in The New York Times and at Huffington Post Personal.
Since Jake, who is also a romance author, is starting to add more reviews here (along with Duck’s best frenemy Sir Mallard Jones) watch this space for more about him and his career.
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