The Love Heist

The Love Heist

It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review! ABOUT THE LOVE HEIST Celebrity stylist Kayli must team up with hotel security chief Mills to track down an iconic piece of fashion history after it goes missing on her watch before the Chicago Costume Gala. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THE LOVE HEIST June 20, 2026 | Hallmark CAST & CREW OF THE LOVE HEIST Director: Kevin Fair Writer: Holly Gent Cast: * Lyndsy Fonseca as Kayli * Peter Porte as Mills BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS We start off the movie WITH THE MEET CUTE! WILD STUFF. We meet Kayli who is pulling up to a hotel, grabs a luggage cart, and is stopped by a hotel worker named Mills. He's makes a joke, they have some cute banter and then she gets bumped into him by a paparazi. He catches her though, don't worry. Once inside, they bump into each other again when he hops on her cart to help him capture a drone out of the air. Kayli works for famed stylaist Celine and heads up to the room and theres a knock at the door. Wouldn't you know it, It's Mills. He has a delivery. It's the dress that they are going to dress famous actor, Rini-Jean. The dress is a big deal. It belonged to Elizabeth Taylor. Mills is like you need to sign this paper releasing the delivery into your hands because security is real tight right now. Apparently, there was already a robbery of something Gala related earlier this week, so the hotel is really locked down and following protocol. He helps her calm down - this is her first time doing this event without Celine there but she thinks Kayli is ready. Mills tells her that he'll be back soon to pick the dress back up and put it in the hotel safe.  We find out that Mills is about to get a big promotion as head of security for the entire hotel chain.  Rini-Jean comes in and tells Kayli she's not thrilled about the designs anymore. She asks Kayli if she can make some changes. So Kayli runs out and gets soem supplies and wips something togehter and Rini-Jean is pumped. She's like aside from the Elizabeth Taylor dress, I want you to change everything. Big stress!  Mills comes back by to grab the dress and that's when they discover that while Kayli was out grabbing supplies, someone came in and stole it!  Naturally, this leads to Kayli and Mills hanging out a ton, getting to know each other, have having some serious flirty flirty fun times.  Naturally, they decide they're gonna go to all of the parties and keep an eye out for a thief. At the first party thye go to, the lights go out and naturally they almost kiss. But when they come back, they see that something is missing from one of the attendees.  Since they're gonna be going to all these parties together, Mills has go to learn how to dance. He knocks on her door one night, and she gives him a dancing lesson and they almost kiss but they're interupted. She's like I gotta go but he's like oh if you think that's gonna stop me and then they kiss big ones!  While at the big party, Reni-Jean gets proposed to but the ring isn't in the dudes pocket. Kayli looks around and sees this suspcious body guard making a run for it, so she follows him. He is about to drop the ring in a drain when Mills comes in and tackles him. The ring goes flying and Kayli leaps to get it. The dude admits to everything. They recover everything except the Elizabeth Taylor dress. Kayli says she's just ready for life to go back to normal. Looks like he's going to be getting that promotion afterwords. She asks him if he'll be in LA at all for work and she says every 7 months and they hug.  The next day, when she goes to talk to him, it turns out he quit. He felt like the security lapse was his fault and he didn't deserve the gig.  Rini-Jean asks Kayli to be her full time styalist. It's time for her to spread her wings and go out on her own!   She goes to find Mills to convince him not to quit and he's like oh i didn't quit, i got fired. Wait a second! HE knows who did it! His boss who was mad that he was getting promoted over him. They go and find the dress and dude gets arrested.  But he's not gonna take his job back. Instead, he's gonna be the head of securit for Rini-Jean and her fiance. They're gonna travel the world together and thye kiss big onesssss. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube [www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube] Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Avengers: Endgame

It's Marvel Monday and the Avengers face their ultimate challenge! ABOUT AVENGERS: ENDGAME After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME 2019 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF AVENGERS: ENDGAME Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Stan Lee Cast: * Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man * Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America * Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk * Chris Hemsworth as Thor * Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow * Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye * Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine * Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man * Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange * Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther * Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel * Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man * Karen Gillan as Nebula * Zoe Saldaña as Gamora * Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne/The Wasp * Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie * Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS The movie kicks off by showing us what Hawkeye was doing during Infinity War: teaching his daughter to shoot bow and arrows. Suddenly, his wife and kids turn to dust and he has no idea why. 23 days later, Tony Stark & Nebula are stuck in space together. She's helping him heal. They're about to run out of oxygen when Captain Marvel shows up to save them. She brings them back to Earth where they're reunited with Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Rhodey & Rocket. The happy reunion doesn't last long. Tony does one of his famous freak outs, saying things he will most certainly regret. Captain Marvel gets the rundown & decides she's going to go kill Thanos herself. Everyone is like this witch shows up out of nowhere and now wants to be the hero, but Thor likes her and says we should go. So they track Thanos down. He's like oh hi. I destroyed the stones. My bad. So Thor cuts his head off. Fast forward 5 years and Scott randomly pops out of the quantum realm machine, very confused. So he goes to talk to the Avengers about his experience. He tells Cap & Natasha about how for him, the 5 years was only 5 minutes. Maybe there's some way to use the quantum realm to go back in time and stop Thanos. Only one guy is smart enough to help - Tony. But now Tony has a daughter & he's not interested in helping. But Tony can't forget about it. He pokes around and figures out how it could work. Scott, Cap, and Natasha turn to the next smartest guy they know - Bruce. He agrees to help and they do some experiments but nothing overly helpful. Tony shows up with a time traveling device and says it's time to get the band back together. They do some testing and find out they can go to the past and bring something back without changing anything. So they have a plan - team up and go get the stones and bring them to the present which would prevent Thanos from being able to do his thing. Banner, Lang, Rogers, and Stark travel back to New York during Loki's 2012 invasion. At the Sanctum Sanctorum, Banner persuades the Ancient One to hand over the Time Stone by promising that all of the Infinity Stones will eventually be returned to their rightful places in time. Plus, Doctor Strange gave it up willingly in his time which is good enough for the Ancient One. Meanwhile, at Stark Tower, Rogers successfully recovers the Mind Stone from Hydra agents posing as S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. However, Stark and Lang's plan to steal the Space Stone goes wrong, allowing Loki to escape with it. To recover from the setback, Rogers and Stark travel further back to 1970, where Stark obtains an earlier version of the Space Stone and unexpectedly gets the chance to speak with his father. Rogers steals additional Pym Particles needed for their return trip and catches a glimpse of his lost love, Peggy Carter. Meanwhile, Thor and Rocket journey to Asgard in 2013. Rocket extracts the Reality Stone from Jane Foster, while Thor reunites with his mother, Frigga, who snaps him out of his funk and gets his swag and his hammer back. In 2014, Nebula and Rhodey travel to Morag and secure the Power Stone before Peter Quill can retrieve it. Hawkeye and Black Widow head to Vormir, where Red Skull explains that the Soul Stone can only be obtained through the sacrifice of someone you love. Romanoff gives her life so Barton can claim the Stone. As Rhodes and Nebula prepare to return to the present, Nebula's cybernetic implants connect with those of her past self. This allows the 2014 version of Thanos to learn about his future defeat and the Avengers' plan to reverse it. Thanos captures Nebula and sends her 2014 counterpart into the future to infiltrate the Avengers and pave the way for his arrival. So they all return back in the present with the stones, sans Natasha. They put the stones on an iron glove and Bruce agrees that he's probably the best dude for the job. He snaps and immediately collapses. Hawkeye immediately gets a phone call from his wife. It worked!!! But the happiness doesn't last long because 2014 Gamora used the Time Machine to get 2014 Thanos to show up and shoot the Avengers compound up big time. He's like thanks for getting all of the stones together for me. It's giant fight time, folks. And it's not looking great for the Avengers despite the fact that Thor's hammer saw Cap as worthy enough to use it. But just when it's looking bleak, Doctor Strange returns by opening portals for the rest of the Avengers to show up and join the battle. Avengers assemble and IT'S AWESOME! It's a tough battle and Scott is busy getting his van Time Machine up and running since Thanos destroyed the other one so that they can return the stones. Captain Marvel shows up last minute and it's looking like they might do it but Thanos makes the van explode. Thanos gets the gauntlet back but Captain Marvel stops him from snapping his fingers. He's able to free himself. It's looking like a lost cause but Tony looks over at Strange who holds up 1 finger, showing Tony that this is the 1 in 14 million chances they win. Tony is able to get the stones and snap his fingers and make Thanos and his baddies disappear. But unfortunately the blast was too much for Tony and he dies. At Tony's funeral, all the Avengers show up to show their respects. They create a new Time Machine and Captain America goes to return all of the stones to their proper time. But he doesn't return to present day. Well, he does but he's old. He decided to stay in 1970 and grow old with Peggy Carter. Steve gives Sam his shield. We have a new Captain America now. 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Gilmore Girls - Season 2 Episode 8

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 8) Longtime friends Lorelai and Sookie have their first fight when Lorelai decides that their shared dream of opening an inn is doomed to failure. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 8) November 20, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 8) * Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore * Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 8) SYNOPSIS It’s Friday night dinner, and Rory agrees to pose for a painting. Apparently it’s a family tradition, despite the fact that Lorelai’s portrait was never finished. The next day, Lorelai is chatting with Luke about business. Apparently he’s a big business boy. She and Sookie want to make the leap and open their own inn. They’re still early in the process, trying to figure out how to buy that property she found with Luke’s ex, Rachel. Taylor is shocked when he walks up to Luke’s and sees police tape and a chalk outline on the ground. WTF is that about?! Lorelai and Sookie find out that the owner of the property is the sweet old lady who runs the bakery, Fran. They go talk to her, but she says she can’t sell it. It’s the last thing she has left, and she just can’t let it go. Taylor calls the police, and they come down and are like, “We have no idea what this is.” Taylor says, “I’ve got a dead body outside my store!” The cop replies, “No, everyone is accounted for. It must just be a prank.” That’s when Rory, who has just walked up to the growing crowd, sees Jess looking on with a smirk. That darn prankster. The owner of the Independence Inn is in town! Mia lovessss Lorelai and Rory, and they spend the day together. After hanging out with Mia, Lorelai begins to feel bad about potentially leaving both Mia and the inn. Taylor figures out that Jess was behind the prank, so they throw an emergency town meeting to discuss what to do about him. They conveniently forget to tell Luke, but he walks in anyway and gives the whole town a piece of his mind. After the meeting, Lorelai finally tells Mia about her plans, and Mia handles it great. So great, in fact, that Mia reveals she wants to sell the inn. This causes one of Lorelai’s classic overthinking freakouts. She tells Sookie they should just press pause on the inn idea. It’s never going to work out. Then she really lays into Sookie: you’re too disorganized, you’re not ready, this is a mess. Sookie storms off. Rory bumps into Jess and tells him that he’s making Luke’s life harder. The whole town is coming down on Luke because of him, and it’s not fair. Jess is like, “Yeah, but did you think it was funny?” They start getting a little flirty when Dean suddenly appears. Jess is like, “Oh... boyfriend? You didn’t mention that.” Awkwarddddd. Lorelai and Rory show up for Friday night dinner, and Emily proudly unveils the new painting. But Lorelai is still in a bad mood. She tells her mom what’s going on—how Mia came back into town and completely threw her off. And, surprisingly, that throws Emily off too. Lorelai starts to feel really bad about her freakout. She realizes she was just overwhelmed by everything they were trying to do. After talking it over with Luke, she goes to apologize to Sookie. Emily shows up at the inn to meet Mia. She tells her she wishes she had encouraged Lorelai to come home. But also... “Do you happen to have any pictures?” The episode ends at Luke’s. Rory watches as Luke realizes that Jess secretly fixed the toaster. The two of them share a smile. Uh oh. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube [www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube] Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Lyndsy Fonseca Interview (The Love Heist)

We're thrilled to be joined by Lyndsy Fonseca to chat about everything from How I Met Your Mother to her newest Hallmark movie, The Love Heist! Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube [www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube] Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Drink and Be Merry

It's Festive Friday with a heartwarming dive bar tale! ABOUT DRINK AND BE MERRY In a New York dive bar before Christmas 2019, Chet, an immature bartender, struggles to care for his lonely regulars while trying to find his own holiday spirit. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR DRINK AND BE MERRY June 2, 2025 | Festivals CAST & CREW OF DRINK AND BE MERRY Director: Adam Volerich Writer: Leo Winters Cast: * Jefferson White as Chet BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Chet is busy working at his bar talking with a couple regulars who are complaining about kids these days. Chet is flipping the channels on the TV when an episode of a TV show that was filmed there comes on, talking about how cool it was. The regulars aren't impressed. A couple of women come walking in and are like oh it's a slow night. We'll take a mojito. He's like I don't do that. So they land on vodka sodas. Chet is pumped because he wants to turn this bar around. He wants to get some younger people in. But the regulars aren't making it easy. The ladies are named Maeve & Miranda and while Miranda is in the restroom, Chet shoots his shot, talks about Hallmark Christmas movies, and gets Maeve's number. They leave and Chet ends up having quite the night with some of the regulars. After shutting down for the night, Maeve ends up coming back. She tells him that she gave him a fake number but wants to keep talking. They go back to his place and the next morning, she starts looking around his room and is concerned. It reminds her of her high school boyfriend's room. She's like I don't care, but most women would leave when they see your room. He goes to sleep and has a weird dream, wakes up and she's gone. Turns out, she was engaged. Whoopsies. To make matters worse, the other guy tracks him down and they chat for a while. He ends up being pretty chill about it and just gets drunk. Chet goes home to spend Christmas with his mom. She gives him a book about acting and encourages him to go for it. He goes back to the bar to talk to the regulars and decides he's not going to live his life afraid anymore. The movie ends with him pouring another beer and walking away. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube [www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube] Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.