But Make It Hallmark

Chinggay and Patty
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But Make It Hallmark

Movie reviews… but make it Hallmark. Fangirls Chinggay and Patty flex their film rating muscles as they work their way through the Hallmark Cinematic Universe. All bets are off as they judge movie meet cutes, almost kisses, and fawn over their onscreen and offscreen HCU faves

  1. Hallmark Christmas Wrapped, 2024

    12/24/2024

    Hallmark Christmas Wrapped, 2024

    … our top 12 tradition is back Chinggay and Patty continue the annual tradition of ranking the best Countdown to Christmas and Miracles of Christmas movies of the year. 2024 was the year of the Nice List and the year of the Dan Jeannotte Redemption Award. We loved so many offerings this year that 20 (out of 40) made it into the Nice List. Also a year of forgiveness and redemption—where so many leads we abhorred, refused to pay attention to, and just plain disliked managed to get in our good graces and win us over. What a year for BMIH! We’ll see you again for our 6th season in 2025. Three Wiser Men and a Boy (Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, Margaret Colin) Sugarplummed (Maggie Lawson, Janel Parrish) Hanukkah on the Rocks (Stacey Farber, Darren Kagassoff, Marc Summer) The Christmas Charade (Rachel Skarsten, Corey Sevier) Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story (Hunter King, Tyler Hynes) A Novel Noel (Julie Gonzalo, Brendan Penny) Jingle Bell Run (Ashley Williams, Andrew Walker) The Santa Class (Kimberly Sustad, Benjamin Ayres) A ‘90s Christmas (Eva Bourne, Chandler Massey, Katherine Barrell) The Finnish Line (Kim Matula, Beau Mirchoff, Nichole Sakura) Trivia at St. Nick’s (Tammin Sursok, Brant Daugherty) The Christmas Quest (Lacey Chabert, Kristoffer Polaha) Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pietro Lazatin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our music and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paola Lazatin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our cover art. Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@butmakeithallmark

    56 min
  2. The Finish Line

    12/22/2024

    The Finish Line

    … after 10 weeks, we’ve made it through all the movies Chinggay and Patty, gluttons of punishment that they are, participate in Hallmark+’s Cherry Lane trilogy and wildly regret it. They finish the season with one last Countdown to Christmas movie with newfound empathy for Jessica Lowndes, and the final Miracles of Christmas offering where it is established that in the HCU, you can trade in a Christmas stocking for a house. Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane (Benjamin Ayres, Catherine Bell, James Denton, Erica Durance, Julie Gonzalo, Ryan Rottman) Deck the Halls on Cherry Lane (John Brotherton, Erin Cahill, Brooke D’Orsay, Chelsea Hobbs, Ben Hollingsworth and Sam Page) Season’s Greetings from Cherry Lane (Jonathan Bennett, Annabelle Borke, Corey Cott, Sarah Dugdale, Shannon Kook and Vincent Rodriguez II) Happy Howlidays (Jessica Lowndes, Ezra Moreland) Trading Up Christmas (Italia Ricci, Michael Xavier) Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pietro Lazatin⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our music and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Paola Lazatin⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our cover art. Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@butmakeithallmark

    34 min
  3. Top of the Santa Class

    12/17/2024

    Top of the Santa Class

    … in which Dan Jeannotte does not receive the Dan Jeannotte Redemption Award Chinggay and Patty didn’t think this week would fare well since multiple recipients of the K in our F*** Marry Kill segment showed up as lead actors. However, Dan Jeannotte, Brooke d’Orsay, and most-number-of-appearances-in-this-season awardee Benjamin Ayres all get passing marks (read: we didn’t hate them). Hanukkah moves forward with its multiple year grand slam with Stacey Farber in Hanukkah on the Rocks. Plus there was no doubt that Kimberly Sustad would come out as top of the class with her excellent performance in the Santa Class. All I Need for Christmas (Mallory Jansen, Dan Jeanotte) Follow Yonder Star (Brooke d’Orsay, John Brotherton) Hanukkah on the Rocks (Stacey Farber, Darren Kagassoff, Marc Summer) The Santa Class (Kimberly Sustad, Benjamin Ayres) Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Pietro Lazatin⁠⁠⁠ for our music and ⁠⁠⁠Paola Lazatin⁠⁠⁠ for our cover art. Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@butmakeithallmark

    45 min
  4. Give Us More Sugarplum!

    12/09/2024

    Give Us More Sugarplum!

    … ‘‘twas a week of no naughties Chinggay and Patty are flummoxed at how post-Thanksgiving week has had 4/4 movies on the BMIH Nice List. There’s a little bit of everything—neurodivergence with endearing kids, royal ridiculousness that we actually loved, plus Patty has yet another one-sided showdown with her nemesis, Barbara Niven (who won us over). But, it’s Janel Parrish who takes the crown as the inimitable Sugarplum in the best movie of the week. A Dance in the Snow (Erica Cerra, Mark Ghanimé, Vanessa Burghardt, Dorian Giordano) Private Princess Christmas (Ali Skovbye, Derek Klena, Erica Durance) Leah’s Perfect Gift (Emily Arlook, Evan Roderick, Barbara Niven) Sugarplummed (Maggie Lawson, Janel Parrish) Thanks to ⁠⁠Pietro Lazatin⁠⁠ for our music and ⁠⁠Paola Lazatin⁠⁠ for our cover art. Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠@butmakeithallmark

    41 min
  5. Touchdown of All Touchdowns

    12/03/2024

    Touchdown of All Touchdowns

    … we survived Thanksgiving Week, Hallmark-style Chinggay and Patty live out the true Christmas miracle—watching all eight movies from Thanksgiving week. We got it all this week—a few awful ones that no one should watch (or rewatch), some middle of the road movies with people we love (s/o to Wes Brown and Marco Grazzini), a time-traveling dark horse of a movie, and then there are the hits. Props go to the Hallmark Scandi team for taking us to Iceland and Finland. And all hail the Chiefs for making this partnership with the Hallmark Channel the touchdown of the season. Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle (Rachel Boston, Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, Tanner Novlan, Matthew James Dowden and Max Lloyd-Jones) Believe in Christmas (Meghan Ory and John Reardon) Christmas Under the Lights (Heather Hemmens, Marco Grazzini) Deck the Walls (Ashley Greene, Wes Brown, Danny Pellegrino) The Finnish Line (Kim Matula, Beau Mirchoff, Nichole Sakura) The Christmas Quest (Lacey Chabert, Kristoffer Polaha) A ‘90s Christmas (Eva Bourne, Chandler Massey, Katherine Barrell) Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story (Hunter King, Tyler Hynes) Thanks to ⁠Pietro Lazatin⁠ for our music and ⁠Paola Lazatin⁠ for our cover art. Follow us on Instagram: ⁠@butmakeithallmark

    1h 10m
  6. Kimberly Sustad, you are a genius

    11/26/2024

    Kimberly Sustad, you are a genius

    … and just like that, we’re back on the naughty list Chinggay and Patty hate on half the movies that came out this week, but are fully in love and committed to #MIraclesOfChristmas “A Novel Noel” and #CountdownToChristmas “Three Wiser Men and a Boy.” Skip the below-average hospital movie and the even worse marriage boot camp movie in favor of repeat watches starring Hallmark regulars Julie, Brendan, Tyler, Paul, and Andrew. Bonus: An extra round of F and M because we cannot K anyone in this week’s best movie. To Have and to Holiday (Madeleine Arthur, Robert Bazzocchi, Eric Close) Christmas on Call (Sara Canning and Ser’Darius Blain with a cameo appearance by Donna Kelce) A Novel Noel (Julie Gonzalo, Brendan Penny) Three Wiser Men and a Boy (Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, Margaret Colin) Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pietro Lazatin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our music and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paola Lazatin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our cover art. Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@butmakeithallmark

    36 min
  7. Welcome to Our Non-Sister Wives Lives

    11/19/2024

    Welcome to Our Non-Sister Wives Lives

    … it’s another Hallmark homerun this week Chinggay and Patty are in utter disbelief because all four movies on Week Five of #CountdownToChristmas and #MiraclesOfChristmas are worth everyone’s time. We’re celebrating excellent ensemble casts in all the movies, a unique anti-hero, fun and of-the-moment culture clashes, Andrew Walker as a Spon-Con ex pro-athlete, and a delightful first movie from Angela Kinsey of The Office. Bonus: Two special mentions for the Dan Jeanotte Redemption Award. A Reason for the Season (Taylor Cole, Kevin McGarry) Christmas with the Singhs (Anuja Joshi, Benjamin Hollingsworth) Jingle Bell Run (Ashley Williams, Andrew Walker) Confessions of a Christmas Letter (Angela Kinsey, Alec Santos) Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pietro Lazatin⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our music and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Paola Lazatin⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our cover art Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@makeithallmark⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@butmakeithallmark

    41 min
  8. We Loved All Of Them

    11/12/2024

    We Loved All Of Them

    … Hallmark, you sneaky little minx Chinggay and Patty are floored. Every one of Week Four’s movies was worth watching; and an entire ensemble cast receives the Dan Jeanotte Redemption Award for proving us that first impressions can be changed given a good script and good direction. Here we discover our love for a sexy drawl, Europeans in Hallmark movies, and a wacky meta comedy that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Bonus: two rounds of FMK. Five Gold Rings (Holland Roden, Nolan Gerard Funk) Trivia at St. Nick’s (Tammin Sursok, Brant Daugherty) Santa Tell Me (Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Benjamin Ayres, Christopher Russell, Kurt Szarka) ‘Tis the Season to Be Irish (Fiona Gubelmann, Eoin Macke) Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Pietro Lazatin⁠⁠⁠ for our music and ⁠⁠⁠Paola Lazatin⁠⁠⁠ for our cover art Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@makeithallmark⁠⁠⁠ and on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@butmakeithallmark

    46 min
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Movie reviews… but make it Hallmark. Fangirls Chinggay and Patty flex their film rating muscles as they work their way through the Hallmark Cinematic Universe. All bets are off as they judge movie meet cutes, almost kisses, and fawn over their onscreen and offscreen HCU faves

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    Chinggay and Patty
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    2020 - 2024
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