‘Twas the Escapism Before Christmas: Why Wholesome Hallmark Plots Dominate the Holiday Film Industry with Their Predictability, B-List Acting, and Strict Happy Endings

Put on your red dress and get ready to be kissed, because Hallmark movies are back on the air for the Christmas season!  I don’t personally watch Hallmark movies for reasons I’ll divulge later, but I learned recently that whenever the female protagonist puts on a red dress, there’s a 100% chance that romance is …
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Condescending husband refuses to watch anything but Hallmark movies with his wife because she ‘doesn’t understand’ complex movies: ‘My wife proceeded to embarrass herself’

Hallmark movies are awesome. They’re hilariously, reliably formulaic. They have stilted acting and even more stilted dialogue. They have names like «The Other Christmas Wife» or «Winter Is For Loving, and Christmas.» They’re my favorite thing to watch when I’m in a hotel room. Nothing hits like a terrible movie and a room service BLT. …
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Woman’s Real-Life Hallmark Movie Moment Delights the Romantic Comedy Experts of Twitter

Now that the gluttony and ritual of Thanksgiving have come and gone, ‘tis finally the season for indulging in Hallmark Christmas/holiday movies. Now, I understand that many of you may consider the channel’s «films» (if you can call them that) a low form of entertainment. But gosh darn it, they are predictable! There are not …
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Funny Tweet Inspires Thread of Riffs On Classic Hallmark Movie Tropes

Picture this: You’re a woman in the big city who is working hard to build your cookie company. You have a few clients (most of whom you’ve known a long time, and happen to be very quirky) but the bills are stacking up and you are afraid you might have to go back to your …
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Hallmark Memes Just In Time For The Christmas Season

It’s the Christmas season, and you know what that means! It’s Hallmark movie season, baby. The movies might be terrible and incredibly cliched, but at least they’re bad enough that we can watch them ironically and still be moderately entertained.  Now have some memes that poke fun at this sentiment!