It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

A greenhouse worker and the son of Churchill Downs' CEO form an unlikely pair, coming together to save the Kentucky Derby rose blanket and uncovering a generational love story along the way.

May 2, 2026 | Hallmark

Director: Clare Niederpruem

Writer: Jamie Pachino

Cast:

• Odette Annable as Sadie
• Andrew W. Walker as Ash Taylor

It's 1932 and this dude brings this girl out to the woods to give her a horseshoe necklace. She's like I can't take this. We hardly know each other. And it looks expensive. He's like it is. I got big dreams and I want someone by my side to grow an empire with. She asks him to put it on her.

We then see a bunch of clips of the Kentucky Derby from over the years. We meet Sadie who is going to leave her family's greenhouse, the one for Churchill Downs, so that she can become a full time florist - that's her dream. She notices some work being done at Churchill Downs. Apparently a storm came through.

We then meet Ash Taylor. He's the son of the Churchill Downs CEO. His dad calls him and says there's been an emergency and asks him to come home. Ash is like I'm too busy to help you. It's clear that he and his dad don't see eye to eye. Ash even changed his last name so that people wouldn't know that he is a Reed. He doesn't want to take any shortcuts. But when his mom asks him to do it, he can't say no.

He comes across Sadie who is looking at the flowers at Churchill Downs. They chat and bond over not wanting to take over the family business. They end up watching fireworks together and having a great time. But they didn't exchange information...not even names.

Luckily for them, they bump into each other at a bar the next night. They have a great time!

Ash's mom bumps into Sadie and sees some of her work and hires her to put together some bouquets for a fundraising event. When Sadie's boss finds out, she's like well...figure it out.

She's gotta find some roses. Luckily Ash knows where they can find some in the wild. This is when she explains that greenhouse flowers are different than florist flowers and I gotta be honest....thankful for that explanation. This is also when she finds out that he is the son of the Derby folks, the Reeds, and she's not pleased.

We find out that that couple at the beginning of the movie was Ash's great-uncle and Sadie's great-grandma. Apparently they were in love. But his dad wouldn't let him marry her.

The flowers mysteriously end up on Sadie's doorstep and the event is a big success.

She ends up going out with Ash again but they get in an argument - apparently his family thinks that her great-grandmother kept the jewelry. Her family says they gave it back. It's a whole thing.

But no time to wallow. She finds out that the roses for the Derby's blanket of roses are stuck in South America. So she posts a video on social media asking for the community to all bring their roses. And it works! The roses come flying in. Big success!

She also finds a letter that tells her where the necklace is and she brings it to Ash to have him put it on her. And they kiss BIG HONKEN ONES! KISS OF THE YEAR CONTENDER!

It's Derby day! He tells his dad he's willing to come back if he can run the charity that finds homes for old Derby horses.

Her best friend wins the Derby. And then his dad says they are going to source the roses locally moving forward and they want her to do it first. They celebrate with another kiss.

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It's Marvel Monday and Spider-Man joins the MCU!

Peter Parker tries to stop Adrian 'The Vulture' Toomes from selling weapons made with advanced Chitauri technology while trying to balance his life as an ordinary high school student.

July 7, 2017 | Theatrical Release

Director: Jon Watts

Writers: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts

Cast:

• Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
• Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes/The Vulture
• Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
• Zendaya as Michelle
• Donald Glover as Aaron Davis
• Jacob Batalon as Ned
• Laura Harrier as Liz

We open in the aftermath of the Battle of New York, where regular blue-collar guy Adrian Toomes is just trying to clean up alien junk and make an honest living… until Tony Stark and the government swoop in and say, “Actually, we got this.” So naturally, Toomes says, “Cool cool cool, I’ll just become a black market arms dealer with alien tech I stole.

Cut to eight years later and we’ve got your friendly neighborhood teenager Peter Parker, fresh off his Avengers internship in a Civil War. Peter ditches normal high school activities ( to focus on being Spider-Man and fighting crime in New York.

One night he come acoss some crazy weapons with tech he’s never seen before. With Tony being MIA, , he tells his best friend Ned and becomes the world’s most enthusiastic guy-in-the-chair.

Meanwhile, Toomes is out here flying around as the Vulture, selling crazy dangerous weapons. Peter stumbles into this whole operation, almost drowns, gets yelled at by Tony Stark, and still decides, “I’m gonna fix this myself.” Bold strategy.

Things escalate quickly when peter goes on a field trip to D.C. which Peter agreed to go to to follow the weapons. He ends up getting trapped in a storage area overnight. He finds out a piece of tech that Ned has is a bomb. So when he finally get out, he rushes to the Washington monument to save his friends.

Back in New York, he finds out the weapons dealer is going to be on the Staten Island Ferry. It’s a disaster and Tony finally takes away the suit like a disappointed dad. Peter’s superhero grounded.

He tries to go back to being a normal kid, even asks his crush Liz to homecoming — which is adorable until he shows up at her house and realizes her dad is THE Vulture. And he realizes that Peter is Spider-Man.

He give Peter a very calm and terrifying threat, and heads off for one last big heist. Peter decides to ditch the dance to try to stop the heist, but with only his homemade suit available, He gets buried under rubble, has a full “I am Spider-Man” moment, gets back up, and stops the plane from being stolen… barely.

We get a final showdown on a beach, Vulture suit goes boom, but Peter saves him anyway, cuz that's just the type of guy he is.

Toomes goes to jail, Liz moves away, and Tony offers Peter a full-time Avengers gig… which he turns down, choosing to stay your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

The movie ends with Peter getting his suit back… just in time for May Parker to walk in and discover EVERYTHING.

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We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod.

Lorelai and Max's relationship gets more serious. Luke's girlfriend Rachel returns. Meanwhile, Rory tries to win Dean back.

October 9, 2001 | The WB

• Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
• Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

It’s spring in Stars Hollow. Flowers everywhere. Life is good.

Rory is talking to Lorelai about where she should get married…which Lorelai very much does not want to talk about, considering she hasn’t even decided if she’s going to say yes yet.

Rory heads over to talk to Lane, who has bad news: her parents bought her a one-way ticket to Korea for the summer. Yikes.

Lorelai goes to buy a newspaper and spots a bunch of wedding magazines. She ends up grabbing one, which feels like a BIG sign. Miss Patty immediately clocks it and asks if she’s told Luke. Lorelai says no, but she’s about to — and insists it’s not a big deal because they’re just friends.

Naturally, the entire town follows her to Luke’s to watch through the window.

Luke handles it well at first…until he doesn’t. He starts rapid-fire questioning her: Where will you live? Will you have kids? Will you keep working after you’re married? Lorelai is not loving this interrogation.

Friday night dinner time. When they arrive, Emily is unusually chipper — Rory finished in the top 3%! Everyone already knew, which kind of kills the moment, but they celebrate anyway.

During dinner, Lorelai starts fidgeting with the ring and even moves it to her ring finger. This sends her spiraling enough to call Max and try to talk through all the questions Luke brought up. Max asks if these questions mean she’s saying yes…

She comes back to the table, smiles at Rory — and Rory instantly knows what that means. Emily and Richard are completely in the dark. Surely she’ll tell them now, right?

…Nope.

The next day, Lorelai tells Sookie, who is THRILLED — like, emotional tears thrilled. Jackson sees Sookie’s reaction and immediately panics about what this all means.

Later that night, Dean shows up — surprise! He and Rory are back together, and they kiss. Since they’re official again, Rory invites him to meet her grandparents at a celebratory dinner.

It goes…poorly.

Richard is not impressed. He grills Dean hard — college plans, grades, career goals — and gives him a whole speech about how special Rory is. Rory defends Dean, and the dinner ends abruptly.

Back home, Lorelai explains to Rory that it wasn’t really about Dean — it’s about the pressure her parents put on Rory. She’s everything they hoped Lorelai would be, and seeing Dean triggers all of that. Lorelai asks Rory to cut them a little slack.

Meanwhile, back at Emily and Richard’s, Richard is still fuming — until the phone rings. It’s Sookie, calling about an engagement party for Lorelai and Max.

And that’s how Emily finds out her daughter is engaged.

She storms into Richard’s office and demands he apologize to Rory. He’s confused — why? Emily explains: if they want Rory to trust them with big news someday, they need to fix this now.

The episode ends with Max giving Lorelai her engagement ring

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