Royal-ish

The current Hallmark Channel films premiering on Saturday are a collection of films involving different members of a foster family watched over by Mindy Cohn, who some best know from The Facts of Life. 

They don't interest me so far. Before them, there were multiple royal-themed films. I enjoyed The Royal We and Royal-ish. Nicole Sakura, who comes from a Japanese/American/Irish background, has an interesting voice. She is a somewhat atypical choice for a Hallmark film. The guy is more standard. 

The young daughter is cute and has a good performance with the typical posh-sounding European-y accent found in these royal films. The royals nearly always come from some imaginary West European location. Why not have some coming from other parts of the world? There are lots of Pacific islands, for instance, they can be from. 

Anyway, Royal-ish went pleasantly along and there was even the kiss (the "rule" usually is that it is at the very end, but not always). I was waiting for the "complication." And, there it came with about twenty minutes left. It was forced but obligatory. 

The Royal We handled things better. Still, I enjoyed Royal-ish, especially because of the lead actress. 

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I also re-watched Robin Hood: Men In Tights. I saw the film but have not seen the whole thing for quite some time. The sheriff character is the best. There are many familiar faces, and it is easy to take like Spaceballs. Good for television viewings. 

Mel Brooks had a short-lived Robin Hood television show parody in the 1970s that is on Catchy Comedy Channel. Looks good, but I can see why it didn't last.  

("Looks good" means the sets and so on are good for a television series, but the scripts from the bits of a few episodes were lame comedy-wise.) 

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Saving Hope was a Canadian medical drama. NBC ran the first season. I checked out the first season DVD from the library. Four episodes in, I enjoyed it, though I might get bored with it after a while. 

It starts with a male chief of surgery going into a coma (he came out of it later) and being able to see dead people while walking around in the hospital. His fiancée is the chief surgical resident and is the focus of the show at the beginning.  

One member of the supporting cast was in many Hallmark Channel movies (many Canadian actors pop up there). I like Julia Chan as a young doctor, too. 

Generally well acted with good stories. 

ETA: Breast milk ice cream? Seems animal friendly.