Prediction Murder

TV reporter Ruby Herring (Taylor Cole) is promoted to the crime beat. The police is reopening a cold murder case of a psychic from five years ago. After getting an anonymous clue, she investigates with help from her father (John Wesley Shipp) and police detective partner Jake Killian (Stephen Huszar).

This is the third in the Hallmark series. At least, she is now a crime reporter which makes her solving crimes a lot more reasonable. The series continues to have a chemistry issue. The guy is as stiff as a board. Cole could do something more with a better partner. I wonder if a change is possible at this point. Maybe in the next one, Jake gets killed and Ruby has to solve his murder. As for the murder case, it's not that well written. It's just questioning one character after another. It's not actually a partnership which suggests going it alone is a perfectly fine option.

I'm a big fan of Taylor Cole! I know these Ruby Herring Mysteries are not her finest roles, but that is in great part due to the writing. This episode, Prediction Murder, is much better than the previous two. Considering the 100's of movies that Hallmark produces annually, for our enjoyment, I think the series has a chance to grow. We shouldn't complain about the repetition of predictable ending and familiar plots or we could lose it all together. Just watch something else if you don't appreciate Hallmark type productions.

This is the third movie in the Ruby Herring Mysteries series but it's even more painful than the others in terms of script, direction, pacing and acting. It also has more of a video quality which adds to the feeling that one is watching a high school play.

6/10 - HMM is pretty par-for-the-course; nothing bad, but nothing extraordinary

I enjoyed the first in this series but as the Episodes continue it's all so uninteresting and improbable.