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The Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel often showcases strong women, and so many viewers were excited about this film, especially the visually impaired community.

She isn't pitied when Emily Main loses her eyesight in Guiding Emily. Instead, she's portrayed as a strong, capable female who can overcome this and become even more vital than she was before.

Sarah Drew as Emily was the film's highlight, but Eric McCormack voicing Garth's thoughts provided plenty of entertainment.

Guiding Emily is based on Barbara Hinske's best-selling novel by the same name. Scriptwriter Betsy Morris transformed that material into a subtle, emotional script where Emily realistically deals with her blindness.

It's not all gloom and doom, though, since Eric McCormack offers Garth's thoughts throughout on being a guide dog and his unrequited crush on Emily. From the second he sees her as a puppy, he's positive that he's her person.

I had just one question.

Exclusive: Vertical has locked down rights to the romantic comedy Match Me If You Can for North America, the UK and Ireland. Marking the feature debut of director Marian Yeager, the film is now set for a day-and-date release on August 11th. Among the major titles opening against it are Sony’s Gran Turismo and Universal’s Last Voyage of the Demeter.

Written by Betsy Morris, Match Me If You Can watches as female computer nerd Kip Parsons (Quantum Leap‘s Georgina Reilly) declares war on iPromise, an online dating service that rejected her as “unmatchable.” Taking her case to social media, she goes viral and becomes the reluctant champion for all those frustrated singles out there. When the company masterminded by Riley Detamore (All Rise‘s Wilson Bethel) finds itself at risk because her blog has gone viral, Riley maps out a plan to find out why. A chance...

Exclusive: Georgina Reilly (City on a Hill) and Wilson Bethel (All Rise) are set to star in director Marian Yeager’s upcoming indie, Match Me If You Can.

The romantic comedy written by Betsy Morris centers on Kip Parsons (Reilly), a female computer nerd who declares war on online dating services when she’s rejected by one as “unmatchable,” becoming a reluctant spokeswoman for all the frustrated singles out there. Riley Detamore (Bethel), the programmer and mastermind behind the dating service, wants to know why Kip is trashing his company, so he sets up a chance run-in. This produces an awkward chain of mishaps, ending with no answers and leaving them both feeling an undeniable spark.

Yeager is producing the film with Monica Lund. The project is scheduled to go before cameras in Austin, TX in late October.

Reilly most recently recurred on Showtime’s City on a Hill and...

Exclusive: Lucifer star Aimee Garcia has signed to executive produce and star in Match Me If You Can, a romantic comedy about the world of dating in today’s geek culture. Marian Yeager is directing the pic from a script by Betsy Morris.

Garcia, who is set to reprise her role as Ella Lopez in the sixth and final season of Netflix’s Lucifer, will play Kip Parsons, a talented computer nerd who is rejected by an online dating service as “unmatchable.” After her online blog about her humiliating status goes viral, Kip quickly becomes the reluctant spokesperson for all the frustrated singles out there. There’s just one problem: the dating service swears they didn’t reject her and she becomes the target of a kangaroo court.

Yeager and Monica Lund are producing the project via My Productions (The Conway Curve), with Garcia and Stacey Parks serving as executive producers.

Stars: Elle Newlands, Frank Gangarossa, Chris Pentzell, Christine Blackburn, David Banks, Andrea Leithe, Danny Pardo, Skyler Cooper, Jennifer Popagain, Elina Madison, Anora Lyn, Rachel Sorsa, Daniel Schweiger | Written by Mark Cardone, Laree’ D. Griffith , Betsy Morris, Linda Palmer, Chris Pentzell | Directed by Linda Palmer

One of the mandates of my film writing has to always try and uncover gems within in the independent film scene and promote films that might otherwise fly under the radar of audiences and other film bloggers alike. With that mandate comes the knowledge that I could posssibly be subjecting myself to the kinds of movies that, in all honesty, should have remained in the proverbial film closet. But I still approach each and every film I review (and even those that I don’t) with an open mind, in hopes that the next movie will be one that is worth shouting from the rooftops about.

With their horror script "Gone", comic-book writer Brian Pulido and New York Times best-selling author Michael Stackpole took the grand prize at Fade In Magazine's 10th annual Fade In Awards.

The awards aim to help new writers and directors get recognized within the Hollywood film community, and the duo's screenplay, about a young couple on a weekend vacation in the desert who get marooned miles from civilization and stalked by a super-pack of vicious wolves, will be shopped to agents this month.

About 1,800 entrants competed in seven categories and two formats to win. Finalists included: Michael J. Yurinko for "For the Love of Jade" (drama category); John Accursi for "One Last Fling", Craig Berger for "Murder Girls" and Anton A. Hill for "The Bad Brother" (comedy): Betsy Morris for "Untapped" (action); James Rothenberg for "The Last Resort", Daren Shippy for "Unfaithful Justice" and Moutaz Jad for "Elysium" (thriller); Jennifer Brasher for "Daddy's Girl" (noir); Douglas Stark for "Do Not Disturb" and Howard Kingkade for "Hole in the Paper Sky" (shorts); and Donna Silverberg and Bradley Fisher for "Palm Springs by the Sea", Livia Linden and Percy Angress for "Sky Baby" and James Hereth for "Charlie Supposedly Saves the World" (family).