This is a role that relies on charm, and he didn’t exude quite enough to slake my thirst.Īnd as a fun bonus, his name is fun to say. Matter remains too level outside his network-mandated bickering. Still, I was hoping for a little bit more spark.
He’s a good bickerer, and Frozen in Love is absolutely about two bickerers who fall in love. It’s not an enviable role, but Niall fills it admirably, and even manages to sell the idea that Adam is also a reader without it becoming contrived. And yet he’s sold as the “bad boy” archetype for Rachael Leigh Cook to tame.
Whatever he did to land in PR trouble was pretty routine for a sport where people routinely lose their teeth. That’s illustrated here by Matter’s hockey star Adam. But of course, Hallmark hunks aren’t actual bad boys at worst they’re a little hot-headed while keeping good intentions. Matter falls into the scruffy bad boy category of Hallmark leads (as opposed to, say, Jesse Hutch, who is the scruffy cuddly woodsman type). Quote: “Sometimes an alien is just an alien.”
However, I am familiar with his work on the SyFy series “Eureka.” Matter is a Hallmark regular, but somehow I’ve missed his other movies. Personally, I prefer Original Flavor Jack, but I understand if you lean toward the Extra Smooth option.ĭo I want him? Like a snowboarder wants fresh powder.įINAL GRADE: A Jack Turner Hallmark Channel Hallmark Hunks Hallmark Movies One Winter Weekend My Summer Princeįilms viewed for review: Frozen in Love (2018). I don’t have a shot of the OWW scenes, but I can do you two better below are pictures from other appearances. Perhaps a kindly Hallmark executive figured the winter movies’ excess of bundling meant the channel could even things out with some fan service.
Well defined dimples and a jawline that could slice cheese (and maybe some charcuterie for our fireplace cuddling) only sweetens the deal.įor once, Hallmark threw us a bone and let Jack show off his physique in OWW – a brief shot of him putting on a shirt as he descended the chalet stairs near the beginning of the movie, and a longer stint in a sauna (along with the best friend played by Dewshane Williams, me- ow). Do I have oddly specific standards? Lil bit. His arms look like they could hold me nice and tight in front a roaring chalet fireplace – but also like he could ably have chopped the wood for that fire not an hour before. He clearly does lots of cardio and low-weight/high-rep weightlifting. Jack has a delightfully lean physique that makes me want to drop to my knees and thank God for men.
Perhaps it’s time for a movie about a hacker whose own heart can’t be hacked? (Call me for scriptwork, HC!) Pretty good credentials for a Hallmark Hunk. And he worked at Google for five years before going into acting. I suspect he may have the range to pull them all off.Īccording to his Hallmark bio, Jack studied (or, as the British say, read) psychology at the University of Oxford – so, yowza. He’s already knocked out the roles of naughty prince and antagonistic athlete – pretty soon he’ll be an ex-corporate type making a new life in charity work and then, perhaps, a young widower architect/historian/bookstore owner with a small daughter who is reluctantly ready to love again. Jack Turner appears to be on the cusp of becoming a Hallmark regular. Quote: “Oh, not the wine charms… Makes you wonder how people kept track of their wine for thousands of years before they were around.” Films viewed for review: One Winter Weekend (2018) My Summer Prince (2016) I’ve also seen him in a non-Hallmark movie, The 10 Year Plan (2014) and in an arc on the Freeform show Stitchers.