Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Behind Closed Doors
Lifetime delivers another gripping thriller, Behind Closed Doors, that is unfortunately deflated by an ending that just leaves you wondering what happened. Behind Closed Doors stars Dennis Andres as a man named Grant Dreyer who, when first seen, is running ...
Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s I’ll Be Seeing You
Hallmark Channel's 'Spring into Love' theme sends one of its top male stars on a girls' road trip -- and one guy -- down the Pacific Coast in the charming I'll Be Seeing You. Stacey Farber, last seen on Hallmark ...
TV by the Decade :: Apr 26•May 2
Only a handful of new series made their debuts this week across the decades starting with a 1956 Summer replacement variety show on its third network in four years, a 2006 MTV comedy series inspired by the success of its ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s A House Built on Lies
I don't know why LMN's newest 'Home is Where the Harm Is' movie, A House Built on Lies, has such a low rating on IMDb, but after the dreadful offerings from the previous two weeks this one is Citizen Kane ...
Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #300 :: April 23•29
While Movies by the Decade celebrates its own milestone -- 300 editions -- there are a few cinematic milestones to celebrate this week as well. One 1926 silent film with a Technicolor sequence survives today, a 1936 film features the ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Murder at the Merriweather
Business, pleasure and long lost friendships do not go hand-in-hand in Lifetime's latest 'Sunday Night Thrills' movie, Murder at the Merriweather. Haley Lohrli and Margo Parker star as besties Sophie and Rena, respectively, employees at a fancy-schmancy inn called The ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Murder in the Dark
Lifetime really goes in an interesting direction with its latest thriller, officially known as Murder in the Dark, but try to find out any information about the movie online and you have to look under what was the original title, ...
Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s To Philly with Love
Following the delightful A Little Park Music, Hallmark's next 'Spring into Love' movie has an interesting premise driven by a historical mystery, but with little chemistry between its leads, the romance is lacking. And with the country about to celebrate ...
TV by the Decade :: April 19•25
While it was a big week for new series premieres, and three TV movies, across the decades -- with only 1956 offering nothing new -- very few of the new shows made much of an impact. The exceptions include a ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s The Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave
Just a week after the stupefying Home Makeover Nightmare, for which I was much too generous in my review, LMN's latest 'Home is Where the Harm Is' offering is the even more stupefying The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave ... from ...
Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #299 :: April 16•22
This week across the last century gave us many notable and forgettable films. The highlights include a 1926 film that survives, with a Technicolor scene intact, a fourth film in a 1936 mystery series with a new leading actress, a ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Ten Thousand Reasons for Revenge
Lifetime's latest 'Sunday Night Thrills' movie gives us a bank heist gone wrong, but with a totally unexpected twist that comes out of left field and takes us into Dog Day Afternoon territory (IFKYK). Ten Thousand Reasons for Revenge stars ...
