TV by the Decade :: March 8•14
With 1956 and 1966 sitting the week out, the remaining decades produced several noteworthy programs. 1976 produced a family drama miniseries that evolved into an award-winning weekly series, and 1996 saw the return of The Muppets, and four new series ...
Theatre Review :: Next to Normal at Baltimore’s Iron Crow Theatre
Baltimore's Iron Crow Theatre, the city's only queer theatre company, returns to the M&T Bank Exchange, a space housed inside the Hippodrome Theatre, with a new production of the groundbreaking, Tony Award winning Broadway musical, Next to Normal, a show ...
Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #293 :: March 5•11
Several notable films were released this week across the last century, with many of them also receiving attention from various awards groups. One 1926 film was groundbreaking for its use of color, a 1936 film was the first and most ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Murder at Highland Manor
Lifetime's 'Sunday Night Thrills' takes viewers across the pond for a twisty, turny mystery thriller in the Scottish Highlands. And it has one of the most accurate titles for a Lifetime movie -- Murder at Highland Manor. The movie begins ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Pushed Off a Plane and Survived
Lifetime reunites stars Eva Marcille and Tyler Lepley from 2024's successful Buried Alive and Survived in a not quite 'Ripped from the Headlines' but 'inspired by real stories' (plural?!) tale of duplicity and survival, Pushed Off a Plane and Survived ...
Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s Romance at Hope Ranch
Despite the charm and star power of Alison Sweeney, Hallmark Channel ends 'Loveuary" on a real downer with a 'romance' movie that has its lead character do everything possible to avoid any romance, and that includes putting the viewers to ...
TV by the Decade :: March 1•7
It was a pretty big week across the decades for new program debuts, including new series, TV movies and miniseries. 1956 kicked things off with a short-lived, live variety series. Skipping to 1986, this week saw the premiere of a ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Sinister Secret Ingredient
LMN's nonsensically themed 'Wicked Revenge' month continues with an odd abduction thriller with a title that makes you think it somehow involves food, Sinister Secret Ingredient. THe movie stars Sabrina Miller and Gwen Mowdy as mother and daughter Mel and ...
Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #292 :: February 26 to March 4
It's a pretty full week moving from February to March, with a number of new titles reaching the big screen but only a handful being realy noteworthy. Those include a 1936 film that nearly took down its studio, a 1946 ...
Theatre Review :: Back to the Future: The Musical at Baltimore’s Hippodrome
Hotchka previously reviewed Back to the Future: The Musical in July 2024, so if you want more background about the show and the movie, please head on over to that review. One thing to note from that production, Caden Brauch, ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Murder in Music City
If you only watch Lifetime movies, you're probably thinking Nashville is the most dangerous city in the world, or that being a country music artist has its hazards. Oddly enough, following last February's Murder in Nashville, Lifetime has rolled out ...
Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Double Double Trouble
Lifetime really ups the ante this week with its latest Saturday night original movie, taking a real risk on something that could have been a complete trainwreck but turns out to be extremely impressive and entertaining. Double Double Trouble stars ...
