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Quite a few movies were released in the earliest part of the century with a few notable titles. A 1925 Western introduced its director to the genre, something he would be known for in later decades. A 1935 film was ...
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Lifetime rolls out another 'Secret Life' movie this week with one of its silliest, Secret Life of the Surgeon's Wife, which again gives us another totally misleading title because it's not the wife who has a secret life, it's her ...
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With TV viewship dropping off for the Summer season, the earlier part of the past 70 years produced no new series this week, mainly due to the Memorial Day holiday in the US. The last three decades did give us ...
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I cannot be entirely certain, but I think I watched that original 1996 Mission: Impossible movie either around then or shortly after when it was on video. I think it still essentially holds up, dated tech references and all -- ...
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: Kimberly is a teenager, although she looks like her own grandmother thanks to a rare genetic disorder that ages her rapidly. She's celebrating her sweet sixteen while concerned with her inevitable premature ...
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Many more movies were released in the first half of the century this week, while the later decades gave us fewer titles but more 'blockbusters' for the summer season. Films of note this week include a 1945 documentary that was ...
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Lifetime returns to the abduction thriller genre, this time with a movie that has a bit of an icky twist to it, putting trust in a family friend on the line.  Girl Taken begins with a seemingly unrelated moment as a ...
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A very slim week for series premieres as networks are generally concluding their current seasons. Only one major broadcast network had a new series premiere in 2015, and this was more of a special event than a regular series. A ...
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Heading into the third week of May, the early part of the century saw the release of many films but only a few are noteworthy, including an atypical Shirley Temple film in 1935, a major 1955 MGM musical hampered by ...
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Love in the Clouds stars McKenzie Westmore as Seattle TV news financial reporter Brooklyn, who is walking a thin line between her job and unemployment because her boss Mary (Catherine Copplestone) doesn't like Brooklyn to show too much personality with ...
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It was a very slim week for new television series premieres as the networks were winding up the current season and, until the cable era, Summertime meant reruns. Of the series that premiered this week across the decades, a 1965 ...
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Lifetime Movie Network's 'Revenge is a Mother' theme continues with a new thriller, The Baby My Husband Lied About, full of twists, turns, murder, and deception to keep you guessing whodunit.The Baby My Husband Lied About focuses on married couple ...
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