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Lifetime returns to the land of the Amish for its newest thriller, My Amish Double Life, which is billed at the top of the movie as 'Inspired by actual events' but isn't part of the network's 'Ripped from the Headlines' ...
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Valentine's Day this year is long gone, and February is nearing an end, so that means Hallmark Channel's 'Loveuary' is also at an end with Sisterhood, Inc., a delightful film that's more about sisterly love -- or lack thereof -- ...
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Several new series and TV movies made their debuts this week across the decades, but only a handful are remembered today. 1955 gave us two new shows, one in Syndication and one on a dying network. Skipping ahead to 1985, ...
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When tuning in to LMN's newest thriller The Wrong Obsession, I thought I recognized the name of the director, David DeCoteau, and did a quick IMDb check and found that I did know the name and one of his films ...
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It wasn't a major week for new releases across the decades, but there were still some major releases of note. One 1935 film broke racial barriers with a famous dance scene, while another film tried to break censorship barriers but ...
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Watching Lifetime movies is like riding a rollercoaster. You're going along and get some highs like Buried Alive and Survived, The Bear Lake Murders and Trapped in the Spotlight, and then you get whipped around in an instant with some ...
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Lifetime has left the 'Voices of Lifetime' series of films, moving on to its latest thriller that also isn't a 'Ripped from the Headlines' story. Trapped in the Spotlight instead takes its cue from the 1981 thriller The Fan, about ...
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The Hallmark Channel's penultimate 'Loveuary' movie is the workplace romance Return to Office, which has an interesting premise for the romance, but also injects some real world issues into the story.  Return to Office stars Janel Parrish as Liv, an employee ...
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February is traditionally known as 'Sweeps Month' in the TV industry, a time when networks focus on their best performing series and high profile specials in order to boost ratings to drive up advertising dollars. And that's the reason very ...
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After The Little Mermaid rejuvenated Disney’s animation division, the company followed that success with Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994). With songs by Elton John and Tim Rice and impressive animation, The Lion King ...
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As we make our way through the winter doldrums, February is beginning to heat things up at the box office with many memorable, and groundbreaking, films making their debuts this week across the decades. A 1925 silent broke new ground ...
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Only four new series premiered this week in three different decades, and while three of them had two seasons each -- and are mostly forgotten -- one broadcast series became a sensation thanks to a certain streaming service, and went ...
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