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Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s Love of the Irish
Back in November during Hallmark Channel's 'Countdown to Christmas', viewers were treated to a charming romance movie set in Ireland titled 'Tis the Season to Be Irish. Everything about that movie worked from the cast to the location to the ...
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TV by the Decade :: January 5•11
Even though it's January, the networks were in full force -- outside of 1965 -- rolling out new mid-season series to replace the Fall failures. Quite a few notable series made their debuts this week including the first regular network ...
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Movie Review :: LMN’s Dressed to Kill
At the time of the broadcast of Lifetime Movie Network's new 'Deadly Resolutions' thriller Dressed to Kill, we were just three days into the new year. I can, with much confidence, say that this is the worst movie you will ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #232 :: January 2•8
Happy New Year! January is generall a dull month for new movie releases, with many in the modern era regarding the month as a dumping ground for movies the studios know won't do well, so they release them when attendance ...
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TV by the Decade :: Dec 29•Jan 4
With the old year ending and a new year beginning, the TV networks began filling in their mis-season schedules with new shows replacing the ones from the Fall that didn't quite work out. The Syndication market also saw the premiere ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s The Last Thing She Said
Lifetime has wasted no time in shutting down the holiday spirit, not even taking us into the new year with some light-hearted nonsense. Nope, we're back to the crime dramas and ending the year of 2024 is The Last Thing ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #231 :: December 26 to January 1
It's the last week of years that end in 4, transitioning to the first day of the years that begin with 5. This week brings a lot of films in the top half of the century, several of note. 1924 ...
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Movie Review :: Nosferatu sucks the life out of the vampire genre
Director Robert Eggers has made a name for himself in a few short years with visually stimulating but frustratingly obtuse films like The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman, most of which have become critical darlings with cult fans but ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Engaged by Christmas
Of all the Lifetime 'It's a Wonderful Lifetime' Christmas movies broadcast this year, Engaged by Christmas is the one that feels like it could actually be a Hallmark Channel movie due to its more lighthearted storyline and charming cast. The ...
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TV by the Decade :: December 22•28
In a change from the usual, only two new series and one TV movie premiered this week in the top half of the past 70 years. Nothing new premiered during Christmas week, not even on cable, after 1974. And nothing ...
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Movie Review :: Hallmark’s Happy Howlidays
With the launch of Hallmark's new streaming service, Hallmark+, the company needed a lot of new, exclusive programming to draw in new subscribers and along with the new series and movies, they produced a reality series titled Finding Mr. Christmas, ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime’s A Carpenter Christmas Romance
Lifetime is winding down its 'It's a Wonderful Lifetime' series of movies with the penultimate entry for 2024, A Carpenter Christmas Romance, which poses the question: can two former flames with a contentious past rekindle a romance in the wake ...
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