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Author: Chuck Duncan

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s The Boy with My Son’s Face

March 15, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A gripping thriller about every parent’s worst nightmare… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Anna Jacyszyn, Drama, Georgia Bradner, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Italia Ricci, Lifetime, Lincoln Grant, Luke Camilleri, Made up search, Mystery, Roark Critchlow, Shiraine Haas-Blake, Siobhan Williams, Stephanie Izsak, The Boy with My Son's Face, Thriller

TV by the Decade :: March 15•21

March 15, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at key TV premieres by the decade… continue reading

Television, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary Aliens in the Family, All is Forgiven, American Inventor, Boston Common, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Crowded, Dead on Target, Guy Lombardo's Diamond Jubilee, Local Heroes, Modern Men, The Loop, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, The Passion: New Orleans, The Sentinel, Time Travelers

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Let’s Murder Like It’s 1999!

March 14, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

If nothing else, this has the best title of an LMN movie in years… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Angie Holmes, April Martucci, Britt George, Camila Banus, Christopher Frederick Thomas, Courtney Elvira, Evan Hufferd, John Hardy, Josie Juliette Wert, Let's Murder Like It's 1999!, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Mitchell McCollum, Wicked Revenge

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #294 :: March 12•18

March 12, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade Born Free, Crossroads, Ed, Executive Decision, Gilda, Gung Ho, High-Rise, La Bohème, She's the Man, Sing Street, Thank You for Smoking, The Celluloid Closet, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, The Kettles in the Ozarks, The Man Who Fell to Earth, V for Vendetta, Who Done It?

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s The Couple Across the Street

March 9, 2026Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

A very slow burn thriller with a sizzling climax… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Brett Geddes, Drama, Ellen David, Jenny Raven, Lifetime, Max Laferriere, Mystery, Presley Allard, Sunday Night Thrills, The Couple Across the Street, Thriller, William MacDonald, Yasmeen El Kha

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Vanished in an Instant

March 8, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A decent, but complicated, mystery is slightly undone by some questionable acting… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Aaron Poole, Agape Mngomezulu, Arista Arhin, Drama, James McDougall, Lifetime, Made up search, Moni Ogunsuyi, Mystery, Natalie Lisinska, Thriller, Vanished in an Instant, Vinessa Antoine, Zachary Bennett

TV by the Decade :: March 8•14

March 8, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at key TV premieres by the decade… continue reading

Television, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary Between Two Women, Big Love, Family, Flaked, Little Big Shots, Malibu Shores, Muppets Tonight, Of Kings and Prophets, Party Over Here, School of Rock, Separation Anxiety, Swift Justice, The Faculty, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Paranormal Borderline, Underground

Theatre Review :: Next to Normal at Baltimore’s Iron Crow Theatre

March 7, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

After a dozen years, the groundbreaking musical returns to the stage in Baltimore… continue reading

Stage Alexandra Lopez, Allison Bradbury, Brashley Stein, Danny Bertaux, Iron Crow Theatre, Jason Zuckerman, M&T Bank Exchange, Musical Review, Next to Normal, Next to Normal Baltimore Review, Pat Collins

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #293 :: March 5•11

March 5, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade 10 Cloverfield Lane, 1984, Black Shampoo, Cinderella Jones, Desert Hearts, Fargo, Highlander, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Man Friday, Meet Me in Las Vegas, Rasputin the Mad Monk, Robin and Marian, Salvador, The Birdcage, The Black Pirate, The Hills Have Eyes, The Reptile, Three Godfathers

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Murder at Highland Manor

March 2, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

There’s double double trouble at the Scottish manor house… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Adam Robertson, Anja Cilia, Brooke Burfitt, Drama, Kevin Walls, Lifetime, Mariah Baillie, Megan Lockhurst, Murder at Highland Manor, Mystery, Paul Luebke, Rachel Flynn, Sunday Night Thrills, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Pushed Off a Plane and Survived

March 1, 2026Chuck Duncan 3 Comments

Marcille and Lepley reuinte for another tale of survival… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Brendan Wentowrth, Brenna Skalski, Drama, Eva Marcille, Lifetime, Pushed Off a Plane and Survived, Regina Bryant, Thriller, Tyler Lepley

Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s Romance at Hope Ranch

March 1, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

There’s little hope for any romance as the story drags on… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Alison Sweeney, Craig Fones, Dodie Montgomery, Drama, Emily Carroo, Gabriel Hogan, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Plus, Kahau-Lani Kaihewalu, Loveuary, Megan Sweeney, Romance, Romance at Hope Ranch, Scott Martin, Stephanie Beran

TV by the Decade :: March 1•7

March 1, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at key TV premieres by the decade… continue reading

Television, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary Andersonville, Conviction, Damien, Fast Times, Hap and Leonard, High Incident, Matlock, Pacific Blue, Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack, Sons & Daughters, Space Cases, The Family, The Gordon MacRae Show, The Real O'Neals, The Unit, Valerie

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Sinister Secret Ingredient

February 28, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

You might think by the title that this is a cooking thriller, but it’s not… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Barbara Sandlin, Betsy Hume, Brandi Price, Danielle Ruffin, Ginger Gilmartin, Gwen Mowdy, Justin Ross Martin, Kinlee, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Lorrie Chilcoat, Michelle Williams, Sabrina Miller, Sinister Secret Ingredient, Wicked Revenge

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #292 :: February 26 to March 4

February 26, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hotchka looks back at new movie releases across the decades… continue reading

Movies, Movies by the Decade 16 Blocks, A Town Like Alice, Aquamarine, Blood Bath, Forbidden Planet, House, London Has Fallen, Madame X, Pretty In Pink, Queen of Blood, Road to Utopia, Sutter's Gold, Sweeney Todd, The Creature Walks Among Us, The First Nudie Musical, The Night City, The Oscar, Zootopia

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✦ IN CINEMAS ✦

    MERCY  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    THE HOUSEMAID  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    BUGONIA  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    ELEANOR THE GREAT  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    HIM Watch on Apple TV. ★✩✩
    THE BALTIMORONS  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    NE ZHA II Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    WEAPONS  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    BAD SHABBOS Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    THE NAKED GUN Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    THE FANTASTIC FOUR Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    OH, HI!  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
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✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME  ★★✩
    KIDNAPPED IN HER OWN HOME  ★★★
    KENTUCKY ROSES  ★★★
    THE MOONLIGHT MURDERS  ★★★
    BEHIND CLOSED DOORS  ★★✩
    I'LL BE SEEING YOU  ★★★
    A HOUSE BUILT ON LIES  ★★★
    MURDER AT THE MERRIWEATHER  ★★★
    MURDER IN THE DARK  ★★✩
    TO PHILLY WITH LOVE  ★★✩
    THE GUEST WHO WOULDN'T LEAVE  ★★✩
    TEN THOUSAND REASONS FOR REVENGE  ★★✩
    I HAVE TO KILL MY NEIGHBOR  ★★★
    A LITTLE PARK MUSIC  ★★★
    HOME MAKEOVER NIGHTMARE  ★★✩
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