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Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s The Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave

April 18, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A cautionary tale about the pitfalls of owning a rental property… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Adam Huss, Alex Trumble, Brittany Bennett, Ciarra Carter, Drama, Home is Where the Harm Is, Kevin Scott Allen, Lifetime Movie Network, Lilith Mesidor, LMN, Molly Flanagan, Randy Jay Burrell, Tenny Conroy, The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave, Thriller

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

Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s Love on the Amazon

January 18, 2026Chuck Duncan 3 Comments

A meandering jungle cruise ends in an improbable romance… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Drama, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Plus, Jaicy Elliott, Love on the Amazon, Omar Palaez, Persephone Brada-Redman, Rafael de la Fuente, Raissa Xavier, Romance, Winter Escape

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s The Child They Hid

December 27, 2025Chuck Duncan 3 Comments

It takes a while for the title to make sense in this forgettable thriller… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Cherie Price, Drama, Grace Patterson, Joe Burns, Jonathan Stoddard, Justine Renee, Kate Szekely, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Missy Skinner, Mystery, Robert Peters, Rosco Nash, Sam Harding, Slay Bells, Suzanne R. Neff, The Child They Hid, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Whispers of a Secret Life

November 22, 2025Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

Words cannot adequately describe LMN’s latest thriller… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Andrea Conte, Aniela McGuinness, Ava Grace Vazquez, Brittany Cavaco, Cait Moira, Chris Maher, Drama, Hateful and Grateful, Julia-Kate Hill, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Mystery, Sean Tapiero, Thriller, Trevor Lyons, Whispers of a Secret Life

Movie Review :: LMN’s Deadly Desire

September 27, 2025Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

LMN’s concludes ‘Stranger Danger’ month with the most inept movie yet… continue reading

★, Home Viewing August Erhart, Becky Brown, Cassidy Espinola, Deadly Desire, Drama, Eric Roberts, Frankie Dell, Jackie Moore, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Megha Wescombe, Mystery, Priya Lorenz, Stranger Danger, Thriller, Tyler Matthew Burke

Movie Review :: LMN’s She Wants My Daughter

September 20, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

LMN’s latest thriller has a misleading title and some questionable acting… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Alison Chace, Drama, Elana A. Mugden, Jamie Ragusa, Jordan Lane Price, Justin C. Schilling, Leann Gardner, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Mystery, She Wants My Daughter, Stranger Danger, T.L. Flint, Thriller

Movie Review :: Him is style over substance

September 18, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

‘Him’ is so incomprehensibly bad it should have been titled ‘Hmmmm’… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Him, Horror, Jim Jefferies, Julia Fox, Marlon Wayans, Sport, Thriller, Tim Heidecker, Tyriq Withers, Universal Pictures

Movie Review :: LMN’s Danger in the Countryside

September 13, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

LMN tries to rip off ‘Burnt Offerings’ and ‘The Visit’ but misses the mark… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Danger in the Countryside, Drama, Gisele Frame, John Castle, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Mystery, Nicole Reddinger, Paul Van Scott, Piper Collins, Ryan Anthony Holcomb, Stranger Danger, Thriller

Movie Review :: LMN’s The Beach Read Murders

August 30, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A writer who does everything but write learns words truly do matter… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Alyssa Renee Olson, Christie Leverette, Colton Tapp, Drama, Juliette Cecile, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Maya Brim, Mystery, Rachel Turner, Rob Mayes, Sizzling Summer Nights, The Beach Read Murders, Thriller

Movie Review :: LMN’s Trust Her If You Dare

August 29, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

An accomplished actor returns to the director’s chair for a mess of a mystery… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Angelique Valentine, Carlo Marks, Daniel Stine, Drama, Jennings Rice, Katelin Chesna, Kennie Nicole Jenkins, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Michael Stiggers, Mystery, Sizzling Summer Nights, Thriller, Trust Her if You Dare, Wilder Snow

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Dead Girl Summer

August 18, 2025Chuck Duncan 1 Comment

A missing girl brings up a tragic memory… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Christian Washington, Danielle Madison, Dead Girl Summer, Drama, Lifetime, Madison May Crawford, McKalin, Michael Alan Herman, Mystery, Roman Randolph, Savoy Bailey, Sunday Night Thrills, Sydney Hamm, Thriller

Movie Review :: LMN’s Killer in the Woods

August 2, 2025Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

LMN’s retitled kidnap-cult thriller is an eye-roller… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Action, Angelo Kern, Betsy Hume, Clementine Toronto, Derek K. Moore, Drama, Hana Bae, Kayden Brenna Tokarski, Killer in the Woods, Liana Giurissevich, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Randy Wayne, Rib Hillis, Sizzling Summer Nights, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Kidnapped in a Small Town

July 8, 2025Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

There are so many twists and turns that even the actors don’t know what’s going on… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Alicia Blasingame, Chelsea Rose Cook, Clay Crump, Crime, Dameion Dukes, Drama, Gary Hood, Holly Anspaugh, Joe Gatton, Joesy De Palo, Kidnapped in a Small Town, Lifetime, Mystery, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s The Wrong Marriage

June 27, 2025Chuck Duncan 3 Comments

LMN and Vivica A. Fox are so ‘Wrong’ for the 28th time… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Alicia S. Mason, Drama, Hector David Jr., Jackée Harry, Jamie Bernadette, Jensen Atwood, Jeremiah Blakely, Jon Briddell, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Maria Tornberg, Mystery, Silvia Baldassini, The Wrong Marriage, Thriller, Unhappily Ever After, Vera Lee, Vivica A. Fox

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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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    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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