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Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Behind Closed Doors

April 26, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment
Title card for Lifetime's 2026 film "Behind Closed Doors" featuring Jenny Pudavick as Morgan Marsh, Dennis Andres as Grant, Magalie Langrais as Lizzy Marsh and Chris Hong as Kevin Marsh with serious expressions against a dark, moody background, with a glowing, partially open door positioned between them and the film title in large, distressed yellow typography.

A tense stand-off holds you in its grip but disappoints with the ending… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Alison Mackay, Behind Closed Doors, Chris Hong, Colton Royce, Dennis Andres, Drama, Jenny Pudavick, Jordan Mazeral, Lifetime, Magalie Langrais, Robin Craig, Thriller, Winston as Princess

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Murder in the Dark

April 19, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime’s latest thriller has an interesting premise… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Alex Geffen, Alli Wulfert, Ashley Murray, Cristina Jones, Drama, James Chrosniak, Lifetime, Luna Vintner, Murder in the Dark, Mystery, Thriller, Vincent Alvas

Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s To Philly with Love

April 19, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A pleasant but ho-hum romantic drama that’s instantly forgettable… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Brett Wolfe, Drama, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Plus, Lawrene Denkers, Michael Dickson, Monica Rodriguez Knox, Mylene Carino, Precious Chong, Rebecca Dalton, Romance, Spring Into Love, Stephen Huszar, To Philly with Love

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Ten Thousand Reasons for Revenge

April 13, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

An interesting bank heist thriller with a twist out of left field… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Addisyn Grace Cain, Drama, Ian Reier Michaels, Lifetime, Meredith Riley Stewart, Myles Cranford, Mystery, Rizal Patagoc, Robert Keli, Sunday Night Thrills, Ten Thousand Reasons for Revenge, Thriller, Yanis Kalnins

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Home Makeover Nightmare

April 11, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A deadly dull thriller that makes no sense in the end… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Chelsea Rose Cook, Diane Robin, Drama, Eliza Roberts, Home is Where the Harm Is, Home Makeover Nightmare, Jackée Harry, Jon Briddell, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Lorinda Hawkins Smith, Mystery, Randy Jay Burrell, Robert Brian Wilson, Savoy Bailey, Thriller, Tom Sandoval

Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s A Season to Blossom

April 5, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hallmark tries to pass off Autumn as Spring in its latest tepid romance… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing A Season to Blossom, Anita Brown, Carlo Marks, Drama, EaeMya ThynGi, Emily Tennant, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Plus, Laura Soltis, Mark Humphrey, Romance, Spring Into Love, Tasha Sims

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Don’t Trust the Couple Upstairs

April 4, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A decent thriller, a puzzling title, and one scene that gives it all away… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Alex Mitchell, Anna Talakkottur, Brenna Skalski, Denise Culbreth, Don't Trust the Couple Upstairs, Drama, Home is Where the Harm Is, John D. Babcock III, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Mystery, Rob LaColla Jr., Tess Cline, Thomas King, Thriller, William Brock

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Picture Perfect Sister-In-Law

March 30, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A decent thriller with a title that nearly gives it all away… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Adam Harper, Alec Adams, Analisa Wall, Christie Campo, Conor Marsh, Dean Feldman, Drama, Eddie Davenport, Lifetime, Mystery, Picture Perfect Sister-In-Law, Riley Hough, Roy Coulter, Sunday Night Thrills, Thriller

Movie Review :: Hallmark’s A Royal Setting

March 29, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hallmark revisits its royal theme in a movie that is saccharine sweet and too derivative… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing A Royal Setting, Dan Jeannotte. Ed Pinker. Ferelith Young, Drama, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Plus, Jen Lilley, Laurie Paton, Robyn Stevan, Romance, Sarah Orenstein, Spring Into Love

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s The Little Boy Who Went Missing

March 28, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A kidnapping tale with a twist and questionable plot devices… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Britton Webb, Drama, Jace Greenwood, Laurie Fortier, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Luke Omalza, Made up search, Marila Lombrozo, Matt Campanella, Mystery, Quinn Boza, Smith Gilbert, Spring Breakdowns, The Boy by the Pool, The Little Boy Who Went Missing, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Who Could Kill a Sweet Old Lady?

March 23, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A thriller you can’t tear your eyes away from for all the wrong reasons… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Alexandra Harris, Aliyah Celeste, Brent Longmire, Drama, Johnny Horn, King (Killer), Laurie Cummings, Lifetime, Mystery, Phillip Andre Botello, Sunday Night Thrills, Thriller, Who Could Kill a Sweet Old Lady?

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s My Daughter Was Taken

March 21, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Too much plot and too many red herrings distract from the story… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Alexandra Petrachuk, Ash Catherwood, Brett Geddes, Chimwemwe Miller, Dennis Andres, Edwige Jean-Pierre, Eric Davis, Juliette Schroeder, Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, My Daughter Was Taken, Patrice Goodman, Scott Gibson, Wicked Revenge

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s The Seemingly Perfect Family

March 16, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

There ain’t nothing perfect or seemingly perfect about this family… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Anna Morgan Neugent, Bourke Floyd, Brennen Suttle, Drama, Lifetime, Paul Ryden, Rylee Reagan, Sarah Nicklin, Sunday Night Thrills, The Seemingly Perfect Family, Thriller, Violet SinClair

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

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

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    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 ✦

    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  ★★✩
    KIDNAPPING MY OWN DAUGHTER  ★★★
    A SEASON TO BLOSSOM  ★★✩
    DON'T TRUST THE COUPLE UPSTAIRS  ★★✩
    PICTURE PERFECT SISTER-IN-LAW  ★★✩
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