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Movie Review :: Lifetime Original A Very Merry Beauty Salon

December 8, 2024Chuck Duncan 1 Comment

Lifetime’s latest holiday film questions if love can come before business… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing A Very Merry Beauty Salon, Arrington Foster, Ashli Auguillard, Christmas, Cocoa Brown, Comedy, Donna Biscoe, Drama, It's a Wonderful Lifetime, Lifetime, Romance, RonReaco Lee, Tia Mowry

Movie Review :: Season’s Greetings from Cherry Lane on Hallmark+

December 7, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hallmark+ launches the first of three ‘Cherry Lane’ sequels this holiday season… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Annabelle Borke, Brandi Alexander, Christmas, Corey Cott, Countdown to Christmas, Drama, Hallmark Plus, Jonathan Bennett, LGBT, LGBT+, Romance, Sarah Dugdale, Season's Greetings from Cherry Lane, Shannon Kook, Vincent Rodriguez III

Movie Review :: Hallmark’s Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story

December 1, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hallmark tackles a football themed romance that isn’t about Taylor and Travis… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Abraham Benrubi, Christine Ebersole, Christmas, Comedy, Countdown to Christmas, Diedrich Bader, Drama, Ed Begley Jr., Hallmark Channel, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, Hunter King, Mary Beth McDonough, Megyn Price, Richard Riehle, Romance, Tyler Hynes

Movie Review :: Hallmark’s Deck the Walls

December 1, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hallmark is becoming Disney with its dead parents movies… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Ashley Greene, Carolyn Hennesy, Christmas, Claybourne Elder, Comedy, Countdown to Christmas, Danny Pellegrino, Deck the Walls, Drama, Hallmark Channel, Lindsay Pulsipher, Mia Marina, Paul Anthony McLean, Romance, Wes Brown, Whitney Palmer

Movie Review :: Hallmark’s Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle

November 30, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

If you’re new to Hallmark movies, this one is just plain weird… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Christmas, Countdown to Christmas, Debbie Macomber's Joyful Mrs. Miracle, Drama, Georgia Waters, Hallmark Channel, Logan Carriere, Matthew James Dowden, Max Lloyd-Jones, Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, Rachel Boston, Romance, Tanner Novlan

Movie Review :: Hallmark Mystery’s Christmas Under the Lights

November 28, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

They say you can’t go home again, but can you… or should you… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Antonio Cayonne, Christmas, Christmas Under the Lights, Drama, Hallmark Mystery, Heather Hemmens, Hilary Jardine, Marco Grazzini, Miracles of Christmas, Romance

Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s To Have and to Holiday

November 25, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Can new love survive a pre-marriage bootcamp?… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Allegra Fulton, Christmas, Comedy, Countdown to Christmas, Drama, Eric Close, Hallmark Channel, Karn Kalra, Kate Drummond, Madeleine Arthur, Nora Sheehan, Reid Price, Richard Jutras, Robert Bazzocchi, Romance, Rosie Simon, Thelma Farmer, To Have and to Holiday

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Christmas in the Spotlight

November 24, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime gets a jump on the dueling Swift-Kelce holiday TV movies… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Carlisle J. Williams, Christmas, Christmas in the Spotlight, Comedy, David Pinard, Dennis Andres, Drama, Haley Kalil, It's a Wonderful Lifetime, Jeannie Mai, Jessica Lord, Laith Wallschleger, Lifetime, Madeleine Cox, Rob Stewart, Romance, Stacey Bernstein

Movie Review :: Hallmark’s Three Wiser Men and a Boy

November 24, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The Brennan boys are back with one mishap after another. Can Christmas be saved?… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Andrew Walker, Christmas, Christopher Shyer, Comedy, Countdown to Christmas, Drama, Erin Karpluk, Fiona Vroom, Hallmark Channel, Margaret Colin, Matt Hamilton, Miles Marthaller, Nicole Major, Paul Campbell, Romance, Three Wiser Men and a Boy, Tyler Hynes

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Christmas at Plumhill Manor

November 17, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime’s gets into the holiday spirit with a lackluster premiere… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Caroline Colomei, Christmas, Christmas at Plumhill Manor, Comedy, David Shaw Parker, Dominic Andersen, Drama, It's a Wonderful Lifetime, Kyle Pryor, Lifetime, Maria Menounos, Matilda Flower, Romance, Stewart Alexander

Movie Review :: Hangdog

November 12, 2024Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Hangdog’ stars Desmin Borges in a story about finding what was lost, in more ways than one… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Barbara Rosenblat, Comedy, Desmin Borges, Drama, Good Deed Entertainment, Hangdog, Kelly O'Sullivan, Mr. Tibbs, Steve Coulter

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Searching for a Serial Killer: The Regina Smith Story

November 10, 2024Chuck Duncan 3 Comments

Lifetime’s latest true life story mixes tragedy with triumph… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Blair Penner, Brittany Clough, Christly Charles, Christopher Russell, Crime, Drama, Hanna Krostewitz, Karrueche Tran, Lauren Jackson, Lifetime, Ripped from the Headlines, Roark Critchlow, Searching for a Serial Killer: The Regina Smith Story, Ted Cole, Thriller

Movie Review :: In Fidelity

November 8, 2024Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘In Fidelity’ takes a tragic situation and attempts to build a tragicomic story on top of it… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Cara Buono, Chris Parnell, Comedy, Dennis Haysbert, Drama, Entertainment Squad, Illeana Douglas, In Fidelity, Willow Shields

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s A Kidnapping in Amish Country

November 3, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime goes back to Amish Country with less than thrilling results… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing A Kidnapping in Amish Country, Benjamin Sutherland, Crime, Drama, Elise Bauman, Jorja Cadence, Lifetime, Ripped from the Headlines, Ryelyn Cressman, Thriller

Movie Review :: Hallmark Channel’s Our Holiday Story

November 3, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Hallmark’s second time-spanning love story this season feels as long as the ten years the story covers… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Christmas, Comedy, Countdown to Christmas, Drama, Gavin Langelo, Hallmark Channel, Lisa Durupt, Nikki DeLoach, Our Holiday Story, Princess Davis, Romance, Sydney Scotia, Warren Christie

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    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  ★★✩
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