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Lifetime Movie Network

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 :: 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 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 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 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 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

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Who Took My Family?

February 21, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

When your family disappears, who do you trust?… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Alison Haselden, Chelsea Buck, Daryl Meyer, Gina Vitori, Jorge Alberto Sanchez, Kyle Kankonde, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Roy Lynam, Steven McCormack, Who Took My Family?, Wicked Revenge, Yago Lupi

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s The Wrong Baby Daddy

February 14, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Arguably the best of the recent ‘The Wrong’ movies thus far… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Caryn Richman, Ciarra Carter, Drama, Grisselle Escotto, Jamie Bernadette, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Matthew Pohlkamp, Mystery, Sam Schweikert, Shireen Crutchfield, The Wrong Baby Daddy, Thriller, Vicente Perdomo, Vicious Valentines, Vivica A. Fox

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s An Unstable Marriage

February 13, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

This murder mystery has an obvious suspect… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Adam Harper, Alicia Blasingame, An Unstable Marriage, Avery Hobson, Donald Ome, Drama, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Mystery, Sheena Colette, Skye Coyne, Sully Christian, Thriller, Vicious Valentines

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s The Woman Before Me

January 31, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

What could have been a decent thriller is undone by a goofy motive… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Aaron Berg, Deadly Resolutions, Drama, Lifetime Movie Network, Lisa Tirone King, LMN, Made up search, Michelle Mazza, Mystery, Peter Reznikoff, Phillip Andre Botello, Tayler Hamilton, The Woman Before Me, Thriller, Tom Moynahan

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Don’t Breathe a Word

January 24, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A convoluted thriller keeps dropping new characters into the mix… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Amanda Button, Blake Wright, Cameron Moir, Deadly Resolutions, Don't Breathe a Word, Drama, Emily Ferguson, Finley, Holden Smith, Jenny Heaton, Kellen Jackson, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Mystery, Thriller, Tim Parrish, Wade Hunt Williams

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Don’t Trust the Quiet Ones

January 17, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A pretty decent thriller with a pretty terrible title… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Body of Influence, Colby Frost, Deadly Resolutions, Dennis Andres, Don't Trust the Quiet Ones, Drama, Jess Brown, Kaylin Woolley, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Maya Misaljevic, Mystery, Puja Uppal, Sasha Barry, Sean Bexton, Tawnia Aghaei, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s The Pastor Who Preys

January 10, 2026Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

This thriller seems standard but packs a nifty twist… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Amanda Nicholas, Analisa Wall, Annette Saunders, Clark Sarullo, Daniel Stine, Deadly Resolutions, Drama, Erika Monet Butters, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Mystery, The Pastor Who Preys, Thriller, Trevor Lyons, Wade Hunt Williams

Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s The Past Is Never Buried

January 3, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

LMN’s new thriller for the new year will keep you on your toes… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Bonnie Jean Tyler, Deadly Resolutions, Drama, Lifetime Movie Network, LMN, Mystery, Nicole Britton, Owen Correll, Philip Boyd, Preston James Hillier, Sean Garick, The Past Is Never Buried, Thriller, Ulisses Gonsalves, Wade Hunt Williams

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

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    MERCY   ★★✩
    THE HOUSEMAID   ★★★
    BUGONIA   ★★★
    CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE   ★★★
    ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER   ★★★
    ELEANOR THE GREAT   ★★✩
    A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY  ★★✩
    HIM  ★✩✩
    THE BALTIMORONS   ★★✩
    NE ZHA II  ★★★
    WEAPONS   ★★★
    BAD SHABBOS  ★★★
    THE NAKED GUN  ★★✩
    THE FANTASTIC FOUR  ★★★
    OH, HI!   ★★✩
    ALL REVIEWS
★✩✩ Avoid    ★★✩ Matinée    ★★★ Must See

✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    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  ★★✩
    THE MAN IN THE WINDOW  ★★★
    A ROYAL SETTING  ★★✩
    THE LITTLE BOY WHO WENT MISSING  ★★✩
    WHO COULD KILL A SWEET OLD LADY?  ★★✩
    I KILLED HIM IN MY SLEEP  ★★★
    TWO FOR TEE  ★★★
    MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKEN  ★★✩
    THE SEEMINGLY PERFECT FAMILY  ★★✩
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