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Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Vanished Out of Sight

January 5, 2025Chuck Duncan 1 Comment

Some ridiculous plot contrivances and an ugly bit of racism mar Lifetime’s newest thriller… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Annalise Basso, Avalon Reign, Crime, Denise Smolarek, Drama, Jay Huguley, Leajato Amara Robinson, Lifetime, Steven Ogg, Thriller, Tracy Campbell, Vanished Out of Sight, Wynn Reichert

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s The Last Thing She Said

December 29, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The holidays are over at Lifetime, getting back to tawdry crime thrillers… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Alana Hawley Purvis, Crime, Curtis Lovell, Drama, Jill Teed, Jonathan Hawley Purvis, Kylee Bush, Lifetime, Lucas Penner, The Last Thing She Said, Thriller, Tyler Cody

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Engaged by Christmas

December 23, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Opposites attract in Lifetime’s final Christmas movie of 2024… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Brittany Bristow, Christmas, Colette Nwachi, Comedy, Drama, Engaged by Christmas, It's a Wonderful Lifetime, Lifetime, Marcus Rosner, Megan Tracz, Michael Lazarovitch, Romance

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s A Carpenter Christmas Romance

December 22, 2024Chuck Duncan 1 Comment

Old flames reunite to kindle a spark following a town tragedy… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing A Carpenter Christmas Romance, Asia King, Chris Gann, Christmas, Drama, It's a Wonderful Lifetime, Kaley McCormack, Lifetime, Mitchell Slaggert, Romance, Sasha Pieterse

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s The Holiday Junkie

December 15, 2024Chuck Duncan 6 Comments

Jennifer Love Hewitt is a quadruple threat with Lifetime’s most depressing holiday movie… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Brian Hallisay, Christmas, Drama, Greg Grunberg, It's a Wonderful Lifetime, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lifetime, Lynn Andrews, Romance, Sarah Adina, The Holiday Junkie

Movie Review :: Lifetime Original A Very Merry Beauty Salon

December 8, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a 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 :: 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 :: 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 :: Lifetime’s Searching for a Serial Killer: The Regina Smith Story

November 10, 2024Chuck Duncan 2 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, Roark Critchlow, Searching for a Serial Killer: The Regina Smith Story, Ted Cole, Thriller

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, Ryelyn Cressman, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Don’t Scream, It’s Me!

October 28, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A prison break gone wrong makes for a slightly tense Lifetime thriller… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Crime, Django Hansen, Don’t Scream It’s Me!, Drama, Eva Tavares, Juliette Hawk, Kaylah Zander, Kennedy Rowe, Lifetime, Matt Hamilton, Nathanael Vass, Riley Ellis-Buckle, Roark Critchlow, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story

October 27, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime delves into the recent past for its latest ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ movie… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Amara Sanoy, Annaston Munro, Biography, Crime, Drama, Emilie Ullerup, Farrah Hahn, Heather Locklear, Josh Blacker, Lifetime, Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story, Nolen Dubuc, Rowan McInnis, Savannah Miller

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s The Life I Can’t Remember

October 21, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime’s amnesia mystery is easy to forget… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Alex James, Andrew Steel, Crime, Drama, Gabriel Pranter, Lifetime, Melanie Au-Yeung, Morgan Bradley, Mystery, Patrick M.J. Finerty, The Life I Can't Remember, Theodore Martello, Tryphena Wade

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story

October 20, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime’s new ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ is one of its most lurid yet… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Belle Furguson, Crime, Drama, Husband Father Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story, Jackie Cruz, Joselyn Picard, Lifetime, Matreya Scarrwener, Matthew MacCaull, Sebastien Roberts, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s ‘based on a true story’ The Killer I Picked Up

October 15, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime’s latest ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ movie is a modern cautionary tale… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Crime, David D'Lancy Wilson, Drama, Eden Cupid, Joanne Boland, Kolton Stewart, Lifetime, Nicole Volossetski, Patrice Goodman, Raven Dauda, The Killer I Picked Up, Thriller

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