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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 Network’s I Killed Him in My Sleep

March 22, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Sensationally misleading title aside, this is a gripping thriller… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Abigail Breslin, Aliyah O'Brien, Bathany Brown, Benjamin Joel Arcé, Drama, I Killed Him in My Sleep, Josh Collins, Kendall Cross, Landon Liboiron, Lifetime, Michael Eklund, Mystery, Ramon Terrell, Thriller

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 Network’s The Boy with My Son’s Face

March 15, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A gripping thriller about every parent’s worst nightmare… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Anna Jacyszyn, Drama, Georgia Bradner, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Italia Ricci, Lifetime, Lincoln Grant, Luke Camilleri, Made up search, Mystery, Roark Critchlow, Shiraine Haas-Blake, Siobhan Williams, Stephanie Izsak, The Boy with My Son's Face, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s The Couple Across the Street

March 9, 2026Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

A very slow burn thriller with a sizzling climax… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Brett Geddes, Drama, Ellen David, Jenny Raven, Lifetime, Max Laferriere, Mystery, Presley Allard, Sunday Night Thrills, The Couple Across the Street, Thriller, William MacDonald, Yasmeen El Kha

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

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Murder at Highland Manor

March 2, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

There’s double double trouble at the Scottish manor house… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Adam Robertson, Anja Cilia, Brooke Burfitt, Drama, Kevin Walls, Lifetime, Mariah Baillie, Megan Lockhurst, Murder at Highland Manor, Mystery, Paul Luebke, Rachel Flynn, Sunday Night Thrills, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Pushed Off a Plane and Survived

March 1, 2026Chuck Duncan 3 Comments

Marcille and Lepley reuinte for another tale of survival… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Brendan Wentowrth, Brenna Skalski, Drama, Eva Marcille, Lifetime, Pushed Off a Plane and Survived, Regina Bryant, Thriller, Tyler Lepley

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Murder in Music City

February 23, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Country music is the most dangerous profession… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Brigdon York, Crime, Deena Dill, Drama, Elizabeth Houston, John Castle, Lifetime, Madison Crawford, Murder in Music City, Mystery, Sharonne Lanier, Sunday Night Thrills, Thriller, Ty Trumbo

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Double Double Trouble

February 22, 2026Chuck Duncan 4 Comments

It’s two Tami Romans for the price of one… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Akeem Hoyte-Charles, Colin Lawrence, Daniel Bacon, Devon Alexander, Double Double Trouble, Drama, Hamza Fouad, Lifetime, Shawna Clarke, Tami Roman, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s To Catch a Cheater

February 16, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A decent thriller with a good twist and some questionable acting… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Christian Shupe, Drama, Jessie Pettit, Jordan Kennedy, Kate Watson, Lifetime, Lily Bowen, Luke Omalza, Mystery, Philip Boyd, Roy Lynam, Sheila Leason, Steven McCormack, Sunday Night Thrills, Thriller, To Catch a Cheater, Valentina Rivas

Movie Review :: Lifetime Original The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story

February 15, 2026Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

A cautionary tale of dating in the digital age… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Drama, Jarod Joseph, Jason Schombing, Katrina Reynolds, Kendall Cross, Lela Rochon, Lifetime, Princess Davis, Ripped from the Headlines, The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story, Thriller, Trezzo Mahoro

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

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    KENTUCKY ROSES  ★★★
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    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  ★★★
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