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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 2 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

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Our Dead Husband

February 2, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A decent mystery served with some unintentional humor… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Allen C. Shepherd Sr., Brittney Q. Hill, Brock Vickers, Christian Ortega, Deb Foster, Drama, Libby Blake, Lifetime, Linda Lindsey, Made up search, Molly McCluskey, Mystery, Our Dead Husband, Paul A. Rossi, Sunday Night Thrills, Thriller, Wade Hunt Williams

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 Network’s The Millwood Murders: Buried Truth

January 26, 2026Chuck Duncan 4 Comments

Even with the obvious suspect, Lifetime’s new thriller is gripping… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Amanda Thamage, Daniela Sandiford, David Reale, Drama, Geneva Williams, LeToya Luckett, Lifetime, Mystery, Rainbow Sun Francks, Romaine Waite, Shane Marriott, Steve Belford, Sunday Night Thrills, The Millwood Murders: Buried Truth, Thriller

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 :: Mercy is a middling but interesting thriller

January 23, 2026Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Mercy’ is a frothy blend of entertaining and nonsense with some muddled messaging… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Pratt, Chris Sullivan, Kali Reis, Kylie Rogers, Mercy, MGM Studios, Rebecca Ferguson, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s The Night She Disappeared

January 19, 2026Chuck Duncan 4 Comments

An urban legend may be more than just a myth… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Ava Weiss, Chris Violette, Drama, Jesse Collin, Lifetime, Lucia Berger, Marissa Bondi, Michael Strickland, Mystery, Rachel Sellan, Sergio Di Zio, Shanna Armogan, Sunday Night Thrills, The Night She Disappeared, Thriller, Tim Progosh

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 Network’s Secrets on the Ranch

January 12, 2026Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Some secrets don’t stay buried — literally… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Amanda Ip, Camille Stopps, Dawn Ford, Dawn Lambing, Drama, Jesse Collin, Laura Provenzano, Lifetime, Matthew Stefiuk, Morgan Bedard, Mystery, Peter Nelson, Secrets on the Ranch, Sunday Night Thrills, Thriller, Xavier Sotelo

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