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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #249 :: May 1•7
In the later part of the last century, the first weekend of May became the designated start of the Summer movie season, and 2015 put that on full display with a new entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 2005 also ...
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Blu-ray Review :: I Love Lucy finally gets some HD love
In October 1951, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz debuted the first episode of what was to become one of the best-loved and most watched TV shows of all time. Zany redhead Lucy and her Cuban bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo, along ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime Original Movie Murder at the Derby
Lifetime rolls out another Sunday mystery with the misleadingly titled Murder at the Derby, which does feature one murder and one attempted but neither of them at the Derby (and no, not the Kentucky Derby but close -- the Lexington ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Fame: A Temptations Story
Lifetime rolls out its second 'Temptations Story" movie with Fame: A Temptations Story, which focuses on the lives and career of a pair of musical sisters that becomes consumed by jealousy and distrust, asking the question if their relationship is ...
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TV by the Decade :: Apr 27•May 3
It was another very slim week for new TV series premieres with just four new shows making it to air as the tradition TV season was ending. 1955 gave us a game show on a dying network, 2005 had short-lived ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #248 :: April 24•30
It's the last week of April -- and in the modern era just a week before the 'Summer Movie Season' kicks off -- and many new films hit the big screen with a few of note. 1935 brought an actor ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Sins of My Husband
Lifetime's newest thriller has an unsavory and unsettling storyline made all the more skin-crawling with a twist that spins the whole movie on its head.Sins of My Husband begins with a married couple, Tony and Katherine Dandridge, and its obvious ...
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TV by the Decade :: April 20•26
With the season winding down and networks preparing for May Sweeps, only four new series made their debuts this week across three decades -- one very short-lived game show, a scripted series posing as a reality show, a reality competition ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Desire: A Temptations Story
Lifetime launches a new film franchise with the first of its 'Temptations' movies, titled Desire: A Temptations Story, featuring a couple of pretty big names in the lead roles ... although try to find any information about the movie on ...
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Movie Review :: Lifetime Movie Network’s Get Rich or Die Trying
LMN's newest 'Home is Where the Harm Is' movie ... does not take place in anyone's home -- except for the prologue which shows a young woman receiving a strange note and then hearing noises coming from a room upstairs ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #247 :: April 17•23
Quite a few notable films were released this week across the decades, many of them recognized with nominations, awards and preservation. Sadly, none of the films from 1925 exist today. 1935 gave us a film that is considered one of ...
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Movie Review :: Sinners is a ferociously original horror movie
Director and Writer Ryan Coogler reunites with his Creed and Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan for Sinners, a movie that is much more than what it appears to be on the surface. And, yes, if you aren't aware by ...
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