"'I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I would much prefer to watch them being murdered than an ugly girl or man.' - Dario Argento"
Lifetime Kills
Ultimate Deception (1999)
Submitted by Superheidi on 02/19/2009
Directed By: Richard A. Colla
Written By: David Burton Morris, Victoria Wozniak
Starring: Yasmine Bleeth, Richard Grieco
1999, USA Network
One of my favorite things about the Lifetime Movie Network (and trust me, I LOVE a lot of things about that channel!) is their True Movie Thursdays. Every week they show two movies based on real life events. They can be about anything although most of the films revolve around murder. I've always been fascinated by how filmmakers take these stories and condense them into two hour movies. Ultimate Deception is an almost a perfect example of how to do it right...
Selling Innocence (2008)
Submitted by Superheidi on 01/29/2009
Review By Amanda Reyes
Directed By Pierre Gang
Written By John Moffatt
Starring Mimi Rogers, Sara Lind, JR Bourne
2005, ImaginAtion TV
It doesn't embarrass me one bit to confess that I am a Lifetime Junkie. From re-runs of The Golden Girls to the makeover show How to Look Good Naked to original TV series like The Division (yeah, that's how far back Lifetime and I go!), this little cable channel has offered me many hours of 'Television for Women'. But of course, this network would be nothing without their TV Movies. I live for Lifetime originals. They are so good! I know, I just can't contain myself! ...
Sex & Lies in Sin City (2008)
Submitted by Superheidi on 01/18/2009
Review by Amanda Reyes
Directed by Peter Medak
Written by Teena Booth
Starring Mena Suvari, Matthew Modine, Jonathan Schaech, Marcia Gay Harden
Lifetime Movie Network, 2008
Having been raised in Sin City myself, I have an unhealthy obsession with watching films that take place in my old stomping grounds because from the time I was 7 until I moved away at 25 years of age in 1996, that dang city has changed more often than Liz Taylor changed husbands. I'm also fascinated by the kind of lifestyle that some of the city's more, uh, interesting patrons live. Fittingly, a lot of these citizens are ripe for characterizations in movies. Case in point, Sex & Lies in Sin City is the non-fictional tale about the infamous Ted Binion murder. Unfortunately, it's also full of enough fictional accounting to make you remember why this kind of stuff is supposed to stay in Vegas...
Her Only Child (2008)
Submitted by Superheidi on 11/25/2008
Her Only ChildReview by Amanda Reyes
Directed by: Douglas Jackson
Written by: Christine Conradt & Mary Weinstein
Starring: Nicholle Tom, Gwynyth Walsh, Cameron Daddo
Lance Entertainment, 2008
I make no excuses for my love of Lifetime, and I sure won't do it here either as I unabashedly state that Her Only Child is the kind of movie that keeps me coming back to Lifetime. It's an engaging thriller for women. You won't find any gore or T&A, but the story is interesting and the movie as a whole is quite fun...
'Poison Ivy 4' - it's a real movie!
Submitted by Superheidi on 11/18/2008
This made-for-tv ladies' horror film penned by Liz Maverick, part 4 in the infamous Poison Ivy series, is finally coming to DVD on January 20, 2009. it features Catherine Hicks (from Child's Play)!!! This awesome little gem of a bad TV movie originally aired on Lifetime Movie Network and will be released by Warner Home Video.
Small-town girl Danielle "Daisy" Ladd transfers to an elite private college and finds herself embroiled in a secret society of seductress co-eds who manipulate men to their advantage. Daisy tries to extract herself from this unsavory group, but learns that this clique is easier to join than to leave, and she finds herself in a dangerous battle that has not only her reputation but her life at stake. The evil chick's name is "Azalea" in keeping with the Poison Ivy tradition of bad names: Ivy, Lily, Violet - and now Azalea. It's beginning to sound more like a V.C. Andrews Novel! Definitely a must-buy!
Hush (2008)
Submitted by Superheidi on 11/03/2008
HushReview by Amanda Reyes
Directed by: Harvey Kahn
Written by: Julie Ferber Frank, Steven Fran
Starring: Tori Spelling, Tahmoh Penikett, Victoria Pratt
Lifetime Movie Network, 2008
Tori Spelling is one of the reigning queens of made-for-television thrillers. She may have got some street cred on the indie circuit with House of Yes and Trick, but she definitely found a niche for herself on the small screen in such fare as Co-ed Call Girl (i.e. the best movie title ever) & Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (i.e. the second best movie title ever)...
By Lethal Vows (1999)
Submitted by Superheidi on 10/16/2008
Lethal VowsReview by Amanda Reyes
Directed by: Paul Schneider
Written by: Michele Samit, Eric Edson, John Carlen, Dennis Nemec
Starring: John Ritter, Marg Helgenberger, Megan Gallagher
Braun Entertainment Group, Inc., 1999
Some people say John Ritter can't do drama. Seriously, I've heard them say it. I won’t point them out to you because I know you’ll want to slug ‘em. What a shame it is for these people because Ritter was pretty good at being bad. The first performance that comes to mind is as Ted on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He played a menacing cyborg and dude was scary. He usually avoided over-the-top duplicity, but still managed to be quietly menacing in a few interesting roles. One great film that featured John as the man to hate was Lethal Vows.
Face of Evil (1996)
Submitted by Superheidi on 10/08/2008
Face of EvilReview by Amanda Reyes
Directed by: Mary Lambert
Written by: Gregory Goodell
Starring: Tracey Gold, Perry King, Shawnee Smith
Larry Thompson Entertainment, 1996
I have seen the face of evil and it is... Tracey Gold.
No joke.
In Face of Evil she plays this maniacal cold-blooded killer that will do anything, and I mean anything, to get what she wants...
The Governor's Wife (2008)
Submitted by Superheidi on 09/28/2008
Review by Amanda Reyes
Directed by David Burton Morris
Written by Edithe Swensen
Starring Marilu Henner, Emily Bergl, Matt Keeslar, Scout Taylor-Compton, Timothy Bottoms, and Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Larry Levinson Productions, 2008
