Serving as cautionary tales and low-effort sources of thrill are two of the most evident purposes you can immediately associate with Lifetime films. Now, Girl in the Video does slack off a bit in its attempt to be a convincingly thrilling experience. But it’s something the film more than makes up for by cautioning the audience about an alarmingly relevant danger. It’s hopeful in its conclusion, but it does leave you ill at ease.
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For a singer-mother of two teens who’s still not opened herself up to the possibility of ever finding love or romance again, Mo’s doing pretty well. At least she’s got that friendly rapport going with her kids, and that too without compromising with the parental guidance part of it all. Even though the date Jen set up for her goes exactly as bad as she’d expected,...
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What Happens In The Film?
For a singer-mother of two teens who’s still not opened herself up to the possibility of ever finding love or romance again, Mo’s doing pretty well. At least she’s got that friendly rapport going with her kids, and that too without compromising with the parental guidance part of it all. Even though the date Jen set up for her goes exactly as bad as she’d expected,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
Postmodern attempts at genre defiance have become de rigueur for pop artists today. In a streaming-dominated world where we can type away on our laptops to ambient hip-hop in the morning, sing along to old yacht-rock hits on our afternoon commute, and dance to Edm at night, what other way is there to keep our attention than to try to give us everything everywhere all at once? We’ve gotten a few attempts to do just that in 2023, from Kara Jackson’s quietly rebellious blending of folk and R&b, to Yves Tumor’s kitchen-sink instrumentation, to 100 gecs’s audacious and absurd hyperpop assaults.
Many of the artists who appear on this list, though, no longer seem content to just break down old barriers, as they also seek to shatter interpersonal and emotional ones as well. The oft-cited isolation of modern living, heavily exacerbated by the pandemic, has compelled some...
Many of the artists who appear on this list, though, no longer seem content to just break down old barriers, as they also seek to shatter interpersonal and emotional ones as well. The oft-cited isolation of modern living, heavily exacerbated by the pandemic, has compelled some...
- 12/7/2023
- by Slant Staff
- Slant Magazine
Lifetime’s spring slate of movies kicks off on March 4 with eight new movies premiering back-to-back through April 15.
The network today announced the addition of six original films to accompany, “Black Girl Missing” starring Garcelle Beauvais (also of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) and “Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story,” which will premiere on March 4 and April 8, respectively.
The six additional originals — “Girl in the Closet,” “The Hillsdale Adoption Scam,” “Twisted Sister,” “Every Breath She Takes,” “Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story” and “Drunk, Driving, and 17” — have a slew of stars joining the projects, including Tami Roman, Remy Ma, Jackée Harry, Tisha Campbell, Tamala Jones, Mena Suvari, Joy Nash and Keshia Knight Pulliam.
“Girl in the Closet,” “The Hillsdale Adoption Scam” “Drunk, Driving, and 17” and “Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story” are each inspired by true events.
See below for Lifetime’s 2023 early spring slate.
“Black Girl Missing”
March 4, 8 p.
The network today announced the addition of six original films to accompany, “Black Girl Missing” starring Garcelle Beauvais (also of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) and “Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story,” which will premiere on March 4 and April 8, respectively.
The six additional originals — “Girl in the Closet,” “The Hillsdale Adoption Scam,” “Twisted Sister,” “Every Breath She Takes,” “Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story” and “Drunk, Driving, and 17” — have a slew of stars joining the projects, including Tami Roman, Remy Ma, Jackée Harry, Tisha Campbell, Tamala Jones, Mena Suvari, Joy Nash and Keshia Knight Pulliam.
“Girl in the Closet,” “The Hillsdale Adoption Scam” “Drunk, Driving, and 17” and “Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story” are each inspired by true events.
See below for Lifetime’s 2023 early spring slate.
“Black Girl Missing”
March 4, 8 p.
- 2/14/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
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Lifetime, which is set to air a movie starring Anne Heche in September, said it is “deeply concerned” about the actress’ health following a car crash last week.
Heche stars in Girl in Room 13, playing a woman who goes on a relentless search for her daughter (Larissa Dias) after the young woman becomes a human trafficking victim. The movie is set to air in September on Lifetime.
“All of us here at Lifetime are deeply concerned for [Heche] and everyone affected” by the accident, Lifetime executive vp and head of programming Amy Winter told reporters Thursday during the network’s time in front of the Television Critics Association. Heche is in a coma and in critical condition, according to reports, after a car she was driving crashed into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday.
Los Angeles police are...
Lifetime, which is set to air a movie starring Anne Heche in September, said it is “deeply concerned” about the actress’ health following a car crash last week.
Heche stars in Girl in Room 13, playing a woman who goes on a relentless search for her daughter (Larissa Dias) after the young woman becomes a human trafficking victim. The movie is set to air in September on Lifetime.
“All of us here at Lifetime are deeply concerned for [Heche] and everyone affected” by the accident, Lifetime executive vp and head of programming Amy Winter told reporters Thursday during the network’s time in front of the Television Critics Association. Heche is in a coma and in critical condition, according to reports, after a car she was driving crashed into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday.
Los Angeles police are...
- 8/11/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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