For some, it’s the sight of disgusting egg-nog flavored drinks at Starbucks. For others, an embarrassingly tacky Christmas tree display at your local drugstore. But for me, the first sign of the holiday season is television’s stable of cheesy, holiday-themed made-for-TV movie fare. Nothing quite matches seeing a gussied up Kelly Ripa (or an actress [...]
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Top Five Fridays: Made-For-TV HOLIDAY Movies
Posted in A Diva's Christmas Carol, Comfort and Joy, Etc., Holidays in Handcuffs, On the Second Day of Christmas, Top Five Friday's, TV Movies on 12/04/2009 | 3 Comments »
Top Five Fridays: “You Are Not My Father!” Moments (Continued)
Posted in - Features, Beverly Hills 90210, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Full House, Horse Sense, Party of Five, Top Five Friday's on 11/20/2009 | Leave a Comment »
5. Andrew Lawrence to Joey Lawrence in Horse Sense – Disney Channel Original Movie – November 20, 1999 So fine, Andrew Lawrence doesn’t actually utter “You’re not my father,” but the meaning is all the same AND I’ve been dying to mention Horse Sense since this blog’s inception. In a classic diluted-rich-kid-learns-the-meaning-of-hard-work SLASH hardworking-poor-people-are-about-to-lose-the-family-ranch plot, little [...]
Acceptance on Lifetime
Posted in Saved By The Bell: The College Years, Acceptance, tagged Joan Cusack, Kiersten Warren, Mae Whitman on 08/27/2009 | 1 Comment »
by Beal It really grinds my gears to know that this movie, Acceptance, which premiered on Lifetime last Saturday, is sitting in my apartment, taking up two hours of recording time on my DVR, while I’m out of town, praying that enough space still remains to record all necessary (let’s face it, they’re all necessary) [...]
The Widower Double-Feature
Posted in A Kiss at Midnight, Miscellaneous Rantings, Nanny Express, TV Movies, tagged Faith Ford, Hallmark Channel, Vanessa Marcil on 08/17/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Beal We’ve all fallen prey to the Hallmark Channel Sunday night line-up. They reel you in with a psuedo-celebrity and the promise of wholesome entertainment void of depth. Oh, and whatever skills they lack in acting, well they make up for with ruthless tugs on the ol’ heartstrings. Last night was no exception. Channel [...]
Top Five Fridays: MFTVMs (Made for TV Movies) Continued
Posted in A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story, Gracie's Choice, Her Hidden Truth, Martha Inc, No One Would Tell, Top Five Friday's, tagged A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story, Anne Heche, Gracie's Choice, Her Hidden Truth, Lifetime movie, No One Would Tell on 08/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Judi 5. Her Hidden Truth (1995) I apologize that there’s no video or even a picture to go with this one but even the picture on Lifetime’s Movie Network site is horrible. So, clearly it isn’t my fault that this fantastic example of the MFTVM genre is totally underepresented by the Internet. This was [...]
Top Five Fridays: MFTVMs (Made for TV Movies)
Posted in Dangerous Child, For the Love of Nancy, No One Would Tell, Riding the Bus with My Sister, Terror in the Family, Top Five Friday's, tagged Candace Cameron, Delta Burke, Fred Savage, Hilary Swank, Joanna Kerns, Rosie O'Donnell, Ryan Merriman, Tracey Gold on 08/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Beal I am not privy to the series of events that must occur for a Made for TV Movie to go into production but I must assume that some guy just walks into a director’s office, “Alright, I’ve got a mediocre idea for a low-budget movie starring a former television “star,” and/or some B-list [...]
Lifetime Premiere: ‘Natalee Holloway’
Posted in TV Movies, tagged Lifetime, MFTVM, Natalee Holloway on 07/13/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Beal This is probably going to sound extremely coldhearted, but the moment news of the blonder than blonde, blue eyed, all American good teen’s disappearance hit airwaves (and it hit EVERY airwave for MONTHS) all I could think was, “This is going to make one hell of a MFTV movie.” Boy was I wrong. [...]
Proof That TV Gods Exist
Posted in Cybill, Miscellaneous Rantings, Moonlighting, Reruns, TV Movies, tagged Cybill, Cybill Shepherd, Lifetime, TV Gods on 05/07/2009 | 1 Comment »
by Beal The following incident is true, and amazing. . . One evening last week, I reached the end of the proverbial television sidewalk. There was NOTHING on. A bad night I guess. No good reruns, nothing unwatched on the DVR and nothing even remotely interesting on the Freak Show channels (TLC, Discovery Health etc.). [...]
The Sunshine Boys
Posted in Miscellaneous Rantings, Movies, TV Movies, tagged Hallmark Hall of Fame, Marley & Me, MFTVM, Sarah Jessica Parker, Woody Allen on 05/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Beal So I admit it: I love made for tv movies more than feature films. Why? You might ask. Because they’re so damn simple. They follow a formula and best of all, they last two hours, and have built in breaks. The other night though, I felt like maybe broadening my horizons, watching a [...]
A “Tribute” to Terrible Plots
Posted in Miscellaneous Rantings, TV Movies, tagged 2009 Nora Roberts Collection, Brittany Murphy, Jason Lewis, Lifetime Original, MFTVM, Nora Roberts, Tribute on 04/14/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The final installment of the 2009 Nora Roberts Collection premiered on Lifetime Saturday night, and well, every night since. Tribute, starring Brittany Murphy (in the bushiest set of eyebrows in prime-time since The O.C. was cancelled) and Jason Lewis, was nothing if not entirely absurd. If you want to know the plot, check out the plot of [...]
