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Lifetime will re-air Amanda Knox movie with updates

October 5, 2011 Lori Acken Comments Off

In light of Amanda Knox’ successful bid for acquittal for the murder of her roommate — and her subsequent return home to Seattle — Lifetime Networks will re-air their controversial made-for-TV film Amanda Knox: Murder On Trial In Italy with text updates to reflect the retrial and Knox’ turn of fortune. The film, which stars Hayden Panettiere as Knox and Marcia Gay Harden as her mother, will air on Lifetime Movie Network Thursday at 10pm and Friday at 2am, and on Lifetime Network at 10pm on Saturday, Oct. 8. Even before it’s February premiere, the film faced fierce opposition from […]

Sarah Hyland talks about her new Disney Channel movie “Geek Charming”

October 4, 2011 Channel Guide Staff 5

Forget Prince Charming — geeks are the new cool. Just ask Sarah Hyland. The adorable Modern Family star is putting a few modern twists on the classic fairy tale formula in Disney Channel’s Geek Charming, premiering Nov. 11 at 8:00p ET/PT. […]

VOD Spotlight: The cars of “Fast Five”

October 4, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

“Top gear and full throttle” is a phrase that most speed demons only dream of in our 65-mph world, but the romance of speed fuels The Fast and the Furious films. In the fifth installment of the roaring franchise, Fast Five, the stakes are even higher and the stunts more awe-inspiring. At the heart of the speed-driven film is the 1970 Dodge Charger that Dom (Vin Diesel) drives. It killed Dom’s father and was totaled twice, but, like the Terminator, it keeps coming back. Picture car coordinator — yes, a film like this needs someone with that title — Dennis […]

VOD Spotlight: Great Lakes city-smashing in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

September 30, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

Writing in The Milwaukee Journal prior to the theatrical release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, film critic Duane Dudek wrote, “Neither the Milwaukee Art Museum nor any lakefront real estate was harmed during the filming of Transformers: Dark of the Moon there last year. Chicago was not so lucky.” Milwaukee sees a bit of filmmaking action, but only rare action films the magnitude of Transformers. During one of Milwaukee’s morning commutes during the filming, cars were lined up at the end of the freeway ramps at the lakefront, their drivers standing beside them watching helicopters circle over the […]

VOD Spotlight: “Bridesmaids”

September 20, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

Somewhere between the proposal and the honeymoon is the wedding and all the excesses that go with the biggest day of a bride’s life. It can be trying for the happy couple, but often even more so for the bridesmaids who must live with, and help foot the bill for, the excesses. This was perfect fodder for producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) to create a chick flick version of The Hangover — the comedy blockbuster Bridesmaids. He drew on the writing and acting talents of Saturday Night Live comedian Kristen Wiig, who also appeared in Knocked Up. “Every time we […]

Jeanne Tripplehorn talks about the making of Lifetime’s breast cancer anthology “Five”

September 19, 2011 Lori Acken 4

On Oct. 10, Lifetime will unveil the newest effort in its 17-year-old “Stop Breast Cancer for Life” initiative — one that may be, according to the network’s president and GM Nancy Dubuc, “the most important film we’ve ever done.” Simply titled Five, the anthology features, yes, five emotional, frequently funny and complexly interwoven short films about women dealing not only with the physical effects of breast cancer and their ensuing treatments, but also a part of the diagnosis often left undiscussed — how such a deeply personal disease affects their sense of self, how they relate to others and how […]

“Modern Family’s” Sarah Hyland Goes From “Fashion Police” to “Geek Charming”

September 15, 2011 Barb Oates Comments Off

Modern Family‘s hilarious Sarah Hyland talks everything fashion with Joan Rivers, Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana Rancic and George Kotsiopoulos on E!’s Fashion Police on Friday, Sept. 16 at 10:30pm ET/PT. Hyland plays the sassy, less-than-brilliant eldest daughter to Claire and Cliff Dunphy (Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell) on ABC’s hit comedy. Next up, Hyland stars in the Disney Original movie Geek Charming with her offscreen boyfriend Matt Prokop (High School Musical 3). The film is scheduled to air in November and explores the dynamics of high school popularity and its social hierarchy.

TNT unveils promo for new “Mystery Movie Night” franchise

September 13, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

By Jeff Pfeiffer Follow @ChannelGuideJP Better look out, Lifetime! You may no longer have the market cornered on melodramatic movies about murder and mayhem once TNT begins its new Mystery Movie Night franchise this fall, airing Tuesdays (and a couple of Wednesdays) at 9pm ET/PT from Nov. 29-Dec. 20.

Air travel and 9/11 … are some networks taking advantage?

September 9, 2011 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

by Karl J. Paloucek Follow @ChannelGuide I’ve been accused of a number of things in my lifetime, and if there’s one thing I have to cop to, it’s confusing people at times as to whether I’m serious or joking. In truth, sometimes I’m not even sure. Sometimes a topic has sufficient irony to lend itself to being oddly humorous and at the same time, it might not be appropriately timed for humor. I’m not even sure that what I want to discuss here is one of those topics, but consider yourselves forewarned — I feel like it’s gonna be one […]

VOD Spotlight: Thriller “Hanna” is interpreted by graphic artists

September 6, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

The title character of this adventure thriller, Hanna (played by Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan, Atonement), is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across […]