Tag: Lifetime

A Very Vintage Christmas

Release Date:  11/27/19; Lifetime
Genre:   Holiday/Romance
Rating:  NR
Director:  Duane Poole
Studio(s):   Lighthouse Pictures, Lifetime.
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:  Tia Mowry-Hardrict (Dodie), Jesse Hutch (Ed), Agam Darshi (Olivia Rodgers), Candus Churchill (Virginia).

Story:   The Christmas lights are up and shoppers are flooding the quaint town of Mountain View, including one special store, Very Vintage Antiques. The shop’s owner, Dodie (Tia Mowry-Hardrict), is a hopeless romantic and absolutely one of a kind, similar to the pieces in her shop. When Dodie finds a hidden box containing an eclectic collection of mementos chronicling a timeless romantic union, she makes it her mission to deliver it to its rightful owner. Dodie manages to persuade the handsome new tenant, Edward (Jesse Hutch), at the listed address to help her with her search. Will they find the true owner and true love on their adventure?  Source/Photo Source:  Lifetime.com.

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Christmas In Louisiana

Release Date:  11/16/19; Lifetime
Genre:   Holiday/Romance
Rating:  TV-G
Director:   Emily Moss Wilson
Studio(s):   Active Entertainment, Lifetime Network.
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:   Percy Daggs, III (Luke), Jana Kramer (Sarah Winter), Barry Bostwick (Timothy, Moira Kelly (Charlotte).

Story:   The Winter Family is Christmas royalty in New Iberia, Louisiana, and Sarah Winter (Jana Kramer), a successful lawyer and former Miss Christmas, is no exception. When she returns home to celebrate the anniversary of the town’s Sugarcane Christmas Festival with her mother (Moira Kelly) and her grandparents (Dee Wallace and Barry Bostwick), she rediscovers the magic of the season–and a little romance– with her former Mister Christmas, Luke (Percy Daggs III).  Source: Lifetime.com.

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Radio Christmas

Release Date:    11/9/19; Lifetime
Genre:   Holiday/Romance
Rating:  TV-G
Director:   Jeff Beesley
Studio(s):   Julijette, Lifetime Television.
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:   Keshia Knight Pulliam (Kara), Michael Xavier (Scott), Nakai Takawira (Andie), John B. Lowe (Warren), Belinda Montgomery (Mary Lou), Tim Reid (Garrett). 

Story:   When her Philadelphia radio station is closed for repairs during the holidays, DJ Kara Porter (Keshia Knight Pulliam) is forced to broadcast from the small town of Bethlehem. Desperate to increase her numbers and get promoted outside of Radio Christmas – a year-round Christmas station, Kara seeks to uncover the identity of the town’s Secret Santa, an anonymous benefactor that saved all of Bethlehem’s Christmas festivities. Along the way, she discovers the true meaning of family, community, love and of course, Christmas.  Source:  Lifetime.com.

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Pride & Prejudice: Atlanta

Release Date:  6/1/19; Lifetime
Genre:   Comedy/Drama/Romance
Rating:  NR
Director:  Rhonda Baraka
Studio(s):   Big Dreams Entertainment, Swirl Films, Lifetime Television
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:   Reginald VelJohnson (Reverend Bennet), Jackée Harry (Mrs. Bennet), Lizzie (Tiffany Hines), Raney Branch (Jane), Brittney Level (Mary), Reginae Carter (Lydia), Alexia Bailey (Kitty), Juan Antonio (Will Darcy), Kellee Stewart (Charlotte), Victoria Rowell (Catherine), Keshia Knight Pulliam (Caroline).

Story:   This contemporary adaptation of the Jane Austen classic, follows Reverend Bennet, a pastor of a prominent Southern Baptist church, and his wife, Mrs. Bennet, author of a self-help book on how to find the perfect husband.  Needless to say, Mrs. Bennet is less than thrilled that all five of their daughters — Lizzie, Jane, Mary, Lydia and Kitty — are still single.  When the very eligible Will Darcy arrives in town, Mrs. Bennet sets her sights on the handsome bachelor for daughter Lizzie, leading to a comedic modern-day take on themes familiar to fans of the novel.  The film was written by best-selling author Terry McMillan.  Source:  Blackfilm.com.

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The Clark Sisters:  The First Ladies of Gospel

Release Date:  4/12/20; Lifetime
Genre:  Biography
Studio(s):  Revele Entertainment, Flavor Unit
Producer(s):  Loretha Jones; Holly Carter, Shakim Compere
Director:  Christine Swanson
Cast:  Aunjanue Ellis (Mattie Moss Clark) Christina Bell (Twinkie), Kierra Sheard (Karen), Sheléa Frazier (Dorinda), Raven Goodwin (Denise), Angela Birchett (Jacky).

Details:  Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliott are executive producing the feature movie The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel. The movie will detail the five sisters’ humble beginnings and struggles to find their place to later becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world. The film will feature re-recordings of some of the group’s biggest hits. The Clark Sisters have won three Grammy Awards. With 16 albums to their credit and millions in sales, the Clark Sisters are the highest-selling female gospel group in history.  Source(s):  Deadline, Black Film; Photo Source:  inspiration1390am.

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Every Day Is Christmas

Release Date:   11/24/18; Lifetime
Genre:   Holiday
Rating:  NR
Director:  David Weaver
Studio(s):   Lighthouse Pictures, Lifetime Network
Cast:  Toni Braxton, Michael Jai White, Towanda Braxton, Gloria Reuben     

Story:  Inspired by the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol,” shrewd money manager Alexis Taylor (Toni Braxton) gets the holiday visit of a lifetime. A self-proclaimed workaholic who “humbugs” love, Alexis ends up embracing the spirit of Christmas when her past, present, and future collide, forcing her to risk the one thing money can’t buy: her heart.  Source(s):  Lifetime; Thatgrapejuice.net.

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