Re: Selected programming for April 27-30, 2024

On 4/27/24 1:54 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

RM: Listings for Wednesday through Friday will be posted later today.
            Saturday, April 27
  My Husband Hired a Hitman      (movie)      (3:01 am, Tubi)
 When a greedy husband seeks a hitman to murder his wife and get her money, she will stop at nothing to fight back and seek revenge. Stars Tamara Almeida, Jason Diaz, Brett Geddes, Erica Deutschman and David Chinchilla. 1 hr 32 min.
 https://tubitv.com/movies/100020157/my-husband-hired-a-hitman
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30983649/
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJg05s924cw

Cool - a revenge flick, and I even know Almeida from Lifetime.
If I can find the time, I will check this out...

A Chef's Deadly Revenge     (movie)       (8 pm, Lifetime Channel)
 Lucy has just escaped an abusive relationship and moved to a new town where she’s finally fulfilled her lifelong dream: opening her own gourmet restaurant where she’s the head chef. When she encounters the jealous Frank, whose family used to own the restaurant that was in her new space, she becomes the target of constant harassment. Lucy, having had enough of abusive men in her life, turns the tables on Frank and inserts herself into his life. Now Lucy and Frank are engaged in a high stakes game of cat and mouse that has deadly consequences. Stars Kathryn Kohut, Tomas Chovanec, Chelsea Muirhead, and Bridget Wareham.
 https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/a-chefs-deadly-revenge
 https://play.mylifetime.com/movies/a-chefs-deadly-revenge/preview-a-chefs-deadly-revenge
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31940959/

Yep - am already in for this tonite.

Branching Out      (movie)        (8 pm, Hallmark Channel)
 To help build a family tree, single mom Amelia tracks down her daughter's biological father. It becomes a journey of trust, love, and discovering the meaning of family. Stars Sarah Drew and Juan Pablo Di Pace.
 https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/branching-out
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32045638/

Zzzzzz....

         Sunday, April 28
  The Replacement Daughter     (movie)       (8 pm, Lifetime Channel)
 When Liza gets mysteriously struck by a hit and run driver, her teenage daughter Jessica finds herself alone and with no one to look after her. When wealthy Eva offers to take care of her, Jessica can’t help but be seduced by Eva’s world. However, nothing is what it seems, and Jessica now must come up with a plan to save herself… and her comatose mother. Stacy Haiduk, Emily Miceli, Kristi Murdock star. Not on IMDb.
 https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-replacement-daughter

Excited to see DOOL's Haiduk do a Lifetime flick! - Will definitely check this out.

         Tuesday, April 30
       Streaming:
  The Veil          [new]          (12:01 am, Hulu)
 Elisabeth Moss stars in a six-episode FX limited series (exclusive to Hulu). Kicking off with its first two episodes today, the spy thriller comes from Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) and is set in Istanbul, Paris, and London and finds a CIA agent teaming with a French counterpart as they attempt to prevent a potential disaster. Joining Moss in the cast are Josh Charles, James Purefoy and Dali Benssalah. The remaining episodes are released once weekly through May 28.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMmFC_GpXc
 https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-veil-2024/     [score 54]
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21433150/

I would have been a lot more interested in this if they had cast somebody other than Moss as the lead!...  :|

Fiasco         [new; complete limited series]         (3:01 am, Netflix)
 When disaster strikes the set of a first-time director, a behind-the-scenes film crew captures everything as mishaps, blackmail and sabotage ensue. French comedy limited series.

Oh, gawd, no.