Lifewine Podcast

To wrap up National Stalking Awareness month, we bring you STALKED BY MY NEIGHBOR (2015), starring Kelcie Stranahan, Amy Pietz, and Katrina Norman. A young woman with PTSD believes murder is afoot in her new neighborhood; are her suspicions valid or is her previous trauma clouding her judgment? We also meet Zach’s stoner neighbor, envision Stephanie’s cat licking up her hypothetical brain matter, and search for the ONE Gary Oldman movie Rachel has seen. 
This movie is available to view on Amazon Prime. 
If you or anyone you know is a victim of stalking, there are resources available. Visit any of these links for information: 
https://www.stalkingawareness.org/, https://www.justice.gov/ovw/stalking,  https://www.stalkingriskprofile.com/victim-support/victim-resource-links    

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In honor of National Stalking Awareness month, we’re covering the film that commenced Lifetime’s quintessential canon of creepiness: STALKED BY MY DOCTOR (2015), starring Brianna Joy Chomer, Deborah Zoe, and the illustrious Eric Roberts as notorious incel Dr. Albert Beck. Get ready for a movie so deliciously disturbing that it spawned three sequels (so far), chronicling Dr. Beck on his quest to find, stalk, and capture the underage girl of his dreams.
We also have a very special guest host! Longtime supporter of the show (and longtime relative of Stephanie), Lexi, graces us with her take on this sordid tale. She slays so hard that you’ll ask her to replace all of us on the show!
This movie is available to watch on Amazon Prime and Tubi. 
If you or anyone you know is a victim of stalking, there are resources available. Visit any of these links for more information: https://www.stalkingawareness.org/ ; https://www.justice.gov/ovw/stalking ; https://www.stalkingriskprofile.com/victim-support/victim-resource-links   

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In the wine making process, there is always a small amount of liquid that evaporates from the barrel during the aging stage. This is called the "angels’ share", because it disappears into the sky. Every once in a while, we like to bring you a bite-sized sampling of content that would have otherwise been lost to editing, or that is so significant that its value cannot be overstated. Today’s Angel’s Share offering happens to be both. It is carved from our latest episode (#52 – THE PERFECT STALKER), in which we say goodbye to Rachel’s illustrious cat Pierce. Rachel tells us how he came into her life nearly two decades ago, as well as some of her favorite stories from his kittenhood that can only be heard in this outtake. Raise your glass to Pierce, one of the best felines ever born!    

 

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Isn’t it delightful when you meet your soulmate? And isn’t it just rude when they refuse to leave their significant other for you? In THE PERFECT STALKER (2016), starring Danielle Savre, Jefferson Brown, and Krista Morin, we meet a woman who is so determined to win over her unavailable crush that she hatches a brilliant plan involving an imaginary stalker, some phony answering machine messages, and just a little bit of murder. We also discuss which Lifetime characters we’d like to bang, invent a new interrogation tactic that combines waterboarding with motorboating, and receive a Billy update. 
This episode is dedicated to the eternal memory of Rachel’s purrfect cat Pierce, the John Wayne of cats. 
This movie is available to view on the Lifetime Movie Club app.
January is National Stalking awareness month, so every movie we review during this time will be centered around stalking. Films and television often exhibit this topic in a ridiculous or glamorized way, when in reality it is a frightening, invasive, and sometimes even deadly offense that is often dismissed or ignored completely. If you or anyone you know is a victim of stalking, there are resources available. Visit these links for more information: https://www.stalkingawareness.org/ ; https://www.justice.gov/ovw/stalking ; https://www.stalkingriskprofile.com/victim-support/victim-resource-links

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Welcome to our first new episode of the year! This week, we cover STALKERS (2013), starring Drea de Matteo, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, and Mena Suvari. A determined prosecutor joins forces with a hot-tempered cop to bring justice to a highly intelligent stalker obsessed with her former lover. We also discuss which parts of the body one can gerund into the orifices of another, as well as learn that Stephanie and Rachel make up one fully functioning tongue between the two of them.
This movie can be viewed on the Lifetime Movie Club app.
In observance of National Stalking Awareness month, every film we discuss in January will be centered around stalking. Millions of women and men are stalked every year, and it’s too frequently misunderstood, dismissed, or ignored completely. If you or anyone you know is a victim of stalking, there are resources available. Visit any of these links for more information: https://www.stalkingawareness.org/ ; https://www.justice.gov/ovw/stalking ; https://www.stalkingriskprofile.com/victim-support/victim-resource-links     

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January is National Stalking Awareness Month, so every movie we review during this time will be centered around stalking. To kick it all off, here’s a Lifewine Rewind: Episode 3, STALKED BY MY PATIENT (2018); recorded in December of 2019, and aired January 28, 2020. This was the Before Times, when we used to gather in Zach’s studio, a.k.a. “Skullverx”, to record. Witness the origin of the stalker’s black stalking baseball cap, the tragic loss of the Korean account, and the birth of Michael “The Microphone” Zachary!   If you or anyone you know is a victim of stalking, there are resources available. Visit any of these links for more information:  https://www.stalkingawareness.org/ ; https://www.justice.gov/ovw/stalking ; https://www.stalkingriskprofile.com/victim-support/victim-resource-links

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Ring in the New Year with your Lifewine hosts as they don party hats, toot noisemakers, spill wine, break glass, and startle the hell out of their animals. Not only can we finally say goodbye to the dumpster fire that is 2020, but it’s also our 50th episode! To commemorate this joyous milestone, we are reviewing A DEADLY ADOPTION (2015), starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. Never has a film so starkly divided the masses as this satirical stab at melodrama. Is it a witty parody? Or just an esoteric misfire? Either way, get ready to celebrate! 
We thank all of you for making this possible; for listening, downloading, reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, telling a friend, and reaching out to us via email or social media. We’re excited to bring you even more Lifewine deliciousness in the upcoming year, and we look forward to having you all on this journey with us. We wouldn’t be here without you! That goes double for our Patrons, whose generosity helps to keep us going. We love you all! (and you’re fine.)  

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Welcome to Part II of our Christmas special where we review WHO KILLED JONBENÉT? (2016). We also analyze Stephanie’s strange and erotic dream (with a little help from Freud), further develop Rachel’s theory that her sister is secretly a domestic terrorist, and Zach almost vomits twice (but that’s ok; it’s from laughter!).  
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and happy holidays to all. We hope the season offers you warmth, contentment, laughter, and some relief from a most challenging year. Thank you for listening, we really do love you (and Rachel says you’re fine).   

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This week, we’re changing up our format a bit to bring you our first two-parter! In Part I, we discuss a heartbreaking true crime mystery that has baffled investigators for decades: Who killed JonBenét Ramsey on Christmas Day in 1996? We’ll examine the botched investigation, the bizarre ransom note, and the numerous theories of who could have possibly committed this horrendous crime – some legitimate, some ridiculous. We’ll even come up with a few of our own that no one has considered before! Then on Christmas Day, we’ll bring you Part II, where we’ll review Lifetime Network’s take on this case with WHO KILLED JONBENÉT? (2016). If you need a break from the warm and fuzzy feels of the holiday season, then we’ve got you covered twice this week!

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We couldn’t help ourselves! Stephanie and Rachel HAD to record an emergency mini-sode to celebrate A RECIPE FOR SEDUCTION (2020): The Lifetime/KFC joint that we didn’t know we needed, and we certainly don’t deserve. A young heiress must make a choice: marry her wealthy douchebag of a beau and save her family from financial ruin, or run into the arms of the new house chef who has big dreams of changing the world with his secret recipe of eleven herbs and spices. Who knew Harland Sanders was this finger-licking good? Lifetime packs so much heat and flavor into this minuscule feature, you’ll need extra napkins!  

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