Cheryl Champagne

Guilty Pleasures Correspondent

Spent eleven years as a society columnist at Luxe Living Scottsdale before the magazine folded and she discovered the Lifetime Movie Network. Now reviews films where a woman falls in love with her kidnapper's twin brother on Christmas Eve with the critical vocabulary of a Vanity Fair awards correspondent. Does not use the word 'guilty' before 'pleasures' — not out of defiance, but because she genuinely does not experience the guilt.

Articles (3)

The Guilty Pleasures7 min read

Hallmark Movies: A Structural Engineering Report

Every Hallmark movie is the same movie. This is not a criticism. This is an architectural observation. The blueprints are public. The construction is fascinating.

The Guilty Pleasures7 min read

The Steven Seagal Filmography: A Sommelier's Guide

Fifty-three films. One facial expression. A career arc that begins at 'action star' and descends, magnificently, into 'man sitting in chair.' This is the Seagal experience.

The Guilty Pleasures5 min read

A Critical Appreciation of the Lifetime Christmas Movie

Twenty-three new originals this December. A veterinarian falls in love with a prince. A baker falls in love with a firefighter. The ambition is Versailles.