Premiering tomorrow, June 17 is the HBO documentary Love, Marilyn written and directed by Liz Garbus. The movie visits seminal moments and relationships that shaped Marilyn Monroe’s career and tumultuous personal life and features interviews with Elizabeth Banks, Adrien Brody, Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Hope Davis, Viola Davis, Jennifer Ehle, Ben Foster, Paul Giamatti, Jack Huston, Stephen Lang, Lindsay Lohan, Janet McTeer, Jeremy Piven, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, Uma Thurman, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood. Philip Sheppard (The Tillman Story) who previously scored Garbus’ Bobby Fischer Against the World has composed the film’s original score. Love, Marilyn premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will air tomorrow night on HBO. To learn more about the documentary, visit the official movie website.
Premiering on Saturday, June 22 is the Lifetime original movie Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret directed by Jace Alexander and starring Tania Raymonde, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tony Plana and David Zayas. The movie tells the story of a seductive 28-year-old aspiring photographer recently found guilty of killing her former lover. The film’s original score is composed by Erran Baron Cohen (The Dictator, Borat). Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret premieres on Saturday on Lifetime and will air in repeats over the following weeks. To learn more about the film, visit Lifetime’s official movie website.
Missing from last week’s roundup was the new ABC Family mystery drama Twisted created by Adam Milch and starring Avan Jogia, Maddie Hasson, Kylie Bunbury, Kimberly Quinn, Sam Robards, Ashton Moio and Denise Richards. The series follows a charismatic teenager with a troubled past, who recently reconnected with his two female best friends from childhood and becomes the prime suspect when a fellow student is found dead in her home. The show’s original score is composed by Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, Rectify). Twisted premiered on June 11 and will air every Tuesday night on ABC Family. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website.
