Review: Lifetime's 'Lizzie Borden Took an Ax' is an eye-roller

The true story of Lizzie Borden who stood trial for the hatchet murders of her parents. Read all of the facts and events surrounding her trial and eventual acquital.

If you were casting in your mind for a 30-ish actress to play the title role of Lizzie Borden in a television movie about her life, wouldn't Christina Ricci be at the top of your list? There is something just quirky enough about the characters this

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax On TV this weekend: Lizzie Borden gets her cuts in, Shaun White answers Russia's call, Black Sails hit the high seas, the Grammy Awards toast the top of the pops, Bob's Burgers get Bowled over 

Despite her bona fides as a Sunday school teacher, Lizzie is initially shown to be a party girl, a petty shoplifter and liar, and borderline-incestuous flirt – two weekends in a row with that theme, Lifetime? – until the grisly crimes 

“Lizzie Borden Took an Ax” isn't rewriting history or floating new theories. Sometimes slasher flick, sometimes courtroom drama, this “Lizzie” is a cynically dark, shamefully fun account of an all-American crime, its only suspect