Posted in Ratings, Television on May 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The TV options on the major networks for Memorial Day were primarily reality, repeats, special and sports; but there was on premiere of a summer drama and new episodes of two other dramas.
Here is how the few Monday night dramas fared in the overall ratings:
9 PM Show:
Houdini & Doyle (FOX) [NEW] – 2.1 million
10 PM Shows:
Person of Interest (CBS) [NEW] – 5.4 million
Mistresses (ABC) [Season Premiere] – 3.1 million
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on May 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The new Hallmark Channel movie Ms. Matched will debut on June 4 at 9 PM.
A successful wedding planner is trying to make dreams come true for brides by organizing fairytale weddings. But when she is paired with a financial advisor at a wedding expo, she soon realizes that he is giving the exact opposite advice to their audience by telling them to save their money. When they are forced to spend more time together than they bargained for, they find out that they have more in common than they think.
The cast includes Alexa Penavega (Spy Kids franchise and Nashville) and Shawn Roberts (the Hallmark Channel movies Recipe for Love and I Do, I Do, I Do).
Here is a trailer for Ms. Matched.
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on May 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
7 PM:
Roots mini-series on A&E, History Channel and Lifetime (Encore – Part 1 of 4)
8 PM:
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
The Flash on The CW (Reair)
Castle on TNT
Star Trek Into Darkness movie on FX
The Imitation Game movie on TMC
9 PM:
Containment on The CW (NEW)
Roots mini-series on A&E, History Channel and Lifetime (DEBUT – Part 2 of 4)
NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair)
Game of Thrones on HBO2 (Reair)
Castle on TNT
The Mummy movie on Syfy
10 PM:
Person of Interest on CBS (NEW)
Outlander on Starz (Reair)
Castle on TNT
Enjoy!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on May 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The following mini-series, made-for-TV movies and dramas will debut or return for new seasons over the course of this coming week:
A new adaptation of the legendary book Roots will debut simultaneously on A&E, Lifetime and the History Channel on May 30 at 9 PM. The four-night, eight-hour event series recounts the journey of one family and their will to survive and ultimately carry on their legacy despite hardship. The cast includes Anika Noni Rose, Anna Paquin, Derek Luke, Forest Whitaker, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Lane Garrison, Matthew Goode, Mekhi Phifer, Erica Tazel, Emayatzy Corinealdi and introducing Malachi Kirby.
On June 1, the new season of The Night Shift will get started on NBC at 10 PM. That same night the new Australian series Cleverman will debut on SundanceTV at 10 PM. Set in the near future, the series is a startlingly original drama rooted in Aboriginal mythology, depicting a deeply conflicted and anxious society, fearful of a minority group living among them, endowed with extraordinary physical traits. One young man – The Cleverman – struggles with his own power and the responsibility to unite this divided world, but he must first overcome a deep estrangement from his older brother.
Also on June 1, a new season of Kingdom will premiere on DirecTV at 9 PM.
The final season of Beauty And the Beast will air on June 2 on The CW at 9 PM.
On June 3, the new movie Wedding Bells will debut on Hallmark Channel at 9 PM. Nick (Kavan Smith from When Calls the Heart) and Molly (Danica McKellar from The Wonder Years), commitment-phobic and busy professionals with little in common, are asked to be the best man and maid of honor at the wedding of their mutual friends, Amy and Jamie. What they both assume will require a few hours out of their hectic lives quickly turns into a full-time job – and a life-changing romantic experience — when they end up organizing the wedding for the squabbling and ill-suited couple at a rustic hotel owned by Nick’s father.
The new Hallmark Channel movie Ms. Matched will debut on June 4 at 9 PM. A successful wedding planner is trying to make dreams come true for brides by organizing fairytale weddings. But when she is paired with a financial advisor at a wedding expo, she soon realizes that he is giving the exact opposite advice to their audience by telling them to save their money. When they are forced to spend more time together than they bargained for, they find out that they have more in common than they think. The cast includes Alexa Penavega (Spy Kids franchise and Nashville) and Shawn Roberts (the Hallmark Channel movies Recipe for Love and I Do, I Do, I Do).
And on June 5, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders will debut at 9 PM. Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin from When Calls the Heart) is a garage sale shopping expert whose sharp observation skills allow her to uncover valuable antiques, as well as help her local police department investigate crimes and solve mysteries. When an impoverished man enters Rags to Riches – a consignment shop where Jennifer sells the gems she’s found at garage sales – and asks to have an item home-delivered, Jennifer agrees. Upon her arrival at his run-down apartment, Jennifer finds the man murdered. As the police survey the crime scene, Jennifer cannot help but think there is something familiar about the details of the killing – and soon realizes that the victim’s coldblooded demise is a re-enactment of a murder in a classic mystery novel.
Mark your calendars!
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on May 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »
On June 3, the new movie Wedding Bells will debut on Hallmark Channel at 9 PM.
Nick (Kavan Smith from When Calls the Heart) and Molly (Danica McKellar from The Wonder Years), commitment-phobic and busy professionals with little in common, are asked to be the best man and maid of honor at the wedding of their mutual friends, Amy and Jamie.
What they both assume will require a few hours out of their hectic lives quickly turns into a full-time job – and a life-changing romantic experience — when they end up organizing the wedding for the squabbling and ill-suited couple at a rustic hotel owned by Nick’s father.
Here is a trailer for Wedding Bells.
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on May 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
NOTE: Happy Memorial Day!
5 PM:
Saving Private Ryan movie on History Channel
6 PM:
Just Wright movie on BET
6:35 PM:
The Shawshank Redemption movie on Starz
7 PM:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 movie on FreeForm
7:30 PM:
Back to the Future movie on Spike
8 PM:
Supergirl on CBS (Reair)
The Dark Knight Rises movie on TNT
8:30 PM:
Game of Thrones on HBO2 (Reair)
9 PM:
12 Monkeys on Syfy (NEW)
Roots mini-series on A&E, History Channel and Lifetime (DEBUT – Part 1 of 4)
Scorpion on CBS (Reair)
Shooter movie on Showtime 2
9:59 PM
Person of Interest on CBS (NEW)
10 PM:
Turn: Washington’s Spies on AMC (NEW)
Hunters on Syfy (NEW)
All the Way movie on HBO (Encore)
Enjoy!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on May 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
5 PM:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 movie on FreeForm
The Wolverine movie on FX
7 PM:
All Things Valentine movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Outlander on Starz (Reair)
Leverage on ION
8 PM:
Game of Thrones on HBO2 (Reair)
Leverage on ION
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie on ABC
X-Men: First Class movie on FX
Two Weeks Notice movie on POP
The Day After Tomorrow movie on Encore
Red 2 movie on TNT
8:45 PM:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 movie on FreeForm
9 PM:
Good Witch on Hallmark Channel (NEW)
Game of Thrones on HBO (NEW)
Preacher on AMC (Reair)
Outlander on Starz (Reair)
Leverage on ION
10 PM:
Motive on USA Network (NEW)
Leverage on ION
10:30:
Preacher on AMC (Reair)
Enjoy!
Posted in New Shows, News, Reminder, Television, Video on May 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »
On June 1, the new Australian series Cleverman will debut on SundanceTV at 10 PM.
Set in the near future, the series is a startlingly original drama rooted in Aboriginal mythology, depicting a deeply conflicted and anxious society, fearful of a minority group living among them, endowed with extraordinary physical traits.
One young man – The Cleverman – struggles with his own power and the responsibility to unite this divided world, but he must first overcome a deep estrangement from his older brother.
Here is a trailer for Cleverman:
Posted in Movies, News on May 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Based on information provided by the Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in June:
Approaching the Unknown
Opens: June 3
Captain William Stanaforth (Mark Strong) is on a one-way solo mission to Mars, taking humanity’s first steps towards colonizing it. Although the entire world is watching him, he is completely alone in a dark and distant sea of stars. Stanaforth rockets bravely through space facing insurmountable odds, but as the journey takes a toll on his life-sustaining systems, he is forced to make impossible choices that threaten his sanity, mission and very existence. The cast includes Luke Wilson and Sanaa Lathan.
Me Before You
Opens: June 3
Young and quirky Louisa “Lou” Clark (Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones) moves from one job to the next to help her family make ends meet. Her cheerful attitude is put to the test when she becomes a caregiver for Will Traynor (Sam Claflin from The Hunger Games franchise), a wealthy young banker left paralyzed from an accident two years earlier. Will’s cynical outlook starts to change when Louisa shows him that life is worth living. As their bond deepens, their lives and hearts change in ways neither one could have imagined. The cast includes Janet McTeer, Charles Dance, Brendan Coyle and Jenna Coleman.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Opens: June 3
The Turtles come into conflict with T.C.R.I. scientist Dr. Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) and the return of their enemy, The Shredder (Brian Tee), who has hired Stockman to create mutants of his own in the form of Bebop and Rocksteady to even the score, during which the Turtles discover a Retro-Mutagen in hopes they can become humans. Following an extraterrestrial invasion above New York City led by the Dimension X inhabitant known as Krang. Upon Krang’s Invasion, the Turtles are joined in the fight with their Master Splinter, their human friends April O’Neil (Megan Fox), Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) and new friend, vigilante Casey Jones (Stephen Amell from Arrow). The film also stars William Fichtner and Brittany Ishibashi.
Genius
Opens: June 10
The story of Genius follows the story of American Southern writer Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) and his connections with New Yorker Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth), the publisher. Perkins had already previously published works by the great American writers Ernest Hemingway (Dominic West) and F. Scott Fitzgerald (Guy Pearce). The story also follows the almost “romantic” affair between Wolfe and Perkins. The cast also includes Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney.
Now You See Me 2
Opens: June 10
The illusionists (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Lizzy Caplan) known as the Four Horsemen must perform an unprecedented stunt to clear their names and expose the unethical practices of a tech magnate. The film also stars Mark Ruffalo, Daniel Radcliffe, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.
Warcraft
Opens: June 10
Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization, led by the humans, faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying world of Draenor to find their place in another. As a gateway known as the Dark Portal opens to connect the two worlds, the humans face destruction while the orcs face extinction. Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel from Vikings), leader of the humans, and Durotan (Toby Kebbell from Fantastic Four), leader of the orcs, are then sent on a collision course that will decide the fate of their families, their people and their home. The film also stars Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Clancy Brown, Anna Galvin and Callum Keith Rennie.
Finding Dory
Opens: June 17
Six months after the events of the first film, Dory suddenly recalls her childhood memories. Remembering something about “the jewel of Morro Bay, California”, accompanied by Nemo and Marlin, she sets out to find her family. She arrives at the Monterey Marine Life Institute, where she meets Bailey, a white beluga whale; Destiny, a whale shark; and Hank, an octopus, who becomes her guide. Voices will be provided by Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Ed O’Neill, Ty Burrell, Willem Dafoe, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bill Hader and Sigourney Weaver.
Free State of Jones
Opens: June 24
After surviving the 1862 Battle of Corinth during the Civil War, Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey), a poor farmer from Mississippi, leads a group of small farmers and local slaves in an armed rebellion against the Confederacy in Jones County. Knight subsequently marries a former enslaved woman, Rachel (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). He establishes a mixed-race community, unique in the post-war South. The film also stars Keri Russell, Mahershala Ali and Brendan Gleeson.
Independence Day: Resurgence
Opens: June 24
Twenty years after the events of the first film, the international community recovers and the United Nations creates the Earth Space Defense (ESD), a united global defense program that serves as Earth’s early warning system and the main defense force using technology salvaged from remains of the alien forces, with some military forces assembled on the Moon, Mars and Rhea. However, the aliens were able to send a distress signal to their other battalions before their final defeat while others went into hiding elsewhere around the world. The aliens in deep space received the signal and sent a larger and more powerful battle fleet, threatening the human race once more, this time, with a gravitational machine. The cast includes Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe, Sela Ward, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner and William Fichtner.
Movies coming out in July will be posted at the end of June.
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on May 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
6:30 PM:
The Proposal movie on CMT
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie on FreeForm
7 PM:
Date With Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
The Wolverine movie on FX
7:25 PM:
Superman Returns movie on Cinemax
7:55 PM:
Outlander on Starz (Reair)
8 PM:
All the Way movie on HBO (DEBUT)
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
Game of Thrones on HBO2 (Reair)
NCIS on USA Network
Sweet Home Alabama movie on FXX
9 PM:
Outlander on Starz (NEW)
Harvest Moon movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
NCIS on USA Network
10 PM:
Outlander on Starz (Encore)
NCIS on USA Network
X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie on FX
Sweet Home Alabama movie on FXX
10:05 PM:
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie on HBO
Enjoy!
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