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TV Recommendations: Monday, November 22

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on November 22, 2021| 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

5:30 PM:
A Dog’s Journey movie on FX

6 PM:
Christmas Next Door movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Small Town Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Grounded for Christmas movie on Lifetime (Reair)
The Saint (1997) movie on EPIX
London Has Fallen movie on TNT

6:30 PM:
The Princess and the Frog (animated) movie on Feeform

7:30 PM:
An American in Paris (classic) movie on TCM

8 PM:
Condor on EPIX (Encore)
Yellowjackets on Showtime 2 (Encore)
9-1-1 on FOX (Reair)
Good Morning Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
A Homecoming for the Holidays movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Twinkle All the Way movie on Lifetime (Reair)
Red movie on BBC America
A Dog’s Purpose movie on FX
Angel Has Fallen movie on TNT

8:30 PM:
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (animated) movie on Freeform
8:50 PM:
Britannia on EPIX (Reair)

9 PM:
4400 on The CW (NEW)
Condor on EPIX (Encore)
9-1-1 on FOX (Reair)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)

9:30 PM:
Singin’ in the Rain (classic) movie on TCM

9:40 PM:
Britannia on EPIX (Reair)

10 PM:
Ordinary Joe on NBC (NEW)
Cross Country Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Christmas Ring on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Reair)
A Dog’s Purpose movie on FX
Shooter movie on Syfy

10:03 PM:
A Gift Wrapped Christmas movie on Lifetime (Reair)

10:30 PM:
Red 2 movie on BBC America
Angel Has Fallen movie on TNT

Enjoy!

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Entertainment Update for November 15 to November 21

Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on November 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWAL/CANCELLATIONS

OWN has renewed Queen Sugar for its 7th and final season. (Variety)

Netflix has cancelled YA skating drama Zero Chill after one series. (Deadline)

The Sinner will come to a conclusion at the end of its current fourth season, meaning the December 1 episode on the USA Network will be its series finale. (Variety)

STREAMING CASTING NEWS

More cast members have been added to the upcoming Netflix, live-action series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Kim’s Convenience and The Mandalorian) will play Uncle Iroh, a retired Fire Nation general and the wise and nurturing mentor to his hot-headed nephew, Prince Zuko. Lim Kay Siu (Anna and The King and Nightwatch) will play Gyatso, a kind and caring Air Nomad monk who is the guardian, father figure and best friend to Aang; and Ken Leung (Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Lost ) will play Commander Zhao, a scheming and ambitious Fire Nation military officer who’s eager to leverage an unexpected encounter with a desperate Prince Zuko to advance his personal goals. (Variety)

TV CASTING NEWS

Newcomer Senan West, the 13-year-old, real-life son of actor Dominic West – who will be playing Prince Charles in the upcoming 5th season of The Crown – will portray Prince William in the streaming series. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Derek Luke will be reuniting with Katie Holmes (nearly 2 decades after they starred in 2003’s Pieces of April) in the upcoming movie Rare Objects which Holmes will not only star in, but also produce and direct. The movie, based on the Kathleen Tessaro novel, tells the story of a young woman with a traumatic past who seeks to rebuild her life when she begins working at an antique store. Luke will play antiques dealer Winshaw. (Variety)

Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) will star in the box office movie The Defender as pioneering lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones, who risked his life and career to defend the Elaine Twelve: a group of 12 Black sharecroppers sentenced to death for allegedly being involved in the murder of a white man during the Elaine Massacre of 1919 in Arkansas. (Variety)

Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country and Birds of Prey) has landed the female lead in the new courtroom drama The Burial from Amazon Studios. She will star opposite Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones in thefilm that is based on a true story. The film follows a bankrupt funeral home owner who decides to sue a rival businessman over a handshake deal gone wrong. The owner hires a flamboyant attorney (Foxx) to handle the case. Smollett will play Foxx’s opposing counsel. (Variety)

The one and only Delroy Lindo has joined the cast of the Marvel Studios movie Blade that will star Moonlight actor Mahershala Ali as the titular human-vampire hybrid. It is unclear who Lindo will be playing, but one strong possibility is Jamal Afari, who in the Marvel comics is the man who raised and mentored Blade (aka Eric Brooks) in the ways of vampire hunting when Eric was young. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Christmas in the Wilds

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on November 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »

On November 25, the holiday movie Christmas in the Wilds (the sequel to the movie Romance in the Wilds) will debut on FOX Nation/VUDU (check your local listings for airtime and channel).

Separated by a blizzard, new couple Buck (Victor Zinck Jr.) and Jessica (Kaitlyn Leeb) take on the uncharted wilderness in hopes of reuniting for their first Christmas together. But as their adventure becomes a battle for survival, they realize how far they’re willing to go for love.

Kate Vernon and Laura Vandervoort return too.

Here is a trailer for Christmas in the Wilds:

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi4035298073?playlistId=tt13401252&ref_=tt_ov_vi

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Christmas in the Pines

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television on November 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The holiday movie Christmas in the Pines will debut on November 25 on FOX Nation/Vudu (check your local listings for airtime and channel).

As Ariel (Jillian Murray), an up-and-coming magazine writer, and Mark (Murray’s real-life husband Dean Geyer), a successful architect, battle over ownership of an idyllic Christmas cottage, they soon discover that their cozy holiday getaway may not be the only thing they love.

Here is a trailer for Christmas in the Pines.

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Christmas Deja Vu

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on November 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The BET+ holiday movie Christmas Deja Vu will debut online on November 25.

A woman with a downtrodden life who hates Christmas longs for the life she could have had as a singer. She meets an angel who grants her wish.

The movie stars Amber Riley, Loretta Devine and Blue Kimble.

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: The Nine Kittens of Christmas

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on November 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »

On November 25, the Hallmark Channel movie The Nine Kittens of Christmas will debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM.

Cat lovers Zachary and Marilee (Brandon Routh and Kimberley Sustad) are thrown back together at Christmas when they’re tasked with finding homes for a litter of adorable kittens.

Gregory Harrison returns too.

Here is a trailer for The Nine Kittens of Christmas.

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TV Recommendations: Sunday, November 21

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on November 21, 2021| 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

4:30 PM:
Man of Steel movie on Paramount Network

5:22 PM
Twister movie on AMC

6 PM:
A Christmas Together With You movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Five More Minutes movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Best Christmas Ball Ever! movie on ION (Reair)
A Very Charming Christmas Town movie on Lifetime (Reair)

6:35 PM:
The Hunger Games movie on EPIX
The Bourne Legacy movie on HBO

7 PM:
Christmas on 5th Avenue movie on UPtv (DEBUT)
The Proposal movie on E!

8 PM:
2021 American Music Awards on ABC (Special)
The Equalizer on CBS (NEW)
Doctor Who on BBC America (NEW)
Yellowstone on Paramount Network (NEW)
Who Is Christmas Eve? movie on Bounce (DEBUT)
A Kiss Before Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
Baking Spirits Bright movie on Lifetime (DEBUT)
A Blue Ridge Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Pretty Woman movie on Sundance TV
Forrest Gump movie on TMC

9 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (NEW)
Condor on EPIX (NEW)
Grantchester on PBS (NEW – Finale)

9:22 PM:
The Green Mile movie on BBC America

9:30 PM:
The Proposal movie on E!

10 PM:
Baptiste on PBS (NEW – Finale)
Condor on EPIX (Encore)
Yellowstone on Paramount Network (Encore)
Christmas Down Under movie on ION (Encore)
One Royal Holiday movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
A Little Christmas Charm movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
A Sugar & Spice Holiday movie on Lifetime (Reair)
Shrek Forever After (animated) movie on Freeform

10:30 PM:
Pretty Woman movie on Sundance TV
Fried Green Tomatoes movie on TMC

Enjoy!

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: 8-Bit Christmas

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on November 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

On November 24, the holiday movie 8-Bit Christmas will debut on HBO Max.

Set in suburban Chicago in the late 1980s, the story centers on 10-year-old Jake Doyle’s (Winslow Fegley) herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.

The movie also stars Neil Patrick Harris, June Diane Raphael and Steve Zahn.

Here is a trailer for 8-Bit Christmas:

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Gabriel’s Rapture, Part 1

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on November 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The Passionflix movie Gabriel’s Rapture, Part 1 will debut online on November 24.

The film will find Melanie Zanetti and Giulio Berruti returning for the next adaptation of the second book in the franchise created by Sylvain Reynard.

Here is a trailer for Gabriel’s Rapture, Part 1:

NOTE: The next two installments of this movie will premiere in 2022.

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Robin Robin

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on November 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

On November 24, the stop-motion animated Netflix film Robin Robin will debut online.

A bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs in this heartwarming holiday musical special. Aardman, the animation studio behind Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Chicken Run created this stop-motion adventure, so there is no double plenty of adorable whimsy in store.

Among the voices that will be heard in this film will be Gillian Anderson and Richard E. Grant.

Here is a trailer for Robin Robin:

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