The Netflix feature film Interceptor will debut online on June 3.
The film is about how one Army captain (Elsa Pataky from Fast & Furious franchise and Chris Hemsworth’s wife) must use her years of tactical training and military expertise when a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the remote missile interceptor station she is in command of.
The film also stars Luke Bracey from the Point Break remake and The Best of Me).
Here is a trailer for Interceptor:
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On June 3, the AMC+ movie White Elephant will debut online.
An ex-marine enforcer must battle his conscience and code of honor when he is forced to do things for the mob.
The film stars Bruce Willis, Michael Rooker, Olga Kurylenko and John Malkovich.
Here is a trailer for White Elephant:
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Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On May 31, the limited series FX’s Pistols will debut on Hulu. The 6-episode limited series focuses on the rock ‘n’ roll revolution that centers around the Sex Pistols. Toby Wallace will star as Steve Jones, founding member and guitarist and is based on his memoir. Other cast members include Louis Partridge as Sid Vicious, Maisie Williams as punk icon Jordan, Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Malcolm McLaren and Talulah Riley as Vivienne Westwood.
The CW drama Tom Swift will debut on May 31 at 9 PM. As an exceptionally brilliant inventor with unlimited resources and unimaginable wealth, the devilishly charming Tom Swift (Tian Richards) [the character that was originally introduced in season two of Nancy Drew] is a man who many men would kill to be, or be with – a man with the world in the palm of his hand. But that world gets shaken to its core after the shocking disappearance of his father, thrusting Tom into a breathtaking adventure full of mysterious conspiracies and unexplained phenomena. The cast includes Ashleigh Murray, April Parker Jones and the voice of LeVar Burton.
On June 2, The Orville will finally be back for its third season on Hulu. Also on June 2, the FX on Hulu series Under the Banner of Heaven will air its finale.
The Amazon drama The Boys will premiere its third season online on June 3; meanwhile that same day, the season finale of Shining Girls will air online on Apple TV+ and also on June 3, the second season of Physical will premiere online on Apple TV+.
Also on June 3, the AMC+ movie White Elephant will debut online. An ex-marine enforcer must battle his conscience and code of honor when he is forced to do things for the mob. The film stars Bruce Willis, Michael Rooker, Olga Kurylenko and John Malkovich.
The Disney+ sequel movie Hollywood Stargirl will debut on June 3. This movie is a sequel to the 2020 film Stargirl that follows the journey of Stargirl Carraway (Grace Vanderwaal) as she journeys out of her small town into a bigger world of music, dreams and possibilities. Judy Greer plays Stargirl’s mom Ana. Uma Thurman, Judd Hirsch and Sarayu Blue also star.
On June 3, the Netflix feature film Interceptor will debut. The film is about how one Army captain (Elsa Pataky from Fast & Furious franchise and Chris Hemsworth’s wife) must use her years of tactical training and military expertise when a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the remote missile interceptor station she is in command of. The film also stars Luke Bracey from the Point Break remake and The Best of Me).
The Hallmark Channel movie Hidden Gems will debut at 8 PM on June 4. While prepping for her sister’s wedding, Addie (Hunter King from The Young and the Restless) loses her grandmother’s ring in the waters of Hawaii. She hires dive instructor Jack (Beau Mirchoff from Good Trouble and Awkward.) to search for her lost treasure. They immediately clash with each other when Addie insists she go on the pursuit with Jack. Once they come to an agreement, Jack ends up serving as Addie’s tour guide of the island’s hidden gems.
On June 4, the two-hour presentation of the new movie franchise Buried in Barstow will debut on Lifetime at 8 PM. The proposed 6-film franchise stars Angie Harmon (Rizzoli & Isles) as Hazel King, a single mother and former hit woman, now a diner owner, whose very dark past keeps coming back to haunt her, despite her desire for a quiet life. Kristoffer Polaha (the Mystery 101 movie franchise and Bruce McGill (Rizzoli & Isles) also star.
Lastly, the movie Our Dream Wedding will debut on UPtv on June 5 at 7 PM. Commitment-shy Haley (Rachel Hendrix from the TV movies Midway to Love and Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses) tries on her grandma’s “magical” wedding veil and is transported to her future, where she and long-term boyfriend Scott (James Austin Kerr from Queen of the South and Johnson) are happily married with two beautiful children. Is Haley ready to take the veil off, and take on what comes next?
Mark your calendars!
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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
5:45 PM:
Men in Black 3 movie on TNT
5:55 PM:
The Batman (2022) movie on HBO
6 PM:
The Presence of Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Raiders of the Lost Ark movie on CMT
Live Free or Die Hard movie on Syfy
6:21 PM:
A Journal for Jordan movie on Starz
7 PM:
Gourmet Detective Mysteries: Eat, Drink & Be Buried movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Shooter movie on AMC
Mulan (animated) movie on Freeform
Divergent movie on POP
7:30 PM:
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (animated) movie on FXM
8 PM:
The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime 2 (Encore)
Christmas at Castle Hart movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Unbroken movie on Cinemax
8:36 PM:
Gaslit on Starz (Encore)
9 PM:
The First Lady on Showtime (Encore)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
Gourmet Detective Mysteries: Roux the Day movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom movie on CMT
Beauty and the Beast (animated) movie on Freeform
10 PM:
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Reair)
The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime 2 (Encore)
Christmas in Rome movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Divergent movie on POP
10:01 PM:
The Good Doctor on ABC (Reair)
10:05 PM:
Gentleman Jack on HBO (NEW)
10:30 PM:
Captain Marvel movie on TNT
Enjoy!
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Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
CANCELLATIONS
The Masterpiece series Endeavour on PBS will come to an end with its 9th season. (TV Line)
The Good Fight will come to an end after its upcoming 6th season. (TV Line)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Celeste O’Connor (Ghostbusthers: Afterlife) has joined the cast of the upcoming Sony film Madame Web that will star Dakota Johnson (Thirty Shades franchise) in the title role. The movie will serve as an origin story for Madame Web, a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world itself. What role O’Connor will play, however, is being kept under wraps. (Variety)
Shira Haas (Unorthodox) will star in the period musical drama Ethel that tells the true story of Ethel Stark, the groundbreaking conductor who founded the first all-female orchestra in Montreal. Aside from breaking barriers in the music world, Stark has been credited for championing social change across gender, race, language and class starting in the 1940s. (Variety)
The one and only Rita Moreno will appear as the grandmother of Dominic Toretto (played by Vin Diesel) in the next Fast and Furious sequel. (Variety)
TV CASTING NEWS
Season 4 of the HBO crime anthology True Detective will feature Oscar winner Jode Foster, playing detective Liz Danvers, who, along with fellow detective Evangeline Navarro (yet to be cast) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice. The official title will be True Detective: Night Country, and it will take place in the frigid Arctic regions of Alaska. (TV Line and The Hollywood Reporter)
Two cast members are officially leaving the long-running NBC drama The Blacklist. Amir Arison (who has played Agent Aram Mojtabai since the first season) and Laura Sohn (who has played Agent Alina Park since season 7) bid farewell in the show’s season finale that aired this week. (TV Line)
Alexis Bledel has left the cast of The Handmaid’s Tale ahead of the show’s upcoming 5th season. (TV Line)
Anthony Anderson will not return for the second season of the revival of Law & Order. (Deadline and TV Line)
Jude Law has joined the cast of the Disney+ drama Star Wars: Skeleton Crew that takes place during the post–’Return of the Jedi’ reconstruction that follows the fall of the Empire. (Variety)
Charlotte Spencer, who played Esther in the two seasons of Sanditon will not be returning for the period piece’s upcoming third season, as she will be starring in the new BBC/Paramount+ drama The Gold. (TV Line)
Okieriete Onaodowan (Broadway’s Hamilton) will play the lead in the AMC 6-episode half-hour series Demascus, which is a character-driven exploration of life as an ordinary Black man in America today and revolves around Demascus (Onaodowan), a 33-year-old Black man who goes on a journey of self-discovery using an innovative new technology that allows him to experience different versions of his own life. The series follows these vivid psychological explorations and also features Demascus in his primary reality. (The Hollywood Reporter)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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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: There will be a marathon of episodes of Billy the Kid on EPIX today while the finale of Fear the Walking Dead will air online on AMC+. There will be a marathon of episodes of All Rise on OWN today while there will be a marathon of episodes of Yellowstone on Paramount Network today.
6 PM:
Love, Romance & Chocolate movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
6:05 PM:
Die Hard With a Vengeance movie on Syfy
6:15 PM:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie on USA Network
6:20 PM:
The Lion King (animated) movie onn Freeform
7 PM:
Love Under the Lemon Tree movie on UPtv (DEBUT)
Gaslit on Starz (Encore)
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Blazing Saddles movie on Sundance TV
The Dark Knight movie on TNT
7:20 PM:
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO (Encore)
8 PM:
Gaslit on Starz (NEW)
National Memorial Day Concert 2022 on PBS (Special)
The Equalizer on CBS (Reair)
Crown for Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot movie on TMC
8:10 PM:
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO (Encore)
8:25 PM:
Sing (animated) movie on Freeform
9 PM:
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO (NEW)
The First Lady on Showtime (NEW)
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
Cut, Color, Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Live Free or Die Hard movie on Syfy
9:02 PM:
Gaslit on Starz (Encore)
9:25 PM:
The Day After Tomorrow movie on Cinemax
9:30 PM:
National Memorial Day Concert 2022 on PBS (Special)
9:45 PM:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie on USA Network
10 PM:
The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime (NEW)
The Rookie on ABC (Reair)
S.W.A.T. on CBS (Reair)
10:04 PM:
61st Street on AMC (NEW – Finale)
Enjoy!
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Last night’s primetime line-up on the major networks was filled with repeats, reality and wrestling along with new episodes from three Friday night dramas, one of which was the show’s season finale.
Here is how those three Friday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM: Shows:
The Blacklist (NBC) [NEW – Season Finale] – 2.7 million viewers
Charmed (The CW) [NEW] – 544,000 viewers
9 PM: Show:
Dynasty (The CW) [NEW] – 459,000 viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
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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: There will be a marathon of episodes of Yellowstone on Paramount Network.
5 PM:
John Wick: Chapter 2 movie on A&E
The Karate Kid (original) movie on Sundance TV
5:30 PM:
Sleepless in Seattle movie on POP
5:35 PM:
The Hunger Games movie on EPIX
5:55 PM:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone movie on USA Network
6 PM:
Her Pen Pal movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Midway movie on CMT
7 PM:
Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries: Poisoned in Paradise movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
The Notebook movie on E!
Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie on Starz
7:25 PM:
Ralph Breaks the Internet (animated) movie on Freeform
8 PM:
Transplant on NBC (NEW)
Next Stop, Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Magnum, P.I. on CBS (Reair)
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum movie on A&E
Mission: Impossible – Fallout movie on FX
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire movie on EPIX
Sixteen Candles movie on Sundance TV
9 PM:
Blue Bloods on CBS (Reair)
Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie on Encore
9:07 PM:
Gaslit on Starz (Encore)
9:25 PM:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie on USA Network
9:30 PM:
Now You See Me movie on CMT
9:50 PM:
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO (Encore)
10 PM:
Christmas in Tahoe movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Lilo & Stitch (animated) movie on Freeform
The Proposal movie on E!
10:45 PM:
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO (Encore)
Enjoy!
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It was a full night of programming on the major networks last night with lots of repeats, reality and some comedies airing along with the finales of two Thursday night dramas.
Here is how those two Thursday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM: Show:
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) [NEW – Season Finale, Hour 1] – 4 million viewers
9 PM: Show:
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) [NEW – Season Finale, Hour 2] – 3.9 million viewers
10 PM Show:
Bull (CBS) [NEW – Series Finale] – 4 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
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On May 31, The CW drama Tom Swift will debut at 9 PM.
As an exceptionally brilliant inventor with unlimited resources and unimaginable wealth, the devilishly charming Tom Swift (Tian Richards) [the character that was originally introduced in season two of Nancy Drew] is a man who many men would kill to be, or be with – a man with the world in the palm of his hand. But that world gets shaken to its core after the shocking disappearance of his father, thrusting Tom into a breathtaking adventure full of mysterious conspiracies and unexplained phenomena.
The cast includes Ashleigh Murray, April Parker Jones and the voice of LeVar Burton.
Here is a trailer for Tom Swift:
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