The Passage, on Fox
Mark-Paul Gosselaar stars as Brad Wolgast, a federal agent who struggles to protect a young girl (Saniyya Sidney) from scientists who want to use her as a test subject. The new drama is based on the trilogy by author Justin Cronin.
Q: Any idea what happened to Sabrina Lloyd from "Sports Night," "Sliders" and "Numb3rs"? She seems to have fallen off the planet!
She's not off the planet. If anything, she's on more of it.
In 2012, Sabrina Lloyd walked away from her acting career and into a life of wandering the globe with her husband, who works for the UN, and her growing family.
New Releases for the week of Jan. 20 - 26
First Man
A NASA test pilot struggles to balance his personal and professional lives in this film based on the true story of an American hero. Not long after losing a child to cancer, Neil Armstrong (Gosling) is selected to become an astronaut, and he begins training for the mission that will eventually land him on the moon. But at home, his wife, Janet (Foy), struggles to raise their children while living with the knowledge that her husband could be killed in an accident at any time. As Armstrong becomes increasingly preoccupied with the approaching launch of Apollo 11, he distances himself from his family.
Director: Damien Chazelle. Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Patrick Fugit, Christopher Abbott. 2018. 141 min. Biography.
The Hate U Give
Starr (Stenberg) lives in two worlds: her home life is in a lower-income and predominantly black neighborhood, but she attends a mostly white private school. When her childhood best friend is shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop, Starr finds herself torn between her two worlds as protests begin to sweep through her neighborhood. With a local gang also getting involved in the situation, the teen finds herself unsure about whether to speak out about what she witnessed on the fateful night that her friend was killed.
Director: George Tillman Jr. Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, K.J. Apa, Sabrina Carpenter. 2018. 133 min. Drama.
Johnny English Strikes Again
When a cyber attack exposes the identities of all of its active field agents, MI7 reinstates its retired agents in order to find the attacker. The reinstated agents include the incomparable Johnny English (Atkinson). Leaving behind his second career as a geography teacher, English reunites with his old assistant, Bough (Miller), and jets off to the south of France, where a clue leads him to a luxury yacht, a beautiful woman (Kurylenko) and a nefarious scheme to extort the leaders of the world's wealthiest countries.
Director: David Kerr. Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Adam James, Emma Thompson, Jake Lacy, Vicki Pepperdine. 2018. 89 min. Action.
Late Laughs for the week of January 20 - 26, 2019
A student at a Florida high school found a rat in a vending machine. And when she saw the only food left in the machine were Terra Chips, she's like, "I'll take the rat."
A family in California is looking for their son's teddy bear after it floated away in a cluster of balloons. Then Pixar said, "Sold!"
Tailor-made TV: 'Suits' still sharp after cast changes
Gabriel Macht stars in "Suits"
Things are about to get "Litt" in prime time -- Louis Litt that is. The "Suits" character, played by Rick Hoffman ("The $treet"), has just been named managing partner, and that isn't the only change on the horizon for one of TV's most popular legal dramas.
Shameless, on Showtime
Debbie (Emma Kenney) steps in at the Gallagher household as Fiona's (Emmy Rossum) downward spiral continues in this season premiere. Meanwhile, Kelly (Jess Gabor) continues to see Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) in secret.
Tailor-made TV: 'Suits' still sharp after cast changes
Gabriel Macht stars in "Suits"
Things are about to get "Litt" in prime time -- Louis Litt that is. The "Suits" character, played by Rick Hoffman ("The $treet"), has just been named managing partner, and that isn't the only change on the horizon for one of TV's most popular legal dramas.
Let them bake cake: Giada De Laurentiis hosts Food Network's newest baking competition
Giada De Laurentiis hosts "Winner Cake All"
It's an exciting new year, and that means a sweet new competition series has found a home on Food Network. "Winner Cake All" premiered just a few weeks ago, and while baking competitions may be a dime a baker’s dozen these days, this one has a secret weapon: its host.
Out of the deep: Freeform's mermaid drama returns from the watery depths
Ian Verdun, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Alex Roe, Eline Powell, Sibongile Mlambo and Rena Owen in "Sirens"
I Am Legend, on AMC
Will Smith stars as a scientist who struggles to find a cure for a virus that has devastated mankind in this science fiction flick. He searches for food and supplies and also sends out radio messages in the hopes of finding other survivors.
