New Releases for the week of October 3 - 9
Space Jam: A New Legacy
During a visit to Warner Bros. Studios, LeBron James and his son, Dom (Joe), are transported into the Serververse by a rogue AI (Cheadle) who challenges LeBron to a basketball game in exchange for his freedom. Agreeing to the challenge, LeBron is sent to Tune World, where he forms a scrappy team comprised of the Looney Tunes gang to compete against the AI's Goon Squad, digitalized versions of professional players. With the odds stacked against them, LeBron and the Tune Squad engage in a high-stakes game in which losing means being deleted forever.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee. Stars: LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Cedric Joe, Sonequa Martin-Green, Khris Davis, Ceyair J. Wright, Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, Zendaya. 2021. 115 mins. Adventure.
Broken Diamonds
Scott (Platt) is getting ready to move to Paris, where he hopes to fulfil his dreams of becoming a writer, when he receives news of his father's death. Scott's dreams are dashed when he learns taking over his father's affairs includes caring for his older sister, Cindy (Kirke), who suffers from schizophrenia. He reluctantly takes on this responsibility, and in the process draws closer to his sister, who teaches him to embrace the unpredictable.
Director: Peter Sattler. Stars: Ben Platt, Lola Kirke, Lynda Boyd, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alphonso McAuley, Chad Willett, Peter Benson, Debs Howard. 2021. 90 mins. Drama.
Six Minutes to Midnight
In the summer of 1939, British schoolteacher Thomas Miller (Izzard) takes a position at a finishing school on the English coast where elite families of the Nazi regime have sent their daughters to learn English and grow into proper, well-behaved women. On the brink of war, England grows resentful of the school, a symbol of Hitler's command, and when a teacher's body is discovered, Miller is the only one who can expose the truth behind what is really going on at the school. However, he must accomplish his task before time runs out.
Director: Andy Goddard. Stars: Eddie Izzard, Judi Dench, Carla Juri, James D'Arcy, Jim Broadbent, Nigel Lindsay, Celyn Jones, David Schofield. 2020. 99 mins. Drama.
America's Funniest Home Videos, on ABC
A new episode of this hilarious home-video clips show airs tonight. Currently hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro, this long-running series shows cute, funny and downright crazy home videos submitted by viewers for the chance to win an amazing cash prize.
Halloween, on AMC
John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic is a must-watch in its namesake month. Fifteen years after he murdered his own sister, a mental institution escapee goes on a killing spree and terrorizes a group of girls on Halloween night. Jamie Lee Curtis stars.
Q: There's a long-running Prevagen commercial in which the pharmacist strolls away from the customer after showing her the product -- I assume to ring up the purchase. Is the actor the same man who plays the PR guy in "Blue Bloods"?
No, but if Gregory Jbara ever retires from "Blue Bloods," Eric Thompson's the guy to replace him. The two look remarkably similar.
Their height, salt-and-pepper hair and dark-but-kind eyes are present with both of them, but -- and this is no drag on Thompson -- Jbara has translated those attributes into more mainstream success.
S.W.A.T., on CBS
Shemar Moore, David Lim and Stephanie Sigman return to this L.A.-based procedural drama's fifth season.The saga continues as Hondo (Moore) and his team continue to defend the city and America against threats from within. Alex Russell also stars.
Grey's Anatomy, on ABC
Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery (Kate Walsh) returns to Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital in this Season 18 premiere of this hit medical series. Still grappling with the pandemic, this season also sees Kate Burton return alongside new addition Peter Gallagher.
Q: Where did Fiona on "Burn Notice" learn how to fight and use ammo?
She actually confesses that she didn't.
In a few different interviews, actress Gabrielle Anwar ("For Love or Money," 1993) admits that she didn't do much fighting or weapons training. Instead, she chalks her action-packed performances up to "smoke and mirrors."
Chicago Med, on NBC
The doctors and nurses at Chicago's leading trauma center struggle to balance their personal and professional lives as they treat patients in this Emmy-winning drama from Dick Wolf. The ensemble cast includes Yaya DaCosta, Nick Gehlfuss and Oliver Platt.
Private island investigation: CBS launches Season 4 of 'Magnum P.I.'
Jay Hernandez stars in "Magnum P.I."
Some things never get old. After spending time away from each other, private investigator Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez, "Suicide Squad," 2016) and MI6-agent-turned-real-estate-manager Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks, "Ready Player One," 2018) are back together and rolling out the fourth season of "Magnum P.I.," premiering Friday, Oct. 1, on CBS.
Let's Make a Deal, on CBS
Tiffany Coyne and Jonathan Mangum join this hit game show's hilarious host, Wayne Brady, in welcoming costumed audience members to the fun. Contestants make increasingly risky deals with the host in an effort to win big money and amazing prizes.
