Q: I put on a baseball movie the other day, but it wasn't what I was looking for. It was called "The Rookie" and I was hoping it was a '90s Disney movie about a teenager who breaks his arm and becomes a superstar pitcher. Instead, it was about a middle-ag
The kid you were looking for wasn't just any old rookie, he was "Rookie of the Year" (1993).
You're certainly not the only one to be disappointed by expecting one and getting the other. They are, as you say, very different movies, despite both being made by Disney. And they were only released nine years apart (Dennis Quaid's "The Rookie" was released in 2002).
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, on ABC
Pat Sajak and Vanna White return as hosts for this fun, star-studded installment of the beloved classic game show. This time around, the series' massive, million-dollar prize is awarded to a charity of the winning celebrity contestant's choosing.
The zombie saga continues: 'The Walking Dead' returns to prime time
Norman Reedus in "The Walking Dead"
Good things come to those who wait, as the saying goes, but the wait for new episodes can test even the most dedicated of TV fandom. Luckily for zombie fans, one of television's most successful horror series is about to return.
S.W.A.T., on CBS
The team is called in to work with the CIA in this Season 4 rebroadcast, acting as domestic surveillance. Having been off the grid for years, it seems that an international crime lord has returned to work in California. Shemar Moore and David Lim star.
Q: My parents and I are trying to find a specific collection of DVDs: the "Little House on the Prairie: Final Farewell Collector's Edition." Can you help us?
There have been a lot of DVD releases of the classic '70s/'80s family drama "Little House on the Prairie," but I can't find any with that exact name.
But it's possible that the one you're looking for is "Little House on the Prairie: Special Collector's Edition," because, first of all, it includes the telefilm "The Last Farewell" (pretty close to "Final Farewell") and, second of all, it's hard to find.
Mixed-ish, on ABC
Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tika Sumpter star as Paul and Alicia Johnson, the parents of Tracee Ellis Ross' "Black-ish" character, Rainbow (Arica Himmel), in this spinoff. Set in the '80s, the series explores the struggles of growing up mixed-race in the U.S.
Q: Can you tell me who played the cop in "House at the End of the Street"? He looked really familiar to me and I'm not sure why.
There are a number of reasons you might know Canadian-born actor Gil Bellows — either from one of his high-profile gigs or his multitude of smaller supporting roles — but you also might just feel that way because he's so comfortable in the sort of role he played in the 2012 horror flick "House at the End of the Street."
All grown up: 'Punky Brewster' returns to television on NBC's Peacock
Soleil Moon Frye returns as "Punky Brewster"
There is nothing like a little nostalgia served up with a side of family-friendly comedy. As people spend more time at home, it can be a challenge to find wholesome programming for everyone to enjoy. Luckily, it's Punky Power to the rescue as an '80s fan-favorite returns.
9-1-1: Lone Star, on Fox
In the second season of this hit spinoff, Owen Strand (Rob Lowe) reconnects with this ex-wife, Gwyneth (Lisa Edelstein), and welcomes paramedic Tommy Vega (Gina Torres) back to the team after an eight-year break from the job. Ronen Rubinstein also stars.
New Releases for the week of February 21 - 27
The Last Vermeer
Shortly after the end of World War II, Capt. Joseph Piller (Bang) is part of the Dutch force tending to the bureaucratic mess left by the Nazis. When a rare painting by the renowned and adored Danish artist Johannes Vermeer is recovered from the belongings of Nazi leader Hermann Göring, Piller is on the case. Determined to find the traitor who would hand a priceless national treasure over to the enemy, he traces the sale to Han van Meegeren (Pearce), an extravagant artist with a penchant for mischief. Despite his initial motion to arrest the supposed Nazi sympathizer, it only takes Piller a few conversations with the eccentric gentleman to realize that there might be more to the story as Meegeren reveals that, rather than collaborating with Axis officials, he was conning the enemy by forging Vermeer paintings and selling them to the Nazis for millions.
Director: Dan Friedkin. Stars: Guy Pearce, Vicky Krieps, Claes Bang, August Diehl, Olivia Grant, Andrew Havill, Karl Johnson, Adrian Scarborough. 2019. 118 mins. Drama.
Silk Road
Ross Ulbricht (Robinson), like many millennial entrepreneurs, saw the internet as a portal to the unimaginable. But, unlike most of his contemporaries, his ambitions were not limited by legality or morality. As quickly as the idea came to him, Ulbricht and his girlfriend, Julia (Shipp), set up Silk Road, the first digital black market. Soon enough, their drug chain is in motion the world over and their activities are at the forefront of the DEA's concerns. Enter Rick Bowden (Clarke), a rugged FBI and DEA agent whose old-fashioned, violent and often-questionable investigative style will struggle to carry him in the hunt for Ulbricht, the model of the faceless, modern-day criminal.
Director: Tiller Russell. Stars: Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, Alexandra Shipp, Jimmi Simpson, Jennifer Yun, Kenneth Miller, Lexi Rabe. 2021. 112 mins. Crime.
The Croods: A New Age
Still searching for a place to settle, Crood patriarch and caveman Grug (Cage); his wife, Ugga (Keener); her mother, Gran (Leachman); their daughter, Eep (Stone); and Eep's boyfriend, Guy (Reynolds), stumble upon an enormous wall. When the Croods decide to go beyond it, they are greeted by a paradise inhabited by the Bettermans, a family a couple of steps ahead of them, evolutionarily speaking. Delighted by each other at first, the novelty soon wears off as the units grapple with their glaring differences.