Person of Interest, on CBS CTV
When The Machine identifies a U.S. naval officer as a potential target, Reese (Jim Caviezel) and Shaw (Sarah Shahi) search for the officer among a sea of sailors in town for Fleet Week. Also, Root (Amy Acker) tests her boundaries.
Don't Trust Andrew Mayne, on A&E
The mischievous Andrew Mayne uses his skills to help regular people get even with others in back-to-back new episodes. A young husband has been putting his football obsession before his family, and Mayne helps his wife get even.
New Releases for the week of February 9 - February 15
Ender's Game
Seventy years after a devastating attack by an alien race known as the Formics, the people of Earth have managed to band together to stop humankind’s extinction at the hands of the technologically superior beings. When young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the military to partake in the fight against the Formics, he is taken away from his family and sent to a battle training school that orbits the Earth where he is trained to destroy the Formics in order to save the planet from annihilation.
Director: Gavin Hood. Stars:Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis. 2013. 114 min. Adventure.
The Counselor
Greed trumps reason for a wealthy and prominent lawyer who decides to use his position of power to pull off a risky but very lucrative drug deal, despite warnings to stay away from the drug business. He comes up with a plan with a 4,000 per cent return rate, but his deal backfires when a Mexican biker ends ups dead and he is connected to the murder. Suddenly, he and his fiancée end up the targets of merciless members of a Mexican cartel, and he must find a way to protect them from their pursuers.
Director: Ridley Scott. Stars: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Rosie Perez. 2013. 117 min. Crime.
Austenland
Thirty-something and single, Jane Hayes harbours an unusual secret: she is obsessed with Mr. Darcy from the BBC adaptation of the Jane Austen classic “Pride and Predjudice,” and her strange fixation is interfering with her love life. She has yet to meet a man who can measure up to Colin Firth’s portrayal of the romantic Regency-era gentleman. Desperate to find love, Jane spends her life savings on a trip to an English resort where Austen-crazed women experience life in a Jane Austen novel.
Director: Jerusha Hess. Stars:Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Jennifer Coolidge, Bret McKenzie, Jane Seymour. 2013. 97 min. Comedy.
All is Lost
When his yacht collides with a shipping container, a man is left floating in the Indian Ocean as his ship takes on water. Using only his intuition, resourcefulness and the ocean’s currents, he struggles to find help as the elements take their toll, his meagre supplies dwindle to nothing and his hopes of survival start to fade.
Director: J.C. Chandor. Stars: Robert Redford. 2013. 106 min. Drama.
Girls, on HBO
Hannah (Lena Dunham) worries that her new job at GQ will kill her creativity in a new episode of this hit comedy. Dunham created, writes, directs, produces and stars in the series.
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, on NBC CTV Two
It's the end of a 22-year era as Jay Leno spends his last night at the helm of his show. The veteran host makes way for the show's next host, SNL alum Jimmy Fallon, who will bring the show back to New York City.
The Tomorrow People, on CW CTV
Jedikiah (Mark Pellegrino) goes back on his word, angering Stephen (Robbie Amell) in this new episode. Stephen is forced to make a potentially dangerous deal in order to protect Astrid (Madeleine Mantock).
Killer Women, on ABC Citytv
Tricia Helfer stars as Texas Ranger Molly Parker in this action-packed new drama. Parker fights for justice with the help of sexy DEA Agent Dan Winston (Marc Blucas), with whom she is also having a steamy affair.
Mike & Molly, on CBS Citytv
Beloved comedy couple Mike (Billy Gardell) and Molly (Melissa McCarthy) share the hilarious ups and downs of married life in this new episode. Their relationship is often complicated by unwanted meddling from their extended family.
New Releases for the week of February 2 - February 8
Dallas Buyers Club
After a work-related injury sends him to the hospital, Ron Woodroof learns that he is HIV-positive and will likely die within a month. While researching the disease and possible treatments, Ron learns of a drug that has been testing positively in clinical trials but is currently unavailable to the public. Unwilling to accept his fate, Ron goes in search of the drug AZT and begins working out a plan to ensure the drug reaches AIDS patients in America.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée. Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn. 2013. 117 min. Biography.
Escape Plan
Ray Breslin, one of the world’s leading authorities on structural security, earns his living getting thrown in jail and using his vast knowledge of survival skills and high-security prisons to break out, thus exploiting the institutions’ weaknesses. When he is framed and incarcerated in the world’s most secure and secretive prison – a prison of his own design – Ray’s skills are put to the ultimate test. With the help of a fellow inmate, Ray plots the most elaborate and vital escape of his career to ensure his freedom and the capture of those responsible for his imprisonment.
Director: Mikael Håfström. Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Vincent D’Onofrio, Sam Neill. 2013. 115 min. Action.
About Time
Twenty-one-year-old Tim Lake has just learned that he has the ability to travel through time to change what happens and has happened in his own life. Upon this discovery, Tim decides he will make the world a better place by finding himself a girlfriend. Enter Mary – beautiful and insecure. Tim falls deeply in love until an ill-fated time travel incident means the two never met at all.
Director: Richard Curtis. Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Lindsay Duncan. 2013. 123 min. Drama.
A Case of You
To impress a beautiful barista at his local coffee shop, young and successful writer Sam creates an embellished online profile to woo her. Much to Sam’s surprise, his scheme works and Birdie falls for his falsified alter-ego. Now he must keep up the charades by enrolling in guitar lessons, learning to cook and taking her ballroom dancing or risk losing the girl of his dreams.
Director: Kat Coiro. Stars: Peter Dinklage, Sienna Miller, Sam Rockwell, Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood. 2013. 89 min. Comedy.
New Releases for the week of February 2 - February 8
Dallas Buyers Club
After a work-related injury sends him to the hospital, Ron Woodroof learns that he is HIV-positive and will likely die within a month. While researching the disease and possible treatments, Ron learns of a drug that has been testing positively in clinical trials but is currently unavailable to the public. Unwilling to accept his fate, Ron goes in search of the drug AZT and begins working out a plan to ensure the drug reaches AIDS patients in America.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée. Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn. 2013. 117 min. Biography.
Escape Plan
Ray Breslin, one of the world’s leading authorities on structural security, earns his living getting thrown in jail and using his vast knowledge of survival skills and high-security prisons to break out, thus exploiting the institutions’ weaknesses. When he is framed and incarcerated in the world’s most secure and secretive prison – a prison of his own design – Ray’s skills are put to the ultimate test. With the help of a fellow inmate, Ray plots the most elaborate and vital escape of his career to ensure his freedom and the capture of those responsible for his imprisonment.
Director: Mikael Håfström. Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Vincent D’Onofrio, Sam Neill. 2013. 115 min. Action.
About Time
Twenty-one-year-old Tim Lake has just learned that he has the ability to travel through time to change what happens and has happened in his own life. Upon this discovery, Tim decides he will make the world a better place by finding himself a girlfriend. Enter Mary – beautiful and insecure. Tim falls deeply in love until an ill-fated time travel incident means the two never met at all.
Director: Richard Curtis. Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Lindsay Duncan. 2013. 123 min. Drama.
A Case of You
To impress a beautiful barista at his local coffee shop, young and successful writer Sam creates an embellished online profile to woo her. Much to Sam’s surprise, his scheme works and Birdie falls for his falsified alter-ego. Now he must keep up the charades by enrolling in guitar lessons, learning to cook and taking her ballroom dancing or risk losing the girl of his dreams.
Director: Kat Coiro. Stars: Peter Dinklage, Sienna Miller, Sam Rockwell, Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood. 2013. 89 min. Comedy.