Re: Selected programming for Dec. 28-Jan. 3, 2024

On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

         Previously released:
  Kill 'Em All 2      (movie)       (Netflix, Dec. 25)
 Now living off the grid, an ex-CIA agent races against time to protect his daughter from a violent, vengeful gang in this relentless action- thriller.  Not available on the ad tier. Stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jacqueline Fernandez, Peter Stormare, Andrei Lenart, Talia Asseraf, and Maria Conchita Alonso. American film released in September via VOD; 1hr 28m.
 https://www.netflix.com/title/81941016
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6549510/   [rating 4.0]

Hmmmm... Can anyone tell me if "Kill 'Em All 1" is worth watching?...

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire      (movie)       (Netflix, Dec. 23)
 Kong's search for his own kind in Hollow Earth leads to world-destroying rivalries, threatening the peace Godzilla keeps between monsters and humans. Stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen. March 2024 film; 1hr 54m. Also streaming on Max.
 Netflix also added "Godzilla x Kong" from 2021.

And both have been on Max forever...

         Saturday, Dec. 28
  The Last Thing She Said     (movie)        (8 pm, Lifetime Channel)
 A young woman working extra-long hours in a corporate office is befriended by the building’s elderly, nighttime cleaning-lady. But their late-night relationship turns uneasy, then dangerous, after the young woman rejects a date request from the cleaning lady’s awkward, middle- aged son. Stars Kylee Bush and Jill Teed.
 https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-last-thing-she-said
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33424153/

Damn. I wanted to watch this too, as I really like Kylee Bush.
I am going to end up missing a bunch of Lifetime movies between Christmas and early next week...  :(

         Sunday, Dec. 29
  [snip]

That was a lot of nothin'!!

         Monday, Dec. 30
  None.

See!!

         Tuesday, Dec. 31
       Streaming:
  Avicii ­ I'm Tim        (documentary)         (3:01 am, Netflix)
  Avicii ­ My Last Show        (documentary)          (3:01 am, Netflix)

This seems like way too much focus on Avicii!!

     Broadcast and cable:
  Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025      (live event)        (8-10 pm, 10:30 pm-12:30 am, ABC)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75n6Y0GtOZE

Fun fact - the local Utah NBC affiliate didn't carry this. The Utah affiliates are well known for refusing to carry network programming!

         Wednesday, Jan. 1
       Streaming:
  Slingshot       (movie; streaming premiere)        (3:01 am, Paramount+)
 An astronaut struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn's moon, Titan. 1h 48m. Stars Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham.
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12616480/    [rating 5.7]

Hmmmm... I may try to get to this.

         Thursday, Jan. 2
       Streaming:
  The Rig          (complete season 2?)         (12:01 am, Prime Video)
 Magnus MacMillan (Iain Glen) and his crew on an oil rig off the coast of Scotland are ready to return home when they suddenly find themselves enveloped by fog and find communication to the outside world cut off. Also stars Emily Hampshire, Rochenda Sandall, Abraham Popoola and Martin Compston.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLSp1yRk_sY
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14273790/    [rating 5.8]

Could never get to season #1...

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth           [new; complete limited series]         (3:01 am, Peacock)
 One of two competing TV projects about the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Scotland (another is coming soon to Netflix), this Peacock and Sky coproduction stars Colin Firth as the spokesperson for families of the victims as he battles for three decades to find out the truth behind the tragic event. All five episodes stream today.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwaImLdJSEw

Another one I would probably watch, if I had unlimited time to watch TV, which I don't.  :?

     Broadcast and cable:
   Only Murders in the Building         (season 2 linear premiere) (9 pm, ABC)
 Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.
 https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/ [score 79]
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/      [rating 8.1]

Anim can relive the magic!!  ;p

Animal Control       (season 3 premiere)         (9 pm, Fox)
 Cynical Animal Control officer Frank Shaw (Joel McHale) has a new rookie partner, the optimistic Fred "Shred" Taylor (Michael Rowland).
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21376524/       [rating 6.7]

I will have to check if Hulu (or Tubi?!) is offering any of the first two seasons. If they aren't, this is a pass.

Going Dutch          [new]        (9:30 pm, Fox)
 Fox's new miltary comedy stars Denis Leary as an outspoken U.S. Army Colonel who, after one rant too many, is punished with a reassignment to the least important army base in the world—in the Netherlands. Danny Pudi, Catherine Tate, Laci Mosely, and Taylor Misiak also star.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNjOkIP8d5I
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32359602/

I suspect I would like this. I also suspect I will never get around to watching it!

         Friday, Jan. 3
       Streaming:
  Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl       (movie)          (3:01 am, Netflix)

Nobody gets Netflix!!  :p

The Front Room       (movie; streaming premiere)        (3:01 am, Max)
 Tells the story of a newly pregnant couple who are forced to take in an ailing, estranged stepmother. 1h 34m.
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21905744/    [rating 4.6]

This is basically a Lifetime flick plot.

Sugar Mama      (movie)          (3:01 am, Tubi)
 A college student finds himself at the center of a wealthy businesswoman's deadly scheme. Stars Latarsha Rose, Jibre Hordges, Liyah Chante Thompson, Thiree Pinnock, Joseph Curtis Callender, Karen Ceesay, Raquel Davies and Julie Kendall.
1 hr 34 min.

Pass.

     Broadcast and cable:
  Dressed to Kill       (movie)        (8 pm, LMN)
 Amy is the overworked assistant of fashion mogul Vanessa Silver. So it’s a shock when Vanessa tells Amy that she plans to name her as her successor, rather than her party-girl daughter Blair. Even more of a shock is when Vanessa turns up dead the next morning. Learning that Vanessa updated her will to give 90% of the company to Amy and only 10% to Blair, Amy’s boyfriend Kevin is apprehensive about this change, especially as Amy becomes the prime suspect in Vanessa’s mysterious death. As Blair begins to receive threats, Amy fluctuates between thinking the threats are fake and suspecting a disgruntled former employee as the culprit­-until Blair is attacked at work, leaving Amy as the culprit in yet another case. Will Amy figure out who she can trust before she’s punished for crimes she didn’t commit? Stars Brianna Cohen, Annie Sullivan, Suzanne R. Neff, and Mo Seghal.
 https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/dressed-to-kill
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30688996/

Again, I would have watched this, but I likely won't get the chance until next week...

The Way Home        (season 3 premiere)          (9 pm, Hallmark Channel)
 The drama's third season was originally announced as a Hallmark+ streaming exclusive, but complaints from fans forced a rethink. Instead, the series will continue to air on cable's Hallmark Channel (with episodes also streaming on Hallmark+ the following day).

I'm already two seasons behind! Adam will have to catch me up!!

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This has been a *very* slow week for TV...