Movies

Appropriate Adult

This two-part miniseries is based on the true story of how serial killer Fred West and his wife Rosemary were brought to justice, accused of murdering at least a dozen women in the UK between 1967 and 1978. It also details West’s relationship with his “appropriate adult” (a person who sat in on police interviews to safeguard his interests), Janet Leach.

The Cookout 2

In this sequel to the 2004 theatrical film “The Cookout,” suspended pro-basketball player star Todd Anderson (Quran “Storm” Pender) plays the game of his life to rescue his family. Vivica A. Fox, Mike Tyson and Ja Rule are also among the cast.

Finding a Family

A ward of the Michigan courts finds himself on a mission to find a family for himself so that he can stay in his school district and have a shot at the Ivy League.

Five

Continuing its unwavering commitment to breast cancer awareness, Lifetime has tapped superstar actresses Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore, singer Alicia Keys and directors Patty Jenkins and Penelope Spheeris to helm this anthology of five moving, funny and deeply interconnected short films about women and their loved ones forging their own paths in coping with the disease.

Love Begins

After a bar fight causes damage to a café, would-be wanderer Clark Davis is sentenced to work the farm of a pair of sisters, where love begins to blossom.

Love’s Everlasting Courage

The second prequel to the popular “Love’s” series of films centers on two parents’ support for their son as he faces his wife’s death and possible loss of his farm.

Reel Love

What’s It All About? CMT’s sophmore entry into the original movie fare features Leann Rimes and Burt Reynolds in a [...]

Ricochet

Part of the TNT Mystery Movie Night series, this drama is about two homicide detectives who find their careers – and lives – on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.

Scott Turow’s Innocent

TNT launches its new Mystery Movie Night series, a showcase of contemporary procedural dramas, with this film that is a sequel to Scott Turow’s bestseller “Presumed Innocent.” Bill Pullman stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress.

The Space Between

Oscar winner Melissa Leo stars as a lonely flight attendant who ends up as an escort to a 10-year-old Pakistani-American boy flying as an Unaccompanied Minor on her plane after the flight is grounded on the morning of 9/11. When she learns the boy’s father works in the World Trade Center back in New York, she is forced to find a way to get him home.

Stephen King’s Bag of Bones

Pierce Brosnan returns to television in this four-hour miniseries directed by Mick Garris (“The Stand”) and based on the Stephen King novel. Brosnan plays a novelist grieving over the sudden death of his wife. When he is inspired to return to their lakeside retreat in Maine, he finds himself involved in supernatural goings-on.

The Take

As part of Encore’s new slate or original movies and miniseries, this four-part British adaptation of the bestselling crime thriller by Martina Cole stars Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) as Freddie Jackson, just released from prison, who ends up part of a growing crime empire manipulated from prison by a godfather named Ozzy (Brian Cox).

Zombie Apocalypse

In this Syfy Original Movie, a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, but a small band of survivors fights its way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina. Ving Rhames stars.