Your TV Guide to the Week - Aug 26th, 2022

Sweet Virginia

Length: 1hr 33min
Mood: Drama, Action, Thriller
Director: Jamie M. Dagg
Starring: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots

A former rodeo star, with a small time life, unknowingly starts a rapport with a young man who is responsible for the violence that has suddenly gripped his small town. Every character from his loved ones to his business patrons, plays a part in the unraveling of this community. Our aged hero must face his relationships of past and present to come up against this unpredictable predator.

A Score to Settle

Length: 1hr 43min
Mood: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Shawn Ku
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Benjamin Bratt

After serving 19 years in prison for a crime not committed, Frank is released. He will have to make a choice - to make up for lost years with his son or to take revenge on people whom he considered friends. Will Frank be able to start life again?

Vacancy 2: The First Cut

Length: 1hr 26min
Mood: Horror, Thriller
Director: Eric Bross
Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Trevor Wright, Arjay Smith

In 2004, the managers of the Meadow View Motel Gordon and Reece use room 6 to videotape the intimacy of the guests to sell porn movies. When the mysterious Mr. Smith checks in with a young woman, they witness the sadistic psychopath guest stabbing and killing his mate. The footage is a success and they decide to make other snuff movies with Smith. When Caleb, who is traveling from Chicago with his fiancée Jessica and his best friend Tanner, decides to rest in Meadow View, they have a nightmarish night and try to survive from the sick intention of the gang.

Broken City

Length: 1hr 49min
Mood: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Allen Hughes
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones

His honor remembers Billy from seven years ago when, as a young cop, shot and killed a rapist who had been exonerated on a technicality. Back then, the Mayor told Billy he was a hero, but Billy was still forced off the job due to the public outcry for justice and some incriminating evidence that was suppressed at the time. Now the mayor needs someone he can trust to find out what his wife is up to - something that could in fact cause him considerable trouble seeing as Election Day is just a week away. As Billy digs for the truth of it all, he uncovers layers of political corruption, and discovers he himself is nothing more than a pawn in a much bigger game.

Lila and Eve

Length: 1hr 34min
Mood: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Director: Charles Stone III
Starring: Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Shea Whigham

Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son's murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son's killers. They soon embark on a journey of revenge, but also recovery.

Annabelle: Creation

Length: 1hr 49min
Mood: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Director: David F. Sandberg
Starring: Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Anthony LaPaglia

Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.

Knock Knock

Length: 1hr 39min
Mood: Drama, Thriller
Director: Eli Roth
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas

With his wife and two children away for the weekend on Father's Day, the happily married suburban dad and successful architect, Evan, hears a knock at the door in the dead of night, during a violent storm. Before him, the stranded and soaking-wet friends, Genesis and Bel, ask for help and a place to stay while waiting for a taxi; however, pretty soon, things will take a dark turn for the unexpected, when the pair of tempting femme fatales seduce Evan into bed. Now, the stage seems set for a dangerous cat-and-mouse game, as the girls have their way with the unwise Good Samaritan. Can Evan save his marriage, and, above all, his life?

9-1-1

Length: 43mins
Mood: Action, Drama, Thriller
Creators: Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy
Starring: Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark

Explores the high-pressure experiences of police, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking, and heart-stopping situations. They must try to balance saving people with solving problems in their own lives.