This Week's Guide to Must-Watch Free TV -- Aug 6, 2021
Your TV Guide to the Week - Aug 6th, 2021
All About the Benjamins
Length: 1hr 35min
Mood: Comedy, Romance, Action
Director: Kevin Bray
Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Eva Mendes
Bounty hunter, Bucum, chases bail-jumper, Reggie, who runs right into the scene of a diamond heist and murder and gets shot at as well. Later they become partners in their pursuit of the $20M in diamonds and lottery ticket.
Just Getting Started
Length: 1hr 31min
Mood: Comedy, Crime
Director: Ron Shelton
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Russo
Defense lawyer Duke, who once defended the heads of the world's most dangerous criminal teams, now manages the luxury resort Villa Capri in Palm Springs, California. Leo, a former FBI agent, arrives at the resort and repeatedly beats Duke at every competition. During the competitions Duke's life is put in danger multiple times and he realizes that the mafia has found him and is attempting to kill him. Duke and Leo must work together to defeat the mafia and save Duke's life during the Christmas season at Villa Capri..
Hook
Length: 2hr 22min
Mood: Comedy, Adventure, Family
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts
The unimaginable has happened, Peter Pan has grown up and has forgotten who he is. He's now a selfish workaholic who largely ignores his children. Now his old adversary, Captain James Hook, has kidnapped his kids to entice Peter back to Neverland for one final battle. It's now up to his trusty fairy sidekick, Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys to jog his memory and make him remember who he really is.
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Length: 2hr 1min
Mood: Drama, Action, Crime
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide
Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. She has private investigators trying to figure out those questions. Then, after a serious accident, some old skills start to return. In addition, she starts to attract the attention of some dark and shady characters.
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Pride and Glory
Length: 2hr 10min
Mood: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Starring: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight
A family of police officers - patriarch, two sons, and a son-in-law - deals with corruption in a precinct in Washington Heights. Four officers die in an ambush at a drug dealer's apartment. It's brother Francis's precinct, so when the investigation led by brother Ray finds hints of police corruption, there's pressure to close ranks and save Frankie's career. Dad, a police brass, promises Ray that he and Frankie can clean things up, and Ray should focus on catching the drug dealer who killed the cops. Meanwhile, brother-in-law Jimmy, a hothead and an enforcer, is visited at home by a lowlife. Is Jimmy involved in the corruption? Where can this take the family?
King of New York
Length: 1hr 43min
Mood: Crime, Thriller
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Christopher Walken, Larry Fishburne, David Caruso
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to the city's poor in this stylish and ultraviolent modern twist on Robin Hood.
The Cold Light Of Day
Length: 1hr 33min
Mood: Action, Thriller
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring: Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver
Young Wall Street trader, Will Shaw, is in for a shock when some powerful opponents abduct his family during a sailing trip in Spain. Now, as Will and his father, Martin Shaw, find themselves dragged into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game fanned by a sinister government conspiracy, a stolen briefcase becomes a pole of attraction to the ruthless kidnappers who are willing to go to great lengths to retrieve the mysterious valise. More and more, the noose is tightening around Martin and Shaw, and, little by little, dark and well-kept family secrets come to the surface.
Transplant
Length: 1hr
Mood: Drama
Creator: Joseph Kay
Starring: Hamza Haq, Laurence Leboeuf, Ayisha Issa
When Dr. Bashir Hamed, a charismatic emergency medicine doctor, flees war-torn Syria to forge a new life in Canada, he must redo his medical training from the ground up. He scores a residency in the Emergency Department of the best hospital in Toronto, but it's a tough road. Will this 'transplant' take?