Your TV Guide to the Week - May 14th, 2021

Snakes on a Plane

Length: 1hr 45min
Mood: Action, Adventure, Crime
Director: David R. Ellis
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips

When Sean Jones witnesses a murder, he is asked to fly from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify against the notorious gangster, Eddie Kim. However, Kim has paid an assassin to release a crateful of deadly snakes loose when the plane is 30,000 feet in the air. Only FBI agent, Neville Flynn, can protect Sean and rally the passengers in hope of landing in L.A. alive.

The Dukes of Hazzard

Length: 1hr 44min
Mood: Comedy
Directors: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson

In Hazzard County, the cousins Bo Duke and Luke Duke find that the corrupt Boss Hogg is plotting the destruction of the location, intending to transform the lands in a huge coal mine. Hogg diverts the dwellers with a rally to hide the judgment of his plea in court. Bo and Luke, assisted by their delicious cousin Daisy, Bo's car General Lee and their Uncle Jesse, fight to save the town from the claws of Boss Hogg and the also corrupt Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane and their men.

Warm Bodies

Length: 1hr 38min
Mood: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Directors: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich

A tormented zombie experiences a profound transformation after entering into an unusual relationship with the daughter of a military leader charged with eradicating the walking dead. As the unlikely pair build a tenuous bridge between the living and the dead, those on both sides of the battle begin to sense that nothing in their world will ever be the same again.

The House Bunny

Length: 1hr 37min
Mood: Comedy, Romance
Director: Fred Wolf
Starring: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone

After Playboy bunny Shelley is kicked out of the playboy mansion, she finds a job as the house mother for a sorority full of socially awkward girls. They have but a few months to find 30 pledges, or a sorority of mean girls will take over their place.

Divergent

Length: 2hr 19min
Mood: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Directors: Neil Burger
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet

In a world where the population is divided into factions by personality types, Tris Prior is classified as Divergent. When she uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate all Divergents, she teams with the mysterious Four to find out what makes the powers-that-be so frightened of them..

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Length: 1hr 34min
Mood: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Alexander Witt
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Eric Mabius

Alice, having escaped from the Umbrella facility, finds Raccoon City overrun with the undead. Along with a group of survivors that includes Jill Valentine, she must find the daughter of Dr. Charles Ashford, who will then provide them with a way out of the city before it is nuked by Umbrella in a cover-up attempt. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by the Nemesis, another one of Umbrella's experiments.

Snowpiercer

Length: 2hr 6min
Mood: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Directors: Bong Joon Ho
Starring: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton

Set in 2031, the entire world is frozen except for those aboard the Snowpiercer. For seventeen years, the world's survivors are on a train hurtling around the globe creating their own economy and class system. Led by Curtis, a group of lower-class citizens living in squalor at the back of the train are determined to get to the front of the train and spread the wealth around. Each section of the train holds new surprises for the group who have to battle their way through. A revolution is underway.

Friday Night Lights

Length: 44min
Mood: Drama, Sport
Creator: Peter Berg
Starring: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford

In the small town of Dillon, Texas, one night matters: Friday Night. Eric Taylor has recently been hired as the head football coach for the Dillon High School Panthers, the town's pride and joy. Friday Night Lights displays the stress that the town gives the high school players to win, and the hope that the team gives to a small town, and how a team has its low points, its high points, and how they come together as a team on their way to victory.