Your TV Guide to the Week - Oct 1st, 2021

Son of Bigfoot

Length: 1hr 32min
Mood: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Directors: Jeremy Degruson, Ben Stassen
Starring: Laila Berzins, Pappy Faulkner, Sandy Fox

Teenage outsider, Adam sets out on an epic and daring quest to uncover the mystery behind his long-lost dad, only to find out that he is none other than the legendary Bigfoot! He's been hiding deep in the forest for years to protect himself and his family from HairCo., a giant corporation eager to run scientific experiments with his special DNA. As father and son start making up for lost time, Adam soon discovers that he too is gifted with superpowers beyond his imagination. But HairCo. is already on their tail as Adam's traces have led them to Bigfoot.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Length: 1hr 21min
Mood: Animation, Comedy, Adventure
Director: Mike Judge
Starring: Mike Judge, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis

MTV junkies Beavis and Butt-head awaken one day to find their beloved TV stolen. On their adventure to do a murderous smuggler's wife, they encounter an FBI agent with a predilection for cavity searches, two rather familiar looking ex-Motley Crue roadies, Mr. Van Driessen singing "Lesbian Seagull", a little old lady, and, of course, Mr. Anderson and his trailer. Can the Great Cornholio save the day?

Message in a Bottle

Length: 2hr 6min
Mood: Drama, Romance
Director: Luis Mandoki
Starring: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, John Savage

A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.

Sleepers

Length: 2hr 27mins
Mood: Crime, Action, Thriller
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Billy Crudup, Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge.

Southpaw

Length: 2hr 4min
Mood: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams

After a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction, a champion boxer fights to get custody of his daughter and revive his professional career.

The Kitchen

Length: 1hr 42min
Mood: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Andrea Berloff
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss

In Hell's Kitchen 1978, three women are married to members of the O'Carroll crime family. After their husbands get locked up in prison, the three women continue to operate their husbands' business.

The Neighbor

Length: 1hr 45min
Mood: Romance, Thriller
Director: Aaron Harvey
Starring: William Fichtner, Jessica McNamee, Jean Louisa Kelly

Mike Prentis is a middle-aged man in a routine marriage, who works from home as a technical writer. When a new couple moves in next door, Mike quickly befriends the young Jenna and her car-dealer husband, Scott. But the couple's life isn't as carefree as it appears. While Mike watches as the young couple's relationship begins to unravel, his own marriage starts coming apart at the seams.

Degrassi: The Next Generation

Length: 30mins Mood: Drama, Romance Creator: Kit Hood
Starring: Stefan Brogren, Aislinn Paul, Melinda Shankar

The lives of the kids at Degrassi Community School dealing with the serious and sometimes taboo issues that plague teenagers. From issues like relationship problems, homosexuality and bullying to more darker issues like rape, school shooting and death. Degrassi: The Next Generation plunges into the world of what this generation is really going through.