Your TV Guide to the Week - September 18th, 2020

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Length: 2hr 38min
Mood: Comedy, Romance
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer

An English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson following a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Cinderella: An Animated Classic

Length: 1hr 28min
Mood: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director: Orlando Corradi

Relive the story of Cinderella in this high quality animated feature for your kids and family. Cinderella is in the hands of her cruel mother, but finds Prince Charles, and with him, lives happily ever after with the help of her friends and a fairy god-mother.

The Sonata

Length: 1hr 30min
Mood: Mystery, Thriller
Director: Andrew Desmond
Starring: Freya Tingley, Simon Abkarian, James Faulkner

A gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances. She discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret.

A Good Marriage

Length: 1hr 42min
Mood: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Peter Askin
Starring: Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang

While her husband is away on a business trip, a woman accidentally discovers the man's sinister secret. After 25 years of good marriage, what drastic measures will Darcy take to keep from getting exposed in order to protect her grown children?

The Messenger

Length: 1hr 53min
Mood: Drama, Romance, War
Director: Oren Moverman
Starring: Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson

After being injured in Iraq, soldier Will Montgomery returns home to finish the rest of his tour of duty in the Army's Casualty Notification service. Teamed with veteran officer Tony Stone, Will tries to come to terms with his own pain while dealing with the cold realities of his new mission. Will finds himself in the grip of an ethical problem when he becomes involved with Olivia, the widow of a fallen soldier.

Allegiance

Length: 42min
Mood: Drama, Thriller
Creator: Jay Kuo
Starring: Hope Davis, Scott Cohen, Margarita Levieva

CIA rookie Alex O'Connor is assigned his first case and winds up unknowingly investigating his parents. He soon learns that they're sleeper Russian agents who've recently been reactivated, and that his older sister, Natalie, is also a Russian spy. The Russians pressure the O'Connors to recruit Alex, who's highly desirable to them with his CIA access. Alex is then put in the difficult position of weighing his family's safety against his loyalty to his job and his country.

The Black Donnellys

Length: 1hr
Mood: Crime, Drama
Creators: Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco
Starring: Jonathan Tucker, Tom Guiry, Olivia Wilde

This gritty drama follows the story of the four young Donnelly brothers — troublemaker Jimmy, leader Tommy, gambler Kevin, and womanizer Sean. The four are involved in organized crime in New York’s infamous Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, the underworld of organized crime

Prodigal Son

Length: 44 mins
Mood: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Creators: Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver
Starring: Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage

An American crime drama television series that centers around Malcolm Bright, whose father, Martin Whitly, is the infamous serial killer known as "The Surgeon". After losing contact with his father for ten years, Malcolm must reach out to his father again to help the police solve particularly horrible crimes whilst battling his own inner demons.