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Aug 30 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

Aug. 30 – Sept. 5

Kevin Hart’s ‘Fight Night,’ Glenn Close’s portal to hell & all about K-Pop!

Kevin Hart goes back to the ’70s in a true tale of an armed robbery…and Muhammad Ali!

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, Aug. 30
Crossing
Powerful and potent story of queer identity follows a retired European teacher and her young neighbor crossing the border into Turkey to search for her transgender niece. From Swedish director Levan Akin (Mubi).

K-Pop Idols
Looking to learn more about the musical phenomenon known as K-Pop? This New documentary series will take you inside the music and its top artists—like Jessi Ho (below). AppleTV+

The Deliverance
Based on a true story, a struggling single mother (Andra Day) is convinced her new home is a portal to hell in this spooky new horror-thriller from director Lee Daniels. Come for the exorcism, stay for Glenn Close and Monique (Netflix).

SATURDAY, Aug. 31
Head Over Heels
A shoe designer (Rebecca Dalton) gets a swell new job, but gets swept off her feet by the her company’s PR guru (Olivier Renaud) and warned she’ll need heels of steel to compete with her trailblazing icon (Alexandra Castillo) (8 p.m., Hallmark)

SUNDAY, Sept. 1
The Chosen
Tonight launches season four of the Biblical drama series, which presents the life of Jesus against the backdrop of Roman oppression (8 p.m.,The CW).

MONDAY, Sept. 2
The English Teacher
New comedy series stars Brian Jordan Alvarez as a high school teacher in Texas navigating friends, relationships, faculty snafus and wisecracking students (10 p.m, FX).

The Chicano Squad
Two-night documentary tells the first-hand story of the first all-Latino homicide unit (above) within the police department of Houston, Texas, dedicated to tackling the city’s soaring rate of unsolved homicides in the Latin community (9 p.m., A&E).

TUESDAY, Sept 3
Cody Gakpo
Soccer fans will get a kick (that’s a pun, get it?) from this doc about the Euro Cup superstar (Viaplay).

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4
Slow Horses
Gary Oldman returns to season four of the espionage drama as the misanthropic leader of a dysfunctional team of British spies (Apple TV+).

Tell Me Lies
In season two, Lucy (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen (Jackson White) return to college, finding themselves in a new version of their old addictive dynamic, below (Hulu).

THURSDAY, Sept. 5
Fight Night
Follow the infamous story (based on a real incident) about an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta. The all-star cast includes Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard and Don Cheadle (Peacock).

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What’s the future of photography look like? Class of 2024 showcases the work of 10 young students, offering engaging and adventurous looks at the world through the eyes of recent graduates of the esteemed Savannah College of Art & Design (W.W. Norton).

In America’s Deadliest Election (Hanover Square Press), CNN anchor Dana Bash recounts an extraordinary contested-election event—and it’s probably not one that comes readily to mind. It’s the 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial race that changed the course of America politics and tested the foundations of America democracy.

BRING IT HOME

The acclaimed TV series Call My Agent!, which you may have seen on Netflix, gets a dandy do-up in this roundup of the complete series. It’s all four seasons, with French actors playing themselves (plus some American guest stars for good measure) in a grande spoof of the entertainment biz. 

Aug 23 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

August 23 – August 29

Inside ‘Baywatch,’ ‘Only Murders’ goes to California, and a star-spangled tribute to Toby Keith

Find out the scoop on the beach-y lifeguard franchise “Baywatch.”

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, Aug. 23
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
The bond of friendship between a trio of best friends is tested by heartbreak and hard times in this movie based on a novel by Edward Kelsey Moore (Hulu).

Lie to Fly
Remember the professional pilot high on psychedelic mushrooms when he allegedly tried to crash a plane mid-flight and kill all 83 passengers? No? This docuseries will remind you, taking you into some not-so-friendly skies!  (10 p.m., FX).

Pachinko
The award-winning international series returns for another season tonight, continuing its tale of love and survival across four generations of a Korean family as they leave their homeland on a quest to survive (Apple TV+).

SATURDAY, Aug. 24
Forever
Taye Diggs and Meagan Good star in this drama about a military vet who returns home to find his marriage over—and falls in love with the female cop who pulls him over for speeding. Ah, the magic of the movies! (Lifetime).

SUNDAY, Aug. 25
Married to Evil
Think you know the person you married? These gripping stories look at the wickedness sometimes lurking behind the wedding vows (10 p.m., ID).

Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Follows the life of the legendary rapper, a founding member of hip-hop’s Wu-Tang Clan who died of a drug overdose in 2004, with interviews from Mariah Carey, Ghostface Killah, family members, record execs and more (9 p.m., A&E).

No Place Like Nebraska
Come along with the Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball team in this hour-long documentary as they build on their legacy and eye a national championship title (ESPN).

MONDAY, Aug. 26
The Somerset Murders
Season five of the popular crime drama continues with more dirty deeds in a picturesque Danish coastal town (Acorn TV).

Almost American
Meet a Salvadoran American family whose lives are upended when Temporary Protective Services (TPS) for those from El Salvador and other countries is revoked (8 p.m., PBS).

TUESDAY, Aug. 27
Only Murders in the Building
More murder, more building—and more of Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez in season four of the fun Emmy-winning whodunnit, this time as their podcast enters the production pipeline to become a motion picture in Hollywood! (Hulu)

Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret Hoover
How does voting really work in America? This hour-long special explores ballots, the reliability of voting systems, and why trust has eroding in our election process (9:30 p.m., PBS).

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28
After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun      
Four-part series begins tonight, exploring the untold stories behind the iconic ‘90s TV show and the indelible mark it made on pop culture. Includes interviewers with creators and cast, a never-aired interview with Pamela Anderson and on-set home videos (Hulu).

Toby Keith: American Icon
The late country superstar, who lost his battle with stomach cancer in February, is celebrated in this all-star concert special by Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Hardy, Tyler Hubbard, Ashley McBride, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson and others performing his hits, including “How Do You Like Me Now?,” “Who’s Your Daddy” and “American Soldier.” The U.S. Army Band Honor Guard sings a salute, and Keith’s daughter Kristal performs her daddy’s 2018 hit “Don’t Let the Old Man In” (9 p.m., NBC).

THURSDAY, Aug. 29
Gary
Documentary about the late Diff’rent Strokes actor, who died in 2010 at age 42, features interviews with his fellow actors, industry insiders, his ex-wife and his parents (Peacock).

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Season two begins tonight of the Lord of the Rings streaming prequel spinoff, with more Middle Earth drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit (Prime Video).

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The 2011 action-packed classic Drive, starring Ryan Gosling as a Hollywood stunt driver moonlighting as a wheelman for gangsters, arrives in a new 4K collection, with featurettes and other new content—including a look at the stunts, almost 15 years before Gosling starred in another stunt-centric film, The Fall Guy. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment).

Dakota Fanning stars in The Watchers (Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment), a scary tale of a young woman stranded alongside three strangers in forest in Ireland…and stalked by a mysterious creature. M. Night Shyalaman’s daughter, Ishana Night Shyamalan, makes her directorial debut, following in her father’s nerve-rattling footsteps.

Set sail with Vikings: Vikings Valhalla: The First Season (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), the fan-favorite series about the epic adventures of Leif Eriksson and his Nordic buds, sailing the seas, clashing with Christians, exploring and marauding.

The cowboy crime thriller Ride (Wellgousa), about a rodeo rider and a heist that goes awry, stars C. Thomas Howell, Anabeth Gish and Jake Allyn. It beat out a bunch of other flicks to get a Western Heritage Award for motion pictures earlier this year.

One of TV’s top, award-winning shows comes to Blu-ray with Succession: The Complete Series (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), with over 20 bonus features and featurettes, including interviews with the cast and crew of the satirical dark comedy-drama starring Brian Cox, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook.

Aug 16 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

Aug. 16 – Aug. 22

Mark Wahlberg & Halle Berry dodge bullets, James Cameron goes deep, ‘Homicide: Life on the Streets’ comes to streaming, and a hunka hunka Elvis

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, Aug. 16
The Union
Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry (above) star in this fun action flick about a former spy pulled by his long-lost sweetheart back into the world of shootouts, high-speed car chases and narrow escapes. Do the romantic sparks fly? What do you think?! (Netflix)

Rupaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars
The award-winning reality series series returns tonight, with host RuPaul Charles leading his judges overseeing a slate of fan favorites competing for the title of “Queen of the Mothertrucking World” (Paramount+). 

SATURDAY, Aug. 17
Disaster Autopsy
If you loved the movie Twisters, you’ll dig this new docuseries exploring natural disasters and what causes them (10 p.m., National Geographic).

SUNDAY, Aug. 18
Oceanxplorers
In recognition of national Oceans Day, this ambitious six-part docuseries from director James Cameron takes audiences onboard a high-tech scientific research vessel to investigate the deepest and farthest frontiers of the world’s oceans, underneath the seas all over the globe (National Geographic).

Tim McGraw in Concert
The county hitmaker’s 2014 performance in downtown Houston (above) includes fan favorites including “Southern Girl,” “Truck Yeah” and “One of Those Nights” (2 p.m., AXS).

MONDAY, Aug. 19
Under the Vines
Tonight begins a new season about an Aussie socialite (Rebecca Gibney) and a former London lawyer (Charles Edwards) running a small vineyard in New Zealand, where the arrival of a mysterious stranger has caused a bit of a ruckus (Acorn TV)

Homicide: Life on the Streets
All seven seasons of the acclaimed NBC cop drama (above), which ran 1993-2000 on NBC (with a cast including Richard Belzer, Ned Beatty, Daniel Baldwin and Melissa Leo) makes their debut on the streaming service tonight  (Peacock).

TUESDAY, Aug. 20
Face to Face with Scott Peterson
Follow the notorious case of the murders of Peterson’s wife and unborn son in this three-part docuseries, with his first on-camera interviews in 20 years (Peacock).

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21
Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal
The true story of a maverick scientist who recovered tons of gold from the bottom of the Atlantic, and how he became an infamous fugitive in the aftermath (8 p.m., National Geographic). 

Like a Girl
Sports docuseries spotlights female pro soccer stars, flag football champs and a collegiate basketball sensation (Fuse)

THURSDAY, Aug. 22
Reasonable Doubt
In season two, defense attorney Jax Stewart (Emayatzy Corinealdi) discovers that one of her closet friends claims to have killed her husband in self-defense. Can Jax get her off the hook? (Hulu).

Unbelievably Vegan with Chef Charity
Foodies will relish this new series, filmed at Nashville’s Germantown Pub, as chef Charity Morgan (above) tries to win over local carnivores (Max)

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What’s going on up there? Former Pentagon classified-info insider Luis Elizondo—who headed a program to investigate UFOs—now spills the beans (and raises some existential questions) about it in Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs (William Morrow). It’s a fascinating tell-all about the U.S. government’s longtime, shadowy involvement in investigations of “flying saucers” and little green men—and the lengths they take to keep what they found out a secret.

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It’s Elvis month, if you didn’t know—commemorating the anniversary of his demise in 1977—and RCA has opened the vault for Memphis, the first-ever comprehensive set of all the records Presley made in the Tennessee city that became his adopted hometown. Released on the 70th anniversary of his recordings there, this deluxe roundup includes a whopping 111 tracks of hits, new remixes and rarities, including “That’s All Right,” “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” “In the Ghetto,” “Suspicious Minds,” “Poke Salad Annie” and many more. It’s a musical feast for fans of the iconic entertainer often simply referred to as “the king.”

Aug 09 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

Aug. 9 – Aug. 15

Matt & Casey on the lam, ‘Game of Thrones’ meets ‘Industy’ and the rise and fall of a TV psychic

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, Aug. 9
The Instigators
Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star in this heist comedy (above) as thieves on the run…with their therapist in tow (Apple TV+).

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Who’s your favorite crime-fighting hard-shelled reptile? Leonardo? Donatello? Raphael? They’re all here in this new animated series, which features a guest voice by Pete Davidson as a lazy rich kid who loves the Turtles so much, he’ll do anything to become one (Paramount+).

The Braxtons
New reality series begins tonight with more exploits of the ladies from Braxton Family Values as they embark on an emotional rollercoaster of love, loss, triumph and healing after the death of a beloved sister (9:30 p.m., We TV).

SATURDAY, Aug. 10
Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall
Biopic about the Los Angeles woman who stumbled into a career as TV psychic and later expressed her regret about charging people for “spiritual guidance” by the minute—before dying of colon cancer (8 p.m., Lifetime).

SUNDAY, Aug. 11
Industry
Game of Thrones star Kit Harington joins the cast for season three of the acclaimed drama about high finance in a London pressure cooker of sex and drugs. (HBO).

Gangland Chronicles
Delve into some of the world’s most notorious criminal organizations in this new series about money-making rackets, deadly turf wars, monstrous mobsters, crafty informants and federal shakedowns. From the mafia to motorcycle clubs and prison subcultures, the gangs’ all here! (10 p.m., History)

Hollywood Black
Four-part documentary series explores a century of Black experience in Hollywood with personal stories from actors, writers, directors and producers who recall fighting for their places on the screen and behind the scenes (MGM+)

MONDAY, Aug. 12
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Euro celebs hop in classic cars and head off across Great Britain scouting for finds to sell in an auction competition (PBS Living on Prime Video).

Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life
New investigative series explores the cult-like secrecy, power and control of the Greek system and its lifelong impact on young men and women who participate (9 p.m., A&E).

TUESDAY, Aug. 13
Wiggin’ Out with Tokho Stylez
Come along as the famed hairdresser to the stars creates custom wigs for high-profile celeb clients including Cardi B, Trina Braxton and Ari Fletcher (ALLBLK

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14
Bad Monkey
Vince Vaughn stars in this ten-episode comedy series as a former cop who makes a grisly discovery that puts him back in the law-and-order game—if he can get past a host of Sunshine State oddballs and one bad monkey (Apple TV+).

Daughters
Poignant documentary follows a group of young girls (above) as they prepare for a momentous daddy-daughter dance with their incarcerated fathers (Netflix).

The Tyrant
Scientists in South Korea work to develop a virus that will put their country on a level playing field with the world’s most powerful nations in this new drama mini-series with an all-Korean cast (Hulu).

Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience
The Grateful Dead drummer explores the universal rhythm found in music, sports and life itself (9 p.m., ESPN).

THURSDAY, Aug. 15
Bel Air
Season three begins of the Fresh Prince spinoff starring Jabari Banks as a young Will Smith adjusting to life among Hollywood’s upper crust after arriving from the mean streets of Philly (Peacock).

CMT Giants: Alabama
The supergroup is honored in this musical special by Blake Shelton, Steve Wariner, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Old Dominion, Martina McBride, Vince Gill and others (8 p.m., CMT).

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Get down and dirty in the Rio Grande mud with ZZ Top From the Top: 1971-1976 (Rhino), the splendid new box set of high-end vinyl re-releases of five seminal LPs by the three-piece “little ol’ band from Texas”—ZZ Top’s First Album, Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango and Tejas. Only 2,000 copies were made of this deluxe collection, so if you’re a fan(dango!), order yours today at Rhino.com. 

BRING IT HOME

The Bikeriders—based on a real-life Midwestern motorcycle club in the 1970s—roars on to Blu-ray with bonus features that includes interviews with the cast (Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy) and an inside look at the making of the movie. Vrooom! (Read a full film review of Bikeriders here: https://neilsentertainmentpicks.com/2024/06/19/movie-review-the-bikeriders/)

Director George Miller continues his epic of road rage in the post-apocalyptic prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), starring Anya Taylor-Joy as the young woman who would grow up to become the one-armed badass played by Charlize Theron in the previous film, Mad Max: Fury Road.  Come for the wild ride, stay for the extras, especially on the 4K version.

Aug 07 2024
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Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘Sing Sing’

Colman Domingo leads a cast of former inmates in this inspiring drama about the power of the arts

Sing Sing
Starring Colman Domingo and Paul Raci
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Rated R

In theaters Friday, Aug. 9

Prison inmates find an emotional outlet on stage in this moving drama based on a real incarceration program, Rehabilitation Through the Arts, that began at New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Institute in the 1990s. Colman Domingo, nominated for an Oscar for Rustin and so damned good at playing bad in The Color Purple, stars as Divine G, one of the leaders of the troupe, spurring on his fellow inmates as they mount their latest production behind bars.

Domingo may indeed be looking at another Oscar nod for his galvanizing performance here as a wrongly imprisoned man hopeful about his upcoming parole hearing. A poignant image in the film is a dialogue-free shot of “G” putting his hand outside the bars of a window, gently turning his palm in the gentle breeze. You can feel his longing to be in that outside air—so close he can touch it, but still impossibly out of reach.

In a brilliant creative twist, the film uses actual former inmates involved in the RTA program for most of its supporting cast, grounding everything to an almost palatable sense of reality as we hear them express their hopes, regrets, and memories of sons and daughters and wives and lives before ending up in Sing Sing. It “humanizes” these incarcerated characters, while never excusing the misdeeds that may have put them behind bars. Sing Sing was filmed at a decommissioned (and un-airconditioned) penal facility in New York State, adding to the stifling, almost suffocating feel of being locked up.

It’s like Shawshank Redemption meets Shakespeare. But the inmates here are trying to escape not by tunneling into a sewage pipe, but by channeling the Bard. Theater is their release, their mechanism to cope with the harsh realities of incarceration, their flickering flame of pretending to be someone else, doing something else, somewhere else.   

Paul Raci plays the “outside” director helping with the program, and Colman’s real-life long-time theatrical collaborator Sean San José plays Mike-Mike, G’s cellmate neighbor and close friend. The movie gets some extra dramatic traction when one of the prison’s tough yardbirds, Divine Eye, joins the group, with a toothy grin—and a shiv tucked into his waistband. He’s played by Clarence Maclin, making his movie debut and drawing on his own experience as a Sing Sing inmate.

The troupe’s production-in-progress is an anything-goes comedy built around Hamlet, reshaped into a time-traveling, to-be-or-not-to-be spoof incorporating Roman gladiators, Old West Cowboys and Freddie Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street. The wide spectrum allows everyone to have an acting part, and a say in the story, as the film reinforces the idea that every man—every person—has worth, and feelings, and deserves a place in the world, even in prison. 

The whole film is a big booster shot for the arts, in general, and how the RTA program—in the movie and the real world—provides inmates with life skills, emotional release and essential coping mechanisms. Research has shown that prisoners involved in the program have much higher chances of “getting straight” and being successful once back in the free world.

Another shot in the film shows a coil of razor wire at the prison perimeter, with a small bird perched temporarily inside. Unlike the prisoners, the bird can take wing away anytime. The inmates have given up the unrealistic hope of busting out or flying away. But their theater program lets them feel like they’re out, if only for a little while.

Sing Sing is an inspiring reminder of the rejuvenating powers of creativity and how a growing number of incarcerated men find balm for their troubled souls by pouring them out on the stage.

—Neil Pond

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Aug 02 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

Aug. 2 – Aug. 8

Liz’s lost tapes, some ‘tricky’ dudes, & Anthony Hopkins rescues kids from Nazis

All times Eastern.

Interviews with the late actress Elizabeth Taylor are used to “narrate” a new doc.

FRIDAY, Aug. 2
Rebel Moon—Chapter Two: Chalice of Blood
Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounson and Charlie Hunnam star in this latest installment of director Zack Synder’s epic sci-fi saga, which finds a peaceful settlement on a distant moon threatened by space tyrants (Netflix).

Cowboy Cartel
Four-part series explores the true story of a rookie FBI agent, Scott Lawson, who took down leaders of one of the most powerful crime cartels in Mexico in a horse-racing money laundering scheme (Apple TV+).

SATURDAY, Aug. 3
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Some 40 hours of newly unearthed audio interviews from the box office beauty of 1950s and ‘60s fame are used to “narrate” this intimate portrait of the actress whose memorable films include Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra (which brought her an Oscar) and a number of films with her one-time husband Richard Burton, including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe and The Taming of the Shrew (HBO).

Dude Perfect
How did a bunch of guys (above) from a little town in Texas become a sport-comedy trick-shot phenomenon? This doc will show you! (9:30 p.m., ESPN).

SUNDAY, Aug. 4
Miss USA
Have we really been crowning young women with this title since 1952? You know, the “beauty pageant” that found itself mired in turmoil after one of the winners stepped down, citing its “toxic” environment? The one that Donald Trump used to “own,” boasting about wandering around backstage and ogling teens in various states of undress? Yep, and tonight someone else will get it—the crown, that is (8 p.m., The CW).

MONDAY, Aug. 5
Judy Justice
Did you ever wonder how court cases end up in front of Judge Judy? Well, injured parties apply online at judyjustice.com for the chance to have their “grievances” decided in a TV courtroom. So if your buddy stiffs you paying for the lawnmower you sold him, you can take it to the judge! And now you know. (Amazon Freevee and Prime Video).

One Life
Anthony Hopkins and Lena Olin star in this dramatized true story of a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia (Paramount+).

TUESDAY, Aug. 6
PD True
Meet the real cops who worked some of the biggest crimes in modern times, including serial killings, mass murders and bank-robbery shootouts (Paramount+),

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7
Dance Moms: A New Era
If you were a fan of the original show, about busybody mothers who guided their little girls onto the stage for competitive dancing like li’l show ponies in leotards, you’ll likely enjoy this one with new coaches, new dancers and new mama drama (Hulu).

See No Evil
True-crime series shows how some deadly crimes are solved by the only witnesses that never lie—surveillance cameras (9 p.m., ID).

THURSDAY, Aug. 8
One Fast Move
A down-on-his-luck young man seeks out his estranged father to help him pursue his dream of becoming a pro motorcycle racer. With K.J. Apa, Eric James and Edward James Olmos (Prime Video).

The Mallorca Files
Ambitious female detective (Elen Rhys) and her laid-back German partner (Julian Looman) find a new season of arson, kidnappings, murders and more on the sun-drenched Spanish island (Prime).

BRING IT HOME

Two awesome time-traveling dudes get the full box-set treatment in Bill &. Ted’s Most Triumphant Journey (Shout! Studio), a new 4K collection featuring the original Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) and its two movie follow-ups, all starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Special features include commentary, behind-the-scenes docs and other goodies. Excellent!

The hit comedy Babes (Neon Home Entertainment) comes to DVD with 30 minutes of bonus materials to round out the raucous comedy about a female friendship testing its bounds when one of them decides to get pregnant and have a baby. Starring Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buetea. It’ll warm your raunchy heart.