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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Amazon Prime Video Original Film Sacha Baron Cohen is back in this mockumentary follow-up to his 2006 hit, again portraying Kazakhstani news reporter Borat Sagdiyev. Borat’s latest travels across America offer a satiric look into the nation’s culture and politics and its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Onthe Rocks
Apple TV+ Original Film
Rashida Jones, Bill Murray and MarlonWayans star in Sofia Coppola’s generation-clash comedy about a father and daughter rediscovering their relationship.
Once Upon a Snowman
Disney+ Original Film
This short film reveals the previously untold origins of Olaf, the lovable snowman fromthe Frozen films. Josh Gad returns to voice Olaf.
Bad Hair
Hulu Original Film
In this horror satire set in 1989, a young woman (Elle Lorraine) gets a hair weave that may have amind of its own.
The Queen’s Gambit
Netflix New Series
This limited drama series is based on the novel by Walter Tevis. It’s a coming-of-age story that explores the true cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon (Anya TaylorJoy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquilizers provided by the state as a sedative for the children. Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast while determined to conquer themale-dominated world of competitive chess.
Gold Rush
Discovery Channel, 7 p.m.
Season Premiere
The all-new season of Discovery’s hit reality series kicks off with a two-hour premiere tonight. Gold miners Parker Schnabel, Tony Beets and Rick Ness take massive gambles this year as they face the worst time crunch ever due to the gold fields opening twomonths late because of COVID-19. Joining the series this season is ex-special forcesmedic and greenhorn miner Fred Lewis, who takes his destiny into his own hands as he strikes out with a band of outof-work veterans in the hopes of hitting it big in the gold fields of Oregon.
Trapped by My Father’s Killer
LMN, 7 p.m. Original Film
Five years after her testimony sent Louis (Craig Olejnik) to jail for the murders of her father and her fiance, Diana (Lindy Booth) returns home to find that he has escaped from prison
and has come to confront her. As he holds her captive, Louis tries to convince Diana that he is not guilty of the murders. Diana begins to question what she saw that night as well as her own testimony while also starting to develop feelings for Louis. As she searches for answers, Diana must decide if Louis really is a coldblooded killer out for revenge. Or did she send an innocent man to prison?
Christmas on Ice
Lifetime, 7 p.m. Original Film
Courtney Bennett (Abigail Klein), a former U.S. figure-skating hopeful, runs the city’s public skating rink, and when themayor (Will Lyman) announces its closing, Courtney is heartbroken but determined to save it. After Courtney’s attempts to warm the mayor’s Scrooge-like heart fail, she enlists the help of Noah Tremblay (Ryan Cooper), a former professional hockey player and single dad, who owns the new indoor skating center, to help her, and together they find more than just the spirit of holidays on the ice.