SATURDAY’S BEST PICKS
8AM (ESP2) 2022 Australian Open Tennis A women’s champion will be crowned today at Melbourne Park, where the 2022 Australian Open reaches its penultimate match after two weeks of stellar tennis. In last year’s final, Naomi Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam championship and her second Aussie title with her emphatic
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TMC 8:30 PM * NBA Basketball NBA Finals preview, anyone? Two of the league’s top teams get down to business tonight at Chase Center, where Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors hope the home court is to their advantage against Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets, at this writing the No. 2 seed in the East, recently got a big boost with the return of star point guard Kyrie Irving — for road games, anyway. The Dubs, meanwhile, are the top team in the West with seven-time All-Star Curry leading the way.
10 PM (TNT) MOVIE The Way Back Gavin O’Connor’s inspirational 2020 sports drama about an alcoholic construction worker (Ben Affleck) who gets a chance at redemption when he is recruited to become head basketball coach at his former high school got a warm critical reception on its release just days before the coronavirus pandemic closed theaters around the world. Al Madrigal plays a supportive faculty colleague of Affleck’s character, with Janina Gavankar and Michaela Watkins as his wife and sister respectively. Glynn Turman and Todd Stashwick co-star. 10 PM (TRAV) Kindred Spirits A new episode called “Tradition Dies Hard” takes ghostbusting trio Adam Berry, Amy Bruni and Chip Coffey inside an iconic New Jersey mansion that has been converted into a museum at the behest of a dying matriarch. Now, however, staff and visitors at the museum report that the premises are being haunted by the restless spirits of that late matriarch’s family.
(3:30) Washington This Week Public Affairs Events (s) (cc) Fox Report With Jon Scott Gutfeld! (cc) Watters’ World (N) (cc) Justice With Judge Jeanine Voices-Alicia Menendez Voices-Alicia Menendez Ayman (N) (Live) (cc) Ayman (N) (Live) (cc) NHL Hockey San Jose Sharks at Florida Panthers. (N) (Live) (cc) Panthers Ins. Panthers Snow Motion Inside Inside HEAT Inside HEAT Pregame NBA Basketball Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat. (N) (Live) College Basketball Kentucky at Kansas. (N) (Live) College Basketball Tennessee at Texas. (N) (Live) College Basketball Mississippi State at Texas Tech. (N) College Basketball Houston at UCF. (N) (Live) Basketball College Basketball Connecticut at DePaul. (N) (Live) (cc) PBA Bowling Players Championship Finals. (N) (Live) (cc) LPGA Golf Play Lessons Golf Central (N) (Live) (cc) PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round. (cc) (4:00) Batman ★★★ Beetlejuice ★★★ (’88) Michael Keaton. Two ghosts try to scare away their home’s The Great Outdoors ★★ (’88) Dan Aykroyd. Man and family camp with obnoxious Road House ★★ ‘PG-13’ (cc) new tenants. ‘PG’ (cc) brother-in-law and family. ‘PG’ ‘R’ (cc) (5:50) Oblivion ★★ (’13) Tom Cruise. A stranger’s arrival triggers one man’s battle The Eyes of Tammy Faye ★★ (’21) Jessica Chastain. Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker (11:10) Euphoria
to save mankind. ‘PG-13’ (cc) create a televangelical empire. Little Bullys” Gemstones (6:37) Phone Booth ★★ Collateral ★★★ (’04, Suspense) Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx. A contract killer uses a I, Robot ★★ (’04) Will Smith. A homicide detective tracks a dangerous robot in
Sutherland. (s) ‘R’ (cc) cabdriver for his jobs. (s) ‘R’ (cc) 2035. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc)
(5:30) The Natural ★★★ (’84, Drama) Robert Redford. A flawed baseball hero gets The Way We Were ★★★ (’73) Barbra Streisand. Political differences threaten a Sophie’s Choice ★★★ (’82, Drama) Meryl Streep. A death-camp survivor makes a a new chance. (s) ‘PG’ (cc) couple’s romance. (s) ‘PG’ (cc) home in 1947 Brooklyn. ‘R’ (cc) (4:55) Kingsman: The Golden Circle ★★ (7:45) Good Boys ★★ (’19) Jacob Tremblay. Three 12-year-old boys skip school to (9:35) Good Boys ★★ (’19) Jacob Tremblay. Three 12-year-old boys skip school to Firth. ‘R’ (cc) retrieve a drone. ‘R’ (cc) retrieve a drone. ‘R’ (cc) (5:59) Colors ★★★ (’88) Sean Penn. An elite police unit is assigned to control gang Mimic ★★ (’97, Horror) Mira Sorvino. A deadly new breed of insect wreaks havoc (9:46) Mimic 2 ★
violence. (s) ‘R’ (cc) on New York. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (s) ‘R’ (cc) (4:36) Cinderella Man ★★★ (’05) Russell (7:01) The Brothers Grimm ★★ (’05, Fantasy) Matt Damon. Traveling con men Point Break ★★ (’15) Edgar Ramírez. A young FBI recruit infiltrates a gang of daredevil Crowe. ‘PG-13’ probe a magical mystery. ‘PG-13’ (cc) thieves. ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:45) Billions “Can- (6:45) Philadelphia ★★★ (’93, Drama) Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington. Fired by his firm, lawyer with Billions Prince revamps the team in his nonade” AIDS fights back. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) image. (s) (cc) Scream 4 ★★ (’11, Horror) Neve Campbell. The Ghostface Killer returns to claim Monday (’20) Sebastian Stan. A DJ is introduced to a woman on a summer night in new victims. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Athens. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (5:33) Spiral: From the Book of Saw ★ (7:10) Bad Boys for Life ★★ (’20, Action) Will Smith, Martin Lawrence. Old-school cops and a new tactical (’21) Chris Rock. unit battle a drug lord. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Mortal Instruments (6:38) Hulk ★★ (’03, Fantasy) Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly. Scientist Bruce Banner transforms into a powerful brute. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:30) Red River ★★★★ (’48) John Wayne. A cattle baron and his foster son argue on the Chisholm Trail. ‘NR’ (cc) (5:00) Locke ★★★ L.A. Confidential ★★★★
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(’89) Jack Nicholson. 6-4, 6-3 victory in 77 minutes over Jennifer Brady.
7:45 PM (FREE) MOVIE The Angry Birds Movie Most critics found themselves forced to agree that, for a movie based on an app, this 2016 computer-animated comedy was surprisingly funny. Jason Sudeikis lends his voice to Red, whose short temper has made him a pariah to his avian neighbors on Bird Island. Once Red grows suspicious that a newly arrived group of pigs is hatching a dastardly scheme, however, Red rallies his feathered allies to mount a defense. The voice cast also includes Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph and Kate McKinnon; a 2019 sequel immediately follows.
8PM G Great Chocolate Showdown This tasty new cooking competition, a Canadian import, showcases 10 amateur home bakers as they compete in a series of themed challenges built around chocolate baking and confections. A typical episode opens with an initial Technique Test, followed by a Chocolate Elimination Challenge. The season’s winner receives a grand prize of $50,000. Steven Hodge, Anna Olson and Cynthia Stroud are the judges.
8PM (HALL) MOVIE Butlers in
Love In the world of service, few jobs
(’02, Suspense) Colin Farrell, Kiefer
(’17, Action) Colin command as much prestige as working as a butler to a royal household, where skill, knowledge and discretion all are expected to be of the highest standards. At a prestigious academy where aspiring butlers are trained, then, the rivalry is absolutely cutthroat, as trainees Emma and Henry (Stacey Farber, Corey Cott) — both Type-A personalities in their own right — soon discover in this 2022 romantic comedy. Maxwell Caulfield, Jacqueline Ann Steuart and Bronwen Smith co-star.
8PM (HBO) MOVIE The Eyes of Tammy Faye Michael Showalter (the “Wet Hot American Summer” movie and TV franchise) directed this 2021 biographical drama, adapted from a successful 2000 documentary of the same title, with Jessica Chastain earning rave reviews for her portrayal of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. The film chronicles how Bakker — with her preacher husband Jim Bakker (played by Andrew Garfield) — built the world’s largest religious broadcasting network (and glitzy theme park) before their fall from grace. Cherry Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio, Fredric Lehne and Sam Jaeger also are featured.
Gandhi ★★★★
Unfiltered with Dan Bongino Watters’ World
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Postgame Inside HEAT Inside HEAT Boxing Top Rank: Conceicao vs. Martinez. (N) (Live)
College Basketball Oregon State at Oregon. (N) (Live)
Seabiscuit ★★★ (’03) Tobey Maguire. (cc)
(’89) Patrick Swayze.
“Ruminations: Big and
A Dog’s Journey ★★ (’19)
(11:10) Mimic 3: Sentinel ★★ (’03) Karl Geary. ‘R’ (cc)
(10:54) Blood Ties ★★
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273: Ryan Bader vs. Valentin Moldavsky. (N) (s) (Live) (cc)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno ★★
Seth Rogen. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
(9:17) Power Book II: Ghost “Drug Related” (10:17) Tin Cup ★★★ (s) (cc) (s) ‘R’ (cc)
The Equalizer 2 ★★ (’18) Denzel Washington. Robert McCall fights assassins to avenge his friend’s death. ‘R’
(’82, Biography) Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen. A portrait of the man who led India to independence. ‘PG’ (cc)
(’97, Crime Drama) Kevin Spacey. A young police officer searches for justice in
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Euphoria
Bellator MMA
“Out of Touch” (s) (cc)
(’01) Alix Koromzay.
Grindhouse: Death Proof
(’96, Comedy) Kevin Costner, Rene Russo.
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Rabid (’19, Horror) Laura Vandervoort. A medical procedure causes a woman to crave human blood. (s) ‘NR’ (cc)
(11:04) Maverick ★★★ ‘PG’ (cc)
Bone Daddy ★ ‘R’ (cc)
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(’13) Clive Owen.
(’94) Mel Gibson.
(’98) Rutger Hauer. (s)