TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
8PM (HALL) MOVIE Warming Up to You Kate Wolfe (Cindy Busby), a fitness instructor, takes a job at her best friend’s wellness retreat, where one of her first clients is Rick Steele (Christopher Russell), an A-list actor training for a new movie. As they work together to make athletic progress, they begin to click romantically as well. That blossoming relationship is threatened, though, then Rick’s co-star, Liza Calhoun (Caitlin Stryker), arrives to train as well. Devon Alexander, Latonya Williams and Al Miro co-star in this 2021 romance. 8PM (LIFE)
After an old friend introduces her to a self-improvement program called Initiative, a woman discovers that this seemingly life-affirming program is riddled with terrifying secrets designed to keep its all-female members trapped, with no hope of escape. Outraged by this revelation, she vows to investigate Initiative and bring it down before the nefarious individuals behind it are able to stop her, lethally. Jade Harlow, Diora Baird, Taylor Blackwell, Monroe Cline and Tom Parker star in this 2022 thriller.
MOVIE Bound by Blackmail
8PM (HBO) MOVIE Dear Evan
Hansen Tony Award winner
Ben Platt reprised his performance in the title role of this still-running 2016 Broadway blockbuster from songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, with a book by Steven Levenson. The musical, which also won Tonys in five other major categories, revolves around a socially anxious teenager (Platt) who finds himself caught in a snowballing lie following the suicide of a classmate. The fine cast also includes Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever and Amandla Stenberg.