Sunday, January 4th TV listings for MoreMax - Eastern HD
King's Ransom (2005)
An obnoxious businessman (Anthony Anderson) arranges his own kidnapping to foil his wife's (Kellita Smith) impending divorce settlement.
Reframed: Next Gen Narratives A Star Is Born
Clover must leave her family behind to compete in an algorithm-based singing competition; pressure from the judges leads Clover to doubt herself, but her family's words give her the strength to perform.
Reframed: Next Gen Narratives The Adventures of Robin Hood
When a new grocery store opens near her family's bodega and steals their signature recipe, Robina takes justice into her own hands.
Reframed: Next Gen Narratives Calamity Jane
A barrel racer must find the courage to ride again and open her heart to love after a near-fatal accident.
Reframed: Next Gen Narratives Jack and the Beanstalk
When Jack, a neurodivergent young man and a top employee, is denied a promotion at The Beanstalk Grocery, he must find the courage to push for what's right.
Reframed: Next Gen Narratives Rebel Without a Cause
After crashing his car in an illegal street race, a troubled Latino teenager is sentenced to community service at an art gallery, where he finds the sense of identity and belonging he's been missing.
Reframed: Next Gen Narratives The Prince and the Pauper
Trapped in a bizarre, bureaucratic afterlife, a famous Mohawk ghost is drawn into an encounter with an identical and partially-deceased descendant.
Love Happens (2009)
The possibility of a new romance leads a self-help guru (Aaron Eckhart) to the realization that he has never truly confronted his wife's death.
Tickled (2016)
A journalist intends to document an international tickling competition for kicks. Instead, he finds a bizarre and even threatening world created by a bully with deep pockets.
The Bling Ring (2013)
A teenager (Israel Broussard) and his gang of fame-obsessed youths (Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga) use the Internet to track the whereabouts of celebrities, then rob their homes.
Ruby Sparks (2012)
A struggling novelist (Paul Dano) creates an inspirational female character, who somehow leaps from the page into his home as a real flesh-and-blood woman (Zoe Kazan).
The Sunlit Night (2019)
An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals and a fellow New Yorker while working on a barn in Norway.
Marshall (2017)
Young Thurgood Marshall faces one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. He teams up with lawyer Sam Friedman to defend Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur whose employer accuses him of sexual assault and attempted murder.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
When a vengeful trio of ancient gods arrives on Earth in search of the magic stolen from them long ago, Shazam and his allies get thrust into a battle for their superpowers, their lives and the fate of the world.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Black Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and malevolent force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman forges an unlikely alliance with his brother to protect their kingdom and save the world from destruction.
A Thousand Words (2012)
A fast-talking literary agent (Eddie Murphy) must learn how to live without speech upon discovering that he has only a thousand words left to say before he dies.
Wonka (2023)
Armed with nothing but a hatful of dreams, young chocolatier Willy Wonka manages to change the world, one delectable bite at a time.
Page One (2011)
Filmmaker Andrew Rossi examines how the New York Times and its reporters are responding to the massive changes in the way news is gathered, analyzed and dispersed.