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May 18 to 24 on Hollywood Suite

What on What’s Good at Hollywood Suite?  We got you covered.  Let’s check it out the movies. Here are the programming highlights from May 18 to 24 for the four Hollywood Suite commercial-free HD channels. Many titles are also available on Hollywood Suite On-Demand, the Hollywood Suite GO app, and hsgo.ca

All fantastic movies but I decided just for fun to pick my favourite movie from each category below.  Feel free to let me know your choices.

Hits for the Whole Household: (May 18 to 24 on Hollywood Suite Movies)

 

Uncle Buck (1989)The Iron Giant (1999)Planet of the Apes (1968) Pitch Perfect (2012)

 

Uncle Buck (1989) Tuesday, May 19 at 10:55 am on HS80

Synopsis: Candy plays an unlikely babysitter for his brother’s rebellious teenage daughter and two younger children.

The Iron Giant (1999) Tuesday, May 19 at 7:25 pm ET on HS90

Synopsis: In this animated modern fairy tale, a young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

Planet of the Apes (1968) Thursday, May 21 at 9:00 pm ET on HS70

Synopsis: An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet 2000 years in the future, where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species and humans are enslaved. Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall lead the cast.

Pitch Perfect (2012) Saturday, May 23 at 9:00 pm ET on HS00

Synopsis: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Ben Platt, Anna Camp and Adam DeVine try to win singing glory in this musical comedy about the cutthroat world of college acapella competitions.

What On What’s Good favourite from ‘Hits for the Whole Household’ – Uncle Buck

A comedy film directed by John Hughes and starring John Candy and Amy Madigan, with Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Macaulay Culkin, Jay Underwood, and Laurie Metcalf in supporting roles.  If you have never seen the movie I think you will particularly enjoy the scenes with John Candy and Macauley Culkin.

Get Chilled to the Bone: (May 18 to 24 on Hollywood Suite Movies)

 

The Omen (1976)Event Horizon (1997)Stephen King's Silver Bullet (1985)

 

Red Dragon (2002) Tuesday, May 19 at 9:00 pm ET on HS00

Synopsis: Anthony Hopkins reprises his role as cannibalistic killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In this prequel to Silence of the Lambs, Edward Norton plays an FBI agent who is called out of early retirement to catch a serial killer and asks for help from his arch-nemesis. Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Harvey Keitel, and Mary-Louise Parker headline.  

The Omen (1976) Thursday, May 21 at 12:25 am ET on HS70

Synopsis: In this unnerving horror, Gregory Peck and Lee Remick play the proud parents of a boy who is literally the antichrist.

Event Horizon (1997) Friday, May 22 at 7:20 pm ET on HS90

Synopsis: Infinite space equals Infinite terror. Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, and Joely Richardson are a rescue crew sent to investigate a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned… but they are not alone.

Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1985) Friday, May 22 at 9:00 pm ET on HS80

Synopsis: Werewolves don’t exist… or do they? Corey Haim plays an 11-year-old who uses a wheelchair and Gary Busey is his uncle. Both are on a mission to put an end to the grisly, unexplained murders in their town.

What On What’s Good favourite from ‘Get Chilled to the Bone’ – Red Dragon

A psychological horror film directed by Brett Ratner. starring Anthony Hopkins with Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel.  I suggest you watch Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Hannibal (2001) to understand the Hannibal character.  This should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from Red Dragon,

 

Dramas to Inspire You (May 18 to 24 on Hollywood Suite Movies)

 

8 Mile (2002)Good Will Hunting (1997) Born on the Fourth of July (1989)The Boy in The Plastic Bubble (1976)

The Boy in The Plastic Bubble (1976) Tuesday, May 19 at 9:00 pm ET on HS70

Synopsis: John Travolta stars as Tod Lubitch, a young man suffering from a deficient immune system, who has to live in a sterile environment to avoid contracting bacteria. His life changes when he meets his attractive next-door neighbour and must decide between his heart and his health. 

Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Wednesday, May 20 at 6:30 pm ET on HS80

Synopsis: Oliver Stone won the Best Director Oscar for his gritty war drama based on the autobiography of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. The film chronicles the evolution of Kovic, played by Tom Cruise, from patriotic soldier to paraplegic antiwar activist.

Good Will Hunting (1997) Wednesday, May 20 at 9:00 pm ET on HS90

Synopsis: Gus Van Sant directs this touching drama from virtually unknown screenwriters and young actors, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The movie tells the story of Will Hunting, a young MIT janitor who is a headstrong, working-class genius failing at life. Robin Williams won an Academy Award for his performance as a sensitive therapist who may be the only one to reach Will. How do you like them apples?

8 Mile (2002) Sunday, May 24 at 12:40 am ET on HS00

Synopsis: If you had one shot, one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted, would you capture it or just let it slip? That’s the question Eminem has to answer in Curtis Hanson’s drama set against Detroit’s hip-hop scene in 1995. The story centers on Jimmy Smith Jr., a young white rapper, who struggles to rise above poverty and his past to find his voice.

What On What’s Good favourite from ‘Dramas to Inspire You’ – Good Will Hunting

A drama film directed by Gus Van Sant. starring Robin Williams with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård.  I’m thinking when you watch this movie, you may cry.  The relationship between Matt Damon and Robin Williams is quite powerful.  On a personal note, I miss Robin Williams.

 

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (May 18 to 24 on Hollywood Suite Movies)

 

 

Cat Ballou (1965)Mean Girls (2004)Clueless (1995) The Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)

 

Cat Ballou (1965) Saturday, May 23 at 4:35 pm on HS70

Synopsis: This western spoof tells the story of Cat Ballou, played by Jane Fonda, a school teacher turned gun-slinging train robber, out to avenge her father’s death.

Mean Girls (2004) Sunday, May 24 at 3:15 pm ET on HS00

Synopsis:  An ensemble cast featuring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried in Tina Fey’s comedy about a home-schooled teen who enters high school for the first time and must navigate the terrifying pecking order of teenage girl cliques. While she is embraced by the popular “plastics,” things take a cruel turn when she breaks girl code and dates the queen bee’s former boyfriend.

Clueless (1995) Sunday, May 24 at 9:00 pm ET on HS90

Synopsis: It’s Jane Austen’s “Emma” set in 90s Beverly Hills.  Alicia Silverstone is totally buggin’ as the well-intentioned Cher, a spoiled high schooler whose attempts at matchmaking fail miserably.

The Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) Sunday, May 24 at 10:40 pm on HS90

Synopsis: Alan Arkin, Natasha Lyonne, Rita Moreno, Marisa Tomei headline this cult-hit about growing up broke in one of America’s richest postal codes.

What On What’s Good favourite from ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ – Mean Girls

A teen comedy directed by Mark Waters. with Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey.  You will particularly enjoy how harsh these girls are to one another.

Holding out for a Hero: (May 18 to 24 on Hollywood Suite Movies)

The Wolverine: The Extended Cut (2013)Escape from New York (1981)Man on Fire (2004)

 

The Wolverine: The Extended Cut (2013) Thursday, May 21 at 6:40 pm on HS00

Synopsis: There is more action, more blood, and more violence in director James Mangold’s harsher, extended version of the in-theatre film. Hugh Jackman plays The Wolverine who travels to Japan to meet an old friend whose life he saved years ago, and gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving the yakuza and mutants. 

Escape from New York (1981) Thursday, May 21 at 9:00 pm on HS80

Synopsis: Kurt Russell has badass-itude as Snake Plissken, an ex-soldier turned convict, sent to Manhattan, now a maximum-security prison, to rescue the stranded US President.

Man on Fire (2004) Thursday, May 21 at 11:40 pm on HS00 ­

In Mexico City a former CIA operative, played by Denzel Washington, swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.

What On What’s Good favourite from ‘Holding Out for a Hero’ – Man on Fire

An action/thriller directed by Tony Scott. Starring Denzel Washington with Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell  Maybe I am biased.  Big fan of Denzel Washington and the stories he tells when he is on the screen.  Honestly, I might even watch this movie again.

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