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October 16, 2021

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30 — October 16 - 22, 2021 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN target a rich Paris widow. 'NR' (CC) (1:30) (TCM) 4:52 p.m. Courage Under Fire ›››‡ A troubled officer reviews the Medal of Honor candidacy of a female helicopter pilot killed during the Gulf War. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (STARZ) 5:37 p.m. Public Enemies ››› Depression-era outlaw John Dill- inger becomes the fledgling FBI's most-wanted criminal and a folk hero to much of America's down- trodden public. 'R' (CC) (2:23) (STZENC) 6:00 p.m. The Heiress ›››› A fortune hunter charms a doctor's plain daughter in 19th-century New York. 'NR' (CC) (2:00) (TCM) 6:30 p.m. John Wick ››› New York City becomes the bullet- riddled playground of a former assassin as he hunts down the Russian mobsters who destroyed everything he held dear. 'R' (CC) (DVS) (2:00) (SYFY) 7:00 p.m. Ghost ›››‡ A slain Manhattan yuppie reaches out to his lover, with a medium as his middlewoman. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (PARMT) Promising Young Woman ›››‡ Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be — she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cun- ning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (HBO) 8:00 p.m. Thor: Ragnarok ››› Thor must battle the Hulk in a deadly gladiatorial contest and prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home world and the Asgardian civilization. 'PG-13' (CC) (DVS) (2:45) (TNT) Sleepy Hollow ››› A Colonial-era constable probes a series of grisly decapitations in an upstate New York hamlet. 'R' (CC) (1:49) (STZENC) Top Five ››› A successful actor is forced to confront his co- medic past during a day with a journalist whose newspaper has just panned his passion project about the 1791 Haitian Revolu- tion. 'R' (CC) (1:45) (TMC) 8:30 p.m. Casper ››› A teen who lost her mother befriends friendly ghost Casper while stay- ing at a mean heiress's haunted mansion. 'PG' (CC) (2:30) (FREE) John Wick: Chapter 2 ››› Legendary hit man John Wick comes out of retirement when a former associate plots to seize control of an international assas- sins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, Wick travels to Rome to square off against the world's deadliest killers. 'R' (CC) (DVS) (2:30) (SYFY) 9:45 p.m. Don Jon ››› A New Jersey bartender embarks on his first genuine relationship with a woman, but his constant craving for Internet porn threatens to bring things crashing down. 'R' (CC) (1:30) (TMC) 10:00 p.m. The Help ›››‡ Determined to become a writer, a 1960s Mississippi society girl turns her small town on its ear by interviewing Black women who work for prominent white families. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:30) (PARMT) 10:15 p.m. Tender Mercies ›››‡ A divorced country singer stops drinking and starts over with a loving widow. 'PG' (CC) (1:45) (TCM) 10:45 p.m. Thor: Ragnarok ››› Thor must battle the Hulk in a deadly gladiatorial contest and prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home world and the Asgardian civilization. 'PG-13' (CC) (DVS) (2:45) (TNT) 10:56 p.m. Captain Phillips ›››‡ In 2009, Somali pirates storm a U.S. containership and hold Capt. Richard Phillips and his crew captive. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:19) (STARZ) 11:00 p.m. Taken ››› A former spy puts his extensive training to the test when he must rescue his kidnapped daughter from sex-slave traffickers. 'PG-13' (2:00) (SYFY) 11:15 p.m. The Overnight ››› A seemingly innocent invitation to dinner turns into a night of seduction and temptation when two couples get together for an evening. 'R' (CC) (1:20) (TMC) tueSday 7:00 a.m. Buried ››› A kidnap- ping victim awakes in a coffin. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (FX) 7:15 a.m. The French Connec- tion ›››› Two New York cops try to foil an international drug ring. 'R' (CC) (1:45) (TMC) 7:45 a.m. Treasure Island ››› A boy treasure-hunts with pirates on the high seas. 'NR' (CC) (1:45) (TCM) 7:52 a.m. Trading Places ››› Two men's lives are altered by a bet made between tycoons. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (STZENC) 8:00 a.m. The Birds ›››‡ Flocks of birds attack a playgirl, a bachelor and others in a sea town. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:00) (SHOW) 8:05 a.m. Phantom Thread ›››‡ A renowned dressmaker finds romance in 1950s London. 'R' (CC) (2:11) (MAX) 8:45 a.m. Best in Show ›››‡ The fur flies at a prestigious Philadelphia dog show. 'PG-13' (CC) (1:35) (HBO) 9:00 a.m. Boiler Room ››› A college dropout takes a job with a shady brokerage firm. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (TMC) 10:00 a.m. High Plains Drifter ››› A mysterious stranger protects a corrupt town from gun- men. 'R' (CC) (1:45) (SHOW) 10:16 a.m. Tinker Tailor Sol- dier Spy ›››‡ A veteran agent must ferret out a Soviet spy within MI6. 'R' (CC) (2:09) (MAX) 11:15 a.m. The Sea Hawk ›››› British privateer raids Spanish ships with queen's OK. 'NR' (CC) (2:15) (TCM) 11:45 a.m. Dazed and Con- fused ››› Teens waste an- other day in 1976 Austin, Texas. 'R' (CC) (1:45) (SHOW) 12:59 p.m. City Island ››› Vince brings home his secret ex-con son to meet the rest of his family, prompting everyone to expose truths. 'PG-13' (CC) (1:47) (STZENC) 1:30 p.m. Captain Blood ›››‡ A British doctor sold into slavery becomes a dashing Caribbean pirate and fights a duel with a French pirate to win a woman. 'NR' (CC) (2:15) (TCM) 1:45 p.m. Jurassic Park ›››‡ An entrepreneur invites scientists, a mathematics theorist and others to his jungle theme-park featur- ing dinosaurs regenerated from DNA. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:10) (HBO) 2:05 p.m. Munich ›››‡ A Mossad agent and his team hunt the terrorists responsible for the murders of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. 'R' (CC) (2:50) (TMC) 2:30 p.m. John Wick ››› New York City becomes the bullet- riddled playground of a former assassin as he hunts down the Russian mobsters who destroyed everything he held dear. 'R' (CC) (DVS) (2:00) (SYFY) 2:46 p.m. Trading Places ››› Sporting billionaire brothers reverse the roles of a Wall Street commodities broker and a street hustler. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (STZENC) 3:12 p.m. The Father ›››‡ A man refuses assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his chang- ing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and the fabric of his reality. 'PG-13' (CC) (1:41) (STARZ) 3:40 p.m. X-Men: First Class ››› Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr work with other mu- tants to prevent a nuclear night- mare, but a situation soon tears the close friends apart. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:10) (FREE) 3:45 p.m. The Crimson Pirate ››› An acrobatic pirate and his sidekick help Caribbean rebels fight Spain with an inven- tor's weapons. 'NR' (CC) (2:00) (TCM) 4:00 p.m. Spider-Man: Home- coming ››› Under the watch- ful eye of mentor Tony Stark, high school student Peter Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man to battle the evil Vulture. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (FX) 4:22 p.m. Rush ››› Charis- matic Englishman James Hunt and Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda burn up the 1970s For- mula 1 racing scene and share an intense rivalry on the track. 'R' (CC) (2:01) (MAX) 4:30 p.m. John Wick: Chapter 2 ››› Legendary hit man John Wick comes out of retirement when a former associate plots to seize control of an international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, Wick travels to Rome to square off against the world's deadliest kill- ers. 'R' (CC) (DVS) (2:35) (SYFY) 6:50 p.m. Men in Black ››› A veteran agent and a rookie pro- tect mankind from dangerous ex- traterrestrials roaming the Earth. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:10) (FREE) 7:00 p.m. Spider-Man: Far From Home ›››‡ Spider-Man teams up with Nick Fury and fel- low superhero Mysterio to stop four massive elemental creatures — each representing Earth, air, water and fire — from wreaking havoc across Europe. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (FX) The Help ›››‡ Determined to become a writer, a 1960s Mississippi society girl turns her small town on its ear by inter- viewing Black women who work for prominent white families. 'PG- 13' (CC) (3:30) (PARMT) 7:05 p.m. John Wick: Chap- ter 3 — Parabellum ›››‡ Stripped of the High Table's protective services, legendary hit man John Wick must fight his way through the streets of New York as the world's most ruthless killers try to collect the $14 mil- lion bounty on his head. 'R' (CC) (DVS) (2:55) (SYFY) 8:00 p.m. Room at the Top ›››‡ A British civil servant marries a rich man's daughter instead of his lover. 'NR' (CC) (2:15) (TCM) Beverly Hills Cop ››› A hip Detroit detective drives out to Los Angeles and shows local police how to catch a killer. 'R' (CC) (1:45) (MAX) Rosemary's Baby ›››› A pregnant woman's husband and their satanic neighbors want her baby to be the Antichrist. 'R' (CC) (2:20) (STZENC) 9:45 p.m. The Ides of March ››› A campaign press sec- retary becomes involved in a political scandal that threatens to smash his candidate's bid for the presidency. 'R' (CC) (1:45) (TMC) 10:00 p.m. Scream ››› A psy- cho killer targets a past victim's daughter, while a tabloid TV reporter homes in on his identity. 'R' (CC) (2:30) (AMC) 10:15 p.m. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ›››‡ A factory worker toils in a mind- less haze, but his weekends are even more muddled due to his love affairs and his alcohol prob- lem. One of the women he is involved with is married to a co- worker, but she is pregnant with his child. 'R' (CC) (1:45) (TCM) 12:00 a.m. Billy Liar ››› A British undertaker's clerk lies to his girlfriends and dreams of a land where he is king. 'NR' (CC) (1:45) (TCM) WedneSday 7:45 a.m. Life of Pi ›››‡ A teenager and a tiger become marooned at sea aboard a small lifeboat. 'PG' (CC) (2:10) (HBO) 8:00 a.m. Black Mass ››› Irish gangster Whitey Bulger helps the FBI in 1970s Boston. 'R' (CC) (2:33) (HIST) 8:15 a.m. Barbershop 2: Back in Business ››› A barber- shop owner considers selling his establishment. 'PG-13' (CC) (1:50) (TMC) 8:23 a.m. An Officer and a Gentleman ››› A hard- ened loner enlists in the Naval Aviation Corps. 'R' (CC) (2:08) (STZENC) 9:30 a.m. Us ›››‡ A family of four comes under attack from evil look-alikes. 'R' (CC) (2:30) (FX) 9:47 a.m. The Father ›››‡ De- mentia affects a man's relation- ship with his daughter. 'PG-13' (CC) (1:40) (STARZ) 10:05 a.m. The Blues Brothers ››› Two musicians reassemble their hot band for a fundraiser. 'R' (CC) (2:25) (TMC) 10:30 a.m. X-Men: First Class ››› The early years of Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr. 'PG- 13' (CC) (3:00) (FREE) 10:31 a.m. Far and Away ››› A class-crossed Irish couple go to 19th-century America. 'PG- 13' (CC) (2:23) (STZENC) 10:33 a.m. Goodfellas ›››› An Irish-Italian hood joins the 1950s New York Mafia. 'R' (CC) (3:27) (HIST) 10:45 a.m. Pygmalion ›››› A professor turns a cockney flower girl into a lady. 'NR' (CC) (1:45) (TCM) The Way Back ››› An al- coholic agrees to coach a high school basketball team. 'R' (CC) (1:50) (MAX) 11:35 a.m. The Dark Knight Rises ››› Batman faces a masked villain named Bane. 'PG- 13' (CC) (2:50) (HBO) 12:00 p.m. Nightcrawler ››› A freelance cameraman goes to increasingly greater lengths to get shots of the most-lurid and disturbing crimes on the dark streets of Los Angeles. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (SHOW) 12:30 p.m. The Divorce of Lady X ››› The morning after a London barrister lets a mystery woman stay in his suite, a friend files for divorce. 'NR' (CC) (1:45) (TCM) 12:35 p.m. Queen & Slim ››› Slim and Queen's first date takes an unexpected turn when one shoots a policeman during a routine traffic stop. Now labeled cop killers in the media, the unwitting outlaws feel that they have no choice but to go on the run and evade the law. 'R' (CC) (2:15) (MAX) 12:54 p.m. Patton ›››› Flam- boyant Gen. George S. Patton receives accolades and censure as he fights World War II. 'M' (CC) (2:53) (STZENC) 1:00 p.m. Scream ››› A psy- cho killer targets a past victim's daughter, while a tabloid TV reporter homes in on his identity. 'R' (CC) (2:30) (AMC) 2:00 p.m. Spider-Man: Home- coming ››› Under the watch- ful eye of mentor Tony Stark, high school student Peter Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man to battle the evil Vulture. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (FX) Hustlers ›››‡ Ramona shows Destiny how to finagle her way around the Wall Street clientele who frequent their strip club. But when the 2008 economic collapse cuts into their profits, the gals and two other dancers devise a daring scheme to take their lives back. 'R' (CC) (1:50) (SHOW) 2:40 p.m. Super 8 ››› A series of unexplained events follows a horrifying train derailment, lead- ing some young filmmakers to suspect that the catastrophe was not an accident. 'PG-13' (CC) (1:55) (HBO) 3:30 p.m. Scream 2 ››› A masked killer continues to pursue a California student and her friends at an Ohio college. 'R' (CC) (2:30) (AMC) 3:47 p.m. Rosemary's Baby ›››› A pregnant woman's hus- band and their satanic neighbors want her baby to be the Anti- christ. 'R' (CC) (2:20) (STZENC) 4:00 p.m. Men in Black ››› A veteran agent and a rookie pro- tect mankind from dangerous ex- traterrestrials roaming the Earth. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:00) (FREE) 4:05 p.m. John Wick: Chap- ter 3 — Parabellum ›››‡ Stripped of the High Table's protective services, legendary hit man John Wick must fight his way through the streets of New York as the world's most ruthless killers try to collect the $14 mil- lion bounty on his head. 'R' (CC) (DVS) (2:55) (SYFY) 4:15 p.m. Fierce People ››› A drug addict and her teenage son spend a fateful summer at a benevolent billionaire's lavish estate. 'R' (CC) (1:53) (MAX) 4:51 p.m. The Kid Detective ››› A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. But a naive client brings him his first adult case — to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend. 'R' (CC) (1:43) (STARZ) 5:00 p.m. Spider-Man: Far From Home ›››‡ Spider-Man teams up with Nick Fury and fel- low superhero Mysterio to stop four massive elemental creatures — each representing Earth, air, water and fire — from wreaking havoc across Europe. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (FX) 6:00 p.m. Children of Men ›››› When infertility threatens mankind with extinction, a disil- lusioned bureaucrat becomes the unlikely champion in the fight for

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