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ACROSS
1 It follows Thurs.
4 Compass dir.
7 Cooked in hot oil
12 Horse hue
13 Parts of gals.
14 ___-car
15 Suffix with cash
16 Left alone
18 Pancake cousin
20 Sue Grafton’s “___ for Alibi”
21 Music’s ___ Na Na
22 With 27 Across, a sitcom that cleaned up at last year’s Emmy Awards
27 With 22 Across, a
sitcom that cleaned up at last year’s Emmy Awards
29 Düsseldorf denial
30 Brings in 31 Kindergarten adhesive
32 Actors Dan, Eugene or Sarah, who starred in the show referenced in 22 and 27 Across
33 First name in swing
34 “The League” star Katie
38 Big bird of myth
39 Golden Girl Blanche
40 Waterlogged ground
43 Actress O’Hara, who starred in the
show referenced in 22 and 27 Across
48 1993 Sean Connery film “Rising ___”
49 Mandel of “St. Elsewhere”
50 ___ cit. (footnote abbr.)
51 Vane dir.
52 Steinbeck characters
53 Grp. with missionaries
54 Moo ___ pork
DOWN
1 Money guarantor, for short
2 Sorry sort
3 Put aside for later
4 Lubricant targets
5 RR stop
6 “Cómo ___?”
7 ABC sitcom about the Huang family: “___ Off the Boat”
8 “The Crying Game’s” (1992)
Brainerd
Sunday, Feb. 21
11:00 a.m. (11) KARE FIS Alpine Skiing World Championship. (1:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s UNC vs. N.C. St. (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Basketball Women’s Syr. vs. Vir.T (Live) (2:00)
11:30 a.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR PBA Bowling Player’s Championship. (Live) (2:00)
Noon (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Mich. vs. Ohio St. (Live) (2:00)
(11) KARE USSA Freestyle Skiing Men’s and Women’s Moguls (1:00)
ESPN NCAA Basketball Hou. at Cin. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Genesis Invitational. (Live) (2:00)
1:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s Ohio St. at Mich. (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Basketball Women’s Ga.T. vs. Bos. (Live) (2:00)
1:30 p.m. NBCSN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Golf Final Round Genesis Invitational. (Live) (3:30)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NASCAR Auto Racing Cup Series (Live) (3:30)
(11) KARE NHL Hockey Pha. vs. Bos. (Live) (3:00)
ESPN NCAA Basketball Women’s Ken. vs. S.C. (Live) (2:00)
2:30 p.m. (5) KSTP NBA Basketball Bos. at N.O. (Live) (2:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball
Women’s (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Hockey Mich. St. at Min. (2:00)
3:30 p.m. NBCSN Drone Racing League (1:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN MLS Soccer (Live) (2:00)
5:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Gymnastics Women’s LSU at Ala. (1:30)
6:00 p.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at N.Y. (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN NHL Hockey N.Y. R. at Was. (Live) (2:45)
6:30 p.m. ESPN2 Cheerleading Division 1A UCA College Championship. (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Genesis Invitational. (5:00)
7:15 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Brook. at L.A. C. (Live) (2:20)
7:30 p.m. ESPN2 World of X Games (0:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 MLS Soccer (Live) (2:00)
9:30 p.m. NBCSN Sailing Prada Cup. (2:00)
10:00 p.m. ESPN2 ITF Tennis Final Australian Open. (4:00)
11:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Genesis Invitational. (4:30)
Monday, Feb. 22
9:00 a.m. FSN NCAA Hockey Mich. St. at Min. (2:00)
11:00 a.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at N.Y. (2:00)
Noon NBCSN IBU Biathlon Women’s
12.5km Mass Start World Championship. (1:00)
1:00 p.m. FSN NHL Hockey Min. at Ana. (2:00)
1:55 p.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer C.Pal. at B&H (Live) (2:05)
3:00 p.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at N.Y. (2:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball Syr. at Duke (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Ore. St. at Utah (Live) (2:00)
7:00 p.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at N.Y. (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Genesis Invitational. (5:00)
USA WWE Raw (3:00)
8:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball Kan. at Tex. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Women’s (Live) (2:00)
Tuesday, Feb. 23
9:00 a.m. FSN NCAA Basketball Pep. at St. M. C. (2:00)
11:00 a.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at N.Y. (2:00)
Noon NBCSN AMA Supercross (3:00)
3:00 p.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at N.Y. (2:00)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball W.Va. at TCU (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN NHL Hockey Pit. at Was. (Live) (2:45)
6:30 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Bos. at Dal. (Live) (2:30)
7:00 p.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at Mil. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Kan. at Tex. (Live) (3:00)
9:00 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Por. at Den. (Live) (2:30)
Wednesday, Feb. 24
11:00 a.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at Mil. (2:00)
1:00 p.m. FSN NCAA Basketball Ga.T. at Vir.T (2:00)
3:00 p.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at Mil. (2:00)
NBCSN FIS Skiing & Snowboarding World Championship. (Live) (2:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN NHL Hockey N.Y. R. at Pha. (Live) (2:30)
6:45 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Tor. at Mia. (Live) (2:20)
7:00 p.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at Chi. (Live) (2:30)
GOLF Golf Classics Final Round 2020 WGC: Mexico Championship. (3:00)
TNT All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2:00)
USA WWE NXT (Live) (2:08)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
8:30 p.m. NBCSN NHL Hockey L.A. at St.L. (Live) (2:30)
9:05 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball L.A. L. at Utah (Live) (2:30)
11:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Classics Final Round 2020 WGC: Mexico Championship. (3:00)
Thursday, Feb. 25
9:00 a.m. FSN NCAA Hockey Mich. St. at Min. (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Puerto Rico Open. (Live) (3:00)
11:00 a.m. FSN NBA Basketball Min. at Chi. (2:00)
Noon GOLF Golf Round 1 WGC at the Concession. (Live) (5:00)
NBCSN FIS Cross-country Skiing
Men’s and Women’s Sprint Final World Championship. (1:30)
1:00 p.m. FSN Champions Tennis Classics 2020 (2:00)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 Max on Boxing (0:30)
FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
NBCSN Return To Rio (2:00)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 UFC Live (Live) (0:30)
FSN Lund: The Ultimate Fishing Experience (0:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Daily Wager (Live) (1:00)
FSN In-Depth Outdoors (0:30)
5:30 p.m. FSN Three Wide Life (0:30)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 2 Gainbridge LPGA. (0:30)
GOLF Golf Round 2 WGC at the Concession. (5:00)
10:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Big West Wild Card. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
10:15 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (0:20)
10:30 p.m. FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
11:00 p.m. FSN WPT Poker Gardens Championship. (1:00)
11:30 p.m. NBCSN Mecum Top 10 (0:30)
11:35 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
Saturday, Feb. 27
8:00 a.m. ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
GOLF Golf Today (Live) (2:00)
8:30 a.m. FSN Musky Hunter Television (0:30)
NBCSN Premier League Mornings (Live) (0:25)
8:55 a.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer (Live) (2:05)
9:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter Special (1:00)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
9:30 a.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors (0:30)
10:00 a.m. ESPN College Gameday (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)
10:30 a.m. FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Puerto Rico Open. (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN RBS6 Rugby Ire. vs. It. (2:00)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP NCAA Basketball Ok. St. at Okl. (Live) (2:00)
2:45 p.m. FSN Hockey Hockey Day Minnesota. (Live) (0:15)
3:00 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Fla. at Ken. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN NCAA Basketball Fla. S. at UNC (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Kan.St. at W.Va. (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Hockey Classics Women’s 2018 Hockey Day Minnesota. St. Cloud vs. Mn.D (1:30)
3:30 p.m. NBCSN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
4:00 p.m. GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 2 Cologuard Classic. (Live) (2:00)
4:30 p.m. FSN Hockey Hockey Day Minnesota. (Live) (2:00)
5:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball L.ville at Duke (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
5:30 p.m. NBCSN FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Downhill (1:30)
6:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
6:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
7:00 p.m. (5) KSTP NBA Countdown (Live) (0:30)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR Boxing Anthony Dirrell vs. Kyrone Davis Premier Champions. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN NCAA Basketball Bay. at Kan. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
3:00 p.m. FSN NCAA Basketball Pit. at N.C. St. (Live) (2:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 1 Gainbridge LPGA. (2:00)
TNT NBA Basketball Dal. at Phi. (Live) (2:30)
7:00 p.m. FSN MLB Baseball Classics September 7, 2020 Det. vs. Min. (3:00)
8:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
GOLF Golf Round 1 WGC at the Concession. (5:00)
8:30 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball N.O. at Mil. (Live) (2:30)
10:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
Friday, Feb. 26
9:00 a.m. FSN MLB Baseball Classics September 7, 2020 Det. vs. Min. (3:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Puerto Rico Open. (Live) (3:00)
Noon GOLF Golf Round 2 WGC at the Concession. (Live) (5:30)
1:30 p.m. NBCSN Gymnastics Nastia Liukin Cup. (Live) (2:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 NBA: The Jump (1:00)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
3:30 p.m. FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Countdown (Live) (0:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Rich. at St. Lou. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (1:30)
NBCSN Gymnastics Winter Cup. (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Courtside (Live) (0:15)
FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
6:45 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Ind. at Bos. (Live) (2:20)
7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR WWE SmackDown (Live) (2:00)
FSN NHL Hockey L.A. at Min. (Live) (2:30)
7:30 p.m. (29) WFTC NCAA Hockey Mn.D at St. Cloud (2:30)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 1 Cologuard Classic. (2:00)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball SBC Wild Card. (Live) (2:00)
9:00 p.m. NBCSN Gymnastics Nastia Liukin Cup. (2:30)
9:05 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Por. at L.A. L. (Live) (2:30)
9:30 p.m. (15) KVRR KVRR Sports Extra (0:30)
FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
11:00 a.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Tex. at Tex.Tech (Live) (2:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN Fishing the Midwest (0:30)
GOLF Golf Round 3 WGC at the Concession. (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN Premier League Mornings (Live) (0:25)
11:25 a.m. NBCSN EPL Soccer A.V. at L.U. (Live) (2:05)
11:30 a.m. (11) KARE Gymnastics
Senior Womens. Winter Cup. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Sportsman’s Journal TV (0:30)
Noon FSN In-Depth Outdoors (0:30)
12:30 p.m. FSN Jason Mitchell Outdoors (0:30)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP UFC 259 Countdown (1:00)
(7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Wash. at Arz. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN Hockey Hockey Day Minnesota. (Live) (0:15)
1:15 p.m. FSN H.S. Hockey Classics
Boys. St. Paul Johnson vs. Lake of the Woods School 2007 Hockey Day Minnesota. (1:30)
1:30 p.m. (11) KARE Golf Round 3
WGC: Mexico Championship. (Live) (3:30)
FSN NHL Hockey L.A. at Min. (Live) (2:30)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 3 Gainbridge LPGA. (2:00)
NBCSN Monster Jam (1:00)
7:30 p.m. (5) KSTP NBA Basketball Dal. at Brook. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. NBCSN Monster Jam (1:00)
9:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
GOLF Golf Round 3 WGC at the Concession. (5:00)
NBCSN RBS6 Rugby Eng. vs. Wa. (2:00)
9:30 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (0:30)
FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
10:00 p.m. FSN WPT Poker Gardens Championship. (1:00)
10:30 p.m. (23) WUCW Gametime With Boomer Esiason (0:30)
11:00 p.m. (23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 College Basketball Live (Live) (0:30)
FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
NBCSN RFU Rugby English Premiership. (2:00)
11:30 p.m. ESPN2 UFC Archival (0:30)
FSN Wild Live Pre-game (0:30)
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Sudoku
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. Solution below
Videoreleases
The Last Vermeer
Videoreleases
The Last Vermeer
Shortly after the end of World War II, Capt. Joseph Piller (Bang) is part of the Dutch force tending to the bureaucratic mess left by the Nazis. When a rare painting by the renowned and adored Danish artist Johannes Vermeer is recovered from the belongings of Nazi leader Hermann Göring, Piller is on the case. Determined to find the traitor who would hand a priceless national treasure over to the enemy, he traces the sale to Han van Meegeren (Pearce), an extravagant artist with a penchant for mischief. Despite his initial motion to arrest the supposed Nazi sympathizer, it only takes Piller a few conversations with the eccentric gentleman to realize that there might be more to the story as Meegeren reveals that,
Shortly after the end of World War II, Capt. Joseph Piller (Bang) is part of the Dutch force tending to the bureaucratic mess left by the Nazis. When a rare painting by the renowned and adored Danish artist Johannes Vermeer is recovered from the belongings of Nazi leader Hermann Göring, Piller is on the case. Determined to find the traitor who would hand a priceless national treasure over to the enemy, he traces the sale to
rather than collaborating with Axis officials, he was conning the enemy by forging Vermeer paintings and selling them to the Nazis for millions.
Director:DanFriedkin.Stars:Guy Pearce,VickyKrieps,ClaesBang, AugustDiehl,OliviaGrant,AndrewHavill,KarlJohnson,Adrian Scarborough.2019.118mins. Drama.
rather than collaborating with Axis officials, he was conning the enemy by forging Vermeer paintings and selling them to the Nazis for millions.
Director:DanFriedkin.Stars:Guy Pearce,VickyKrieps,ClaesBang, AugustDiehl,OliviaGrant,AndrewHavill,KarlJohnson,Adrian Scarborough.2019.118mins.
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.
Solution below
Drama.
Guy Pearce in “The Last Vermeer”
WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX
“Ginny & Georgia”
Test and explore the strength of a mother-daughter bond when the new Netflix series “Ginny & Georgia” makes its debut on Wednesday, Feb. 24, on the streamer.
After having lived somewhat of a nomadic lifestyle, moving town to town for much of their lives, edgy and rootless 30-year-old Georgia Miller (Brianne Howey, “The Exorcist”) and her two children, 15-year-old Ginny (Antonia Gentry, “Candy Jar,” 2018) and young Austin (Diesel La Torraca, “Lambs of God”), land in Massachusetts for yet another “fresh start” (as so delicately put by Georgia). As the family begins to settle in and Georgia realizes how well her kids are adapting to this specific new lifestyle, she starts to question whether moving again, as she had always planned, is a good idea after all. While planting roots ultimately seems like the only way to give her kids the stability they crave, the longer they stay in the Massachusetts town, the more it seems there may be a more sinister and urgent reason behind the Millers’ constant need to relocate.
Written and produced by new talent Sarah Lampert (“Haze,” 2016), this quirky 10-episode dramedy series’ premiere season also stars a largely Canadian supporting cast, including Felix Mallard (“Locke & Key”), Sara Waisglass (“Degrassi: The Next Generation”), Jennifer Robertson (“Schitt’s Creek”) and Alex Mallari Jr. (“Dark Matter”).
WHAT’S NEW ON HBO MAX
“Tom & Jerry” (2021)
Get animated with the newest installment in a long franchise of cat-and-mouse films: “Tom & Jerry” are back and coming to HBO Max on Friday, Feb. 26. For more than
80 years, Tom the Cat and Jerry the Mouse have conned, beaten and schemed one another into various high-stakes, would-be deadly (to humans) circumstances. Now, in this live-action-animation combination film from Warner Animation Group and Hanna-Barbera Productions, the frenemies are back in a serious way and living it up in the finest of Big Apple hotels. While preparing for “the wedding of the century,” hotel staff Terrance (Michael Peña, “American Hustle,” 2013) and DuBros (Rob Delaney, “Bombshell,” 2019) hire Kayla (Chloë Grace Moretz, “Carrie,” 2013) on as the newest member of their prestigious team. One of her main tasks: to rid the hotel of its (cartoon) mouse problem, otherwise known as Jerry. Rather than choosing to hire an exterminator or apply mouse traps to the hotel’s nooks and crannies, Kayla opts to fight fire with fire — or, rather, mouse with cat — and brings in Tom to solve the Jerry problem once and for all. But, as all Tom & Jerry franchise fans know, Jerry is anything but an average mouse. Filmed as a live-action production with a classic cartoon style superimposed over top, Tim Story’s (“Taxi,” 2004)
“Tom & Jerry” is a truly unique visual experience in modern-day film. Loaded with film and comedy talent, this new addition to the saga also stars “Saturday Night Live’s” Colin Jost, “Community’s” Ken Jeong, “Lion’s” (2016) Pallavi Sharda and “Peaky Blinders’” Jordan Bolger.
WHAT’S NEW ON DISNEY+
“Pair of Kings”
Be the ruler of your own destiny when all three seasons of the Disney series “Pair of Kings” come to Disney+ on Friday, Feb. 26. When Chicago-born teenage fraternal twins Boomer (Doc Shaw, “House of Payne”) and Brady (Mitchel
Musso, “Hannah Montana”) are visited at school by a mysterious royal adviser (Geno Segers, “Banshee”) to an island nation they had never heard of, they learn they are the rightful co-heirs to the throne of the Island of Kinkow, a remote and magical island supposedly not found on any map. Taken on a journey to Kinkow soon after, the brothers learn about their nation the hard way — through a series of wacky mishaps and slapstick-comedy scenarios. Created by David Hoge and Dan Cross (both of “Julie and the Phantoms” fame), this live-action-adventure series first launched in 2010 and lasted for a total of 69 episodes spread over three seasons. Filled with absurdist humor and rib-tickling situational irony, this kids’ series also stars Kelsey Asbille (“Yellowstone”), Ryan Ochoa (“Room for Rent,” 2019), Adam Hicks (“The Boy Next Door,” 2015) and Kevin Acevedo (“Knight Squad”).
WHAT’S NEW ON HULU
“The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (2020)
Get into the music and take in all of Lady Day when the new feature film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” comes to Hulu on Friday, Feb. 26. Known in her time and throughout history as one of jazz and blues music’s most valued and haunting voices, Billie Holiday’s (portrayed by triple-threat performer Andra Day, “Marshall,” 2017) soul and honesty spoke to many during a career that spanned more than a quarter-century.
This biographical music drama chronicles the Federal Bureau of Narcotics’ investigation into Holiday that began in 1939 and lasted for several years of arrests and censorship, and which ultimately contributed to her death in a hotel room under police watch 20 years later. Adapted for the screen by Suzan-Lori Parks (“Their Eyes Were Watching God,” 2005) and with inspiration from Johann Hari’s 2015 book “Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs,” this film, directed by Lee Daniels (“Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” 2013), also stars Trevante Rhodes (“Moonlight,” 2016), Garrett Hedlund (“TRON: Legacy,” 2010), Leslie Jordan (“The Help,” 2011), Natasha Lyonne (“Orange Is the
New Black) and Tyler James Williams (“Dear White People,” 2014).
WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME
“The Informer” (2020)
Find out just what a man would do for his freedom and to secure a normal life for his family with “The Informer,” coming Friday, Feb. 26, to Prime. Ex-con, family man and former special operations soldier Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman, “The Killing”) has been working alongside the FBI as an informant for quite some time in an operation to take down a powerful New York City crime lord who goes by the name The General. When one of his assigned stings goes sideways and an undercover police officer is killed, Koslow becomes a pawn
in a game between the criminal underworld and the organization trying to expose it. Agreeing to get himself reincarcerated in order to expose The General from inside the system, Koslow soon comes to realize that the only person he can trust is himself. Starring Rosamund Pike (“Gone Girl,” 2014), Clive Owen (“Children of Men,” 2006), Ana de Armas (“Blade Runner 2049,” 2017), Mateusz Kosciukiewicz (“In the Name Of,” 2013), Common (“Suicide Squad,” 2016) and new actor Karma Meyer, “The Informer” was directed by Andrea di Stefano (“Escobar: Paradise Lost,” 2014) and was based on the 2009 novel “Three Seconds” by Swedish authors Börge Hellström and Anders Roslund.