What to Watch on TV this Weekend: Chloe's Guide

July 15 –17, 2016

Here are suggestions for what to watch during the upcoming weekend.

Ghostbusters (1984)

Friday, July 15 – AMC – 6 p.m.

Right in time for the release of the Ghostbusters reboot, the latest installment of a decades-old franchise, television viewers get a taste of nostalgia and an opportunity to catch up on the story that gained critical and commercial success in the mid to late 1980s. An all-star cast of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis leads the audience on a ghostly adventure through an unraveling New York City. Creepily comical displays of demonic possession beget the summoning of an entity intent on the destruction of the world as our heroes – the titular, paranormal investigators – know it. The film originally grossed $295.2 million with a budget of $30 million, leading to the 1989 sequel, Ghostbusters II, and two animated series, The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters, as well as a number of video games. This film is my favorite of the series, and I am curious about the upcoming reboot, if only through a latent inclination to quench my nostalgic thirst. Besides, I ain't afraid of no ghosts.

Mr. Robot

Saturday, July 16 – USA – 9:30 a.m. (Originally aired Wednesday, July 13)

Our democracy has been hacked. Privacy is an illusion. These are the sentiments evoked by the enigmatic voice of a revolution unfolding within the world of Mr. Robot. Starring Rami Malek (Night at the Museum, The Twilight Saga, The Master) and approaching its second season, this drama-thriller follows the life of Elliot Alderson (Malek), under the guidance of "Mr. Robot" (Christian Slater), through uneven recollections and divergent experiences. It wasn't until almost half-way through the first season that I began to appreciate the show's storyline and characters. I had to warm up to Alderson's detached persona and came to admire the actuality of his complexity, something so inherent that it sometimes doubles as a vulnerability, touching so close to the bone that much of Alderson's behavior and dialogue feels like exposure.

Fight Club (1999)

Saturday, July 16 – VH1

Breaching the first – and second – rule of Fight Club, this cult classic is something to talk about, a neo-noir drama based on the 1996 eponymous novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The first time I watched Fight Club was during a freshman psychology class. The 139-minute showing served as the catalyst to my current admiration for all things Palahniuk. Fight Club follows an unnamed narrator and traveling automobile recall specialist (Edward Norton), who, after meeting soap salesman Tyler Durden (Brad Pritt), finds his world spiraling into mayhem with overtones of anti-materialist and anti-corporate philosophy. The film and the text from which it is adapted are largely the same with certain exceptions, but director David Fincher's vision is something with which to be reckoned.

America's Choice: The Republican National Convention

Sunday, July 17 – CNN – 2 p.m.

This past election season has, arguably, been the most unorthodox: America could see its first female president, a perceived milestone following the election of the country's first African-American president. A Brooklyn-born and traditionally independent politician inspired millions of Millennial nonvoters into an impassioned awareness of modern-day politics. A billionaire businessman and television personality is the face of the Republican Party. The Republican National Convention will be held in Cleveland, Ohio and is projected to have an advantageous, economic impact, with the 2012 RNC generating more than $200 million in direct spending. The U.S. presidential election takes place Tuesday, Nov. 8. Whether voting Republican or Democrat, it is tenable that the most informed voter understands the devices and limitations of both parties. This three-hour broadcast offers a more solid, more current look into the Republican side of the election process. The party will discuss, vote on and confirm its official policy position(s), and viewers have the opportunity to be apart of that discussion from the comfort of their living rooms.

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