This weekend, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels return as your favorite buffoons in the long-awaited "Dumb and Dumber To," a nearly unrecognizable Steve Carell coaches Channing Tatum in the heavy sports drama "Foxcatcher," a talented young musician struggles with her new-found success in "Beyond the Lights," and an obsessed father searches for his abducted son in the new Starz series, "The Missing," this Saturday.
Also in theaters this weekend:
- "The Homesman" is a Western that follows a pious, independent woman (Hilary Swank) who must transport three mad women cross-country with the help of a low-life drifter (Tommy Lee Jones). Jones also directed and co-wrote the period drama.
- Directed by Jon Stewart, "Rosewater" is a docudrama that follows tortured journalist Maziar Bahari (Gael García Bernal) and his eventual release from Iranian authorities.
- "Bad Turn Worse" follows three teens from Texas who move out of their small town and get sucked into organized crime when one of them steals from the wrong man.
Also on TV this weekend:
- "Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats" is a new stand-up special (Netflix, 12:01 am Friday).
- "The Hitmakers" examines the changing music industry in the digital era (PBS, 9p ET Friday).
- "Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B" is a new unauthorized biopic of the late singer (Lifetime, 8p ET Saturday).
- "Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map" is the ventriloquist's new stand-up special (CC, 9p ET Sun.).
- "Worricker: Salting the Battlefied" is the third "Worricker" installment, featuring an all-star cast of Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, and more (PBS, 9p ET Sunday).