THURSDAY MOVIES
6:30 a.m. (TCM) Adam Had Four Sons
(’41, Drama) Ingrid Bergman. ★★★
French governess raises U.S. widower’s sons, returns later. (1:30)
9 a.m. (TMC) Before Sunset (’04,
★★★ Romance) Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy. Two people reunite in Paris after nine years. ‘R’ (1:20)
10:30 a.m. (FX) Instant Family
★★★ (’18, Comedy-Drama) Mark Wahlberg. A couple face challenges after adopting three siblings. (2:30)
1:05 p.m. (FREE) Arthur Christmas
(’11, Children’s) Voices of James ★★★
McAvoy. Animated. Santa’s youngest son undertakes an urgent Christmas mission. (2:05)
1:30 p.m. (AMC) The Polar Express
(’04, Children’s) Voices of Tom ★★★
Hanks. Animated. A conductor guides a boy to the North Pole. (2:00)
2 p.m. (NICK) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (’15,
★★★ Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Live action/animated. SpongeBob SquarePants comes ashore for an adventure on land. (2:00)
2:30 p.m. (TCM) A Woman’s Face
(’38, Drama) Ingrid Bergman. A ★★★ plastic surgeon transforms a scarred and bitter con artist. (2:00)
3:06 p.m. (SYFY) Point Break
★★★ (’91, Action) Patrick Swayze. An FBI man turns surfer to nab rubbermasked bank robbers. (2:54)
3:10 p.m. (FREE) Home Alone
★★★ (’90, Children’s) Macaulay Culkin. A left-behind boy battles two burglars in the house. (2:30)
4:30 p.m. (TMC) Déjà Vu (’06,
★★★ Suspense) Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer. A time-folding federal agent falls in love with a future murder victim. ‘PG-13’ (2:08)
5 p.m. (FX) The Martian (’15,
★★★½ Science Fiction) Matt Damon. A stranded astronaut tries to survive on Mars. (3:00)
5:30 p.m. (VH1) Mean Girls
★★★ (’04, Comedy) Lindsay Lohan. A teen becomes friends with three cruel schoolmates. (2:30)
6 p.m. (SYFY) Salt (’10, Action)
★★★
Angelina Jolie. Accused of being a counterspy, a CIA agent goes on the run. (2:00)
6:45 p.m. (TMC) The Hurt Locker
(’08, War) Jeremy Renner, Anthony ★★★½ Mackie. Members of an elite bomb squad pull hazardous duty in Iraq. ‘R’ (2:07)
8 p.m. (AMC) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (’89,
★★★ Comedy) Chevy Chase. A traditional Griswold yuletide backfires in comic fashion. (2:15)
8 p.m. (FX) Ad Astra (’19, Science
★★★ Fiction) Brad Pitt. An astronaut embarks on a daring mission to Neptune. (2:30)
8 p.m. (SYFY) The Mask (’94,
★★★ Comedy) Jim Carrey. An ancient mask animates a drab bank clerk. (2:00)
9 p.m. (TMC) Schindler’s List
★★★★ (’93, Historical Drama) Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley. German industrialist Oskar Schindler plots with his accountant to save Jewish prisoners from the Nazis. ‘R’ (3:15)
9:30 p.m. (TCM) Woman of the Year
(’42, Comedy) Katharine Hepburn. ★★★½ Sportswriter weds columnist whose career comes first. (2:15)
10:15 p.m. (AMC) The Polar Express
See 1:30 p.m.
★★★
10:30 p.m. (FX) Ad Astra See 8
★★★ p.m.
11 p.m. (VH1) Mean Girls See 5:30
★★★ p.m.
11:45 p.m. (TCM) To Have and Have Not (’44, Adventure) Humphrey
★★★½ Bogart. A skipper fools Nazis and flirts with a singer on Martinique. (2:00)