WEDNESDAY MOVIES
Noon (TMC) Vertigo (’58, Sus- pense) James Stewart, Kim Novak. A former San Francisco detective who dreads heights falls for a woman he is hired to protect. ‘PG’ (2:08)
Coming to America
(’88, Comedy) Eddie Murphy. An African prince and his royal sidekick come to Queens. (2:30)
(’48, Crime Drama) Paul Henreid. A former med student kills a doctor double and takes his place. (1:00)
1:30 p.m. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (’00, Comedy-Drama) George Clooney. Three escaped convicts embark on an unusual odyssey. (2:30)
Where the Lilies Bloom (’74, Drama) Julie Gholson. Appalachian orphans hide father’s death to avoid welfare. (2:00)
2:10 p.m.
(’54, Suspense) James Stewart, Grace Kelly. Sitting in a wheelchair, his leg in a cast, a photographer spies on courtyard neighbors and sees a murder. ‘PG’ (1:52)
3:30 p.m. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (’13, Fantasy) Ian McKellen. Bilbo and company encounter the fearsome dragon Smaug. (3:30)
4 p.m. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (’73, Adventure) Ingrid Bergman. Children sleuth an art mystery while hiding in a museum. (2:00)
The Polar Express
(’04, Children’s) Voices of Tom Hanks. Animated. A conductor guides a boy to the North Pole. (2:00)
4:05 p.m. (’60, Horror) Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh. A woman on the run stops at a 12-cabin motel with showers, run by mother-fixated Norman Bates. ‘R’ (1:49) (’14, Children’s) Hugh Bonneville. Live action/ animated. A kindly British family takes in a lost Peruvian bear. (2:00) Spider-Man: Homecoming (’17, Action) Tom Holland. Peter Parker harnesses his new powers to battle the Vulture. (3:00)
(’17, Action) Gal Gadot. Wonder Woman discovers her full powers and true destiny. (3:00)
6 p.m. Planes, Trains and Au- tomobiles (’87, Comedy) Steve Martin. A stranded ad exec and a salesman make unlikely co-travelers. (2:00)
A Little Romance
(’79, Romance-Comedy) Laurence Olivier. An elderly con man helps out two love-struck teenagers. (2:00)
(’63, Sus- pense) Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren. Flocks of birds attack a playgirl, a bachelor and others in a sea town. ‘PG-13’ (1:59)
(’88, Ac- tion) Bruce Willis. A New York policeman outwits foreign thugs in an L.A. high- rise. (3:00)
Coming to America
8 p.m. Planes, Trains and Auto- mobiles See 6 p.m.
8 p.m. Spider-Man: Far From Home (’19, Action) Tom Holland. Spider-Man and Mysterio battle four elemental creatures. (3:00) (FX)
(’42, Drama) Humphrey Bogart. Nazis, intrigue and romance clash at a Moroccan nightclub. (2:00)
Fried Green Tomatoes (’91, Drama) Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy. Fannie Flagg’s tale of friendship between Alabama women. ‘PG-13’ (2:10)
10 p.m. Planes, Trains and Auto- mobiles See 6 p.m.
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