THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

3:00 pm Whistling in Dixie ›› (’ 42,

radio-show sleuth and his bride help Comedy) her soror- A ity sister solve a Georgia murder mystery. (cc) ....................................... TCM

4:00 pm Death at a Funeral ›› (’ 10, Comedy) Sibling rivalry, family secrets and a mysterious stranger threaten to blow the lid off the coffin when a man tries to give his late father a proper memorial. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET

4:00 pm 2012 ›› (’ 09, Action) Earth’s billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist, world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 4:20 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hercules ››› (’ 97, Children’s) Animated. The half-mortal strongman must become a hero to rejoin the gods on Mount Olympus. Charlton Heston narrates. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

4:30 pm The Longest Yard ›› (’ 05, Comedy) At a Texas penitentiary, jailed NFL veterans train their fellow inmates for a football game against the guards. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV

4:30 pm . . . . . . . . Monster House ››› (’ 06,

Children’s) Animated. No adults believe three youths’ assertion that a neighboring residence is a living creature that means them harm. (cc) ...................................... SYFY 4:30 pm . . . . . . . . . Whistling in Brooklyn ››

(’43, Comedy) An amateur criminologist finds himself in hot water with the police, a murderer and the Brooklyn Dodgers. (cc) . . . . . . . . TCM

5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BlacKkKlansman

››› (’ 18, Comedy-Drama) Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer in Colorado Springs, Colo., works under cover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. Stallworth and his partner Flip Zimmerman risk their lives to penetrate the KKK at its highest levels. (cc) . FX

5:00 pm Hustle & Flow ››› (’ 05, Drama) A pimp in Memphis, Tenn., sees rap music as the way to escape his dead-end existence and achieve something meaningful. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 5:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Star

Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ›››› (’ 80,

Science Fiction) Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker to be a Jedi knight, and Han Solo woos Princess Leia, as Darth Vader returns to threaten the rebel forces trying to save the galaxy. (cc) TNT

6:25 pm Finding Nemo ›››› (’ 03, Children’s) Animated. A clown fish embarks on a journey to find his son after losing him in the Great Barrier Reef. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

6:30 pm . . . . . . . Pitch Black ›› (’ 00, Science Fiction) After crash landing on a distant planet, survivors must fight deadly creatures that come out only at night. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY

6:30 pm Two O’Clock Courage ›› (’ 45, Mystery) An amnesiac murder suspect meets a woman cabby who helps him figure it all out. (cc) TCM

7:00 pm The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

›› (’ 11, Romance) A chain of events, set off by Edward and Bella’s marriage, honeymoon and birth of a child, yields a shocking development for Jacob. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 7:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dope

››› (’ 15, Comedy) A high-school senior and his friends have a wild adventure in Los Angeles as they try to stay one step ahead of armed thugs who want the Ecstasy that a drug dealer secretly stashed in the youth’s backpack. (cc) ....................................... VH1

7:30 pm Twister ››› (’ 96, Action) Storm-chasers finalizing their divorce try to place equipment inside a tornado on the Oklahoma plains. (cc)

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8:00 pm The Equalizer 2 ›› (’ 18, Action) Robert McCall’s mysterious past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer — his best friend and former colleague. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Gangster

››› (’ 47, Crime Drama) A crime empire falls and another rises in the squalid neighborhood of Neptune City, Brooklyn, when bloodthirsty gangster Cornell starts muscling in on turf that belongs to racketeer Shubunka. (cc) . . . TCM 8:32 pm Star Wars: Return of the Jedi ›››

(’83, Science Fiction) Luke Skywalker, now an experienced Jedi knight, tries to discover Darth Vader’s identity. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT

8:55 pm Finding Dory ››› (’ 16, Children’s) Animated. With help from Nemo and Marlin, Dory the forgetful fish embarks on an epic adventure to find her mother and father. (cc) . . . . FREE 9:00 pm Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins ››

(’08, Comedy) Determined to prove to his family how much he has changed, a talk-show star returns to his small Southern hometown for his parents’ anniversary. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET 9:00 pm The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part

2 ›› (’ 12, Romance) Bella and Edward gather werewolves, vampires and other allies to help them protect their daughter from the Volturi. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT

10:00 pm Galaxy Quest ››› (’ 99, Comedy) Aliens, believing actors to be real heroes, enlist cast members of a sci-fi TV series to help save their people. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRU 10:00 pm. . . . . All About the Benjamins ››

(’02, Action) A bounty hunter and a con artist work together to retrieve a lottery ticket from a group of diamond thieves. (cc) . . . . . . . . VH1

10:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . Cry of the City ›››

(’48, Crime Drama) A New York police detective hunts his boyhood buddy, a killer jewel thief trying to leave the country. (cc) . . . . . . . . TCM

10:30 pm The Equalizer 2 ›› (’ 18, Action) Robert McCall’s mysterious past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer — his best friend and former colleague. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

11:00 pm Sleepy Hollow ››› (’ 99, Horror) A Colonial-era constable probes a series of grisly decapitations in an upstate New York hamlet. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 11:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . Star Wars: A New Hope

›››› (’ 77, Science Fiction) Robots and other allies help a youth and a space jockey rescue a rebel princess and battle dark forces bent on intergalactic rule. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT

MIDNIGHT Galaxy Quest ››› (’ 99, Comedy) Aliens, believing actors to be real heroes, enlist cast members of a sci-fi TV series to help save their people. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRU MIDNIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just Friends

›› (’ 05, Romance-Comedy) A music executive tries to woo his high-school crush while keeping his suspicious ex-girlfriend at bay. (cc) FREE

MIDNIGHT Behave Yourself ›› (’ 51, Suspense) A couple find a specially trained lost dog and answer an ad placed by gangsters for its return. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

12:06 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twister ››› (’ 96,

Action) Storm-chasers finalizing their divorce try to place equipment inside a tornado on the Oklahoma plains. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

1:00 am Upgrade ››› (’ 18, Science Fiction) An artificial intelligence implant called STEM gives a paralyzed man superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who killed his wife. (cc) . . . . . . . FX 1:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lost Boys ›››

(’87, Horror) A woman and her sons move to a coastal California town full of teenage vampire punks. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT

1:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . I Died a Thousand Times

›› (’ 55, Crime Drama) Bank robber Roy Earle pays for a disabled girl’s surgery, then meets his doom in the High Sierra. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . TCM

TUESDAY

6:00 am . . . Dear Heart ››› (’ 65, Comedy) An unmarried postmistress attends a New York

convention and meets a salesman about to be married. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

7:00 am Upgrade ››› (’ 18, Science Fiction) An artificial intelligence implant called STEM gives a paralyzed man superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who killed his wife. (cc) . . . . . . . FX

8:00 am My Dog’s Christmas Miracle ››› (’ 11,

Children’s) A dog tries to thwart the romance between her owner and a widowed architect. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIFE 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday

in New York ››› (’ 63, Romance-Comedy) An innocent upstater visits her airline-pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce. (cc) ....................................... TCM 9:00 am . . . . . . The Adjustment Bureau ››

(’11, Suspense) After glimpsing his future, an ambitious politician battles the agents of Fate itself to be with the woman he loves. (cc) SYFY

9:00 am The Godfather ›››› (’ 72, Drama) Crime boss Vito Corleone and his sons rule their New York empire with Mafia justice. (cc) AMC

10:00 am . . A Nanny for Christmas ›› (’ 10,

Comedy) A career woman cares for the children of a Beverly Hills advertising executive during the holidays. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIFE 10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liar Liar ››

(’97, Comedy) A boy’s birthday wish comes true that his neglectful father, a fast-talking lawyer, will not be able to tell a lie for 24 hours. (cc) ....................................... MTV 10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Sweet November ››

(’68, Comedy-Drama) A tragic New Yorker loves a different man a month; the one for November wants to stay. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

11:00 am The Hunger Games ››› (’ 12, Science Fiction) A resourceful teen takes her younger sister’s place in a brutal contest in which youths from each of 12 districts fight to the death on live television. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

11:24 am . . . . . . . Pitch Black ›› (’ 00, Science Fiction) After crash landing on a distant planet, survivors must fight deadly creatures that come out only at night. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Love You, Alice

B. Toklas ››› (’ 68, Comedy) A Los Angeles lawyer shocks his mother by dropping out with a hippie who bakes marijuana brownies. (cc) ....................................... TCM 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atomic Blonde ›››

(’17, Action) With the Berlin Wall about to fall, an elite MI6 spy travels into the heart of the city to retrieve a priceless dossier and take down a ruthless espionage ring. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 1:00 pm . . . . . The Godfather, Part II ››››

(’74, Crime Drama) Michael Corleone rules his father’s criminal empire, while flashbacks recall young Vito’s climb to power. (cc) . . . . . . . AMC

1:45 pm The Bobo ›› (’ 67, Comedy) An impresario will let a clumsy matador sing at his theater

if ....................................... he seduces the biggest flirt in Barcelona. TCM (cc) 2:00 Catching pm . . . . . Fire . . . . ››› . . . . . . . (’ The 13, Science Hunger Fiction) Games: After their Games, unprecedented Katniss Everdeen victory and in Peeta the 74th Mellark Hunger embark is stirring, on a Victors but a cruel Tour. change Katniss in senses the upcoming rebellion 75th (cc) . Hunger . . . . . . . . Games . . . . . . . may . . . . . change . . . . . . . . Panem . . . . . FREE forever.

2:30 Romance-Comedy) pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Knocked A rising journalist Up ››› and (’ 07, an irresponsible slacker ponder their future after a boozy one-night stand results in a pregnancy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Greatest Showman ›› (’ 17, Musical) P.T. Barnum indulges his limitless imagination to create the Barnum & Bailey circus in the 1800s. Featuring musical numbers, exotic performers and daring feats, the mesmerizing spectacle takes the world by storm to become the greatest show on Earth. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

3:00 pm Hercules: The Thracian Wars ›› (’ 14,

Adventure) Now a traveling mercenary, Hercules must once again become a hero to help the benevolent king of Thrace protect his people from a powerful warlord. (cc). . . . . . . . . . TNT

3:30 pm Lolita ››› (’ 62, Comedy-Drama) Professor Humbert Humbert marries a widow to be near her nymphet daughter. (cc) . . . . . . TCM

5:00 pm Hidden Figures ››› (’ 16, Historical Drama) NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson cross gender and race lines to help launch astronaut John Glenn into outer space. (cc) . . . . . . . FX 5:00 pm Star Wars: Return of the Jedi ›››

(’83, Science Fiction) Luke Skywalker, now an experienced Jedi knight, tries to discover Darth Vader’s identity. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT

5:30 pm The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

››› (’ 14, Science Fiction) After shattering the games forever, Katniss finds herself in District

13, fighting to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

5:30 pm The Godfather ›››› (’ 72, Drama) Crime boss Vito Corleone and his sons rule their New York empire with Mafia justice. (cc) AMC

6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . Sweet Home Alabama

›› (’ 02, Romance-Comedy) Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USA 6:15 pm Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ››››

(’64, Comedy) President Muffley and his advisers man the Pentagon war room, as planes with bombs head toward Moscow. (cc). . . . . . TCM

6:30 pm Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins ››

(’08, Comedy) Determined to prove to his family how much he has changed, a talk-show star returns to his small Southern hometown for his parents’ anniversary. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET

7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Knocked Up ››› (’ 07,

Romance-Comedy) A rising journalist and an irresponsible slacker ponder their future after a boozy one-night stand results in a pregnancy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E!

7:00 pm Rocky ›››› (’ 76, Drama) Heavyweight champ Apollo Creed gives Philadelphia club fighter Rocky Balboa a title shot. (cc) PARMT

8:00 pm Book Club ›› (’ 18, Romance-Comedy) Four friends’ lives are turned upside down when their book club tackles the infamous 50 Shades of Grey. From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter.

(cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

›› (’ 14, Fantasy) As the dragon Smaug rains fire on the citizens of Lake-town, Sauron sends legions of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain. Men, Dwarves and Elves must decide whether

to unite and prevail — or be destroyed — and Middle Earth hangs in the balance. (cc) TNT 8:00 pm The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

››› (’ 15, Science Fiction) Katniss faces mortal traps, deadly enemies and moral choices when she and her closest friends leave District 13 to assassinate President Snow and liberate the citizens of war-torn Panem. (cc) . . . . . . FREE 8:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The

Proposal ›› (’ 09, Romance-Comedy) Facing deportation to Canada, a high-powered book editor pretends she is engaged to her assistant, whom she’s tormented for years. (cc) . . USA 9:00 pm Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family

›› (’ 11, Comedy-Drama) Madea gathers the clan together to help her niece cope with some distressing news about her health. (cc) BET

9:15 pm Outrage ›› (’ 50, Drama) A California preacher reaches out to a rape victim who has left her fiance and town. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . TCM

9:30 pm Rocky IV ›› (’ 85, Drama) Champ Rocky Balboa trains in Siberia for a bout against a lab-tested Soviet with a 2000-psi punch. (cc) .................................. PARMT 9:30 pm . . . . . The Godfather, Part II ››››

(’74, Crime Drama) Michael Corleone rules his father’s criminal empire, while flashbacks recall young Vito’s climb to power. (cc) . . . . . . . AMC

10:00 pm Book Club ›› (’ 18, Romance-Comedy) Four friends’ lives are turned upside down when their book club tackles the infamous 50 Shades of Grey. From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter.

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10:00 pm Dumb & Dumber ››› (’ 94, Comedy) An inept dog groomer and a limousine driver chase the latter’s dream girl cross country. (cc) ....................................... TRU 11:00 pm Hercules: The Thracian Wars ››

(’14, Adventure) Now a traveling mercenary, Hercules must once again become a hero to help the benevolent king of Thrace protect his people from a powerful warlord. (cc) ................................. TNT

11:30 pm. . Rocky Balboa ››› (’ 06, Drama) Retired Rocky’s plan to re-enter the ring for a few small matches escalates into a full-fledged bout with the world’s reigning heavyweight. (cc) .................................... PARMT

MIDNIGHT Hidden Figures ››› (’ 16, Historical Drama) NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson cross gender and race lines to help launch astronaut John Glenn into outer space. (cc) . . . . . . . FX

12:15 am Dumb & Dumber ››› (’ 94, Comedy) An inept dog groomer and a limousine driver chase the latter’s dream girl cross country. (cc) ....................................... TRU 12:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boat People

››› (’ 83, Drama) A Japanese photojournalist tours 1975 Da Nang, Vietnam, by invitation and sees pitiful war refugees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

WEDNESDAY 7:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atomic Blonde ›››

(’17, Action) With the Berlin Wall about to fall, an elite MI6 spy travels into the heart of the city to retrieve a priceless dossier and take down a ruthless espionage ring. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

7:00 am Sheng Si Jie ›› (’ 05, Drama) A college student falls for a manipulative trucker who turns her life upside down. . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

9:00 am A Bronx Tale ››› (’ 93, Drama) The son of an honest bus driver looks up to a local mob boss amid racial tension in 1960s New York. (cc) ....................................... AMC 9:28 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

›› (’ 17, Science Fiction) In the 28th century, two special operatives race against time to save the diverse city of Alpha from a dark force that also jeopardizes the future of the universe. (cc) ...................................... SYFY 10:30 am The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

››› (’ 14, Science Fiction) After shattering the