THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

10:00 ›››› pm. . . (’ . 58, . . . Suspense) . . . . . . . . . . . A . . former . . . . . . . San Vertigo Francisco detective who dreads heights falls for a woman he is hired to protect. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

10:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eagle Eye ››

(’08, Action) Two strangers become pawns of a mysterious woman who threatens their friends and family and uses technology to control their actions. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 11:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Miller’s Sin City:

A Dame to Kill For ›› (’ 14, Action) In the central story, Dwight McCarthy struggles with his inner demons and tries to maintain control until his former lover, Ava Lord, returns wanting his help to escape her abusive husband. (cc) ...................................... SYFY

MIDNIGHT Unbroken ›› (’ 14, Biography) During World War II, Olympian and war hero Louie Zamperini survives for 47 days at sea in a raft, only to be captured by the Japanese navy and sent to a series of prisoner-of-war camps. (cc) ........................................ FX

MIDNIGHT Ace Ventura: Pet Detective ›› (’ 94,

Comedy) A bungling gumshoe uncovers more than just a simple kidnapping when he searches for the Miami Dolphins’ missing mascot. (cc) .................................... PARMT MIDNIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Early Man

››› (’ 18, Children’s) Animated. A plucky cave man and the rest of his tribe face a grave threat when Lord Nooth plans to transform their land into a giant mine. Not ready to go down without a fight, he must unite the clan in an epic quest to defeat a mighty enemy — the Bronze Age. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 12:15 am . . . . . . . . Twentieth Century ››››

(’34, Comedy) An actress deserts the Broadway director who bolstered her career, then meets him on the Chicago-New York express. (cc) TCM

FRIDAY

7:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . The Great Wall ›› (’ 16,

Adventure) Imprisoned within the Great Wall of China, a mercenary warrior joins forces with an elite army to battle an onslaught of marauding monsters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Quick and

the Dead ›› (’ 95, Western) A cowgirl enters a quick-draw contest to get revenge on an outlaw in a town called Redemption. (cc). . . . . . AMC

9:00 am The Lost Squadron ››› (’ 32, Drama) A Prussian director demands realism from a Hollywood stunt pilot and his buddies. (cc) TCM

10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alvin and the Chipmunks ›› (’ 07, Children’s) Live action/animated. Musical but mischievous chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore wreak havoc in the life of songwriter Dave Seville. (cc) ...................................... FREE

10:30 am Goodfellas ›››› (’ 90, Crime Drama) In the 1950s an Irish-Italian hoodlum joins the New York Mafia, but his mob career is not what he expected. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

10:30 am The Sport Parade ›› (’ 32, Drama) Two football stars and their girlfriend drift after college; one turns newsman. (cc) . . . . . . . . . TCM

11:00 am Unbroken ›› (’ 14, Biography) During World War II, Olympian and war hero Louie Zamperini survives for 47 days at sea in a raft, only to be captured by the Japanese navy and sent to a series of prisoner-of-war camps. (cc)

FX 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. & Mrs. Smith ››

(’05, Action) A husband and wife are unaware that each is an international assassin who has just been assigned to kill the other. (cc) MTV

NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Last Song

›› (’ 10, Drama) In a Southern beach town, a man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter through their shared love of music. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E!

NOON Grease ››› (’ 78, Musical) Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1

12:30 pm . . . . . . . . Alvin and the Chipmunks:

The Squeakquel ›› (’ 09, Children’s) Live ac

tion/animated. Now in the care of Dave Seville’s nephew Toby, chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore enter a battle of the bands contest to save their school’s music program. (cc) FREE

1:00 pm Espionage Agent ››› (’ 39, Drama) A State Department agent and the spy he loves grab a briefcase of data from Nazis on a train. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

1:30 pm O Brother, Where Art Thou? ››› (’ 00,

Comedy-Drama) A mysterious lawman tracks three escaped convicts searching for buried treasure in 1930s Mississippi. (cc) . . . . . . AMC 1:45 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Nightmare

on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge ›› (’ 85,

Horror) Mass murderer Freddy Krueger invades the nightmares of a new teenager and uses his body to continue his dirty work. (cc) . . SYFY 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Hours: The

Secret Soldiers of Benghazi ›› (’ 16, War) Six members of the Annex Security Team defend the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, from an attack by Islamic militants. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FX 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Most Wonderful Time of the Year ›››

(’08, Drama) A snowbound stranger brightens the holidays for a retired police officer and his niece. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HALL

2:00 pm Walking Tall ›› (’ 04, Action) A former Special Forces soldier becomes sheriff and deputizes an old friend to help rid their town of thugs. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV

2:30 pm . The Break-Up ›› (’ 06, RomanceComedy) Former lovers live together as hostile roommates when both refuse to move out of their shared condominium. (cc) . . . . . . . BRV

2:30 pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ›› (’ 03,

Romance-Comedy) A columnist tries to make a man dump her, but he bets his boss that she will fall in love. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1

2:30 pm . . . . . . . Shrek ››› (’ 01, Children’s) Animated. In order to save his home, a monster with a donkey makes a deal with a mean lord to rescue a beautiful princess. (cc). . . . . . . FREE 2:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primrose

Path ›› (’ 40, Comedy-Drama) A shantytown tomboy’s straight-arrow sweetheart discovers how her mother makes a living. (cc) . . . TCM

3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Nutty Professor ››› (’ 96, Comedy) An obese scientist drops the pounds and his poor self-image when a secret formula turns him into a slender ladies man. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET 3:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank

Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For ›› (’ 14,

Action) In the central story, Dwight McCarthy struggles with his inner demons and tries to maintain control until his former lover, Ava Lord, returns wanting his help to escape her abusive husband. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 4:00 pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

››› (’ 02, Fantasy) Now divided, members of a fellowship take different paths to destroy the ring and defeat evil Sauron and his pawns. (cc) ....................................... AMC

4:15 pm. . . . . . . Stars in My Crown ››› (’ 50,

Drama) Man of God Josiah Gray is determined to bring religion to the people of Walesburg, a dusty southern town still healing from the Civil War. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

4:30 pm . The Break-Up ›› (’ 06, RomanceComedy) Former lovers live together as hostile roommates when both refuse to move out of their shared condominium. (cc) . . . . . . . BRV 4:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Going on

30 ››› (’ 04, Romance-Comedy) An uncool girl magically becomes a successful adult after making a wish at her disastrous birthday party. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 4:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Santa Clause

››› (’ 94, Children’s) An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. (cc) . . . . . . . . FREE

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

Fast & Furious 6 ›› (’ 13, Action) Agent Hobbs offers Dom Toretto and his crew a full pardon

if mercenary they help drivers him nab whose a gang second-in-command of lethally skilled is someone they all know. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . FX

5:00 pm Sister Act ›› (’ 92, Musical Comedy) A Reno lounge singer on the run plays nun and shows a San Francisco convent’s chorus how to rock. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1

6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Help ››› (’ 11,

Drama) Determined to become a writer, a 1960s Mississippi society girl turns her small town on its ear by interviewing black women who work for prominent white families. (cc). . . . . . BET

6:00 pm The Fifth Element ››› (’ 97, Science Fiction) A New York City cabdriver tries to save 2259 Earth from impact with an onrushing antilife force. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avengers: Age

of Ultron ››› (’ 15, Action) When Tony Stark’s jumpstart of a dormant peacekeeping program goes awry, the Avengers must reassemble to battle a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . USA 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ride the High Country

››› (’ 62, Western) Two old ex-lawmen and their sidekick guard a gold shipment and rescue a woman. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

6:30 pm . . . . . . . . . How to Be Single ›› (’ 16,

Romance-Comedy) Fresh out of college and a long-term relationship, a young woman moves to New York and befriends a partying co-worker who shows her how to have fun. (cc). . . BRV 6:30 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) ...................................... E!

6:30 pm . . . . . . . The Santa Clause 2 ›› (’ 02,

Children’s) Scott Calvin’s world turns upside down when he’s dealt a double whammy of bad news: Not only has his son, Charlie, landed on this year’s naughty list, but Scott has to marry by Christmas Eve, or he will stop being Santa Claus forever. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

7:30 pm . . . . . . . Fist Fight ›› (’ 17, Comedy) Fired from his teaching job for losing his cool, a disgruntled man challenges the colleague who snitched on him to a fight after school. (cc) ...................................... TBS

7:30 pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit ›› (’ 93,

Musical Comedy) A Las Vegas singer teaches a mother superior’s flock how to rock and save the school from closure. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . VH1 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Made

for Each Other ››› (’ 39, Comedy-Drama) A young lawyer starts a family with the woman he loves instead of with his boss’s daughter. .....................................1 8:00 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

8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . Transformers ››› (’ 07,

Action) Humanity’s fate rests in the hands of a youth when two races of warring robots make Earth their final battleground. (cc). . . . . TNT 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . The Lord of the Rings: The

Return of the King ››› (’ 03, Fantasy) Frodo and Sam march toward Mount Doom to destroy the ring, while Gandalf and warriors prepare for a final confrontation with Sauron and his allies. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

8:00 pm The Greatest Show on Earth ››› (’ 52,

Drama) A high-wire artist, the girlfriend of a circus manager, falls for a French aerialist. (cc) ....................................... TCM 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Going on

30 ››› (’ 04, Romance-Comedy) An uncool girl magically becomes a successful adult after making a wish at her disastrous birthday party. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRV 9:00 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) . . . . E! 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ant-Man ›››

(’15, Action) Armed with a suit that allows him to shrink in size but grow in strength, Ant-Man must prevent Dr. Hank Pym’s former protégé, also known as Yellowjacket, from perfecting the same technology and using it as a weapon for evil. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USA

9:15 pm. . . . . . Pain & Gain ›› (’ 13, Action) In 1990s Miami, a gym manager and his muscular accomplices kidnap a wealthy businessman and force him to sign over all his assets — including cars and a luxurious mansion — to them. (cc) ....................................... TBS

10:00 pm Grease ››› (’ 78, Musical) Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . VH1

10:45 pm The Circus ›› (’ 28, Comedy) Silent. The little tramp joins a circus, befriends a bareback rider and walks the tightrope. . . . . . . . . . TCM

11:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Going on

30 ››› (’ 04, Romance-Comedy) An uncool girl magically becomes a successful adult after making a wish at her disastrous birthday party. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRV 11:00 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 MIDNIGHT Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls ››

(’95, Comedy) A sacred white bat’s disappearance begets bloodshed between African tribes and puts the goofy pet sleuth on the case. (cc) .................................... PARMT MIDNIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mad

Max 2: The Road Warrior ›››› (’ 81, Action) Loner lawman Mad Max fights barbarian bikers for gasoline in the wasteland of the future. (cc)

TNT

12:15 am The Big Circus ››› (’ 59, Adventure) A circus man’s show goes on under the scrutiny of a bank examiner and with help from a PR woman. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

12:30 am Sixteen Candles ›› (’ 84, Comedy) A girl turning 16 likes another girl’s guy and feels nobody cares about her birthday. (cc) . VH1

1:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Made

for Each Other ››› (’ 39, Comedy-Drama) A young lawyer starts a family with the woman he loves instead of with his boss’s daughter. 1

1:00 am . . . . . . . . . How to Be Single ›› (’ 16,

Romance-Comedy) Fresh out of college and a long-term relationship, a young woman moves

to who New shows York her and how befriends to have a fun. partying (cc). . co-worker . BRV

SATURDAY

6:00 zillionaire am Richie saves Rich his ›› parents (’ 94, and Children’s) Rich Industries The boy 6:00 from am a . . scheming . . Hotel Berlin executive. ››› (cc) (’ 45, . . . Drama) . . . . AMC An hide escapee in a grand from hotel Dachau, as the an Third actress Reich and falls. others 7:00 (cc) am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The . . . . Boxtrolls . . . . . . TCM

new ››› friend (’ 14, hatch Children’s) a plan Animated. to save a community A boy and his of mischievous cavern-dwellers from the villainous townsman who plans to exterminate them. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Last Song

›› (’ 10, Drama) In a Southern beach town, a man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter through their shared love of music. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shooter

›› (’ 07, Suspense) Reluctantly pressed into service again, a former military sniper plots revenge against his powerful foes after being betrayed and wounded. (cc) . . . . . . PARMT

8:26 am The Pace That Thrills ›› (’ 52, Action) A motorcycle racer looking for glory falls for a writer looking for a story.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

8:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Only the Brave ››› (’ 17, Drama) The Granite Mountain Hotshots become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the country. Watching over lives, homes and everything people hold dear, they forge a unique brotherhood that comes into focus with one fateful fire in Yarnell, Ariz. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Platoon ›››› (’ 86, War) Two sergeants and a private join others lost in war along the 1967 Cambodian border. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . WGN-A

9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alvin and the Chipmunks ›› (’ 07, Children’s) Live action/animated. Musical but mischievous chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore wreak havoc in the life of songwriter Dave Seville. (cc) ...................................... FREE 10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Going on

30 ››› (’ 04, Romance-Comedy) An uncool girl magically becomes a successful adult after making a wish at her disastrous birthday party. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E!

10:08 am Mexican Spitfire ›› (’ 39, Comedy) Carmelita elopes, cavorts with Lord Epping and tosses pies with her husband’s ex-fiancee. (cc)

TCM

11:00 am Tombstone ››› (’ 93, Western) Doc Holliday joins Wyatt Earp and his brothers for an OK Corral showdown with the Clanton gang. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 11:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alvin and

the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ›› (’ 09,

Children’s) Live action/animated. Now in the care of Dave Seville’s nephew Toby, chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore enter a battle of the bands contest to save their school’s music program. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

11:30 am. . . . The Mummy ›› (’ 17, Action) A battle in the Middle East accidentally unearths Ahmanet, a betrayed Egyptian princess who was entombed under the desert. Now, a soldier of fortune must stop the resurrected monster as she embarks on a furious rampage through London. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 11:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Platoon ›››› (’ 86, War) Two sergeants and a private join others lost in war along the 1967 Cambodian border. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . WGN-A

NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ››› (’01, Children’s) An orphan attends a school of witchcraft and wizardry and pieces together the mystery of his parents’ deaths. (cc) . . . . . . E!

NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ted ››› (’ 12, Comedy) Thirty years after his