Miami Herald (Sunday)

THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

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8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Party ››› (’ 90, Musical Comedy) Robin Harris. Kid is grounded by his dad for fighting, but he is determined to sneak out to go to a huge party at Play’s house and meet up with the hottest girl in school. (cc) VH1 8:00 pm Star Trek ››› (’ 09, Science Fiction) Chris Pine. Young James T. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew embark on a collision course with a vengeful Romulan. (cc)

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8:20 pm . . . . . . . . . . . The Incredible­s ›››

(’04, Children’s) Voices of Craig T. Nelson. Animated. Now fighting boredom in suburbia, a former superhero and his family get a chance to save the world. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

8:30 pm Noah ››› (’ 14, Historical Drama) Russell Crowe. Premiere. God chooses Noah to build an ark and save the animals and his family from an apocalypti­c flood. (cc) SYFY 9:00 pm Nutty Professor II: The Klumps ›› (’00, Comedy) Eddie Murphy. In an attempt to remove Buddy Love from his subconscio­us, professor Klump accidental­ly creates him as a separate person. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET 9:00 pm Burlesque ›› (’ 10, Drama) Cher.

With help from a savvy stage manager and a gender-bending host, a cocktail waitress with a stunning voice becomes a performer in a club’s musical revue. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 9:00 pm Kung Fu Panda 2 ››› (’ 11, Children’s) Voices of Jack Black. Animated. Po must unlock secrets of his past in order to defeat a formidable villain who plans to wipe out kung fu and conquer China. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . NICK

9:15 pm Silent Waters ››› (’ 03, Drama) Kirron Kher. In 1979 Pakistan a widow’s son joins a band of Islamic militants and persecutes Sikhs who have entered the country as pilgrims.

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9:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rambo: First Blood Part II ›› (’ 85, Action) Sylvester Stallone. A former Green Beret goes on a reconnaiss­ance mission to spring MIAs from a Viet Cong prison. (cc) . . . . . . PARMT 10:00 pm . The Hangover Part III ›› (’ 13, Comedy) Bradley Cooper. Phil, Stu and Doug take Alan on a road trip to help him through a personal crisis. Meanwhile, Mr. Chow breaks out of prison and prepares to wreak havoc. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:00 pm London Has Fallen ›› (’ 16, Action) Gerard Butler. Secret Service agent Mike Banning springs into action to save captive U.S. President Benjamin Asher from the terrorists who attacked London. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Wedding Singer ››› (’ 98, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A spirited entertaine­r and a waitress with a boorish fiance work at the same weddings. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRU

WEDNESDAY

7:00 am Downsizing ›› (’ 17, Comedy-Drama) Matt Damon. A man joins a community of miniaturiz­ed people after undergoing a process to shrink himself. As he gets to know his new neighbors and surroundin­gs, he soon learns that living in a tiny suburb comes with its own set of huge problems. (cc) . . . . . FX

8:15 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Teckman Mystery ›› (’ 54, Suspense) Margaret Leighton. A biographer falls for the sister of a supposedly dead test pilot whose case alarms Scotland Yard. . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012

›› (’ 09, Action) John Cusack. 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 10:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Nuit de la vérité ››› (’ 04, Drama) Naky Sy Savane. After 10 years of brutal civil war, two ethnic groups in Africa, the Nayaks and the Bonande, agree to end their fighting. The Nayak president and the Bonande rebel leader arrange festivitie­s to honor the truce.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Party 2

›› (’ 91, Musical Comedy) Christophe­r Reid. Rap buddies try for college and a promoter’s recording contract, one of which is not a good idea. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dumb and Dumber To ›› (’ 14, Comedy) Jim Carrey. Witless wonders Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne go on a road trip to find the daughter that Harry never knew he had. (cc) FX

NOON Screaming Eagles ›› (’ 56, War) Tom Tryon. An Army private joins a lieutenant’s platoon on a D-Day mission to take and hold a bridge. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Party ››› (’ 90, Musical Comedy) Robin Harris. Kid is grounded by his dad for fighting, but he is determined to sneak out to go to a huge party at Play’s house and meet up with the hottest girl in school. (cc) VH1 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Cinderella Story

›› (’ 04, Romance-Comedy) Hilary Duff. A teenager with a wicked stepmother develops an online relationsh­ip with a popular highschool quarterbac­k. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

1:00 pm . . The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge

Out of Water ››› (’ 15, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Live action/animated. Perpetual adversarie­s SpongeBob and Plankton join forces and come ashore to battle a pirate who has plans for the stolen Krabby Patties recipe. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK

1:00 pm Star Trek ››› (’ 09, Science Fiction) Chris Pine. Young James T. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew embark on a collision course with a vengeful Romulan. (cc)

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1:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates ›› (’16, Comedy) Zac Efron. Two hard-partying brothers bring two wild and uncontroll­able women to their sister’s wedding in Hawaii. (cc) FX

1:30 pm . . . . A Nightmare on Elm Street 4:

The Dream Master ›› (’ 88, Horror) Robert Englund. Grotesque Freddy Krueger gives some more suburban teenagers something to dream about. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

2:00 pm The Dirty Dozen ››› (’ 67, War) Lee Marvin. A U.S. Army major selects and trains 12 hard-core criminals for a daring raid on an impregnabl­e Nazi chateau. (cc). . . . . . . TCM

2:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Game Plan ›› (’ 07, Children’s) Dwayne ‘The Rock‘ Johnson. A star football player tries to juggle his carefree lifestyle, his team’s bid for the championsh­ip and the needs of his newly discovered young daughter. (cc). . . . . FREE

3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Bourne Identity ››› (’ 02, Action) Matt Damon. A woman helps an amnesiac, who has a dangerous past, to dodge assassins as he tries to learn about himself. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A&E

3:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daddy’s Home ››

(’15, Comedy) Will Ferrell. An insecure man competes for the affection of his stepchildr­en when their freewheeli­ng father breezes back into town. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

3:30 pm . . . . . . . A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child ›› (’ 89, Horror) Robert Englund. A young woman wages a desperate battle to protect the soul of her unborn child from dream stalker Freddy Krueger. (cc) SYFY 4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bad Boys II ››

(’03, Action) Martin Lawrence. Two detectives uncover a conspiracy involving a drug kingpin while trying to stop the traffickin­g of Ecstasy in Miami. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

5:00 pm Nutty Professor II: The Klumps ›› (’00, Comedy) Eddie Murphy. In an attempt to remove Buddy Love from his subconscio­us, professor Klump accidental­ly creates him as a separate person. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET

5:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Sniper ››› (’ 14, War) Bradley Cooper. Sniper and U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle saves many lives on battlefiel­ds in Iraq while striving to be a good husband and father to his loved ones back in America. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIST

5:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarzan ››› (’ 99, Children’s) Voices of Tony Goldwyn. Animated. A man raised by apes in the African jungle encounters a professor, his daughter and a suspicious hunter. (cc) FREE 5:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . The Best Years of Our Lives ›››› (’ 46, Drama) Fredric March. A disabled serviceman and two other veterans have difficulty adjusting to civilian life after World War II. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

5:15 pm The Equalizer ›› (’ 14, Action) Denzel Washington. A former commando comes out of retirement and puts his special skills to work to rescue a girl who is under the control of ruthless Russian mobsters. (cc) . . . . TNT

5:30 pm . . . The Bourne Supremacy ›››

(’04, Action) Matt Damon. A CIA chief sends a senior operative to take down Jason Bourne when it appears the rogue agent is behind the deaths of two people. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . A&E

5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Heat ›› (’ 13, Comedy) Sandra Bullock. An arrogant, methodical FBI agent must join forces with a foul-mouthed, erratic Boston detective to bring down a ruthless drug lord. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

5:30 pm Noah ››› (’ 14, Historical Drama) Russell Crowe. God chooses Noah to build an ark and save the animals and his family from an apocalypti­c flood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 6:00 pm. . The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge

Out of Water ››› (’ 15, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Live action/animated. Perpetual adversarie­s SpongeBob and Plankton join forces and come ashore to battle a pirate who has plans for the stolen Krabby Patties recipe. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK

7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving Private Ryan ›››› (’ 98, War) Tom Hanks. A World War II captain and his squad risk all to locate and send home a soldier whose three brothers died in combat. (cc). . . . . . PARMT

7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . A Bug’s Life ››› (’ 98, Children’s) Voices of Dave Foley. Animated. An inventor ant teams up with other insects to keep a gang of grasshoppe­rs from terrorizin­g his colony. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Green

Mile ››› (’ 99, Drama) Tom Hanks. In 1935 a head prison guard realizes a man on death row may be innocent and have a supernatur­al ability to heal others. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 8:00 pm The Bourne Ultimatum ››› (’ 07, Action) Matt Damon. Jason Bourne continues his internatio­nal quest to uncover his true identity while staying one step ahead of those who want to kill him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . A&E 8:00 pm. . . . Book Club ›› (’ 18, RomanceCom­edy) Diane Keaton. 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. . Purple Rain ››› (’ 84, Musical) Prince. The Kid fights his rival for a singer and Minneapoli­s rock-club success. (cc) . . . VH1 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergeant York ›››› (’ 41, War) Gary Cooper. A Tennessean becomes one of World War I’s most decorated heroes by single-handedly capturing a German position. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:00 pm Wreck-It Ralph ››› (’ 12, Children’s) Voices of John C. Reilly. Animated. After years of losing to his adversary, an arcade-game character grows tired of always being the bad guy and takes matters into his own hands to finally become a hero. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . FREE 10:00 pm . . Book Club ›› (’ 18, RomanceCom­edy) Diane Keaton. 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 10:00 pm The Town ››› (’ 10, Crime Drama) Ben Affleck. A Boston bank robber looks for a way out of his criminal lifestyle after beginning a passionate romance with the woman that his gang briefly took hostage. (cc) TNT

THURSDAY

6:00 am. . . . . Ada ››› (’ 61, Drama) Susan Hayward. A sharecropp­er’s daughter of dubious repute helps her husband the governor clean up corruption. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Nanny for Christmas ›› (’ 10, Comedy) Emmanuelle Vaugier. A career woman cares for the children of a Beverly Hills advertisin­g executive during the holidays. (cc) . . . LIFE 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . They Won’t Believe Me ››› (’ 47, Crime Drama) Robert Young. A stockbroke­r tells the court how his rich wife and one of two girlfriend­s died. (cc) . . TCM

8:30 am . . . . . . . The Longest Ride ›› (’ 15, Drama) Scott Eastwood. As conflictin­g paths test their bond, a couple find inspiratio­n in the romantic tales of an elderly man whose great love for his wife stood the test of time. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 9:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters ›› (’ 13, Fantasy) Jeremy Renner. Joined in Progress. Brother and sister, Hansel and Gretel, are the ultimate witch-hunting vigilantes. Now, unknown to them, they have become the hunted and must face a greater evil than witches: their past. (cc) . . . . AMC

9:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Top Secret Affair ›› (’ 57, Comedy) Susan Hayward. A publisher uses her magazine and charm to derail a general on the Washington fast track. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hustle & Flow ››› (’ 05, Drama) Terrence Howard. A pimp in Memphis, Tenn., sees rap music as the way to escape his dead-end existence and achieve something meaningful. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . VH1 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bad Boys ›› (’ 95, Action) Martin Lawrence. Undercover Miami detectives switch lives while investigat­ing murders linked to stolen heroin. (cc) AMC 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ›› (’ 17, Science Fiction) Dane DeHaan. 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 11:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trainwreck ››› (’ 15, Romance-Comedy) Amy Schumer. A promiscuou­s magazine writer considers monogamy for the first time when she starts to fall in love with the charming sports doctor she’s profiling. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 11:45 am The Lusty Men ››› (’ 52, Western) Susan Hayward. An ex-rodeo champ eyes the wife of a rodeo rider he coaches to fame. (cc) TCM

NOON The Preacher’s Wife ››› (’ 96, Fantasy) Denzel Washington. A handsome angel saves a New York Baptist and his wife from spiritual doubt and marital woe. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FREE 12:30 pm . Purple Rain ››› (’ 84, Musical) Prince. The Kid fights his rival for a singer and Minneapoli­s rock-club success. (cc) . . . VH1 1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bad Boys II ››

(’03, Action) Martin Lawrence. Two detectives uncover a conspiracy involving a drug kingpin while trying to stop the traffickin­g of Ecstasy in Miami. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

1:45 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Snows of Kilimanjar­o ››› (’ 52, Adventure) Gregory Peck. A Hemingwaye­sque writer reviews the riddle of his life as he lies dying in Africa. (cc) TCM

2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zathura ›››

(’05, Children’s) Josh Hutcherson. Two young brothers play a mysterious game that propels them into an outer-space adventure. (cc) SYFY 2:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Heat ›› (’ 13, Comedy) Sandra Bullock. An arrogant, methodical FBI agent must join forces with a foul-mouthed, erratic Boston detective to bring down a ruthless drug lord. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

2:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 ›› (’ 13, Children’s) Voices of Bill Hader. Animated. Discoverin­g that his most-famous machine is now creating animal/vegetable hybrids, inventor Flint Lockwood and his friends venture forth to save the world from tacodiles, shrimpanze­es and other creatures. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

3:00 pm . . . Space Jam ›› (’ 96, Children’s) Michael Jordan. Live action/animated. Bugs Bunny recruits NBA star Michael Jordan to help the good Looney Tunes squad take on the bad Monstars in a basketball game. (cc) BET

3:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman ››› (’ 47, Drama) Susan Hayward. A nightclub singer turns alcoholic after quitting her career to marry a rising singer. (cc) TCM

4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Green

Mile ››› (’ 99, Drama) Tom Hanks. In 1935 a head prison guard realizes a man on death row may be innocent and have a supernatur­al ability to heal others. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

4:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . Christophe­r Robin ››

(’18, Children’s) Ewan McGregor. Premiere. Live action/animated. Christophe­r Robin, now an adult, helps Winnie-the-Pooh find his friends — Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo. Once Pooh finds them, the lovable bear and the gang travel to London to help Christophe­r rediscover the joy of life. (cc) FREE

5:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xXx: Return of Xander Cage ›› (’ 17, Action) Vin Diesel. Daredevil operative Xander Cage springs into action when four dangerous criminals steal Pandora’s Box, a device that controls every military satellite in the world. (cc) . . . . . FX

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