THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
10:00 am 300 ››› (’ 06, Action) Gerard Butler. Sparta’s King Leonidas and his badly outnumbered warriors fight to the death against King Xerxes’ massive Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:00 am. . . Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ›› (’ 10, Adventure) Jake Gyllenhaal. A prince and princess confront dark forces as they attempt to safeguard an ancient dagger that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 10:08 am . . . . . Mexican Spitfire at Sea ››
(’42, Comedy) Lupe Velez. Uncle Matt poses as Lord Epping and helps Carmelita’s husband clinch a shipboard deal. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:30 am Forgetting Sarah Marshall ›››
(’08, Romance-Comedy) Jason Segel. In Hawaii struggling to get over a bad breakup, a musician encounters his former lover and her new boyfriend. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 10:30 am . Monster House ››› (’ 06, Children’s) Voices of Steve Buscemi. Animated. No adults believe three youths’ assertion that a neighboring residence is a living creature that means them harm. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 10:52 am . . . . . American Hustle ››› (’ 13, Crime Drama) Christian Bale. Premiere. An ambitious FBI agent forces a con man and his partner to infiltrate the dangerous but seductive world of New Jersey’s power-brokers and crime syndicates. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
11:15 am . . . . . Fifty Shades Darker ›› (’ 17, Romance) Dakota Johnson. Shadowy figures from Christian Grey’s past threaten to destroy his rekindled romance with Anastasia Steele. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! NOON . . . . . . . . . . . Galaxy Quest ››› (’ 99, Comedy) Tim Allen. Aliens, believing actors to be real heroes, enlist cast members of a sci-fi TV series to help save their people. (cc) TRU NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dodge
City ››› (’ 39, Western) Errol Flynn. A Texas cattleman comes to Dodge City, Kan., with his buddies and dons a badge to clean it up. (cc) TCM
12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300: Rise of an Empire ›› (’ 14, Action) Sullivan Stapleton. Greek Gen. Themistocles leads the charge to fight invading Persian forces led by the god Xerxes — once a mortal — and Artemisia. (cc) FX
12:30 pm Despicable Me ››› (’ 10, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. As he tries to execute a fiendish plot to steal the moon, a supervillain meets his match in three little orphan girls who want to make him their dad. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK 12:32 pm. . The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones ›› (’ 13, Fantasy) Lily Collins. A seemingly ordinary teenager discovers that she is descended from a line of half-angel warriors called Shadowhunters, who protect humanity from evil forces. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 12:35 pm. . . . . . . Disney’s A Christmas Carol
›› (’ 09, Children’s) Voices of Jim Carrey. Animated. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge must face uncomfortable truths when three Christmas spirits take him on a journey through his past, present and future. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Know What You Did Last Summer ›› (’ 97, Horror) Jennifer Love Hewitt. A killer stalks North Carolina teens who disposed of an auto accident’s live victim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ride Along
›› (’ 14, Comedy) Ice Cube. A veteran cop and his future brother-in-law, a fast-talking trainee, tangle with Atlanta’s most-dangerous criminal. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS
1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A League of Their Own ››› (’ 92, Comedy-Drama) Tom Hanks. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League begins in 1943 with a majorleague has-been as a manager. (cc). . . VH1
G1:52 pm Goodfellas ›››› (’ 90, Crime Drama) Robert De Niro. In the 1950s an Irish-Italian hoodlum joins the New York Mafia, but his mob career is not what he expected. (cc) AMC 2:00 pm Tag ›› (’ 18, Comedy) Ed Helms. Five highly competitive friends hit the ground running for their yearly, no-holds-barred game of tag — risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take one another down. (cc) TNT
2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In a Lonely Place ››› (’ 50, Drama) Humphrey Bogart. A bungalow neighbor alibis a boozing Hollywood screenwriter accused of murder. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
2:30 pm Sicario ››› (’ 15, Suspense) Emily Blunt. Members of a government task force travel back-and-forth across the U.S.-Mexican border, using one cartel boss to flush out a bigger one. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX
2:40 pm Lilo & Stitch ››› (’ 02, Children’s) Voices of Daveigh Chase. Animated. A lonely girl adopts a dog which is really a mischievous alien hiding from intergalactic hunters. (cc) FREE
3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Fabulous Dorseys ›› (’ 47, Musical) Tommy Dorsey. The Pennsylvania brothers argue with each other on their way to fame as big-band leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain America: Civil War ››› (’ 16, Action) Chris Evans. Black Widow and Hawkeye must pick a side when a feud between Captain America and Iron Man leaves the Avengers in turmoil. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS
3:25 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Doctor Strange ›››
(’16, Action) Benedict Cumberbatch. After a terrible accident, Dr. Stephen Strange loses his ability to operate but finds new purpose when a mystical being known as the Ancient One reveals that Dr. Strange is the newly designated Sorcerer Supreme. (cc). . . . . . . USA
3:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pitch Black ›› (’ 00, Science Fiction) Radha Mitchell. After crash landing on a distant planet, survivors must fight deadly creatures that come out only at night. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
3:45 pm Robin and the Seven Hoods ››› (’64, Musical Comedy) Frank Sinatra. Robbo, Little John, Will and company are charitable gangsters fighting for turf in 1928 Chicago. (cc) TCM
4:00 pm Twilight ›› (’ 08, Romance) Kristen Stewart. A high-school student is caught up in a romance with a vampire, whose family has renounced the drinking of blood. (cc) . . E! 4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grease ››› (’ 78, Musical) John Travolta. Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . VH1
4:40 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Secret Life of Pets ››› (’ 16, Children’s) Voices of Louis C.K. Animated. A domesticated terrier and his unruly canine pal encounter a rebellious bunny and his gang of abandoned pets. (cc) FREE
4:52 pm My Cousin Vinny ››› (’ 92, Comedy) Joe Pesci. A wise-guy Brooklyn lawyer and his motormouth girlfriend go to Alabama to defend his innocent cousin for murder. (cc) AMC
5:00 pm. . Straight Outta Compton ››› (’15, Biography) O’Shea Jackson Jr. In 1988, N.W.A revolutionizes music and pop culture with their brutally honest depiction of life in Southern Los Angeles. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 5:00 pm. . . Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ›› (’ 09, Children’s) Zachary Levi. 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DISN 5:30 pm Superbad ››› (’ 07, Comedy) Jonah Hill. Separation anxiety poses a problem for two co-dependent high-school seniors who hope to score booze and babes at a party. (cc) COM
5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Last Witch Hunter ›› (’ 15, Fantasy) Vin Diesel. The fate of the human race hangs in the balance when the Witch Queen rises from the dead, seeking revenge against Kaulder, the immortal warrior who slayed her centuries ago. (cc) . . . SYFY 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The
Best Man Holiday ›› (’ 13, Comedy-Drama) Morris Chestnut. Long-forgotten rivalries and romances reignite when college friends have a Christmas reunion nearly 15 years after the last time they saw one another. (cc) . . BET 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Life of the Party ›› (’ 18, Comedy) Melissa McCarthy. Dumped by her husband, longtime housewife Deanna turns regret into reset by going back to college. Winding up at the same school as her daughter, Deanna plunges headlong into the campus experience — embracing the fun, the freedom and the frat boys. (cc) . . TNT 6:00 pm John Wick: Chapter 2 ››› (’ 17, Action) Keanu Reeves. Legendary hit man John Wick comes out of retirement when a former associate plots to seize control of an international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, Wick travels to Rome to square off against the world’s deadliest killers. (cc) USA
6:00 pm The Gumball Rally ›› (’ 76, Comedy) Michael Sarrazin. A businessman, his rival and other speed lovers enter an outlaw coast-tocoast car race.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
6:15 pm . . . . . . . Thor: Ragnarok ››› (’ 17, Action) Chris Hemsworth. Thor must battle the Hulk in a deadly gladiatorial contest and prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home world and the Asgardian civilization. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS
6:30 pm Sister Act ›› (’ 92, Musical Comedy) Whoopi Goldberg. A Reno lounge singer on the run plays nun and shows a San Francisco convent’s chorus how to rock. (cc). . . . VH1
6:45 pm . . . . The Twilight Saga: New Moon
›› (’ 09, Romance) Kristen Stewart. After the abrupt departure of Edward, Bella develops a deep friendship with Jacob and is drawn into the world of werewolves. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . E!
6:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home Alone ››› (’ 90, Children’s) Macaulay Culkin. Accidentally left by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old makes mincemeat of two burglars in the house. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shrek ››› (’ 01, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. 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) BRV
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Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ›› (’ 06, Action) Lucas Black. An American street racer in Japan learns an exciting but dangerous new style and goes head-to-head with a local champion who has ties to the Yakuza. (cc)
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7:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twister ››› (’ 96, Action) Helen Hunt. Storm-chasers finalizing their divorce try to place equipment inside a tornado on the Oklahoma plains. (cc) AMC 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We’re the Millers ›› (’ 13, Comedy) Jennifer Aniston. Indebted to a big-time drug lord, a pot dealer travels to Mexico with a fake family and a camper to pick up a large shipment and smuggle it into the U.S. (cc). . . . . . . . . . COM 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BlacKkKlansman ››› (’ 18, Comedy-Drama) John David Washington. Ron Stallworth, the first AfricanAmerican 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Dresses
›› (’ 08, Romance-Comedy) Katherine Heigl. A perpetual bridesmaid balks upon learning that her next assignment would be standing up for her sister, who will marry the man the bridesmaid secretly loves. (cc) . . . . . . . TNT 8:00 pm Ball of Fire ››› (’ 41, Comedy) Gary Cooper. A stuffy professor of American slang meets a stripper who speaks it. (cc) . . TCM
8:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Doctor Strange ›››
(’16, Action) Benedict Cumberbatch. After a terrible accident, Dr. Stephen Strange loses his ability to operate but finds new purpose when a mystical being known as the Ancient One reveals that Dr. Strange is the newly designated Sorcerer Supreme. (cc). . . . . . . USA 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pleasantville ››› (’ 98, Comedy) Tobey Maguire. A shy suburban teen and his sister are transported into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Perry’s Why Did I
Get Married Too? ›› (’ 10, Comedy-Drama) Tyler Perry. While on vacation in the Bahamas, the unexpected arrival of one’s ex-husband causes some longtime friends to examine the strength of their own marriages. (cc) . BET 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shrek ››› (’ 01, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. 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) BRV
9:00 pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit ›› (’93, Musical Comedy) Whoopi Goldberg. A Las Vegas singer teaches a mother superior’s flock how to rock and save the school from closure. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 9:15 pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ›› (’92, Children’s) Macaulay Culkin. Once again left behind by his family, the boy hero lands in Manhattan and battles two burglars he faced before. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
9:45 pm The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ›› (’ 10, Romance) Kristen Stewart. Bella must choose between Edward and Jacob amid a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire’s quest for revenge. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E!
9:45 pm . . Fast & Furious ›› (’ 09, Action)
Vin Diesel. Back in Los Angeles, fugitive Dom Toretto and agent Brian O’Conner reignite their feud but, then, must join forces against a common enemy. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 10:00 pm . . . . . Brother Orchid ››› (’ 40, Crime Drama) Edward G. Robinson. Ousted by his right-hand man, a gangster poses as a monastery monk until they meet again. (cc) TCM