THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
SUNDAY
6:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . 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! 6:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lady Be Good ››› (’ 41, Musical) Eleanor Powell. Broadway songwriters marry and divorce twice before they finally get it right. (cc) TCM
6:15 am . . . . Ghost ››› (’ 90, Fantasy) Patrick Swayze. A slain Manhattan yuppie reaches out to his lover, with a medium as his middlewoman. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . AMC 8:00 am Pain & Gain ›› (’ 13, Action) Mark Wahlberg. 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) PARMT
8:00 am The Prizefighter and the Lady ››› (’ 33, Comedy) Myrna Loy. Inspired by a gangster’s girlfriend, a heavyweight contender takes on the champ. (cc) TCM 8:15 am 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!
8:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kung Fu Panda ››› (’ 08, Children’s) Voices of Jack Black. Animated. Chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, a clumsy panda must become a martial-arts master and defend his people from a villainous snow leopard. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK 9:00 am 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 9:05 am . Santa’s Apprentice ›› (’ 10, Children’s) Voices of Laurits Bremerskov Kaysen. Premiere. Animated. When the time for him to retire draws near, Santa Claus selects and trains a young orphan boy to become his successor. (cc) FREE
9:15 am . . . Captain Phillips ››› (’ 13, Docudrama) Tom Hanks. In 2009, Somali pirates storm a U.S. containership and hold Capt. Richard Phillips and his crew captive. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 10:00 am The Adjustment Bureau ›› (’ 11, Suspense) Matt Damon. After glimpsing his future, an ambitious politician battles the agents of Fate itself to be with the woman he loves. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 10:30 am 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
11:00 am 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 11:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Guns
›› (’ 13, Action) Denzel Washington. In the dark about each other’s true identity, two undercover agents from competing bureaus go on the run together after an attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel goes haywire. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 11:15 am . . . . 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! 11:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Help ›››
(’11, Drama) Viola Davis. 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 11:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Bringing Up Baby ››› (’ 38, Comedy) Katharine Hepburn. A paleontologist loses a dinosaur bone to a dog whose heiress owner also has a pet leopard, called Baby. (cc) . . . . . . . . TCM 12:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deep Impact ›› (’ 98, Drama) Robert Duvall. Troubled people attempt to mend their lives as they brace themselves for a comet that threatens Earth. (cc) . AMC 12:17 pm . . . . . . . . . . The Purge ›› (’ 13, Suspense) Ethan Hawke. A man and his family struggle to survive the night when an intruder breaks into their home during a government-sanctioned event in which all criminal activity — including murder — is legal. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 12:50 pm. . . . . . . . . . Christmas With the Kranks ›› (’ 04, Comedy) Tim Allen. A Chicago couple scramble to put together a holiday celebration after their daughter decides to come home for Christmas. (cc) FREE
1:00 pm Pleasantville ››› (’ 98, Comedy) Tobey Maguire. A shy suburban teen and his sister are transported into the blackand-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom.
1:00 pm . . . . Wedding Crashers ››› (’05, Comedy) Owen Wilson. Two divorce mediators spend a wild weekend partying with a politician and his eccentric family. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT
1:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sicario: Day of the Soldado ›› (’ 18, Suspense) Benicio Del Toro. FBI agent Matt Graver calls on operative Alejandro Gillick when Mexican drug cartels start to smuggle terrorists across the U.S. border. The war escalates even further when Alejandro kidnaps a kingpin’s daughter to deliberately increase the tensions. (cc)
FX
1:30 pm Con Air ›› (’ 97, Action) Nicolas Cage. A wrongly convicted parolee on a flight with a group of vicious prisoners tries to stop their violent hijacking. (cc) PARMT
1:30 pm. . . . . . . . . The A-Team ›› (’ 10, Action) Liam Neeson. Framed to take the fall for a heinous crime, an elite operative and his men go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the real perpetrator. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS
1:40 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
1:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gaslight ›››
(’44, Suspense) Charles Boyer. A Scotland Yard detective figures out why a schizoid Victorian is trying to drive his wife mad. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 2:00 pm The Magnificent Seven ›› (’ 16, Western) Denzel Washington. Desperate townspeople hire seven mercenaries to battle a greedy industrialist and his ruthless henchmen in the Old West. (cc) A&E 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 ›› (’ 11, Romance) Kristen Stewart. 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E!
2:13 pm . The Purge: Anarchy ›› (’ 14, Action) Frank Grillo. During a night of government-sanctioned mayhem, a man’s mission to avenge his late son turns into a quest to protect a group of strangers from violent assailants. . . . . . . . . . SYFY 2:46 pm . . . Twister ››› (’ 96, Action) Helen Hunt. Storm-chasers finalizing their divorce try to place equipment inside a tornado on the Oklahoma plains. (cc) AMC 2:55 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WALL-E ›››› (’ 08, Children’s) Voices of Ben Burtt. Animated. After years of tidying up an Earth devoid of humanity, a robot janitor meets a mechanical scout and chases her across the galaxy. (cc) FREE 3:00 pm The Best Man Holiday ›› (’ 13, Comedy-Drama) Morris Chestnut. Longforgotten rivalries and romances reignite when college friends have a Christmas reunion nearly 15 years after the last time they saw one another. (cc) . . . . . . . BET
3:30 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) . . . . . . . . . TNT
3:45 pm . . . . . . High Society ››› (’ 56, Musical Comedy) Bing Crosby. A socialite’s ex-husband and a magazine writer show up for her wedding and cause havoc. (cc) TCM
4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BlacKkKlansman ››› (’ 18, Comedy-Drama) John David Washington. 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 4:00 pm Pain & Gain ›› (’ 13, Action) Mark Wahlberg. 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) PARMT
4:15 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 4:20 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 4:30 pm The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 ›› (’ 12, Romance) Kristen Stewart. Bella and Edward gather werewolves, vampires and other allies to help them protect their daughter from the Volturi. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 4:30 pm The 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) . SYFY 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) . A&E 5:05 pm The Santa Clause ››› (’ 94, Children’s) Tim Allen. An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. (cc) FREE
5:16 pm The Day After Tomorrow ›› (’ 04, Action) Dennis Quaid. A climatologist tries to locate his son after global warming leads to worldwide natural disasters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 5:25 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 5:30 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
5:45 pm. The Unsinkable Molly Brown ››› (’ 64, Musical Comedy) Debbie Reynolds. A young woman tries to enter 1890s Denver society but goes to Europe after her husband strikes gold. (cc) TCM 6:00 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 6:45 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 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ›› (’ 18, Adventure) Chris Pratt. Owen and Claire return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that’s about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinos while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Guns
›› (’ 13, Action) Denzel Washington. In the dark about each other’s true identity, two undercover agents from competing bureaus go on the run together after an attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel goes haywire. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 7:00 pm Black Panther ››› (’ 18, Action) Chadwick Boseman. Black Panther’s mettle as king gets tested when an old enemy draws him into a conflict that puts his nation and the world at risk. The king must soon rally his allies and release his full power to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. (cc) . . . . . TBS 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Love & Basketball ››› (’ 00, Romance) Sanaa Lathan. From childhood to early adulthood, two friends fall in love while trying to establish basketball careers. (cc) VH1
7:15 pm . . . . . . . The Santa Clause 2 ›› (’02, Children’s) Tim Allen. 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 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olympus Has Fallen ›› (’ 13, Action) Gerard Butler. America’s national security team must rely on a disgraced former guard to save the president after terrorists seize control of the White House, taking the chief of state hostage. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A&E 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Crazy Rich Asians ››› (’ 18, Romance-Comedy) Constance Wu. Rachel Chu is happy to accompany her longtime boyfriend, Nick, to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. She’s also surprised to learn that Nick’s family is extremely wealthy and he’s considered one of the country’s most eligible bachelors. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte’s Web ››› (’ 06, Children’s) Voice of Julia Roberts. After learning that a young pig’s days are numbered, a literate spider weaves an elaborate plan to save her friend from the butcher’s block. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ipcress
File ››› (’ 65, Action) Michael Caine. Crook-turned-secret-agent Harry Palmer tries to find a missing scientist. Based on characters created by Len Deighton. TCM 9:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Help ›››
(’11, Drama) Viola Davis. 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 9:30 pm Con Air ›› (’ 97, Action) Nicolas Cage. A wrongly convicted parolee on a flight with a group of vicious prisoners tries to stop their violent hijacking. (cc) PARMT
10:00 pm Black Panther ››› (’ 18, Action) Chadwick Boseman. Black Panther’s mettle as king gets tested when an old enemy draws him into a conflict that puts his nation and the world at risk. The king must soon rally his allies and release his full power to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. (cc) . . . . . TBS 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drumline ››› (’ 02, Comedy-Drama) Nick Cannon. A young man from Harlem joins a Southern university’s marching band but antagonizes the musical director and its leader. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 10:00 pm Gambit ››› (’ 66, Suspense) Shirley MacLaine. A British thief recruits a Eurasian performer for a caper involving an Arab’s Chinese statuette. (cc). . TCM 10:30 pm Hot Tub Time Machine ›› (’ 10, Comedy) John Cusack. Following a night of drinking in a ski-resort hot tub, four pals awake in 1986, getting a chance to rewrite the past. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . COM 3:00 am Pleasantville ››› (’ 98, Comedy) Tobey Maguire. A shy suburban teen and his sister are transported into the blackand-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom.
MONDAY
7:00 am Assassin’s Creed ›› (’ 16, Action) Michael Fassbender. A descendant of the mysterious secret society known as the Assassins uses his newfound knowledge and physical skills to battle the powerhungry Templar Order. (cc) . . . . . . . FX