Miami Herald (Sunday)

THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

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9:00 am Over the Wall ›› (’ 38, Drama) Dick Foran. A prisoner tries to prove his innocence after being wrongly convicted of murder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:30 am . . . . . . . . . . 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 10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 10:15 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Beggar’s Opera ››› (’ 53, Musical) Laurence Olivier. London highwayman Capt. Macheath sits in prison writing an opera based on his life. (cc) . . . . . . TCM 10:30 am . . . . . . Walking Tall ›› (’ 04, Action) The Rock. A former Special Forces soldier becomes sheriff and deputizes an old friend to help rid their town of thugs. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . The Sorcerer’s Apprentice ›› (’ 10, Fantasy) Nicolas Cage. A wizard trains a reluctant protege in the art of magic to help him protect Manhattan from a powerful adversary. (cc) FREE 11:26 am 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 NOON 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 12:30 pm ATL ›› (’ 06, Comedy-Drama)

Tip Harris. Four Atlanta teenagers, whose lives revolve around hip-hop and rollerskat­ing, face life-changing challenges on and off the rink. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 12:30 pm. . Weary River ›› (’ 29, Musical) Richard Barthelmes­s. A convict gains radio fame and the governor’s attention with his newly discovered singing talent. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 1:00 pm The Goonies ››› (’ 85, Children’s) Sean Astin. Coastal Oregon kids follow the treasure map of pirate One-Eyed Willie past his deadly traps to gold. (cc) FREE

1:44 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge ›› (’85, Horror) Mark Patton. 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RV ›› (’06, Children’s) Robin Williams. Calamities strike when a family patriarch rents an enormous motor-home and takes his dysfunctio­nal clan on vacation. (cc) AMC 2:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Always in My Heart ›› (’ 42, Drama) Kay Francis. An ex-convict musician finds his ex-wife ready to remarry and his daughter rising as a singer. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 2:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Now

You See Me ›› (’ 13, Comedy-Drama) Jesse Eisenberg. A federal agent and an Interpol detective play a cat-and-mouse game with cunning illusionis­ts who rob corrupt business leaders during their performanc­es, then funnel the money to members of the audience. (cc) . . . . FX 2:30 pm Rush Hour ››› (’ 98, Action) Jackie Chan. A Hong Kong detective and a wisecracki­ng L.A.P.D. detective choose to work together to find the missing daughter of a Chinese diplomat. (cc) . . . MTV 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overboard ››

(’18, Romance-Comedy) Eugenio Derbez. Kate is a single, working-class mother of three who’s fired by a selfish, spoiled and wealthy Mexican playboy named Leonardo. When Leonardo falls off his yacht and wakes up with amnesia, Kate seeks payback by convincing him that they’re married. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 3:30 pm Cars ››› (’ 06, Children’s) Voices of Owen Wilson. Animated. A rookie race car that only cares about winning learns what is really important in life after getting stranded in a town along historic Route 66. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

3:44 pm Doom ›› (’ 05, Science Fiction) The Rock. Soldiers use heavy firepower to battle mutants at a high-tech research facility on Mars. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Planes, Trains and Automobile­s ››› (’ 87, Comedy) Steve Martin. An ad exec and a shower-curtainrin­g salesman become co-travelers on the way to Thanksgivi­ng in Chicago. (cc) AMC 5:00 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 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . Rush Hour 2 ›› (’ 01, Action) Jackie Chan. Two detectives battle a Hong Kong gangster and his henchmen after a bombing at the U.S. Embassy. (cc) MTV

5:30 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 6:00 pm Cars 2 ›› (’ 11, Children’s) Voices of Owen Wilson. Animated. Mater takes a detour into internatio­nal espionage when he and Lightning McQueen head overseas for the World Grand Prix. (cc) . . . FREE 6:00 pm Scrooged ››› (’ 88, Comedy)

Bill Murray. A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmase­s past, present and yet to come. (cc) . . . . AMC 6:00 pm Jailhouse Rock ›› (’ 57, Musical) Elvis Presley. An inmate learns guitar from his cellmate, then gets an agent and turns rock ’n’ roll star. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 6:10 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X-Men III:

The Last Stand ›› (’ 06, Action) Hugh Jackman. An all-out war looms when the discovery of a cure for mutations draws a line between the followers of Charles Xavier and those of Magneto. (cc) SYFY 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . The Proposal ›› (’09, Romance-Comedy) Sandra Bullock. Premiere. Facing deportatio­n to Canada, a high-powered book editor pretends she is engaged to her assistant, whom she’s tormented for years. (cc) . . . . . . PARMT 8:00 pm Transforme­rs: The Last Knight ›› (’ 17, Action) Mark Wahlberg. As war with the Transforme­rs rages on, inventor Cade Yeager forms an unlikely alliance with Bumblebee, an English lord and an Oxford professor to save the planet. (cc) FX

8:00 pm Ocean’s 8 ›› (’ 18, Comedy) Sandra Bullock. Criminal mastermind Debbie Ocean and seven other female thieves try to pull off the heist of the century at New

York’s annual Met Gala. Their target — a necklace that’s worth more than $150 million. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . Think Like a Man Too

›› (’ 14, Romance-Comedy) Adam Brody. As Michael and Candace prepare to marry in Las Vegas, their friends struggle with life-changing decisions of their own. (cc) VH1

8:00 pm . . . . . Elf ››› (’ 03, Children’s)

Will Ferrell. Adopted as a baby by one of Santa’s elves, a man leaves the workshop to search for his family in New York. (cc) AMC

8:00 pm The Diary of Anne Frank ››› (’59, Historical Drama) Millie Perkins. A German-Jewish girl and her family spend two years in an Amsterdam attic hiding from the Nazis. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 8:30 pm The Fifth Element ››› (’ 97, Science Fiction) Bruce Willis. A New York City cabdriver tries to save 2259 Earth from impact with an onrushing anti-life force. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 8:30 pm Cars 3 ›› (’ 17, Children’s) Voices of Owen Wilson. Animated. Blindsided by a new generation of fast cars, Lightning McQueen finds himself pushed out of the sport he loves. With help from an eager young technician, No. 95 tires to get back in the game to compete on Piston Cup Racing’s biggest stage. (cc) . . . . . . FREE 9:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Proposal

›› (’ 09, Romance-Comedy) Sandra Bullock. Facing deportatio­n to Canada, a high-powered book editor pretends she is engaged to her assistant, whom she’s tormented for years. (cc) . . . . . . PARMT 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ›› (’06, Comedy) Will Ferrell. NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby faces his greatest challenge ever when French Formula One driver Jean Girard roars onto the scene. (cc) TRU 10:00 pm . . . . Elf ››› (’ 03, Children’s)

Will Ferrell. Adopted as a baby by one of Santa’s elves, a man leaves the workshop to search for his family in New York. (cc) AMC

TUESDAY

6:00 am The Petrified Forest ››› (’ 36, Drama) Leslie Howard. An intellectu­al and others are held hostage by a gangster at an Arizona gas station/diner. (cc) . TCM 7:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Only the Brave ››› (’ 17, Drama) Josh Brolin. 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

7:30 am San Quentin ›› (’ 37, Drama) Pat O’Brien. A California prison guard tries to shape up his singing girlfriend’s convict brother. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

8:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . Racket Busters ››

(’38, Crime Drama) Humphrey Bogart. A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster’s protection racket. (cc) TCM 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge ›› (’85, Horror) Mark Patton. Mass murderer Freddy Krueger invades the nightmares of a new teenager and uses his body to continue his dirty work. (cc) . . . . SYFY 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Karate Kid Part III ›› (’ 89, Drama) Ralph Macchio. Mr. Miyagi and his student open a bonsai-tree shop, then fight thugs sent by a millionair­e toxic-waste dumper. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About Last Night ››› (’ 14, RomanceCom­edy) Kevin Hart. Four Los Angeles singles experience undeniable chemistry and pair off to follow their attraction to its logical conclusion. Afterward, each new couple tries to make love last in the real world. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 10:00 am King of the Underworld ›› (’ 39, Crime Drama) Humphrey Bogart. A surgeon gets even with a gangster for killing her surgeon husband. (cc) . . . . . . . TCM 11:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Now

You See Me ›› (’ 13, Comedy-Drama) Jesse Eisenberg. A federal agent and an Interpol detective play a cat-and-mouse game with cunning illusionis­ts who rob corrupt business leaders during their performanc­es, then funnel the money to members of the audience. (cc) . . . . FX 11:00 am Rush Hour ››› (’ 98, Action) Jackie Chan. A Hong Kong detective and a wisecracki­ng L.A.P.D. detective choose to work together to find the missing daughter of a Chinese diplomat. (cc) . . . MTV 11:00 am Holiday in Handcuffs ››› (’ 07, Romance-Comedy) Melissa Joan Hart. To fool her parents, a waitress kidnaps a customer and forces him to pretend to be her beau. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 11:01 am Doom ›› (’ 05, Science Fiction) The Rock. Soldiers use heavy firepower to battle mutants at a high-tech research facility on Mars. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 11:15 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . They Drive by Night ››› (’ 40, Drama) George Raft. Two trucker brothers get mixed up with a redhead and another man’s scheming wife. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 12:30 pm. . . . . . . . Think Like a Man Too

›› (’ 14, Romance-Comedy) Adam Brody. As Michael and Candace prepare to marry in Las Vegas, their friends struggle with life-changing decisions of their own. (cc) VH1

1:00 pm 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 1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Maltese Falcon ›››› (’ 41, Crime Drama) Humphrey Bogart. Private eye Sam Spade encounters sundry characters, all seeking a coveted statuette. (cc) TCM 1:28 pm Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For ›› (’ 14, Action) Mickey Rourke. 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 1:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Now You See Me 2 ›› (’ 16, Adventure) Jesse Eisenberg. A devious tech wizard forces the illusionis­ts known as the Four Horsemen to steal a powerful chip that can control all of the world’s computers. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . FX

1:30 pm. . . . . . . . . Rush Hour 2 ›› (’ 01, Action) Jackie Chan. Two detectives battle a Hong Kong gangster and his henchmen after a bombing at the U.S. Embassy. (cc) MTV

1:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . Planes, Trains and Automobile­s ››› (’ 87, Comedy) Steve Martin. An ad exec and a shower-curtainrin­g salesman become co-travelers on the way to Thanksgivi­ng in Chicago. (cc) AMC 2:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Big Sleep ››› (’ 46, Mystery) Humphrey Bogart. Raymond Chandler’s private eye Philip Marlowe follows two wealthy sisters through a maze of murders. (cc) . TCM 3:00 pm . . Miss Congeniali­ty 2: Armed and Fabulous ›› (’ 05, Comedy) Sandra Bullock. FBI agent Gracie Hart clashes with her superiors when she jumps in to save two kidnapped friends in Las Vegas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 3:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . 50 First Dates ›› (’04, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A veterinari­an tries to make a woman who has short-term memory loss fall in love with him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV 3:30 pm. . The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement ›› (’ 04, Children’s) Anne Hathaway. While living with her royal grandmothe­r, a young princess must find a suitable husband in 30 days or give up the throne. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 3:30 pm Snow Day ›› (’ 00, Children’s) Chris Elliott. Students steal a snow plow and fend off its crazy driver in an attempt to keep school closed for a second day. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

3:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X-Men III:

The Last Stand ›› (’ 06, Action) Hugh Jackman. An all-out war looms when the discovery of a cure for mutations draws a line between the followers of Charles Xavier and those of Magneto. (cc) SYFY 4:30 pm Transforme­rs: The Last Knight

›› (’ 17, Action) Mark Wahlberg. As war with the Transforme­rs rages on, inventor Cade Yeager forms an unlikely alliance with Bumblebee, an English lord and an Oxford professor to save the planet. (cc) FX

5:00 pm The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ›››› (’ 48, Adventure) Humphrey Bogart. Three unlucky Americans seek gold in Mexico, agreeing beforehand to split it equally. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Grease ››› (’ 78, Musical) John Travolta. Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc). . . . . . MTV 5:30 pm Ocean’s 8 ›› (’ 18, Comedy) Sandra Bullock. Criminal mastermind Debbie Ocean and seven other female thieves try to pull off the heist of the century at New York’s annual Met Gala. Their target — a necklace that’s worth more than $150 million. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Frost ›› (’98, Children’s) Michael Keaton. A man who died on Christmas Eve returns to his wife and son one year later in the form of a snowman. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 6:00 pm . . . . Bringing Down the House

›› (’ 03, Comedy) Steve Martin. After chatting with a divorced attorney online, a prison escapee wants him to help prove her innocence. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET

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