THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Fifty Shades of Grey
›› (’ 15, Romance) Dakota Johnson. An inexperienced college student begins a daring affair with a controlling businessman whose sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure. (cc) E! 6:00 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 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Cinderella ›››
(’15, Children’s) Cate Blanchett. A cruel stepmother reduces her dead husband’s only child to the role of scullery maid, but a kindly beggar woman and some helpful mice bring about a change in the young woman’s fortunes. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FREE 6:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 8:00 pm . Skyscraper ›› (’ 18, Action) Dwayne Johnson. Former FBI agent Will Sawyer gets framed for a blazing fire in the world’s tallest building. Now a wanted man and on the run, he must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family when they become trapped inside the inferno. (cc) . . . FX 8:00 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Four Christmases ›› (’ 08, RomanceComedy) Vince Vaughn. When their plans for a holiday getaway fall apart, a couple must spend Christmas Day trudging to a quartet of family get-togethers. (cc) AMC 8:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Killer
›› (’ 18, Action) Gerard Butler. American submarine Capt. Joe Glass learns that a secret Russian coup is in the offing. With crew and country on the line, Glass must assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters and rescue the kidnapped Russian president. SYFY 8:30 pm . . . . . Pitch Perfect ››› (’ 12, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick. When a new student joins her college’s female a cappella group, she takes the women out of their comfort zone of traditional pieces and introduces them to innovative arrangements. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
8:45 pm. . . . . . . . . . Fifty Shades of Grey
›› (’ 15, Romance) Dakota Johnson. An inexperienced college student begins a daring affair with a controlling businessman whose sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure. (cc) E! 9:00 pm . . . Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection ›› (’ 12, Comedy) Tyler Perry. Placed under federal protection in Madea’s Southern home, a Wall Street banker and his dysfunctional family get a taste of the no-nonsense matriarch’s special brand of tough love. (cc) . BET 9:00 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 9:00 pm Rio 2 ›› (’ 14, Children’s) Voices of Anne Hathaway. Animated. Blu, Jewel and their three children leave the comfort of the city and travel to the Amazon jungle to learn how to live as wild birds. (cc) NICK 9:15 pm . . . . . . . . . Stories We Tell ›››
(’12, Documentary) Sarah Polley. Through a series of revealing interviews, filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates the truth about her family history. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
WEDNESDAY
7:00 am 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
7:30 am Orlando ››› (’ 92, Fantasy) Tilda Swinton. A favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, an ageless aristocrat lives 400 years and experiences life both as a man and as a woman. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
9:15 am . . . . . . Yentl ››› (’ 83, Musical) Barbra Streisand. A young woman charms her bearded roommate and a merchant’s daughter while posing as a Talmudic schoolboy in circa-1900 Poland. (cc) TCM 10:00 am . . Ghost ››› (’ 90, Fantasy) Patrick Swayze. A slain Manhattan yuppie reaches out to his lover, with a medium as his middlewoman. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . AMC 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 10:30 am Grease ››› (’ 78, Musical) John Travolta. Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV NOON . . . . . . . . . . Carmen Jones ›››
(’54, Musical) Dorothy Dandridge. A sultry plant worker drives a wartime soldier to murder in Jacksonville, Fla. (cc) . . TCM 12:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madea’s Family Reunion ›› (’ 06, Comedy) Tyler Perry. A Southern matriarch deals with a host of personal and family issues while planning her clan’s upcoming reunion. (cc) VH1 1:00 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 1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gremlins ››› (’84, Fantasy) Zach Galligan. An inventor gives his son an odd little creature which multiplies into monsters which wreck the town. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
1:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taken 3 ›› (’ 14, Action) Liam Neeson. After he’s framed for the murder of his beloved ex-wife, excovert operative Bryan Mills channels his rage and particular set of skills into taking revenge on the real killers and protecting his daughter. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 2:00 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 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Cinderella ›››
(’15, Children’s) Cate Blanchett. A cruel stepmother reduces her dead husband’s only child to the role of scullery maid, but a kindly beggar woman and some helpful mice bring about a change in the young woman’s fortunes. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FREE 2:00 pm Take a Giant Step ›› (’ 59, Drama) Johnny Nash. Based on Louis S. Peterson’s play about a black teenager coping with life in a predominantly white society. TCM 3:00 pm The Wolverine ›› (’ 13, Action) Hugh Jackman. In Japan and vulnerable for the first time, Wolverine confronts lethal samurai steel and grapples with the ghosts of his own haunted past. (cc) TNT 3:30 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
3:58 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Journey to the Center of the Earth ›› (’ 08, Children’s) Brendan Fraser. A science professor and his nephew encounter strange creatures and stranger lands as they travel beneath the Earth’s surface. (cc) . . . . . . . . . SYFY 4:00 pm . . . . . . . Kingsman: The Secret Service ››› (’ 14, Action) Colin Firth. A top-secret spy agency recruits an uncouth but promising street kid into its highly competitive training program, just as a twisted technological genius threatens the world. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 4:00 pm . . . . . . . A Patch of Blue ›››
(’65, Drama) Sidney Poitier. A blind white teenager, sheltered by her sleazy mother, falls in love with a kind young black man. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 4:30 pm . . . . . Pitch Perfect ››› (’ 12, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick. When a new student joins her college’s female a cappella group, she takes the women out of their comfort zone of traditional pieces and introduces them to innovative arrangements. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 5:00 pm . . . Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection ›› (’ 12, Comedy) Tyler Perry. Placed under federal protection in Madea’s Southern home, a Wall Street banker and his dysfunctional family get a taste of the no-nonsense matriarch’s special brand of tough love. (cc) . BET 5:30 pm Knocked Up ››› (’ 07, RomanceComedy) Seth Rogen. A rising journalist and an irresponsible slacker ponder their future after a boozy one-night stand results in a pregnancy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . E! 5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riddick ››
(’13, Science Fiction) Vin Diesel. Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, wanted criminal Riddick must confront two teams of mercenaries, one of whom is led by a man from his past. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . TNT 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Killer
›› (’ 18, Action) Gerard Butler. American submarine Capt. Joe Glass learns that a secret Russian coup is in the offing. With crew and country on the line, Glass must assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters and rescue the kidnapped Russian president. SYFY 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Four Christmases ›› (’ 08, RomanceComedy) Vince Vaughn. When their plans for a holiday getaway fall apart, a couple must spend Christmas Day trudging to a quartet of family get-togethers. (cc) AMC 6:00 pm . Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner ››› (’ 67, Comedy-Drama) Spencer Tracy. White liberals must overcome their own latent racism when their strongwilled daughter announces her intention to marry a distinguished black physician. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 7:00 pm Kingsman: The Golden Circle
›› (’ 17, Action) Colin Firth. With their headquarters destroyed and the world held hostage, members of Kingsman join forces with their American counterparts to battle a ruthless and common enemy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . National Security
›› (’ 03, Comedy) Martin Lawrence. Two Los Angeles security guards try to stop a criminal mastermind and his gang of robbers. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 8:00 pm . . . Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? ›› (’ 07, Comedy-Drama) Tyler Perry. Revelations of infidelity and other secrets force eight married friends to take a hard look at issues of commitment, betrayal and forgiveness. (cc) . . . . VH1 8:00 pm Fred Claus ›› (’ 07, Comedy) Vince Vaughn. The yuletide season brings headaches for Santa Claus, who bails his ne’er-do-well brother Fred out of trouble and puts him to work in his factory. (cc) AMC
8:00 pm Body and Soul ››› (’ 47, Drama) John Garfield. A corrupted boxer sees the light and decides at the last minute to win a fixed fight. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 8:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Escape Plan
›› (’ 13, Action) Sylvester Stallone. An expert in prison security joins forces with an inmate to break out of a top-secret, high-tech facility. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 9:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Longest Yard ›› (’ 05, Comedy) Adam Sandler. At a Texas penitentiary, jailed NFL veterans train their fellow inmates for a football game against the guards. (cc) PARMT
9:00 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 10:00 pm Kingsman: The Golden Circle
›› (’ 17, Action) Colin Firth. With their headquarters destroyed and the world held hostage, members of Kingsman join forces with their American counterparts to battle a ruthless and common enemy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riddick ››
(’13, Science Fiction) Vin Diesel. Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, wanted criminal Riddick must confront two teams of mercenaries, one of whom is led by a man from his past. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . TNT 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sign of the Ram ›› (’ 48, Drama) Susan Peters. A wealthy English poet who is in a wheelchair becomes increasingly volatile and domineering, eventually driving away her family. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
THURSDAY
6:00 am . . . . . . Soldiers Three ›› (’ 51, Adventure) Stewart Granger. A retired British general recalls how a private and his buddies brought him glory in colonial India. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
7:45 am Kim ››› (’ 50, Children’s) Errol Flynn. Kipling’s Irish orphan roams 1880s India with a Tibetan priest and a horse thief spying for the British. (cc) . . TCM 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taken 3 ›› (’ 14, Action) Liam Neeson. After he’s framed for the murder of his beloved ex-wife, excovert operative Bryan Mills channels his rage and particular set of skills into taking revenge on the real killers and protecting his daughter. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 9:30 am Diary of a Mad Black Woman ›› (’05, Comedy-Drama) Kimberly Elise. A woman must put her life back together after her husband of 18 years abruptly kicks her out of the house. (cc). . . VH1 9:45 am. . . Bhowani Junction ›› (’ 56, Adventure) Ava Gardner. A British colonel falls in love with an Anglo-Indian woman in World War II India. (cc) . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joyful Noise ›› (’ 12, Comedy-Drama) Queen Latifah. Two strong-willed singers must learn to work in harmony if their Georgia church choir is to stay together and win a national competition. (cc) . . . . . . . AMC 10:30 am . . . . . . Kingsman: The Secret Service ››› (’ 14, Action) Colin Firth. A top-secret spy agency recruits an uncouth but promising street kid into its highly competitive training program, just as a twisted technological genius threatens the world. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 11:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Target Zero ››
(’55, War) Richard Conte. A U.S. lieutenant holds a ridge in Korea with his men, a U.N. woman and three Britons in a tank. (cc) TCM
NOON Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? ›› (’ 07, Comedy-Drama) Tyler Perry. Revelations of infidelity and other secrets force eight married friends to take a hard look at issues of commitment, betrayal and forgiveness. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 12:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nanny McPhee
›› (’ 05, Children’s) Emma Thompson. A widower hires a mysterious woman who uses magic to control his seven unruly children. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
1:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mission: Impossible ›› (’ 96, Action) Tom Cruise. Branded a traitor, an elite intelligence agent investigates a failed Prague mission to retrieve a computer disk. (cc) . . FX
1:30 pm. . . . . . . . Sabotage Agent ›››
(’43, Suspense) Robert Donat. A British spy helps the Czech underground blow up a Nazi poison-gas factory in Prague. TCM
2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . A Cinderella Story
›› (’ 04, Romance-Comedy) Hilary Duff. A teenager with a wicked stepmother develops an online relationship with a popular high-school quarterback. (cc) FREE
2:30 pm Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July ›› (’ 80, Children’s) Voices of Red Buttons. Animated. Santa must save the day when Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman encounter an evil wizard. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
3:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn of the Dead ››› (’ 04, Horror) Sarah Polley. A nurse, a policeman and other residents of Milwaukee fight flesh-eating zombies while trapped in a mall. (cc). . . . . SYFY
3:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operation Crossbow ››› (’ 65, War) Sophia Loren. A British commando and his team drop into Germany and pose as scientists to pinpoint a Nazi rocket base. (cc) . TCM 4:00 pm Mission: Impossible 2 ››› (’ 00, Action) Tom Cruise. IMF agent Ethan Hunt and his team try to stop a former agent from unleashing a deadly, engineered virus. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Princess Bride ››› (’ 87, Children’s) Cary Elwes. A storybook stableboy turns pirate and rescues his beloved, who is about to marry a dreadful prince. (cc)
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