Miami Herald (Sunday)

THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

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SUNDAY

6:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The LEGO Movie ››› (’ 14, Children’s) Animated. An ordinary LEGO figurine, thought to be the key to saving the world, is accompanie­d by a fellowship of strangers embarking on a quest to vanquish a tyrant bent on a terrible deed. (cc) . . . . . TBS 6:00 am Strange Interlude ››› (’ 32, Drama) Neurotic Nina Leeds marries Sam Evans but has a son by Dr. Darrell. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

6:50 am . Hancock ›› (’ 08, Action) A scruffy superhero protects the citizens of Los Angeles but leaves horrendous collateral damage in the wake of every well-intentione­d feat. (cc) AMC 7:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Nutcracker and the

Four Realms ›› (’ 18, Children’s) Young Clara meets a soldier named Phillip, a group of mice and the regents who preside over three realms. Clara and Phillip must now enter a fourth realm to retrieve a magical, one-of-a-kind key that will restore harmony to the unstable land. (cc) FREE 7:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pale Rider ››› (’ 85, Western) Gold miners are saved from corporate villains by the miracle of a mysterious preacher on a pale horse. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIST

8:00 am Forgetting Sarah Marshall ››› (’ 08, Romance-Comedy) In Hawaii struggling to get over a bad breakup, a musician encounters his former lover and her new boyfriend. (cc) PARMT 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galaxy Quest ››› (’ 99, Comedy) Aliens, believing actors to be real heroes, enlist cast members of a sci-fi TV series to help save their people. (cc) . . . TBS

8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . The Constant Nymph ››

(’43, Drama) A 14-year-old teen adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the girl, but his romance with her older cousin and following marriage create an emotional rivalry that affects the three. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

8:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Despicable Me ›››

(’10, Children’s) 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

8:50 am Bad Boys ›› (’ 95, Action) Undercover Miami detectives switch lives while investigat­ing murders linked to stolen heroin. (cc) . . . AMC 9:00 am The Revenant ››› (’ 15, Adventure) In 1823, fur trapper Hugh Glass treks through the snowy wilderness to track down John Fitzgerald, a member of his hunting team who killed his young son and left him for dead. (cc) . . . . FX

9:10 am . . . . . . . . . Christmas With the Kranks

›› (’ 04, Comedy) A Chicago couple scramble to put together a holiday celebratio­n after their daughter decides to come home for Christmas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 10:00 am. . . . . . . . . . Unforgiven ›››› (’ 92, Western) An old gunslinger, his ex-partner and a quick-draw kid go bounty hunting in a town called Big Whiskey. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIST 10:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old School ››

(’03, Comedy) Three friends try to recapture the fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus fraternity. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS 10:00 am. . . . . . Suspense ››› (’ 46, Drama) A skating star dallies with a tough guy who grabs her husband’s ice palace over his dead body. ........................................ TCM 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A League of Their Own ››› (’ 92, Comedy-Drama) The All-American Girls Profession­al Baseball League begins in 1943 with a major-league has-been as a manager. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 11:20 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs ››› (’ 09, Children’s) Animated. When hard times hit the town of Swallow Falls, a failed inventor constructs a device that turns water into delicious food. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FREE 11:20 am. . . . . . . . Bad Boys II ›› (’ 03, Action)

Two detectives uncover a conspiracy involving a drug kingpin while trying to stop the traffickin­g of Ecstasy in Miami. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

11:23 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Journey to the Center of the Earth ›› (’ 08,

Children’s) A science professor and his nephew encounter strange creatures and stranger lands as they travel beneath the Earth’s surface. (cc) ....................................... SYFY 11:30 am Despicable Me 2 ››› (’ 13, Children’s) Animated. Just as Gru settles into his new role as a suburban family man, the ultrasecre­t AntiVillai­n League sends him on a mission to nab the perpetrato­r of a spectacula­r heist. (cc) NICK NOON . . . . . . The LEGO Batman Movie ›››

(’17, Children’s) Animated. There are big changes brewing in Gotham, but if Batman wants to save the city from the Joker’s hostile takeover, he may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Sierra ››› (’ 41, Crime Drama) A mountainto­p resort becomes the hideout of gangster Mad Dog Earle as he prepares for his last big heist. (cc) TCM 12:30 pm The Predator ›› (’ 18, Science Fiction) The universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having geneticall­y upgraded themselves with new DNA. Now, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and an evolutiona­ry biologist can save the human race from extinction. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Space

Jam ›› (’ 96, Children’s) 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) VH1

1:25 pm Matilda ››› (’ 96, Children’s) A little girl develops extraordin­ary mental abilities, despite neglectful parents and a brutal headmistre­ss. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

1:28 pm X-Men III: The Last Stand ›› (’ 06, Action) 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. SYFY

1:30 pm Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family ›› (’ 11, Comedy-Drama) Madea gathers the clan together to help her niece cope with some distressin­g news about her health. (cc) . BET

1:30 pm Grease ››› (’ 78, Musical) Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . PARMT

2:00 pm . . . . . . . Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

›› (’ 16, Action) Investigat­or Jack Reacher goes on the lam to uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy that involves the death of U.S. soldiers. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A&E

2:00 pm Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ›› (’ 16, Action) Convinced that Superman is now a threat to humanity, Batman embarks on a personal vendetta to end his reign on Earth, while the conniving Lex Luthor launches his own crusade against the Man of Steel. (cc) . . TNT

2:00 pm Annie Get Your Gun ››› (’ 50, Musical) Sharpshoot­er Annie Oakley joins Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and aims to win her man. (cc) ........................................ TCM

2:20 pm . . . . . . . . White House Down ›› (’ 13, Action) While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a police officer springs into action to save his child and the president from a heavily armed group of paramilita­ry invaders. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

2:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deadpool 2 ›››

(’18, Action) Wisecracki­ng mercenary Deadpool must protect a teenage mutant from Cable — a geneticall­y enhanced soldier from the future. He soon joins forces with Bedlam, Shattersta­r, Domino and other mutants to battle Cable and his powerful advanced weaponry. (cc) . . . FX

2:40 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Men Can’t Jump ››› (’ 92, Comedy) Two basketball hustlers, black and white, count on racial myth to cash in on street games. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1

3:30 pm Cinderella ››› (’ 15, Children’s) 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 3:53 pm Pitch Black ›› (’ 00, Science Fiction) After crash landing on a distant planet, survivors must fight deadly creatures that come out only at night. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY

4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Perfect Score ››

(’04, Comedy) High-school students conspire to steal the answers to their upcoming SATs.

4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 First Dates ›› (’ 04, Romance-Comedy) A veterinari­an tries to make a woman who has short-term memory loss fall in love with him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COM

4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A League of Their Own ››› (’ 92, Comedy-Drama) The All-American Girls Profession­al Baseball League begins in 1943 with a major-league has-been as a manager. (cc) PARMT 4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday in New

York ››› (’ 63, Romance-Comedy) An innocent upstater visits her airline-pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce. (cc) . . . . . . . TCM

4:30 pm Back to the Future Part III ››› (’ 90, Comedy) A young man takes a DeLorean time machine to the Old West, where his inventor friend is courting a schoolmarm. (cc). . . A&E

5:00 pm. . . . . . Venom ›› (’ 18, Action) Journalist Eddie Brock develops superhuman strength and power when his body merges with the alien Venom. Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so intoxicati­ng. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

5:00 pm Wonder Woman ››› (’ 17, Action) After leaving her all-female island for the first time, Wonder Woman discovers her full powers and true destiny while fighting alongside men in a war to end all wars. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT

5:00 pm. . . . The LEGO Batman Movie ›››

(’17, Children’s) Animated. There are big changes brewing in Gotham, but if Batman wants to save the city from the Joker’s hostile takeover, he may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOON

5:20 pm House Party ››› (’ 90, Musical Comedy) 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

5:20 pm Twister ››› (’ 96, Action) Storm-chasers finalizing their divorce try to place equipment inside a tornado on the Oklahoma plains. (cc) ........................................ AMC

5:57 pm Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ››› (’ 17, Science Fiction) The team struggles to keep its newfound family together as it tries to unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage in the outer reaches of the galaxy. (cc). . . SYFY

6:00 pm The Incredible­s ››› (’ 04, Children’s) Animated. Now fighting boredom in suburbia, a former superhero and his family get a chance to save the world. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

6:00 pm Running on Empty ››› (’ 88, Drama) Two former ’60s radicals live undergroun­d with their sons, one of whom wants to stop running. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

7:00 pm Back to the Future ››› (’ 85, Comedy) A teen takes a crackpot’s DeLorean time machine to 1955 and sees his parents in high school. (cc) ........................................ A&E

7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Proposal ›› (’ 09, Romance-Comedy) Facing deportatio­n to Canada, a high-powered book editor pretends she is engaged to her assistant, whom she’s tormented for years. (cc) PARMT

7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The LEGO NINJAGO Movie ›› (’ 17, Children’s) Animated. Master Wu, as wise-cracking as he is wise, leads a fierce team of secret ninja warriors to defeat the evil warlord Garmadon and save NINJAGO City. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOON

7:30 pm . . . . . . . . Halloween ›› (’ 18, Horror)

It’s been 40 years since Laurie Strode survived a vicious attack from crazed killer Michael Myers on Halloween night. She now faces a terrifying showdown when the masked madman returns to Haddonfiel­d, Ill. — but this time, Laurie’s ready for him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

G8:00 pm 50 First Dates ›› (’ 04, Romance-Comedy) A veterinari­an tries to make a woman who has short-term memory loss fall in love with him. (cc) COM

8:00 pm. . . . . Suicide Squad ›› (’ 16, Action) Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Killer Croc and other armed supervilla­ins unite to battle a mysterious and powerful entity, while the diabolical Joker launches an evil agenda of his own. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT

8:00 pm Indiscreet ››› (’ 58, Romance-Comedy) A U.S. diplomat in London pretends to be married while having an affair with a famous actress. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

8:40 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Incredible­s 2 ›››

(’18, Children’s) Animated. Elastigirl springs into action to battle a cybercrimi­nal who plans to hypnotize the world through computer screens. That leaves Mr. Incredible with one of his greatest challenges ever — staying home and taking care of three rambunctio­us children. (cc) FREE 9:00 pm Coming to America ››› (’ 88, Comedy) Pampered Prince Akeem of Zamunda comes to New York with his royal sidekick to find a truelove bride. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

9:00 pm Ant-Man ››› (’ 15, Action) Armed with a suit that allows him to shrink in size but grow in strength, Ant-Man must prevent Dr. Hank Pym’s former protégé, also known as Yellowjack­et, from perfecting the same technology and using it as a weapon for evil. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY

9:30 pm Back to the Future Part II ››› (’ 89, Comedy) A young man and his inventor friend must take a DeLorean time machine to 2015. (cc) ........................................ A&E

9:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Proposal ›› (’ 09, Romance-Comedy) 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 That Touch of Mink ›› (’ 62, RomanceCom­edy) A bachelor proposes a love affair to a virtuous secretary but she is more interested in marriage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:30 pm . . . . Suicide Squad ›› (’ 16, Action) Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Killer Croc and other armed supervilla­ins unite to battle a mysterious and powerful entity, while the diabolical Joker launches an evil agenda of his own. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 11:20 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Goonies ››› (’ 85, Children’s) Coastal Oregon kids follow the treasure map of pirate One-Eyed Willie past his deadly traps to gold. (cc) FREE 11:30 pm Transforme­rs: Revenge of the Fallen

›› (’ 09, Action) When an ancient Decepticon rises for revenge, Sam and Mikaela must figure out the history of the Transforme­rs’ presence on Earth and find a way to save the planet. (cc) ........................................ TBS MIDNIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back to the Future ››› (’ 85, Comedy) A teen takes a crackpot’s DeLorean time machine to 1955 and sees his parents in high school. (cc) . . . . A&E MIDNIGHT Grease ››› (’ 78, Musical) Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 12:05 am . . . . . . . . Journey to the Center of the Earth ›› (’ 08, Children’s) A science professor and his nephew encounter strange creatures and stranger lands as they travel beneath the Earth’s surface. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY

MONDAY

7:00 am . . . . . . . . . Christmas With the Kranks

›› (’ 04, Comedy) A Chicago couple scramble to put together a holiday celebratio­n after their daughter decides to come home for Christmas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

7:00 am . . . . . The Girl From Jones Beach ››

(’49, Romance-Comedy) An illustrato­r poses as a Czech emigrant to woo a teacher who resembles his composite dream girl. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . TCM

8:30 am She’s Back on Broadway ›› (’ 53, Musical) A Hollywood star tries for a comeback in a stage show whose director was her lover. (cc) TCM 9:15 am Erin Brockovich ››› (’ 00, Drama) A law clerk researchin­g a client’s health case stumbles on a cover-up of a contaminat­ed water supply in a desert town. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 10:00 am The Longest Yard ›› (’ 05, Comedy) At a Texas penitentia­ry, jailed NFL veterans train their fellow inmates for a football game against the guards. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV 10:15 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leatherfac­e: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III ›› (’ 90, Horror) Rural Texas cannibals waylay yuppie motorists driving from Los Angeles to Florida. (cc) . . . . . . SYFY 10:15 am She’s Working Her Way Through College ›› (’ 52, Musical Comedy) A burlesque queen goes to college, charms a professor and livens up the class play. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs ››› (’ 09, Children’s) Animated. When hard times hit the town of Swallow Falls, a failed inventor constructs a device that turns water into delicious food. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FREE 11:00 am War for the Planet of the Apes ››› (’17, Science Fiction) A ruthless colonel leads his troops in a deadly battle against Caesar and his army of intelligen­t apes. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX NOON . Get Rich or Die Tryin’ ›› (’ 05, Crime Drama) A drug dealer wants to leave his violent life behind and pursue his dream of becoming a rap artist. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET NOON Zathura ››› (’ 05, Children’s) Two young brothers play a mysterious game that propels them into an outer-space adventure. (cc) SYFY 12:15 pm. . The Devil Wears Prada ››› (’ 06, Comedy-Drama) A recent college graduate lands a job working for a famous and diabolical editor of a New York fashion magazine. (cc) . . . AMC

12:15 pm. . . . . . The West Point Story ›› (’ 50, Musical Comedy) A Broadway director must turn cadet to stage a show with his girlfriend at the U.S. Military Academy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 12:30 pm Get Hard ›› (’ 15, Comedy) The prisonboun­d manager of a hedge fund asks a black businessma­n — who has never been to jail — to prepare him for life behind bars. (cc). . . MTV 12:30 pm A Cinderella Story ›› (’ 04, RomanceCom­edy) A teenager with a wicked stepmother develops an online relationsh­ip with a popular high-school quarterbac­k. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FREE

2:00 pm Pacific Rim Uprising ›› (’ 18, Science Fiction) Rebellious pilot Jake Pentecost and his estranged sister must lead a brave new generation of fighters against otherworld­ly monsters that want to destroy humanity. (cc) . . . . . . FX

2:03 pm Lake Placid ›› (’ 99, Horror) A New York paleontolo­gist goes to the backwoods of Maine and teams up with the local game warden to stop a 35-foot killer crocodile. (cc). . . . . SYFY

2:15 pm Red Light ›› (’ 49, Crime Drama) A tough businessma­n searches for a hotel Bible he thinks will lead him to his brother’s killer. (cc) . TCM

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