THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
to the family farm while her husband is away at war. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
3:33 pm Transformers: The Last Knight ›› (’ 17, Action) 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). . . . . . SYFY
4:00 pm The Greatest Showman ›› (’ 17, Musical) P.T. Barnum indulges his limitless imagination to create the Barnum & Bailey circus in the 1800s. Featuring musical numbers, exotic performers and daring feats, the mesmerizing spectacle takes the world by storm to become the greatest show on Earth. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX
4:42 pm Beau Hunks ›› (’ 31, Comedy) Two fool
ish fellows join the French Foreign Legion. TCM 5:00 pm. A Star Is Born ››› (’ 18, Romance) Hard-drinking country music star Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — a struggling but talented singer named Ally. As her career quickly takes off, Jackson starts to realize that his best days may be behind him. (cc). . TNT
5:40 pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ›› (’ 92, Children’s) Once again left behind by his family, the boy hero lands in Manhattan and battles two burglars he faced before. (cc). . . . . FREE
6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bringing Down the House ›› (’ 03, Comedy) After chatting with a divorced attorney online, a prison escapee wants him to help prove her innocence. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET
6:00 pm Book Club ›› (’ 18, Romance-Comedy) Four friends’ lives are turned upside down when their book club tackles the infamous 50 Shades of Grey. From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter. (cc) .......................................... FX
6:00 pm. . . . . . Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch ›› (’ 18, Children’s) Animated. When the Whos decide to make Christmas bigger, louder and brighter, the disgruntled Grinch hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus, steal Christmas and silence their holiday cheer once and for all. (cc) . . . . DISN
6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Four Christmases ››
(’08, Romance-Comedy) 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
6:12 pm . . . . . . . . The Music Box ›››› (’ 32, Comedy) Gravity, an impatient professor and a sassy nursemaid hinder movers trying to deliver a player piano to an upstairs address. . . TCM
7:00 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT
7:00 pm . 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) SYFY 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bad Moms
›› (’ 16, Comedy) Pushed beyond their limits, three overworked and stressed-out mothers go wild after ditching their daily routines. (cc) FX 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crazy Rich Asians ››› (’ 18, Romance-Comedy) 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. . . . . . . . . . . . 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
8:00 pm Elf ››› (’ 03, Children’s) 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Way Out West ››››
(’37, Comedy) Greenhorns Stan and Ollie go to Brushwood Gulch with a gold-mine deed and get a bum steer. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
8:20 pm . . . . . Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas ›› (’ 00, Children’s) A curmudgeon living atop Mount Crumpit sets out to quash the yuletide preparations of the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville. Anthony Hopkins narrates. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beauty Shop ›› (’ 05, Comedy) A determined hairstylist competes with her former boss after opening her own business in Atlanta. (cc) BET 9:00 pm Signs ››› (’ 02, Suspense) With the help of his brother, a Pennsylvanian investigates the appearance of 500-foot-diameter circles in his crop fields. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
9:30 pm Block-Heads ››› (’ 38, Comedy) Stan and Ollie come home from World War I, which has been over for 20 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 pm Girls Trip ››› (’ 17, Comedy) Four best friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. Along the way, they rekindle their sisterhood and rediscover their wild side by doing enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush. (cc) FX 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old School ››
(’03, Comedy) Three friends try to recapture the fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus fraternity. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRU 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Polar Express ››› (’ 04, Children’s) Animated. The conductor of a train to the North Pole guides a boy who questions the existence of Santa Claus. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 10:30 pm House Party 2 ›› (’ 91, Musical Comedy) Rap buddies try for college and a promoter’s recording contract, one of which is not a good idea. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 10:31 pm . . . Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous ›› (’ 05, Comedy) FBI agent Gracie Hart clashes with her superiors when she jumps in to save two kidnapped friends in Las Vegas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 10:45 pm Our Relations ›› (’ 36, Comedy) Sailors Stan and Ollie have a beer-garden mix-up with their henpecked twins and gangsters. (cc) TCM 11:00 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 11:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monster-in-Law ›› (’ 05, Romance-Comedy) A woman fights back when her fiance’s shrewish mother tries to destroy their relationship. (cc) ........................................ BRV MIDNIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old School ››
(’03, Comedy) Three friends try to recapture the fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus fraternity. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRU MIDNIGHT . . . Snow Day ›› (’ 00, Children’s) Students steal a snow plow and fend off its crazy driver in an attempt to keep school closed for a second day. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
12:15 am Bonnie Scotland ›› (’ 35, Comedy) Stan and Ollie take a cattle boat to Scotland and wind up in India with the Bengal Lancers. (cc) TCM 12:30 am . . . Office Christmas Party ›› (’ 16, Comedy) Hoping to close a sale and save their jobs, two co-workers must rally their colleagues to throw an epic Christmas party. (cc) . . . . FX 12:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . 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
TUESDAY
6:00 am Rich Man, Poor Girl ›› (’ 38, ComedyDrama) Before a secretary will marry her boss, she wants him to get to know her family. (cc) ........................................ TCM 7:15 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . These Glamour
Girls ›› (’ 39, Comedy) An intoxicated college student invites a dime-a-dance girl to a weekend of festivities with his snobbish friends. (cc) TCM 8:00 am . . . . A Nanny for Christmas ›› (’ 10, Comedy) A career woman cares for the children of a Beverly Hills advertising executive during the holidays. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIFE
8:45 am . . . . . Somewhere I’ll Find You ›››
(’42, Romance) War-reporter brothers search Indochina for a newswoman they love, and they all wind up in Bataan. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
9:30 am . Nanny McPhee ›› (’ 05, Children’s) A widower hires a mysterious woman who uses magic to control his seven unruly children. (cc) ........................................ AMC 10:00 am E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ›››› (’ 82, Children’s) A boy’s close encounter with an alien stranded on Earth leads to a unique friendship in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film. (cc) ....................................... SYFY 10:30 am 17 Again ›› (’ 09, Comedy) A 37-year-old gets the chance to correct the mistakes of his past when he is miraculously transformed into a teenager. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Magic Snowflake ›› (’ 13, Children’s) Animated. A young boy named Nicholas is chosen to become the next Santa Claus. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 10:45 am The Postman Always Rings Twice ››› (’46, Crime Drama) A drifter stops at a Greek diner and helps the owner’s lusty wife become a widow. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 11:00 am Book Club ›› (’ 18, Romance-Comedy) Four friends’ lives are turned upside down when their book club tackles the infamous 50 Shades of Grey. From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter. (cc) .......................................... FX 11:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nanny McPhee Returns ›› (’ 10, Children’s) Magical Nanny McPhee helps a harried mother who is trying to care for five children and tend to the family farm while her husband is away at war. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 12:35 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zathura ››› (’ 05, Children’s) Two young brothers play a mysterious game that propels them into an outer-space adventure. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 12:45 pm The Bad and the Beautiful ››› (’ 52, Drama) A ruthless producer uses and discards Hollywood hopefuls as stepping stones to the top of the Tinseltown heap. (cc). . . . . . . . TCM
1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bad Moms
›› (’ 16, Comedy) Pushed beyond their limits, three overworked and stressed-out mothers go wild after ditching their daily routines. (cc) FX 1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Strings Attached ›› (’ 11, Romance-Comedy) After sex enters the equation, two lifelong friends make a pact to keep their relationship purely physical. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV
2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . 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
2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
2:00 pm Snow Day ›› (’ 00, Children’s) Students steal a snow plow and fend off its crazy driver in an attempt to keep school closed for a second day. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
2:37 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) SYFY
3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bringing Down the House ›› (’ 03, Comedy) After chatting with a divorced attorney online, a prison escapee wants him to help prove her innocence. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET
3:00 pm Girls Trip ››› (’ 17, Comedy) Four best friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. Along the way, they rekindle their sisterhood and rediscover their wild side by doing enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush. (cc) FX 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Game Night ››› (’ 18, Comedy) A couple’s weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when their friends agree to participate in a murder mystery party. They soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night. (cc) TNT 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton Place ››› (’ 57, Drama) The secret life of a small New England community is revealed in this adaptation of Grace Metalious’ novel. (cc) ........................................ TCM
3:30 pm Grease ››› (’ 78, Musical) Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV
4:00 pm The Polar Express ››› (’ 04, Children’s) Animated. The conductor of a train to the North Pole guides a boy who questions the existence of Santa Claus. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
4:05 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Nightmare Before Christmas ›››› (’ 93, Children’s) Animated. The Pumpkin King gives the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an animated tale from the mind of Tim Burton. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
4:32 pm . 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) SYFY 5:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speed ››› (’ 94, Action) A SWAT team ace must keep the speed of a Santa Monica bus above 50 mph, or a madman’s bomb will explode. (cc). . . E!
5:15 pm. Horrible Bosses 2 ›› (’ 14, Comedy)
After a shady investor steals their new invention, Nick, Dale and Kurt conspire to kidnap the man’s adult son and ransom him to pay off their debts. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT
5:30 pm Office Christmas Party ›› (’ 16, Comedy) Hoping to close a sale and save their jobs, two co-workers must rally their colleagues to throw an epic Christmas party. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX
5:45 pm . . . . . Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas ›› (’ 00, Children’s) A curmudgeon living atop Mount Crumpit sets out to quash the yuletide preparations of the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville. Anthony Hopkins narrates. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beauty Shop ›› (’ 05, Comedy) A determined hairstylist competes with her former boss after opening her own business in Atlanta. (cc) BET 6:00 pm Elf ››› (’ 03, Children’s) 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 6:00 pm. . . . . . The Big Cube ›› (’ 69, Drama) A spoiled hippie and her boyfriend try to speed her inheritance by slipping her stepmother LSD. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
6:35 pm Signs ››› (’ 02, Suspense) With the help of his brother, a Pennsylvanian investigates the appearance of 500-foot-diameter circles in his crop fields. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
7:00 pm The Help ››› (’ 11, Drama) 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT
7:00 pm 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
7:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speed ››› (’ 94, Action) A SWAT team ace must keep the speed of a Santa Monica bus above 50 mph, or a madman’s bomb will explode. (cc). . . E!
8:00 pm. . . . . . . . Boyz N the Hood ››› (’ 91, Drama) Three boys become men, one guided by his father, in their racially divided Los Angeles neighborhood. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1
8:00 pm. . . . . . Scrooged ››› (’ 88, Comedy) A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. (cc) ........................................ AMC
8:25 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disney’s A Christmas Carol ›› (’ 09, Children’s) 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 9:00 pm. . . . Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
›› (’ 08, Comedy) Determined to prove to his family how much he has changed, a talk-show star returns to his small Southern hometown for his parents’ anniversary. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . BET 9:00 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) SYFY 10:00 pm Dumb & Dumber ››› (’ 94, Comedy) An inept dog groomer and a limousine driver chase the latter’s dream girl cross country. (cc) ........................................ TRU 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Claus ›› (’ 07, Comedy) 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 10:30 pm The Help ››› (’ 11, Drama) 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 10:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creed ›››
(’15, Drama) Long-retired boxer Rocky Balboa agrees to train Apollo Creed’s son to become a fighter, even as the former champ battles an opponent deadlier than any he ever faced in the ring. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 12:15 am Dumb & Dumber ››› (’ 94, Comedy) An inept dog groomer and a limousine driver chase the latter’s dream girl cross country.
(cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRU 12:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eagle Eye ››
(’08, Action) Two strangers become pawns of a mysterious woman who threatens their friends and family and uses technology to control their actions. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 12:30 am . . . . . . Gremlins ››› (’ 84, Fantasy) An inventor gives his son an odd little creature which multiplies into monsters which wreck the town. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
WEDNESDAY
6:00 am Winter Light ›› (’ 62, Drama) A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM