THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
7:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Sparrow ›› (’ 18, Suspense) Dominika Egorova learns to use her mind and body as a weapon after joining a secret intelligence service. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust. (cc) . . FX
7:30 am Anna Karenina ››› (’ 35, Drama) Tragic Anna leaves her cold husband for dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. (cc) . . . . TCM
8:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
9:00 am Zathura ››› (’ 05, Children’s) Two young brothers play a mysterious game that propels them into an outer-space adventure. (cc) SYFY 9:15 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Fearless Vampire Killers ››› (’ 67, Horror) A professor and his helper crash a vampire ball at the castle of Count Von Krolock. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
9:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas ››› (’ 09, Children’s) Animated. The inquisitive monkey makes preparations for a perfect Christmas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .^ 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jack Frost ›› (’ 98, Children’s) A man who died on Christmas Eve returns to his wife and son one year later in the form of a snowman. (cc) AMC 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Sparrow ›› (’ 18, Suspense) Dominika Egorova learns to use her mind and body as a weapon after joining a secret intelligence service. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust. (cc) . . FX 11:00 am Grease ››› (’ 78, Musical) Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV 11:03 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Adjustment Bureau ›› (’ 11, Suspense) After glimpsing his future, an ambitious politician battles the agents of Fate itself to be with the woman he loves. (cc) ....................................... SYFY 11:30 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
11:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Gold Rush ››››
(’25, Comedy-Drama) Silent. Mostly isolated in the Yukon, the little tramp cooks a shoe, falls in love, hangs from a cliff and strikes it rich. TCM NOON 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 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas ››› (’ 09, Children’s) Animated. The inquisitive monkey makes preparations for a perfect Christmas. (cc) .........................................
1:00 pm . . . . . . . Gremlins ››› (’ 84, Fantasy) An inventor gives his son an odd little creature which multiplies into monsters which wreck the town. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
1:04 pm . . . . The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones ›› (’ 13, Fantasy) A seemingly ordinary teenager discovers that she is descended from a line of half-angel warriors called Shadowhunters, who protect humanity from evil forces. (cc) ....................................... SYFY
1:35 pm. . . . . . . . Miracle on 34th Street ›››
(’94, Children’s) A retail-war lawyer goes to court to prove a department-store Santa Claus is for real. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
2:00 pm Logan ››› (’ 17, Action) In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X while protecting a young mutant girl from the dark forces that want to capture her. (cc). FX
2:00 pm American Gangster ››› (’ 07, Crime
Drama) A Harlem mobster combines ingenuity
Jand strict business codes to dominate organized crime, while a veteran cop searches for a way to bring him down. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT
2:00 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
3:15 pm The Double Man ››› (’ 67, Suspense) A CIA agent is lured to the Alps and replaced in Washington by a look-alike Soviet spy. (cc) TCM 3:30 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
4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomb Raider ›› (’ 18, Adventure) Hoping to solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance, young Lara Croft embarks on a perilous journey to his last-known destination — a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
4:15 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Santa Clause ››› (’ 94, Children’s) An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. (cc). . . . . . . . . FREE
5:00 pm Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials ›› (’ 15, Science Fiction) Thomas and his fellow teenage Gladers battle the powerful organization WCKD while facing the perils of the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with the virus-infected Cranks. (cc) FX 5:15 pm The Equalizer ›› (’ 14, Action) A former commando comes out of retirement and puts his special skills to work to rescue a girl who is under the control of ruthless Russian mobsters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT
5:15 pm Where Eagles Dare ››› (’ 69, War) Allied agents lead commandos sent to free a general from a castle in Bavaria. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
6:00 pm. . . . . . Scrooged ››› (’ 88, Comedy) A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. (cc) AMC
6:25 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Santa Clause 2 ››
(’02, Children’s) 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
6:30 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
7:00 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
7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water ››› (’ 15, Children’s) Live action/animated. Perpetual adversaries SpongeBob and Plankton join forces and come ashore to battle a pirate who has plans for the stolen Krabby Patties recipe. (cc). . . . . . NICK
8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Equalizer 2 ›› (’ 18, Action) Robert McCall’s mysterious past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer — his best friend and former colleague. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him. (cc) . . . . . . FX
8:00 pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation ››› (’ 89, Comedy) The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way, especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. (cc) . . . . . . . . AMC
8:00 pm Vertigo ›››› (’ 58, Suspense) A former San Francisco detective who dreads heights falls for a woman he is hired to protect. (cc) TCM
9:00 pm The Last Witch Hunter ›› (’ 15, Fantasy) The fate of the human race hangs in the balance when the Witch Queen rises from the dead, seeking revenge against Kaulder, the immortal warrior who slayed her centuries ago. (cc) SYFY 9:00 pm Step Brothers ›› (’ 08, Comedy) Two lazy, immature men become rivals when the marriage of one’s mother and the other’s father forces them to live as siblings in the same house. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pretty Woman ››› (’ 90, Romance-Comedy) A corporate raider pays a gorgeous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 10:00 pm The Equalizer ›› (’ 14, Action) A former commando comes out of retirement and puts his special skills to work to rescue a girl who is under the control of ruthless Russian mobsters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 10:08 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Andreas ››
(’15, Action) When the San Andreas fault triggers a magnitude 9 earthquake, a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot must navigate the destruction from Los Angeles to San Francisco to bring his estranged wife and daughter to safety. (cc) USA 10:15 pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation ››› (’ 89, Comedy) The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way, especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. (cc) . . . . . . . . AMC 10:15 pm . . . . Marnie ››› (’ 64, Suspense) A man struggles to break the thieving habits of his kleptomaniac wife and restore harmony to their marriage. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:30 pm 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
11:18 pm Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride ››› (’ 05, Children’s) Animated. In 19th-century Europe, a gifted pianist mistakenly weds a dead woman who takes him to the underworld. (cc) SYFY 11:30 pm Keanu ›› (’ 16, Comedy) A man and his cousin pose as ruthless gangsters to recover a stolen kitten. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 MIDNIGHT . Black Nativity ›› (’ 13, Musical) A street-wise teen discovers the value of faith, healing and family after he goes to New York to spend Christmas with his estranged relatives. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 12:30 am . . . . . Scrooged ››› (’ 88, Comedy) A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. (cc) ........................................ AMC 12:45 am American Gangster ››› (’ 07, Crime Drama) A Harlem mobster combines ingenuity and strict business codes to dominate organized crime, while a veteran cop searches for a way to bring him down. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 12:45 am. . . . . . The Trouble With Harry ›››
(’55, Comedy) A corpse proves problematic for several New Englanders. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
THURSDAY
6:00 am. . . . The Most Wonderful Time of the
Year ››› (’ 08, Drama) A snowbound stranger brightens the holidays for a retired police officer and his niece. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HALL
6:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North by Northwest ›››› (’ 59, Suspense) Mistaken identity spurs a foreign spy to pursue an innocent New Yorker, all the way to Mount Rushmore. (cc) . . . TCM
8:00 am Logan ››› (’ 17, Action) In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X while protecting a young mutant girl from the dark forces that want to capture her. (cc). FX
8:59 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Adjustment Bureau ›› (’ 11, Suspense) After glimpsing his future, an ambitious politician battles the agents of Fate itself to be with the woman he loves. (cc) ....................................... SYFY
9:15 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Night Nurse ›››
(’31, Crime Drama) A nurse asks a bootlegger for help after uncovering her employer’s plot to kill her own children for their trust fund. (cc) TCM 10:00 am My Dog’s Christmas Miracle ››› (’ 11,
Children’s) A dog tries to thwart the romance between her owner and a widowed architect. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIFE 10:00 am Shanghai Noon ››› (’ 00, Comedy) A Chinese Imperial Guardsman teams up with a robber to rescue a princess, taken to the Old West by the guard’s former captain. (cc) MTV 10:30 am Parachute Jumper ›› (’ 33, Adventure) A pair of World War I Air Force pilots return from battle to find adventure and romance in New York. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 11:00 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 11:00 am . . . . . . Miracle on 34th Street ›››
(’94, Children’s) A retail-war lawyer goes to court to prove a department-store Santa Claus is for real. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 11:02 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomb Raider ›› (’ 18, Adventure) Hoping to solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance, young Lara Croft embarks on a perilous journey to his last-known destination — a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
11:45 am Angel Face ›› (’ 52, Crime Drama) A socialite and her chauffeur are accused of killing her father and stepmother. (cc) . . . . . . . . TCM 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Internship
›› (’ 13, Comedy) Two old-school, unemployed salesmen finagle internships at Google, then must compete with younger, smarter candidates for prime positions. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV
1:30 pm Sworn Enemy ›› (’ 36, Crime Drama) A law student, a doctor and the doctor’s daughter build a case against a racketeer. (cc) . . . . TCM
1:37 pm. . . . . . . . . . The Last Witch Hunter ››
(’15, Fantasy) The fate of the human race hangs in the balance when the Witch Queen rises from the dead, seeking revenge against Kaulder, the immortal warrior who slayed her centuries ago. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
1:40 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water ››› (’ 15, Children’s) Live action/animated. Perpetual adversaries SpongeBob and Plankton join forces and come ashore to battle a pirate who has plans for the stolen Krabby Patties recipe. (cc). . . . . . NICK
2:00 pm Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July ›› (’ 80, Children’s) Animated. Santa must save the day when Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman encounter an evil wizard. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
2:30 pm Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials ›› (’ 15, Science Fiction) Thomas and his fellow teenage Gladers battle the powerful organization WCKD while facing the perils of the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with the virus-infected Cranks. (cc) FX 2:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Downstairs
›› (’ 32, Drama) A roguish chauffeur blackmails his fellow servants to finance his elopement with the butler’s wife. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
3:00 pm Deliver Us From Eva ›› (’ 03, RomanceComedy) In order to get a breather from their meddling sister-in-law, three men pay a playboy $5,000 to romance her. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . BET
3:00 pm Wedding Crashers ››› (’ 05, Comedy) Two divorce mediators spend a wild weekend partying with a politician and his eccentric family. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV
3:45 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 4:02 pm Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride ››› (’ 05, Children’s) Animated. In 19th-century Europe, a gifted pianist mistakenly weds a dead woman who takes him to the underworld. (cc) SYFY
4:15 pm Passion Flower ›› (’ 30, Drama) Two rich cousins find husbands but then tragically fall in love with the same man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
5:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas ››› (’ 09, Children’s) Animated. The inquisitive monkey makes preparations for a perfect Christmas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Equalizer 2 ›› (’ 18, Action) Robert McCall’s mysterious past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer — his best friend and former colleague. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him. (cc) . . . . . . FX
5:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Escape From East Berlin ›› (’ 62, Suspense) An East German tunnels under the Berlin Wall and leads his girlfriend and 26 others to freedom. (cc)
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5:50 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home Alone ››› (’ 90, Children’s) Accidentally left by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old makes mincemeat of two burglars in the house. (cc) ....................................... FREE
5:55 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red 2 ››
(’13, Action) Former CIA black-ops agent Frank Moses and his team battle assassins, terrorists and power-hungry government officials as they try to retrieve a lethal device that could change the balance of world power. (cc) . . . . . . SYFY
6:00 pm Daddy Day Care ›› (’ 03, Children’s) After company downsizing, two former executives decide to open a day-care center for kids in their neighborhood. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET
7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Con Air
›› (’ 97, Action) A wrongly convicted parolee on a flight with a group of vicious prisoners tries to stop their violent hijacking. (cc) . . . PARMT
8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dolly Parton’s
Coat of Many Colors ››› (’ 15, Docudrama) In 1955 Tennessee, 9-year-old Dolly Parton and her family discover the healing power of faith and love while struggling to overcome tragedy.& 8:00 pm A Christmas Carol ›› (’ 99, Fantasy) Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge receives visits from three Christmas spirits who show him his past, present and future. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT
8:00 pm The Family That Preys ›› (’ 08, Drama) Secrets and scandals test the friendship of a wealthy socialite and a working-class woman, upsetting both their families. (cc) . . . . . . VH1
8:00 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