THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
11:00 am Boomerang ›› (’ 92, Comedy) Eddie Murphy. A Manhattan playboy gets a new corporate boss, and she treats him the way he has always treated women.
(cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET 11:00 am Cheaper by the Dozen 2 ›› (’ 05, Comedy) Steve Martin. While on vacation, Tom Baker discovers old rival Jimmy Murtaugh and his family are also there; the Bakers and Murtaughs find themselves in less-than-friendly competition. (cc) WGN-A 11:30 am Alice in Wonderland ›› (’ 10, Children’s) Johnny Depp. Now a teenager, Alice returns to Underland, where she must find her destiny and put an end to the Red Queen’s reign of terror. (cc) FREE NOON 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 NOON . Batman Begins ››› (’ 05, Action) Christian Bale. Following the death of his parents, young heir Bruce Wayne becomes a masked avenger who fights the forces of evil in Gotham City. (cc). . TNT NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . The Incredible Burt Wonderstone ›› (’ 13, Comedy) Steve Carell. Two long-reigning kings of a Las Vegas magic act must put aside the secret feud between them to prevent a slick new performer from usurping the throne. (cc) TRU
NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avengers:
Age of Ultron ››› (’ 15, Action) Robert Downey Jr. When Tony Stark’s jumpstart of a dormant peacekeeping program goes awry, the Avengers must reassemble to battle a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. (cc) USA NOON The Big Heat ›› (’ 53, Crime Drama) Glenn Ford. A gun moll helps a detective find the gangsters who killed his wife. (cc) TCM
12:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . Deepwater Horizon ››› (’ 16, Suspense) Mark Wahlberg. Chief electronics technician Mike Williams and other crew members fight for survival when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 1:00 pm Uncle Drew ›› (’ 18, Comedy) Kyrie Irving. Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament. (cc)
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1:08 pm. . . . The Green Mile ››› (’ 99, Drama) Tom Hanks. In 1935 a head prison guard realizes a man on death row may be innocent and have a supernatural ability to heal others. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRV
1:30 pm. . . . . . The Dark Knight ›››› (’08, Action) Christian Bale. Batman has to keep a balance between heroism and vigilantism to fight a vile criminal known as the Joker, who would plunge Gotham City into anarchy. (cc). . . . . . . . . . PARMT
1:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Lace ››› (’ 60, Mystery) Doris Day. Scotland Yard suspects a woman’s problem is not a crank caller but rather a busy husband. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 2:00 pm Harlem Nights ›› (’ 89, Comedy) Eddie Murphy. Business partners sting a white mobster trying to take over their nightclub in 1930s Harlem. (cc) . . . . BET 2:00 pm . . . . The Hunger Games ›››
(’12, Science Fiction) Jennifer Lawrence. A resourceful teen takes her younger sister’s place in a brutal contest in which youths from each of 12 districts fight to the death on live television. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . The Matrix Reloaded ››› (’ 03, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves. Freedom fighters use extraordinary skills and weaponry to revolt against machines. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
2:15 pm Monster-in-Law ›› (’ 05, Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez. A woman fights back when her fiance’s shrewish mother tries to destroy their relationship. (cc) E! 2:45 pm Ant-Man ››› (’ 15, Action) Paul Rudd. Armed with a suit that allows him to shrink in size but grow in strength, AntMan 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) . . . . . . . . USA 3:00 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COM 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Man ››› (’ 18, Biography) Ryan Gosling. Engineer Neil Armstrong spends years in training after joining NASA in the 1960s. On July 16, 1969, the nation and world watch in wonder as Armstrong and fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins embark on a historic mission to the moon. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Replacements ›› (’ 00, Comedy) Keanu Reeves. A football coach and his team’s owner recruit a ragtag band of has-beens and wannabes after failed negotiations lead to a strike. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suicide Squad ›› (’ 16, Action) Will Smith. 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
3:45 pm Family Plot ››› (’ 76, Suspense) Bruce Dern. Two frauds seeking a woman’s heir cross paths with another couple planning a kidnapping scheme for diamonds. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
4:15 pm Red 2 ›› (’ 13, Action) Bruce Willis. 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 4:30 pm . . . . . . . . The Holiday ›› (’ 06, Romance-Comedy) Cameron Diaz. Two women, one from America and one from England, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 4:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Italian Job ››› (’ 03, Crime Drama) Mark Wahlberg. A master thief and his crew plan to steal back a fortune in gold bullion after they lose it to a double-crossing gang member. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 5:00 pm Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins ›› (’ 08, Comedy) Martin Lawrence. 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 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) COM
5:00 pm . Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ››› (’ 17, Science Fiction) Chris Pratt. 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) USA 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ››› (’13, Science Fiction) Jennifer Lawrence. After their unprecedented victory in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark embark on a Victors Tour. Katniss senses rebellion is stirring, but a cruel change in the upcoming 75th Hunger Games may change Panem forever. (cc) FREE
5:00 pm . . . . . . The Matrix Revolutions
›› (’ 03, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves. Neo, Morpheus and Trinity prepare for a final battle against vicious machines set to invade Zion. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
5:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . It’s Complicated ›› (’09, Romance-Comedy) Meryl Streep. A restaurateur falls into an affair with her remarried ex-husband, while an architect that she hired to refurbish her kitchen falls in love with her. (cc). . . . . . . . . BRV
5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . The Equalizer ››
(’14, Action) Denzel Washington. 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS
5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justice League ›› (’ 17, Action) Ben Affleck. Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Batman and his new ally Wonder Woman recruit Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash to help them save the planet from a newly awakened enemy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT
5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Daddy’s Little Girls
›› (’ 07, Romance) Gabrielle Union. An unexpected romance blooms between a struggling mechanic and the attorney who is representing him in a custody battle for his young daughters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . VH1 6:00 pm . . . The Martian ››› (’ 15, Science Fiction) Matt Damon. Left behind by his crew, a stranded astronaut must find a way to survive on Mars, while NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring him home. (cc) . . . . . . FX 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . King Kong ››››
(’33, Adventure) Fay Wray. Shipped from mysterious Skull Island for display in the United States, a gigantic ape escapes from his bonds and carries a beautiful blonde to the top of the Empire State Building. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 6:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Wick ›››
(’14, Action) Keanu Reeves. New York City becomes the bullet-riddled playground of a former assassin as he hunts down the Russian mobsters who destroyed everything he held dear. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 7:00 pm The Day After Tomorrow ›› (’ 04, Action) Dennis Quaid. A climatologist tries to locate his son after global warming leads to worldwide natural disasters. (cc) PARMT
7:15 pm Monster-in-Law ›› (’ 05, RomanceComedy) Jennifer Lopez. A woman fights back when her fiance’s shrewish mother tries to destroy their relationship. (cc) E! 7:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avengers:
Age of Ultron ››› (’ 15, Action) Robert Downey Jr. When Tony Stark’s jumpstart of a dormant peacekeeping program goes awry, the Avengers must reassemble to battle a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. (cc) USA 7:48 pm Sweet Home Alabama ›› (’ 02, Romance-Comedy) Reese Witherspoon. Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce. (cc) BRV 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns ›› (’ 08, Comedy-Drama) Tyler Perry. Soon after losing her job, a single mother takes her brood to Georgia for her father’s funeral and meets his uproarious clan for the first time. (cc) . . . . . . . . BET 8:00 pm Wonder Woman ››› (’ 17, Action) Gal Gadot. 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 8:00 pm The Matrix ››› (’ 99, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves. A computer hacker joins forces with rebel warriors to battle a malevolent cyberintelligence. (cc) AMC 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North by Northwest ›››› (’ 59, Suspense) Cary Grant. Mistaken identity spurs a foreign spy to pursue an innocent New Yorker, all the way to Mount Rushmore. (cc) TCM
8:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fast & Furious 6 ›› (’ 13, Action) Vin Diesel. Agent Hobbs offers Dom Toretto and his crew a full pardon if they help him nab a gang of lethally skilled mercenary drivers whose second-in-command is someone they all know. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS 8:30 pm John Wick: Chapter 2 ››› (’ 17, Action) Keanu Reeves. Legendary hit man John Wick comes out of retirement when a former associate plots to seize control of an international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, Wick travels to Rome to square off against the world’s deadliest killers. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 8:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 ››› (’ 14, Science Fiction) Jennifer Lawrence. After shattering the games forever, Katniss finds herself in District 13, fighting to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage. (cc) FREE
9:00 pm Oliver! ›››› (’ 68, Musical) Ron Moody. Dickens’ Oliver Twist goes from parish boy to Fagin’s pickpocketing school to the clutches of murderous Bill Sikes.
^ 9:00 pm . . Get Hard ›› (’ 15, Comedy)
Will Ferrell. The prison-bound manager of a hedge fund asks a black businessman — who has never been to jail — to prepare him for life behind bars. (cc) . . . . . COM 9:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jurassic World ›› (’ 15, Adventure) Chris Pratt. An ex-military man and animal expert must use his special skills to save tourists at the Jurassic World island resort from rampaging, genetically engineered dinosaurs, including the vicious and intelligent Indominus rex. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . FX 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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 10:00 pm . . . . The Dark Knight ›››› (’08, Action) Christian Bale. Batman has to keep a balance between heroism and vigilantism to fight a vile criminal known as the Joker, who would plunge Gotham City into anarchy. (cc). . . . . . . . . . PARMT