THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
masked psychopaths show up to satisfy their thirst for blood. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 10:00 am. Flight ››› (’ 12, Drama) Denzel Washington. A veteran pilot makes a miraculous landing after a mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground, but an investigation into the incident reveals that he was drunk at the time. (cc) . . . TNT 10:00 am The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ››› (’ 04, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Animated. SpongeBob and Patrick head for Shell City to retrieve King Neptune’s stolen crown and save the life of Mr. Krabs. (cc) NICK 10:30 am Get Out ››› (’ 17, Horror) Daniel Kaluuya. A young photographer uncovers a dark secret when he meets his girlfriend’s seemingly friendly parents for the first time at their posh estate. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 11:00 am Lilo & Stitch ››› (’ 02, Children’s) Voices of Daveigh Chase. Animated. A lonely girl adopts a dog which is really a mischievous alien hiding from intergalactic hunters. (cc) FREE
11:30 am. . Fight Club ››› (’ 99, Suspense)
Brad Pitt. Two young professionals create an underground club where men can compete in hand-to-hand combat. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . AMC 11:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lilies of the Field ››› (’ 63, Comedy-Drama) Sidney Poitier. A traveling laborer teaches English to a group of German-speaking nuns while building a chapel for their community. (cc) TCM 11:55 am 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. (cc) SYFY NOON 42 ››› (’ 13, Biography) Chadwick Boseman. In 1946, Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signs Jackie Robinson to the team in defiance of major league baseball’s notorious color barrier. (cc) BET 12:15 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Godfather, Part II ›››› (’ 74, Crime Drama) Al Pacino. Michael Corleone rules his father’s criminal empire, while flashbacks recall young Vito’s climb to power. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 12:30 pm . The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge
Out of Water ››› (’ 15, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. 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
1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . BlacKkKlansman ›››
(’18, Comedy-Drama) John David Washington. Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer in Colorado Springs, Colo., works under cover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. Stallworth and his partner Flip Zimmerman risk their lives to penetrate the KKK at its highest levels. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX
1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men of Honor ››› (’ 00, Biography) Robert De Niro. The U.S. Navy’s first black diver battles a salty chief, racial prejudice and a crippling setback. (cc) HIST
1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fences ›››
(’16, Drama) Denzel Washington. Now working as a garbage collector in 1950s Pittsburgh, a former baseball star creates tension in his family when he squashes his son’s chance to meet a college football recruiter. (cc) . TNT
1:00 pm Cars ››› (’ 06, Children’s) Voices of Owen Wilson. Animated. A rookie race car that only cares about winning learns what is really important in life after getting stranded in a town along historic Route 66. (cc) . . . FREE
1:30 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 2:30 pm . . . . Fury ››› (’ 14, War) Brad Pitt. During World War II, a battle-hardened Army sergeant leads the crew of a Sherman tank on a deadly mission behind enemy lines to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany. (cc) . . . . AMC
3:00 pm. The Help ››› (’ 11, Drama) Viola Davis. 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) . . . . BET
3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ››› (’ 04, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Animated. SpongeBob and Patrick head for Shell City to retrieve King Neptune’s stolen crown and save the life of Mr. Krabs. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK
3:15 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . Teen Titans GO! to the Movies ››› (’ 18, Children’s) Voices of Greg Cipes. Animated. With a few madcap ideas and a song in their hearts, the Teen Titans head to Hollywood to fulfill their dreams. Things soon go awry, however, when a supervillain plans to take over the planet — putting the very fate of the young heroes on the line. (cc) TOON
3:30 pm . . . . . . . . . Cars 2 ›› (’ 11, Children’s) Voices of Owen Wilson. Animated. Mater takes a detour into international espionage when he and Lightning McQueen head overseas for the World Grand Prix. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
3:30 pm Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner ››› (’67, Comedy-Drama) Spencer Tracy. White liberals must overcome their own latent racism when their strong-willed daughter announces her intention to marry a distinguished black physician. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selma ››› (’ 14, Historical Drama) David Oyelowo. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wages a historic, but dangerous, battle to secure voting rights for all, culminating in an epic march in Alabama from Selma to Montgomery. (cc) . . . . . . . FX
4:25 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
5:00 pm The Godfather ›››› (’ 72, Drama) Marlon Brando. Crime boss Vito Corleone and his sons rule their New York empire with Mafia justice. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT
5:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justice League ››
(’17, Action) Ben Affleck. Premiere. 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). TOON
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 . . The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge
Out of Water ››› (’ 15, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. 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
5:30 pm . . . . . . O Brother, Where Art Thou? ››› (’ 00, Comedy-Drama) George Clooney. A mysterious lawman tracks three escaped convicts searching for buried treasure in 1930s Mississippi. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . A Warm December ›››
(’73, Romance) Sidney Poitier. An American doctor in London falls in love with an African diplomat’s niece who has sickle-cell anemia. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 6:00 pm Cars 3 ›› (’ 17, Children’s) Voices of Owen Wilson. Animated. Blindsided by a new generation of fast cars, Lightning McQueen finds himself pushed out of the sport he loves.
With help from an eager young technician, No. 95 tires to get back in the game to compete on Piston Cup Racing’s biggest stage. (cc) FREE 6:30 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
7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidden Figures ›››
(’16, Historical Drama) Taraji P. Henson. NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson cross gender and race lines to help launch astronaut John Glenn into outer space. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 8:00 pm The Shawshank Redemption ›››› (’94, Drama) Tim Robbins. Two life sentences for a 1947 double murder land an innocent man in a corrupt Maine penitentiary. (cc) AMC 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
You Got to Move ››› (’ 85, Documentary) Filmmakers Lucy Massie Phenix and Veronica Selver mix archival material with homespun stories of change in the South. (cc) . . . TCM
8:15 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black Panther ››› (’ 18, Action) Chadwick Boseman. Black Panther’s mettle as king gets tested when an old enemy draws him into a conflict that puts his nation and the world at risk. The king must soon rally his allies and release his full power to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS
8:30 pm . . . Zootopia ››› (’ 16, Children’s) Voices of Ginnifer Goodwin. Animated. Rookie police rabbit Judy Hopps works with a wily fox to solve a mysterious case in the mammal metropolis of Zootopia. (cc). . . . . . . . . FREE 9:00 pm Creed ››› (’ 15, Drama) Michael B. Jordan. 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Godfather, Part II ›››› (’ 74, Crime Drama) Al Pacino. Michael Corleone rules his father’s criminal empire, while flashbacks recall young Vito’s climb to power. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 9:00 pm Last Holiday ›› (’ 06, Comedy) Queen Latifah. Upon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell off all her possessions and live it up at a posh European hotel. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1
9:45 pm . . . Freedom on My Mind ›› (’ 94, Documentary) Filmmaker Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford profile the Mississippi voter registration project from 1961-’64. . . . . TCM 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Hate U Give ››› (’ 18, Crime Drama) Amandla Stenberg. Premiere. Starr Carter is a
TUESDAY
6:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Broadway Babies ››
(’29, Musical) Alice White. A Detroit chorus girl weds her stage producer without telling her rumrunner boyfriend. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
7:00 am . Get Out ››› (’ 17, Horror) Daniel Kaluuya. A young photographer uncovers a dark secret when he meets his girlfriend’s seemingly friendly parents for the first time at their posh estate. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX
7:55 am The Strangers: Prey at Night ›› (’ 18, Horror) Christina Hendricks. A road trip to visit relatives takes a dangerous turn when a family arrives at a secluded mobile home park that’s mysteriously deserted — until three masked psychopaths show up to satisfy their thirst for blood. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
8:15 am. . . . . . . Show Girl in Hollywood ››
(’30, Comedy) Alice White. A New York show girl is discovered by a big movie producer and is taken to Hollywood to become the next big star. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
9:45 am . . . . . The Adjustment Bureau ››
(’11, Suspense) Matt Damon. After glimpsing his future, an ambitious politician battles the agents of Fate itself to be with the woman he loves. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
9:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employees’ Entrance ››› (’ 33, Comedy-Drama) Warren William. A tyrannical department-store manager falls for an employee who is secretly married to one of his assistants. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . The Last Samurai ›››
(’03, Adventure) Tom Cruise. In the 1870s a Westerner is caught in the middle of a battle between Japan’s emperor and the samurai. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 11:00 am The Hate U Give ››› (’ 18, Crime Drama) Amandla Stenberg. Starr Carter is a prep school student who witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend at the hands of a police officer. Facing pressure from all sides of the community, she must find her voice and decide to stand up for what’s right. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX
11:15 am National Velvet ›››› (’ 44, Drama) Mickey Rooney. An English girl’s dream of racing her horse in the Grand National thunders to reality with the help of a former jockey. (cc) TCM
1:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Dust ››› (’ 32, Romance) Clark Gable. Two kinds of women love a he-man rubber planter in Indochina. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidden Figures ›››
(’16, Historical Drama) Taraji P. Henson. NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson cross gender and race lines to help launch astronaut John Glenn into outer space. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 2:00 pm 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 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
G.I. Jane ››› (’ 97, Drama) Demi Moore. A female Navy SEALs recruit completes rigorous training under a tough officer’s command. (cc) AMC
2:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He’s Just Not
That Into You ›› (’ 09, Romance-Comedy)
Ben Affleck. Friends and lovers try to navigate their way through the complexities of modern relationships, sometimes misconstruing the true intentions of the opposite sex. (cc) MTV 3:00 pm. Creed ››› (’ 15, Drama) Michael B. Jordan. 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET
3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shooter ››
(’07, Suspense) Mark Wahlberg. Reluctantly pressed into service again, a former military sniper plots revenge against his powerful foes after being betrayed and wounded. (cc) TNT 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Women ››› (’ 39, Comedy) Norma Shearer. Catty New York socialites gossip about a friend and her husband’s girlfriend. (cc) . . . . TCM
4:15 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Evil:
The Final Chapter ›› (’ 16, Horror) Milla Jovovich. Alice travels to the Hive in Raccoon City to prevent the evil Umbrella Corp. from wiping out the last remaining survivors of the zombie apocalypse. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
4:30 pm 13 Going on 30 ››› (’ 04, RomanceComedy) Jennifer Garner. An uncool girl magically becomes a successful adult after making a wish at her disastrous birthday party. (cc) FREE
5:00 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
5:00 pm The Shawshank Redemption ›››› (’94, Drama) Tim Robbins. Two life sentences for a 1947 double murder land an innocent man in a corrupt Maine penitentiary. (cc) AMC 5:30 pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ›› (’ 03, Romance-Comedy) Kate Hudson. A columnist tries to make a man dump her, but he bets his boss that she will fall in love. (cc) . . . . . MTV
5:30 pm . Fallen ›› (’ 98, Suspense) Denzel Washington. Detectives investigate murders committed in a manner used by a recently executed serial killer. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT
5:45 pm Despicable Me 2 ››› (’ 13, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. Just as Gru settles into his new role as a suburban family man, the ultrasecret Anti-Villain League sends him on a mission to nab the perpetrator of a spectacular heist. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Perry’s Why Did
I Get Married Too? ›› (’ 10, Comedy-Drama) Tyler Perry. While on vacation in the Bahamas, the unexpected arrival of one’s ex-husband causes some longtime friends to examine the strength of their own marriages. (cc) . BET 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camille ››› (’ 36, Romance) Greta Garbo. Marguerite is a well-kept courtesan of the rich and influential Baron de Varville, but when a promising young man falls in love with her, his sincere adoration causes her to question her comfortable life. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
6:30 pm My Best Friend’s Wedding ››› (’ 97, Romance-Comedy) Julia Roberts. A writer realizes that she is in love with her best friend and tries to stop him from marrying another woman, a guileless heiress. (cc) . . . . . FREE
7:00 pm Four Brothers ›› (’ 05, Crime Drama) Mark Wahlberg. Diverse siblings reunite for revenge after learning about the murder of their adoptive mother. (cc) . . . . . . . . . PARMT 8:00 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) . . . . . . . . .*