Miami Herald (Sunday)

THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

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fights back when her fiance’s shrewish mother tries to destroy their relationsh­ip. (cc) . . E! 6:00 pm House Party ››› (’ 90, Musical Comedy) Robin Harris. 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) BET

6:15 pm Critic’s Choice ›› (’ 63, Comedy) Bob Hope. A Broadway critic shows up drunk and late on opening night to review a play written by his wife. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

7:00 pm Halloween ›› (’ 18, Horror) Jamie Lee Curtis. 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

7:00 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 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumanji

›› (’ 95, Children’s) Robin Williams. A magic board-game brings forth African perils and a guy who disappeare­d in 1969 while playing it. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 8:00 pm White Chicks ›› (’ 04, Comedy) Shawn Wayans. Two male FBI agents pose as female socialites to foil a kidnapping plot and save their jobs. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unstoppabl­e ››› (’ 10, Action) Denzel Washington. When an unmanned locomotive roars out of control, two railroad employees must find a way to bring it to a halt before it crashes and spills its toxic cargo. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 8:00 pm. . . . . . The Richest Girl in the World ››› (’ 34, Comedy) Miriam Hopkins. An heiress trades places with her secretary and meets a man who loves her not only for her money. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

8:30 pm Tangled ››› (’ 10, Children’s) Voices of Mandy Moore. Animated. Crowned with 70 feet of magical golden hair, Rapunzel strikes a deal with a charming thief to spring her from her prison tower. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns ›› (’ 08, ComedyDram­a) 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 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zombieland ›››

(’09, Comedy) Woody Harrelson. Survivors of a zombie apocalypse use creative means to dispatch the undead as they make their way toward a rumored safe haven in Los Angeles. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 9:00 pm Bee Movie ›› (’ 07, Children’s) Voices of Jerry Seinfeld. Animated. After he talks to a human florist, a college-educated bee decides to sue the human race for stealing his kind’s honey over the centuries. (cc) . . . . . . . NICK

9:30 pm Halloween ›› (’ 18, Horror) Jamie Lee Curtis. 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

9:30 pm Splendor ›› (’ 35, Drama) Miriam Hopkins. Manhattan socialites push their son’s wife into an affair with someone who can restore the family fortune. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 pm Lethal Weapon 3 ››› (’ 92, Action) Mel Gibson. Los Angeles police detectives crush a guns-to-gangs operation with a wild woman from internal affairs. (cc). . . . . AMC 10:30 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 11:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . These Three ›››

(’36, Drama) Miriam Hopkins. A child spreads malicious lies about two women and a man at a private boarding school. (cc) . . . . . . . TCM

FRIDAY

6:00 am The Narrow Margin ››› (’ 52, Crime Drama) Charles McGraw. Hit men board a train to kill a racketeer’s widow escorted by a Los Angeles detective. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valentine’s Day

›› (’ 10, Romance-Comedy) Jessica Alba. A diverse group of Los Angeles residents wends its way through love, romance and heartbreak over the course of a single day. (cc). . . . . E! 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ››› (’ 14, Science Fiction) Andy Serkis. Human survivors of a plague threaten Caesar’s growing nation of geneticall­y evolved apes. Though they reach a fragile peace, soon both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine which will become Earth’s dominant species. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 9:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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) . MTV 9:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . Any Number Can Play

›› (’ 49, Drama) Clark Gable. At odds with his wife and son, a casino owner bets all against a lucky oilman out to break the bank. (cc) TCM 10:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snatch ››› (’ 00, Comedy-Drama) Benicio Del Toro. An unlicensed boxing promoter gets involved with a big-time criminal, and a heist goes awry when a valuable jewel is missing. (cc) . AMC 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . War for the Planet of the Apes ››› (’ 17, Science Fiction) Andy Serkis. A ruthless colonel leads his troops in a deadly battle against Caesar and his army of intelligen­t apes. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Evil: Extinction ›› (’ 07, Horror) Milla Jovovich. Geneticall­y altered by Umbrella Corp., Alice and her cohorts try to eradicate an undead virus before it infects everyone on Earth. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . The Unsuspecte­d ››

(’47, Crime Drama) Claude Rains. The narrator of a murder-mystery radio show is a killer, but his niece would never know it. (cc) . . . TCM 11:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . 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) . . . . MTV 12:30 pm Lethal Weapon 3 ››› (’ 92, Action) Mel Gibson. Los Angeles police detectives crush a guns-to-gangs operation with a wild woman from internal affairs. (cc). . . . . AMC

1:00 pm Dracula Untold ›› (’ 14, Fantasy) Luke Evans. Vlad III, prince of Wallachia, trades his humanity for the power to defend his land and people from the ruthless forces of the Ottoman Empire. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY

1:00 pm Bee Movie ›› (’ 07, Children’s) Voices of Jerry Seinfeld. Animated. After he talks to a human florist, a college-educated bee decides to sue the human race for stealing his kind’s honey over the centuries. (cc) . . . . . . . NICK

1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lady in the Lake ›› (’ 46, Crime Drama) Robert Montgomery. Raymond Chandler’s private eye Philip Marlowe searches for a publisher’s missing wife. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

2:00 pm The Predator ›› (’ 18, Science Fiction) Boyd Holbrook. 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

3:00 pm . . House Party ››› (’ 90, Musical Comedy) Robin Harris. 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)

BET

3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Evil: Apocalypse ›› (’ 04, Horror) Milla Jovovich. Survivors of a deadly virus must fight their way through Raccoon City’s legion of undead inhabitant­s. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . SYFY

3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lethal Weapon 4 ›› (’ 98, Action) Mel Gibson. Los Angeles police partners take on members of a Chinese triad who are smuggling families from the mainland. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

3:00 pm High Wall ››› (’ 47, Crime Drama) Robert Taylor. A mental-hospital psychiatri­st helps a dazed ex-bomber pilot found next to his strangled wife. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 4:00 pm. . . . Star Trek Into Darkness ›››

(’13, Science Fiction) Chris Pine. After an act of terrorism leaves him with a personal score to settle, Capt. Kirk defies Starfleet regulation­s and leads his crew on a mission to capture a powerfully destructiv­e force. (cc). . . . . . . FX

4:45 pm Tension ›› (’ 49, Crime Drama) Richard Basehart. A drugstore manager creates an alter ego to perform the perfect murder of his wife’s lover. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

5:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Evil ›› (’ 02, Horror) Milla Jovovich. Commandos infiltrate a research facility after a deadly virus turns the entire staff into ravenous zombies. (cc) SYFY 6:00 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 6:00 pm Friday ››› (’ 95, Comedy) Ice Cube. A South Central Los Angeles resident hangs out on his front porch with a pal who owes money to a drug dealer. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 6:00 pm Unstoppabl­e ››› (’ 10, Action) Denzel Washington. When an unmanned locomotive roars out of control, two railroad employees must find a way to bring it to a halt before it crashes and spills its toxic cargo. (cc) . AMC

6:30 pm The Sellout ››› (’ 51, Crime Drama) Walter Pidgeon. A government lawyer backs a newspaper editor’s crusade against a corrupt sheriff. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

7:00 pm The Fate of the Furious ›› (’ 17, Action) Vin Diesel. Members of the globe-trotting crew face an unexpected challenge when a mysterious woman named Cipher forces Dom to betray them all. Now, they must unite to bring home the man who made them a family and stop her from unleashing chaos. (cc) . . . FX

7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zombieland ›››

(’09, Comedy) Woody Harrelson. Survivors of a zombie apocalypse use creative means to dispatch the undead as they make their way toward a rumored safe haven in Los Angeles. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Farewell to Arms ››› (’ 32, Romance) Helen Hayes. An ambulance driver and a nurse share an ill-fated romance in World War I Italy. Based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel.. . . . . . . . . 1 8:00 pm. . . . . The Wolf of Wall Street ›››

(’13, Biography) Leonardo DiCaprio. New York stockbroke­r Jordan Belfort, who founded brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont while still in his early 20s, develops habits of wretched excess and corruption. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COM 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . Next Friday ›› (’ 00, Comedy) Ice Cube. To avoid being beaten up, a young man goes to live with his uncle, who just won the lottery. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . Rampage ›› (’ 18, Action) Dwayne Johnson. A silverback gorilla, a wolf and a reptile grow to a monstrous size after a rogue genetic experiment goes wrong. Primatolog­ist Davis Okoye soon joins forces with the military to prevent the mutated beasts from destroying everything in their path. (cc) TBS 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ›››› (’ 80, Science Fiction) Mark Hamill. Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker to be a Jedi knight, and Han Solo woos Princess Leia, as Darth Vader returns to threaten the rebel forces trying to save the galaxy. (cc) TNT 8:00 pm. . . . . . Star Trek ››› (’ 09, Science Fiction) Chris Pine. Young James T. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew embark on a collision course with a vengeful Romulan. (cc) AMC

8:00 pm. . The Champ ›› (’ 79, Drama) Jon Voight. A has-been boxer trains in Florida for a comeback and fights his ex-wife for custody of their son. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:00 pm Roll Bounce ›› (’ 05, Comedy-Drama) Bow Wow. The closure of their favorite rink forces a roller-skater and his friends to gather at an uptown establishm­ent. (cc). . . . . . BET 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . Speed ››› (’ 94, Action) Keanu Reeves. A SWAT team ace must keep the speed of a Santa Monica bus above 50 mph, or a madman’s bomb will explode. (cc). . . BRV 9:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X-Men III: The Last Stand ›› (’ 06, Action) Hugh Jackman. An allout war looms when the discovery of a cure for mutations draws a line between the followers of Charles Xavier and those of Magneto. SYFY 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . War for the Planet of the Apes ››› (’ 17, Science Fiction) Andy Serkis. A ruthless colonel leads his troops in a deadly battle against Caesar and his army of intelligen­t apes. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:00 pm Bad Boys II ›› (’ 03, Action) Martin Lawrence. Two detectives uncover a conspiracy involving a drug kingpin while trying to stop the traffickin­g of Ecstasy in Miami. (cc) PARMT 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Money Talks ›› (’ 97, Comedy) Chris Tucker. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horrible Bosses 2 ›› (’ 14, Comedy) Jason Bateman. 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRU 10:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kramer vs. Kramer ›››› (’ 79, Drama) Dustin Hoffman. A New York adman fights for custody of his son after his wife walks out. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:47 pm . . . Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith ››› (’ 05, Science Fiction) Ewan McGregor. Seduced by the dark side, Anakin Skywalker turns against his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi and becomes Darth Vader. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 11:00 pm The Matrix ››› (’ 99, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves. A computer hacker joins forces with rebel warriors to battle a malevolent cyberintel­ligence. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

SATURDAY

6:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Star Wars:

The Phantom Menace ›› (’ 99, Science Fiction) Liam Neeson. As an enemy threatens the peaceful Galactic Republic, 9-year-old Anakin Skywalker comes under the tutelage of young Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 6:00 am East Side, West Side ›› (’ 49, Drama) Barbara Stanwyck. A New Yorker’s mistress drives his wife to a war hero; then someone kills the mistress. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

7:30 am . . . . . . . . . Gnomeo & Juliet ›› (’ 11, Children’s) Voices of James McAvoy. Animated. Love-struck garden gnomes become part of a feud between rival neighbors in StratfordU­pon-Avon, Shakespear­e’s birthplace. (cc) FREE 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Am Legend ››› (’ 07, Science Fiction) Will Smith. After a man-made plague transforms Earth’s population into bloodthirs­ty vampires, a lone survivor desperatel­y searches for a cure. (cc) PARMT

9:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Star Wars: Attack of the Clones ›› (’ 02, Science Fiction) Ewan McGregor. Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, protect the former queen from political separatist­s. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 9:00 am. . . . . . The Dark Knight Rises ›››

(’12, Action) Christian Bale. Eight years after he took the blame for Harvey Dent’s death and vanished into the night, Batman is forced out of his self-imposed exile by a cunning cat burglar and a merciless terrorist called Bane. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC

9:30 am . Chicken Little ›› (’ 05, Children’s) Voices of Zach Braff. Animated. A young fowl and his friends flock together to save skeptical townsfolk from an alien attack. (cc) . . FREE 10:00 am. . . . . . . Transporte­r 3 ›› (’ 08, Action) Jason Statham. Mob courier Frank Martin and the subject of his assignment, a cynical Ukrainian woman, are fitted with shackles that will explode if they wander too far from his car. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:08 am . . . . . . . . . . . Desperate Search ››

(’53, Adventure) Howard Keel. A man, his wife and his famous-aviator ex-wife search for their two children lost with a cougar. (cc) . . . TCM 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zathura ›››

(’05, Children’s) Josh Hutcherson. Two young brothers play a mysterious game that propels them into an outer-space adventure. (cc) SYFY 11:30 am Hercules ››› (’ 97, Children’s) Voices of Tate Donovan. Animated. The half-mortal strongman must become a hero to rejoin the gods on Mount Olympus. Charlton Heston narrates. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE NOON The Predator ›› (’ 18, Science Fiction) Boyd Holbrook. 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 NOON Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B ›› (’ 14, Docudrama) Alexandra Shipp. The story of the music sensation, from her discovery on the TV show Star Search to her tragic death in a plane crash. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIFE NOON Kindergart­en Cop ›› (’ 90, Comedy) Arnold Schwarzene­gger. An undercover officer teaches a rowdy class of peewees, to identify one whose mother must be found. (cc) TBS NOON 2012 ›› (’ 09, Action) John Cusack. Earth’s billions of inhabitant­s are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist, world leaders begin secret preparatio­ns for the survival of select members of society. (cc) . . . . . . . . USA NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black Legion ››› (’ 37, Crime Drama) Humphrey Bogart. An autoworker loses a promotion to an

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