THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
order to save his home, a monster with a donkey makes a deal with a mean lord to rescue a beautiful princess. (cc) . FREE 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Lampoon’s Vacation ›› (’ 83, Comedy) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds and family head by station wagon for the California fun park Walley World. (cc) . . . . PARMT
WEDNESDAY
6:15 am Flowing Gold ›› (’ 40, Adventure) John Garfield. A fugitive drifter hired by a Texas oil driller becomes his rival for the boss’s daughter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
7:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mission: Impossible ›› (’ 96, Action) Tom Cruise. Branded a traitor, an elite intelligence agent investigates a failed Prague mission to retrieve a computer disk. (cc) . . FX
7:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Thank Your Lucky Stars ›› (’ 43, Musical) Eddie Cantor. A Hollywood tour-bus guide joins a wartime revue with Joan Leslie, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn and Warner Bros. stars. (cc) TCM 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 9:29 am Tomb Raider ›› (’ 18, Adventure) Alicia Vikander. 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
9:30 am Cloverfield ››› (’ 08, Science Fiction) Michael Stahl-David. A video camera records the horrific events that unfold as a monstrous creature attacks New York, leaving death and destruction in its wake. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 10:00 am . . . . . . . . Mission: Impossible 2 ››› (’ 00, Action) Tom Cruise. IMF agent Ethan Hunt and his team try to stop a former agent from unleashing a deadly, engineered virus. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:00 am . . . . . . . . Hollywood Canteen ››› (’ 44, Musical Comedy) Robert Hutton. A GI back from the South Pacific wins a canteen raffle and meets his dream girl, as Warner Bros. stars perform. (cc) TCM 11:00 am Saving Private Ryan ›››› (’ 98, War) Tom Hanks. A World War II captain and his squad risk all to locate and send home a soldier whose three brothers died in combat. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIST 11:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just Friends ›› (’ 05, Romance-Comedy) Ryan Reynolds. A music executive tries to woo his high-school crush while keeping his suspicious ex-girlfriend at bay. (cc)
MTV
11:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life ›› (’ 03, Adventure) Angelina Jolie. A globe-trotter must find Pandora’s box before a maniacal scientist can harness its power for world domination. (cc) AMC NOON . The Foreigner ›› (’ 17, Action) Jackie Chan. A businessman embarks on a revenge-fueled vendetta after his daughter dies in a terrorist bombing. His search leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alvin and the Chipmunks ›› (’ 07, Children’s) Jason Lee. Live action/animated. Musical but mischievous chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore wreak havoc in the life of songwriter Dave Seville. (cc) . . . . FREE 12:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bad Bascomb ›› (’ 46, Western) Wallace Beery. A bank robber and his partner hide with Mormons headed for Utah and return an orphan’s goodness. (cc) TCM 1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mission: Impossible III ››› (’ 06, Action) Tom Cruise. Now a trainer for IMF recruits, agent Ethan Hunt squares off against the toughest foe he has ever faced: a ruthless arms and information broker. (cc) . FX 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ›› (’ 09, Children’s) Zachary Levi. Live action/animated. Now in the care of Dave Seville’s nephew Toby, chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore enter a battle of the bands contest to save their school’s music program. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 2:00 pm The Bourne Identity ››› (’ 02, Action) Matt Damon. A woman helps an amnesiac, who has a dangerous past, to dodge assassins as he tries to learn about himself. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
2:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gentle Annie ›› (’ 44, Western) James Craig. A U.S. marshal befriends two train robbers, their mother and a stranded waitress in 1901 Oklahoma. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
2:30 pm The Last Witch Hunter ›› (’ 15, Fantasy) Vin Diesel. 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
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 3:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rationing ›› (’ 44, Romance-Comedy) Wallace Beery. A village butcher bickers with the postmistress in charge of World War II ration stamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 4:00 pm . . . . . . . . Think Like a Man Too
›› (’ 14, Romance-Comedy) Adam Brody. As Michael and Candace prepare to marry in Las Vegas, their friends struggle with life-changing decisions of their own. (cc) BET
4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation ››› (’15, Action) Tom Cruise. Ethan Hunt and his team take on their most impossible mission yet to eradicate the Syndicate — a highly skilled, international organization dedicated to creating a new world order via a series of terrorist attacks. (cc) FX 4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matilda ››› (’96, Children’s) Mara Wilson. A little girl develops extraordinary mental abilities, despite neglectful parents and a brutal headmistress. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 4:30 pm Armageddon ›› (’ 98, Science Fiction) Bruce Willis. A NASA rep recruits an oil driller and his team of mavericks to save Earth from an oncoming asteroid. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 4:30 pm The Bourne Supremacy ››› (’04, Action) Matt Damon. A CIA chief sends a senior operative to take down Jason Bourne when it appears the rogue agent is behind the deaths of two people. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Accountant ›› (’ 16, Suspense) Ben Affleck. A Treasury agent closes in on a brilliant freelance accountant who works for dangerous criminal organizations. (cc) TNT
5:30 pm Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone ›› (’50, Suspense) Marjorie Main. A Montana widow and a Chicago lawyer solve a couple of murders on a train to New York. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 6:00 pm . . . . . . . Shrek ››› (’ 01, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. Animated. In order to save his home, a monster with a donkey makes a deal with a mean lord to rescue a beautiful princess. (cc) . FREE 6:45 pm The Affairs of Martha ›› (’ 43, Romance-Comedy) Marsha Hunt. A maid in love with her employers’ son writes a book about them all, causing a stir. (cc) TCM
7:00 pm Mission: Impossible — Fallout ››› (’ 18, Action) Tom Cruise. Premiere. An arms dealer and a group of terrorists plan to use three plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack. When the weapons go missing, Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must race against time to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Guns
›› (’ 13, Action) Denzel Washington. In the dark about each other’s true identity, two undercover agents from competing bureaus go on the run together after an attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel goes haywire. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 7:00 pm . . . . . . The Bourne Ultimatum ››› (’ 07, Action) Matt Damon. Jason Bourne continues his international quest to uncover his true identity while staying one step ahead of those who want to kill him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
7:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Fifth Element ››› (’ 97, Science Fiction)
Milla Jovovich. A New York City cabdriver tries to save 2259 Earth from impact with an onrushing anti-life force. (cc) SYFY 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside
Out ››› (’ 15, Children’s) Voices of Amy Poehler. Animated. An 11-year-old girl’s five emotions try to guide her through a difficult transition after she moves from the Midwest to San Francisco. (cc) FREE 8:00 pm . . . Take a Giant Step ›› (’ 59, Drama) Johnny Nash. Based on Louis S. Peterson’s play about a black teenager coping with life in a predominantly white society. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 8:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Karate
Kid ›› (’ 10, Children’s) Jaden Smith. A Chinese maintenance man instructs an American boy in the art of kung fu to help the youth face down bullies at his new school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 9:30 pm . . . . . . . . The A-Team ›› (’ 10, Action) Liam Neeson. Framed to take the fall for a heinous crime, an elite operative and his men go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the real perpetrator. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 9:30 pm Bad Boys ›› (’ 95, Action) Martin Lawrence. Undercover Miami detectives switch lives while investigating murders linked to stolen heroin. (cc) . . . . . . AMC 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Accountant ›› (’ 16, Suspense) Ben Affleck. A Treasury agent closes in on a brilliant freelance accountant who works for dangerous criminal organizations. (cc) TNT
10:00 pm A Soldier’s Story ››› (’ 84, Mystery) Howard E. Rollins Jr. An Army lawyer probes the slaying of a sergeant from an all-black unit in 1944 Louisiana. (cc) TCM
THURSDAY
6:00 am . . . . The Exterminating Angel ››› (’ 62, Comedy-Drama) Silvia Pinal. Luis Bunuel’s surrealistic tale of wealthy citizens who find themselves trapped in the living room of a friend’s home. TCM 7:45 am . . Carnival of Souls ››› (’ 62, Horror) Candace Hilligoss. After taking a job as a church organist, the sole survivor of a fatal car crash encounters mysterious phantoms which lure her to a deserted carnival outside of town. (cc) . . . . TCM
8:31 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. SYFY 9:00 am Mission: Impossible 2 ››› (’ 00, Action) Tom Cruise. IMF agent Ethan Hunt and his team try to stop a former agent from unleashing a deadly, engineered virus. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX
9:15 am Juliet of the Spirits ››› (’ 65, Fantasy) Giulietta Masina. Federico Fellini’s surrealistic account of a housewife who is told by a psychic that her husband has been unfaithful. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 am Pulp Fiction ›››› (’ 94, Crime Drama) John Travolta. Two hit men, a boxer, a crime boss and others meet their fates over the course of two days. (cc)
AMC
10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Wrinkle in Time ›› (’ 18, Children’s) Storm Reid. Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, guided by three astral travelers, brave a dangerous journey to an evil planet to save their scientist father. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 10:54 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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) SYFY 11:45 am Yolanda and the Thief ›› (’ 45, Musical) Fred Astaire. Two con men meet a Latin American heiress who thinks one’s her guardian angel. (cc). . . . . . . . . . TCM NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mission: Impossible III ››› (’ 06, Action) Tom Cruise. Now a trainer for IMF recruits, agent Ethan Hunt squares off against the toughest foe he has ever faced: a ruthless arms and information broker. (cc) . FX 1:00 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 1:00 pm . . . . . . The Bourne Ultimatum ››› (’ 07, Action) Matt Damon. Jason Bourne continues his international quest to uncover his true identity while staying one step ahead of those who want to kill him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
1:30 pm Knocked Up ››› (’ 07, RomanceComedy) Seth Rogen. A rising journalist and an irresponsible slacker ponder their future after a boozy one-night stand results in a pregnancy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . E!
1:45 pm . . . . . . . The Red Shoes ››››
(’48, Drama) Moira Shearer. A ballerina loves a ballet composer but dances for an obsessive impresario. (cc) . . . . . . . TCM
2:27 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constantine ›› (’ 05, Fantasy) Keanu Reeves. A man who can see demons helps a skeptical policewoman investigate her twin sister’s mysterious death. (cc) SYFY 3:00 pm Diary of a Mad Black Woman ›› (’05, Comedy-Drama) Kimberly Elise. A woman must put her life back together after her husband of 18 years abruptly kicks her out of the house. (cc). . . BET 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation ››› (’15, Action) Tom Cruise. Ethan Hunt and his team take on their most impossible mission yet to eradicate the Syndicate — a highly skilled, international organization dedicated to creating a new world order via a series of terrorist attacks. (cc) FX 3:30 pm Coming to America ››› (’ 88, Comedy) Eddie Murphy. Pampered Prince Akeem of Zamunda comes to New York with his royal sidekick to find a true-love bride. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 3:30 pm Bad Boys ›› (’ 95, Action) Martin Lawrence. Undercover Miami detectives switch lives while investigating murders linked to stolen heroin. (cc) . . . . . . AMC 4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . 50 First Dates ›› (’04, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A veterinarian tries to make a woman who has short-term memory loss fall in love with him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E!
4:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brigadoon ››› (’ 54, Musical) Gene Kelly. New Yorkers hunting in the Scottish Highlands find a magic village that fell asleep in 1754. (cc) TCM
5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Fifth Element ››› (’ 97, Science Fiction)
Milla Jovovich. A New York City cabdriver tries to save 2259 Earth from impact with an onrushing anti-life force. (cc) SYFY 6:00 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 6:00 pm . . . The Princess and the Frog ››› (’ 09, Children’s) Voices of Anika Noni Rose. Animated. A fateful kiss leads a young woman and a royal amphibian on an adventure through the bayous of Louisiana. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 6:00 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) AMC 6:15 pm Dreams ››› (’ 55, Drama) Harriet Andersson. A Stockholm fashion model and the woman she works for each have one-day affairs with men.. . . . . . . . TCM 6:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Walked With a Zombie ››› (’ 43, Horror) James Ellison. Nurse Betsey Connell is hired to care for Jessica, a woman who suffers from a bizarre condition. When she falls for Jessica’s husband, Betsey is drawn into the dark world of voodoo while trying to cure her. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 7:00 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARMT