THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
SUNDAY
6:00am......... JohnnyBelinda ››› (’48, Drama) Jane Wyman. Scandal erupts when a woman who cannot hear or speak is accused of gunning down the bully who supposedly raped her. (cc) . . . . . . . . TCM 7:00am............................ The House With a Clock in Its Walls ›› (’18, Fantasy) Jack Black. Ten-year-old Lewis goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious ticktock noise. When Lewis accidentally awakens the dead, the town’s sleepy facade magically springs to life with a secret world of witches and warlocks. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . FX 7:00am............. Casper ››› (’95, Children’s) Christina Ricci. A teen who lost her mother befriends friendly ghost Casper while staying at a mean heiress’s haunted mansion. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . .FREE 7:21 am . . . . . Poltergeist ››› (’82, Horror) Craig T. Nelson. A suburban couple’s little girl is drawn from her bedroom into a nightmarish other dimension. (cc)AMC 8:00am......................Freddyvs. Jason ›› (’03, Horror) Robert Englund. Teens are caught in the middle of a battle between the razor-clawed Freddy and the masked killer Jason. (cc). . . . . . . . . . .SYFY 8:00am...........CatonaHotTinRoof ››› (’58, Drama) Elizabeth Taylor. Two brothers, one an alcoholic who resents his devoted wife, visit their dying millionaire father in the South. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:00am..... MissPeregrine’sHomefor Peculiar Children ›› (’16, Fantasy) Eva Green. A teen discovers a secret refuge on an island where children have special powers and hidden enemies. (cc). . . . FX 9:30 am 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 beautifulprincess.(cc)................. FREE 9:51 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Final Destination 5 ›› (’11, Horror) Nicholas D’Agosto. When a man’s premonition saves them from a fatal bridge collapse, several unfortunate souls learn that Death will not be cheated. (cc)............................... AMC 10:00 am The Most Wonderful Time of the Year ››› (’08, Drama) Henry Winkler. A snowbound stranger brightens the holidays for a retired police officer and his niece.(cc)........................ HALL 10:00am..............HarryPotterand the Order of the Phoenix ››› (’07, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. When a new professor’s bureaucratic methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches a dedicated group of students how to defend against thedarkarts.(cc) ................. SYFY 10:30am........................... The Five Heartbeats ›› (’91, Drama) Robert Townsend. A wealth of songs propels this story about five black singers pursuing their dreams of stardom in the turbulent ’60s.(cc)........................... BET 11:00 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)TNT 11:40 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shrek 2 ››› (’04, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. Animated. A green ogre, his new wife and a donkey find adventure while visiting hisin-laws.(cc).................... FREE 11:51am........................... Final Destination ›› (’00, Horror) Devon Sawa. Teens meet with horrible ends after a classmate’s precognitive vision leads to their ejection from a doomed airliner. (cc) AMC
NOON . . . . . . . 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) ................................. E! NOON Tommy Boy ›› (’95, Comedy) Chris Farley. A ne’er-do-well auto-parts heir must stop his father’s widow from selling thebusiness.(cc)................ PARMT NOON . . . . . . The Man Who Came to Dinner ››› (’41, Comedy) Monty Woolley. A critic breaks his hip in someone’s home and stays there, in charge, until it mends. (cc)............................... TCM 1:00pm.....................Kong:Skull Island ››› (’17, Adventure) Tom Hiddleston. Scientists, soldiers and adventurers encounter the mighty Kong and other monstrous creatures after traveling to an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. (cc) TNT
1:02pm ................... HarryPotter and the Half-Blood Prince ››› (’09, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort, while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds, and tragedy looms on the horizon. (cc) SYFY 1:30pm................................. 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 1:45 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . Halloweentown ›› (’98, Children’s) Debbie Reynolds. After learning she is a witch, a girl helps save a town full of other supernatural creatures. (cc)............................... FREE 1:51 pm . . . . . . . . . Final Destination 2 ›› (’03, Horror) Ali Larter. Death returns to claim the lives of those who did not die in a horrible highway calamity as they were meanttodo.(cc).................. AMC 2:00 pm Goosebumps ››› (’15, Fantasy) Jack Black. Author R.L. Stine, his young daughter and their new neighbor must save the day when the monsters from the Goosebumps books magically come to life.(cc)............................. FX 2:00 pm Pat and Mike ››› (’52, Comedy) Spencer Tracy. A promoter falls for a gym teacher he bills as the world’s top woman athlete.(cc)....................... TCM 2:30pm...................TheWedding Singer ››› (’98, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A spirited entertainer and a waitress with a boorish fiance work at the same weddings. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 3:00 pm Selena ››› (’97, Biography) Jennifer Lopez. A beautiful Mexican-American singer’s skyrocketing international career endsabruptly.(cc)................. VH1 3:15pm...... 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). . . . . . . . . TNT 3:30pm...... HappyGilmore ›› (’96, Comedy) Adam Sandler. A powerful swing convinces a hockey player he can join the PGA tour and win back his grandmother’s repossessed house. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . COM 3:45pm ......... Sorry,WrongNumber ››› (’48, Suspense) Barbara Stanwyck. A bedridden heiress phones her husband and overhears two men plotting a murder. (cc)............................... TCM 3:50 pm The Nightmare Before Christmas ›››› (’93, Children’s) Voices of Danny Elfman. Animated. The Pumpkin King gives the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an animated tale from the mind ofTimBurton.(cc)................ FREE 3:51 pm . . . . . . . . . Final Destination 3 ›› (’06, Horror) Mary Elizabeth Winstead. A high-school senior and her friends must deal with repercussions of cheating death when they survive a terrible roller-coaster accident.(cc)...................... AMC 4:00pm.................. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween ›› (’18, Fantasy) Madison Iseman. Best friends Sonny and Sam meet Slappy, a mischievous dummy who brings his ghoulish friends back to life — just in time for Halloween. As the town becomes overrun with monsters, the boys join forces to save Sonny’s mom and foil Slappy’s wicked plan. (cc) . . . FX 4:00pm.....................Despicable Me ››› (’10, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. As he tries to execute a fiendish plot to steal the moon, a supervillain meets his match in three little orphan girls who want to make him their dad. (cc) NICK
4:30 pm . . . . . . Wedding Crashers ››› (’05, Comedy) Owen Wilson. Two divorce mediators spend a wild weekend partying with a politician and his eccentric family. (cc) ................................. E! 4:31pm ...............HarryPotterand the Order of the Phoenix ››› (’07, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. When a new professor’s bureaucratic methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches a dedicated group of students how to defend against thedarkarts.(cc)................. SYFY 5:30pm.............. TheMeg ›› (’18, Science Fiction) Jason Statham. A massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. With time running out, a rescue diver must now confront an unimaginable threat — a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark. (cc) TNT 5:30pm............. Ghostbusters ›› (’16, Comedy) Melissa McCarthy. Armed with proton packs and plenty of attitude, four women prepare for an epic battle as mischievous ghosts start to wreak havoc inNewYork.(cc).................. FREE 5:30pm....................... Northby 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 6:00pm................................. Sparkle ›› (’12, Drama) Jordin Sparks. In 1968 Detroit, a musical prodigy tries to balance romance with the new challenges life brings, as she and her sisters struggle for Motown stardom. (cc) . . . . . . . . . .BET 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ›› (’18, Children’s) Voices of Adam Sandler. Animated. Your favorite monster family boards a luxury cruise, but the dream vacation soon turns into a nightmare when Mavis realizes Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship, a woman who hides a dangerous secret that could destroy them all. (cc)FX 6:00 pm 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)......................... VH1 6:00pm...................... Rio ››› (’11, Children’s) Voices of Anne Hathaway. Animated. A domesticated macaw and his human friend travel to Rio de Janeiro to meet the last surviving female of his kind. (cc)............................... NICK 6:00pm.............. SCOOB! ›› (’20, Children’s) Voices of Will Forte. Premiere. Animated. Scooby and the gang face their biggest, most challenging mystery ever — a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop the global dog-pocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epicdestiny.(cc)................. TOON 7:00 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! 7:30pm...... HappyGilmore ›› (’96, Comedy) Adam Sandler. A powerful swing convinces a hockey player he can join the PGA tour and win back his grandmother’s repossessed house. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . COM 7:32pm....................HarryPotter and the Half-Blood Prince ››› (’09, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort, while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds, and tragedy looms on the horizon. (cc) SYFY 8:00pm.....................HotelTransylvania 2 ›› (’15, Children’s) Voices of Adam Sandler. Animated. Concerned that his half-human grandson isn’t showing his vampire side, Dracula and his friends put the boy through a monster-in-training boot camp just as Drac’s old-school father decides to pay a visit. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . FX 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . It: Chapter Two ›› (’19, Horror) Jessica Chastain. Premiere. Defeated by members of the Losers’ Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine. Now adults, the united Losers must conquer their deepest fears to destroy the shape-shifting Pennywise once and for all. (cc)............................... TNT 8:00 pm Rio 2 ›› (’14, Children’s) Voices of Anne Hathaway. Animated. Blu, Jewel and their three children leave the comfort of the city and travel to the Amazon jungle to learn how to live as wild birds. (cc)NICK 8:00 pm. . What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ››› (’62, Horror) Bette Davis. A Hollywood child-star has-been torments her famous sister, now in a wheelchair. (cc) TCM
8:45 pm Hocus Pocus ›› (’93, Children’s) Bette Midler. Halloween trick-or-treaters come face to face with three witch sisters from the past in Salem, Mass. (cc) .FREE 9:00 pm Notorious ›› (’09, Biography) Angela Bassett. Christopher Wallace rises from the streets of Brooklyn as rap artist Notorious B.I.G., then is shot to death in 1997.(cc)........................... BET 9:00 pm Selena ››› (’97, Biography) Jennifer Lopez. A beautiful Mexican-American singer’s skyrocketing international career endsabruptly.(cc)................. VH1 9:30pm..............Trainwreck ››› (’15, Romance-Comedy) Amy Schumer. Premiere. A promiscuous magazine writer considers monogamy for the first time when she starts to fall in love with the charming sports doctor she’s profiling.
(cc) ................................. E! 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hotel Transylvania 2 ›› (’15, Children’s) Voices of Adam Sandler. Animated. Concerned that his half-human grandson isn’t showing his vampire side, Dracula and his friends put the boy through a monster-in-training boot camp just as Drac’s old-school father decides to pay a visit. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . FX
MONDAY
6:00 am The Little Hut ›› (’57, RomanceComedy) Ava Gardner. An upper-class English couple and their bachelor friend are shipwrecked on a desert isle. (cc)TCM 7:45am.................................. The Importance of Being Earnest ››› (’52, Comedy) Michael Redgrave. Victorian Jack Worthing, found in a handbag, seeks the hand of Lady Bracknell’s daughter. (cc) TCM
8:00 am Overlord ››› (’18, Horror) Jovan Adepo. Paratroopers drop behind enemy lines to penetrate a fortified church and destroy a Nazi transmitter. Making their way to an underground lab, the soldiers stumble upon a sinister experiment that forces them into a battle against an army oftheundead.(cc).................. FX 9:00 am National Lampoon’s Van Wilder ›› (’02, Comedy) Ryan Reynolds. An underachieving collegian needs money to stay in school after his father cuts off his funds.(cc)......................... MTV 9:15am............ StirofEchoes ››› (’99, Suspense) Kevin Bacon. Premiere. After being hypnotized at a party, a man has visions of deaths and of a girl who disappeared six months earlier. (cc)AMC 9:30 am The Saint in New York ››› (’38, Mystery) Louis Hayward. British sleuth Simon Templar and a gunmoll topple a gangster and his gang. (cc) . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 am Child’s Play 2 ›› (’90, Horror) Alex Vincent. Possessed by a killer’s spirit, Chucky the knee-high doll returns to get the boy who destroyed him. (cc) . .SYFY 10:30 am . . . . . . Alien: Covenant ›› (’17, Science Fiction) Michael Fassbender. Crew members of the colony ship Covenant encounter a hostile alien life-form after traveling to a dark and dangerous planet on the far side of the galaxy. (cc) . . . . FX 10:45am..............................A
Date With the Falcon ›› (’41, Mystery)