Miami Herald (Sunday)

THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

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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

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