THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

ever heard of the Beatles. When he starts to play the band’s songs, he soon becomes a pop sensation in the eyes of the media and the adoring public. (cc) . . . . . . . . .FX 8:00 pm . . The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ★★ (’14, Fantasy) Ian McKellen. Premiere. As the dragon Smaug rains fire on the citizens of Lake-town, Sauron sends legions of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain. Men, Dwarves and Elves must decide whether to unite and prevail — or be destroyed — and Middle Earth hangs in thebalance....................... SYFY 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spider-Man ★★★ (’02, Action) Tobey Maguire. Peter Parker uses his superhuman powers to battle his archenemy, the Green Goblin. (cc) . TNT 8:00 pm . . . . . . . Love & Basketball ★★★ (’00, Romance) Sanaa Lathan. From childhood to early adulthood, two friends fall in love while trying to establish basketball careers.(cc)....................... VH1 8:00pm................ Confessionsof a Nazi Spy ★★★ (’39, Suspense) Edward G. Robinson. An FBI agent nabs a Nazi spy, the weak link in a chain across the United States.(cc)........................ TCM 9:00 pm Barbershop ★★ (’02, Comedy) Ice Cube. The owner of a popular barbershop considers selling the place to a loan shark who wants to convert it into a strip club. (cc)............................... BET 9:00 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! 9:00 pm Beauty and the Beast ★★★★ (’91, Children’s) Voices of Paige O’Hara. Animated. A French maiden takes the place of her captured father in the enchanted castle of an accursed prince, and her love is his only chance to resume human form, in the Disney version of a French fairy-tale. (cc).............................. FREE 9:00 pm . . Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted ★★ (’12, Children’s) Voices of Ben Stiller. Animated. On the run from a French animal-control officer, Alex and friends hide out in a traveling circus, where they perform death-defying tricks and make some new friends. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . NICK 10:00pm............................... Live Free or Die Hard ★★★ (’07, Action) Bruce Willis. John McClane grapples with a villain who plans to shut down the United States by attacking the country’s vulnerable computer infrastructure. (cc)PARMT 10:00 pm The Karate Kid Part II ★★ (’86, Drama) Ralph Macchio. Mr. Miyagi returns to Okinawa with his karate student and meets an old foe’s challenge to a duel. (cc) AMC 10:00pm....................HoldBack the Dawn ★★★ (’41, Romance) Charles Boyer. A Romanian gigolo exits Mexico by marrying a U.S. teacher on a field trip. (cc) TCM

FRIDAY

7:00 am Blockers ★★★ (’18, Comedy) Leslie Mann. Lisa, Hunter and Mitchell learn that their teenage daughters plan to lose their virginity on prom night. The worried parents soon join forces for a wild and chaotic quest to stop the girls from sealing the deal — no matter what the cost. (cc) .FX 7:00am.....................TheGood, the Bad and the Ugly: Restored Version ★★★★ (’67, Western) Clint Eastwood. A drifter, a bandit and a bounty hunter reach a standoff over buried gold. (cc) . . . TCM 8:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . It’s Complicated ★★ (’09, Romance-Comedy) Meryl Streep. A restaurateur falls into an affair with her remarried ex-husband, while an architect that she hired to refurbish her kitchen falls inlovewithher.(cc)................. E! 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . The Greatest Showman ★★ (’17, Musical) Hugh Jackman. P.T. Barnum indulges his limitless imagination to create the Barnum & Bailey circus in the 1800s. Featuring musical numbers, exotic performers and daring feats, the mesmerizing spectacle takes the world by storm to become the greatest show on Earth. (cc)

FX

9:00am.......................... Teen Wolf ★★ (’85, Comedy) Michael J. Fox. A high-school student’s popularity soars when it is discovered that he is cursed with the mark of the werewolf. (cc) . . . . . AMC 10:15 am . . For a Few Dollars More ★★★ (’65, Western) Clint Eastwood. A man with no name and a man with a mission hunt a Mexican bandit for different reasons. (cc) TCM 10:30am.......................E.T.the Extra-Terrestrial ★★★★ (’82, Children’s) Henry Thomas. A boy’s close encounter with an alien stranded on Earth leads to a unique friendship in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . FREE 11:00am............................Bohemian Rhapsody ★★★ (’18, Biography) Rami Malek. Singer Freddie Mercury defies stereotypes and convention to become one of history’s most beloved entertainers. After leaving Queen to pursue a solo career, Mercury reunites with the band for one of the greatest performances in rock ’n’rollhistory.(cc)................... FX 11:00am.................... WarGames ★★★ (’83, Suspense) Matthew Broderick. A teen taps his computer into the NORAD missile-defense system and plays a video game, Global Thermonuclear War. (cc)AMC NOON . . Scream 4 ★★ (’11, Horror) Neve Campbell. The Ghostface Killer returns with a vengeance when self-help author Sidney Prescott arrives in Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. (cc) .SYFY 12:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Fistful of Dollars ★★★ (’64, Western) Clint Eastwood. Sergio Leone’s classic about a mysterious drifter’s involvement with warring factions in a Mexican border town. (cc) . . . . . TCM 1:30 pm The Karate Kid ★★★ (’84, Drama) Ralph Macchio. A New Jersey teen moves to California, meets bullies and learns karate from a handyman, Mr. Miyagi. (cc) AMC

2:00 pm . . Yesterday ★★ (’19, RomanceComedy) Himesh Patel. After a worldwide power outage, struggling musician Jack Malik wakes up to discover that no one has ever heard of the Beatles. When he starts to play the band’s songs, he soon becomes a pop sensation in the eyes of the media and the adoring public. (cc) . . . . . . . . .FX 2:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . Van Helsing ★★ (’04, Fantasy) Hugh Jackman. A monster-hunter joins forces with a beautiful woman to battle Dracula and otherworldly creatures inTransylvania.(cc)............... SYFY 2:30pm..................MajorDundee ★★★ (’65, Western) Charlton Heston. A Union major chases Indians to Mexico with a condemned Confederate captain and a cavalry of prisoners. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . TCM 3:00 pm Barbershop ★★ (’02, Comedy) Ice Cube. The owner of a popular barbershop considers selling the place to a loan shark who wants to convert it into a strip club. (cc)............................... BET 3:00 pm . . . . . Ocean’s Twelve ★★★ (’04, Comedy-Drama) George Clooney. To pay back casino boss Terry Benedict, Danny Ocean and his team of criminals plan an elaborate heist in Europe. (cc) . . . . . BRV 3:00 pm . . . . 17 Again ★★ (’09, Comedy)

Zac Efron. A 37-year-old gets the chance to correct the mistakes of his past when he is miraculously transformed into a teenager. (cc)................................. E! 4:00 pm . . . . . The Most Wonderful Time of the Year ★★★ (’08, Drama) Henry Winkler. A snowbound stranger brightens the holidays for a retired police officer and hisniece.(cc).................... HALL 4:30pm...................X-Men:Days of Future Past ★★★ (’14, Action) Hugh Jackman. The X-Men join forces with their younger selves in order to change the past and save mankind’s future as well as their own.(cc)........................... FX 4:30 pm The Karate Kid Part II ★★ (’86, Drama) Ralph Macchio. Mr. Miyagi returns to Okinawa with his karate student and meets an old foe’s challenge to a duel. (cc) AMC 5:00pm................................ 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) PARMT

5:00 pm Blade 2: Bloodhunt ★★ (’02, Horror) Wesley Snipes. Blade forms an alliance with a band of hardened enemies in order to battle powerful vampires. (cc). . .SYFY 5:00pm................................

Set It Off ★★★ (’96, Action) Jada Pinkett. Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting one another. (cc) . VH1 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . The Big Country ★★★ (’58, Western) Gregory Peck. A former sea captain goes West, woos women and joins a fight over water rights. (cc) . . . . . . TCM 5:30 pm . . . Ocean’s Thirteen ★★★ (’07, Comedy-Drama) George Clooney. Danny Ocean and his gang plot revenge against a casino owner who wronged one of their own.(cc)......................... BRV 6:30 pm Finding Dory ★★★ (’16, Children’s) Voices of Ellen DeGeneres. Animated. With help from Nemo and Marlin, Dory the forgetful fish embarks on an epic adventure to find her mother and father. (cc) FREE 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! 7:00 pm 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 ObiWan Kenobi and Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn. (cc)............................... TNT 7:00 pm . . . . . Real Steel ★★ (’11, Action) Hugh Jackman. Premiere. A small-time boxing promoter and his estranged son reluctantly join together to build and train a robot fighter of championship caliber. (cc)............................... AMC 7:30 pm. . Blade ★★ (’98, Horror) Wesley Snipes. A man with vampire blood and his mortal partner hunt a rebel vampire and his coterie of undead. (cc) . . . . . . . . .SYFY 7:33 pm Fast & Furious ★★ (’09, Action) Vin Diesel. Back in Los Angeles, fugitive Dom Toretto and agent Brian O’Conner reignite their feud but, then, must join forces against a common enemy. (cc) . . . . . TBS 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Goodfellas ★★★★ (’90, Crime Drama) Robert De Niro. In the 1950s an Irish-Italian hoodlum joins the New York Mafia, but his mob career is not what he expected. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . BRV 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . Thor: The Dark World ★★ (’13, Action) Chris Hemsworth. Thor forms an alliance with treacherous Loki to save Earth and the Nine Realms from an ancient enemy that predates the universe itself.(cc)........................... FX 8:00pm................................ Start Cheering ★★ (’38, Musical Comedy) Jimmy Durante. After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.TCM 8:30pm................................ 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 9:30 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! 9:30 pm . . San Andreas ★★ (’15, Action) Dwayne Johnson. When the San Andreas fault triggers a magnitude 9 earthquake, a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot must navigate the destruction from Los Angeles to San Francisco to bring his estranged wife and daughter to safety. (cc) . . . TBS 9:30pm..................ReveilleWith Beverly ★★ (’43, Musical Comedy) Ann Miller. As the substitute host on a morning radio program, former switchboard operator Beverly Ross becomes a local sensation when she changes the format to hot boogie-woogie. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00pm............TheEqualizer ★★ (’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). . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 10:00pm............................... 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) . . . TRU

SATURDAY

6:00 am . Harry Potter and the Chamber

of Secrets ★★★ (’02, Children’s) Daniel

Radcliffe. The young wizard and his best friends investigate a dark force that is terrorizing their school, Hogwarts. (cc) USA 6:00am.................... WarGames ★★★ (’83, Suspense) Matthew Broderick. A teen taps his computer into the NORAD missile-defense system and plays a video game, Global Thermonuclear War. (cc)AMC 6:00am....................TheSearch ★★★★ (’48, Drama) Montgomery Clift. A GI in postwar Berlin befriends a displaced Czech boy sought by his mother. (cc)TCM 7:00 am . . . . . . . . . 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)......................... FX 7:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Dynamite ★★★ (’04, Comedy) Jon Heder. A gawky teenager from an odd family helps his new friend run for class president against a popularstudent.(cc)................ E! 8:09am................................ 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 8:27 am . . . . . . . . Arizona Legion ★★ (’39, Western) George O’Brien. The head of the federal-agent Legionnaires joins an outlaw gang to find their leader. (cc) . . . . . . TCM 9:00 am Unbroken ★★ (’14, Biography) Jack O’Connell. During World War II, Olympian and war hero Louie Zamperini survives for 47 days at sea in a raft, only to be captured by the Japanese navy and sent to a series of prisoner-of-war camps. (cc) . . . . . HIST 9:00 am . . . . . . . . Open Range ★★★ (’03, Western) Robert Duvall. Cattle herdsmen unite to battle a ruthless rancher and his henchmen in 1882. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ★★ (’11, Adventure) Johnny Depp. Capt. Jack Sparrow encounters a woman from his past, who forces him to go aboard Blackbeard’s ship on a quest to find the legendary Fountain of Youth. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 9:45am.......................... Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ★★★ (’04, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. The young wizard and his friends confront Sirius Black, a fugitive with ties to Harry’s past.(cc)......................... USA 10:00 am . . . 17 Again ★★ (’09, Comedy) Zac Efron. A 37-year-old gets the chance to correct the mistakes of his past when he is miraculously transformed into a teenager. (cc)................................. E! 10:00 am . . . . . . . Detective Pikachu ★★ (’19, Children’s) Voice of Ryan Reynolds. Live action/animated. A young man joins forces with Detective Pikachu to unravel the mystery behind his father’s disappearance. Chasing clues through the streets of Ryme City, the dynamic duo soon discover a devious plot that poses a threat to the Pokémon universe. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . TBS 10:12 am Blondes at Work ★★ (’38, Drama) Glenda Farrell. A reporter scoops her male colleagues by following a diary kept by her policeman boyfriend’s driver. (cc) . . TCM 11:00 am. . . . . . . . . The Holiday ★★ (’06, Romance-Comedy) Cameron Diaz. Two women, one from America and one from England, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. (cc)............................... LIFE 11:16am.....................StarWars: Revenge of the Sith ★★★ (’05, Science Fiction) Ewan McGregor. Seduced by the