THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
SpongeBob and Plankton join forces and come ashore to battle a pirate who has plans for the stolen Krabby Patties recipe. (cc) ..............................
8:00pm ............................... Four Christmases (’08, RomanceComedy) Vince Vaughn. When their plans for a holiday getaway fall apart, a couple must spend Christmas Day trudging to a quartet of family get-togethers. (cc)AMC
8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gaslight
(’44, Suspense) Charles Boyer. A Scotland Yard detective figures out why a schizoid Victorian is trying to drive his wife mad. (cc) ..............................
8:20 pm . . . . . . . . . Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (’92, Children’s) Macaulay Culkin. Once again left behind by his family, the boy hero lands in Manhattan and battles two burglars he faced before. (cc)
10:00 pm . . . American Gangster
(’07, Crime Drama) Denzel Washington. A Harlem mobster combines ingenuity and strict business codes to dominate organized crime, while a veteran cop searches for a way to bring him down. (cc) .
10:00 pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (’89, Comedy) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way, especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. (cc) . . . . . .
10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Casablanca
(’42, Drama) Humphrey Bogart. A cynical nightclub owner protects an old flame and her husband from Nazis in Morocco. (cc) ..............................
6:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Had Four Sons (’41, Drama) Ingrid Bergman. A French governess raises a U.S. widower’s sons, then returns to them years later despite one son’s wife. (cc) . . . . . . .
8:00 am The Count of the Old Town
(’35, Comedy) Julia Caesar. Villagers unite to get their money back from a band of smugglers who swindled them . . . .
8:30am ..................... 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) . . . . . . . . . .
9:15am ....................... National Lampoon’s Vacation (’83, Comedy) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds and family head by station wagon for the California fun park Walley World. (cc) . . . . . . .
10:30 am . . . . Instant Family (’18, Comedy-Drama) Mark Wahlberg. Hoping to start a family, Pete and Ellie turn to the foster care system to make their dream come true. The couple soon learn the joys and frustrations of parenthood when they decide to adopt three siblings, including a rebellious 15-year-old girl. (cc)
10:30 am . . Inferno (’16, Suspense) Tom Hanks. Amnesiac symbologist Robert Langdon and a doctor race across Europe and against time to stop a madman from unleashing a virus that could wipe out half of the world’s population. (cc)SYFY 12:45 pm . . . . . . . . . Intermezzo (’36, Drama) Gösta Ekman. An intense love affair develops between a married concert violinist and his daughter’s music teacher.
1:00 pm A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
(’11, Comedy) John Cho. Six years after their last adventure, the infamous stoners reunite on Christmas Eve to find a replacement tree for the one Harold sent upinsmoke.(cc) ...................
1:03pm ................................ The Giver (’14, Drama) Jeff Bridges. A teen discovers the dark truth about his community’s secret past from an old man who is the sole keeper of their world’s memories.(cc) ...................
1:05 pm . . . . . . . Arthur Christmas
(’11, Children’s) Voices of James McAvoy. Animated. Santa’s youngest son sets out on an urgent mission to deliver a present to a forgotten child before Christmas morning dawns. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1:30 pm . . . . . . . The Polar Express
(’04, Children’s) Voices of Tom Hanks. Animated. The conductor of a train to the North Pole guides a boy who questions the existence of Santa Claus. (cc). .
2:30pm .................... AWoman’s Face (’38, Drama) Ingrid Bergman. A plastic surgeon’s work on a scarred and bitter con artist transforms her, both in bodyandspirit ...................
3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . The Night Before
(’15, Comedy) Joseph Gordon-Levitt. As their annual reunion tradition comes to an end, three lifelong friends plan a night of debauchery and hilarity by searching for the Nutcracka Ball, the Holy Grail of Christmas parties in New York. (cc) .
3:10 pm Home Alone (’90, Children’s) Macaulay Culkin. Accidentally left by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old makes mincemeat of two burglars in the house. (cc) ..............................
3:30 pm. . Fred Claus (’07, Comedy) Vince Vaughn. The yuletide season brings headaches for Santa Claus, who bails his ne’er-do-well brother Fred out of trouble and puts him to work in his factory. (cc)
4:15 pm . . . . A Bad Moms Christmas
(’17, Comedy) Mila Kunis. As if creating the perfect Christmas for their families isn’t hard enough, under-appreciated and overburdened moms Amy, Kiki and Carla will have to do it while hosting and entertaining their own respective mothers during the holidays. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . .
4:30 pm Dollar (’38, Comedy) Ingrid Bergman. A woman suspects her husband of adultery and tries to catch him in the actataskilodge ..................
5:00pm ............................... The Martian (’15, Science Fiction) Matt Damon. Left behind by his crew, a stranded astronaut must find a way to survive on Mars, while NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly tobringhimhome.(cc) .............
5:00pm ............................... Hotel Transylvania (’12, Children’s) Voices of Adam Sandler. Animated. An unforeseen complication unfolds when Dracula invites the world’s most-infamous monsters to his lavish resort to celebrate his daughter’s 118th birthday. (cc)
5:40 pm . . . . . . . . . Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (’92, Children’s) Macaulay Culkin. Once again left behind by his family, the boy hero lands in Manhattan and battles two burglars he faced before. (cc)
6:00pm ............................... 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) .........................
6:00 pm Salt (’10, Action) Angelina Jolie. After a defector accuses her of spying for the Russians, a CIA officer goes on the run and tries to come up with a way to establish her innocence. (cc) . .
6:00pm ............................... Four Christmases (’08, RomanceComedy) Vince Vaughn. When their plans for a holiday getaway fall apart, a couple must spend Christmas Day trudging to a quartet of family get-togethers. (cc)AMC
6:00pm .......................... June Night (’40, Drama) Ingrid Bergman. A small-town girl has a relationship with a sailor who shoots her when she tries to leavehim ........................
6:30pm ........... JustGoWithIt
(’11, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A plastic surgeon enlists the aid of his assistant and her children to help him win the heart of a beautiful woman. (cc)
6:30pm ............. 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)
6:30pm ............. MeanGirls
(’04, Comedy) Lindsay Lohan. Attending high school for the first time, a teenager becomes friends with three popular but manipulative students. (cc) . . . . . . . .
8:00pm ...................... AdAstra
(’19, Science Fiction) Brad Pitt. Premiere. Thirty years ago, Clifford McBride led a voyage into space, but the ship and crew were never heard from again. Now his son must embark on a daring mission to uncover the truth about his father and a mysterious power surge that threatens theuniverse.(cc) ...................
8:00 pm The Mask (’94, Comedy) Jim Carrey. An ancient mask transforms a drab bank clerk into a grinning Romeo with superhuman powers. (cc) . . . .
8:00 pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (’89, Comedy) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way, especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. (cc) . . . . . .
8:00pm ........... NoManofHerOwn
(’32, Comedy-Drama) Clark Gable. An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he’s a businessman .....................
8:20pm ........................... Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(’00, Children’s) Jim Carrey. A curmudgeon living atop Mount Crumpit sets out to quash the yuletide preparations of the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville. Anthony Hopkins narrates. (cc) . .
9:00pm .......................... Just Go With It (’11, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A plastic surgeon enlists the aid of his assistant and her children to help him win the heart of a beautiful woman.(cc) ........................
9:00pm .................... BeeMovie
(’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) . . . .
9:30 pm . Woman of the Year (’42, Comedy) Katharine Hepburn. A New York sportswriter marries a political columnist whose career comes first. (cc) . . . . .
10:00 pm . . . . . . London Has Fallen
(’16, Action) Gerard Butler. Secret Service agent Mike Banning springs into action to save captive U.S. President Benjamin Asher from the terrorists who attacked London.(cc) .....................
6:00am ..................... Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
(’18, Fantasy) Eddie Redmayne. Magizoologist Newt Scamander joins forces with young Albus Dumbledore to prevent the devious Gellert Grindelwald from raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all nonmagicalbeings.(cc) ................
7:00 am . . . . . Instant Family (’18, Comedy-Drama) Mark Wahlberg. Hoping to start a family, Pete and Ellie turn to the foster care system to make their dream come true. The couple soon learn the joys and frustrations of parenthood when they decide to adopt three siblings, including a rebellious 15-year-old girl. (cc)
9:00 am Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (’09, Children’s) Voices of Elizabeth Daily. Animated. The inquisitive monkey makes preparations for a perfect Christmas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . .
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9:30 am . . . . The Expendables (’10,
Action) Sylvester Stallone. A mercenary and his men learn that their assignment to overthrow a South American dictator is asuicidemission.(cc) ..............
9:30 am . . . Jingle All the Way (’96,
Children’s) Arnold Schwarzenegger. A crazed postman, a tough policeman and a shady Santa impede a workaholic seeking a coveted toy for his son. (cc) . . . . .
9:45am ............. JournalofaCrime
(’34, Crime Drama) Ruth Chatterton. A woman kills her husband’s lover, then loses her memory as well as her guilt. (cc)
10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . Planes, Trains and Automobiles (’87, Comedy) Steve Martin. An ad exec and a shower-curtainring salesman become co-travelers on the way to Thanksgiving in Chicago. (cc)AMC 11:00am ............................... The Giver (’14, Drama) Jeff Bridges. A teen discovers the dark truth about his community’s secret past from an old man who is the sole keeper of their world’s memories.(cc) ...................
11:00 am Satan Met a Lady (’36, Crime Drama) Bette Davis. A private eye meets two women looking for a ram’s horn. (cc)
11:30am ............................... The Martian (’15, Science Fiction) Matt Damon. Left behind by his crew, a stranded astronaut must find a way to survive on Mars, while NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly tobringhimhome.(cc) .............
NOON . Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (’09, Children’s) Voices of Elizabeth Daily. Animated. The inquisitive monkey makes preparations for a perfect Christmas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . .
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NOON ......................... Backto the Future (’85, Comedy) Michael J. Fox. A teen takes a crackpot’s DeLorean time machine to 1955 and sees his parents in high school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOON ........................ National Lampoon’s Vacation (’83, Comedy) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds and family head by station wagon for the California fun park Walley World. (cc) . . . . . . .
12:30 pm . . . . . . . Madam Satan (’30, Musical Comedy) Kay Johnson. A socialite seduces her husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible. (cc)TCM
1:00pm .................... BeeMovie
(’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) . . . .
2:30 pm Back to the Future Part II
(’89, Comedy) Michael J. Fox. A young man and his inventor friend must take a DeLorean time machine to 2015. (cc)BRV
2:30 pm The Man Who Cheated Himself
(’50, Crime Drama) Lee J. Cobb. A woman in the process of divorce shoots her husband and gets her police lieutenant boyfriend to help hide the body. (cc)
3:00pm ............. Angels&Demons
(’09, Action) Tom Hanks. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon joins forces with an Italian scientist to prevent an ancient brotherhood’s plot against the Vatican from coming to fruition. (cc)SYFY
3:00pm ......................... Evan Almighty (’07, Children’s) Steve Carell. A newly elected congressman faces a crisis of biblical proportions when God commands him to build an ark. (cc)VH1
3:00pm ............................... Hotel Transylvania (’12, Children’s) Voices of Adam Sandler. Animated. An unforeseen complication unfolds when Dracula invites the world’s most-infamous monsters to his lavish resort to celebrate his daughter’s 118th birthday. (cc)
4:00 pm . . . . . . The Great Outdoors
(’88, Comedy) Dan Aykroyd. A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law and his family. (cc) ..............................
4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madeleine
(’50, Docudrama) Ann Todd. Upper-class Madeleine Smith stands trial for killing her French lover in Victorian Scotland.
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5:00 pm Back to the Future Part III
(’90, Comedy) Michael J. Fox. A young man takes a DeLorean time machine to the Old West, where his inventor friend is courting a schoolmarm. (cc) . . . . . .