THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
12:03 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Magnificent Seven ›› (’ 16, Western) Denzel Washington. Desperate townspeople hire seven mercenaries to battle a greedy industrialist and his ruthless henchmen in the Old West. (cc) A&E 12:15 am Salaam Bombay! ››› (’ 88, Drama) Shafiq Syed. A boy tries to save enough money to return home while living among prostitutes and drug abusers in Bombay, India.. . . . TCM
1:00 am Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit ›› (’ 14, Action) Chris Pine. Young Jack Ryan goes from being a CIA analyst to a spy after he uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy. (cc) ....................................... AMC
2:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daughters of the Dust ››› (’ 91, Drama) Cora Lee Day. Cotton-clad members of a Gullah family plan to move from the Sea Islands to the mainland in 1902. TCM
WEDNESDAY
6:30 am Mikey and Nicky ›› (’ 76, Drama) Peter Falk. One petty hoodlum’s lifelong friendship with another allows one to lead a hit man to the other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
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The Post ››› (’ 17, Historical Drama) Meryl Streep. In 1971, publisher Katharine Graham and editor Ben Bradlee of The Washington Post risk their careers and very freedom to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spans three decades and four U.S. presidents. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX
8:30 am Captain Phillips ››› (’ 13, Docudrama) Tom Hanks. In 2009, Somali pirates storm a U.S. containership and hold Capt. Richard Phillips and his crew captive. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIST
8:45 am. . The Juniper Tree ›› (’ 91, Drama) Björk Guomundsdóttir. A widowed farmer’s son resists his new stepmother’s attempts to win him over.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black Mass ››› (’ 15, Crime Drama) Johnny Depp. Forming an alliance with FBI agent John Connolly in 1970s Boston, Irish gangster James Whitey Bulger increases his power and evades capture to become one of the most dangerous criminals in U.S. history. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Dog’s Purpose
›› (’ 17, Comedy-Drama) Voice of Josh Gad. Reincarnated as different dogs over the course of five decades, a lovable and devoted canine keeps reuniting with the original owner who cared for it as a golden retriever puppy. (cc) ........................................ FX 11:00 am 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) ...................................... FREE 11:30 am Zero Dark Thirty ››› (’ 12, Drama) Jessica Chastain. The work of a dedicated female CIA operative becomes instrumental in the hunt for and elimination of Osama bin Laden. (cc) ...................................... HIST
12:15 pm Life Begins for Andy Hardy ›› (’ 41, Comedy-Drama) Lewis Stone. Judge Hardy lets Andy look for work in New York the summer before he starts college. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 12:30 pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit ›› (’ 14, Action) Chris Pine. Young Jack Ryan goes from being a CIA analyst to a spy after he uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy. (cc) ....................................... AMC
1:00 pm . . . Ferdinand ››› (’ 17, Children’s) Voices of John Cena. Animated. A bull’s peaceful existence comes crashing down when authorities return him to his former captors. With help from a wisecracking goat and three hedgehogs, the giant but gentle bovine must find a way to escape before he meets a bullfighter. (cc) FX 2:00 pm Takers ›› (’ 10, Action) Matt Dillon. A determined detective and Russian mobsters complicate the plan of a gang of skilled thieves to rob an armored car carrying millions of dollars. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Girl Crazy ›› (’ 43, Musical Comedy) Mickey Rooney. A publisher’s playboy son falls for the dean’s granddaughter at an all-male mining school. (cc) . . . . . . TCM
3:00 pm . . . . . . . Maleficent ›› (’ 14, Fantasy) Angelina Jolie. Maleficent rises to protect her peaceful forest kingdom from invaders, but a terrible betrayal turns her pure heart to stone and twists her into a creature bent on revenge. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT
3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Blind Side ›››
(’09, Drama) Sandra Bullock. A well-to-do white family takes in a homeless black teen and helps him realize his potential on and off the football field. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bad Boys
›› (’ 95, Action) Martin Lawrence. Undercover Miami detectives switch lives while investigating murders linked to stolen heroin. (cc). . . AMC
3:30 pm Sing ››› (’ 16, Children’s) Voices of Matthew McConaughey. Animated. A pig, a mouse, a porcupine, a gorilla, an elephant and other animals gather at a koala’s theater for a singing competition. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 4:00 pm The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ››› (’ 39, Comedy-Drama) Mickey Rooney. Mark Twain’s boy hero meets a bogus king and duke while rafting the Mississippi with runaway slave Jim. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
4:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hustle & Flow ››› (’ 05, Drama) Terrence Howard. A pimp in Memphis, Tenn., sees rap music as the way to escape his dead-end existence and achieve something meaningful. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . VH1
5:00 pm Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself ›› (’ 09, Comedy-Drama) Tyler Perry. When Madea catches three siblings looting her home, she delivers the youths to their boozy aunt, who is sorely in need of an attitude adjustment. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET
5:00 pm . . . . . The Purge ›› (’ 13, Suspense) Ethan Hawke. A man and his family struggle to survive the night when an intruder breaks into their home during a government-sanctioned event in which all criminal activity — including murder — is legal. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wonder Woman ››› (’ 17, Action) Gal Gadot. After leaving her all-female island for the first time, Wonder Woman discovers her full powers and true destiny while fighting alongside men in a war to end all wars. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TNT
5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men in Black 3 ›› (’ 12, Action) Will Smith. Agent J goes back in time and joins forces with Agent
K’s younger self to save his partner, the agency and mankind’s future. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 6:00 pm. . . 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 6:00 pm Twister ››› (’ 96, Action) Helen Hunt. Storm-chasers finalizing their divorce try to place equipment inside a tornado on the Oklahoma plains. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ah, Wilderness! ››› (’ 35, Comedy) Wallace Beery. A teen comes of age with the help of his uncle in circa-1900 New England. (cc) . . TCM
7:00 pm Passenger 57 ›› (’ 92, Action) Wesley Snipes. An airline-security expert tries to bring down a skyjacker who, with his gang, has seized a jet. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 8:00 pm Bad Moms ›› (’ 16, Comedy) Mila Kunis. Pushed beyond their limits, three overworked and stressed-out mothers go wild after ditching their daily routines. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. Marshals ›› (’ 98, Action) Tommy Lee Jones. A chief deputy and his team pursue an escaped fugitive accused of killing two government agents. (cc) . . . . AMC 8:00 pm Boys Town ››› (’ 38, Drama) Spencer Tracy. Father Flanagan reforms a pool shark at his Omaha, Neb., home for wayward boys. (cc) ....................................... TCM
8:30 pm Jumanji ›› (’ 95, Children’s) Robin Williams. A magic board-game brings forth African perils and a guy who disappeared in 1969 while playing it. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 9:00 pm Skyfall ››› (’ 12, Action) Daniel Craig. When M’s past comes back to haunt her, James Bond must track down and destroy the threat to her and MI6, no matter how personal the cost. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 9:00 pm. . . . . Get Rich or Die Tryin’ ›› (’ 05, Crime Drama) Curtis ‘50 Cent‘ Jackson. A drug dealer wants to leave his violent life behind and pursue his dream of becoming a rap artist. (cc) ....................................... VH1
9:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Human Comedy ››› (’ 43, Comedy-Drama) Mickey Rooney. A teenager heads his California family during World War II. (cc) . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 pm. . . . . Bad Moms ›› (’ 16, Comedy)
Mila Kunis. Pushed beyond their limits, three overworked and stressed-out mothers go wild after ditching their daily routines. (cc) . . FX 10:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wonder Woman ››› (’ 17, Action) Gal Gadot. After leaving her all-female island for the first time, Wonder Woman discovers her full powers and true destiny while fighting alongside men in a war to end all wars. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 10:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 10:30 pm Legally Blonde ›› (’ 01, Comedy) Reese Witherspoon. A sorority queen enrolls in Harvard to prove to her former boyfriend that she has more than good looks. (cc) . . . . BRV 11:00 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 11:30 pm. . . . . . . Baby Boy ››› (’ 01, Drama) Tyrese Gibson. A misguided 20-year-old juggles various women while dealing with two children and his mother’s new boyfriend. (cc) . . VH1 MIDNIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Only the Brave ››› (’ 17, Drama) Josh Brolin. The Granite Mountain Hotshots become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the country. Watching over lives, homes and everything people hold dear, they forge a unique brotherhood that comes into focus with one fateful fire in Yarnell, Ariz. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX MIDNIGHT 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE MIDNIGHT. . . . . . . . . The Black Stallion ›››
(’79, Children’s) Kelly Reno. Shipwrecked with a wild Arabian horse, a 1940s boy bonds with the animal on a tiny desert island. (cc) . . . . . TCM 12:30 am Legally Blonde ›› (’ 01, Comedy) Reese Witherspoon. A sorority queen enrolls in Harvard to prove to her former boyfriend that she has more than good looks. (cc) . . . . BRV
2:15 am Strike Up the Band ››› (’ 40, Musical Comedy) Mickey Rooney. A drummer and his singer girlfriend form a high-school swing band for a radio contest. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
4:30 am Killer McCoy ››› (’ 47, Drama) Mickey Rooney. A dancer tries boxing, kills his buddy in the ring and becomes a gambler’s pawn. TCM
THURSDAY
6:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
6:15 am Wuthering Heights ››› (’ 39, Romance)
Merle Oberon. Emily Brontë’s gothic heroine
Cathy loves stableboy Heathcliff but marries squire Edgar. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
7:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Family Fang ››› (’ 15, Comedy-Drama) Nicole Kidman. An actress and her brother investigate the mysterious disappearance of their parents, two performance artists known for their elaborate hoaxes. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX
8:15 am . . . . . . Kitty Foyle ››› (’ 40, Drama) Ginger Rogers. A Philadelphia working girl faces tragedy and a choice of suitors. (cc) . . . TCM 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Enemies ›››
(’09, Crime Drama) Johnny Depp. Depressionera outlaw John Dillinger becomes the fledgling FBI’s most-wanted criminal and a folk hero to much of America’s downtrodden public. (cc) ....................................... AMC
9:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Only the Brave ››› (’ 17, Drama) Josh Brolin. The Granite Mountain Hotshots become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the country. Watching over lives, homes and everything people hold dear, they forge a unique brotherhood that comes into focus with one fateful fire in Yarnell, Ariz. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:15 am. . . . . . . . . . . . Cass Timberlane ›››
(’47, Drama) Spencer Tracy. Cass Timberlane, a cultured judge in a small town, falls for workingclass girl Virginia Jinny Marshland, and his life unravels after she has an affair. (cc) . . . . TCM 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clueless ››› (’ 95, Comedy) Alicia Silverstone. A Beverly Hills teen plays matchmaker for teachers, transforms a bad dresser and examines her own existence. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV 11:00 am 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE NOON Rambo: First Blood Part II ›› (’ 85, Action) Sylvester Stallone. A former Green Beret goes on a reconnaissance mission to spring MIAs from a Viet Cong prison. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC
12:15 pm The Bad and the Beautiful ››› (’ 52, Drama) Lana Turner. A ruthless producer uses and discards Hollywood hopefuls as stepping stones to the top of the Tinseltown heap. (cc) ....................................... TCM 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mummy ››
(’17, Action) Tom Cruise. A battle in the Middle East accidentally unearths Ahmanet, a betrayed Egyptian princess who was entombed under the desert. Now, a soldier of fortune must stop the resurrected monster as she embarks on a furious rampage through London. (cc). . FX
2:00 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
2:04 pm . . . . . The Purge ›› (’ 13, Suspense) Ethan Hawke. A man and his family struggle to survive the night when an intruder breaks into their home during a government-sanctioned event in which all criminal activity — including murder — is legal. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
2:30 pm . Magnificent Obsession ››› (’ 54, Drama) Jane Wyman. A guilt-stricken playboy becomes a physician to atone for his role in the death of a woman’s husband and the accident that led to her blindness. (cc). . . . . . . . . . TCM
3:00 pm . . . 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
3:30 pm Twister ››› (’ 96, Action) Helen Hunt. Storm-chasers finalizing their divorce try to place equipment inside a tornado on the Oklahoma plains. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
4:30 pm . . . . . All That Heaven Allows ›››
(’55, Romance) Jane Wyman. Friends and family want a rich widow to end her romance with a tree surgeon about 15 years her junior. (cc) TCM 5:00 pm . . . . Pitch Perfect 3 ›› (’ 17, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick. After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music one last time. (cc) . . . . FX
5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. Marshals ›› (’ 98, Action) Tommy Lee Jones. A chief deputy and his team pursue an escaped fugitive accused of killing two government agents. (cc) . . . . AMC
6:00 pm Jumanji ›› (’ 95, Children’s) Robin Williams. A magic board-game brings forth African perils and a guy who disappeared in 1969 while playing it. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
6:01 pm Skyfall ››› (’ 12, Action) Daniel Craig. When M’s past comes back to haunt her, James Bond must track down and destroy the threat to her and MI6, no matter how personal the cost. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
6:15 pm Written on the Wind ›› (’ 56, Drama) Rock Hudson. A Texas oilman’s sister makes him doubt his wife and best friend. (cc) . . . . TCM
7:00 pm Spider-Man: Homecoming ››› (’ 17, Action) Tom Holland. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark, high school student Peter Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man to battle the evil Vulture. (cc) FX 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Con Air ›› (’ 97, Action) Nicolas Cage. A wrongly convicted parolee on a flight with a group of vicious prisoners tries to stop their violent hijacking. (cc). . . . . . . . AMC
8:00 pm Young Dr. Kildare ››› (’ 38, Drama) Lew Ayres. An intern handles emergencies and wins an older doctor’s approval at a New York hospital. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM
8:30 pm. . The Game Plan ›› (’ 07, Children’s) Dwayne ‘The Rock‘ Johnson. A star football player tries to juggle his carefree lifestyle, his team’s bid for the championship and the needs of his newly discovered young daughter. (cc) . . . . . . . . FREE
9:00 pm Just Wright ›› (’ 10, Romance-Comedy) Queen Latifah. A physical therapist falls in love with her patient, a basketball player, but he only has eyes for her best friend. (cc) . . BET
9:00 pm Walking Tall ›› (’ 04, Action) The Rock. A former Special Forces soldier becomes sheriff and deputizes an old friend to help rid their town of thugs. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY
9:30 pm The Young Doctors ››› (’ 61, Drama) Fredric March. Two pathologists, old and young, clash over critical cases at their big-city hospital. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 pm Spider-Man: Homecoming ››› (’ 17, Action) Tom Holland. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark, high school student Peter Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man to battle the evil Vulture. (cc) ........................................ FX