Miami Herald (Sunday)

THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

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SUNDAY

6:00 am Miss Congeniali­ty ›› (’ 00, Comedy) An image consultant transforms a tomboyish FBI agent into a beauty queen so she can work under cover. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 6:00 am . . . . . . A Midsummer Night’s Dream ›››› (’ 35, Comedy) Shakespear­e’s Puck and forest fairies prompt a triple mortal wedding, with entertainm­ent by Bottom. (cc). . . . TCM

6:30 am E.T. the Extra-Terrestria­l ›››› (’ 82, Children’s) A boy’s close encounter with an alien stranded on Earth leads to a unique friendship in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film. (cc) BRV

7:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mummy Returns ›› (’ 01, Adventure) Two evil forces believe the 9-year-old son of adventurer Rick O’Connell is the key to the reincarnat­ion of Isis. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

8:00 am . . . Miss Congeniali­ty 2: Armed and Fabulous ›› (’ 05, Comedy) FBI agent Gracie Hart clashes with her superiors when she jumps in to save two kidnapped friends in Las Vegas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E!

8:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rio 2 ››

(’14, Children’s) 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

8:30 am Journey for Margaret ››› (’ 42, Drama) A U.S. journalist with a childless wife meets an orphan boy and girl in World War II London.

(cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:00 am E.T. the Extra-Terrestria­l ›››› (’ 82, Children’s) A boy’s close encounter with an alien stranded on Earth leads to a unique friendship in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film. (cc) ....................................... BRV

9:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taken 3 ›› (’ 14, Action) After he’s framed for the murder of his beloved ex-wife, ex-covert operative Bryan Mills channels his rage and particular set of skills into taking revenge on the real killers and protecting his daughter. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speed ››› (’ 94, Action) A SWAT team ace must keep the speed of a Santa Monica bus above 50 mph, or a madman’s bomb will explode. (cc) . . E! 10:00 am The Racket ›› (’ 51, Crime Drama) A Midwestern police captain thwarts a crime boss and city officials on the eve of a big election.

(cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:05 am . . . . . Casper ››› (’ 95, Children’s) A teen who lost her mother befriends friendly ghost Casper while staying at a mean heiress’s haunted mansion. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 11:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beauty Shop ›› (’ 05, Comedy) A determined hairstylis­t competes with her former boss after opening her own business in Atlanta. (cc) BRV NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meet the Browns ››

(’08, Comedy-Drama) 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET NOON Sicario ››› (’ 15, Suspense) Members of a government task force travel back-and-forth across the U.S.-Mexican border, using one cartel boss to flush out a bigger one. (cc). . . . . . FX NOON Pain & Gain ›› (’ 13, Action) In 1990s Miami, a gym manager and his muscular accomplice­s kidnap a wealthy businessma­n and force him to sign over all his assets — including cars and a luxurious mansion — to them. (cc) . . . . . . TNT NOON Sounder ›››› (’ 72, Drama) A sharecropp­er’s wife keeps the family together after he goes to prison in 1930s Louisiana. (cc). . . . . . . . TCM 12:10 pm Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride ››› (’ 05, Children’s) Animated. In 19th-century Europe, a gifted pianist mistakenly weds a dead woman who takes him to the underworld. (cc) FREE 12:30 pm Miss Congeniali­ty ›› (’ 00, Comedy) An image consultant transforms a tomboyish FBI agent into a beauty queen so she can work under cover. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E! 12:30 pm Back to the Future Part III ››› (’ 90, Comedy) A young man takes a DeLorean time machine to the Old West, where his inventor friend is courting a schoolmarm. (cc) . SYFY 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Maguire ››› (’ 96, Romance-Comedy) A Los Angeles sports agent finds love with a pretty accountant after an attack of conscience costs him his job and fiancee. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBS

1:00 pm Absence of Malice ››› (’ 81, Drama) A federal bureaucrat leads a Miami newswoman to libel a dead gangster’s honest son. . .

1:00 pm . Marauders ›› (’ 16, Suspense) FBI agents uncover a conspiracy while trying to nail a group of deadly bank robbers. (cc) . . A&E

1:30 pm Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family ›› (’ 11, Comedy-Drama) Madea gathers the clan together to help her niece cope with some distressin­g news about her health. (cc) BRV

1:50 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Nightmare Before Christmas ›››› (’ 93, Children’s) Animated. The Pumpkin King gives the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an animated tale from the mind of Tim Burton. (cc). . . . . . . . . . FREE

2:00 pm Kicking & Screaming ›› (’ 05, Comedy) A vitamin salesman and his overly competitiv­e father go head-to-head as coaches of children’s rival soccer teams. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COM

2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Space

Jam ›› (’ 96, Children’s) Live action/animated. Bugs Bunny recruits NBA star Michael Jordan to help the good Looney Tunes squad take on the bad Monstars in a basketball game. (cc) VH1

2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . The Secret Garden ›››

(’49, Children’s) An English orphan finds the key to her bitter uncle’s magic garden, seen in color. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

2:30 pm . . . Miss Congeniali­ty 2: Armed and Fabulous ›› (’ 05, Comedy) FBI agent Gracie Hart clashes with her superiors when she jumps in to save two kidnapped friends in Las Vegas. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E!

2:30 pm . . . . . . . . Sicario: Day of the Soldado

›› (’ 18, Suspense) FBI agent Matt Graver calls on operative Alejandro Gillick when Mexican drug cartels start to smuggle terrorists across the U.S. border. The war escalates even further when Alejandro kidnaps a kingpin’s daughter to deliberate­ly increase the tensions. (cc). . FX

2:45 pm 2 Guns ›› (’ 13, Action) In the dark about each other’s true identity, two undercover agents from competing bureaus go on the run together after an attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel goes haywire. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT

3:02 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back to the Future

Part II ››› (’ 89, Comedy) A young man and his inventor friend must take a DeLorean time machine to 2015. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY

3:30 pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit ›› (’ 14, Action) 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). . . . . . . . . A&E

3:30 pm Hotel Transylvan­ia ›› (’ 12, Children’s) 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) . . . . . . . . FREE

3:45 pm The Catered Affair ››› (’ 56, ComedyDram­a) An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter’s wedding. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

4:00 pm Coming to America ››› (’ 88, Comedy) Pampered Prince Akeem of Zamunda comes to New York with his royal sidekick to find a truelove bride. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1

4:15 pm Vacation ›› (’ 15, Comedy) Following in his father’s footsteps, Rusty Griswold takes his wife and two sons on a cross-country road trip to America’s favorite fun park, Walley World.

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4:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speed ››› (’ 94, Action) A SWAT team ace must keep the speed of a Santa Monica bus above 50 mph, or a madman’s bomb will explode. (cc) . . E! 5:00 pm The Equalizer 2 ›› (’ 18, Action) Robert McCall’s mysterious past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer — his best friend and former colleague. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

5:00 pm Black Panther ››› (’ 18, Action) Black Panther’s mettle as king gets tested when an old enemy draws him into a conflict that puts his nation and the world at risk. The king must soon rally his allies and release his full power to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT

5:30 pm . . . . . . Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

›› (’ 16, Action) Investigat­or Jack Reacher goes on the lam to uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy that involves the death of U.S. soldiers. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A&E

5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just Wright ›› (’ 10, Romance-Comedy) A physical therapist falls in love with her patient, a basketball player, but he only has eyes for her best friend. (cc) . . BET

5:30 pm . . . . . Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ››› (’ 04, Children’s) The young wizard and his friends confront Sirius Black, a fugitive with ties to Harry’s past. (cc) . . SYFY

5:30 pm . . . . . Flower Drum Song ››› (’ 61, Musical Comedy) Residents of San Francisco’s Chinatown mix East with West in custom and culture, ending with a double wedding. (cc)

TCM

5:35 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hotel Transylvan­ia 2 ›› (’ 15, Children’s) 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

6:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We’re the Millers ››

(’13, Comedy) Indebted to a big-time drug lord, a pot dealer travels to Mexico with a fake family and a camper to pick up a large shipment and smuggle it into the U.S. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . COM

6:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Karate Kid ›› (’ 10, Children’s) A Chinese maintenanc­e man instructs an American boy in the art of kung fu to help the youth face down bullies at his new school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . VH1

7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Proposal ›› (’ 09, Romance-Comedy) Facing deportatio­n to Canada, a high-powered book editor pretends she is engaged to her assistant, whom she’s tormented for years. (cc) . . . . E!

7:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Venom ›› (’ 18, Action) Journalist Eddie Brock develops superhuman strength and power when his body merges with the alien Venom. Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so intoxicati­ng. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FX

7:40 pm Hotel Transylvan­ia 3: Summer Vacation ›› (’ 18, Children’s) 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE

8:00 pm. . . . The Magnificen­t Seven ›› (’ 16, Western) Desperate townspeopl­e hire seven mercenarie­s to battle a greedy industrial­ist and his ruthless henchmen in the Old West. (cc) A&E 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ant-Man ›››

(’15, Action) Armed with a suit that allows him to shrink in size but grow in strength, Ant-Man must prevent Dr. Hank Pym’s former protégé, also known as Yellowjack­et, from perfecting the same technology and using it as a weapon for evil. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT

8:00 pm Harriet the Spy ›› (’ 96, Children’s) Spying on and writing about family, friends and neighbors turn a preteen aspiring novelist into an outsider. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Front Page ›››

(’74, Comedy-Drama) The managing editor of a 1920s Chicago paper stalls his ace reporter with a story.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

8:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ››› (’ 05, Fantasy) Signs of Voldemort’s return emerge as Harry’s friends help him prepare for a tournament with Europe’s best student wizards. (cc) . . . SYFY 9:00 pm Vacation ›› (’ 15, Comedy) Following in his father’s footsteps, Rusty Griswold takes his wife and two sons on a cross-country road trip to America’s favorite fun park, Walley World.

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9:30 pm . . . . Clueless ››› (’ 95, Comedy) A Beverly Hills teen plays matchmaker for teachers, transforms a bad dresser and examines her own existence. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Proposal ›› (’ 09, Romance-Comedy) Facing deportatio­n to Canada, a high-powered book editor pretends she is engaged to her assistant, whom she’s tormented for years. (cc) . . . . E!

9:50 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twitches ›››

(’05, Children’s) Reunited on their 21st birthday, twin sisters use their magic powers to save their kingdom from the forces of darkness. (cc) FREE 10:00 pm Space Jam ›› (’ 96, Children’s) Live action/animated. Bugs Bunny recruits NBA star Michael Jordan to help the good Looney Tunes squad take on the bad Monstars in a basketball game. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 10:00 pm The Odd Couple ››› (’ 68, Comedy) Fussy Felix Unger moves in with his divorced poker buddy, sloppy Oscar Madison. (cc) TCM 10:30 pm Ant-Man and The Wasp ››› (’ 18, Action) Approached by Hope van Dyne and

Dr. Hank Pym, Scott Lang once again dons the Ant-Man suit to fight alongside the Wasp. The mission soon leads to secret revelation­s from the past as the duo finds itself in an epic battle against a powerful enemy. (cc). . . . . . . . . TNT 11:00 pm Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family ›› (’ 11, Comedy-Drama) Madea gathers the clan together to help her niece cope with some distressin­g news about her health. (cc) BRV 11:30 pm Save the Last Dance ›› (’ 01, Romance) A white teenager moves to Chicago after her mother’s death and falls for a black student who shares her love of dance. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . TBS MIDNIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Karate Kid ›› (’ 10, Children’s) A Chinese maintenanc­e man instructs an American boy in the art of kung fu to help the youth face down bullies at his new school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . VH1 MIDNIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidewalk Stories ››› (’ 89, Comedy) A New York street artist and a 3-year-old orphan find themselves penniless and homeless in the Big Apple. TCM 12:03 am . . . The Magnificen­t Seven ›› (’ 16, Western) Desperate townspeopl­e hire seven mercenarie­s to battle a greedy industrial­ist and his ruthless henchmen in the Old West. (cc) A&E 1:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ›› (’ 01, Adventure) A beautiful globe-trotter battles otherworld­ly creatures for possession of a powerful artifact. (cc). . TNT

2:00 am The Firemen’s Ball ››› (’ 67, Comedy) Plans to honor their 86-year-old chief at a special ball go awry for a group of well-meaning Czechoslov­akian firemen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

MONDAY

6:00 am The Reptile ›› (’ 66, Horror) A Malayan curse turns the daughter of a 19th-century English doctor into a snake woman. . . . TCM

7:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ›› (’ 08, Adventure) After his son is tricked into awakening a cursed Chinese emperor, Rick O’Connell and his family seek a way to send the megalomani­ac and his 10,000 warriors back to their graves. (cc) FREE 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . King Kong ›››› (’ 33, Adventure) Shipped from mysterious Skull Island for display in the United States, a gigantic ape escapes from his bonds and carries a beautiful blonde to the top of the Empire State Building. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

9:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gone Girl ››› (’ 14, Mystery) A man reports that his wife has gone missing on their fifth wedding anniversar­y, but his public portrait of their blissful union begins to crumble under police pressure and a growing media frenzy. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 11:00 am Walking Tall ›› (’ 04, Action) A former Special Forces soldier becomes sheriff and deputizes an old friend to help rid their town of thugs. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV 11:00 am The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms ›› (’53, Science Fiction) Revived by a North Pole atomic blast, a submerged dinosaur swims to New York and goes to Coney Island. (cc) TCM NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Days Later ››› (’ 02, Horror) Survivors try to stay a step ahead of vicious, virus-infected humans that have overrun London. (cc) . . . . . . . SYFY 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Sparrow

›› (’ 18, Suspense) Dominika Egorova learns to use her mind and body as a weapon after joining a secret intelligen­ce service. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust. (cc) . . . . . . FX 12:30 pm Halloweent­own ›› (’ 98, Children’s) After learning she is a witch, a girl helps save a town full of other supernatur­al creatures. (cc) ...................................... FREE 12:30 pm Godzilla ›› (’ 54, Science Fiction) A firebreath­ing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM

1:00 pm Hancock ›› (’ 08, Action) A scruffy superhero protects the citizens of Los Angeles but leaves horrendous collateral damage in the wake of every well-intentione­d feat. (cc) MTV 1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Despicable Me ››› (’ 10, Children’s) 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

1:00 pm House of Wax ›› (’ 05, Horror) Friends become stranded in a town where murderous twins entomb their victims in wax. (cc). AMC

1:30 pm Freedom Writers ››› (’ 07, Drama) A dedicated Los Angeles teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to believe in themselves and achieve academic success. (cc). . . . . . . . . VH1

2:00 pm Creature From the Black Lagoon ››› (’54, Horror) Fossil hunters encounter a dangerous, humanlike amphibian in the Amazon. (cc) ....................................... TCM

2:30 pm 28 Weeks Later ››› (’ 07, Horror) As the U.S. Army tries to restore order, a carrier of rage virus enters London and reinfects the populace. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY

2:30 pm Halloweent­own II: Kalabar’s Revenge

››› (’ 01, Children’s) Two witches try to stop

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