Miami Herald (Sunday)

THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

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6:00 am How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

(’03, Romance-Comedy) Kate Hudson. A columnist tries to make a man dump her, but he bets his boss that she will fall in love.(cc) ...........................

6:00am ........................... Old School (’03, Comedy) Luke Wilson. Three friends try to recapture the fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus fraternity. (cc) . . . . . . . .

6:00am ......................... Blossoms in the Dust (’41, Biography) Greer Garson. The story of Edna Gladney, founder of the Texas Children’s Home and Aid Society of Fort Worth. (cc) . . . .

7:00am ............................... Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back) (’80, Children’s) Voices of Arrin Skelley. Animated. Snoopy plays Wimbledon on the way to France with exchange student Chuck and company. (cc) ..............................

7:22am ............. Planes,Trainsand 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

7:45am ......................... I’llCry Tomorrow (’55, Biography) Susan Hayward. 1930s singer/actress Lillian Roth hits bottom after bad marriages, then joins Alcoholics Anonymous. (cc). .

8:00am .......................... This Christmas (’07, Comedy-Drama) Delroy Lindo. A matriarch assembles her brood for their first holiday reunion in four years, but secrets come to light and family ties become strained. (cc) . . . .

8:00am ............................... The Other Guys (’10, Comedy) Will Ferrell. Two deskbound detectives get more than they bargain for when they take on a seemingly minor case that may turn out to be New York’s biggest crime. (cc) ..............................

8:00 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)PARMT

8:30 am Pitch Perfect 2 (’15, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick. When a scandal threatens to derail the Barden Bellas, the women must get their act together and redeem themselves at the world championsh­ips in Copenhagen, Denmark. (cc)FX

8:35 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) . . . . .

9:00am ................... Fury

(’14, War) Brad Pitt. During World War II, a battle-hardened Army sergeant leads the crew of a Sherman tank on a deadly mission behind enemy lines to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany. (cc) . . .

9:22 am 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)

9:30am .................. Se7en

(’95, Suspense) Brad Pitt. A meticulous detective and the young officer about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins. (cc)SYFY 10:00am ................... Avengers: Age of Ultron (’15, Action) Robert Downey Jr. When Tony Stark’s jumpstart of a dormant peacekeepi­ng program goes awry, the Avengers must reassemble to battle a terrifying technologi­cal villain hell-bent on human extinction. (cc)TBS 10:00 am . . Tight Spot (’55, Crime Drama) Ginger Rogers. A detective guards a brassy blonde freed from prison to be a federal prosecutor’s key mob witness. (cc)

10:30 am How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

(’03, Romance-Comedy) Kate Hudson. A columnist tries to make a man dump her, but he bets his boss that she will fall in love.(cc) ...........................

10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (’13, Comedy) Will Ferrell. Ron Burgundy tries to stay classy when he and his team take New York and the nation’s first 24-hour global cable news network by storm. (cc)

10:40am ............... ShrekForev­er After (’10, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. Animated. After Rumpelstil­tskin tricks him into making a pact, Shrek finds himself in an alternate version of Far Far Away, in which he and Fiona never met. (cc) ..............................

11:00 am. 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) . . . . . . . . . .

11:00 am 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) . . . . . .

11:00 am. . . Shazam! (’19, Action) Zachary Levi. Billy Batson is a streetwise 14-year-old who can magically transform into the adult superhero Shazam simply by shouting out one word. His newfound powers soon get put to the test when he squares off against the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.(cc) ......................

11:00am ....................... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (’05, Children’s) Johnny Depp. A poor boy and four spoiled children win a tour through the incredible factory of an odd confection­er.(cc) ......................

NOON . . . . The Shawshank Redemption

(’94, Drama) Tim Robbins. Two life sentences for a 1947 double murder land an innocent man in a corrupt Maine penitentia­ry.(cc) .................

NOON ...... TopHat (’35, Musical) Fred Astaire. A woman believes that an enamored dancer is her best friend’s husband.(cc) ....................

12:22pm ................ SavingPriv­ate Ryan (’98, War) Tom Hanks. A World War II captain and his squad risk all to locate and send home a soldier whose three brothers died in combat. (cc)AMC

12:25 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) . .

12:30 pm . . . . . . . Boyz N the Hood

(’91, Drama) Larry Fishburne. Three boys become men, one guided by his father, in their racially divided Los Angeles neighborho­od.(cc) .....................

12:50 pm. . . The Parent Trap (’98,

Children’s) Lindsay Lohan. An 11-year-old meets her California twin, and they plot to reunite their divorced parents. (cc)FREE

1:00 pm 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 beautiful princess. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .

1:00pm .......................... This Christmas (’07, Comedy-Drama) Delroy Lindo. A matriarch assembles her brood for their first holiday reunion in four years, but secrets come to light and family ties become strained. (cc) . . . .

1:00pm .......................... 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) . . . . . .

1:00pm .................... Avengers: Infinity War (’18, Action) Robert Downey Jr. Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle the evil Thanos — an intergalac­tic despot who plans to use all six Infinity Stones to inflict his twisted will on reality. (cc)TBS

1:30 pm Old School (’03, Comedy) Luke Wilson. Three friends try to recapture the fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus fraternity. (cc) . . .

1:30 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)

1:45pm ........................ Justice League (’17, Action) Ben Affleck. Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Batman and his new ally Wonder Woman recruit Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash to help them save the planet from a newly awakened enemy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . .

1:45pm ............... HeavenCanW­ait

(’43, Fantasy) Gene Tierney. Ernst Lubitsch’s fanciful tale of a Casanova who looks back upon his carefree lifestyle as he awaits his eternal fate. (cc) . . . . .

2:25pm ................................ xXx: Return of Xander Cage (’17, Action) Vin Diesel. Daredevil operative Xander Cage springs into action when four dangerous criminals steal Pandora’s Box, a device that controls every military satellite in the world. (cc) . . . . . . . . .

3:00pm ............................... Shrek 2 (’04, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. Animated. A green ogre, his new wife and a donkey find adventure while visiting his in-laws. (cc) . . . . . .

3:00 pm Purple Rain (’84, Musical) Prince. The Kid fights his rival for a singer and Minneapoli­s rock-club success. (cc)

3:30 pm A Bad Moms Christmas (’17, Comedy) Mila Kunis. Premiere. 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) . . . . . . . .

3:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Abominable

(’19, Children’s) Voices of Chloe Bennet. Animated. After discoverin­g a Yeti, three teens embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family. But to do so, they must stay one step ahead of a financier and a zoologist who want to

capture the beast for their own gain. (cc)

3:30pm ................................ The Other Guys (’10, Comedy) Will Ferrell. Two deskbound detectives get more than they bargain for when they take on a seemingly minor case that may turn out to be New York’s biggest crime. (cc) ..............................

3:45 pm A Streetcar Named Desire

(’51, Drama) Marlon Brando. Tennessee Williams’ Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister, Stella, and brutish brother-inlaw, Stanley Kowalski. (cc) . . . . . . . .

4:00pm ................... Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (’86, Children’s) Hugh Bigney. The Pacific Northwest Ballet performs the fairy tale The Nutcracker, with music by Tchaikovsk­y and sets and costumes by Maurice Sendak .. . . . . .

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4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (’18, Adventure) Chris Pratt. Premiere. Owen and Claire return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that’s about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinos while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .

4:00pm ...................... Tangled

(’10, Children’s) Voices of Mandy Moore. Animated. Crowned with 70 feet of magical golden hair, Rapunzel strikes a deal with a charming thief to spring her from her prison tower. (cc) . . . . . . .

4:00 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).

4:15 pm Avengers: Endgame (’19, Action) Robert Downey Jr. The remaining Avengers — Thor, Black Widow, Captain America and Bruce Banner — must figure out a way to bring back their vanquished allies for an epic showdown with Thanos — the evil demigod who decimated the planet and the universe. (cc) . . . . . . .

4:15 pm . . . . Shazam! (’19, Action) Zachary Levi. Billy Batson is a streetwise 14-year-old who can magically transform into the adult superhero Shazam simply by shouting out one word. His newfound powers soon get put to the test when he squares off against the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.(cc) ......................

4:22 pm. Armageddon (’98, Science Fiction) Bruce Willis. A NASA rep recruits an oil driller and his team of mavericks to save Earth from an oncoming asteroid. (cc) ..............................

4:30 pm . . John Wick (’14, Action) Keanu Reeves. New York City becomes the bullet-riddled playground of a former assassin as he hunts down the Russian mobsters who destroyed everything he helddear.(cc) ....................

5:00 pm 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 beautiful princess. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .

5:30pm ............... TheIncredi­bles

(’04, Children’s) Voices of Craig T. Nelson. Animated. Now fighting boredom in suburbia, a former superhero and his family get a chance to save the world. (cc)

5:30 pm Coming to America (’88, Comedy) Eddie Murphy. Pampered Prince Akeem of Zamunda comes to New York with his royal sidekick to find a true-love bride.(cc) ........................

5:45pm ................................ Full-Court Miracle (’03, Drama)

Alex D. Linz. Jewish schoolboys convince a former college-basketball player to coach their winless team. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .

6:00pm ................ TheHangove­r

(’09, Comedy) Bradley Cooper. After a wild stag party in Las Vegas, three hazy groomsmen must find their missing friend and get him back to Los Angeles in time for his wedding. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .

6:00pm ............................... Minions (’15, Children’s) Voices of Sandra Bullock. Premiere. Animated. On a mission to find a new master to serve, three Minions meet Scarlet Overkill the world’s first female supervilla­in. (cc)TOON

6:00 pm . . The Thrill of It All (’63,

Romance-Comedy) Doris Day. A doctor’s wife disrupts their life with her new job as star of a soap tycoon’s TV commercial­s. (cc) ..............................

6:10pm ............................... Aladdin (’19, Children’s) Will Smith. Aladdin is a lovable street urchin who meets Princess Jasmine and a powerful, wisecracki­ng, larger-than-life genie. After quickly becoming friends, the trio must soon join forces to stop the evil sorcerer Jafar from overthrowi­ng Jasmine’s kingdom.(cc) ........................

6:30pm ............................... Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

(’18, Adventure) Chris Pratt. Owen and Claire return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that’s about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinos while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet. (cc)NGEO

6:30 pm John Wick: Chapter 2 (’17,

Action) Keanu Reeves. Legendary hit man John Wick comes out of retirement when a former associate plots to seize control of an internatio­nal assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, Wick travels to Rome to square off against the world’s deadliest killers. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7:00 pm Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonia­n (’09, Children’s) Ben Stiller. Premiere. Larry Daley joins forces with Teddy Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart and others to prevent four of history’s worst

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