THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
5:00pm ............................... Daddy’s Home 2 (’17, Comedy) Will Ferrell. Father and stepfather Dusty and Brad join forces to make Christmastime perfect for the children. Their newfound partnership soon gets put to the test when Dusty’s old-school, macho dad and Brad’s gentle father arrive to turn the holiday upside down. (cc) . . . . . . . . . .
5:00 pm . . . . . Daddy Day Care (’03, Children’s) Eddie Murphy. After company downsizing, two former executives decide to open a day-care center for kids in their neighborhood.(cc) ................
5:00 pm . . . . . Hotel Transylvania 2
(’15, Children’s) Voices of Adam Sandler. Premiere. 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) . . . .
5:10pm ...................... ToyStory 3 (’10, Children’s) Voices of Tom Hanks. Animated. Woody, Buzz and the rest of the toys find themselves dumped in a day-care center after Andy leaves for college.(cc) ......................
6:00 pm The Mask (’94, Comedy) Jim Carrey. An ancient mask transforms a drab bank clerk into a grinning Romeo with superhuman powers. (cc) . . . .
6:00pm ...................... National Lampoon’s Vacation (’83, Comedy) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds and family head by station wagon for the California fun park Walley World. (cc) . . . . . . .
6:00 pm The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(’46, Drama) Barbara Stanwyck. Martha and her husband, who saw her kill her aunt, fear a childhood friend saw her too.(cc) .........................
6:33pm .................. CoachCarter
(’05, Drama) Samuel L. Jackson. A high-school basketball coach turns a losing team around, then faces criticism for pushing the athletes to put grades first. (cc) ...............................
7:00 pm Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (’19, Action) Dwayne Johnson. Hulking lawman Luke Hobbs teams up with lawless operative Deckard Shaw to battle a cybernetically enhanced soldier who possesses superhuman strength, a brilliant mind and a lethal pathogen that could wipe out half of the world’s population.(cc) ...........................
7:00 pm Shrek (’01, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. Premiere. 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) . . . .
7:00 pm . Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
III (’93, Children’s) Elias Koteas. The superturtles and a newswoman friend find their way into a 17th-century fight between samurai dynasties. (cc) .
7:15 pm . . . . . . . . . Thor: Ragnarok
(’17, Action) Chris Hemsworth. Thor must battle the Hulk in a deadly gladiatorial contest and prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home world and the Asgardian civilization. (cc) . . . . . . . .
7:15pm ..................... TheSanta Clause (’94, Children’s) Tim Allen. An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . .
8:00 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) .....................
8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
9:00pm ........................ Shrek 2 (’04, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. Premiere. Animated. A green ogre, his new wife and a donkey find adventure while visiting his in-laws. (cc) . . . . . . .
9:15pm ....... 42 (’13, Biography) Chadwick Boseman. Premiere. In 1946, Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signs Jackie Robinson to the team in defiance of major league baseball’s notorious color barrier. (cc)TBS
9:25 pm . . . . . . . . The Santa Clause 2
(’02, Children’s) Tim Allen. Scott Calvin’s world turns upside down when he’s dealt a double whammy of bad news: Not only has his son, Charlie, landed on this year’s naughty list, but Scott has to marry by Christmas Eve, or he will stop being Santa Clausforever.(cc) ................
9:30 pm . . . . . . . . Forrest Gump
(’94, Comedy-Drama) Tom Hanks. JFK, LBJ, Vietnam, Watergate and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75. (cc)PARMT
10:00 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
10:00 pm . . . . . Wedding Crashers
(’05, Comedy) Owen Wilson. Two divorce mediators spend a wild weekend partying with a politician and his eccentric family. (cc) ..............................
10:00 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) ..............................
6:00 am . . . . . . . . . . The Cheyenne Social Club (’70, Western) James Stewart. Two cowboys ride from Texas to Wyoming to claim an inheritance which turns out to beabrothel.(cc) .................
7:30 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) . . . . .
7:30 am 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) . . . . . . . . . . . .
9:00am ............... ANightmareon Elm Street (’10, Horror) Jackie Earle Haley. Teens struggle to stay awake when a razor-gloved killer invades their dreams. (cc) ..............................
9:35am ............... PrancerReturns
(’01, Children’s) John Corbett. A boy is certain that a deer he finds in the forest belongstoSanta.(cc) ............
11:00am ...................... Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
(’17, Science Fiction) Dane DeHaan. In the 28th century, two special operatives race against time to save the diverse city of Alpha from a dark force that also jeopardizes the future of the universe. (cc)SYFY
NOON ............ Ray (’04, Biography) Jamie Foxx. Blind since childhood, Ray Charles overcomes poverty, hardship and addiction and becomes an American musiclegend.(cc) ..............
NOON ............................. The Replacements (’00, Comedy) Keanu Reeves. A football coach and his team’s owner recruit a ragtag band of has-beens and wannabes after failed negotiations leadtoastrike.(cc) ..............
NOON ................. Gremlins
(’84, Fantasy) Zach Galligan. An inventor gives his son an odd little creature which multiplies into monsters which wreck the town.(cc) ........................
1:00 pm Colombiana (’11, Action) Zoe Saldana. A professional killer carries out hits for her uncle and dreams of taking revenge on the mobster who murdered herparents.(cc) .................
1:50 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2:30 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)
3:00 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) ....................
3:00 pm Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (’19, Action) Dwayne Johnson. Hulking lawman Luke Hobbs teams up with lawless operative Deckard Shaw to battle a cybernetically enhanced soldier who possesses superhuman strength, a brilliant mind and a lethal pathogen that could wipe out half of the world’s population.(cc) ...........................
3:00pm ............................... 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) ..............................
3:00 pm Central Intelligence (’16, Action) Dwayne Johnson. A lethal CIA agent and his former classmate encounter shootouts, espionage and double-crosses while trying to save the U.S. spy satellite system.(cc) ......................
3:30 pm Meet Me in St. Louis (’44, Musical) Judy Garland. A St. Louis lawyer’s family stays in town for the 1904 World’s Fair.(cc) .........................
3:55pm ....................... Disney’s A Christmas Carol (’09, Children’s) Voices of Jim Carrey. Animated. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge must face uncomfortable truths when three Christmas spirits take him on a journey through his past, present and future. (cc) . . . . . . . . . .
5:00 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5:15 pm . . . . . . . . . Thor: Ragnarok
(’17, Action) Chris Hemsworth. Thor must battle the Hulk in a deadly gladiatorial contest and prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home world and the Asgardian civilization. (cc) . . . . . . . . 5:30 pm . . . . . . . . Forrest Gump
(’94, Comedy-Drama) Tom Hanks. JFK, LBJ, Vietnam, Watergate and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75. (cc)PARMT
6:00pm .................... TheSanta Clause (’94, Children’s) Tim Allen. An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap onChristmasEve.(cc) ..............
6:00pm ............................... Die Hard (’88, Action) Bruce Willis. A New York policeman outwits foreign thugs holding his wife and others in a Los Angeles high-rise. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . .
6:00pm .................. AChristmas Story (’83, Children’s) Peter Billingsley. In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a Red Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas. Narrated by Jean Shepherd. (cc) . .
7:00 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 ............... It’saWonderful Life (’46, Comedy-Drama) James Stewart. Ruined by a miser on Christmas Eve, a suicidal family man sees life anew thanks to his guardian angel. (cc) . .
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8:00 pm . . . . . . . The Santa Clause 2
(’02, Children’s) Tim Allen. Scott Calvin’s world turns upside down when he’s dealt a double whammy of bad news: Not only has his son, Charlie, landed on this year’s naughty list, but Scott has to marry by Christmas Eve, or he will stop being Santa Clausforever.(cc) ..................
8:00pm ............. ReadyPlayerOne
(’18, Science Fiction) Tye Sheridan.
In 2045, the creator of a virtual reality universe promises his fortune to the first person to discover a digital Easter egg. Soon, young Wade Watts finds himself in a reality-bending treasure hunt through the mysterious and fantastical world. (cc)
9:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rocketman (’19, Musical) Taron Egerton. Premiere. Set to his most beloved songs, it’s the epic musical story of Elton John, his breakthrough years in the 1970s and his fantastical transformation from shy piano prodigy to international superstar andpopicon.(cc) ..............