THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

9:30am.......................Stuber ★★

(’19, Comedy) Dave Bautista. After crashing his car, a cop who’s recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city’s seedy side. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:00 am The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ★★

(’03, Horror) Jessica Biel. In 1973, teenagers taking a road trip wander into a farmhouse belonging to a family of cannibals. (cc)SYFY

10:30am...................ThatGirlFrom Paris ★★ (’37, Musical Comedy) Lily Pons. Lacking a passport, a Paris opera star stows away with a bandleader on a ship bound for theUnitedStates.(cc)................ TCM 11:00 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) . . . . . . . . . FREE 11:00am........................... Annie ★★ (’82, Children’s) Aileen Quinn. Daddy Warbucks protects little orphan Annie from Miss Hannigan and crooks in Depression-era NewYork.(cc)....................... AMC 11:30am..... BlacKkKlansman ★★★ (’18, Comedy-Drama) John David Washington. Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer in Colorado Springs, Colo., works under cover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. Stallworth and his partner Flip Zimmerman risk their lives to penetrate the KKK at its highest levels. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . FX 12:04pm.................................. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ★★ (’19, Horror) Zoe Colletti. Young Sarah Bellows turns her tortured life and horrible secrets into a series of scary stories. These terrifying tales soon have a way of becoming all too real for a group of unsuspecting teens who stumble upon her spooky home. (cc)SYFY

12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Hollywood Hotel ★★

(’37, Musical Comedy) Dick Powell. The winner of a talent contest travels to Hollywood but finds the road to stardom more difficult thanheexpected.(cc)............... TCM 1:30pm .. NewJackCity ★★★ (’91, Crime Drama) Wesley Snipes. Undercover officers and their boss target the king of a high-tech New York crack syndicate, the CMB. (cc)VH1

2:00 pm To Grandmother’s House We Go ★★

(’92, Comedy) Mary-Kate Olsen. Two goofy crooks kidnap twin little girls who have left home to get out of their mother’s hair. (cc)

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2:30 pm . . . . . . . Bumblebee ★★★ (’18, Action) Hailee Steinfeld. On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee the Autobot finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. When 17-year-old Charlie revives him, she quickly learns that this is no ordinary yellow Volkswagen.(cc)...................... FX 2:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry and the Hendersons ★★★ (’87, Children’s) John Lithgow. Premiere. The Hendersons run over Bigfoot with their station wagon and bring himhometoSeattle................. SYFY 2:30pm.......................... Bluesin the Night ★★ (’41, Musical) Priscilla Lane. A pianist, a singer and their jazz group wind up in a New Jersey nightclub with an escaped convict.(cc).......................... TCM 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . The Legend of Tarzan ★★ (’16, Adventure) Alexander Skarsgard. Lured from Victorian England to the wilds of the Congo, Tarzan must return to the jungle to save his captive wife from King Leopold’s deviousenvoy.(cc)................... TNT 3:00pm................ ArthurChristmas ★★★ (’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).......................... FREE 4:00pm....... AmericanGangster ★★★

(’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) . . . . . . . . . . VH1 4:00 pm Snow Day ★★ (’00, Children’s) Chris Elliott. Students steal a snow plow and fend off its crazy driver in an attempt to keep school closed for a second day. (cc) . AMC 4:00 pm All Night Long ★★★ (’62, Drama) Patrick McGoohan. A jealous jazz drummer at a party tries to make his bandleader think his wife is unfaithful. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCM 5:00 pm 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 entireplanet.(cc)..................... FX 5:00pm.......................Backtothe Future Part II ★★★ (’89, Comedy) Michael J. Fox. A young man and his inventor friend must take a DeLorean time machine to 2015. (cc)................................. SYFY 5:00 pm . . 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) . . . . . FREE 5:30pm................. Godzilla:Kingof the Monsters ★★ (’19, Science Fiction) Kyle Chandler. Humanity’s existence hangs in the balance when the mighty Godzilla collides with Mothra, Rodan and the three-headed monster King Ghidorah. (cc) . . . . . . . . . TNT 6:00pm.........................Sleepless ★★ (’17, Action) Jamie Foxx. An undercover Las Vegas police officer must race against time to save his kidnapped son from a crew of murderous gangsters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . BET 6:15 pm Pete Kelly’s Blues ★★ (’55, Musical) Jack Webb. A bootlegger strong-arms a jazz cornetist and his combo at a 1920s Kansas Cityspeakeasy.(cc).................. TCM 7:30 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)................... SYFY 7:30pm............................ Training Day ★★★ (’01, Crime Drama) Denzel Washington. A rookie cop meets a corrupt Los Angeles narcotics officer who wants to include him in his schemes. (cc) . . . . . . VH1 7:30pm...................................

Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch ★★ (’18, Children’s) Voices of Benedict Cumberbatch. Animated. When the Whos decide to make Christmas bigger, louder and brighter, the disgruntled Grinch hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus, steal Christmas and silence their holiday cheer once and for all. (cc) . . . . . . FREE 8:00pm............ABeautifulDayinthe Neighborhood ★★★ (’19, Biography) Tom Hanks. Premiere. Lloyd Vogel is an investigative journalist who receives an assignment to profile Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers. Fred’s empathy, kindness and decency soon chips away at Vogel’s jaded outlook on life, forcing him to reconcile with his painful past. (cc)

FX 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 anRV.(cc)........................... AMC 8:00 pm. . . . . The Bells of St. Mary’s ★★★ (’45, Drama) Bing Crosby. A carefree singing priest clashes with a no-nonsense nun at a school in a struggling parish. (cc) . . . . .TCM 8:30 pm Despicable Me ★★★ (’10, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. 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 9:30 pm The Nightmare Before Christmas ★★★★ (’93, Children’s) Voices of Danny Elfman. Animated. The Pumpkin King gives the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an animated tale from the mind of Tim Burton.(cc)......................... FREE 10:00pm .................. ForrestGump ★★★★ (’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

THURSDAY

9:00am..... BlacKkKlansman ★★★ (’18, Comedy-Drama) John David Washington. Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer in Colorado Springs, Colo., works under cover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. Stallworth and his partner Flip Zimmerman risk their lives to penetrate the KKK at its highest levels. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . FX 9:00 am To Grandmother’s House We Go ★★

(’92, Comedy) Mary-Kate Olsen. Two goofy crooks kidnap twin little girls who have left home to get out of their mother’s hair. (cc)

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9:45 am . . . . . . . Tarzan and His Mate ★★★

(’34, Adventure) Johnny Weissmuller. British ivory hunters want the ape man and Jane to take them to an elephant graveyard. (cc)TCM

11:30am.............................Harry and the Hendersons ★★★ (’87, Children’s) John Lithgow. The Hendersons run over Bigfoot with their station wagon and bring himhometoSeattle................. SYFY 11:30 am. . . . . . . . . . The Santa Clause ★★★

(’94, Children’s) Tim Allen. An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. (cc)FREE

11:45 am The New Adventures of Tarzan ★★

(’35, Adventure) Herman Brix. The ape man follows two expeditions fighting over a relic.

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NOON Safe ★★ (’12, Action) Jason Statham. A cage fighter protects a 12-year-old math prodigy from mobsters and corrupt cops, who are all prepared to kill for the priceless numerical code she carries in her head. (cc)

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12:45 pm Snow Day ★★ (’00, Children’s) Chris Elliott. Students steal a snow plow and fend off its crazy driver in an attempt to keep school closed for a second day. (cc) . AMC 12:45 pm Tarzan Escapes ★★ (’36, Adventure) Johnny Weissmuller. Heiress Jane’s relatives want her home, and their guide wants the apemaninacircus.(cc).............. TCM 1:30 pm . . . . . Menace II Society ★★★ (’93, Drama) Tyrin Turner. Crime, street sense and the status quo roil the mind of a teenager in the Watts section of Los Angeles. (cc) VH1 1:40 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 Claus forever. (cc)

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2:00pm.............................. Mission: Impossible 2 ★★★ (’00, Action) Tom Cruise. IMF agent Ethan Hunt and his team try to stop a former agent from unleashing a deadly, engineered virus. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FX 2:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarzan’s Revenge ★★

(’38, Adventure) Glenn Morris. Tarzan swings to the rescue when an evil African chieftain takes a beautiful safari member as his bride.

TCM 3:00pm.........................Sleepless ★★ (’17, Action) Jamie Foxx. An undercover Las Vegas police officer must race against time to save his kidnapped son from a crew of murderous gangsters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . BET 3:30pm............................ Training Day ★★★ (’01, Crime Drama) Denzel Washington. A rookie cop meets a corrupt Los Angeles narcotics officer who wants to include him in his schemes. (cc) . . . . . . VH1 3:45pm ...............TarzanFindsaSon! ★★ (’39, Adventure) Johnny Weissmuller. A 5-year-old plane-crash survivor brightens the lives of new parents Tarzan and Jane. (cc).................................. TCM 3:50pm...................................

Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch ★★ (’18, Children’s) Voices of Benedict Cumberbatch. Animated. When the Whos decide to make Christmas bigger, louder and brighter, the disgruntled Grinch hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus, steal Christmas and silence their holiday cheer once and for all. (cc) . . . . . . FREE 4:00pm................. Godzilla:Kingof the Monsters ★★ (’19, Science Fiction) Kyle Chandler. Humanity’s existence hangs in the balance when the mighty Godzilla collides with Mothra, Rodan and the three-headed monster King Ghidorah. (cc) . . . . . . . . . TNT 4:30 pm 2012 ★★ (’09, Action) John Cusack. Earth’s billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist, world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. (cc)

SYFY 5:00pm...............................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 5:00 pm Despicable Me ★★★ (’10, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. 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 5:00pm. RudolphandFrosty’sChristmas in July ★★ (’80, Children’s) Voices of Red Buttons. Animated. Santa must save the day when Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman encounter an evil wizard.(cc).......................... AMC 5:15pm..... Tarzan’sSecretTreasure ★★

(’41, Adventure) Johnny Weissmuller. Villains kidnap Jane and Boy to force the ape man to lead the way to gold. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . TCM 5:50pm.... HomeAlone ★★★ (’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)

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6:00 pm. . . . Kidnap ★★ (’17, Action) Halle

Berry. A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mother Karla Dyson when kidnappers snatch her young son Frankie. With no cellphone and no time to wait for police, Dyson embarks on a highspeed car chase to save her beloved child. (cc).................................. BET 6:00pm................................All About the Benjamins ★★ (’02, Action) Ice Cube. A bounty hunter and a con artist work together to retrieve a lottery ticket from a group of diamond thieves. (cc) . . . . . . . VH1 6:30 pm . . . . . . . . . Kong: Skull Island ★★★

(’17, Adventure) Tom Hiddleston. Scientists, soldiers and adventurers encounter the mighty Kong and other monstrous creatures after traveling to an uncharted island in the PacificOcean.(cc).................... TNT 6:45 pm Tarzan’s New York Adventure ★★

(’42, Adventure) Johnny Weissmuller. The ape man, Jane and Cheeta go to Brooklyn to rescue Boy from kidnappers. (cc) . . . .TCM 7:00 pm . . . . . . Bohemian Rhapsody ★★★

(’18, Biography) Rami Malek. Singer Freddie Mercury defies stereotypes and convention to become one of history’s most beloved entertainers. After leaving Queen to pursue a solo career, Mercury reunites with the band for one of the greatest performances in rock ’n’rollhistory.(cc)..................... FX 7:00pm....................ForrestGump ★★★★ (’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 8:00pm...............Twister ★★★ (’96, Action) Helen Hunt. Storm-chasers finalizing their divorce try to place equipment inside a tornado on the Oklahoma plains. . . . SYFY 8:00 pm. . . . . . Men in Black ★★★ (’97, Action) Tommy Lee Jones. A veteran agent and a rookie protect mankind from dangerous extraterrestrials roaming the Earth. (cc)VH1 8:00 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 SantaClaus.(cc)..................... AMC 8:00pm........................... Manof the World ★★ (’31, Drama) William Powell. An outcast U.S. newsman falls for a victim of his scandal-sheet racket in Paris. . . . . .TCM 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 facedbefore.(cc)................... FREE