THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
Christmases past, present and yet to come. (cc).................................. TCM 1:00 pm . The Firm ★★★ (’93, Drama) Tom Cruise. A law-school grad uncovers a sinister secret about the Tennessee firm that made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. . . . . . .
1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sex and the City ★★ (’08, Romance-Comedy) Sarah Jessica Parker. Carrie Bradshaw and her gal pals find new adventures and surprises while they enjoy companionship, cupcakes and Cosmopolitan in New York. (cc) . .BRV 1:00 pm Twilight ★★ (’08, Romance) Kristen Stewart. A high-school student is caught up in a romance with a vampire, whose family has renounced the drinking of blood. (cc)
MTV
1:00 pm Ghostbusters ★★★ (’84, Comedy) Bill Murray. Armed with proton packs, four paranormal investigators battle mischievous ghoulsinNewYork.(cc)............. AMC 1:10 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas ★★ (’04, Children’s) Voices of Wayne Allwine. Animated. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and friends take part in a series of holiday adventures. (cc) . . FREE 1:30pm................................... Despicable Me 3 ★★ (’17, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. Fired from the Anti-Villain League, Gru travels to Freedonia to meet his long-lost twin brother for the first time. The siblings soon find themselves in an uneasy alliance to take down Balthazar Bratt, a former 1980s child star who’s out for revenge.(cc).......................... FX 1:30pm................................... Men in Black II ★★ (’02, Action) Tommy Lee Jones. Two interstellar agents try to stop an alien disguised as a lingerie model from destroying the world. (cc) . . . . . . . . . PARMT 2:00pm......... 3Godfathers ★★★ (’48,
Western) John Wayne. In the desert, three Old West outlaws adopt the baby of a dying woman.(cc).......................... TCM 2:22pm ................................... Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ★★★ (’16,
Science Fiction) Felicity Jones. Recruited by the Rebel Alliance, Jyn Erso joins forces with a spy and other resistance fighters to steal the Empire’s plans for the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, the Death Star. (cc)TNT 2:30 pm Constantine ★★ (’05, Fantasy) Keanu Reeves. A man who can see demons helps a skeptical policewoman investigate her twin sister’s mysterious death. (cc) . . . . . . . .A&E 2:30pm.................MeettheParents ★★★ (’00, Comedy) Robert De Niro. When a woman brings her boyfriend home for her sister’s wedding, her father, a former CIA agent, takes an instant dislike to him. (cc)E! 2:30 pm . Dazed and Confused ★★★ (’93,
Drama) Jason London. Assorted teens waste another day of school before getting down to wasting summer in 1976 Austin, Texas. (cc)
VH1
2:35 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sweet Home Alabama ★★ (’02, RomanceComedy) Reese Witherspoon. Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him aboutadivorce.(cc)................. USA 3:00 pm Angels & Demons ★★ (’09, Action) Tom Hanks. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon joins forces with an Italian scientist to prevent an ancient brotherhood’s plot against the Vatican from coming to fruition. (cc)................................. SYFY 3:10 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Toy Story ★★★★ (’95,
Children’s) Voices of Tom Hanks. Animated. A flashy new action hero’s arrival creates
Gupset in a community of toys that comes to life when people are absent. (cc) . . . . FREE 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 owngain.(cc)......................... FX 3:30pm..................... MeninBlack 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) . . . . . . . . PARMT 3:30 pm Ghostbusters II ★★ (’89, Comedy)
Bill Murray. Now the parapsychologists are trying to rid New York of stress-related pink slime.(cc)........................... AMC 4:00pm...............................Sex and the City 2 ★★ (’10, Romance-Comedy) Sarah Jessica Parker. Now married to Big, Carrie faces temptation when she unexpectedly runs into Aidan while on vacation with the gals in Abu Dhabi. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . .BRV 4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . The Twilight Saga: New Moon ★★ (’09, Romance) Kristen Stewart. After the abrupt departure of Edward, Bella develops a deep friendship with Jacob and is drawn into the world of werewolves. (cc)
MTV
4:00pm..............Fitzwilly ★★★ (’67, Comedy) Dick Van Dyke. An elderly woman’s butler leads servants in larceny to support her philanthropy and illusion of wealth. (cc)
TCM 5:00pm...................DenofThieves ★★ (’18, Crime Drama) Gerard Butler. An elite unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department squares off against a crew of ex-military men who hatch an elaborate plan for a seemingly impossible heist — the city’s Federal Reserve Bank. (cc) . . . . . .A&E 5:00 pm Meet the Fockers ★★ (’04, Comedy) Robert De Niro. A man fears the worst when he accompanies his fiancee’s uptight father and mother to meet his free-spirited mom anddad.(cc)........................... E! 5:00pm.......................... Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ★★★
(’04, Comedy) Will Ferrell. A 1970s San Diego newscaster feels threatened by the arrival of an ambitious woman looking to climb the ranks of journalism. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 5:05 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 footballfield.(cc).................... USA 5:10 pm Toy Story 2 ★★★★ (’99, Children’s) Voices of Tom Hanks. Animated. When a toy collector kidnaps Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the other toys band together to bring him home.(cc).......................... FREE 5:21pm..................StarWars:ANew Hope ★★★★ (’77, Science Fiction) Mark Hamill. Robots and other allies help a youth and a space jockey rescue a rebel princess and battle dark forces bent on intergalactic rule.(cc)............................. TNT 5:30 pm 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 Christmasloving Whos of Whoville. Anthony Hopkins narrates.(cc).......................... FX 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . Men in Black ★★★ (’97, Action) Tommy Lee Jones. A veteran agent and a rookie protect mankind from dangerous extraterrestrials roaming the Earth. (cc)
PARMT 6:00pm........................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)
SYFY
6:00pm.................Caddyshack ★★
(’80, Comedy) Chevy Chase. Oddballs and gophers undermine a country-club caddy out to win a college scholarship. (cc) AMC 6:00 pm The Man Who Came to Dinner ★★★
(’41, Comedy) Monty Woolley. A critic breaks his hip in someone’s home and stays there, in charge, until it mends. (cc) . . . . . . . . .TCM 7:00pm.............................ABad Moms Christmas ★★ (’17, Comedy) Mila Kunis. As if creating the perfect Christmas for their families isn’t hard enough, underappreciated and overburdened moms Amy, Kiki and Carla will have to do it while hosting and entertaining their own respective mothers during the holidays. (cc) . . . . . . . . . .BRV 7:00 pm . . . The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ★★
(’10, Romance) Kristen Stewart. Bella must choose between Edward and Jacob amid a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire’s quest for revenge. (cc) . . . . MTV 7:00 pm . . . . . . . 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)........................... VH1 7:00pm.............TheIronGiant ★★★
(’99, Children’s) Voices of Jennifer Aniston. Animated. A malevolent government agent threatens to destroy the friendship between a boy and a huge alien robot. (cc) . . TOON 7:15pm........................ ToyStory3 ★★★ (’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)FREE 8:00 pm Olympus Has Fallen ★★ (’13, Action) Gerard Butler. America’s national security team must rely on a disgraced former guard to save the president after terrorists seize control of the White House, taking the chief ofstatehostage.(cc)................. A&E 8:00pm...................................
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) . . . . . . . . FX 8:00pm...........TheProposal ★★ (’09, Romance-Comedy) Sandra Bullock. Facing deportation to Canada, a high-powered book editor pretends she is engaged to her assistant, whom she’s tormented for years. (cc).................................. USA 8:00 pm 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . DISN 8:00pm.............Scrooged ★★★ (’88, Comedy) Bill Murray. A ruthless TV-network chief meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. (cc) . . . . . . . AMC 8:00pm.........................Ladyona Train ★★★ (’45, Suspense) Deanna Durbin. A girl turns to a mystery writer for help after seeing a murder near Grand Central Station. (cc).................................. TCM 8:07 pm Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ★★★★ (’80, Science Fiction) Mark Hamill. Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker to be a Jedi knight, and Han Solo woos Princess Leia, as Darth Vader returns to threaten the rebel forces trying to save the galaxy. (cc) . . TNT 8:30pm................................... Men in Black II ★★ (’02, Action) Tommy Lee Jones. Two interstellar agents try to stop an alien disguised as a lingerie model from destroying the world. (cc) . . . . . . . . . PARMT 9:00pm................AChristmasStory ★★★★ (’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)....................... TBS 9:30pm.............................ABad Moms Christmas ★★ (’17, Comedy) Mila Kunis. As if creating the perfect Christmas for their families isn’t hard enough, underappreciated and overburdened moms Amy, Kiki and Carla will have to do it while hosting and entertaining their own respective mothers during the holidays. (cc) . . . . . . . . . .BRV 9:30pm....................JustGoWithIt ★★ (’11, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A surgeon enlists the aid of his assistant and her children to help him win the heart of a beautifulwoman.(cc).................. E! 9:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Toy Story 4 ★★★ (’19, Children’s) Voices of Tom Hanks. Animated. Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the gang embark on a road trip with Bonnie and a new toy named Forky. The adventurous journey soon turns into an unexpected reunion as Woody’s slight detour leads him to his long-lost friend Bo Peep. (cc). . FREE 10:00pm .................................
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) . . . . . . . . FX 10:00 pm The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 ★★ (’11, Romance) Kristen Stewart. A chain of events yields a development for Jacob.(cc).......................... MTV 10:00pm ................................. 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) . . . . . VH1 10:00 pm Ghostbusters ★★★ (’84, Comedy) Bill Murray. Paranormal investigators battle ghoulsinNewYork.(cc)............. AMC