THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

Man teams up with Nick Fury and fellow superhero Mysterio to stop four massive elemental creatures — each representing Earth, air, water and fire — from wreaking havoc across Europe. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . FX 8:00pm................................. Spider-Man 2 ★★★ (’04, Action) Tobey Maguire. Tormented Peter Parker battles a sinister scientist who uses mechanical tentacles for destructive purposes. (cc)USA

8:00pm...................TheStar ★★

(’17, Children’s) Voices of Steven Yeun. Animated. A brave donkey named Bo and his lovable animal friends embark on a hilarious and heartfelt journey to become the accidental heroes of the greatest story ever told — the first Christmas. (cc)DISN

8:00pm...................... ThePolar 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)............................... AMC 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) .VH1 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . The Equalizer ★★

(’14, Action) Denzel Washington. A former commando comes out of retirement and puts his special skills to work to rescue a girl who is under the control of ruthless Russian mobsters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . PARMT 10:00 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

SATURDAY

8:00am................................. Harry and the Hendersons ★★★ (’87, Children’s) John Lithgow. The Hendersons run over Bigfoot with their station wagon and bring him home to Seattle. . . .SYFY 8:30am............. 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

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). . . . . . . . HIST 9:00am................................. The Accountant ★★ (’16, Suspense) Ben Affleck. Premiere. A Treasury agent closes in on a brilliant freelance accountant who works for dangerous criminal organizations.(cc)....................... PARMT 10:30 am . . . Almost Christmas ★★ (’16, Comedy-Drama) Danny Glover. A beloved patriarch asks his family members for one gift this holiday season: to get along. If they can honor that wish and spend five days under the same roof without killing one another, it will be a Christmas miracle. (cc) ................................. FX 10:30 am 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 10:45 am . . Unaccompanied Minors ★★

(’06, Children’s) Dyllan Christopher. After a Christmas Eve blizzard shuts down the airport, stranded youths create holiday pandemonium for an uptight airport official and his assistant. (cc) . . . . . . . .FREE NOON............... TheEqualizer ★★

(’14, Action) Denzel Washington. A former commando comes out of retirement and puts his special skills to work to rescue a girl who is under the control of ruthless Russian mobsters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . PARMT NOON . Red ★★ (’10, Action) Bruce Willis. Retired CIA agents reassemble for survival after the agency sends assassins to silence them and the secrets they carry. (cc)USA

NOON................................... Meet John Doe ★★★ (’41, Drama) Gary Cooper. A reporter writes a fictitious column about a man named John Doe, who claims to despair at America’s neglect of the little people and plans to kill himself. To maintain the ruse, the newspaper hires a ballplayer-turned-hobo to pose as John Doe.(cc).......................... TCM 12:30 pm . Gremlins ★★★ (’84, Fantasy) Zach Galligan. An inventor gives his son an odd little creature which multiplies into monsters which wreck the town. (cc)AMC

12:55pm ................................ 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 1:00pm................................. It Runs in the Family ★★ (’94, Comedy) Charles Grodin. A son of eccentric parents grows into young adulthood during the courseofasummer.................G

1:00pm........................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)........................... FX 2:00 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 beautifulprincess.(cc)................. MTV 2:00pm... MyCousinVinny ★★★ (’92, Comedy) Joe Pesci. A wise-guy Brooklyn lawyer and his motormouth girlfriend go to Alabama to defend his innocent cousin formurder.(cc).................... VH1 2:15pm.....................SusanSlept Here ★★ (’54, Comedy) Dick Powell. A Hollywood screenwriter has custody of a wild teenage girl who is more fun than his girlfriend.(cc)..................... TCM 2:30pm............. Spider-Man ★★★

(’02, Action) Tobey Maguire. Peter Parker uses his superhuman powers to battle his archenemy, the Green Goblin. (cc). USA 3:00pm....................... Madefor Each Other ★★★ (’39, Comedy-Drama) Carole Lombard. A young lawyer starts a family with the woman he loves instead of with his boss’s daughter.. . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00pm... Shooter ★★ (’07, Suspense) Mark Wahlberg. Reluctantly pressed into service again, a former military sniper plots revenge against his powerful foes after being betrayed and wounded. (cc)

PARMT

3:30pm.................. OlympusHas 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 of state hostage.(cc)...................... A&E 4:00pm.........................Shrek2 ★★★ (’04, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. Animated. A green ogre, his new wife and a donkey find adventure while visiting hisin-laws.(cc).................... MTV 4:15pm............................... In the Good Old Summertime ★★★ (’49,

Musical Comedy) Judy Garland. The more co-workers fight in a Chicago music store, the more they fall in love as secret pen pals.(cc).......................... TCM 4:30pm........................... Dirty Dancing ★★★ (’87, Romance) Jennifer Grey. A doctor’s teenage daughter gets slinky with the dance teacher at a Catskills resort in the summer of 1963. (cc) . .VH1 5:00pm..............TheNuttyProfessor ★★★ (’96, Comedy) Eddie Murphy. An obese scientist drops the pounds and his poor self-image when a secret formula turns him into a slender ladies man. (cc)

BET 5:00pm.....................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

5:00 pm Scooby-Doo ★★ (’02, Children’s) Freddie Prinze Jr. Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby investigate claims that a theme park is haunted. (cc). . . . . TOON 5:00pm...................... ThePolar 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)............................... AMC 5:30 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 faced before. (cc)

FX

6:00 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)..................... A&E 6:00pm...................... TheTown ★★★ (’10, Crime Drama) Ben Affleck. A Boston bank robber looks for a way out of his criminal lifestyle after beginning a passionate romance with the woman that his gang briefly took hostage. (cc)PARMT 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . The Proposal ★★ (’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)......................... BRV 7:00pm................................. The LEGO Movie 2 ★★★ (’19, Children’s) Voices of Chris Pratt. Animated. The citizens of Bricksburg face a dangerous new threat when LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space start to wreck everything. It’s now up to Emmet, Lucy, Batman and their friends to defeat the giant marauders and restore harmony to the LEGO universe. (cc).............................. TOON 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). . . . . . . AMC 7:30pm ............................... A Christmas 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)TNT

7:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas ★★ (’99, Children’s) Voices of Wayne Allwine. Animated. Mickey and his friends tell three stories including A Very Goofy Christmas and Mickey and Minnie’s Gift of the Magi. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DISN 7:40pm...................... 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 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . Doctor Strange ★★★

(’16, Action) Benedict Cumberbatch. After a terrible accident, Dr. Stephen Strange loses his ability to operate but finds new purpose when a mystical being known as the Ancient One reveals that Dr. Strange is the newly designated Sorcerer Supreme. (cc)............................... USA 8:00 pm. . . . Imitation of Life ★★★ (’34, Drama) Claudette Colbert. A young widow and her maid build a booming pancake business while raising their daughters. (cc)

TCM

8:40 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)DISN 9:00pm..........TheMisfits ★★★ (’61, Western) Clark Gable. A divorcee joins an old cowboy and his partners rounding up wild horses for dog food.. . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 pm The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★ (’13, Biography) Leonardo DiCaprio. New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort, who founded brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont while still in his early 20s, develops habits of wretched excess and corruption. (cc) . . PARMT 9:40pm............................. 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