THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

themselves for a comet that threatens Earth.(cc)....................... AMC 9:30am..................OnePotato, Two Potato ★★★ (’64, Drama) Barbara Barrie. Members of a mixed marriage fight the wife’s ex-husband in court for custody of her daughter. . . . . . . . . . TCM 10:00 am . . . . The Dark Knight ★★★★

(’08, Action) Christian Bale. Batman has to keep a balance between heroism and vigilantism to fight a vile criminal known as the Joker, who would plunge Gotham City into anarchy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . MTV 10:00 am Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ★★ (’07, Science Fiction) Ioan Gruffudd. Reed, Susan, Johnny and Ben face an intergalactic messenger who has arrived to prepare Earth for destruction. (cc)............................. SYFY 10:00 am UglyDolls ★★ (’19, Children’s) Voices of Kelly Clarkson. Animated. UglyDoll friends travel to Perfection — a town where more conventional dolls receive training before entering the real world. The UglyDolls soon learn what it means to be different — ultimately realizing they don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.(cc)................... DISN 11:00 am . . . . . . . . The Pacifier ★★ (’05, Children’s) Vin Diesel. A Navy SEAL faces the ultimate test when he must care for five children and protect them from their father’s enemies. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 11:00 am Batman ★★★ (’89, Action) Jack Nicholson. The Caped Crusader saves dismal Gotham City and gorgeous Vicki Vale from the freaky Joker. (cc) . . . AMC 11:00 am . . . . . The Defiant Ones ★★★

(’58, Drama) Tony Curtis. Two men of different races, who hate each other, escape from a chain gang shackled together. (cc)

TCM

11:30 am The Art of Racing in the Rain ★★

(’19, Comedy-Drama) Milo Ventimiglia. Formula One race car driver Denny Swift has three loves of his life — his beautiful wife, their young daughter and his best friend, which is a dog that wants to be reincarnated into a human. (cc) . . . FX 11:45am........................Creed II ★★★ (’18, Drama) Michael B. Jordan. Under guidance from Rocky Balboa, boxing phenom Adonis Johnson prepares for an epic showdown against the son of Ivan Drago — the former Russian fighter who killed Apollo Creed in the ring. (cc)

TNT

NOON Bad Boys ★★ (’95, Action) Martin Lawrence. Undercover Miami detectives switch lives while investigating murders linked to stolen heroin. (cc) . . . . . . . . E! NOON . . . . . . . . . Raiders of the Lost Ark ★★★★ (’81, Adventure) Harrison Ford. Globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones races the Nazis for possession of a legendary religious artifact. (cc) PARMT 12:15 pm . The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ★★★ (’04, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Animated. SpongeBob and Patrick head for Shell City to retrieve

King Neptune’s stolen crown and save the life of Mr. Krabs. (cc). . . . . . . . . NICK 1:00 pm Fences ★★★ (’16, Drama) Denzel Washington. Now working as a garbage collector in 1950s Pittsburgh, a former baseball star creates tension in his family when he squashes his son’s chance to meet a college football recruiter. (cc)BET

1:00pm....................TheGame Plan ★★ (’07, Children’s) Dwayne ‘The Rock‘ Johnson. A star football player tries to juggle his carefree lifestyle, his team’s bid for the championship and the needs of his newly discovered young daughter. (cc)............................. FREE 1:30 pm. . . . . . . . . Batman Begins ★★★

(’05, Action) Christian Bale. Following the death of his parents, young heir Bruce Wayne becomes a masked avenger who fights the forces of evil in Gotham City. (cc).............................. MTV 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . The Hate U Give ★★★

(’18, Crime Drama) Amandla Stenberg. Starr Carter is a prep school student who witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend at the hands of a police officer. Facing pressure from all sides of the community, she must find her voice and decide to stand up for what’s right. (cc)............................... FX 2:00 pm How to Train Your Dragon ★★★

(’10, Children’s) Voices of Jay Baruchel. Animated. A misfit Viking teenager sees a chance to change the course of his clan’s future when he befriends an injured dragon.(cc)..................... SYFY 2:00 pm . . . . . Barbershop 3 ★★★ (’16, Comedy) Ice Cube. With the barbershop now coed, Calvin, Eddie and the rest of the gang come up with a plan to save the neighborhood from crime. (cc) . . . TBS 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bee Movie ★★

(’07, Children’s) Voices of Jerry Seinfeld. Animated. After he talks to a human florist, a college-educated bee decides to sue the human race for stealing his kind’s honey over the centuries. (cc) . . . NICK 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Batman Returns ★★ (’92, Action) Michael Keaton. The Caped Crusader clashes with Catwoman and saves gloomy Gotham City from the foul Penguin’s plot. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . AMC 2:15pm................................ The Learning Tree ★★★ (’69, Drama) Kyle Johnson. In the 1920s, Newt Winger largely shrugs off racial prejudice until he witnesses his friend’s father murdering a man, and realizes that going to the police could jeopardize both his friendship and hislife.(cc)...................... TCM 2:30 pm Bad Boys II ★★ (’03, Action) Martin Lawrence. Two detectives uncover a conspiracy involving a drug kingpin while trying to stop the trafficking of Ecstasy in Miami.(cc)......................... E! 2:30pm............................... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ★★★ (’84, Adventure) Harrison Ford. In 1935 archaeologist Jones, a lounge singer and a Chinese orphan search for mystical stones stolen from an Indian tribe. (cc)

PARMT

3:30 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)FREE 4:00 pm . Marshall ★★★ (’17, Historical Drama) Chadwick Boseman. Young Thurgood Marshall faces one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. He teams up with lawyer Sam Friedman to defend Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur whose employer accuses him of sexual assault and attempted murder. (cc).............................. BET 4:00pm............................... 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) . . . . SYFY

obnoxious brother-in-law and his family. (cc).............................. AMC

THURSDAY

7:30am................................ Victor Frankenstein ★★ (’15, Horror) Daniel Radcliffe. When the experiments of radical scientist Victor Frankenstein go too far, only Igor Strausman, his equally brilliant protégé, can bring him back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation. (cc) SYFY 8:30am.................H.M.Pulham, Esq. ★★★ (’41, Romance) Hedy Lamarr. A Boston aristocrat recalls falling in love with a copywriter in 1920s New York. (cc)

TCM

9:00am............... ThreeAmigos! ★★ (’86, Western) Chevy Chase. Joined in Progress. Three silent-film cowboys come to Mexico to perform but instead are expected to save a town. (cc) . AMC 9:30am.......................Tolkien ★★ (’19, Biography) Nicholas Hoult. As a young student, J.R.R. Tolkien finds love, friendship and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts. These early life experiences later inspire Tolkien to write the classic fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. (cc) . FX 10:00 am The Chronicles of Riddick ★★

(’04, Science Fiction) Vin Diesel. On the run from mercenaries, a fugitive lands on a planet endangered by an invading ruler and his bloodthirsty army. (cc) . . SYFY 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . The Break-Up ★★

(’06, Romance-Comedy) Vince Vaughn. Former lovers live together as hostile roommates when both refuse to move out of their shared condominium. (cc)

AMC

11:00 am . . . . . . . Cash McCall ★★ (’60, Romance) James Garner. A corporate raider woos the daughter of a man who owns a company ripe for takeover. (cc)

TCM

NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Family Stone ★★ (’05, Romance-Comedy) Dermot Mulroney. Everett brings Meredith to meet his bohemian family at Christmas. While trying to win the approval of her boyfriend’s parents and the rest of his family, she only succeeds in highlighting her uptight personality, making Everett doubt his intentions. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . E! 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . Battleship ★★ (’12,

Science Fiction) Taylor Kitsch. An epic

Ford. A U.S. marshal hunts a doctor on the run who was convicted of murdering hiswife.(cc)................... PARMT 8:00 pm . . . . The Matrix ★★★ (’99, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves. A computer hacker joins forces with rebel warriors to battle a malevolent cyberintelligence. (cc)............................. SYFY 8:00 pm Creed ★★★ (’15, Drama) Michael B. Jordan. Long-retired boxer Rocky Balboa agrees to train Apollo Creed’s son to become a fighter, even as the former champ battles an opponent deadlier than any he ever faced in the ring. (cc)

TBS

8:00pm............... Divergent ★★

(’14, Science Fiction) Shailene Woodley. In a future society, people are divided into factions based on their personalities. After a young woman learns she is a Divergent and will never fit into any one group, she uncovers a conspiracy to destroy all those like her. (cc) . . . . . AMC 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . Electra Glide in Blue ★★ (’73, Crime Drama) Robert Blake. A motorcycle cop with a Harley-Davidson ties hippies to a murder in the Arizona desert.(cc)...................... TCM 9:30pm..........................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) BRV 10:00pm...........Selena ★★★ (’97, Biography) Jennifer Lopez. A beautiful Mexican-American singer’s skyrocketing international career ends abruptly. (cc)

E! 10:00pm........................Night School ★★ (’18, Comedy) Kevin Hart. A salesman’s life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally blows up his place of employment. Forced to attend night school to get his GED, he must now deal with a group of misfit students and a feisty teacher who doesn’t think he’s too bright.(cc)........................ FX 10:00pm........................ Easy Rider ★★★ (’69, Drama) Peter Fonda. Two free spirits on chopped motorcycles clash with the Establishment and meet a boozy lawyer as they cross America. (cc)

TCM

SATURDAY

6:00am.............TheFamilyStone ★★ (’05, Romance-Comedy) Dermot Mulroney. Everett brings Meredith to meet his bohemian family at Christmas. While trying to win the approval of her boyfriend’s parents and the rest of his family, she only succeeds in highlighting her uptight personality, making Everett doubt his intentions. (cc) . . . . . . . . . BRV 6:00am.......... SusanandGod ★★ (’40, Comedy-Drama) Joan Crawford. A socialite annoys her husband and friends with the new religion she brings home fromEngland.(cc)............... TCM 7:00am..................Spider-Man ★★★ (’02, Action) Tobey Maguire. Peter Parker uses his superhuman powers to battle his archenemy, the Green Goblin. (cc)............................. FREE 8:28am........................... The Rookie Cop ★★ (’39, Crime Drama) Tim Holt. Ace the Wonder Dog helps a rookie officer prove the importance of canine patrols on the police force. . . . . . . . TCM