THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

adventure unfolds across the high seas, as American sailors go to war against an army of invading aliens. . . . . . . . . . SYFY 12:45 pm. . . Executive Suite ★★★ (’54, Drama) William Holden. Four VPs and a junior executive jockey for power in a company run by the founder’s daughter. (cc).............................. TCM 1:00pm..................Hitch ★★★

(’05, Romance-Comedy) Will Smith. A smooth-talking man falls for a hardened columnist while helping a shy accountant woo a beautiful heiress. (cc) . . . . . FREE 1:00 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).............................. AMC 2:00pm............................... Fist Fight ★★ (’17, Comedy) Charlie Day. Fired from his teaching job for losing his cool, a disgruntled man challenges the colleague who snitched on him to a fight afterschool.(cc)................. VH1 2:45 pm. . . . . . The Fountainhead ★★★

(’49, Drama) Gary Cooper. When a rogue architect learns his designs have been changed by the company that hired him, he goes to drastic measures to protect hisideals.(cc).................... TCM 3:00 pm . . . . . . . White Chicks ★★ (’04, Comedy) Shawn Wayans. Two male FBI agents pose as female socialites to foil a kidnapping plot and save their jobs. (cc)

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3:00 pm Pitch Perfect 3 ★★ (’17, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick. After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music one last time. (cc). . . . . FX 3:00pm............................... Lethal Weapon ★★★ (’87, Action) Mel Gibson. A detective with a family hunts drug smugglers with his new partner, a loner with a death wish. (cc). . . . . . AMC 3:30pm................TheHangover ★★★ (’09, Comedy) Bradley Cooper. After a wild stag party in Las Vegas, three hazy groomsmen must find their missing friend and get him back to Los Angeles in time for his wedding. (cc) . . . . . . . FREE 4:00pm.............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) . . . . . . . . . . . E! 4:00pm............................... Ride Along ★★ (’14, Comedy) Ice Cube. A veteran cop and his future brotherin-law, a fast-talking trainee, tangle with Atlanta’s most-dangerous criminal. (cc)

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4:45pm..........Patterns ★★★ (’56, Drama) Van Heflin. A New York corporate boss grooms an Ohio engineer for the No.2man’sjob.(cc).............. TCM 5:00 pm . . . The Expendables ★★ (’10, Action) Sylvester Stallone. A mercenary and his men learn that their assignment to overthrow a South American dictator is a suicide mission. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . FX 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water ★★★ (’15, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Live action/animated. Perpetual adversaries SpongeBob and Plankton join forces and come ashore to battle a pirate who has plans for the stolen Krabby Patties recipe.(cc)...................... NICK 5:30 pm . . Lethal Weapon 2 ★★★ (’89, Action) Mel Gibson. An accountant leads a wild detective and his cautious partner to a South African diplomat running drugs.(cc)....................... AMC 5:45pm..................Armageddon ★★ (’98, Science Fiction) Bruce Willis. A NASA rep recruits an oil driller and his team of mavericks to save Earth from an oncoming asteroid. (cc) . . . . . . . . . SYFY 6:15 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . The Power and the Prize ★★ (’56, Drama) Robert Taylor. A U.S. tycoon’s top man falls in love with a suspect German refugee while on shady business in London. (cc). . . . . . . . . . TCM 6:30 pm . The Wedding Ringer ★★ (’15, Comedy) Kevin Hart. A socially awkward groom begins an unexpected bromance with the guy he hired to pose as his best man at his upcoming nuptials. (cc) VH1 7:00 pm . . The Expendables 2 ★★ (’12, Action) Sylvester Stallone. Mercenary Barney Ross and his team cut a swath of destruction through opposing forces as they take revenge for the vicious murder ofacomrade.(cc)................. FX 7:00pm............................... Air Force One ★★★ (’97, Suspense) Harrison Ford. Demanding the release of a political prisoner, a terrorist and his gang hijack the U.S. president’s plane. (cc)............................ PARMT 8:00pm............................... The French Connection ★★★★ (’71, Crime Drama) Gene Hackman. New York Detective Popeye Doyle and his partner chase a French heroin smuggler. (cc)TCM

8:45 pm . . . The Last Witch Hunter ★★

(’15, Fantasy) Vin Diesel. The fate of the human race hangs in the balance when the Witch Queen rises from the dead, seeking revenge against Kaulder, the immortal warrior who slayed her centuries ago.(cc)........................ SYFY 9:00pm.............LoveDon’tCosta Thing ★★ (’03, Romance-Comedy) Nick Cannon. To improve his reputation, an unpopular teenager hires a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend. (cc). . . . . . BET 9:00 pm . . The Expendables 3 ★★ (’14, Action) Sylvester Stallone. After a former associate makes it his mission to end the Expendables, Barney Ross assembles a team of younger, tech-savvy recruits to help take down their enemy. (cc) . . FX 9:00pm............................... Ride Along ★★ (’14, Comedy) Ice Cube. A veteran cop and his future brotherin-law, a fast-talking trainee, tangle with Atlanta’s most-dangerous criminal. (cc)

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9:00pm............... DespicableMe 2 ★★★ (’13, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. Just as Gru settles into his new role as a suburban family man, the ultrasecret Anti-Villain League sends him on a mission to nab the perpetrator of a spectacular heist. (cc). . . . . . . NICK 10:00pm.........................The Fugitive ★★★ (’93, Suspense) Harrison Ford. A U.S. marshal hunts a doctor on the run who was convicted of murdering hiswife.(cc)................... PARMT 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Patty Hearst ★★

(’88, Docudrama) Natasha Richardson.