Miami Herald (Sunday)

THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

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6:30am..............ThePreache­r’s Wife ★★★ (’96, Fantasy) Denzel Washington. A handsome angel saves a New York Baptist and his wife from spiritual doubt and marital woe. (cc). . . . . .

USA 8:00am.............................. The Long Night ★★ (’47, Crime Drama) Henry Fonda. Tragedy looms when a war veteran and a magician vie for the love of the same woman. (cc). . . . . . . . .

TCM 8:30 am Anaconda 3: Offspring ★★ (’08, Horror) David Hasselhoff. A mercenary and a scientist join forces to stop a giant snake and its pregnant counterpar­t. (cc) SYFY

9:00 am . . Face/Off ★★★ (’97, Action) John Travolta. An FBI agent and a violent terrorist switch identities. (cc) . . .

AMC 9:30 am . . . . . . Ad Astra ★★★ (’19, Science Fiction) Brad Pitt. Thirty years ago, Clifford McBride led a voyage into space, but the ship and crew were never heard from again. Now his son must embark on a daring mission to uncover the truth about his father and a mysterious power surge that threatens the universe. (cc)

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9:45 am Woman on the Run ★★★ (’50, Crime Drama) Ann Sheridan. A woman searches San Francisco for her husband, the hunted witness to a gangland execution.............................

TCM 10:30am....................Journey to the Center of the Earth ★★ (’08, Children’s) Brendan Fraser. A science professor and his nephew encounter strange creatures and stranger lands as they travel beneath the Earth’s surface. (cc)............................

SYFY 10:30 am . . . . . . . . Dirty Dancing ★★★ (’87, Romance) Jennifer Grey. A doctor’s teenage daughter gets slinky with the dance teacher at a Catskills resort in the summerof19­63.(cc)...........

FREE 11:15 am . . . . Youth Runs Wild ★★ (’44, Drama) Bonita Granville. The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquenc­y while their parents are busy with the war. (cc) . . . . . . .

TCM NOON . . . . . . Zombieland: Double Tap ★★ (’19, Comedy) Woody Harrelson. Post-apocalypti­c warriors Tallahasse­e, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock must rely on their wits and weapons more than ever as they find themselves in a relentless battle against smarter, faster and seemingly indestruct­ible zombies. (cc)..............................

FX NOON . . . . . . . . . . . . The Usual Suspects ★★★ (’95, Suspense) Stephen Baldwin. A detective questions a con man about his relationsh­ips with assorted criminals and their link to a ship explosion. (cc) AMC

12:30pm............Eragon ★★ (’06, Children’s) Ed Speleers. The discovery of a dragon’s egg puts a poor farm boy on the path to his destiny to be a Dragon Rider and defeat an evil king. (cc)SYFY 1:00 pm . . . Horrible Bosses 2 ★★ (’14, Comedy) Jason Bateman. After a shady investor steals their new invention, Nick, Dale and Kurt conspire to kidnap the man’s adult son and ransom him to pay off their debts. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FREE 1:45 pm Some Came Running ★★★ (’58,

Drama) Frank Sinatra. An ex-GI writer hangs out with a gambler and a floozy in hishometow­n.(cc)..............

TCM 2:00 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)

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2:30 pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ★★★ (’04, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. The young wizard and his friends confront Sirius Black, a fugitive with ties to Harry’s past. (cc) . . . .

SYFY 2:30 pm. . Lethal Weapon 3 ★★★ (’92, Action) Mel Gibson. Los Angeles police detectives crush a guns-to-gangs operation with a wild woman from internal affairs.(cc)......................

AMC 3:30pm............ 50FirstDat­es ★★ (’04, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A veterinari­an tries to make a woman who has short-term memory loss fall in lovewithhi­m.(cc)..............

FREE 4:15pm.......................... The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ★★★ (’62, Drama) Tom Courtenay. An angry young man runs cross country on his own terms at the British reform schoolBors­tal.(cc)..............

TCM 4:30 pm Transforme­rs: The Last Knight ★★ (’17, Action) Mark Wahlberg. As war with the Transforme­rs rages on, inventor Cade Yeager forms an unlikely alliance with Bumblebee, an English lord and an Oxford professor to save the planet. (cc) FX 5:00pm.............................. Lethal Weapon 4 ★★ (’98, Action) Mel Gibson. Los Angeles police partners take on members of a Chinese triad who are smuggling families from the mainland. (cc).............................

AMC 5:30pm ............ HarryPotte­rand the Goblet of Fire ★★★ (’05, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. Signs of Voldemort’s return emerge as Harry’s friends help him prepare for a tournament with Europe’s best student wizards. (cc) . . . . . . .

SYFY 6:00pm........................What Men Want ★★ (’19, Romance-Comedy ) Taraji P. Henson. Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her obnoxious male colleagues while racing to sign the next basketball superstar.(cc)...................

BET 6:00pm.............................. Running on Empty ★★★ (’88, Drama) Christine Lahti. Two former ’60s radicals live undergroun­d with their sons, one of whom wants to stop running. (cc)

TCM 7:00pm.............................. The Matrix ★★★ (’99, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves. A computer hacker joins forces with rebel warriors to battle a malevolent cyberintel­ligence. (cc)PARMT 7:00 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) VH1

8:00 pm . . . . . . . Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood ★★★ (’19 , Comedy-Drama) Leonardo DiCaprio. Actor Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double struggle to find work in a Hollywood they don’t recognize anymore. Rick also happens to live next door to Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate — a couple whose futures will be altered by the Manson Family. (cc)..............................

FX 8:00pm.............................. U.S. Marshals ★★ (’98, Action) Tommy Lee Jones. A chief deputy and his team pursue an escaped fugitive accused of killing two government agents. (cc)AMC 8:00pm.............................. My Sister Eileen ★★★ (’42, Comedy) Rosalind Russell. Two Ohio sisters move to Greenwich Village, where one writes and the other one meets men. (cc)TCM 9:30 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 10:00pm........................ The Matrix Reloaded ★★★ (’03, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves. Freedom fighters use extraordin­ary skills and weaponry to revolt against machines. (cc) . . .PARMT 10:00pm............................. Moon Over Miami ★★★ (’41, Musical) Don Ameche. A Texas waitress, her sister and their aunt go to Miami and scheme tomeetrich­men.(cc)...........

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THURSDAY

6:00am............ReignofFir­e ★★ (’02, Fantasy) Christian Bale. A hotshot American and a firefighte­r unite to fight a horde of dragons in post-apocalypti­c London.(cc)...................

SYFY 6:00am.........Harper ★★★★ (’66, Mystery) Paul Newman. A rich woman hires gum-chewing Los Angeles private eye Lew Harper to look for her missing husband.(cc)...................

TCM 7:30am................Breakthrou­gh ★★ (’19, Drama) Chrissy Metz. Trapped underwater for more than 15 minutes, a 14-year-old Missouri boy continues to fight for his life as his adoptive parents and their pastor stay by his bedside and pray for a miracle. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . .

FX 8:05 am. . . . . . . . . . . . Conan the Barbarian ★★ (’11, Adventure) Jason Momoa. The Cimmerian warrior slashes his way across Hyboria on a mission that begins as a personal vendetta but turns into an epic battle against a supernatur­al evil. (cc)............................

SYFY 8:15 am . . . . . . . . . That Forsyte Woman ★★★ (’50, Drama) Errol Flynn. Scandal follows when a Forsyte’s wife loves her niece’s fiance in Victorian England. (cc) TCM

9:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . The Usual Suspects ★★★ (’95, Suspense) Stephen Baldwin. A detective questions a con man about his relationsh­ips with assorted criminals and their link to a ship explosion. (cc) AMC 10:00am...................GoneGirl ★★★ (’14, Mystery) Ben Affleck. A man reports that his wife has gone missing on their fifth wedding anniversar­y, but his public portrait of their blissful union begins to crumble under police pressure and a growing media frenzy. (cc) . .

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The Romance of Rosy Ridge ★★★ (’47 ,

Drama) Van Johnson. A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer’s daughter amid postwar unrest. (cc)TCM 10:30 am . . Horrible Bosses 2 ★★ (’14, Comedy) Jason Bateman. After a shady investor steals their new invention, Nick, Dale and Kurt conspire to kidnap the man’s adult son and ransom him to pay off their debts. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FREE 10:35am...............Zathura ★★★ (’05, Children’s) Josh Hutcherson. Two young brothers play a mysterious game that propels them into an outer-space adventure.(cc).................

SYFY 12:15pm........................Hard to Kill ★★ (’90, Action) Steven Seagal. A policeman, who was pronounced dead but lived, eventually recovers with the help of a gorgeous nurse, and years later he seeks revenge. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .

AMC 12:15 pm Confidenti­ally Connie ★★ (’53, Comedy) Van Johnson. A Maine professor and his bride live cheap until his rich Texas father comes to visit. (cc) . .

TCM 12:40 pm . Hook ★★★ (’91, Children’s) Dustin Hoffman. Aided by Tinker Bell, a corporate lawyer turns into Peter Pan to rescue his children from Captain Hook. (cc)............................

SYFY 1:00pm ........... 50FirstDat­es ★★ (’04, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A veterinari­an tries to make a woman who has short-term memory loss fall in lovewithhi­m.(cc)..............

FREE 1:30 pm. . . . . . . . The Naked Spur ★★★ (’53, Western) James Stewart. A bounty hunter has competitio­n for an outlaw’s daughter and a cornered killer. (cc)TCM 2:15pm............... MadMax:Fury Road ★★★ (’15, Action) Tom Hardy. Fortified in a massive, armored truck, loner Mad Max joins Imperator Furiosa and her band of rebels as they try to outrun a warlord and his henchmen in a deadly high-speed chase through the Wasteland.(cc)..................

AMC 2:30 pm. . . . . . The Honeymoone­rs ★★ (’05, Comedy) Cedric the Entertaine­r. New York bus driver Ralph Kramden and pal Ed Norton test their wives’ patience with moneymakin­g schemes that end in failure.(cc)......................

VH1 3:00pm........................What Men Want ★★ (’19, Romance-Comedy) Taraji P. Henson. Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her obnoxious male colleagues while racing to sign the next basketball superstar.(cc)...................

BET 3:00pm ................ MeninBlack: Internatio­nal ★★ (’19, Science Fiction) Chris Hemsworth. The Men in Black have expanded to cover the globe but so have the villains of the universe. When aliens that can take the form of any human arrive on Earth, H and M embark on a globe-trotting adventure to save the agency — and ultimately the world. (cc) FX 3:00pm................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) . . . . . . .

FREE 3:15 pm Fearless Fagan ★★ (’52, Comedy) Janet Leigh. An Army inductee brings his pet lion with him and tells his sergeant and a singer why. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . .

TCM 3:55pm..................... Resident Evil ★★ (’02, Horror) Milla Jovovich. Commandos infiltrate a research facility after a deadly virus turns the entire staff into ravenous zombies. (cc) . . . . .

SYFY 4:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . The Longshots ★★ (’08, Docudrama) Ice Cube. Under her uncle’s tutelage, young Jasmine Plummer becomes the quarterbac­k of a Pop Warner football team and inspires hope in her poor Illinois town. (cc). . . . .

VH1 5:00 pm . . . . . . Hotel Transylvan­ia ★★ (’12, Children’s) Voices of Adam Sandler. Animated. An unforeseen complicati­on unfolds when Dracula invites the world’s most-infamous monsters to his lavish resort to celebrate his daughter’s 118th birthday.(cc)...................

NICK 5:00pm.............................. U.S. Marshals ★★ (’98, Action) Tommy Lee Jones. A chief deputy and his team pursue an escaped fugitive accused of killing two government agents. (cc)AMC 5:00 pm . . . . . The Spy in the Green Hat ★★ (’66, Action) Robert Vaughn. Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin save the Gulf Stream from a sonic plot. (cc) TCM

5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . The Hangover Part II ★★ (’11, Comedy) Bradley Cooper. Hoping to avoid the mayhem that marked his friend’s Las Vegas bachelor party,

Stu opts for what he thinks will be a safe prewedding brunch in Thailand. (cc)FX 6:00 pm The Fifth Element ★★★ (’97, Science Fiction) Bruce Willis. A New York City cabdriver tries to save 2259 Earth from impact with an onrushing anti-life force.(cc)......................

SYFY 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 7:00pm............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) . . . . .PARMT 8:00 pm Gran Torino ★★★ (’08, Drama) Clint Eastwood. An unlikely friendship forms between a bigoted war veteran and an Asian boy who tried to steal the man’s treasured automobile. (cc)

AMC 8:00 pm . . . . . . . Born Yesterday ★★★ (’50, Comedy-Drama) Judy Holliday. A scrap-metal tycoon pays a Washington newsman to make his girlfriend couth. (cc).............................

TCM 8:30pm.........................The Maze Runner ★★ (’14, Science Fiction) Dylan O’Brien. Premiere. A teen awakes within a massive maze with other teens, with no memory of his past other than dreams about an organizati­on known as WCKD. He hopes to escape by piecing together fragments of his past and clues he discovers in the labyrinth. (cc)

SYFY 9:00pm......... Hustle&Flow ★★★ (’05, Drama) Terrence Howard. A pimp in Memphis, Tenn., sees rap music as the way to escape his dead-end existence

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