THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
The sequel’s police hero spots military terrorists while waiting for his wife at a Washington, D.C., airport. (cc). . . .
AMC 5:30pm........................2001: A Space Odyssey ★★★★ (’68, Science Fiction) Keir Dullea. Supercomputer HAL 9000 guides astronauts on a trip to find the origins of humans. (cc) . . . . . .
TCM 6:00 pm Colombiana ★★ (’11, Action) Zoe Saldana. A professional killer carries out hits for her uncle and dreams of taking revenge on the mobster who murdered herparents.(cc)................
SYFY 6:00 pm . Madagascar ★★★ (’05, Children’s) Voices of Ben Stiller. Animated. Zoo animals must learn to survive in the wild after they wash ashore on an exotic island.(cc).....................
TOON 7:00pm........................Black Panther ★★★ (’18, Action) Chadwick Boseman. Black Panther’s mettle as king gets tested when an old enemy draws him into a conflict that puts his nation and the world at risk. The king must soon rally his allies and release his full power to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. (cc). . . . . . . . . .
FX 8:00 pm . . . . . Zombieland ★★★ (’09, Comedy) Woody Harrelson. Survivors of a zombie apocalypse use creative means to dispatch the undead as they make their way toward a rumored safe haven inLosAngeles.(cc).............
SYFY 8:00pm.......................Ready Player One ★★★ (’18, Science Fiction) Tye Sheridan. In 2045, the creator of a virtual reality universe promises his fortune to the first person to discover a digital Easter egg. Soon, young Wade Watts finds himself in a reality-bending treasure hunt through the mysterious and fantastical world. (cc) . . . . . . .
TNT 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Die Hard With a Vengeance ★★★ (’95, Action) Bruce Willis. Suspended from the police force, John McClane enlists a Harlem shopkeeper to help stop a terrorist bomber. (cc)
AMC 8:00 pm The Producers ★★★ (’68, Comedy) Zero Mostel. A Broadway producer and his accountant back a sure-fire flop: Springtime for Hitler. (cc) . . . . . . . .
TCM 9:00 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)
BET
9:00 pm . . . . The Peanuts Movie ★★★
(’15, Children’s) Voices of Noah Schnapp. Animated. Good ol’ Charlie Brown develops a crush on the Little Red-Haired Girl while his best friend Snoopy embarks on an epic adventure as a World War I flying ace who pursues the Red Baron. (cc)NICK
9:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Jones: Director’s Cut ★★★★ (’63, Comedy) Albert Finney. Henry Fielding’s lusty foundling hero meets a series of attractive women in 18th-century England. (cc). . . . .
TCM 10:00 pm Star Trek ★★★ (’09, Science Fiction) Chris Pine. Young James T. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew embark on a collision course with a vengeful Romulan. (cc) . . . . . . . .PARMT 10:00 pm . . . . Colombiana ★★ (’11, Action) Zoe Saldana. A professional killer carries out hits for her uncle and dreams of taking revenge on the mobster who murdered her parents. (cc) . . . . .
SYFY
FRIDAY
6:00am.............. 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). . . . . . . .
E! 6:30 am . . . . Dersu Uzala ★★★★ (’75, Adventure) Maxim Munzuk. A Russian explorer develops a unique and lasting relationship with a frontiersman during an expedition in Siberia. . . . . . . . . .
TCM 8:00 am Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ★★★ (’17, Crime Drama) Frances McDormand. After a 50-year-old woman’s daughter is murdered, she confronts the police in her town, using the billboards on the outskirts of town to begin a smear campaign against them. (cc)..............................
FX 8:30am............... 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). . . . . . . .
E! 9:00 am . Predator ★★★ (’87, Action) Arnold Schwarzenegger. A sneaky alien monster attacks commandos on a jungle mission in South America. (cc) . . .
AMC 9:00am.............................. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ★★★★ (’72, Comedy) Fernando Rey. Bizarre events frustrate an ambassador, his wife and friends, hoping to dine in Paris............................
TCM 10:30 am . . . . . . . . The Change-Up ★★
(’11, Comedy) Ryan Reynolds. Envious of each other’s lives, an overworked lawyer and his seemingly carefree buddy awake after a drunken binge and find they have somehow switched bodies. (cc)BRV
10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . Green Book ★★★
(’18, Comedy-Drama) Viggo Mortensen. An Italian-American bouncer and an African-American pianist confront racism and danger while taking a road trip through the Deep South in 1962. (cc)FX 10:30 am Sweet Home Alabama ★★ (’02, Romance-Comedy) Reese Witherspoon. Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce. (cc)FREE
11:00 am. . . . . . . . . Day for Night ★★★
(’73, Comedy-Drama) Jacqueline Bisset. A French film director guides actors on the set of his movie Meet Pamela. (cc)
TCM 11:30am...................Predator2 ★★ (’90, Science Fiction) Danny Glover. Local and federal police hunt a sneaky alien creature, now skinning drug dealers in 1997 Los Angeles. (cc) . . . . . .
AMC NOON . . . . . Step Up ★★ (’06, Musical) Channing Tatum. A troubled guy but a gifted dancer attracts the attention of a talented ballerina at a Maryland school. (cc)...............................
E! NOON . . . . Se7en ★★★ (’95, Suspense) Brad Pitt. A meticulous detective and the young officer about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins. (cc) . . . . . .
SYFY 1:00pm.........................The Spy Who Dumped Me ★★ (’18, Action) Mila Kunis. Unexpectedly thrust into an international conspiracy, two best friends find themselves dodging deadly assassins and a suspicious British agent while hatching a plan to save the world. (cc).............................
BRV 1:15pm.......................Logan’s
Run ★★ (’76, Science Fiction) Michael
York. In a society where life ends at age 30, a law enforcement officer known as a Sandman flees with another 30-year-old when he learns his number has come up prematurely.(cc)................
TCM 1:30pm.................BlacKkKlansman ★★★ (’18 , Comedy-Drama) John David Washington. Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer in Colorado Springs, Colo., works under cover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. Stallworth and his partner Flip Zimmerman risk their lives to penetrate the KKK at its highest levels. (cc) . . . . . .
FX 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . 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)..............
E! 2:00pm................Ben-Hur ★★
(’16, Adventure) Jack Huston. Premiere. A prince endures years of slavery to take vengeance on his adopted brother, a Roman officer who falsely accused him of treason.(cc)....................
TNT 2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Die Hard With a Vengeance ★★★ (’95, Action) Bruce Willis. Suspended from the police force, John McClane enlists a Harlem shopkeeper to help stop a terrorist bomber. (cc)
AMC 2:57 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 3:00pm.........................The Heat ★★ (’13, Comedy) Sandra Bullock. An arrogant, methodical FBI agent must join forces with a foul-mouthed, erratic Boston detective to bring down a ruthlessdruglord.(cc)...............
VH1 3:30 pm Being There ★★★ (’79, Comedy) Peter Sellers. The president and a power broker heed the utterings of a simple gardener who likes to watch TV. (cc)TCM 4:00 pm Burlesque ★★ (’10, Drama) Cher. With help from a savvy stage manager and a gender-bending host, a cocktail waitress with a stunning voice becomes a performer in a club’s musical revue. (cc)...............................
E! 4:28 pm Star Wars: A New 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 4:30pm.............................. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ★★★ (’18, Children’s) Voices of Shameik Moore. Animated. Bitten by a radioactive spider, teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into Spider-Man. He must now use his newfound skills to battle the evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other universes. (cc)
FX
5:00 pm . Minions ★★ (’15, Children’s) Voices of Sandra Bullock. Animated. On a mission to find a new master to serve, three Minions meet Scarlet Overkill the world’s first female supervillain. (cc). .
TOON 5:00pm.........................Live Free or Die Hard ★★★ (’07, Action) Bruce Willis. John McClane grapples with a villain who plans to shut down the United States by attacking the country’s vulnerable computer infrastructure. (cc)
AMC 5:30pm.............................. Baby Mama ★★ (’08, Comedy) Tina Fey. A battle of wills breaks out when a working-class woman moves in with the high-powered executive who hired her to be a surrogate mother. (cc). . . .
BRV 5:30 pm . . . . . Zombieland ★★★ (’09, Comedy) Woody Harrelson. Survivors of a zombie apocalypse use creative means to dispatch the undead as they make their way toward a rumored safe haven inLosAngeles.(cc).............
SYFY 5:30pm............MeanGirls ★★★
(’04, Comedy) Lindsay Lohan. Attending high school for the first time, a teenager becomes friends with three popular but manipulative students. (cc) . . . . . .
VH1 6:00 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)
BET
6:00 pm . . . The Candidate ★★★ (’72, Comedy-Drama) Robert Redford. An image maker grooms the son of a political boss for a token bid in a U.S. Senate race.(cc)........................
TCM 6:30 pm . . . The Wedding Planner ★★
(’01, Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez. A lonely organizer falls for an engaged pediatrician while coordinating his wedding and reception. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .
E! 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Little Women ★★★
(’19, Drama) Saoirse Ronan. In the years after the Civil War, Jo March and her two sisters return home when shy sister Beth develops a devastating illness that forever changes all of their lives. (cc)FX
7:13 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 7:30 pm. A League of Their Own ★★★
(’92, Comedy-Drama) Tom Hanks. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League begins in 1943 with a majorleague has-been as a manager. (cc)BRV 7:30pm........ 2012 ★★ (’09, Action) John Cusack. Earth’s billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist, world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. (cc). .
SYFY 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 8:00 pm Fiddler on the Roof ★★★★ (’71, Musical) Topol. A poor Jewish milkman and his wife try to marry off their five daughters in czarist Russia. (cc) . .
TCM 9:00pm....................Wedding Crashers ★★★ (’05, Comedy) Owen Wilson. Two divorce mediators spend a wild weekend partying with a politician and his eccentric family. (cc) . . . . . . .
E! 10:00 pm . . . . . . Jojo Rabbit ★★★ (’19, Comedy-Drama) Roman Griffin Davis. Premiere. Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend — Adolf Hitler — Jojo must confront his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rageon.(cc).....................
FX 10:00pm........ TopGun ★★★ (’86, Action) Tom Cruise. A hot-shot Navy jet pilot tangles with MiGs and flirts with a civilian astrophysicist. (cc) . . . . .PARMT 10:00pm...........MeanGirls ★★★
(’04, Comedy) Lindsay Lohan. Attending high school for the first time, a teenager becomes friends with three popular but manipulative students. (cc) . . . . . .
VH1
SATURDAY
6:00 am . . 17 Again ★★ (’09 , Comedy) Zac Efron. A 37-year-old gets the chance to correct the mistakes of his past when he is miraculously transformed into a teenager.(cc).....................
E! 7:00am.........................The Spy Who Dumped Me ★★ (’18, Action) Mila Kunis. Unexpectedly thrust into an international conspiracy, two best friends find themselves dodging deadly assassins and a suspicious British agent while hatching a plan to save the world. (cc).............................
BRV 7:00 am . . . Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ★★★★ (’37, Children’s) Voices of Adriana Caselotti. Animated. A wicked queen casts a spell upon a beautiful young girl in this Disney adaptation of the classic fairy tale. (cc) . . . . . . . .
FREE 7:30am............................... Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ★★★ (’18, Children’s) Voices of Shameik Moore. Animated. Bitten by a radioactive spider, teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into Spider-Man. He must now use his newfound skills to battle the evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other universes. (cc)
FX
7:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Best Years of Our Lives ★★★★ (’46 , Drama ) Fredric March. A disabled serviceman and two other veterans have difficulty adjusting to civilian life after World War II. (cc)TCM
8:00 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)..............
E! 9:00am..................Cars ★★★
(’06, Children’s) Voices of Owen Wilson. Animated. A rookie race car that only cares about winning learns what is really important in life after getting stranded