THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

5:00pm ................ TheAmazing Spider-Man ★★★ (’12, Action) Andrew Garfield. Peter Parker’s quest to solve his parents’ disappearance puts him on a collision course with a scientist’s deadly alter ego, the Lizard. (cc) ......................... TOON

5:30 pm . . . . . . . The Wedding Singer ★★★ (’98, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A spirited entertainer and a waitress with a boorish fiance work at the same weddings. (cc) . . . . . . . MTV

5:45 pm Days of Wine and Roses ★★★

(’62, Drama) Jack Lemmon. A boozing PR man’s wife joins him in drinking but not in Alcoholics Anonymous. (cc)

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6:00pm ................. TheNutty Professor ★★★ (’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

6:00pm ........... RomeoMustDie ★★ (’00, Action) Jet Li. While seeking vengeance for his brother’s murder, a former Hong Kong policeman falls for his foe’s daughter. (cc) . . . . . . . . . VH1

6:30pm ........................... Wanted ★★★ (’08, Action) James McAvoy. After his estranged father is murdered, an office drone joins secret assassins who take their orders from Fateitself.(cc) ................ SYFY

7:00pm ........................... The Longest Yard ★★ (’05, Comedy) Adam Sandler. At a Texas penitentiary, jailed NFL veterans train their fellow inmates for a football game against theguards.(cc) ............. PARMT 7:30 pm Thor: The Dark World ★★ (’13, Action) Chris Hemsworth. Thor forms an alliance with treacherous Loki to save Earth and the Nine Realms from an ancient enemy that predates the universe itself. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

8:00pm ......... TheCroods ★★★

(’13, Children’s) Voices of Nicolas Cage. Animated. A caveman catches the eye of a less-evolved female, as she and her family seek a new home. (cc)NICK

8:00pm ........................... Sixteen Candles ★★ (’84, Comedy) Molly Ringwald. A girl turning 16 likes another girl’s guy and feels nobody cares about her birthday. (cc) . .AMC

8:00pm ..................... ToKill a Mockingbird ★★★★ (’62, Drama) Gregory Peck. A widowed lawyer with two bright children defends a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama. (cc). . TCM

8:30pm .............. CoachCarter ★★★ (’05, Drama) Samuel L. Jackson. A high-school basketball coach turns a losing team around, then faces criticism for pushing the athletes to put gradesfirst.(cc) ............... VH1

9:00pm ........................... Nutty Professor II: The Klumps ★★

(’00, Comedy) Eddie Murphy. In an attempt to remove Buddy Love from his subconscious, professor Klump accidentally creates him as a separate person.(cc) ................... BET

9:00 pm xXx: Return of Xander Cage ★★ (’17, Action) Vin Diesel. Daredevil operative Xander Cage springs into action when four dangerous criminals steal Pandora’s Box, a device that controls every military satellite in the world.(cc) ................... SYFY

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Old School ★★ (’03, Comedy) Luke

Wilson. Three friends try to recapture the fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus fraternity. (cc) ........................ PARMT 10:00pm ...................... Fast Times at Ridgemont High ★★★

(’82, Comedy) Sean Penn. The teen scene includes a party-animal surfer, a pregnant girl and a fast-food worker. (cc) ........................... AMC

6:30 am Give a Girl a Break ★★ (’53, Musical Comedy) Gower Champion. When a temperamental star walks out on a new play, a Broadway producer is forced to find a replacement. (cc)TCM

8:00am ............ ItStartedWith a Kiss ★★ (’59, Comedy) Glenn Ford. An Air Force sergeant and his bride try abstinence and tour Spain in a Lincoln Futura won in a raffle. (cc) . . . . . TCM

8:30am ............. WhyHim? ★★

(’16, Comedy) James Franco. An overprotective businessman panics after learning that his daughter’s wealthy but socially awkward boyfriend plans to ask for her hand in marriage. (cc)

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9:00am ...................... Pearl Harbor ★★ (’01, War) Ben Affleck. Two pilots and lifelong friends fall for the same woman, but must put aside their differences when the Japanese attack their naval base on Dec. 7, 1941. (cc) ........................... BRV

9:00am ................... Jackass: The Movie ★★ (’02, Comedy) Johnny Knoxville. Nitwits perform outrageous stunts and pull practical jokes on an unsuspecting public. (cc) . . . . . . MTV

10:00 am The Unsinkable Molly Brown ★★★ (’64, Musical Comedy) Debbie Reynolds. A young woman tries to enter 1890s Denver society but goes to Europe after her husband strikes gold. (cc) ........................... TCM 11:00 am Good Boys ★★ (’19, Comedy) Jacob Tremblay. Hoping to learn how to kiss, 12-year-old Max decides to use his father’s drone to spy on the teenage girls next door. When Max loses the drone, he skips school with his two best friends and hatches a plan to get it back before his dad finds out. (cc) ............................ FX

11:00 am . . . . . . Jackass: Number Two ★★ (’06, Comedy) Johnny Knoxville. Daredevils go for the gross-out when they subject an unsuspecting public to more outrageous stunts and practicaljokes.(cc) .................. MTV

11:45 am National Lampoon’s Vacation ★★ (’83, Comedy) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds and family head by station wagon for the California fun park WalleyWorld.(cc) ................. AMC

NOON . . . . . . . . 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) . . BRV

12:15pm ................. Bundleof Joy ★★ (’56, Musical Comedy) Eddie Fisher. A salesgirl’s boss thinks his son fathered the baby that she found on a doorstep.(cc) ................. TCM 12:30pm ............ Priest ★★ (’11, Fantasy) Paul Bettany. A warrior priest from a dystopian wasteland sets aside his sacred vows and embarks on a quest to save his niece from a nest of vampires.(cc) ................ SYFY 1:00 pm Charlie’s Angels ★★★ (’00, Action) Cameron Diaz. Three private detectives try to rescue a kidnapped computer pro whose voice-ID software would threaten global security. (cc) ............................ FX 1:00 pm Jackass 3D ★★ (’10, Comedy) Johnny Knoxville. Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O and their fearless and foolhardy friends perform outrageous pranks and stunts, including Sweatsuit Cocktail and Beehive Tetherball.(cc) ................ MTV

1:45 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)

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2:15pm ................. TheMating Game ★★ (’59, Romance-Comedy) Debbie Reynolds. An Internal Revenue Service agent audits an evasive farmer and woos his elusive daughter. (cc)TCM

2:30 pm . . . . 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

3:00pm ........................ Die Hard ★★★ (’88, Action) Bruce Willis. A New York policeman outwits foreign thugs holding his wife and others in a Los Angeles high-rise. (cc) . . . . . BRV

3:00pm ........................... 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) ..................... E!

3:00 pm . . . . . . Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle ★★ (’03, Action) Cameron Diaz. Three private detectives work under cover to retrieve two rings that contain cryptic information. (cc) FX

3:00pm ........................... Jackass 3.5 ★★ (’11, Comedy) Johnny Knoxville. Johnny Knoxville and the rest of his friends perform outrageous stunts and pranks. (cc) . . . . . . . . . MTV 3:00pm ..... Tag ★★ (’18, Comedy) Ed Helms. Five highly competitive friends hit the ground running for their yearly, no-holds-barred game of tag — risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take one anotherdown.(cc) ............ TNT 3:00 pm Big Momma’s House ★★ (’00, Comedy) Martin Lawrence. To protect a woman and her son from a robber, a male FBI agent assumes the guise of a large grandmother. (cc) . . . . . . . . VH1

4:00 pm . . . National Lampoon’s European Vacation ★★ (’85, Comedy) Chevy Chase. The Chicago Griswolds win a grand tour and head for the Old World to soak up culture. (cc) . .AMC

4:00 pm Singin’ in the Rain ★★★★

(’52, Musical Comedy) Gene Kelly. A silent-film star loves a chorus girl who dubs his squeaky-voiced co-star in a 1927 Hollywood talkie. (cc) . . . . . TCM 5:00 pm Paul ★★ (’11, Comedy) Simon Pegg. On a pilgrimage to America’s UFO heartland, two British sci-fi geeks meet an extraterrestrial and hatch a plan to help him return to his spaceship.(cc) ..................... SYFY

5:00pm ........... NowYouSeeMe ★★ (’13, Comedy-Drama) Jesse Eisenberg. A federal agent and an Interpol detective play a cat-and-mouse game with cunning illusionists who rob corrupt business leaders during their performances, then funnel the money to members of the audience. (cc)TNT

5:00 pm . . . Shrek Forever After ★★

(’10, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers. Animated. After Rumpelstiltskin tricks him into making a pact, Shrek finds himself in an alternate version of Far Far Away, in which he and Fiona never met.(cc) .................... TOON 5:30 pm 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! 5:30 pm Thor: The Dark World ★★ (’13, Action) Chris Hemsworth. Thor forms an alliance with treacherous Loki to save Earth and the Nine Realms from an ancient enemy that predates the universe itself. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX

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Die Hard 2 ★★★ (’90, Action) Bruce Willis. The sequel’s police hero spots military terrorists while waiting for his wife at a Washington, D.C., airport. (cc)

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6:00 pm . . . . The Tender Trap ★★★

(’55, Comedy) Debbie Reynolds. An actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he hasitmade.(cc) ............... TCM

7:00pm ..................... Django Unchained ★★★ (’12, Western) Jamie Foxx. A former slave joins forces with the German bounty hunter who freed him and helps hunt down the South’s most-wanted criminals, all in the hope of finding his long-lost wife. (cc)PARMT

7:00pm .......... ShaunoftheDead ★★★ (’04, Comedy) Simon Pegg. An aimless TV salesman and his best pal must save their friends and family from the zombies that have overrun London. (cc) ............................ SYFY

7:15 pm Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★ (’14, Action) Colin Firth. A topsecret spy agency recruits an uncouth but promising street kid into its highly competitive training program, just as a twisted technological genius threatens theworld.(cc) ................... TNT

8:00pm ............................. Bad Boys for Life ★★ (’20, Action) Will Smith. Old-school, wisecracking cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett team up with a special new tactical squad to take down the vengeful head of a drug cartel.(cc) ....................... FX

8:00pm ................. GeminiMan ★★ (’19, Action) Will Smith. Premiere. Henry Brogan is an elite assassin who becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, he soon learns that the man who’s trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version ofhimself.(cc) .................. TBS

8:00 pm . . . . . . . . National Lampoon’s Vacation ★★ (’83, Comedy) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds and family head by station wagon for the California fun park Walley World. (cc) . . . . . . . . . AMC

8:00pm ............................. Girl Crazy ★★ (’43, Musical Comedy) Mickey Rooney. A publisher’s playboy son falls for the dean’s granddaughter at an all-male mining school. (cc) TCM

8:30 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) BRV 9:00 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 in Los Angeles. (cc) . . . . . . . SYFY

9:30pm ....................... 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)

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10:00 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 10:00 pm The Southerner ★★★★ (’45,

Drama) Zachary Scott. Poor white tenant farmers battle fierce odds to make a living on a Texas plot. (cc) . . . . . TCM

6:00 am . . The Trouble With Girls ★★

(’69, Comedy-Drama) Elvis Presley. The manager of a Chautauqua show tries to please a performer and solve a murder in1927Iowa.(cc) ............... TCM

7:00am ............................. Mirror Mirror ★★ (’12, Children’s) Julia Roberts. Saved from death by a band of diminutive highway robbers, an exiled princess vows to win back her kingdom from an evil queen. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FREE 8:00am ............... Paul ★★ (’11, Comedy) Simon Pegg. On a pilgrimage to America’s UFO heartland, two British sci-fi geeks meet an extraterrestrial and hatch a plan to help him return to his spaceship.(cc) ................. SYFY

9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Knives Out ★★★ (’19, Mystery) Daniel Craig. The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there’s one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure — everyone in the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family is asuspect.(cc) .................. BRV

10:00 am . . 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