THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

A cloaked figure terrorizes two siblings after they discover mutilated bodies in a country drainpipe. (cc) . . . . . . . . . SYFY 1:30pm............................... Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted ★★ (’12, Children’s) Voices of Ben Stiller. Animated. On the run from a French animal-control officer, Alex and friends hide out in a traveling circus, where they perform death-defying tricks and make some new friends. (cc). . . . . . . . . . FREE 1:30pm...............FlyingDownto Rio ★★★ (’33, Musical) Dolores del Río. A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer. The film features the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. (cc)TCM 1:42pm..........................Star Wars: The Last Jedi ★★★ (’17, Science Fiction) Mark Hamill. Luke Skywalker’s peaceful and solitary existence gets upended when he encounters Rey, a young woman who shows strong signs of the Force. Her desire to learn the ways of the Jedi forces Luke to make a decision that changes their lives forever. (cc)TBS 2:00 pm . X-Men: Apocalypse ★★ (’16,

Action) James McAvoy. Professor X and Raven lead a team of young X-Men to stop the immortal mutant Apocalypse from destroying mankind. (cc) . . . . FX 2:00pm.....................Jeepers Creepers 2 ★★ (’03, Horror) Ray Wise. A winged creature terrorizes basketball players, coaches and cheerleaders who have become stranded on a highway. (cc)............................ SYFY 2:00pm..................Unforgiven ★★★★ (’92, Western) Clint Eastwood. An old gunslinger, his ex-partner and a quick-draw kid go bounty hunting in a town called Big Whiskey. (cc). . . . . AMC 3:00 pm . Twilight ★★ (’08, Romance) Kristen Stewart. A high-school student is caught up in a romance with a vampire, whose family has renounced the drinkingofblood.(cc).................. E! 3:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ★★★★ (’64, Comedy) Peter Sellers. President Muffley and his advisers man the Pentagon war room, as planes with bombs head toward Moscow.(cc)........................ TCM 4:57 pm Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ★★ (’19, Science Fiction) Carrie Fisher. Finn and Poe lead the Resistance to put a stop to the First Order’s plans to form a new Empire, while Rey anticipates her inevitable confrontation with Kylo Ren. Warning: Some flashing-lights scenes in this film may affect photosensitive viewers.(cc)......................... TBS 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★★ (’14, Action) Chris Evans. Captain America, the Black Widow and a new ally, the Falcon, face an unexpected enemy as they struggle to expose a far-reaching conspiracy that puts the world at risk. (cc) . . . . . . . . FX 5:00 pm . . . . . . Tombstone ★★★ (’93,

Western) Kurt Russell. Doc Holliday joins Wyatt Earp and his brothers for an OK Corral showdown with the Clanton gang. (cc)............................. AMC 5:45 pm The Asphalt Jungle ★★★ (’50,

Crime Drama) Sterling Hayden. Recently released from prison, Dix Handley gathers a team of small-time crooks to steal a fortune in jewels. The heist is a success until a stray bullet kills one of the men, and the rest of the gang let greed get the best of them. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 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......................... 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). . E! 6:00 pm . . . . . . . Beetlejuice ★★★ (’88, Comedy) Michael Keaton. A ghoul helps a newly dead couple haunt the tasteless new owners of their beloved home. (cc)

SYFY 7:00pm........................Love & Basketball ★★★ (’00, Romance) Sanaa Lathan. From childhood to early adulthood, two friends fall in love while trying to establish basketball careers. (cc)............................. VH1 8:00 pm . . Bloodshot ★★ (’20, Action)

Vin Diesel. Killed in action, soldier Ray Garrison gets a new lease on life when the RST Corp. brings him back from the dead. But when the company decides to manipulate his mind and memories, Ray must embark on a mission to find out what’s real and what’s not. (cc) . . . . FX 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Top Gun ★★★ (’86, Action) Tom Cruise. A hot-shot Navy jet pilot tangles with MiGs and flirts with a civilian astrophysicist. (cc) . . . . .PARMT 8:00 pm . . . . . . . Beetlejuice ★★★ (’88, Comedy) Michael Keaton. A ghoul helps a newly dead couple haunt the tasteless new owners of their beloved home. (cc)

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8:00 pm . The Rock ★★★ (’96, Action) Sean Connery. A scientist and a British spy who once escaped from Alcatraz are sent to the former island prison to stop a disgruntled war hero from obliterating San Francisco with chemical warheads. (cc)............................. AMC 8:00 pm Light in the Piazza ★★★ (’62, Drama) Olivia de Havilland. An American allows her mentally impaired daughter to marry a rich young man in Florence. (cc)............................. TCM 9:30pm.............................. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ★★★ (’01, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. An orphan attends a school of witchcraft and wizardry and pieces together the mystery of his parents’ deaths. (cc)BRV 10:00 pm . . . . . . Beetlejuice ★★★ (’88, Comedy) Michael Keaton. A ghoul helps a newly dead couple haunt the tasteless new owners of their beloved home. (cc)

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10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ★★★ (’16, Science Fiction) Felicity Jones. Recruited by the Rebel Alliance, Jyn Erso joins forces with a spy and other resistance fighters to steal the Empire’s plans for the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, the Death Star. (cc)............................. TBS 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . Poetic Justice ★★

(’93, Romance-Comedy) Janet Jackson. A beauty-salon worker goes from South Central Los Angeles to Oakland in a mail truck with a guy she cannot stand. (cc)

VH1 10:00 pm Where the Boys Are ★★ (’60, Comedy) Dolores Hart. Angie, Melanie, Tuggle and Merritt take off to Florida for spring break, and find that the trip isn’t all fun and games. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . TCM

THURSDAY

6:00 am . . . The Girl From Mexico ★★

(’39, Comedy) Lupe Velez. An employee for a New York advertising firm is sent to Mexico to sign a provocative entertainer toaradiocontract............... TCM 6:20am........................Solo: A Star Wars Story ★★ (’18, Science Fiction) Alden Ehrenreich. Young Han Solo and his gang of smugglers devise a daring plan to steal coaxium from the planet Kessel. In need of a fast ship, Solo meets Lando Calrissian, the suave owner of the perfect vessel for the dangerous mission — the Millennium Falcon. (cc)

TBS 7:00am..............MortalEngines ★★ (’18, Science Fiction) Hera Hilmar. Hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event destroyed civilization, mysterious young Hester Shaw emerges as the only one who can stop the city of London — now a giant predator on wheels — from devouring everything in its path. (cc).

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7:15 am Serenade ★★ (’56, Musical) Mario Lanza. A vineyard worker becomes an opera singer in love with a socialite and aMexicangirl.(cc)............... TCM 8:00am................ IStillBelieve ★★ (’20, Biography) KJ Apa. The truelife story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss, which attempts to prove there is always hope.(cc)........................ FX 9:17 am Star Wars: The Phantom Menace ★★ (’99, Science Fiction) Liam Neeson. As an enemy threatens the peaceful Galactic Republic, 9-year-old Anakin Skywalker comes under the tutelage of young Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi master Qui-GonJinn.(cc)............... TBS 9:30 am Crocodile Dundee ★★★ (’86, Comedy) Paul Hogan. A rich reporter tours outback Australia with a crocodile hunter, then brings him to Manhattan. (cc)............................. AMC 9:53am............................... Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ★★ (’17, Science Fiction) Dane DeHaan. In the 28th century, two special operatives race against time to save the diverse city of Alpha from a dark force that also jeopardizes the future of the universe.(cc)................... SYFY 10:00am............................. Good Will Hunting ★★★ (’97, Drama) Matt Damon. A therapist, a mathematician and working-class roughs vie for the soul of a janitor with a genius IQ. (cc)

BRV 10:00am..................TheRobin Hood of El Dorado ★★ (’36, Western) Warner Baxter. Driven from his land by gold seekers, a Mexican farmer becomes a bandit boss sought by a posse. (cc)TCM

10:30am................Love,Simon ★★★ (’18, Romance-Comedy) Nick Robinson. Teenager Simon Spier hasn’t told his family or friends that he’s gay, and he doesn’t know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he’s fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying and life-changing. (cc).............................. FX 11:30 am . . Field of Dreams ★★★ (’89,

Fantasy) Kevin Costner. An inspired Iowa farmer builds a baseball field, then sees Shoeless Joe Jackson’s ghost and other marvels.(cc).................... AMC 11:30 am The Fugitive ★★★ (’47, Drama) Henry Fonda. An outlawed priest posing as a peasant is betrayed south of the border.(cc)..................... TCM NOON..............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) . . . . . . . . . E! 12:17 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Star Wars: Attack of the Clones ★★ (’02, Science Fiction) Ewan McGregor. Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, protect the former queen from political separatists.(cc)................. TBS 12:58 pm . . . . . . . Beetlejuice ★★★ (’88,

Comedy) Michael Keaton. A ghoul helps a newly dead couple haunt the tasteless new owners of their beloved home. (cc)

SYFY 1:00pm.............................. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ★★★ (’01, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. An orphan attends a school of witchcraft and wizardry and pieces together the mystery of his parents’ deaths. (cc)BRV

1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates ★★ (’16, Comedy) Zac Efron. Two hard-partying brothers bring two wild and uncontrollable women to their sister’s wedding in Hawaii. (cc)FX 1:30 pm Goosebumps ★★★ (’15, Fantasy) Jack Black. Author R.L. Stine, his young daughter and their new neighbor must save the day when the monsters from the Goosebumps books magically come tolife.(cc)..................... FREE 1:45 pm Fiesta ★★ (’47, Musical Comedy) Esther Williams. A Mexican girl poses as her bull-shy twin brother in the ring to please their matador father. (cc) . TCM 2:00pm.................. Moneyball ★★★ (’11, Drama) Brad Pitt. Faced with a tight budget, a baseball manager and his partner recruit bargain-bin players that scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential. (cc)AMC

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.........................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). . E! 3:00pm......................Stuber ★★ (’19, Comedy) Dave Bautista. After crashing his car, a cop who’s recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city’s seedy side.(cc)......................... FX 3:00pm.................Prometheus ★★ (’12, Science Fiction) Noomi Rapace. A clue to mankind’s origins leads a team of explorers to deep space, where they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. (cc) . . SYFY 3:00 pm Get Hard ★★ (’15, Comedy) Will Ferrell. The prison-bound manager of a hedge fund asks a black businessman — who has never been to jail — to prepare him for life behind bars. (cc) . . . . . TNT 3:23 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith ★★★ (’05, Science Fiction) Ewan McGregor. Seduced by the dark side, Anakin Skywalker turns against his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi and becomes DarthVader.(cc)................ TBS 3:45 pm . . The Treasure of Pancho Villa ★★ (’55, Western) Rory Calhoun. A U.S. mercenary and a Mexican rebel steal a shipment of gold for the revolution. (cc)

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4:00pm........................ Love & Basketball ★★★ (’00, Romance) Sanaa Lathan. From childhood to early adulthood, two friends fall in love while trying to establish basketball careers. (cc)............................. VH1 4:00pm......................IceAge ★★★ (’02, Children’s) Voices of Ray Romano. Animated. A woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger and a sloth find a human baby and try to reunite him with histribe.(cc)................... FREE 4:30 pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ★★★ (’02, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. The young wizard and his best friends investigate a dark force that is terrorizing their school, Hogwarts. (cc)

BRV 5:00pm........................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 5:00pm..................RideAlong 2 ★★ (’16, Comedy) Ice Cube. Premiere. Lawmen James Payton and Ben Barber pursue a violent drug lord in Miami. (cc)

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5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Despicable Me 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 5:00 pm . The Rock ★★★ (’96, Action) Sean Connery. A scientist and a British spy who once escaped from Alcatraz are sent to the former island prison to stop a disgruntled war hero from obliterating San Francisco with chemical warheads. (cc)............................. AMC 5:30pm.............................. Alien ★★★★ (’79, Science Fiction) Tom Skerritt. Crewmembers aboard an interstellar freighter encounter a merciless monster that crawls around their ship’s dark corridors and service ducts as it kills them one by one. (cc) . . . . . . SYFY 5:30 pm Juarez ★★★ (’39, Biography) Paul Muni. President Benito Pablo Juarez rids Mexico of Napoleon III’s puppets, Emperor Maximilian and wife. (cc)TCM

6:00pm..........................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)................ BET 6:00 pm The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ★★

(’10, Romance) Kristen Stewart. Bella