THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
must choose between Edward and Jacob amid a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire’s quest for revenge. (cc)............................... E! 7:00pm.............TylerPerry’sthe Family That Preys ★★ (’08, Drama) Kathy Bates. Secrets and scandals test the friendship of a wealthy socialite and a working-class woman, upsetting both theirfamilies.(cc)............... VH1 7:30 pm. . . . . . Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★ (’14, Science Fiction) Chris Pratt. A space adventurer becomes the quarry of bounty hunters after he steals an orb coveted by a treacherous villain, but after he discovers the orb’s true power, he must find a way to unite four ragtag rivals to save the universe. (cc) . . . . FX 8:00 pm . Star Trek Beyond ★★★ (’16,
Science Fiction) Chris Pine. Left stranded after an attack in space, Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew must battle a deadly alien race while trying to find a way off their hostile planet. (cc) . . . . . . .PARMT 8:00pm.......................Aliens ★★★★ (’86, Science Fiction) Sigourney Weaver. On planet LV-426, Ripley and a dwindling number of Marines battle an almost-unstoppable army of monstrous predators which wiped out an entire colony of humans, save for one little girl. (cc)............................ SYFY 8:00 pm . . . . . . . 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)................. AMC 8:00 pm . . . . . . The Toll of the Sea ★★ (’22, Romance) Anna May Wong. Silent. An American seaman marries a Chinese girl, then deserts her. . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:00pm.............................. Drumline ★★★ (’02, Comedy-Drama) Nick Cannon. A young man from Harlem joins a Southern university’s marching band but antagonizes the musical director and its leader. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . BET 9:00 pm . . . . . . Open Season ★★ (’06,
Children’s) Voices of Martin Lawrence. Animated. Stranded in the wilderness, a mule deer and a domesticated bear try to make their way back to the safety of a town preserve before a hunter catches them.(cc)...................... NICK
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6:00 am 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 6:15am............................... Sabotage ★★★ (’36, Suspense) Sylvia Sidney. A London housewife learns that her husband is helping a secret group planting bombs in public places. (cc)TCM 7:45 am The Squeaker ★★ (’37, Mystery) Edmund Lowe. An out-of-favor Scotland Yard inspector hunts a killer diamond fence, the Squeaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 8:30am..................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 9:00 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 9:15am............................... I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. ★★
(’51, Docudrama) Frank Lovejoy. The true story of a federal agent who posed as a communist to gather information on subversives. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:30 am 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) . . . . . BRV 10:00am................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 11:00 am. . . . . . . . . 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
11:00 am Ice Age: Collision Course ★★
(’16, Children’s) Voices of Ray Romano. Animated. Manny, Sid, Diego and the rest of the herd must leave home after Scrat’s adventure in outer space sends an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. (cc)
FREE 11:15am....................QPlanes ★★ (’39, Suspense) Laurence Olivier. An eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is droppingplanes................. TCM 11:30 am 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)AMC
12:30 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . Harry Potter and 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) . . . . . . . . BRV 12:30pm.............................. 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 12:45pm.................... Violence ★★ (’47, Mystery) Nancy Coleman. An undercover journalist suffers amnesia while trying to expose members of a pressure group who advocate violence. (cc)............................. TCM 1:00 pm . . . . The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ★★ (’10, Romance) Kristen Stewart. Bella must choose between Edward and Jacob amid a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire’s quest for revenge.(cc)...................... E! 1:00pm......................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 2:00pm.............................. Springfield Rifle ★★ (’52, Western) Gary Cooper. A Union major with a wife and son goes undercover as a traitor to stop a Confederate raider. (cc) . . . TCM 2:30pm................DraftDay ★★
(’14, Drama) Kevin Costner. On the day of the NFL Draft, the general manager of the Cleveland Browns must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice as he angles for the number-one pick. (cc) . . . . . . . AMC 3:00pm..........................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 3:00pm.............................. X-Men: Dark Phoenix ★★ (’19, Action) James McAvoy. During a rescue mission, Jean Grey is hit by a cosmic force that makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now unite to save her soul and battle aliens that want to utilize Grey’s mysterious newabilities.(cc)................. FX 3:00pm.......................Aliens ★★★★ (’86, Science Fiction) Sigourney Weaver. On planet LV-426, Ripley and a dwindling number of Marines battle an almost-unstoppable army of monstrous predators which wiped out an entire colony of humans, save for one little girl. (cc)............................ SYFY 3:00 pm Batman Begins ★★★ (’05, Action) Christian Bale. Following the death of his parents, young heir Bruce Wayne becomes a masked avenger who fights the forces of evil in Gotham City. (cc)TNT
3:00pm ............. TylerPerry’sthe Family That Preys ★★ (’08, Drama) Kathy Bates. Secrets and scandals test the friendship of a wealthy socialite and a working-class woman, upsetting both theirfamilies.(cc)............... VH1 3:00pm ...............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 3:45pm..............TheDoubleMan ★★★ (’67, Suspense) Yul Brynner. A CIA agent is lured to the Alps and replaced in Washington by a look-alike Soviet spy. (cc)............................. TCM 4:00 pm . . Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ★★★ (’07, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. When a new professor’s bureaucratic methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches a dedicated group of students how to defend against the dark arts.(cc)........................ BRV 4:00pm.............................. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 ★★ (’11, Romance) Kristen Stewart. A chain of events, set off by Edward and Bella’s marriage, honeymoon and birth of a child, yields a shocking developmentforJacob.(cc)............... E! 5:00 pm . . . . . . . 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)................. AMC 5:30 pm . . . . . Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★ (’14, Science Fiction) Chris Pratt. A space adventurer becomes the quarry of bounty hunters after he steals an orb coveted by a treacherous villain, but after he discovers the orb’s true power, he must find a way to unite four ragtag rivals to save the universe. (cc) . . . . FX 5:45 pm . . The Sea Wolves ★★ (’80, Action) Gregory Peck. World War II British agents send retired Calcutta cavalrymen to sink three German ships off the coast ofGoa.(cc)..................... TCM 6:00pm.............................. Drumline ★★★ (’02, Comedy-Drama) Nick Cannon. A young man from Harlem joins a Southern university’s marching band but antagonizes the musical director and its leader. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . BET 6:00pm.............................. Apollo 13 ★★★ (’95, Historical Drama) Tom Hanks. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert try to return to Earth after an explosion aborts the April 1970 moonshot. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 6:30pm.............................. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 ★★ (’12, Romance) Kristen Stewart. Bella and Edward gather werewolves, vampires and other allies to help them protect their daughter from the Volturi. (cc)............................... E! 7:00pm................HarryPotter and the Half-Blood Prince ★★★ (’09, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort, while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds, and tragedy looms on the horizon.(cc)........................ BRV 8:00 pm . Deadpool ★★★ (’16, Action) Ryan Reynolds. Armed with accelerated healing powers and a twisted sense of humor, mercenary Wade Wilson adopts the alter ego Deadpool and hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life. (cc).............................. FX 8:00pm......................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
8:00pm........................Rush Hour ★★★ (’98, Action) Jackie Chan. Premiere. A Hong Kong detective and a wisecracking L.A.P.D. detective choose to work together to find the missing daughter of a Chinese diplomat. (cc)AMC
8:00pm......................... The Hindenburg ★★ (’75, Drama) George C. Scott. A German security officer finds a bomb on the zeppelin as it prepares to dock at Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937. (cc)............................. TCM 8:30pm ............ LoveDon’tCosta Thing ★★ (’03, Romance-Comedy) Nick Cannon. To improve his reputation, an unpopular teenager hires a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend. (cc) . . . . . VH1 9:00pm................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
SATURDAY
6:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry Potter and 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) . . . . . . . . BRV 6:00am......................Second Act ★★ (’18, Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez. After losing a promotion to a college-educated candidate, a frustrated assistant manager sets out to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts — and it’s never too late for a second act. (cc) E! 6:00 am . . Sea Devils ★★ (’37, Action) Victor McLaglen. A Coast Guard mate wants his daughter to marry a crewman, but not the one she wants to. (cc) TCM 6:30 am . . . The Wedding Planner ★★
(’01, Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez. A lonely organizer falls for an engaged pediatrician while coordinating his wedding and reception. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . E! 6:31 am . Seabiscuit ★★★ (’03, Drama) Tobey Maguire. A jockey, an automobile magnate and a trainer lead a racehorse to glory during the Great Depression. (cc)............................. AMC 7:00am...........ThePunisher ★★
(’04, Action) Thomas Jane. An FBI agent becomes a gun-toting vigilante after a crooked businessman orders hit men to murder his family. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 7:00 am Ice Age: Collision Course ★★
(’16, Children’s) Voices of Ray Romano. Animated. Manny, Sid, Diego and the rest of the herd must leave home after Scrat’s adventure in outer space sends an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. (cc)
FREE 8:30am.......................Second Act ★★ (’18, Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez. After losing a promotion to a college-educated candidate, a frustrated assistant manager sets out to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts — and it’s never too late for a second act. (cc) E! 8:30am......................Life ★★
(’17, Science Fiction) Jake Gyllenhaal. Terror strikes when astronauts aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life-form from Mars that threatens Earth. (cc) . . . . . . . SYFY 9:05 am Cars 2 ★★ (’11, Children’s) Voices of Owen Wilson. Animated. Mater takes a detour into international espionage when he and Lightning McQueen head overseas for the World Grand Prix. (cc)
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9:30 am . . Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ★★★ (’07, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. When a new professor’s bureaucratic methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches a dedicated group of students how to defend against the dark arts.(cc)........................ BRV 10:51am................ Shaunofthe Dead ★★★ (’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 11:00 am. . . The Wedding Planner ★★
(’01, Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez. A lonely organizer falls for an engaged pediatrician while coordinating his wedding and reception. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . E! 11:00 am. . . . . . . . . The Accountant ★★
(’16, Suspense) Ben Affleck. A Treasury agent closes in on a brilliant freelance accountant who works for dangerous criminal organizations. (cc) . . . . . . TNT 11:30am.............................. X-Men: Dark Phoenix ★★ (’19, Action) James McAvoy. During a rescue mission, Jean Grey is hit by a cosmic force that makes her infinitely more powerful, but