Miami Herald (Sunday)

THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

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SUNDAY

6:00am .......................... Life Begins ★★ (’32, Drama) Loretta Young. Expectant mothers in a nurse’s maternity ward include a nightclub singer and a murderer ........................ TCM 7:00 am The Blind Side ★★★ (’09, Drama) Sandra Bullock. A well-to-do white family takes in a homeless black teen and helps him realize his potential on and off the footballfi­eld.(cc) ................. FX 7:15am ................... PointBreak ★★★ (’91, Action) Patrick Swayze. An

FBI agent turns California surfer to nab bank robbers who wear rubber masks of four ex-presidents. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 7:30 am. . . The Boss ★★ (’16, Comedy) Melissa McCarthy. After her release from prison, a former CEO battles old enemies while trying to build a brownie empire with her ex-assistant. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . E! 7:30am ................................ Maytime ★★★ (’37, Musical) Jeanette MacDonald. An operatic soprano recalls how she married her teacher and tragically lost the baritone she loved. (cc)TCM

8:30am ............................... Spies in Disguise ★★★ (’19, Children’s) Voices of Will Smith. Animated. Lance is a super cool and charming spy, and Walter invents the super cool gadgets that Lance uses. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a wholenewwa­y.(cc) ............. FREE 9:35 am. Sisters ★★ (’15, Comedy) Amy Poehler. A recently divorced woman and her hotheaded sister throw a party that spirals out of control at their childhood home.(cc) ......................... E! 10:00am ........................ 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 10:00 am 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 10:00 am Don’t Bother to Knock ★★★

(’52, Drama) Richard Widmark. An airline pilot flirts with a hotel baby-sitter before realizing she is deranged. (cc) . . . . TCM 10:35 am . . . . 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)FREE

11:30am ...................... AStarIs Born ★★★★ (’37, Drama) Janet Gaynor. A matinee idol turns to alcohol when his wife’s acting career starts to take off and his own popularity begins to dwindle.

(cc) .............................. TCM NOON Swimming in Auschwitz ★★★ (’07, Documentar­y) Renee Firestone. Six female Holocaust survivors from the same concentrat­ion camp discuss their ordeal and how they were able to persevere in the face of almost-certain death. .

NOON Ocean’s 8 ★★ (’18, Comedy) Sandra Bullock. Debbie Ocean assembles an all-female team of thieves and specialist­s for a heist during the Met Gala, aiming for the $150 million worth of diamonds around the neck of world-famous actress DaphneKlug­er.(cc) .............. TNT NOON . . . Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion ★★ (’06, Comedy) Tyler Perry. A Southern matriarch deals with a host of personal and family issues while planning her clan’s upcoming reunion. (cc) ................................. VH1 NOON . . . The SpongeBob SquarePant­s Movie ★★★ (’04, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Animated. SpongeBob and Patrick head for Shell City to retrieve

King Neptune’s stolen crown and save the life of Mr. Krabs. (cc) . . . . . . . . . NICK 12:05 pm . . The Other Guys ★★★ (’10, Comedy) Will Ferrell. Two deskbound detectives get more than they bargain for when they take on a seemingly minor case that may turn out to be New York’s biggestcri­me.(cc) ................. E! 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . Spaceballs ★★ (’87, Comedy) Mel Brooks. President Skroob pits evil Dark Helmet against Lone Starr and the half-man, half-dog Barf .. . .

12:30 pm Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ★★ (’07, Science Fiction) Ioan Gruffudd. Reed, Susan, Johnny and Ben face an intergalac­tic messenger who has arrived to prepare Earth for destructio­n. (cc) ............................... FX 12:35 pm The Secret Life of Pets ★★★ (’16, Children’s) Voices of Louis C.K. Animated. A domesticat­ed terrier and his unruly canine pal encounter a rebellious bunny and his gang of abandoned pets. (cc) . ................................ FREE 1:00pm .................... JohnWick ★★★ (’14, Action) Keanu Reeves. New York City becomes the bullet-riddled playground of a former assassin as he hunts down the Russian mobsters who destroyed everything he held dear. (cc) ................................. AMC 1:30pm ............. ReadyPlaye­rOne ★★★ (’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) ................................. TBS 1:30 pm I Remember Mama ★★★★ (’48, Comedy-Drama) Irene Dunne. A writer recalls her Norwegian mother and family in circa-1900 San Francisco. (cc) . . TCM 1:45 pm . . 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)NICK

2:00 pm . . . . . . . Raiders of the Lost Ark ★★★★ (’81, Adventure) Harrison Ford. Globe-trotting archaeolog­ist Indiana Jones races the Nazis for possession of a legendary religious artifact. (cc) PARMT 2:15 pm Casino Royale ★★★ (’06, Action) Daniel Craig. Premiere. After receiving a license to kill, British agent James Bond enters a high-stakes poker game with

Le Chiffre, a man who finances terrorist groups.(cc) ...................... TNT 2:30pm .......................... Iron Man 2 ★★ (’10, Action) Robert Downey Jr. With the world now aware that he is Iron Man, billionair­e inventor Tony Stark must forge new alliances and confront a powerful new enemy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . FX 2:35pm ................................ Step Brothers ★★ (’08, Comedy) Will Ferrell. Two lazy, immature men become rivals when the marriage of one’s mother and the other’s father forces them to live as siblings in the same house. (cc) . . E! 2:40 pm Pocahontas ★★ (’95, Children’s) Voices of Irene Bedard. Animated. Based on a story of John Smith, a Powhatan Indian stops a war between her tribe and the British by intercedin­g with the chief, herfather.(cc) .................. FREE 3:00pm ................. Friday ★★★

(’95, Comedy) Ice Cube. A South Central Los Angeles resident hangs out on his front porch with a pal who owes money toadrugdea­ler.(cc) ............. BET 3:15 pm . . . John Wick: Chapter 2 ★★★

(’17, Action) Keanu Reeves. Premiere. Legendary hit man John Wick comes out of retirement when a former associate plots to seize control of an internatio­nal assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, Wick travels to Rome to square off against the world’s deadliest killers.(cc) ....................... AMC 3:45 pm . . . . . . . . The Croods: A New Age ★★★ (’20, Children’s) Voices of Nicolas Cage. Animated. Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistori­c Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise. Unfortunat­ely, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans — an advanced clan that’s a few steps above the Croods on the evolutiona­ry ladder. (cc) . NICK 4:00 pm . . Abe Lincoln in Illinois ★★★

(’40, Biography) Raymond Massey. Over the space of 30 years, young Abraham Lincoln goes from storekeepe­r to backwoods lawyer to suitor to president of the United States. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 4:30pm ............................... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ★★★ (’84, Adventure) Harrison Ford. In 1935 archaeolog­ist Jones, a lounge singer and a Chinese orphan search for mystical stones stolen from an Indian tribe. (cc) ............................... PARMT 4:30 pm Jurassic World ★★ (’15, Adventure) Chris Pratt. An ex-military man and animal expert must use his special skills to save tourists at the Jurassic World island resort from rampaging, geneticall­y engineered dinosaurs, including the vicious and intelligen­t Indominus rex. (cc) ................................. TBS 4:35 pm. . Mulan ★★★ (’98, Children’s) Voices of Ming-Na Wen. Animated. A Chinese maiden disguises herself as a man to take her father’s place in battle against invading Huns. (cc) . . . . . . FREE 4:40 pm . Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ★★ (’06, Comedy) Will Ferrell. NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby faces his greatest challenge ever when French Formula One driver Jean Girard roars ontothesce­ne.(cc) ................ E! 5:00 pm . Iron Man 3 ★★★ (’13, Action)

Robert Downey Jr. After a malevolent

romancing to make the Big Easy blush. (cc) ............................... FX 8:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . The Bourne Legacy ★★★ (’12, Action) Jeremy Renner. The actions of Jason Bourne spell the possible end of secret intelligen­ce programs, so a specially enhanced operative goes on the run with a research scientist when it appears that their lives will become forfeit.(cc) .................... PARMT 8:00pm ................ IWanttoLiv­e! ★★★ (’58, Biography) Susan Hayward. Convicted of murder, drug-addicted shill and prostitute Barbara Graham lands on deathrow.(cc) ................... TCM 8:30 pm 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) ............... FREE 9:30 pm . . . Vice ★★★ (’18, Biography) Christian Bale. Premiere. Gov. George W. Bush of Texas picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburto­n Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidenti­al election. When Bush becomes victorious, Cheney uses his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world. (cc) ................................. AMC 10:00 pm . Furious 7 ★★★ (’15, Action) Vin Diesel. A smooth-talking government agent offers to help Dominic Toretto and his gang eliminate a dangerous enemy in exchange for their help in rescuing a kidnapped computer hacker. (cc) SYFY 10:00pm ..............................

A Knight’s Tale (’01, falls in love with a kind young black man. (cc) .............................. TCM 9:30am ................ AtomicBlon­de ★★★ (’17, Action) Charlize Theron. With the Berlin Wall about to fall, an elite MI6 spy travels into the heart of the city to retrieve a priceless dossier and take down a ruthless espionage ring. (cc) . . . . . . . FX 10:00 am XXX ★★ (’02, Action) Vin Diesel. A government agent recruits an athlete to stop an anarchist from using biological and chemical weapons. (cc) . . SYFY 10:45 am Passengers ★★ (’16, Science Fiction) Jennifer Lawrence. Awakened from their hibernatio­n pods 90 years early, two space travelers enjoy the pleasures of a budding romance until they discover that their ship is in imminent danger. (cc) ................................. AMC 11:00am ......................... Just Go With It ★★ (’11, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A plastic surgeon enlists the aid of his assistant and her children to help him win the heart of a beautiful woman.(cc) ....................... E! 11:15 am . . . . . . . A Summer Place ★★★

(’59, Drama) Richard Egan. A man and a woman’s Maine-coast adultery parallels his teenage daughter’s romance with her son.(cc) ......................... TCM NOON .................. Spectre ★★★

(’15, Action) Daniel Craig. As James Bond ventures toward the heart of the sinister organizati­on SPECTRE, he discovers a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . FX 12:30pm ........................ 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)FREE

12:45pm .................... XXX:State of the Union ★★ (’05, Action) Ice Cube. In Washington, D.C., the new XXX agent must eliminate a threat to the president from within the U.S. government. (cc). ................................ SYFY 1:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 First Dates ★★

(’04, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A veterinari­an tries to make a woman who has short-term memory loss fall in lovewithhi­m.(cc) ................. E! 1:30pm ............. Vice ★★★ (’18, Biography) Christian Bale. Gov. George W. Bush of Texas picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburto­n Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidenti­al election. When Bush becomes victorious, Cheney uses his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world. (cc) ................................. AMC 2:00pm ....................... Detective Pikachu ★★ (’19, Children’s) Voice of Ryan Reynolds. Live action/animated. A young man joins forces with Detective Pikachu to unravel the mystery behind his father’s disappeara­nce. Chasing clues through the streets of Ryme City, the dynamic duo soon discover a devious plot that poses a threat to the Pokémon universe.(cc) .................... TNT 3:00 pm Assassin’s Creed ★★ (’16, Action) Michael Fassbender. A descendant of the mysterious secret society known as the Assassins uses his newfound knowledge and physical skills to battle the powerhungr­y Templar Order. (cc) . . . . . . . . FX

★★ Science Fiction) Dylan O’Brien. Thomas and his fellow teenage Gladers battle the powerful organizati­on WCKD while facing the perils of the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with the virusinfec­ted Cranks. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . .

Comedy) Marion Davies. Silent. A Southern girl comes to Hollywood, falls for a slapstick comic and becomes a star . . . . . . . . TCM

WEDNESDAY

6:00 am . The Fearless Vampire Killers ★★★ (’67, Comedy) Jack MacGowran. A professor and his helper crash a vampire ball at the castle of Count Von Krolock. (cc) .............................. TCM 7:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cliffhange­r ★★★

(’93, Action) Sylvester Stallone. Villains force two Colorado climbers to find three suitcases containing $100 million lost in theRockies.(cc) .................. FX 8:00 am . . . . . . . . Doctor Zhivago ★★★

(’65, Romance) Omar Sharif. The Russian Revolution forms the backdrop for this tale of a sensitive Russian physician who is torn between his loyal, long-suffering wife and the great love of his life. (cc)TCM 9:00 am A Bronx Tale ★★★ (’93, Drama) Robert De Niro. The son of an honest bus driver looks up to a local mob boss amid racial tension in 1960s New York. (cc)AMC

9:30am ................ Spectre ★★★

(’15, Action) Daniel Craig. As James Bond ventures toward the heart of the sinister organizati­on SPECTRE, he discovers a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . FX 10:00am .............................. 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 11:00am .............................. Scarface ★★★ (’83, Crime Drama) Al Pacino. A Cuban immigrant from Castro’s jails cuts a violent path of destructio­n on his way to the top of Miami’s drug trade. (cc) .............................. AMC 11:30am ............... AnnaKareni­na

★★ (’48, Drama) Vivien Leigh. Tolstoy’s

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