The best movies on TV this week

GOOD LUCK CHUCK Dane Cook. A cursed dentist cannot find true love. OXY (1:39) MANDY Phyllis Calvert. A mother agonizes over sending her deaf daughter to school. TCM (1:33) 3 STRIKES Brian Hooks. An innocent ex-con becomes the quarry in a police manhunt. TMC (1:22) 10:15 P.M. HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION Jamie Lee Curtis. Collegians spend the night in Michael Myers’ childhood home. AMC (1:29) REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA Anthony Stewart Head. A biotech company owns the rights to people’s organs. IFC (1:38) 11:00 P.M. INTO THE ABYSS ID (See 8 p.m.) THE ADONIS FACTOR Homosexual men pursue physical perfection. LOGO (1:10) AN UNFINISHED LIFE Robert Redford. A rancher shelters his abused daughter-in-law. STARZ (1:47) 11:30 P.M. THE MIGHTY QUINN Denzel Washington. A Caribbean police chief’s boyhood friend may be a murderer. ENC (1:38) THE INHERITANCE Keith David. Cousins attend a family reunion to earn part of a fortune. TMC (1:30) 12:00 A.M. THE SITTER Jonah Hill. A ne’er-do-well watches a brood of rambunctious children. HBO (1:21) A VERY BRADY SEQUEL LOGO (See Sun. 10 p.m.) OF MICE AND MEN Burgess Meredith. A migrant worker protects his strong, simple-minded friend. TCM (1:47)

WEDNESDAY

7:00 P.M. SCOOBY-DOO Freddie Prinze Jr. Scooby and the gang hunt spooks at a haunted resort. FAM (1:26) I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE Chris Rock. A free-spirited woman makes a man question the state of his marriage. OXY (1:34) GRIDIRON GANG The Rock. A counselor turns juvenile criminals into football players. SPIKE (2:00) 7:30 P.M. TWILIGHT Kristen Stewart. A teen is caught up in a romance with a vampire. FX (2:01) MERMAIDS LOGO (See Sun. 7:30 p.m.) 8:00 P.M. THE PIXAR STORY The history of Pixar Animation Studios. CNBC (1:27) THE JACKAL Bruce Willis. An imprisoned Irishman accepts an offer to nab an assassin. ENC (2:04) SWIMFAN Jesse Bradford. A teen comes to regret his tryst with a classmate. LMN (1:24) QUILLS Geoffrey Rush. A doctor uses severe methods to quiet the Marquis de Sade. SUND (2:03) THE RAVEN Vincent Price. Two wizards join forces to defeat a power-craving rival. TCM (1:26) 8:30 P.M. MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS IS IT Michael Jackson. Jackson prepares for the “This Is It” concerts. BET (1:51) WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE: THE MOVIE Selena Gomez. A young wizard conjures a spell that imperils her family. DISN (1:38) THE GIRL Toby Jones. Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock obsesses over actress Tippi Hedren. HBO (1:31) 9:00 P.M. SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED Freddie Prinze Jr. The gang investigates a group of ghouls. FAM (1:33) ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY Will Ferrell. A 1970s newsman feels threatened by a female colleague. MAX (1:38) THE MUPPETS Jason Segel. A greedy oilman wants to raze Muppet Studios. STARZ (1:38) 9:30 P.M. COMIC BOOK VILLAINS Donal Logue. Rival comicbook merchants wage war over a rare collection. TMC (1:33) 9:45 P.M. MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE Bela Lugosi. A hypnotist kidnaps women for experiments. TCM (1:15) 10:00 P.M. HALLOWEEN AMC (See Mon. 8 p.m.) WRONG TURN Desmond Harrington. Inbred cannibals terrorize six stranded motorists. LMN (1:24) GRIDIRON GANG SPIKE (See 7 p.m.) 10:10 P.M. MEN IN BLACK Tommy Lee Jones. Secret agents monitor extraterrestrial activity on Earth. ENC (1:38) 10:15 P.M. PUNISHER: WAR ZONE Ray Stevenson. A disfigured mobster seeks revenge against Frank Castle. IFC (1:47) QUILLS SUND (See 8 p.m.) 10:40 P.M. UNDERWORLD Kate Beckinsale. A vampire protects a medical student from werewolves. MAX (2:01) 10:50 P.M. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Elijah Wood. Humans and others unite to battle Sauron and his army. STARZ (3:20) 11:00 P.M. THE BLACK CAT Boris Karloff. Stranded newlyweds encounter a macabre battle of wills. TCM (1:05) 11:50 P.M. COLD CREEK MANOR Dennis Quaid. An ex-con plagues a family in their new mansion. ENC (1:59) 12:00 A.M. THE PIXAR STORY CNBC (See 8 p.m.) SWIMFAN LMN (See 8 p.m.)

THURSDAY

7:00 P.M. THE ADDAMS FAMILY Anjelica Huston. Gomez’s long-lost brother, Uncle Fester, returns. FAM (1:42) BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Martin Lawrence. Malcolm and his stepson go under cover at a girls school. HBO (1:48) A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD Robert Englund. Freddy the slasher returns in the dreams of a woman’s unborn child. SYFY (1:30) 7:30 P.M. I AM NUMBER FOUR SHO (See Mon. midnight) 7:45 P.M. BRIDESMAIDS Kristen Wiig. A maid of honor’s life unravels as the big day approaches. MAX (2:12) 8:00 P.M. FROM DUSK TILL DAWN Harvey Keitel. Fugitive brothers encounter vampires south of the border. AMC (1:47) E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL Henry Thomas. A boy befriends a homesick alien. ENC (1:55) THE BEACH Leonardo DiCaprio. An aimless traveler journeys to a secret island utopia. IFC (2:00) MURDER IN GREENWICH Christopher Meloni. Based on Mark Fuhrman’s book about the Martha Moxley murder. LMN (1:36) BRIDE OF CHUCKY Jennifer Tilly. An evil doll and its mate seek human form. LOGO (1:29) SIDEWAYS Paul Giamatti. Two friends ponder their lives during a road trip. SUND (2:06) ALL THE KING’S MEN Broderick Crawford. A Southern governor inaugurates a corrupt administration. TCM (1:49) PAPER SOLDIERS Kevin Hart. bumbling thieves mentor an inept upstart. TMC (1:28) 8:30 P.M. THE LITTLE VAMPIRE Jonathan Lipnicki. Misunderstood vampires long to become human. DISN (1:37) 9:00 P.M. ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES Anjelica Huston. A nanny plots to marry and murder Uncle Fester. FAM (1:33) LIFE AS WE KNOW IT Katherine Heigl. Antagonists must work together to raise their goddaughter. HBO (1:53) THE MIST Thomas Jane. A deadly fog engulfs terrified townspeople. SYFY (2:05) ROMEO MUST DIE Jet Li. Asian and black gangsters vie for prime property. VH1 (1:55) 9:30 P.M. APOLLO 18 Lloyd Owen. Footage from a moon mission reveals a terrifying incident. SHO (1:26) WISE GIRLS Mira Sorvino. A woman takes a job in a mobowned restaurant. TMC (1:36) 9:40 P.M. OPEN RANGE STARZ (See Sun. 9 p.m.) 10:00 P.M. THE HUNT FOR THE I-5 KILLER John Corbett. A detective hunts for a murderer who cruises the highway. LMN (1:30) DIE HARD 2 Bruce Willis. Police hero spots military terrorists at D.C. airport. MAX (2:04) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT Claudette Colbert. A newspaperman shields a runaway heiress from her father. TCM (1:45) 10:15 P.M. AN AMERICAN HAUNTING Donald Sutherland. Supernatural forces plague a family in 1817 Tennessee. SUND (1:30) 10:30 P.M. REINDEER GAMES Ben Affleck. An ex-convict is involved in a scheme to rob a casino. IFC (2:04) 11:35 P.M. FINAL DESTINATION 2 Ali Larter. Grisly fates await the survivors of a highway calamity. ENC (1:30) 12:00 A.M. PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE Paul Williams. A disfigured composer’s rock cantata of “Faust” is stolen. SUND (1:32) MY FAIR LADY Audrey Hepburn. Prof. Henry Higgins bets he can refine cockney Eliza Doolittle. TCM (2:50)

FRIDAY

7:00 P.M. PRACTICAL MAGIC FAM (See Mon. 9:01 p.m.) MONSTER HIGH: GHOULS RULE Animated. Ghouls celebrate their individuality on Halloween night. NICK (1:30) 7:25 P.M. BIO-DOME Pauly Shore. Slack-brained buddies crash a scientific experiment. SHO (1:35) 7:30 P.M. THE SOCIAL NETWORK FX (See Sun. 8 p.m.) 7:50 P.M. THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS Keanu Reeves. Neo, Morpheus and Trinity battle vicious machines. MAX (2:10) 8:00 P.M. JEEPERS CREEPERS Gina Philips. A flesh-eating entity pursues sibling college students. AMC (1:29) 30 MINUTES OR LESS Jesse Eisenberg. Aspiring crooks force a pizza-delivery guy to rob a bank. ENC (1:23) FULL METAL JACKET Matthew Modine. Stanley Kubrick’s harrowing portrait of the Vietnam War. IFC (1:56) SHADOW OF FEAR Amanda Righetti. A man stalks a former co-worker. LMN (1:30) STEALING BEAUTY Liv Tyler. An American teen inspires expatriates at a Tuscan villa. SUND (1:58)