TODAY’S TOP MOVIES
Coach Carter ››› (2005, Drama) Samuel L. Jackson. A high-school basketball coach turns a losing team around, then faces criticism for pushing the athletes to put grades first. (3:00) (PG-13) (CC) AMC noon
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water ››› (2015, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Live action/animated. Perpetual adversaries Spongebob and Plankton join forces and come ashore to battle a pirate who has plans for the stolen Krabby Patties recipe. (2:00) (PG) (CC) NICK noon
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ››› (2002, Fantasy) Elijah Wood. Now divided, members of a fellowship take different paths to destroy the ring and defeat evil Sauron and his pawns. (3:45) (PG-13) (CC) TNT noon
The Champ ››› (1931, Drama) Wallace Beery. A has-been boxer trains in Tijuana for a comeback to impress his son. (2:00) (NR) (CC) TCM 12:30 p.m. The Italian Job ››› (2003, Crime Drama) Mark Wahlberg. A master thief and his crew plan to steal back a fortune in gold bullion after they lose it to a double-crossing gang member. (2:35) (PG13) (CC) PARMT 1:50 p.m. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ››› (2001, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. An orphan attends a school of witchcraft and wizardry and pieces together the mystery of his parents’ deaths. (3:19) (PG) (CC) USA 1:59 p.m.
Fly Away Home ››› (1996, Children’s) Jeff Daniels. A Canadian sculptor builds an ultralight plane so his teen daughter can lead geese south. (2:00) (PG) ` 2 p.m. Meet the Parents ››› (2000, Comedy) Robert De Niro. When a woman brings her boyfriend home for her sister’s wedding, her father, a former CIA agent, takes an instant dislike to him. (2:40) (PG-13) (CC) COM 3:35 p.m.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ››› (2003, Fantasy) Elijah Wood. Frodo and Sam march toward Mount Doom to destroy the ring, while Gandalf and warriors prepare for a final confrontation with Sauron and his allies. (4:15) (PG13) (CC) TNT 3:45 p.m. Small Town Santa (2014, Comedy) Christine Lakin. A sheriff arrests Santa and meets a new love. (2:00) (PG) ` 4 p.m.
Check Inn to Christmas (2019, Romance) Richard Karn. Julia Crawley and Ryan Mason must unite their families during Crestridge’s Centennial Christmas celebration to save their family inns from a chain resort. (2:00) (NR) (CC) HALL 4 p.m. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story ››› (2004, Comedy) Vince Vaughn. The owner of a gym and an overbearing entrepreneur form dodgeball teams to compete for $50,000 in Las Vegas. (2:00) (PG-13) (CC) CMTV 4:30 p.m.
Q Ball (2019, Documentary) The inmates on the San Quentin Warriors basketball team search for redemption from their troubled pasts. In a place where freedom is taken away, the game provides a path forward. (2:00) (NR) (CC) FS1 5 p.m.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ››› (2002, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe. The young wizard and his best friends investigate a dark force that is terrorizing their school, Hogwarts. (3:28) (PG) (CC) USA 5:18 p.m.
Iron Man ››› (2008, Action) Robert Downey Jr. A wealthy industrialist builds an armored suit and uses it to defeat criminals and terrorists. (3:05) (PG-13) (CC) FAM 5:40 p.m.
Shazam! ››› (2019, Action) Zachary Levi. Billy Batson is a streetwise 14-year-old who can magically transform into the adult superhero Shazam simply by shouting out one word. His newfound powers soon get put to the test when he squares off against the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana. (2:15) (PG-13) (CC) HBO 5:45 p.m.