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Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z

FOUR STAR FILMS
Top rated movies and made-for-TV films airing the week of the week of Nov. 8 - 14

WALL-E 2008 Starz Sun. 6:30 a.m.

The Maltese Falcon 1941 TCM Sun. 9 a.m.

The Godfather 1972 AMC Sun. 9:30 a.m.

The Godfather, Part II 1974 AMC Sun. 1:30 p.m.

Mon Oncle d'Amerique 1980 TCM Sun. 11 p.m.

The Dark Knight 2008 HBO Mon. 3 p.m., Tue. 3:30 a.m., Thur. 8:30 a.m., Fri. midnight

A Little Princess 1995 Encore Tue. 8 a.m.

Becket 1964 TCM Tue. 9:30 p.m.

Milk 2008 HBO Wed. midnight

Patton 1970 AMC Wed. 12:30 p.m.

Jaws 1975 HBO Thur. 4 p.m.

Rear Window 1954 TCM Thur. 7 p.m.

The Entertainer 1960 TCM Thur. 11 p.m.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007 TMC Thur. 11:30 p.m.

Schindler's List 1993 Cinemax Fri. 4 a.m.

Gigi 1958 TCM Fri. 9 a.m.

The Wizard of Oz 1939 TBS Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 8 p.m.

Gunga Din 1939 TCM Sat. 1:30 p.m.

The Silence of the Lambs 1991 KTLA Sat. 3 p.m.

Saving Private Ryan 1998 KTLA Sat. 7 p.m.

GoodFellas 1990 Bravo Sat. 9 p.m., Sun. midnight

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Sundance Sun. midnight

Coming Home 1978 Cinemax Sun. 5:30 a.m.




Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z

BOX OFFICE HITS
Movies that scored big at the box office, airing the week of the week of Nov. 8 - 14

Analyze This 1999 AMC Sun. 7 a.m.

The Godfather 1972 AMC Sun. 9:30 a.m.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 Comedy Central Sun. 9:30 a.m., 4 p.m.

Dirty Dancing 1987 ABC Family Sun. 1 p.m.

Top Gun 1986 Country Music Television Sun. 2:30 p.m., 8 p.m., Tue. 9 p.m., Wed. 12:30 a.m.

The Hunt for Red October 1990 ION Sun. 3:30 p.m.

Bad Boys II 2003 USA Sun. 4 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.

Mr. Holland's Opus 1995 TMC Sun. 4 p.m.

Parenthood 1989 Encore Sun. 5:30 p.m.

The Last Boy Scout 1991 ION Sun. 6 p.m.

The Green Mile 1999 AMC Sun. 6 p.m., Mon. 1 p.m.

The Mummy Returns 2001 Encore Sun. 8 p.m., Thur. noon, 9:30 p.m., Fri. 7 a.m.

All of Me 1984 TCM Mon. 1 a.m.

Shrek 2001 Cinemax Mon. 7:30 a.m., Sat. 7:30 a.m.

The Bodyguard 1992 Bravo Mon. 10 a.m., Tue. 1 a.m.

Field of Dreams 1989 AMC Mon. 10:30 a.m., Tue. 2 a.m.

A Fish Called Wanda 1988 IFC Mon. 5:30 p.m., Tue. 3:30 a.m.

Father of the Bride Part II 1995 Starz Tue. 8 a.m.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2001 Showtime Tue. 6 p.m.

Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Oxygen Tue. 7:30 p.m., 11 p.m.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 AMC Tue. 8 p.m.

Pearl Harbor 2001 Starz Wed. 12:30 a.m., 10 a.m.

Patton 1970 AMC Wed. 12:30 p.m.

Dr. Dolittle 2 2001 Cinemax Wed. 6:30 p.m.

First Blood 1982 AMC Wed. 8 p.m., Thur. midnight

Fletch 1985 Encore Wed. 8 p.m., Thur. 5:30 a.m.

You've Got Mail 1998 Lifetime Wed. 9 p.m.

Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 AMC Wed. 10 p.m., Thur. 6 p.m.

My Best Friend's Wedding 1997 TBS Thur. 3 a.m.

The Dirty Dozen 1967 AMC Thur. 8:30 a.m., Fri. 4 a.m.

Three Men and a Little Lady 1990 Encore Thur. 9 a.m.

Cape Fear 1991 Encore Thur. 4 p.m.

Jaws 1975 HBO Thur. 4 p.m.

Rear Window 1954 TCM Thur. 7 p.m.

Demolition Man 1993 AMC Thur. 8 p.m., Fri. 1:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

Rambo III 1988 Encore Thur. 8 p.m.

Meet the Parents 2000 TBS Thur. 9 p.m., Fri. 3 a.m.

Schindler's List 1993 Cinemax Fri. 4 a.m.

Witness 1985 AMC Fri. 7:30 a.m.

Groundhog Day 1993 FX Fri. 10 a.m.

Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1986 Comedy Central Fri. 4 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.

Dave 1993 Bravo Fri. 4:30 p.m.

Annie 1982 ABC Family Fri. 7 p.m.

The First Wives Club 1996 Bravo Fri. 7 p.m., Sat. 1 a.m.

Another 48 HRS. 1990 BET Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 1 a.m.

Armageddon 1998 Encore Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 7:30 a.m., 3 p.m.

The Wizard of Oz 1939 TBS Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 8 p.m.

Legally Blonde 2001 Bravo Fri. 9 p.m., 11 p.m.

City Slickers 1991 TV Land Fri. 9 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.

Turner & Hooch 1989 TBS Sat. 9:30 a.m., Sun. 2 a.m.

Crocodile Dundee II 1988 TV Land Sat. 10 a.m., Sun. 2 a.m.

Splash 1984 Hallmark Sat. 1 p.m.

2 Fast 2 Furious 2003 USA Sat. 1:30 p.m., Sun. midnight

Enemy of the State 1998 Starz Sat. 1:30 p.m.

The Waterboy 1998 Encore Sat. 1:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

Beaches 1988 WE Sat. 2:30 p.m.

The Silence of the Lambs 1991 KTLA Sat. 3 p.m.

Dangerous Minds 1995 Cinemax Sat. 3:30 p.m.

Urban Cowboy 1980 Country Music Television Sat. 5 p.m.

Grease 1978 WE Sat. 5:30 p.m.

Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 Encore Sat. 5:30 p.m.

Saving Private Ryan 1998 KTLA Sat. 7 p.m.

Waterworld 1995 ION Sat. 7 p.m.

The Matrix 1999 AMC Sat. 8 p.m.

American Pie 1999 Comedy Central Sat. 8 p.m.

Con Air 1997 TNT Sat. 8 p.m.

Cocktail 1988 VH1 Sat. 8 p.m.

Scream 1996 TMC Sat. 10:30 p.m., Sun. 2 a.m.

The Matrix Reloaded 2003 AMC Sat. 11 p.m.

The Matrix Revolutions 2003 AMC Sun. 2 a.m.

Sister Act 1992 TBS Sun. 6 a.m.




Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z

BRAVO, IFC & SUNDANCE IN PRIMETIME
Bravo, IFC & Sundance in primetime, airing the week of the week of Nov. 8 - 14

The Proposition 2005 IFC Sun. 8 p.m., Mon. 1 a.m.

A Woman Under the Influence 1974 Sundance Sun. 10 p.m., Mon. 5:30 a.m.

Savage Grace 2007 Sundance Mon. 3:30 a.m., Sat. 10 p.m., Sun. 4 a.m.

Bananas 1971 IFC Mon. 8 p.m., Tue. 2 a.m.

Donkey in Lahore 2008 Sundance Mon. 9 p.m., Tue. 2:30 a.m., 6 a.m., 12:30 p.m.

Venus 2006 IFC Mon. 10:30 p.m.

The Unforeseen 2007 Sundance Tue. 9 p.m., Wed. 4 a.m.

The Changeling 1979 IFC Wed. 8 p.m., Thur. 2 a.m.

Congorama 2006 Sundance Wed. 8 p.m., Thur. 4 a.m., 11:30 a.m.

Kingdom of the Spiders 1977 IFC Wed. 10 p.m., Thur. 4 a.m.

French Film 2008Sundance Wed. 10:30 p.m., Thur. 2:30 a.m.

Che 2008 Sundance Thur. 8 p.m., Sat. 2 p.m.

Bullet 1997 IFC Thur. 8 p.m., Fri. 3 a.m.

Gangs of New York 2002 IFC Thur. 10:30 p.m.

Legally Blonde 2001 Bravo Fri. 9 p.m., 11 p.m.

One Last Thing ... 2005 Sundance Fri. 9 p.m.

The Crossing Guard 1995 IFC Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 a.m.

GoodFellas 1990 Bravo Sat. 9 p.m., Sun. midnight




Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z

THIS WEEK'S MOVIES A-Z
An alphabetical listing of movies on TV the week of the week of Nov. 8 - 14

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Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z

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Ace of Hearts
(2008) Dean Cain, Anne Marie Loder. A police officer tries to save his beloved partner, a German shepherd, from being put to sleep. (PG) 1 hr. 39 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 4 p.m. TMC Thur., November 12, 9 a.m.

Act of Violence
(1949) Van Heflin, Robert Ryan. A crippled World War II veteran stalks a contractor whose prison-camp betrayal caused a massacre. (NR) 1 hr. 22 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 1:30 p.m.

Adios Sabata
(1971) Yul Brynner, Dean Reed. A tough character seeks out an Austrian colonel to get a bag of gold dust worth $1 million. (PG-13) 1 hr. 46 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 9 p.m.

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
(2000) Voices of Rene Russo, Jason Alexander. Live action/animated. A flying squirrel and a moose confront their adversaries Boris and Natasha. (PG) 1 hr. 28 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 4:30 p.m.

Agent Cody Banks
(2003) Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff. Recruited by the CIA, a teen works under cover to befriend a girl whose father is a pawn for an evil organization. (PG) 1 hr. 42 mins. Disney Mon., November 9, 8 p.m. Disney Tues., November 10, 11:30 a.m.

Akeelah and the Bee
(2006) Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett. An 11-year-old girl in South Los Angeles discovers she has a talent for spelling. (PG) 1 hr. 52 mins. Disney Sun., November 8, 11:30 a.m.

Alien vs. Predator
(2004) Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova. Antarctic explorers encounter deadly extraterrestrials. (PG-13) 1 hr. 40 mins. KTTV Sun., November 8, 2:30 p.m.

All Hat
(2007) Keith Carradine, Luke Kirby. An ex-convict tries to stop a developer from buying farmland to build a golf course. (R) 1 hr. 29 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 7 p.m. TMC Sat., November 14, 9 a.m. TMC Wed., November 11, 8:30 a.m.

All of Me
(1984) Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin. A mystic's accident forces a lawyer to share his body with the essence of an acerbic rich woman. (PG) 1 hr. 33 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 1 a.m.

All Over the Guy
(2001) Dan Bucatinsky, Richard Ruccolo. Two men question their relationship and turn to friends and family for advice. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 3:30 a.m.

All Roads Lead Home
(2008) Peter Coyote, Jason London. A young girl struggling with the death of her mother finds love with a small puppy named Atticus. (PG) 1 hr. 48 mins. TMC Fri., November 13, 10:30 a.m. TMC Tues., November 10, 7 a.m.

All Together Now
(2008) Dominic Champagne, Olivia Harrison. The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil work on a stage production. (NR) 1 hr. 24 mins. Showtime Fri., November 13, 2:30 p.m. Showtime Sat., November 14, 5 a.m. Showtime Tues., November 10, 6:30 a.m.

The Alphabet Killer
(2008) Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes. Former cop Megan Price investigates a murder similar to one that drove her crazy. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. TMC Wed., November 11, 3 p.m.

Alvin and the Chipmunks
(2007) Jason Lee, David Cross. Three musical but mischievous chipmunks wreak havoc in a songwriter's life. (PG) 1 hr. 31 mins. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 6 a.m.

Always and Forever
(2009) Dean McDermott, Rena Sofer. High school sweethearts Grace and Michael are reunited after 20 years during a reunion. (NR) 1 hr. 26 mins. Hallmark Fri., November 13, 9 p.m.

The Amateurs
(2005) Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson. A small-town citizen convinces his fellow residents to help him make an amateur porn film. (R) 1 hr. 40 mins. Showtime Sat., November 14, 9 p.m.

American Drug War: The Last White Hope
(2007) Government agents, judges, politicians and others discuss the long battle to keep illegal drugs out of the United States. (NR) 2 hrs. Showtime Sun., November 8, 6 p.m.

American Gangster
(2007) Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe. A chauffeur rises to prominence as the most-powerful crime boss in 1970s Harlem. (R) 2 hrs. 37 mins. HBO Sun., November 15, 1:30 a.m.

American Gun
(2005) Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker. Firearms affect the lives of a principal, a depressed mother, a guilt-ridden policeman and a gun-store owner. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. IFC Sun., November 8, 6:30 a.m.

American Pie
(1999) Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth. Four teenagers nearing graduation make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. Comedy Central Sat., November 14, 8 p.m.

The American President
(1995) Michael Douglas, Annette Bening. A political rival turns the widowed president's romance with an environmental lobbyist into an election-year issue. (PG-13) 1 hr. 54 mins. HBO Mon., November 9, 8:30 a.m. HBO Thur., November 12, 6 p.m.

An American Werewolf in Paris
(1997) Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy. A young American meets a lovely lycanthrope while in Paris. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. Starz Fri., November 13, 12:30 p.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 1:30 a.m.

America's Sweethearts
(2001) Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal. A publicist tries to convince the press that the feuding co-stars of a new movie are still in love. (PG-13) 1 hr. 42 mins. Starz Mon., November 9, 1 p.m. Starz Tues., November 10, 12 a.m.

Analyze This
(1999) Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal. To get a handle on his insecurities, a powerful New York gangster sees a therapist. (R) 1 hr. 43 mins. AMC Sun., November 8, 6:30 a.m.

Angel Eyes
(2001) Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel. A Chicago policewoman with memories of child abuse meets a man who saw his family die in a car accident. (R) 1 hr. 44 mins. HBO Sat., November 14, 4 a.m.

Annapolis
(2006) James Franco, Tyrese Gibson. A young man realizes his dream of entering the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. USA Sun., November 8, 11 a.m.

Annie
(1982) Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney. Daddy Warbucks protects little orphan Annie in 1930s New York. (PG) 2 hrs. 10 mins. ABC Family Fri., November 13, 7 p.m.

Another Cinderella Story
(2008) Selena Gomez, Drew Seeley. A young man falls in love with a pretty dancer at a masked ball. (PG) 1 hr. 30 mins. ABC Family Sun., November 8, 10:30 a.m.

Another 48 HRS.
(1990) Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte. Slick jailbird Reggie hits the street with sloppy policeman Jack, this time to nab a drug king. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. BET Fri., November 13, 8 p.m. BET Sat., November 14, 12:30 a.m.

Antwone Fisher
(2002) Derek Luke, Joy Bryant. A Navy psychiatrist inspires a temperamental sailor, abused by foster parents, to find his birth mother. (PG-13) 2 hrs. IFC Mon., November 9, 1:30 p.m. IFC Mon., November 9, 2:30 a.m. IFC Mon., November 9, 7:30 a.m. IFC Sun., November 8, 6 p.m.

Any Given Sunday
(1999) Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz. A football head coach and an aging quarterback clash with the new, contemporary, money-oriented owner of their team. (R) 2 hrs. 42 mins. AMC Tues., November 10, 11 p.m.

Appaloosa
(2008) Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen. The arrival of an attractive widow complicates the attempts of two lawmen to bring a malevolent rancher to justice. (R) 1 hr. 56 mins. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 4 p.m.

Approaching Union Square
(2006) Katie Kreisler, Darren Pettie. Eleven strangers share personal stories while riding a bus in New York. (NR) 1 hr. 21 mins. Sundance Sat., November 14, 12 p.m. Sundance Sat., November 14, 6:30 p.m.

Arctic Tale
(2007) Narrated by Queen Latifah. A walrus and a polar bear grow to maturity, as their frozen wilderness now melts beneath them. (G) 1 hr. 30 mins. Showtime Sun., November 8, 9 a.m. Showtime Thur., November 12, 2:30 p.m.

Armageddon
(1998) Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton. A NASA rep recruits an oil driller and his team of mavericks to save Earth from an oncoming asteroid. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 30 mins. Encore Fri., November 13, 8 p.m. Encore Sat., November 14, 3 p.m. Encore Sat., November 14, 7:30 a.m.

Assassination Tango
(2002) Robert Duvall, Ruben Blades. While on assignment in Argentina, an aging hit man begins a tentative romance with a charismatic dancer. (R) 1 hr. 54 mins. IFC Tues., November 10, 10 a.m. IFC Tues., November 10, 3 p.m.

Asteroid
(1997) Michael Biehn, Annabella Sciorra. An astronomer and a FEMA director brace for disaster when a disintegrating comet sends asteroid fragments toward Earth. 3 hrs. 20 mins. SYFY Sun., November 8, 11 a.m.

Attack Force
(2006) Steven Seagal, Lisa Lovbrand. An agent battles a psychotic drug dealer after his strike team dies in a violent attack. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. USA Mon., November 9, 6 a.m.

August Rush
(2007) Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell. A boy uses his prodigious musical gifts to find his parents, unaware that they have begun a similar journey to find him. (PG) 1 hr. 53 mins. HBO Mon., November 9, 6 a.m. HBO Sat., November 14, 11 a.m.

Australia
(2008) Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman. An English aristocrat and a cattleman drive a herd across the Australian Outback to save her ranch from a hostile takeover. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 45 mins. HBO Mon., November 9, 12 p.m. HBO Mon., November 9, 8 p.m. HBO Sat., November 14, 1:30 p.m. HBO Sun., November 8, 12 p.m. HBO Sun., November 8, 11 p.m.

Avenue Montaigne
(2006) Cécile De France, Valérie Lemercier. A waitress observes the lives of a classical pianist, an art collector, an actress and other famous clientele. (PG-13) 1 hr. 45 mins. Sundance Fri., November 13, 9:30 a.m. Sundance Fri., November 13, 5 p.m.




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Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z

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Babes in Toyland
(1997) Voices of Charles Nelson Reilly, Lacey Chabert. Animated. Nursery-rhyme characters help rescue a toy factory from a holiday grouch. (G) 1 hr. 14 mins. Encore Tues., November 10, 5 a.m.

Babylon A.D.
(2008) Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh. A futuristic mercenary guards a woman who is mankind's last hope for survival. (PG-13) 1 hr. 30 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 2 p.m. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 2 p.m.

Baby Mama
(2008) Tina Fey, Amy Poehler. A career woman hires a surrogate mother to have her baby. (PG-13) 1 hr. 39 mins. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 2:30 p.m.

The Baby-Sitters Club
(1995) Schuyler Fisk, Bre Blair. Seven girls balance the growing pains of adolescence with the demands of operating a daycare camp for children. (PG) 1 hr. 34 mins. Encore Fri., November 13, 11 a.m.

The Bachelor
(1999) Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger. A man learns he will inherit $100 million only if he marries before his 30th birthday, 27 hours away. (PG-13) 1 hr. 41 mins. FX Sat., November 14, 10 a.m.

Back From Eternity
(1956) Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger. Eleven survivors of a plane crash in the headhunter region of South America struggle to reach civilization. (NR) 1 hr. 37 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 8:30 a.m.

Backlash
(1956) Richard Widmark, Donna Reed. A gunman searches for his gold-thief father with the widow of a man whose death his father caused. (NR) 1 hr. 24 mins. AMC Sat., November 14, 6 a.m.

Bad Boys II
(2003) Martin Lawrence, Will Smith. Two detectives uncover a conspiracy involving a drug kingpin while trying to stop the trafficking of Ecstasy in Miami. (R) 2 hrs. 26 mins. USA Sat., November 14, 11 a.m. USA Sun., November 8, 4 p.m.

Bad Day at Black Rock
(1955) Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan. A stranger incurs the wrath of racists when he arrives with a medal for a fallen Japanese-American war hero's family. (NR) 1 hr. 21 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 3 p.m.

Bad Girls
(1994) Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson. Gunslinging floozies flee town to avoid a hanging and meet an outlaw with a score to settle. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. HBO Thur., November 12, 4:30 a.m.

Bait
(2000) Jamie Foxx, David Morse. A U.S. Treasury investigator uses an unsuspecting petty criminal as bait to catch a security hacker who stole $40 million in gold bullion. (R) 1 hr. 59 mins. BET Sat., November 14, 6 p.m.

Bam Bam and Celeste
(2005) Margaret Cho, Bruce Daniels. Lifelong friends enter a contest sponsored by a TV makeover show. (NR) 1 hr. 24 mins. LOGO Sun., November 15, 1 a.m. LOGO Wed., November 11, 4 p.m.

Bananas
(1971) Woody Allen, Louise Lasser. Rejected by his radical girlfriend, a wimpy New Yorker heads for San Marcos to lead its revolution. (PG-13) 1 hr. 22 mins. IFC Mon., November 9, 8 p.m. IFC Tues., November 10, 1:30 a.m.

Bangkok Dangerous
(2000) Pawalit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha. A mute Thai hit-man turns against the gangsters who control him after he falls in love with a woman. (R) 1 hr. 45 mins. Showtime Tues., November 10, 2:30 a.m.

Batman Begins
(2005) Christian Bale, Michael Caine. Bruce Wayne becomes Gotham City's Dark Knight. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 20 mins. AMC Tues., November 10, 4:30 p.m.

Battle of the Bulge
(1965) Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw. Allied officers and a German tank commander have a tactical showdown in the Ardennes forest, December 1944. (NR) 2 hrs. 47 mins. AMC Wed., November 11, 6 a.m.

Beach Blanket Bingo
(1965) Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello. Lovers quarrel around surfers, Don Rickles, Buster Keaton, Von Zipper's biker gang. (NR) 1 hr. 38 mins. TCM Sun., November 8, 3 p.m.

Beaches
(1988) Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey. Two women from different backgrounds are best friends through girlhood, careers and tragedy. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 3 mins. WE Sat., November 14, 2 p.m.

Beach Party
(1963) Bob Cummings, Dorothy Malone. An anthropologist studying the sex habits of young people finds himself in the middle of a pie-throwing brawl. (NR) 1 hr. 41 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 9 p.m.

Bean
(1997) Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol. An eccentric, accident-prone British art caretaker wreaks havoc at the U.S. unveiling of ``Whistler's Mother.'' (PG-13) 1 hr. 30 mins. BBC America Sun., November 8, 10 p.m. BBC America Sun., November 8, 5 p.m. BBC America Sun., November 8, 8 p.m.

Beautiful
(2000) Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams. An impoverished young woman sacrifices everything in her quest for a beauty pageant title. (PG-13) 1 hr. 52 mins. Oxygen Wed., November 11, 7 p.m. Oxygen Wed., November 11, 9 p.m.

Beauty Shop
(2005) Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone. A determined hairstylist competes with her former boss. (PG-13) 1 hr. 45 mins. BET Tues., November 10, 8 p.m. BET Wed., November 11, 12:30 a.m.

Becket
(1964) Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole. King Henry II argues over church and state with Thomas a Becket in the 12th century after naming him archbishop of Canterbury. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 28 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 9:30 p.m.

Bee Movie
(2007) Voices of Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger. Animated. After he talks to a human florist, a college-educated bee decides to sue the human race for stealing his kind's honey over the centuries. (PG) 1 hr. 31 mins. HBO Sun., November 8, 5 p.m.

Beethoven
(1992) Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt. Children talk their father into letting them keep a St. Bernard puppy, which grows to be a problem. (PG) 1 hr. 28 mins. Encore Fri., November 13, 4:30 p.m.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
(2007) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke. A man ropes his brother into a scheme to rob their parents' jewelry store. (R) 1 hr. 56 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 11:30 p.m.

Before You Say I Do
(2009) Jennifer Westfeldt, David Sutcliffe. A man travels back in time and tries to change his current girlfriend's negative outlook on marriage. 1 hr. 30 mins. Hallmark Mon., November 9, 8:30 p.m.

Beneath Loch Ness
(2001) Patrick Bergin, Lysette Anthony. A professor and his team of scientists encounter the legendary creature after an underwater earthquake. (PG-13) 1 hr. 36 mins. SYFY Thur., November 12, 3 a.m.

Beowulf
(2007) Voices of Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins. Animated. A warrior battles a ferocious demon and its evil but seductive mother. (PG-13) 1 hr. 54 mins. Showtime Wed., November 11, 4 p.m.

Berlin Express
(1948) Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan. Representatives from Allied nations unite after a prominent German statesman is kidnapped by the Nazi underground. (NR) 1 hr. 26 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 12 p.m.

Best of the Badmen
(1951) Robert Ryan, Robert Preston. An ex-Union officer uses the gunpower of the James and Younger gangs against the crooked lawman persecuting him. (NR) 1 hr. 24 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 7 a.m.

Between Love & Goodbye
(2008) Simon Miller, Justin Tensen. A gay drama about falling in and out of love. (NR) 1 hr. 37 mins. LOGO Thur., November 12, 2 p.m.

Between Strangers
(2002) Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino. A housewife, a famous cellist and a photojournalist wrestle with painful personal demons. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. KCAL Sat., November 14, 1:30 a.m.

The Beverly Hillbillies
(1993) Jim Varney, Cloris Leachman. A woman hopes to tie up Jed Clampett, a mountain-man Easterner, and his newly acquired wealth in the bonds of matrimony. (PG) 1 hr. 33 mins. HBO Sat., November 14, 6 a.m.

Beverly Hills Ninja
(1997) Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan. A ninja watches out for his portly adopted brother, hired to track a mystery woman's beau in Southern California. (PG-13) 1 hr. 28 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 10 p.m.

Beware My Lovely
(1952) Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan. A widow's house becomes a prison when she learns that the handyman she hired is an escaped psychopath. (NR) 1 hr. 17 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 1 p.m.

Big Trouble in Little China
(1986) Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall. A macho truck driver rescues a friend's kidnapped fiancee. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. G4 Mon., November 9, 1:30 p.m. G4 Sat., November 14, 9 a.m. G4 Sun., November 15, 1 a.m. G4 Sun., November 8, 11 p.m. G4 Thur., November 12, 1 p.m. G4 Wed., November 11, 11 p.m.

Biker Boyz
(2003) Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke. A young prodigy threatens the undefeated champion of an underground club of motorcycle racers. (PG-13) 1 hr. 50 mins. TNT Sun., November 15, 12:30 a.m.

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
(1991) Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter. Grim Reaper helps dopes stop their evil robot twins. (PG) 1 hr. 38 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 9:30 p.m.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
(1989) Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter. Dopey dudes time-travel to fetch celebs for school project. (PG) 1 hr. 30 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.

Bitter Victory
(1958) Richard Burton, Curt Jurgens. A British major receives a medal for a bogus mission. (NR) 1 hr. 42 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 2 a.m.

Black Book
(2006) Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch. During World War II, a member of the Jewish resistance falls in love with the Gestapo officer she was ordered to seduce. (R) 2 hrs. 24 mins. Sundance Sat., November 14, 1:30 a.m.

Black Irish
(2006) Brendan Gleeson, Michael Angarano. A teen tries to keep his life together while his parents wallow in an unhappy marriage and his brother tries to lure him into criminal behavior. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. TMC Wed., November 11, 12:30 a.m. TMC Sat., November 14, 5:30 p.m.

Black Knight
(2001) Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason. An underachiever in Los Angeles time-travels to 14th-century England and battles an evil king. (PG-13) 1 hr. 35 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 11:30 p.m.

Black Ops
(2008) Gary Stretch, James Russo. A veteran officer encounters supernatural forces aboard a secret prison ship. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 9 p.m. TMC Sun., November 15, 12:30 a.m.

The Blob
(1958) Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut. Formless red slime lands in Pennsylvania and engulfs people; teens try to warn scoffing adults. (NR) 1 hr. 22 mins. TCM Sun., November 8, 1 p.m.

Blood Diamond
(2006) Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly. Two men, a white South African mercenary and a black Mende fisherman, join in a common quest to recover a rare gem that could change their lives. (R) 2 hrs. 18 mins. USA Sun., November 8, 1 p.m.

Blood of Dracula
(1957) Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis. A chemistry teacher's experiments with a Transylvanian amulet transform a student into a vampire. (NR) 1 hr. 8 mins. AMC Sat., November 14, 4:30 a.m.

Blood Work
(2002) Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels. A former FBI agent comes out of retirement to find the killer who murdered his heart donor. (R) 1 hr. 51 mins. HBO Sat., November 14, 2:30 a.m.

Bob le Flambeur
(1955) Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey. An aging gambler needs one more successful job before retirement and decides to rob the safe in the Deauville Casino. (PG) 1 hr. 43 mins. Sundance Fri., November 13, 3 p.m.

The Bodyguard
(1992) Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston. An ex-Secret Service agent falls for his client, an actress/singer someone wants dead before the Academy Awards. (R) 2 hrs. 10 mins. Bravo Mon., November 9, 9 a.m. Bravo Tues., November 10, 1 a.m.

Bolt
(2008) Voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus. Animated. A dog who thinks his TV superpowers are real begins a cross-country journey back to Hollywood. (PG) 1 hr. 36 mins. Starz Mon., November 9, 5 a.m. Starz Sun., November 8, 7 p.m. Starz Sun., November 8, 8 a.m.

Bombardier
(1943) Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott. American fliers study at a bomber training school. (NR) 1 hr. 39 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 4 a.m.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
(2006) Sacha Baron Cohen, Pamela Anderson. Outrageous situations occur when a popular reporter from Kazakhstan comes to the United States to film a documentary. (R) 1 hr. 24 mins. USA Sat., November 14, 2 a.m.

Born Free
(1966) Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers. A British couple in Kenya raise Elsa the lioness and try to teach her how to be wild again. (PG) 1 hr. 35 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 3 a.m.

Born to Be Bad
(1950) Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan. A woman who cleverly disguises her heartlessness is led to destruction when her true nature is revealed. (NR) 1 hr. 34 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 4:30 a.m.

Bound
(1996) Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon. A mobster's disgruntled girlfriend steals $2 million from him with the help of her lesbian lover. (R) 1 hr. 48 mins. TMC Fri., November 13, 10 p.m. TMC Tues., November 10, 2 a.m.

The Box
(2003) James Russo, Theresa Russell. (NR) 1 hr. 39 mins. Showtime Tues., November 10, 1:30 a.m.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
(2008) David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga. A Jewish boy and the son of a concentration camp commander are friends despite a separating fence. (PG-13) 1 hr. 34 mins. Starz Fri., November 13, 7 a.m.

The Brain Eaters
(1958) Edwin Nelson, Alan Frost. Subterranean parasites tunnel to the Earth's surface to turn unwary humans into obedient zombies. (NR) 1 hr. AMC Sun., November 15, 4:30 a.m.

Bravo Two Zero
(1998) Sean Bean, Steve Nicolson. Eight British commandos fight for their lives after they are trapped behind enemy lines during the Gulf War. (R) 1 hr. 55 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 1:30 p.m.

The Break-Up
(2006) Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston. Former lovers live together as hostile roommates when both refuse to move out of their shared condominium. (PG-13) 1 hr. 47 mins. Lifetime Sat., November 14, 9 p.m. Lifetime Sun., November 15, 12 a.m.

Bride Wars
(2009) Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway. Weddings scheduled the same day turn best friends into enemies. (PG) 1 hr. 30 mins. HBO Sat., November 14, 8 p.m. HBO Sun., November 15, 12 a.m.

Bring It On
(2000) Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku. An urban cheerleading squad accuses a champion team's captain of stealing its choreography on the eve of a national competition. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. Encore Sat., November 14, 8 p.m. Encore Sun., November 15, 4 a.m.

The Brink's Job
(1978) Peter Falk, Peter Boyle. A gang of amateurs attempts to pull off the most daring heist in history from the supposedly impregnable Boston vault. (PG) 1 hr. 44 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 6 a.m.

A Brother's Kiss
(1997) Nick Chinlund, Michael Raynor. Harlem brothers watch out for each other from childhood on the streets through adulthood. (R) 1 hr. 32 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 12 a.m.

The Bucket List
(2007) Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman. Two terminally ill men leave their hospital ward and set out to complete a list of things they want to do before they die. (PG-13) 1 hr. 37 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 9:30 a.m.

Bullet
(1997) Mickey Rourke, Tupac Shakur. Urban gang members share a violent rivalry and a grudging respect for one another. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. IFC Fri., November 13, 3 a.m. IFC Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.

The Bullfighter and the Lady
(1950) Robert Stack, Joy Page. A matador gets killed when a sportsman takes up bullfighting in Mexico to impress a girl. (NR) 1 hr. 27 mins. TCM Sun., November 8, 7 p.m.

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
(1968) Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters. Three veterans are reunited in Italy with a mutual lover they've been supporting for 20 years. (PG) 1 hr. 53 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 5 a.m.

The Busher
(1919) Charles Ray, Colleen Moore. Silent. A small-time baseball pitcher must redeem himself after success goes to his head. (NR) 50 mins. TCM Sun., November 8, 9 p.m.

Butter
(1998) Ernie Hudson, Nia Long. A computer whiz suspected of murder seeks an aspiring actress's help to elude killers and the law. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 2:30 a.m.

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
(2009) Illinois Senator Barack Obama campaigns to become the first black president of the United States. (NR) 1 hr. 57 mins. HBO Sun., November 8, 3 p.m. HBO Thur., November 12, 12 p.m. HBO Thur., November 12, 8:30 p.m.




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Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z

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Caddyshack II
(1988) Jackie Mason, Dyan Cannon. The snobby president of a country club tees off with a self-made man whose daughter wants to join. (PG) 1 hr. 38 mins. Encore Sat., November 14, 6 a.m. Encore Wed., November 11, 6 p.m.

Cadet Kelly
(2002) Hilary Duff, Christy Carlson Romano. A new cadet at a military academy must prove that she is stronger than the upperclassman who wants to break her. 1 hr. 40 mins. Disney Thur., November 12, 12 p.m. Disney Wed., November 11, 8 p.m.

Cadillac Records
(2008) Adrien Brody, Beyoncé Knowles. Leonard Chess founds a recording company in 1950s Chicago. (R) 1 hr. 48 mins. Starz Thur., November 12, 3 a.m. Starz Thur., November 12, 9 p.m.

The Cake Eaters
(2007) Elizabeth Ashley, Talia Balsam. Two families must heal old wounds when a son comes home. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 5:30 a.m. Showtime Sat., November 14, 10:30 a.m. Showtime Sun., November 8, 10:30 a.m. Showtime Wed., November 11, 1 p.m.

Camilla
(1994) Jessica Tandy, Bridget Fonda. An adman's musician wife leaves Georgia for Canada with an aged ex-violinist named Camilla. (PG-13) 1 hr. 35 mins. TMC Mon., November 9, 3 p.m. TMC Mon., November 9, 6:30 a.m. TMC Thur., November 12, 2:30 p.m. TMC Thur., November 12, 6 a.m.

Candleshoe
(1977) David Niven, Jodie Foster. Con artists send a tomboy to bilk an old English noblewoman whose butler is also a con artist. (G) 1 hr. 41 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 6:30 a.m.

Can't Buy Me Love
(1987) Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson. A teenager pays the most popular girl in school to be his girlfriend for a month. (PG-13) 1 hr. 34 mins. Oxygen Sat., November 14, 4 p.m.

Cape Fear
(1991) Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte. A tattooed psychopath preys on a Southern lawyer, his wife and their teenage daughter. (R) 2 hrs. 8 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 4 p.m.

Capricorn One
(1978) Elliott Gould, James Brolin. The first manned flight to Mars is a flop, so a space official fakes it Hollywood-style for the public. (PG) 2 hrs. 4 mins. TCM Sun., November 8, 11 a.m.

Carrie
(1976) Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie. A social misfit with psychic powers wreaks havoc at her prom to get even with pranksters. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 1:30 a.m.

Casanova
(2005) Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller. With a reputation for seducing women, regardless of their marital status, the infamous rake discovers a beauty who appears to be impervious to his charms. (R) 1 hr. 51 mins. WGN A Sat., November 14, 5 p.m.

Catch That Kid
(2004) Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu. With help from her two friends, an adventurous 12-year-old plots to rob a bank to pay for her father's surgery. (PG) 1 hr. 32 mins. Disney Tues., November 10, 8 p.m. Disney Wed., November 11, 11:30 a.m.

Cats & Dogs
(2001) Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins. An eager beagle joins undercover canines on a mission to foil a feline plot to make all people allergic to dogs. (PG) 1 hr. 27 mins. TBS Sat., November 14, 11:30 a.m.

Celine
(1991) Isabelle Pasco, Lisa Heredia. An orphan French heiress learns about yoga and God from the nurse who saves her from suicide. (NR) 1 hr. 28 mins. WE Sat., November 14, 12:30 p.m.

Center Stage: Turn It Up
(2008) Peter Gallagher, Ethan Stiefel. A talented ballerina and a former hockey player work together to achieve their dancing dreams. (PG-13) 1 hr. 30 mins. Oxygen Sat., November 14, 2 p.m.

Chain of Command
(2000) Roy Scheider, Patrick Muldoon. A Secret Service agent must protect a briefcase from terrorists. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 3 a.m.

Chain Reaction
(1996) Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman. A scientist and a machinist become caught in a conspiracy. (PG-13) 1 hr. 46 mins. HBO Fri., November 13, 10 a.m.

The Changeling
(1979) George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere. A college lecturer is engulfed by the sinister forces inhabiting a vacant Victorian mansion. (R) 1 hr. 49 mins. IFC Thur., November 12, 2 a.m. IFC Wed., November 11, 8 p.m.

Changeling
(2008) Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich. After her son is kidnapped and later found, a woman insists that the returned boy is not hers. (R) 2 hrs. 21 mins. HBO Fri., November 13, 3:30 a.m.

Changing Lanes
(2002) Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson. An attorney and a recovering alcoholic have a car accident which escalates into an ongoing feud. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. FX Sun., November 8, 8 a.m.

Chapter 27
(2007) Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan. Mark David Chapman arrives in New York on a mission to kill John Lennon. (R) 1 hr. 24 mins. TMC Sun., November 8, 6:30 p.m. TMC Wed., November 11, 12 p.m.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005) Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore. Five children tour the wondrous factory of an odd candy-maker. (PG) 1 hr. 55 mins. ABC Family Sat., November 14, 7 p.m.

Charlie Bartlett
(2007) Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr. An awkward teenager endears himself to the student body by becoming the self-appointed psychiatrist at his new school. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. Showtime Sat., November 14, 7 a.m. Showtime Sat., November 14, 3 p.m.

Chasers
(1994) Tom Berenger, Erika Eleniak. A military prisoner tries to lose the two career Navy men who are escorting her to prison. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 11 p.m. Encore Sun., November 15, 1 a.m.

The Chase
(1994) Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson. An escaped convict kidnaps an heiress, then steers her BMW for Mexico with police close behind. (PG-13) 1 hr. 28 mins. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 7:30 a.m.

Chasing Rainbows
(1930) Bessie Love, Charles King. A vaudeville team splits due to romantic distraction but reunite when they realize they were meant for each other. (NR) 1 hr. 40 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 5:30 a.m.

Che
(2008) Benicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir. Revolutionary Ernesto ``Che'' Guevara addresses the United Nations, fights in Cuba and embarks on an ill-fated campaign in Bolivia. (NR) 4 hrs. 18 mins. Sundance Sat., November 14, 2 p.m. Sundance Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.

Chicken Little
(2005) Voices of Zach Braff, Joan Cusack. Animated. A young fowl and his friends flock together to save skeptical townsfolk from an alien attack. (G) 1 hr. 21 mins. KCOP Sat., November 14, 3 p.m. KCOP Sun., November 8, 3 p.m.

Children of the Sun
(2007) Early Israeli kibbutzim seek to improve people and society. (NR) 1 hr. 10 mins. Sundance Fri., November 13, 8:30 a.m.

Chill Out Scooby-Doo!
(2007) Animated. Scooby-Doo and Shaggy encounter an ambitious hunter who is searching for the Abominable Snowman in the Himalayas. (NR) 1 hr. 12 mins. TOON Sun., November 8, 9 a.m.

China Moon
(1994) Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe. A Florida woman lures a police detective to cover up the murder of her banker husband. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. IFC Fri., November 13, 1:30 a.m.

Chisum
(1970) John Wayne, Forrest Tucker. The biggest cattle baron in New Mexico declares war on a land-grabbing outsider around 1878. (G) 1 hr. 51 mins. AMC Sat., November 14, 8 a.m.

The Chocolate War
(1988) John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith. A schoolboy refuses to sell chocolate for a teacher or a bully at a Roman Catholic school for boys. (R) 1 hr. 40 mins. TMC Fri., November 13, 12:30 p.m. TMC Tues., November 10, 12 p.m.

Choking Man
(2006) Mandy Patinkin, Octavio Gómez Berrios. A shy dishwasher retreats into fantasy worlds. (NR) 1 hr. 24 mins. Sundance Wed., November 11, 11 a.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 2:30 p.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 6:30 a.m.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
(2008) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes. The Pevensie children come to the aid of a prince who seeks to overthrow his evil uncle. (PG) 2 hrs. 24 mins. Starz Wed., November 11, 4:30 p.m. Starz Thur., November 12, 9 a.m.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(2005) Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley. Children and a mystical lion unite against the White Witch. (PG) 2 hrs. 20 mins. ABC Family Thur., November 12, 7 p.m.

A Cinderella Story
(2004) Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge. A teenager with a wicked stepmother develops an online relationship with a popular high-school quarterback. (PG) 1 hr. 35 mins. Oxygen Sat., November 14, 8 p.m. Oxygen Sat., November 14, 10 p.m.

Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
(2001) David Mattey, Heidi Sjursen. The mutant superhero rises from the sludge to save a group of students held hostage in Tromaville. (R) 1 hr. 48 mins. G4 Mon., November 9, 9 a.m.

City of Men
(2007) Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha. Two friends land on opposing sides of a gang war in Rio de Janeiro's slums. (R) 1 hr. 45 mins. Starz Mon., November 9, 3 a.m.

City Slickers
(1991) Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern. A midlife crisis prompts an ad exec to join a cattle drive. (PG-13) 1 hr. 52 mins. TV Land Fri., November 13, 9 p.m. TV Land Sat., November 14, 8 a.m.

Clash by Night
(1952) Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas. A Monterey, Calif., woman marries a fisherman, then has an affair with his cynical friend. (NR) 1 hr. 45 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 3 p.m.

Class Act
(1992) Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin. Two disparate high-school newcomers trade places, find girlfriends and don't want to trade back. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. BET Fri., November 13, 12:30 p.m.

Cleo From 5 to 7
(1961) Corrine Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller. A French singer shops, cries, sings and visits friends while awaiting the results of cancer tests. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. IFC Tues., November 10, 5 a.m.

Closely Watched Trains
(1966) Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova. A trainee train dispatcher becomes a lover and a hero in World War II Czechoslovakia. (NR) 1 hr. 29 mins. IFC Sun., November 15, 4:30 a.m.

Cocktail
(1988) Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown. The hottest bartender in Manhattan leaves his partner, goes to Jamaica and falls for a nice girl. (R) 1 hr. 44 mins. VH1 Sat., November 14, 8 p.m.

Coed Confidential 3: Spring Break: Sex on the Beach
(2009) Michelle Maylene, Kevin Patrick. Lusty collegians spend little time in class and lots of time in bed. 1 hr. 30 mins. Cinemax Sun., November 15, 12 a.m.

The Color of Freedom
(2007) Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert. Friendship evolves between Nelson Mandela and his jailer. (R) 1 hr. 58 mins. Showtime Wed., November 11, 6 a.m.

Come Dance at My Wedding
(2009) John Schneider, Roma Downey. A woman and her father differ on the future of a dance studio. 1 hr. 30 mins. Hallmark Tues., November 10, 9 p.m.

Coming Home
(1978) Jane Fonda, Jon Voight. A Marine captain's wife loves a Vietnam veteran in a wheelchair. (R) 2 hrs. 6 mins. Cinemax Sun., November 15, 5:30 a.m.

Con Air
(1997) Nicolas Cage, John Cusack. A wrongly convicted parolee on a flight with a group of vicious prisoners tries to stop their violent hijacking. (R) 1 hr. 55 mins. TNT Sat., November 14, 8 p.m.

Coneheads
(1993) Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin. Stranded on Earth, aliens Beldar and Prymaat of Remulak try suburbia with their teenage daughter, Connie. (PG) 1 hr. 28 mins. Comedy Central Mon., November 9, 10 a.m.

Congorama
(2006) Olivier Gourmet, Paul Ahmarani. While searching for his biological parents, an engineer meets a man trying to preserve his father's legacy. (NR) 1 hr. 45 mins. Sundance Thur., November 12, 11:30 a.m. Sundance Thur., November 12, 4 a.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 8 p.m.

The Conscientious Objector
(2004) Filmmaker Terry Benedict interviews Desmond Doss, a World War II veteran who refused to bear arms or take a human life. (NR) 1 hr. 41 mins. KTBN Wed., November 11, 10:30 p.m.

Cop Land
(1997) Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel. New Jersey sheriff tackles New York police cover-up. (R) 1 hr. 45 mins. Encore Sat., November 14, 2 a.m.

Cops and Robbersons
(1994) Chevy Chase, Jack Palance. Police partners move in with a would-be policeman and his family to monitor a criminal next door. (PG) 1 hr. 33 mins. Encore Wed., November 11, 1 p.m.

Corky Romano
(2001) Chris Kattan, Vinessa Shaw. An assistant veterinarian poses as an FBI agent in order to steal incriminating evidence against his father. (PG-13) 1 hr. 26 mins. Starz Thur., November 12, 7:30 p.m.

The Country Girl
(1954) Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly. An alcoholic stage actor leans on his wife as he tries to make a comeback. 1 hr. 44 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 9 p.m.

Courage Under Fire
(1996) Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan. A troubled officer reviews the Medal of Honor candidacy of a female helicopter pilot killed during the Gulf War. (R) 1 hr. 55 mins. KCOP Thur., November 12, 7:30 p.m.

CQ
(2001) Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall. A filmmaker tries to finish a science-fiction movie after two other directors get the boot. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. IFC Wed., November 11, 12 a.m. IFC Wed., November 11, 4 a.m.

Crash
(2004) Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle. Racial tensions collide in a collection of intertwined stories involving residents of Los Angeles. (R) 1 hr. 52 mins. IFC Fri., November 13, 7 p.m. IFC Sat., November 14, 1 a.m.

Crime and Punishment in Suburbia
(2000) Monica Keena, Vincent Kartheiser. A voyeuristic teen focuses his camera on a neighborhood girl and observes her dysfunctional family life. (R) 1 hr. 40 mins. TMC Wed., November 11, 3 a.m.

Crocodile Dundee II
(1988) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski. Colombian drug dealers pursue the outback he-man and his Manhattan girlfriend in Australia. (PG) 1 hr. 52 mins. TV Land Sat., November 14, 10 a.m. TV Land Sun., November 15, 2 a.m.

The Crossing Guard
(1995) Jack Nicholson, David Morse. A divorced jeweler tells the drunken driver who ran down his daughter he'll be back in three days to kill him. (R) 1 hr. 54 mins. IFC Sat., November 14, 8 p.m. IFC Sun., November 15, 3 a.m.

Cuba
(1979) Sean Connery, Brooke Adams. An anti-Castro British mercenary sees his rich ex-lover in hot 1958 Havana. (R) 2 hrs. 2 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 9 p.m.

The Curse of the Fly
(1965) Brian Donlevy, Carole Gray. A mad scientist tries out a molecular disintegrator on people but cannot get the hang of it. (NR) 1 hr. 26 mins. AMC Mon., November 9, 3:30 a.m.

Cyborg
(1989) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter. Martial artist hunts killer in plague-infested future. (R) 1 hr. 25 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 1 p.m.




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Daddy Day Care
(2003) Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin. After company downsizing, two former executives decide to open a day-care center for kids in their neighborhood. (PG) 1 hr. 32 mins. KCOP Sat., November 14, 11:30 a.m.

Daddy's Little Girls
(2007) Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba. An unexpected romance blooms between a struggling mechanic and the attorney who is representing him in a custody battle for his young daughters. (PG-13) 1 hr. 35 mins. TBS Sun., November 8, 4 p.m.

Dahmer
(2002) Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer hides a gruesome secret behind a quiet demeanor. (R) 1 hr. 40 mins. IFC Tues., November 10, 7 p.m.

Dangerous Minds
(1995) Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza. An ex-Marine English teacher uses karate, drug talk and bribes to get through to her class of urban delinquents. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 3:30 p.m.

Dangerous Sex Games
(2004) Young beauties seduce eager men. (NR) 1 hr. 28 mins. TMC Wed., November 11, 2 a.m.

Daniel's Daughter
(2008) Laura Leighton, Sebastian Spence. A young woman returns home to bury the father who abandoned her when she was a child. 1 hr. 28 mins. Hallmark Sat., November 14, 7 p.m.

Dan in Real Life
(2007) Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche. An advice columnist falls in love with his brother's girlfriend. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 3 p.m. Encore Mon., November 9, 8 a.m. Encore Tues., November 10, 3 a.m.

Dark City
(1998) Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland. A demented genius, a sympathetic detective and a group of ominous beings are drawn to an amnesiac accused of murder. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. FX Wed., November 11, 8 a.m.

The Dark Knight
(2008) Christian Bale, Heath Ledger. Batman battles a vicious criminal known as the Joker. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 32 mins. HBO Fri., November 13, 12 a.m. HBO Mon., November 9, 2:30 p.m. HBO Thur., November 12, 8:30 a.m. HBO Tues., November 10, 3:30 a.m.

Darkman
(1990) Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand. An acid-scarred scientist uses 99-minute masks to be with his girlfriend and trap gangsters. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. G4 Fri., November 13, 1 p.m. G4 Sat., November 14, 10:30 a.m. G4 Sun., November 8, 12 p.m.

Dark Storm
(2006) Stephen Baldwin, William B. Davis. A scientist gains the ability to control the weather after an experimental weapon malfunctions. (PG-13) 1 hr. 29 mins. SYFY Sat., November 14, 11 a.m.

The Darwin Awards
(2006) Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder. A former police detective and a cynical field agent investigate suspicious deaths across the country for an insurance company. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. Showtime Sun., November 8, 2:30 p.m.

Dave
(1993) Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver. White House aides draft a down-to-earth double to impersonate the president, who has had a stroke. (PG-13) 1 hr. 50 mins. Bravo Fri., November 13, 4 p.m.

Dawg
(2002) Denis Leary, Elizabeth Hurley. In order to inherit $1 million, a heartless womanizer must seek forgiveness from his former conquests. (R) 1 hr. 23 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 2:30 a.m.

The Day After Tomorrow
(2004) Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal. A climatologist tries to locate his son after global warming leads to worldwide natural disasters. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 3 mins. FX Tues., November 10, 7 p.m. FX Wed., November 11, 4:30 p.m.

Daylight
(1996) Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman. An ex-EMS chief leads the rescue of New Yorkers trapped by an explosion in the Holland Tunnel. (PG-13) 1 hr. 55 mins. G4 Sat., November 14, 11 p.m. G4 Sat., November 14, 3 p.m.

Day of the Dead
(2008) Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari. After zombies take over the world, a group of survivors struggles to survive within a bunker. (R) 1 hr. 27 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 3:30 a.m.

Dazed and Confused
(1993) Jason London, Wiley Wiggins. Assorted teens waste another day of school before getting down to wasting summer in 1976 Austin, Texas. (R) 1 hr. 43 mins. HBO Tues., November 10, 1:30 a.m.

Dead & Breakfast
(2004) Ever Carradine, Brent David Fraser. Survivors of a zombie massacre barricade themselves inside a bed-and-breakfast inn. (R) 1 hr. 28 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 1 a.m.

The Dead One
(2007) Wilmer Valderrama, Angie Cepeda. A man dies, and an Aztec god reanimates him as a slave. (PG-13) 1 hr. 30 mins. Showtime Wed., November 11, 2 p.m.

Dead Presidents
(1995) Larenz Tate, Keith David. A high-stakes robbery tempts a Vietnam veteran who has returned to his desolate South Bronx neighborhood in 1973. (R) 1 hr. 59 mins. Cinemax Sun., November 15, 3 a.m.

The Deal
(2008) William H. Macy, Meg Ryan. A movie is on hold until its star can be rescued. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. Showtime Thur., November 12, 4:30 a.m.

Death at a Funeral
(2007) Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes. Secret revelations and chaos reign when members of a dysfunctional British family gather to lay their patriarch to rest. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. Showtime Wed., November 11, 8 a.m.

Death Becomes Her
(1992) Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis. An actress and an author fight over a plastic surgeon and the secret of eternal beauty. (PG-13) 1 hr. 43 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 4 p.m.

Death of a Cyclist
(1955) Lucia Bose, Manuel Alexandre. Two illicit lovers accidentally run over a cyclist and leave him behind to die, fearing exposure of their affair. (NR) 1 hr. 27 mins. IFC Thur., November 12, 5:30 a.m. IFC Wed., November 11, 10:30 a.m. IFC Wed., November 11, 4:30 p.m.

The Deaths of Ian Stone
(2007) Mike Vogel. Again and again, a man awakes as a new person to relive the terror of being murdered each day by horrifying pursuers. (R) 1 hr. 27 mins. SYFY Wed., November 11, 3 a.m.

Death Tunnel
(2005) Steffany Huckaby, Annie Burgstede. Terror awaits five college women as they spend the night at a haunted Kentucky sanatorium. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. SYFY Fri., November 13, 12 a.m.

A Decade Under the Influence
(2003) Filmmakers Richard LaGravenese and Ted Demme research landmark films of the 1970s using interviews, film clips and archival footage. (R) 1 hr. 49 mins. IFC Sat., November 14, 2:30 p.m. IFC Sun., November 8, 1 p.m.

Deception
(2008) Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor. After a charismatic lawyer introduces him to an underground sex club, an accountant becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance. (R) 1 hr. 47 mins. HBO Sun., November 15, 4:30 a.m.

Definitely, Maybe
(2008) Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher. A man on the cusp of divorce tells his young daughter how he met her mother. (PG-13) 1 hr. 52 mins. HBO Fri., November 13, 4:30 p.m. HBO Fri., November 13, 8 a.m. HBO Tues., November 10, 2 p.m.

Delirious
(2005) Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt. Les grows jealous of his new friend's romance with a pop star. (NR) 1 hr. 47 mins. TMC Wed., November 11, 10 a.m.

Deliver Us From Eva
(2003) LL Cool J, Gabrielle Union. In order to get a breather from their meddling sister-in-law, three men pay a playboy $5,000 to romance her. (R) 1 hr. 45 mins. TBS Sun., November 8, 2 p.m.

Demolition Man
(1993) Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes. The police defrost an imprisoned ex-officer to catch an escaped convict in 2032 San Angeles. (R) 1 hr. 54 mins. AMC Fri., November 13, 1 a.m. AMC Fri., November 13, 5 p.m. AMC Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.

The Devil and Miss Jones
(1941) Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings. The world's richest man poses as a worker in one of his stores, where a salesgirl opens his eyes. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. TCM Sun., November 15, 12 a.m.

Dial M for Murder
(1954) Ray Milland, Grace Kelly. A husband's plot to murder his unfaithful wife goes awry in Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of the Frederick Knott play. (PG) 1 hr. 45 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 5 p.m.

Diary of a Mad Black Woman
(2005) Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris. A woman must put her life back together after her husband of 18 years abruptly kicks her out of the house. (PG-13) 1 hr. 56 mins. BET Mon., November 9, 8 p.m. BET Tues., November 10, 12:30 p.m.

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
(2003) David Spade, Mary McCormack. Hoping to make a comeback, a man stays with a suburban family to prepare for the lead role in a Rob Reiner film. (PG-13) 1 hr. 39 mins. TBS Wed., November 11, 3 a.m.

Dirty Dancing
(1987) Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze. A doctor's teenage daughter gets slinky with the dance teacher at a Catskills resort in the summer of 1963. (PG-13) 1 hr. 40 mins. ABC Family Sun., November 8, 12:30 p.m.

The Dirty Dozen
(1967) Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine. A U.S. Army major selects and trains 12 hard-core criminals for a daring raid on an impregnable Nazi chateau. (NR) 2 hrs. 29 mins. AMC Fri., November 13, 3:30 a.m. AMC Thur., November 12, 8 a.m.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
(1972) Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig. Bizarre events frustrate an ambassador, his wife and friends, hoping to dine in Paris. (PG) 1 hr. 40 mins. Sundance Sun., November 15, 12 a.m.

Disney's The Kid
(2000) Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin. An unmarried, apathetic and 40-ish image-consultant magically receives a visit from his 8-year-old self. (PG) 1 hr. 44 mins. WGN A Tues., November 10, 5 p.m.

The Distinguished Gentleman
(1992) Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith. Armed with the same name as a late U.S. senator, a con man goes to Washington and plays the game. (R) 1 hr. 53 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 1 p.m.

The Divine Lady
(1929) Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi. Silent. A woman is disgraced after having several scandalous affairs, including one with naval hero Lord Nelson. (NR) 1 hr. 45 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 7 a.m.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(2004) Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor. The owner of a gym and an overbearing entrepreneur form dodgeball teams to compete for $50,000 in Las Vegas. (PG-13) 1 hr. 32 mins. FX Sat., November 14, 6:30 p.m.

The Dog Problem
(2006) Giovanni Ribisi, Lynn Collins. Emotionally troubled and heavily in debt, a man follows his therapist's advice and buys a dog for companionship. (R) 1 hr. 29 mins. Showtime Thur., November 12, 6:30 p.m.

Donkey in Lahore
(2008) The courtship between an Australian puppeteer and a Muslim woman. (NR) 1 hr. 57 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 9 p.m. Sundance Tues., November 10, 12 p.m. Sundance Tues., November 10, 2 a.m. Sundance Tues., November 10, 6 a.m.

Don't Say a Word
(2001) Michael Douglas, Sean Bean. A desperate psychiatrist must get a patient to give him information that will convince a kidnapper to free the doctor's kidnapped daughter. (R) 1 hr. 53 mins. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 11 a.m.

Double Impact
(1991) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis. Good and evil twins are reunited in Hong Kong as heirs to a fortune, experts in martial arts. (R) 1 hr. 48 mins. Encore Sat., November 14, 11 p.m.

Dough Boys
(2009) Arlen Escarpeta, Cory Hardrict. Four inner-city youths make a series of poor choices. (NR) BET Thur., November 12, 12:30 a.m.

Dragonheart
(1996) Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis. A medieval dragon-slayer teams up with his intelligent prey to rid the land of a tyrant who betrayed them. (PG-13) 1 hr. 43 mins. AMC Tues., November 10, 12:30 p.m.

Dr. Dolittle 2
(2001) Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wilson. To save an endangered species, a veterinarian who can talk to animals must reintroduce a performing bear to the wild. (PG) 1 hr. 27 mins. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 6 p.m.

Drop Back Ten
(2000) James LeGros, Amber Valletta. Unexpected complications arise when a down-and-out journalist covers a story about a football movie. (NR) 1 hr. 28 mins. Sundance Thur., November 12, 1 p.m. Sundance Thur., November 12, 6 a.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
(2008) Jim Carrey, Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. Horton the elephant's friends and neighbors think he has gone crazy when he claims that a tiny community lives on a speck of dust. (G) 1 hr. 28 mins. HBO Tues., November 10, 8 a.m. HBO Tues., November 10, 5 p.m. HBO Sat., November 14, 8 a.m. HBO Sat., November 14, 6:30 p.m.

Drumline
(2002) Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana. Rivalry between two drummers threatens a college band. (PG-13) 1 hr. 58 mins. VH1 Thur., November 12, 6:30 p.m. VH1 Wed., November 11, 10 p.m.

Dude, Where's My Car?
(2000) Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott. Two slackers are clueless after a night of heavy partying. (PG-13) 1 hr. 23 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 7 p.m.




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Eagle Eye
(2008) Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan. Two strangers become pawns of a mysterious woman who threatens their friends and family and uses technology to control their every move. (PG-13) 1 hr. 58 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 2 p.m. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 10 p.m.

Earthquake: Nature Unleashed
(2004) Fintan McKeown, Jacinta Mulcahy. An engineer's family is in the direct path of danger after a massive tremor severely damages a Russian nuclear plant. (PG-13) 1 hr. 40 mins. SYFY Sun., November 15, 3 a.m.

Earthstorm
(2006) Stephen Baldwin, Dirk Benedict. A man must stabilize the moon to save life on Earth. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. SYFY Sat., November 14, 5 p.m.

Edmond
(2005) William H. Macy, Jeffrey Combs. An encounter with a fortuneteller sends a seemingly mild-mannered man on a journey that will ultimately release the rage he has been suppressing all his life. (R) 1 hr. 22 mins. IFC Tues., November 10, 12 a.m.

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
(1997) Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau. A mob messenger's luggage containing grisly contents is mistakenly switched with a med student's bag at an airport. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 2 a.m.

8MM 2
(2005) Johnathon Schaech, Lori Heuring. A young politician must deal with a blackmailer after a steamy encounter with his fiancee and a model. (R) 1 hr. 46 mins. Starz Sun., November 15, 2 a.m.

88 Minutes
(2007) Al Pacino, Alicia Witt. A forensic psychiatrist must use all his skills and training to find the person who issued an ominous death threat. (R) 1 hr. 47 mins. Encore Fri., November 13, 12 p.m. Encore Fri., November 13, 10 p.m. Encore Sat., November 14, 4 a.m.

Ella Enchanted
(2004) Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy. A young woman embarks on a journey to break the curse of obedience placed upon her by a fairy godmother. (PG) 1 hr. 41 mins. ABC Family Sat., November 14, 4 p.m.

Emma
(1932) Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell. Children sue their former nanny after their father, whom she weds, leaves her his fortune. (NR) 1 hr. 13 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 3:30 p.m.

Employee of the Month
(2006) Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson. The chance of a date with a beautiful new cashier sends two store clerks into fierce competition for a coveted award. (PG-13) 1 hr. 43 mins. Comedy Central Sun., November 8, 6:30 p.m.

End of Days
(1999) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne. An ex-cop must protect a woman chosen by Satan to be the mother of the Antichrist. (R) 2 hrs. AMC Fri., November 13, 2:30 p.m. AMC Thur., November 12, 10 p.m.

The End
(1978) Burt Reynolds, Sally Field. After learning he has three months to live, a man decides to make peace with his loved ones before attempting suicide. (R) 1 hr. 40 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 7:30 a.m.

Enemy of the State
(1998) Will Smith, Gene Hackman. A former NSA operative aids the innocent victim of a politically motivated assassination cover-up. (R) 2 hrs. 7 mins. Starz Sat., November 14, 1:30 p.m.

An Englishman in New York
(2009) John Hurt, Denis O'Hare. Quentin Crisp lives his later years in New York. (NR) 1 hr. 14 mins. LOGO Tues., November 10, 1 a.m. LOGO Tues., November 10, 3:30 p.m.

The Entertainer
(1960) Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie. British song-and-dance man Archie knows he's a failure, and so does his alcoholic wife. (NR) 1 hr. 37 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 11 p.m.

Escape From Alcatraz
(1979) Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan. Based on the true story of a hardened convict who engineered an elaborate plan to bust out of the famed prison in 1962. (PG) 1 hr. 52 mins. AMC Thur., November 12, 1:30 a.m. AMC Thur., November 12, 3 p.m.

Escape From L.A.
(1996) Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach. The fascist U.S. president enlists a jailed war hero to retrieve a top-secret device stolen by his daughter on island Los Angeles in 2013. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. Spike Mon., November 9, 12 p.m.

Everyone Says I Love You
(1996) Alan Alda, Woody Allen. New Yorkers sing their way through trials and tribulations. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 4:30 a.m. TMC Wed., November 11, 4:30 p.m.

Executive Decision
(1996) Kurt Russell, Halle Berry. A commando squad must conduct a midair assault upon a hijacked plane loaded with terrorists and a deadly nerve gas. (R) 2 hrs. 12 mins. A&E Sat., November 14, 4 p.m.

Explicit Ills
(2008) Rosario Dawson, Francisco Burgos. Citizens living on the lower rungs of South Philadelphia society live out their day-to-day lives and hope for something better. (R) 1 hr. 27 mins. Showtime Fri., November 13, 1 p.m.

The Express
(2008) Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown. Ernie Davis overcomes poverty and prejudice to win college football's Heisman Trophy in 1961. (PG) 2 hrs. 9 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 6 p.m.

Eye See You
(2002) Sylvester Stallone, Tom Berenger. While staying at a clinic for therapy, an FBI agent searches for a serial killer who is murdering the staff and patients. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. Showtime Sun., November 15, 12:30 a.m.




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Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z

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A Face to Die For
(1996) Yasmine Bleeth, James Wilder. A badly scarred woman gets a new life through plastic surgery, then meets the hustler she went to prison for. 1 hr. 37 mins. Lifetime Sun., November 8, 11 a.m.

Face
(1997) Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone. Unexpected developments and a traitor complicate hoodlums' efforts to rob a West London security firm. (R) 1 hr. 43 mins. IFC Tues., November 10, 5 p.m.

The Family Man
(2000) Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni. A Wall Street playboy wakes to find himself married to the college sweetheart he left in order to pursue a career 13 years earlier. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 5 mins. Encore Sun., November 8, 12 p.m.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
(2007) Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba. Reed, Susan, Johnny and Ben face an intergalactic messenger who has arrived to prepare Earth for destruction. (PG) 1 hr. 32 mins. FX Sun., November 8, 9 p.m. FX Mon., November 9, 6 p.m. FX Thur., November 12, 8 p.m. FX Fri., November 13, 7 p.m. FX Sat., November 14, 9 p.m.

Fantastic Four
(2005) Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba. Four people gain unusual powers after a space mission exposes them to cosmic radiation. (PG-13) 1 hr. 46 mins. FX Sun., November 8, 6:30 p.m. FX Thur., November 12, 5 p.m. FX Wed., November 11, 7 p.m.

The Fan
(1996) Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes. A knife salesman kills to help his favorite San Francisco Giant, then kidnaps the athlete's son when he seems ungrateful. (R) 1 hr. 57 mins. FX Sun., November 8, 10:30 a.m.

Fargo
(1996) Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi. A pregnant police chief probes the murderous events that evolved from a desperate car salesman's kidnapping scheme. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. E! Sun., November 8, 9 a.m.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
(2006) Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan. An American street racer in Japan learns an exciting but dangerous new style and goes head-to-head with a local champion who has ties to the Yakuza. (PG-13) 1 hr. 44 mins. TNT Sat., November 14, 10:30 p.m.

Fatal Reunion
(2005) Erika Eleniak, David Millbern. A terrified woman works with a district attorney to stop an old acquaintance who is stalking her. 1 hr. 36 mins. Lifetime Sun., November 8, 11 p.m. Lifetime Sun., November 8, 9 p.m.

Fat City
(1972) Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges. A young fighter inspires a boozing ex-boxer working as a fruit picker to try a comeback. (PG) 1 hr. 36 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 1 a.m.

Father of the Bride Part II
(1995) Steve Martin, Diane Keaton. A worrisome family patriarch is driven to further distraction by the simultaneous pregnancies of his wife and daughter. (PG) 1 hr. 46 mins. Starz Tues., November 10, 8 a.m.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(1986) Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck. A brash teen and his friends have an adventure in Chicago. (PG-13) 1 hr. 43 mins. Comedy Central Sun., November 8, 3:30 p.m. Comedy Central Sun., November 8, 9:30 a.m.

Fido
(2007) Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly. In an idyllic 1950s town, a boy finds a best friend in a domesticated zombie, but events take an unappetizing turn when the creature begins eating the neighbors. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 2 a.m.

Field of Dreams
(1989) Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan. An inspired Iowa farmer builds a baseball field, then sees Shoeless Joe Jackson's ghost and other marvels. (PG) 1 hr. 46 mins. AMC Mon., November 9, 10 a.m. AMC Tues., November 10, 2 a.m.

The Fifth Element
(1997) Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman. A New York City cabdriver tries to save 2259 Earth from impact with an onrushing anti-life force. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 7 mins. Starz Mon., November 9, 8:30 a.m.

Fighting for Life
(2008) Filmmaker Terry Sanders follows military doctors and nurses who tend to the injured in Iraq. (NR) 1 hr. 29 mins. KVCR Mon., November 9, 9:30 p.m.

The Fighting Sullivans
(1944) Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell. The Iowa Sullivans raise five sons who join the Navy and are killed on the Junewau in World War II. (NR) 1 hr. 51 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 4:30 a.m.

The Fighting Temptations
(2003) Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé Knowles. To collect his aunt's inheritance, an unemployed man must form a gospel choir and lead it to success. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 2 mins. TBS Mon., November 9, 2:30 a.m. TBS Sun., November 8, 11:30 a.m.

Final Destination
(2000) Devon Sawa, Ali Larter. Teens meet with horrible ends after a classmate's precognitive vision leads to their ejection from a doomed airliner. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. Starz Mon., November 9, 3 p.m. Starz Mon., November 9, 10:30 p.m.

Finn on the Fly
(2008) Matthew Knight, Ryan Belleville. A science experiment turns a boy's dog into a human. (PG) 1 hr. 40 mins. Disney Sat., November 14, 7 p.m.

Fired Up
(2009) Nicholas D'Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen. Two male high-school football stars enroll in cheerleading camp so they can practice their playbook on pretty girls. (PG-13) 1 hr. 29 mins. Starz Sat., November 14, 9 p.m.

First Blood
(1982) Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna. Green Beret veteran Rambo takes on a Pacific Northwest sheriff and the National Guard. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. AMC Wed., November 11, 11:30 p.m. AMC Wed., November 11, 8 p.m.

First Daughter
(2004) Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas. Under close guard by the Secret Service, the president's daughter heads to college and finds romance with a fellow student. (PG) 1 hr. 45 mins. FX Sat., November 14, 12 p.m.

First Sunday
(2008) Ice Cube, Katt Williams. Bumbling thieves decide to rob a church to raise some much-needed cash, but they discover that someone else has already beaten them to the punch. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. Starz Wed., November 11, 8 a.m. Starz Wed., November 11, 7 p.m.

The First Wives Club
(1996) Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler. Three 50-ish college friends plot revenge after their husbands dump them for younger women. (PG) 1 hr. 42 mins. Bravo Fri., November 13, 7 p.m. Bravo Sat., November 14, 1 a.m.

A Fish Called Wanda
(1988) John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis. An American flirts with a crook, a barrister and a mercenary to find diamonds in London. (R) 1 hr. 47 mins. IFC Mon., November 9, 5:30 p.m. IFC Tues., November 10, 3:30 a.m.

A Fistful of Dynamite
(1972) Rod Steiger, James Coburn. A thief and a dynamite-tossing Irish revolutionary inadvertently become embroiled in the Mexican Revolution. (PG) 2 hrs. 19 mins. IFC Fri., November 13, 4:30 a.m. IFC Fri., November 13, 11 a.m. IFC Thur., November 12, 5:30 p.m.

F.I.S.T.
(1978) Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger. Mobsters push a 1930s laborer to the top of his union, the Federation of Inter-State Truckers. (PG) 2 hrs. 25 mins. KDOC Wed., November 11, 7:30 p.m.

Flash of Genius
(2008) Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham. Robert Kearns fights the auto industry, claiming that the intermittent windshield wiper is his invention. (PG-13) 2 hrs. HBO Wed., November 11, 9 a.m.

Fled
(1996) Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin. Escaped convicts fight while they evade authorities seeking a computer disk on Cuban mobsters. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. BET Fri., November 13, 12:30 a.m. BET Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.

Fletch Lives
(1989) Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook. Reporter Fletch inherits his aunt's Louisiana plantation and wakes up in bed with a dead lawyer. (PG) 1 hr. 35 mins. Encore Wed., November 11, 9:30 p.m.

Fletch
(1985) Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. An undercover Los Angeles reporter investigates a businessman who wants him to kill him. (PG) 1 hr. 38 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 5 a.m. Encore Wed., November 11, 8 p.m.

Flipping
(1996) David Amos, David Proval. An ambitious hoodlum orchestrates a rebellion against his employer that yields unexpected results. (R) 1 hr. 49 mins. LOGO Thur., November 12, 3 a.m.

Flower Girl
(2009) Marla Sokoloff, Kieren Hutchison. A doctor and a mysterious man catch the attention of a florist who wants to find Mr. Right. 1 hr. 30 mins. Hallmark Sat., November 14, 11 p.m. Hallmark Sat., November 14, 9 p.m. Hallmark Sun., November 15, 12:30 a.m.

Fly Away Home
(1996) Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin. A Canadian sculptor builds an ultralight plane so his teen daughter can lead geese south. (PG) 1 hr. 47 mins. HBO Fri., November 13, 6 a.m.

Follow the Stars Home
(2001) Kimberly Williams, Campbell Scott. A resolute woman raises her special-needs daughter alone when her husband abandons her. 1 hr. 37 mins. Hallmark Sat., November 14, 5 p.m.

Foolproof
(2003) Ryan Reynolds, David Suchet. A criminal blackmails young people who plot high-tech robberies into stealing $30 million. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. Spike Tues., November 10, 12 p.m.

Fool's Gold
(2008) Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson. A treasure hunter drags his estranged wife and her boss on a quest to find 40 chests of lost Spanish gold. (PG-13) 1 hr. 52 mins. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 8 p.m.

Forbidden Secrets
(2005) Kristy Swanson, David Keeley. Strange events plague a woman after she moves back to her childhood home. 1 hr. 36 mins. Lifetime Sun., November 8, 1 p.m.

The Forsaken
(2001) Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr. Three people try to kill a band of vampires in the desert. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 3:30 p.m.

For the Bible Tells Me So
(2007) An examination of religion and homosexuality shows how some right-wing groups use their interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community. (NR) 1 hr. 35 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 8 a.m. Sundance Mon., November 9, 3 p.m.

For the Love of Dolly
(2006) Avid fans of Dolly Parton talk about their devotion to the singer-actress. (NR) 56 mins. LOGO Mon., November 9, 4 p.m.

For the Love of Grace
(2008) Mark Consuelos, Chandra West. An act of heroism changes the lives of two strangers who face an uncertain future. 1 hr. 30 mins. Hallmark Thur., November 12, 9 p.m.

40 Days and 40 Nights
(2002) Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon. A young man meets the girl of his dreams after vowing to avoid any physical contact with women during Lent. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. Comedy Central Sat., November 14, 7:30 a.m.

Found
(2004) Joanna Cassidy, Greg Evigan. Mystery surrounds the sudden return of a young woman to her family 16 years after her kidnapping. (NR) 1 hr. 40 mins. Lifetime Sun., November 8, 3 p.m.

Frankenhood
(2009) DeRay Davis, Jasper Redd. Two men and their undead pal compete in a basketball tournament. (R) 1 hr. 32 mins. BET Tues., November 10, 12:30 a.m.

Freddy Got Fingered
(2001) Tom Green, Rip Torn. Living in his parent's basement, a 28-year-old loser battles with his father and delves deep into the realm of bad taste. (R) 1 hr. 27 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 2 a.m.

French Film
(2008) Adrian Annis, Hugh Bonneville. French and English people clash in their attitudes towards relationships. (NR) 1 hr. 27 mins. Sundance Thur., November 12, 2:30 a.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 10 p.m.

Frequency
(2000) Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel. A policeman tries to alter the past after making radio contact with his father, a firefighter who died 30 years earlier. (PG-13) 1 hr. 57 mins. Encore Tues., November 10, 2:30 p.m. Encore Wed., November 11, 1 a.m.

Friday After Next
(2002) Ice Cube, Mike Epps. Working as security guards, Craig and Day-Day run into the thief who stole their Christmas presents. (R) 1 hr. 22 mins. USA Sat., November 14, 9 a.m.

Friday Foster
(1975) Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto. Magazine photographer Friday exposes a racist plot to assassinate politicians. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. BET Thur., November 12, 12:30 p.m.

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
(1984) Kimberly Beck, Peter Barton. Hockey-masked Jason goes after another batch of teens at Crystal Lake. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. Spike Fri., November 13, 12 p.m.

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
(2000) Ara Celi, Marco Leonardi. An executioner's daughter joins an outlaw who escaped death, in a journey that leads to vampires. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. Spike Thur., November 12, 12 p.m.

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
(1999) Bruce Campbell, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen. A bank robber on the run hungers for more than money when he is bitten by a vampire. (R) 1 hr. 28 mins. Spike Wed., November 11, 12 p.m.

Frost/Nixon
(2008) Frank Langella, Michael Sheen. David Frost holds a historic interview with Richard Nixon three years after Watergate. (R) 2 hrs. 2 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 10 p.m. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 8:30 a.m. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 8 p.m. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 10 p.m. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 12:30 p.m.

Funny Farm
(1988) Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith. A sportswriter and his wife move to a cottage in the country, where he tries to write a novel. (PG) 1 hr. 43 mins. Encore Wed., November 11, 11 p.m.

Funny Money
(2006) Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller. Henry runs into trouble with his wife, a good and bad cop, and Mr. Big after accidentally trading his briefcase for one with a million dollars inside. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 6 p.m. Encore Wed., November 11, 4:30 a.m. Encore Wed., November 11, 3 p.m.

Funny Valentines
(1999) Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine. A woman rekindles a deep friendship with a beloved cousin. 1 hr. 48 mins. BET Mon., November 9, 1 p.m. BET Sun., November 8, 7 p.m.




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Gacy
(2003) Mark Holton, Charlie Weber. Serial killer John Wayne Gacy rapes boys and young men, then hides the corpses under his house. (R) 1 hr. 29 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 11:30 p.m.

The Game Plan
(2007) Dwayne ``The Rock'' Johnson, Madison Pettis. A star football player tries to juggle his carefree lifestyle, his team's bid for the championship and the needs of his newly discovered young daughter. (PG) 1 hr. 50 mins. USA Fri., November 13, 7 p.m. USA Sat., November 14, 8:30 p.m.

Gangs of New York
(2002) Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis. During the era of Tammany Hall's sway, a young man vows vengeance on the vicious gangster who killed his father. (R) 2 hrs. 48 mins. IFC Thur., November 12, 10:30 p.m.

Gangway for Tomorrow
(1943) Margo, John Carradine. Flashbacks tell more about a French refugee, hobo, warden, auto racer and Miss America. (NR) 1 hr. 9 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 5:30 a.m.

Garden of the Moon
(1938) Pat O'Brien, John Payne. A press agent falls for a bandleader hired by the manager of a swanky hotel nightclub. (NR) 1 hr. 34 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 7 p.m.

Garfield Gets Real
(2007) Voices of Jason Marsden, Frank Welker. Animated. Tired of life as a comic strip, Garfield comes into the real world to live as an ordinary house cat. (NR) 1 hr. 15 mins. TOON Sat., November 14, 1:30 p.m. TOON Tues., November 10, 5 p.m.

Georgia Rule
(2007) Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan. Exasperated with her rebellious daughter, a woman sends the teen to Idaho to live with her own stern mother. (R) 1 hr. 53 mins. Lifetime Sat., November 14, 7 p.m.

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control
(2008) Masi Oka, Nate Torrence. Two technical wizards search for a missing invisibility device. (PG-13) 1 hr. 11 mins. TBS Tues., November 10, 3 a.m.

Getting Played
(2005) Carmen Electra, Stacey Dash. Three friends play a game of seduction on a stranger, but the tables are turned when he finds out about the joke. (PG-13) TBS Sun., November 8, 10 a.m.

Ghajini
(2008) Aamir Khan, Asin. A man with memory loss seeks revenge for his wife's murder. (NR) 3 hrs. 4 mins. IFC Sun., November 8, 9:30 a.m.

Ghost Image
(2007) Elisabeth Röhm, Stacey Dash. A woman's dead boyfriend communicates with her through a video. (PG-13) 1 hr. 40 mins. TMC Sun., November 8, 2:30 p.m. TMC Sun., November 8, 7:30 a.m.

Ghosts of Mars
(2001) Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge. An intergalactic cop and her team join forces with a dangerous criminal to battle supernatural warriors. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 2 a.m.

Gigi
(1958) Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier. An heir finds that he wants to marry the teen groomed to be his mistress in Gay '90s Paris. (G) 1 hr. 56 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 9 a.m.

A Girl Cut in Two
(2007) Ludivine Sagnier, François Berléand. A TV weather girl is caught in the middle when a spoiled playboy and a famous author compete for her affections. (NR) 1 hr. 54 mins. Sundance Fri., November 13, 2 a.m.

The Girl Said No
(1930) William Haines, Leila Hyams. A rejected bond salesman finally kidnaps his sweetheart from the altar. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 10 a.m.

Girl With a Pearl Earring
(2003) Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson. Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer paints a portrait of a teenage maid who works in his home in the 17th century. (PG-13) 1 hr. 39 mins. IFC Wed., November 11, 9 a.m. IFC Wed., November 11, 2:30 p.m.

The Godfather, Part II
(1974) Al Pacino, Robert Duvall. Michael Corleone moves his father's crime family to Las Vegas. (R) 3 hrs. 20 mins. AMC Sun., November 8, 1 p.m.

The Godfather
(1972) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino. A mafia patriarch tries to hold his empire together. (R) 2 hrs. 57 mins. AMC Sun., November 8, 9 a.m.

The Go-Getter
(2007) Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel. After his mother dies, a teen steals a car and sets out in search of his estranged half-brother, keeping in contact with the car's owner via cell phone. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 12 p.m.

Gone in Sixty Seconds
(2000) Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie. A former thief must agree to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother from being killed by a vehicle smuggler. (PG-13) 1 hr. 57 mins. KTLA Sun., November 15, 1:30 a.m.

Good Dick
(2008) Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter. A creep vies for the attention of a woman who berates him. (R) 1 hr. 26 mins. Showtime Thur., November 12, 5 p.m.

GoodFellas
(1990) Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta. An Irish-Italian hood joins the 1950s New York Mafia. (R) 2 hrs. 26 mins. Bravo Sat., November 14, 11:30 p.m. Bravo Sat., November 14, 8:30 p.m.

Good Luck Chuck
(2007) Dane Cook, Jessica Alba. After meeting the woman of his dreams, a dentist must find a way to break a curse that causes each of his ex-lovers to find true love with her next boyfriend. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. Showtime Sat., November 14, 11 p.m.

Good Morning Heartache
(2008) Alba Rohrwacher, Marco Foschi. (NR) 1 hr. 33 mins. Sundance Sat., November 14, 5 a.m.

A Goofy Movie
(1995) Voices of Bill Farmer, Jason Marsden. Animated. Goofy's teenage son must put his date with a lovely friend on hold after Dad drags him along on a vacation. (G) 1 hr. 18 mins. DISNXD Tues., November 10, 5 p.m.

Grace Is Gone
(2007) John Cusack, Shélan O'Keefe. A man takes his two young daughters on a road trip while searching for a way to tell them that their mother, a soldier, has been killed in Iraq. (PG-13) 1 hr. 32 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 6:30 a.m.

Grandma's Boy
(2006) Doris Roberts, Allen Covert. Evicted from his apartment, a video-game tester must live with his grandmother and her two friends. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. FX Sat., November 14, 4:30 p.m.

Grease
(1978) John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John. Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (PG) 1 hr. 50 mins. WE Sat., November 14, 5:30 p.m.

The Great Debaters
(2007) Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker. In 1930s Texas, Mel Tolson inspires students at a predominately black college to form a debate team and strive for the national championship. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 7 mins. Showtime Tues., November 10, 9 a.m. Showtime Sat., November 14, 4:30 p.m. Showtime Sun., November 15, 4 a.m.

The Great Outdoors
(1988) Dan Aykroyd, John Candy. A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law and his family. (PG) 1 hr. 31 mins. WGN A Wed., November 11, 5 p.m.

The Green Mile
(1999) Tom Hanks, David Morse. In 1935 a head prison guard realizes a man on death row may be innocent and have a supernatural ability to heal others. (R) 3 hrs. 7 mins. AMC Mon., November 9, 12:30 p.m. AMC Sun., November 8, 6 p.m.

Groundhog Day
(1993) Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell. February 2nd keeps repeating for a cynical TV weatherman sent to watch the groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pa. (PG) 1 hr. 43 mins. FX Fri., November 13, 10 a.m.

Gunga Din
(1939) Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. British soldiers and their water carrier face the Thugs at the Khyber Pass in 1890s India. (NR) 1 hr. 57 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 1:30 p.m.

Gunshy
(1998) William Petersen, Michael Wincott. A heartbroken New York City journalist gets involved with a New Jersey gang member and his girlfriend. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. TMC Wed., November 11, 1 p.m.

A Guy Thing
(2003) Jason Lee, Julia Stiles. After his bachelor party, a man wakes up in bed with his fiancee's cousin, a dancer at the bash. (PG-13) 1 hr. 41 mins. MTV Sat., November 14, 8 a.m.




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Hairspray
(2007) John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky. A plump Baltimore teen becomes an overnight celebrity after she wins a spot on a local dance show. (PG) 1 hr. 55 mins. HBO Thur., November 12, 6 a.m.

Half Past Dead
(2002) Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut. An undercover FBI agent battles a criminal mastermind and his team of mercenaries after they break into the new high-tech prison on Alcatraz. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. BET Wed., November 11, 12:30 p.m.

Hancock
(2008) Will Smith, Charlize Theron. With every feat, a scruffy superhero inflicts collateral damage upon Los Angeles. (PG-13) 1 hr. 32 mins. Starz Fri., November 13, 11 p.m. Starz Fri., November 13, 2:30 p.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 6:30 a.m.

Hard to Get
(1938) Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell. Romance thwarts a spoiled heiress's plot to foil the dreams of the gas station attendant who insulted her. (NR) 1 hr. 20 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 1 a.m.

The Haunting of Molly Hartley
(2008) Haley Bennett, Chace Crawford. A teen discovers the horrifying truth about her heritage. (PG-13) 1 hr. 27 mins. Starz Fri., November 13, 12 a.m. Starz Fri., November 13, 8:30 a.m. Starz Thur., November 12, 4 p.m.

Head Over Heels
(2001) Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze Jr. A New Yorker thinks her attractive neighbor is a murderer. (PG-13) 1 hr. 26 mins. Encore Tues., November 10, 6 p.m. Encore Tues., November 10, 9:30 a.m.

Heaven Only Knows
(1947) Robert Cummings, Brian Donlevy. An angel descends to Earth to unite a soulless man with a woman. (NR) 1 hr. 37 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 7 p.m.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
(2008) Ron Perlman, Selma Blair. Hellboy faces an underworld prince who seeks to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. (PG-13) 2 hrs. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 12 a.m. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 4:30 p.m.

Hell Ride
(2008) Larry Bishop, Michael Madsen. The leader of a biker gang takes his most-trusted lieutenant and a new recruit on a mission to avenge the murder of a comrade by rival bikers. (R) 1 hr. 24 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 1 a.m.

Her Twelve Men
(1954) Greer Garson, Robert Ryan. Romantic entanglements and boisterous young students make life difficult for a teacher at a boys school. (NR) 1 hr. 31 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 3 a.m.

A History of Violence
(2005) Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello. Vicious criminals continue to harass a man and his wife after he thwarts a robbery attempt at his diner. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. Spike Sat., November 14, 9 a.m.

Hitch
(2005) Will Smith, Eva Mendes. A smooth-talking man falls for a hardened columnist while helping a shy accountant woo a beautiful heiress. (PG-13) 1 hr. 57 mins. TBS Sun., November 8, 10 p.m. TBS Sun., November 8, 8 p.m.

Hitman
(2007) Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott. An assassin's growing attachment to a traumatized young woman poses a threat to his life, as great as that of the Interpol and Russian agents on his trail. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 5 p.m. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 8 p.m.

Hollow Reed
(1996) Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson. A father's homosexuality and the abusive behavior of a mother's lover are issues in a child-custody battle. (R) 1 hr. 46 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 12 a.m.

Hollywood Hotel
(1937) Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane. The winner of a talent contest travels to Hollywood but finds the road to stardom more difficult than he expected. (NR) 1 hr. 49 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 5 p.m.

Honeydripper
(2007) Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton. In an all-out effort to save his club, a man finds a drifter to play music in place of a famous guitar player. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 3 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 8 p.m.

The Honeymoon Killers
(1969) Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco. After meeting through a lonely hearts club, Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez swindle and murder rich, lonely women. (R) 1 hr. 48 mins. IFC Thur., November 12, 7 a.m. IFC Thur., November 12, 12 p.m. IFC Wed., November 11, 5:30 p.m.

Hoot
(2006) Luke Wilson, Logan Lerman. After moving from Montana, a youth and his new friends in Florida take on corrupt politicians and greedy developers in a fight to protect endangered owls. (PG) 1 hr. 30 mins. Disney Sun., November 8, 8 p.m. Disney Mon., November 9, 11:30 a.m.

Hot Dog ... The Movie
(1984) David Naughton, Patrick Houser. Two playboys take the edge off the Austrians in freestyle skiing at Lake Tahoe. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. Showtime Sun., November 15, 2 a.m. Showtime Thur., November 12, 2:30 a.m.

Hotel for Dogs
(2009) Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin. After moving into a foster home that forbids pets, siblings transform an abandoned hotel into a home for their pooch and a slew of stray dogs. (PG) 1 hr. 40 mins. HBO Sun., November 8, 6:30 p.m. HBO Tues., November 10, 12 p.m. HBO Tues., November 10, 9 p.m.

Hotel Very Welcome
(2007) Ricky Champ, Gareth Llewelyn. An eclectic mix of people travels to Asia seeking serenity. (NR) 1 hr. 29 mins. Sundance Sun., November 15, 1:30 a.m.

The Hot Spot
(1990) Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen. A charismatic drifter's plot to rob a Texas bank is complicated when he becomes romantically involved with two women. (R) 2 hrs. 10 mins. IFC Thur., November 12, 12 a.m.

Hounded
(2001) Tahj Mowry, Craig Kirkwood. A plan to catch a rival red-handed goes awry for a boy who winds up kidnapping his principal's dog. (NR) 1 hr. 32 mins. Disney Sat., November 14, 2:30 a.m.

House of Bamboo
(1955) Robert Ryan, Robert Stack. An Army agent infiltrates a sadistic ex-GI's gang in postwar Tokyo. (NR) 1 hr. 42 mins. TCM Sun., November 8, 5 p.m.

House on Haunted Hill
(1999) Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen. A theme-park mogul invites five guests to an abandoned asylum and offers $1 million to anyone who stays there all night. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. AMC Mon., November 9, 1:30 a.m.

How About You
(2007) Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Redgrave. Left in charge of four cantankerous residents at a nursing home at Christmastime, a young woman must overcome her inexperience in the position. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. Showtime Tues., November 10, 2:30 p.m.

How High
(2001) Method Man, Redman. Two stoners get into Harvard University after magic marijuana enables them to ace their tests. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. Comedy Central Sat., November 14, 4 p.m.

The Hunger
(1983) Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie. A kinky couple from Manhattan satisfy their vampire thirst with victims in discotheques. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. LOGO Mon., November 9, 1 p.m. LOGO Mon., November 9, 4 a.m.

The Hunted
(1995) Christopher Lambert, John Lone. A New York businessman witnesses the murder of a mystery woman by a ninja assassin in Japan. (R) 1 hr. 50 mins. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 4 a.m.

The Hunt for Red October
(1990) Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin. Moscow, Washington and a CIA analyst track a renegade Soviet captain and his new submarine. (PG) 2 hrs. 17 mins. ION Sun., November 8, 3 p.m.

The Hunting Party
(2007) Richard Gere, Terrence Howard. A reporter, his former colleague and a rookie search for Bosnia's most-wanted war criminal. (R) 1 hr. 43 mins. TMC Fri., November 13, 1:30 a.m.




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Ice Twisters
(2009) Mark Moses, Camille Sullivan. A disastrous experiment creates killer tornadoes that shoot shards of ice. (PG-13) 1 hr. 30 mins. SYFY Sat., November 14, 9 p.m. SYFY Sun., November 15, 1 a.m.

Idle Hands
(1999) Devon Sawa, Seth Green. A teenage slacker wakes up Halloween Day, finds his parents gruesomely murdered and his right hand possessed by the devil. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. MTV Sat., November 14, 1 p.m.

If Looks Could Kill
(1991) Richard Grieco, Linda Hunt. An American teenager is mistaken for a James Bond-type spy on the way to France. (PG-13) 1 hr. 28 mins. Encore Sun., November 15, 3 a.m. Encore Wed., November 11, 6 a.m.

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
(1981) Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin. Contamination from chemicals found in everyday household products has a drastic effect on a suburban housewife. (PG) 1 hr. 28 mins. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 5:30 a.m.

In My Country
(2004) Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche. An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings. (R) 1 hr. 43 mins. KDOC Tues., November 10, 7:30 p.m.

Inspector Gadget
(1999) Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett. A beautiful scientist uses gadgets to put a security guard back together after wicked Dr. Claw blows him up. (PG) 1 hr. 17 mins. KTLA Sun., November 8, 12 p.m.

Intentions
(2003) Deidre Kotch, Katherine Lee. Married with two children, a professor begins a lesbian relationship with a college student. (NR) 1 hr. 36 mins. LOGO Tues., November 10, 9 a.m.

Intermezzo: A Love Story
(1939) Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman. On a tour break, a concert violinist meets and has an affair with his daughter's piano teacher. (NR) 1 hr. 10 mins. TCM Sun., November 15, 5 a.m.

Into the Blue
(2005) Paul Walker, Jessica Alba. Four divers cross paths with drug smugglers. (PG-13) 1 hr. 50 mins. TNT Sat., November 14, 6 p.m.

Into the Wild
(2007) Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden. Following his graduation from college, Christopher McCandless gives up his savings and possessions and makes an ill-fated trek to the Alaskan wilderness. (R) 2 hrs. 27 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 10 p.m. TMC Sat., November 14, 12 p.m.

The Iron Major
(1943) Pat O'Brien, Ruth Warrick. Coach Frank Cavanaugh returns to college football after World War I and gradually goes blind. (NR) 1 hr. 25 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 9 a.m.

Iron Monkey
(1993) Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen. A masked avenger targets a corrupt Chinese politician as he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. (PG-13) 1 hr. 25 mins. IFC Thur., November 12, 2:30 p.m. IFC Thur., November 12, 9:30 a.m.

It Runs in the Family
(2003) Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas. A dysfunctional New York family tries to communicate. (PG-13) 1 hr. 49 mins. WGN A Sat., November 14, 9 p.m. WGN A Sun., November 15, 1 a.m.




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The Jacket
(2005) Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley. Cared for by a physician, an amnesiac Gulf War veteran has violent flashbacks and visions of the future. (R) 1 hr. 42 mins. Starz Mon., November 9, 4:30 p.m. Starz Tues., November 10, 10 a.m.

Jack the Ripper
(1959) Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne. An American detective helps a Scotland Yard inspector hunt a surgical killer in Victorian London. (NR) 1 hr. 28 mins. AMC Thur., November 12, 4 a.m.

Jaws
(1975) Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw. A New England police chief, a shark hunter and a scientist have a showdown with a huge white shark. (PG) 2 hrs. 4 mins. HBO Thur., November 12, 4 p.m.

JCVD
(2008) Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens. Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme goes home to find tranquility. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. Spike Fri., November 13, 2 a.m.

Jersey Girl
(2004) Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler. A young woman changes the life of a single father who used to be a successful New York music publicist. (PG-13) 1 hr. 42 mins. AMC Mon., November 9, 11 p.m. AMC Mon., November 9, 8 p.m. AMC Tues., November 10, 7 a.m.

Jesus Camp
(2006) Filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady visit an evangelical Christian summer camp called Kids on Fire, where children take part in programs designed to strengthen their beliefs. (PG-13) 1 hr. 27 mins. Biography Sun., November 8, 6:30 p.m. Biography Sun., November 8, 11 p.m.

Johnny Was
(2006) Vinnie Jones, Patrick Bergin. Johnny Doyle moves to London to leave behind his violent past, but after his mentor breaks out of prison with a plan to set bombs, he must deal with him and the gangster downstairs. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. Showtime Wed., November 11, 3 a.m.

Josie and the Pussycats
(2001) Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid. In a plot to take over the world, a music mogul tries to use the band to brainwash America's youth. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. Encore Sun., November 8, 2:30 p.m.

Journey to the Center of the Earth
(2008) Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson. A science professor and his nephew encounter strange creatures and stranger lands as they travel beneath the Earth's surface. (PG) 1 hr. 33 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 11 a.m.

Jumper
(2008) Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell. A young man's ability to teleport himself anywhere in the world makes him a target for those who have sworn to kill him and others like him. (PG-13) 1 hr. 28 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 12 p.m.

Jump In!
(2007) Corbin Bleu, Keke Palmer. A promising young boxer joins an all-girl team to compete in double Dutch jump-rope. (NR) 1 hr. 36 mins. DISNXD Fri., November 13, 4:30 p.m.

Just Married
(2003) Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy. Two newlyweds deal with meddling friends, disapproving families and bad luck while honeymooning in Europe. (PG-13) 1 hr. 34 mins. FX Mon., November 9, 10 p.m. FX Tues., November 10, 10 a.m.




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Kate & Leopold
(2001) Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman. A Manhattan woman falls in love with the 19th-century Duke of Albany who has stepped through a time portal. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 1 mins. Encore Sat., November 14, 11:30 a.m.

Kazaam
(1996) Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra. Freed from imprisonment in a portable stereo, an outsize, rapping genie grants a harassed urban youth three wishes. (PG) 1 hr. 33 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 7 a.m.

The Keeper
(2004) Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento. An exotic dancer enters into a dangerous battle of wills with the mentally unhinged lawman who kidnapped her. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. TMC Fri., November 13, 5 a.m. TMC Mon., November 9, 10 a.m. TMC Mon., November 9, 6 p.m. TMC Thur., November 12, 11 a.m.

Keeping the Faith
(2000) Ben Stiller, Edward Norton. A rabbi and a priest both fall in love with the same woman. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 7 mins. WGN A Sun., November 8, 1 p.m.

Kelly's Heroes
(1970) Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas. An Army officer and his buddies go behind enemy lines with a tank escort to steal gold bars from the Nazis. (GP) 2 hrs. 25 mins. AMC Thur., November 12, 11:30 a.m. AMC Wed., November 11, 4 p.m.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
(2004) Uma Thurman, David Carradine. Before confronting her former boss, an assassin goes after the man's younger brother and her one-eyed counterpart. (R) 2 hrs. 17 mins. MTV Fri., November 13, 10 p.m. MTV Sat., November 14, 1 a.m.

Killer Movie
(2008) Paul Wesley, Kaley Cuoco. A TV crew becomes stranded in a small town with a killer. (R) TMC Wed., November 11, 10 p.m.

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
(1976) Ben Gazzara, Timothy Agoglia Carey. Los Angeles mobsters force the owner of a sleazy nightclub to kill someone, but it all goes wrong. (R) 1 hr. 49 mins. Sundance Thur., November 12, 12 a.m.

The Killing Room
1 hr. 35 mins. Showtime Thur., November 12, 9 p.m.

Kill Your Idols
(2004) Filmmaker S.A. Crary examines New York's No Wave music scene of the 1980s and today, featuring performance footage and interviews with Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. (NR) 1 hr. 15 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 10:30 a.m.

Kiltro
(2006) Marko Zaror, Caterina Jadresic. The leader of a Chilean gang uses martial arts to protect a girl from a vengeful thug. (NR) 1 hr. 33 mins. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 2:30 a.m.

Kingdom of the Spiders
(1977) William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling. A veterinarian and a bug expert face thousands of Arizona spiders starved by pesticides. (PG) 1 hr. 34 mins. IFC Thur., November 12, 4 a.m. IFC Wed., November 11, 10 p.m.

King Kong
(2005) Naomi Watts, Jack Black. Members of a film crew encounter prehistoric beasts and a giant ape on mysterious Skull Island. (PG-13) 3 hrs. 7 mins. TNT Sun., November 8, 11 p.m. TNT Sun., November 8, 8 p.m.

The Kite Runner
(2007) Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi. After many years living in the U.S., an Afghan novelist returns to his Taliban-controlled homeland to learn the fate of the son of his murdered friend. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 8 mins. TMC Mon., November 9, 10 p.m.

Knocked Up
(2007) Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl. A rising journalist and an irresponsible slacker ponder their future after a boozy one-night stand results in a pregnancy. (R) 2 hrs. 9 mins. E! Tues., November 10, 8 p.m. E! Wed., November 11, 1:30 p.m. E! Wed., November 11, 4:30 p.m.

Kung Fu Hustle
(2004) Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah. An aspiring hoodlum gets a chance to prove his abilities when gang members hire him to spring a powerful master from an asylum. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. Spike Mon., November 9, 6:30 p.m. Spike Tues., November 10, 12 a.m.




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Lake City
(2008) Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity. On the run, a young man goes to his childhood home, the one place on Earth he does not want to be. (R) 1 hr. 32 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 7 p.m. Showtime Sat., November 14, 12 p.m.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
(2001) Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight. A beautiful globe-trotter battles otherworldly creatures for possession of a powerful artifact. (PG-13) 1 hr. 40 mins. Showtime Tues., November 10, 6 p.m.

Larger Than Life
(1996) Bill Murray, Janeane Garofalo. A motivational speaker inherits an elephant and takes it cross-country to buyers in San Diego. (PG) 1 hr. 33 mins. HBO Tues., November 10, 6:30 a.m.

Lars and the Real Girl
(2007) Ryan Gosling, Paul Schneider. A lonely man forms an emotional bond with a plastic woman. (PG-13) 1 hr. 47 mins. Showtime Fri., November 13, 5 a.m. Showtime Thur., November 12, 10 a.m.

The Last Boy Scout
(1991) Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans. An ex-Secret Service agent plays private eye with an ex-quarterback on a case of sports gambling and murder. (R) 1 hr. 45 mins. ION Sun., November 8, 5:30 p.m.

Last Chance Harvey
(2008) Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson. A jingle writer and a British government worker fall in love. (PG-13) 1 hr. 32 mins. Starz Fri., November 13, 6 p.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 5:30 p.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 8 a.m. Starz Sun., November 8, 5:30 p.m. Starz Sun., November 8, 9:30 a.m. Starz Tues., November 10, 11 p.m. Starz Tues., November 10, 2:30 p.m. Starz Wed., November 11, 6:30 a.m.

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
(1997) Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland. A crimelord's flunky crosses him in order to help a drug-addicted porn star go straight. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 3 a.m.

Last Days
(2005) Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas. Addicted to drugs, a Seattle rock star continues on a path of self-destruction. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. IFC Sat., November 14, 3:30 p.m. IFC Sat., November 14, 9 a.m.

Last Holiday
(2006) Queen Latifah, Gérard Depardieu. Upon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell off all her possessions and live it up at a posh European hotel. (PG-13) 1 hr. 52 mins. TBS Sun., November 8, 6 p.m.

Last of the Dogmen
(1995) Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey. A bounty hunter investigates a local mystery after his quarry disappears in 19th century Montana. (PG) 1 hr. 57 mins. AMC Sat., November 14, 10:30 a.m.

The Last Shot
(2004) Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin. To help capture mobster John Gotti, an FBI agent poses as a movie producer and tricks a screenwriter into making a sham film. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. Comedy Central Tues., November 10, 4:30 p.m. Comedy Central Wed., November 11, 10 a.m.

Last Stop for Paul
(2006) Neil Mandt, Marc Carter. Two friends travel around the world spreading a friend's ashes. (PG-13) 1 hr. 23 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 10:30 a.m.

Last Summer in the Hamptons
(1995) Victoria Foyt, Viveca Lindfors. A Hollywood starlet joins a narcissistic theatrical clan preparing for the annual summer show at their Long Island estate. (R) 1 hr. 45 mins. IFC Mon., November 9, 10 a.m. IFC Mon., November 9, 3 p.m.

Last Tango in Paris
(1973) Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider. An American expatriate looks for an apartment in Paris and finds a sex partner. (NC-17) 2 hrs. 10 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 1 a.m.

The Last Wave
(1978) Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett. An Australian lawyer defends an Aborigine accused of a mystical murder. (PG) 1 hr. 45 mins. IFC Fri., November 13, 1:30 p.m. IFC Fri., November 13, 7:30 a.m.

Lean on Me
(1989) Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume. Principal Joe Clark goes to bat against drugs, crime and bad grades in his Paterson, N.J., high school. (PG-13) 1 hr. 48 mins. Encore Fri., November 13, 9 a.m.

Le Doulos
(1961) Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani. A former convict suspects his best friend, a burglar with police contacts, of being a stool pigeon. (NR) 1 hr. 48 mins. Sundance Fri., November 13, 4 a.m. Sundance Thur., November 12, 4 p.m. Sundance Thur., November 12, 9 a.m.

Leeches!
(2003) Matt Twining, Mike Cole. Mutated leeches terrorize a college campus after feeding on blood tainted by steroids. (R) 1 hr. 25 mins. LOGO Fri., November 13, 12 a.m. LOGO Sun., November 15, 3 a.m.

Legally Blonde
(2001) Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. A sorority queen enrolls in Harvard to prove to her former boyfriend that she has more than good looks. (PG-13) 1 hr. 36 mins. Bravo Fri., November 13, 10:30 p.m. Bravo Fri., November 13, 8 p.m.

Lemon Sky
(1987) Kevin Bacon, Tom Atkins. Lanford Wilson's chronicle of a young man's attempt to renew a relationship with the father who deserted him. (PG-13) 1 hr. 46 mins. Sundance Fri., November 13, 1:30 p.m. Sundance Sat., November 14, 6 a.m.

Léolo
(1992) Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno. Absurdity and imagination fill the notebooks and the life of a boy from an eccentric family in Montreal. (NR) 1 hr. 47 mins. IFC Sat., November 14, 3 a.m.

Les Miserables
(1952) Michael Rennie, Debra Paget. Obsessed Inspector Javert hounds Jean Valjean for life after the man steals a loaf of bread for his starving family. (NR) 1 hr. 44 mins. TCM Sun., November 8, 7 a.m.

Liberty Kid
(2007) Al Thompson, Kareem Savinon. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, two young men lose their jobs at the Statue of Liberty. (NR) 1 hr. 32 mins. Sundance Tues., November 10, 3:30 p.m. Sundance Tues., November 10, 9 a.m.

The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
(2008) Noah Wyle, Bob Newhart. A librarian must prevent vampires from taking over the world. 1 hr. 30 mins. TNT Sun., November 8, 6 p.m.

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
(2004) Noah Wyle, Kyle MacLachlan. A caretaker beneath a metropolitan library protects magical artifacts from those who would use them to do evil. 1 hr. 36 mins. TNT Sun., November 8, 2 p.m.

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
(2006) Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar. An adventurer and a brilliant archaeologist use a map to search for the fabled mines of King Solomon. 1 hr. 36 mins. TNT Sun., November 8, 4 p.m.

Lies and Crimes
(2007) Estella Warren. After the death of her husband, a woman moves to his hometown and takes a stand against corruption. (NR) 1 hr. 36 mins. Lifetime Sun., November 8, 5 p.m.

The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
(2005) Kris Kristofferson, Ronnie Hawkins. Loved ones and musicians recall the exploits of a semi-legendary country singer. (R) 1 hr. 26 mins. Sundance Thur., November 12, 7 a.m. Sundance Thur., November 12, 2:30 p.m.

Life Is Ruff
(2005) Kyle Massey, Calvin Wheeler. A teenage slacker adopts a stray as part of a plan to win a large cash prize at an upcoming dog show. 1 hr. 30 mins. Disney Fri., November 13, 11:30 a.m. Disney Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.

A Life of Her Own
(1950) Lana Turner, Ray Milland. A top New York model has an affair with a millionaire whose wife is disabled. (NR) 1 hr. 48 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 10:30 a.m.

Lights in the Dusk
(2006) Janne Hyytiainen, Maria Jarvenhelmi. A security guard falls under the spell of a devious woman who is really setting him up to take the rap for a crime. (NR) 1 hr. 18 mins. Sundance Tues., November 10, 6:30 p.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 5 a.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 1:30 p.m.

Little Black Book
(2004) Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter. To learn more about his past, a young woman interviews three of her boyfriend's former sweethearts. (PG-13) 1 hr. 46 mins. FX Sat., November 14, 2 p.m.

Little Nicky
(2000) Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette. The youngest son of Satan must go to New York City and bring back his brothers, whose absence is wreaking havoc in hell. (PG-13) 1 hr. 30 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 6 p.m. Encore Sun., November 8, 4 p.m. Encore Sun., November 8, 11:30 p.m.

A Little Princess
(1995) Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham. A British Army captain's 10-year-old daughter irks the headmistress of her girls school in 1914 New York. (G) 1 hr. 37 mins. Encore Tues., November 10, 8 a.m.

Little Women
(1994) Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne. Louisa May Alcott's classic story of the lives, loves and triumphs of four sisters in Civil War-era New England. (PG) 1 hr. 58 mins. Encore Wed., November 11, 7 a.m.

Living Out Loud
(1998) Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito. An elevator operator and a singer friend help a wealthy woman find direction after her spouse leaves. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. FX Mon., November 9, 8 a.m.

The Longest Yard
(2005) Adam Sandler, Chris Rock. At a Texas penitentiary, jailed NFL veterans train their fellow inmates for a football game against the guards. (PG-13) 1 hr. 53 mins. TNT Fri., November 13, 9 p.m. TNT Fri., November 13, 11 p.m.

Look Back in Anger
(1958) Richard Burton, Claire Bloom. A man vents his rage against society by lashing out at his demoralized wife, his best friend and his eager mistress. (NR) 1 hr. 39 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 12 a.m.

The Lost Boys
(1987) Jason Patric, Corey Haim. A woman and her sons move to a coastal California town full of teenage vampire punks. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. G4 Sat., November 14, 1 p.m. G4 Sat., November 14, 12 a.m. G4 Sun., November 8, 7 p.m.

Love and Other Disasters
(2006) Brittany Murphy, Santiago Cabrera. The romantic escapades of a fashion guru, her gay roommate and an assistant to a photographer. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. Showtime Tues., November 10, 4:30 a.m.

Love Finds a Home
(2009) Patty Duke, Sarah Jones. A frontier doctor clashes with a nursemaid while caring for the woman's pregnant daughter-in-law. 1 hr. 30 mins. Hallmark Sun., November 8, 9 p.m.

Love's Abiding Joy
(2006) Erin Cottrell, Logan Bartholomew. Tragedy tests the faith and love of a family of pioneers as they carve out a life on the frontier. (PG) 1 hr. 27 mins. Hallmark Sun., November 8, 1 p.m.

Love's Enduring Promise
(2004) Katherine Heigl, Dale Midkiff. A mysterious traveler tends to an injured pioneer's farm and harbors a deep affection for the family's eldest daughter. 1 hr. 36 mins. Hallmark Sun., November 8, 11 p.m.

Love's Long Journey
(2005) Erin Cottrell, Logan Bartholomew. Newlywed settlers face uncertainty and hardship as they carve new lives for themselves in untamed territory. 1 hr. 36 mins. Hallmark Sun., November 8, 11 a.m.

Love's Unending Legacy
(2007) Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff. Two years after the murder of her husband, a woman and her young son return home to be near her parents. 1 hr. 36 mins. Hallmark Sun., November 8, 3 p.m.

Love's Unfolding Dream
(2007) Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff. A physical therapist touches the lives of an ailing matron and a young New York attorney. 1 hr. 36 mins. Hallmark Sun., November 8, 5 p.m.

Love Takes Wing
(2009) Cloris Leachman, Sarah Jones. A widowed doctor tries to help residents of a frontier town where a mysterious illness claims several lives. 1 hr. 30 mins. Hallmark Sun., November 8, 7 p.m.

Love Trap
(2005) Julius Golden, Arlicia Love. A law student meets a seductive woman who turns his life upside down. (NR) 1 hr. 44 mins. Showtime Sat., November 14, 9 a.m. Showtime Wed., November 11, 9:30 a.m.

Love Walked In
(1997) Denis Leary, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. Things don't go well for a lounge pianist using his singer girlfriend to seduce and blackmail a rich patron. (R) 1 hr. 59 mins. TMC Mon., November 9, 11 a.m.

Lower Learning
(2008) Jason Biggs, Eva Longoria Parker. The vice principal of an elementary school must turn it around before the state closes it. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 12:30 p.m. TMC Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.




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Mad Detective
(2007) Lau Ching Wan, Andy On. A mentally disturbed detective uses his sixth sense to help locate a missing policeman. (NR) 1 hr. 29 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 12:30 a.m.

Mad Dog Time
(1996) Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne. A mob kingpin's chief enforcer eliminates enemies and gets things ready for the boss's release. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 5 a.m.

Made of Honor
(2008) Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan. A commitment-shy guy realizes he is in love with his best friend and accepts a spot in her bridal party in the hope of stopping her wedding. (PG-13) 1 hr. 41 mins. Encore Sun., November 8, 10 a.m. Encore Sun., November 8, 10 p.m. Encore Mon., November 9, 3 a.m.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
(1985) Mel Gibson, Tina Turner. Aunty Entity will return Mad Max's camels if he will fight the giant Blaster in a barbaric caged arena. (PG-13) 1 hr. 46 mins. AMC Fri., November 13, 11:30 p.m. AMC Sat., November 14, 5 p.m.

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
(1981) Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence. Loner lawman Mad Max fights bikers for wasteland gas. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. AMC Fri., November 13, 9 p.m. AMC Sat., November 14, 3 p.m.

Mad Max
(1979) Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel. In an Australia of the not-too-distant future, a police officer strikes back against motorized menaces to what is left of society after a nuclear holocaust. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. AMC Fri., November 13, 7:30 p.m. AMC Sat., November 14, 1 p.m.

Mad Money
(2008) Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah. Three women conspire to steal currency that the Federal Reserve has earmarked for destruction. (PG-13) 1 hr. 43 mins. Starz Thur., November 12, 5:30 p.m. Starz Thur., November 12, 7 a.m.

The Maltese Falcon
(1941) Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor. Private eye Sam Spade encounters sundry characters, all seeking a coveted statuette. (NR) 1 hr. 40 mins. TCM Sun., November 8, 9 a.m.

Mamma Mia!
(2008) Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan. Hoping to meet her real father and have him walk her down the aisle, a bride secretly invites three men from her mother's past to come to the wedding. (PG-13) 1 hr. 49 mins. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 1 p.m. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 9 a.m.

A Man Apart
(2003) Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate. A DEA agent embarks on a bloody path of revenge after members of a drug cartel murder his wife. (R) 1 hr. 49 mins. BET Sat., November 14, 8 p.m.

Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
(2007) Seen through the eyes of wealthy businessmen, corruption and class warfare beleaguer Brazilian society. (NR) 1 hr. 25 mins. Sundance Sun., November 8, 2 p.m. Sundance Sun., November 8, 6 a.m.

Manic
(2001) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Bacall. A violent teenager befriends two other troubled patients in a psychiatric ward. (R) 1 hr. 40 mins. IFC Sun., November 8, 2 p.m. IFC Sun., November 8, 8 a.m.

The Man in the Iron Mask
(1998) Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons. Musketeers try to displace corrupt King Louis XIV with his twin brother, imprisoned in the Bastille. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 12 mins. KTLA Sun., November 8, 7:30 p.m.

Man of the House
(1995) Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett. A district attorney tries to win over the bratty son of his future wife. (PG) 1 hr. 36 mins. Hallmark Sat., November 14, 11 a.m.

Man Push Cart
(2005) Ahmad Razvi, Leticia Dolera. In New York, a Pakistani immigrant who was once a rock star sells coffee and bootleg movies to make ends meet. (NR) 1 hr. 26 mins. Sundance Wed., November 11, 9 a.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 5 p.m.

The Man Who Fell to Earth
(1976) David Bowie, Candy Clark. A visitor from an arid planet creates a global corporation to make billions to get water to his people. (R) 2 hrs. 18 mins. Sundance Tues., November 10, 11 p.m.

Margot at the Wedding
(2007) Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh. Conflict between two sisters arises when one expresses her disapproval of the other's fiance during a weekend visit. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 12 a.m.

Maria Full of Grace
(2004) Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega. Unemployed and pregnant, a Colombian teenager takes a job smuggling drugs into the United States. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. IFC Sun., November 8, 4 p.m.

Marine Raiders
(1944) Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan. A Marine major looks out for his captain on Guadalcanal and in Australia. (NR) 1 hr. 31 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 7 a.m.

Marked for Death
(1990) Steven Seagal, Basil Wallace. A former drug agent and his old Army buddy exterminate a so-called Jamaican drug posse. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 10:30 a.m. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 5 p.m.

Married Life
(2007) Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan. A man plans to kill his wife because he has fallen in love with someone else, but he is unaware that his best friend also has designs on the same woman. (PG-13) 1 hr. 30 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 10 a.m.

Marvin's Room
(1996) Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio. A Florida leukemia patient needs her sister's bone marrow, but first they must end a 20-year feud. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. Showtime Wed., November 11, 11:30 a.m.

Matchstick Men
(2003) Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell. A con man bonds with his daughter and plans a swindle. (PG-13) 1 hr. 56 mins. USA Thur., November 12, 5:30 a.m.

The Matrix Reloaded
(2003) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. Freedom fighters use extraordinary skills and weaponry to revolt against machines. (R) 2 hrs. 18 mins. AMC Sat., November 14, 10:30 p.m.

The Matrix Revolutions
(2003) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. Neo, Morpheus and Trinity prepare for a final battle against vicious machines set to invade Zion. (R) 2 hrs. 10 mins. AMC Sun., November 15, 2 a.m.

The Matrix
(1999) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. A computer hacker joins forces with rebel warriors to battle a malevolent cyberintelligence. (R) 2 hrs. 16 mins. AMC Sat., November 14, 8 p.m.

Max Keeble's Big Move
(2001) Alex D. Linz, Larry Miller. When his parents announce they are moving, a schoolboy decides to take revenge against his tormentors. (PG) 1 hr. 26 mins. Encore Tues., November 10, 6 a.m.

Meet Dave
(2008) Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks. Tiny aliens explore the wilderness of New York City in a human-sized spaceship modeled after their captain. (PG) 1 hr. 30 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 11 a.m. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 6 p.m.

Meet the Browns
(2008) Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett. Soon after losing her job, a single mother takes her brood to Georgia for her father's funeral and meets his uproarious clan for the first time. (PG-13) 1 hr. 40 mins. Showtime Sun., November 8, 1 p.m. Showtime Wed., November 11, 6 p.m.

Meet the Parents
(2000) Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller. When a woman brings her boyfriend home for her sister's wedding, her father, a former CIA agent, takes an instant dislike to him. (PG-13) 1 hr. 48 mins. TBS Thur., November 12, 9 p.m. TBS Fri., November 13, 2:30 a.m.

Meet the Spartans
(2008) Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra. King Leonidas and his strapping warriors rise up to defend Sparta from invading Persians, bad punch-lines and celebrity look-alikes. (PG-13) 1 hr. 24 mins. HBO Mon., November 9, 10:30 a.m. HBO Fri., November 13, 6 p.m.

Meet Wally Sparks
(1997) Rodney Dangerfield, Debi Mazar. As the threat of cancellation looms, a TV talk show host pulls an outrageous stunt in an attempt to boost his ratings. (R) 1 hr. 44 mins. Comedy Central Wed., November 11, 2:30 p.m. Comedy Central Thur., November 12, 9:30 a.m.

Megafault
(2009) Brittany Murphy, Eriq La Salle. A seismologist and a miner work together to stop a massive earthquake from destroying the world. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. SYFY Sat., November 14, 7 p.m.

Meltdown: Days of Destruction
(2006) Casper Van Dien, Venus Terzo. A policeman tries to save his loved ones from a heat wave as the Earth hurtles toward the sun. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. SYFY Sat., November 14, 3 p.m.

Men of Honor
(2000) Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr. The U.S. Navy's first black diver battles a salty chief, racial prejudice and a crippling setback. (R) 2 hrs. 9 mins. HBO Mon., November 9, 4 a.m.

Meteor
(1979) Sean Connery, Natalie Wood. A U.S. scientist and a Soviet scientist try to stop a 5-mile-wide asteroid from hitting Earth. (PG) 1 hr. 47 mins. SYFY Sat., November 14, 9 a.m.

Metroland
(1997) Christian Bale, Lee Ross. Urging a bohemian existence, a former schoolmate disrupts a London couple's conventional lifestyle. (R) 1 hr. 45 mins. Sundance Sun., November 8, 7 p.m.

Miami Vice
(2006) Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx. Detectives Crockett and Tubbs take on drug lords in South Florida. (R) 2 hrs. 15 mins. ION Sat., November 14, 3:30 p.m. ION Sun., November 8, 8 p.m.

A Mighty Wind
(2003) Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest. In order to honor his late father, a man reunites various musicians to perform folk music at a tribute concert. (PG-13) 1 hr. 30 mins. Comedy Central Mon., November 9, 4 p.m. Comedy Central Tues., November 10, 9:30 a.m.

Milk
(2008) Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch. The life story of Harvey Milk, an openly gay elected official in 1970s San Francisco. (R) 2 hrs. 8 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 12 a.m.

Min and Bill
(1930) Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery. A fisherman loves an innkeeper who loves a girl like a daughter. (NR) 1 hr. 6 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 12 p.m.

Miracle at St. Anna
(2008) Derek Luke, Michael Ealy. During World War II, members of an all-black unit become trapped behind enemy lines after saving the life of an Italian boy. (R) 2 hrs. 40 mins. Starz Thur., November 12, 12 a.m.

Miracle Dogs Too
(2006) Charles Durning, Lesley Ann Warren. After moving to a new town, a 10-year-old boy finds two dogs that have the power to heal. (NR) 1 hr. 25 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 7:30 a.m. TMC Sun., November 15, 5:30 a.m.

The Mist
(2007) Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden. Trapped townspeople face monsters inside and out after a supernatural fog engulfs their Maine community. (R) 2 hrs. 5 mins. TMC Wed., November 11, 8 p.m.

Molly
(1999) Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart. An autistic woman undergoes experimental surgery which leaves her a genius but with the emotional development of a child. (PG-13) 1 hr. 29 mins. Showtime Wed., November 11, 4:30 a.m.

The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
(2006) (NR) 1 hr. 24 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 12 p.m. Sundance Mon., November 9, 5 p.m.

Mon Oncle d'Amerique
(1980) Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia. Two men and a woman act out a French scientist's theory of behavior. (PG) 2 hrs. 3 mins. TCM Sun., November 8, 11 p.m.

Monster-in-Law
(2005) Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda. A woman fights back when her fiance's shrewish mother tries to destroy their relationship. (PG-13) 1 hr. 40 mins. Oxygen Sun., November 8, 6 p.m.

More Sex & the Single Mom
(2005) Gail O'Grady, Grant Show. A woman's life turns chaotic when her ex-lover returns and her daughter becomes infatuated with an older man. 1 hr. 36 mins. Lifetime Sat., November 14, 11 a.m.

Mortuary
(2005) Dan Byrd, Stephanie Patton. A family moves to a rural town and takes over an abandoned funeral home rumored to be haunted. (R) 1 hr. 40 mins. TMC Sun., November 8, 11 a.m.

Moving McAllister
(2007) Ben Gourley, Mila Kunis. A law intern unwisely agrees to haul his boss's belongings and escort the man's spoiled niece from Miami to Los Angeles. (PG-13) TMC Fri., November 13, 4 p.m.

Mr. Brooks
(2007) Kevin Costner, Demi Moore. A detective dogs a serial killer's trail, while the killer's voyeuristic neighbor blackmails him into continuing his deadly hobby. (R) 2 hrs. 1 mins. Showtime Sat., November 14, 2 a.m. Showtime Tues., November 10, 8 p.m.

Mr. Holland's Opus
(1995) Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly. Life steers a passionate musician away from composing and toward a teaching career. (PG) 2 hrs. 22 mins. TMC Sun., November 8, 4 p.m.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(2005) Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. A husband and wife are unaware that each is an international assassin who has just been assigned to kill the other. (PG-13) 2 hrs. KCOP Sun., November 8, 4:30 p.m. KTTV Sat., November 14, 12:30 p.m.

Mr. Right
(2006) Luke de Woolfson, Andrew Dunn. (NR) 1 hr. 26 mins. LOGO Mon., November 9, 8 p.m. LOGO Sun., November 8, 10 p.m.

Mrs. Doubtfire
(1993) Robin Williams, Sally Field. Estranged from his wife, an out-of-work actor masquerades as a nanny to be with his children. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 5 mins. Encore Sat., November 14, 5:30 p.m.

Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith
(2009) Cybill Shepherd, Corri English. A woman returns to college after many years to finish her degree. 1 hr. 36 mins. Hallmark Sat., November 14, 3 p.m.

Mulligans
(2008) Dan Payne, Thea Gill. A friend makes a mistake that may tear a family apart. (NR) 1 hr. 32 mins. LOGO Tues., November 10, 1:30 p.m.

The Mummy Returns
(2001) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz. Two evil forces believe the 9-year-old son of adventurer Rick O'Connell is the key to the reincarnation of Isis. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 9 mins. Encore Fri., November 13, 7 a.m. Encore Sun., November 8, 8 p.m. Encore Thur., November 12, 12 p.m. Encore Thur., November 12, 9 p.m.

Music From Another Room
(1998) Jude Law, Gretchen Mol. A man believes he must marry an acquaintance from long ago. (PG-13) 1 hr. 44 mins. TMC Mon., November 9, 4 a.m. TMC Sun., November 8, 12:30 p.m.

My Baby's Daddy
(2004) Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson. Three footloose men get a rude awakening after their girlfriends become pregnant. (PG-13) 1 hr. 26 mins. Comedy Central Sat., November 14, 12 p.m.

My Best Friend's Wedding
(1997) Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney. A writer tries to stop her former lover from marrying another woman, a guileless heiress. (PG-13) 1 hr. 45 mins. TBS Thur., November 12, 3 a.m.

My Fellow Americans
(1996) Jack Lemmon, James Garner. Rival ex-presidents grudgingly team up to fight a frame-up. (PG-13) 1 hr. 41 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 6 p.m.




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Naked Lust
(1998) Dakota, Melissa Hill. Frisky female predators search for sexual satisfaction in a wild and decadent world. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 11 p.m.

Nanny McPhee
(2005) Emma Thompson, Colin Firth. A widower hires a mysterious woman who uses magic to control his seven unruly children. (PG) 1 hr. 39 mins. ABC Family Sat., November 14, 5:30 p.m.

National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
(2006) Kal Penn, Amy Steel. College student Taj heads to a British university to further his studies and shows his straight-laced classmates how to party. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. Comedy Central Sat., November 14, 6 p.m.

National Lampoon's Van Wilder
(2002) Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid. An underachieving collegian needs money to stay in school after his father cuts off his funds. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. Comedy Central Sun., November 8, 1:30 p.m.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
(2007) Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight. A page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth implicates Ben Gates' great-great grandfather as a major conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln. (PG) 2 hrs. 10 mins. Starz Tues., November 10, 2 a.m. Starz Tues., November 10, 12 p.m. Starz Tues., November 10, 7:30 p.m. Starz Fri., November 13, 10:30 a.m. Starz Fri., November 13, 7 p.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 4:30 a.m.

National Treasure
(2004) Nicolas Cage, Hunter Gomez. An adventurer must steal the Declaration of Independence and use its hidden map to find a legendary fortune. (PG) 2 hrs. 10 mins. USA Sat., November 14, 5:30 p.m.

Natural Born Killers
(1994) Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis. Bloodthirsty young lovers become instant celebrities. (R) 1 hr. 59 mins. Encore Tues., November 10, 9 p.m.

Necessary Roughness
(1991) Scott Bakula, Hector Elizondo. An over-30 ex-quarterback gets to play as a freshman on a wild-card team at a Texas college. (PG-13) 1 hr. 48 mins. Country Music Television Sun., November 8, 5 p.m.

Never Back Down
(2008) Djimon Hounsou, Sean Faris. A rebellious teenager learns to fight from a veteran of mixed martial arts after joining an underground fight club. (PG-13) 1 hr. 54 mins. Starz Mon., November 9, 1 a.m. Starz Sun., November 8, 1:30 p.m.

The New Guy
(2002) D. J. Qualls, Eliza Dushku. In jail, a teenager meets another inmate who shows him how to act cool at his high school. (PG-13) 1 hr. 28 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 2 p.m.

New York City Serenade
(2007) Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris Klein. Two struggling childhood friends try to figure out life. (R) 1 hr. 43 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 10 p.m.

New York Minute
(2004) Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen. An uptight teenager and her laid-back twin spend a wild day on the streets of Manhattan. (PG) 1 hr. 31 mins. Oxygen Sat., November 14, 6 p.m. Oxygen Sun., November 15, 12 a.m.

Niagara
(1953) Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten. A blonde and her lover plot to kill her edgy husband at Niagara Falls. (NR) 1 hr. 29 mins. AMC Mon., November 9, 5:30 a.m.

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
(2008) Michael Cera, Kat Dennings. Two music-loving teens go in search of a legendary band's secret show. (PG-13) 1 hr. 29 mins. Starz Mon., November 9, 7 a.m. Starz Mon., November 9, 9 p.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 12 p.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 3 a.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 7 p.m. Starz Tues., November 10, 4 a.m.

The Night of the Hunter
(1955) Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters. A wise matron protects children hiding from a corrupt preacher. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 12:30 a.m.

The Night of the White Pants
(2006) Tom Wilkinson. A man hits the town with his daughter's punk-rock boyfriend. (R) 1 hr. 27 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 10:30 a.m.

Nights in Rodanthe
(2008) Richard Gere, Diane Lane. Two troubled souls find solace with each other at a North Carolina inn. (PG-13) 1 hr. 36 mins. HBO Fri., November 13, 12 p.m. HBO Tues., November 10, 10 a.m.

The Ninth Gate
(1999) Johnny Depp, Frank Langella. A rare-book dealer is hired to track down two satanic tomes. (R) 2 hrs. 13 mins. IFC Sat., November 14, 11 p.m.

No Country for Old Men
(2007) Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem. An aging lawman reflects on his past and laments a changing world while trying to find and protect a hunter who took the cash from a drug deal gone bad. (R) 2 hrs. 2 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 11:30 p.m. Encore Fri., November 13, 2:30 p.m.

Noise
(2007) Brendan Cowell, Maia Thomas. Diagnosed with tinnitus, a lawman works the night shift while a murderous gunman remains at large. (NR) 1 hr. 46 mins. Sundance Sun., November 8, 5 p.m.

None but the Lonely Heart
(1944) Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore. A cockney ne'er-do-well's dying mother guides him in World War II London. (NR) 1 hr. 53 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 9 a.m.

Nonsense Revolution
(2008) Robert Clark, Alex House. After a party a young man dies and is sent back as an angel to help his friends move past his death. (NR) LOGO Fri., November 13, 8:30 a.m. LOGO Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.

Not Easily Broken
(2009) Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson. A physical therapist, who is helping a woman recover from a terrible injury, becomes involved with the patient's disenchanted husband. (PG-13) 1 hr. 39 mins. Starz Tues., November 10, 4 p.m.

Nothing but Trouble
(1991) Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd. Four trendy New Yorkers face a crazed judge and other horrors in the village of Valkenvania. (PG-13) 1 hr. 34 mins. Encore Wed., November 11, 4:30 p.m.

Not My Life
(2006) Meredith Monroe, Ellie Harvie. A married woman hires a detective after she has visions of living with another man. (NR) 1 hr. 36 mins. Lifetime Sun., November 8, 7 p.m.

No Way Out
(1987) Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman. The secretary of Defense forces a Pentagon naval aide to lead a manhunt for a Soviet spy during a murder cover-up. (R) 1 hr. 53 mins. AMC Mon., November 9, 7:30 a.m.

Now, Voyager
(1942) Bette Davis, Claude Rains. A Boston spinster finds a lover after the counsel of a kind psychiatrist brings her out of her frumpy shell. (NR) 1 hr. 57 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 3 a.m.

NYC: Tornado Terror
(2008) Nicole de Boer, Sebastian Spence. A meteorologist and her husband must prevent devastating tornadoes from destroying New York. (NR) 1 hr. 36 mins. SYFY Sun., November 8, 7 p.m.




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Of Human Bondage
(1946) Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker. Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A doctor-artist develops a tragic infatuation with a promiscuous waitress. (NR) 1 hr. 45 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 4:30 a.m.

Oklahoma!
(1955) Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones. Cowboy Curly loves Laurey despite hired hand Jud Fry. Rodgers and Hammerstein songs include ``Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'.'' (G) 2 hrs. 25 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 11 a.m.

Old Acquaintance
(1943) Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins. Two best friends from girlhood clash over the years as serious writer and racy novelist. (NR) 1 hr. 50 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 3 p.m.

Old Man Rhythm
(1935) Charles ``Buddy'' Rogers, George Barbier. A college playboy's father enrolls as a freshman to keep his son out of trouble. (NR) 1 hr. 15 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 8:30 p.m.

Once Upon a Crime
(1992) John Candy, James Belushi. Taking a lost dachshund from Rome to Monte Carlo drags various people into a mixed-up case of murder. (PG) 1 hr. 34 mins. KDOC Mon., November 9, 7:30 p.m. KDOC Sat., November 14, 4:30 p.m.

On Dangerous Ground
(1951) Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan. A detective falls for the blind sister of a rural killer. (NR) 1 hr. 22 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 12 p.m.

One Last Thing ...
(2005) Cynthia Nixon, Michael Angarano. A terminally ill 16-year-old spends time with a beautiful but obnoxious supermodel. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. Sundance Fri., November 13, 9 p.m.

One Romantic Night
(1930) Lillian Gish, Rod La Rocque. Obliged to marry a prince, a European princess falls in love with her brother's tutor. (NR) 1 hr. 13 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 1 p.m.

Open Range
(2003) Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner. Cattle herdsmen unite to battle a ruthless rancher and his henchmen in 1882. (R) 2 hrs. 18 mins. USA Fri., November 13, 1 a.m.

The Other Boleyn Girl
(2008) Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson. British sisters Anne and Mary Boleyn compete for the affections of King Henry VIII. (PG-13) 1 hr. 55 mins. Starz Thur., November 12, 12 p.m.

Our Man in Havana
(1960) Alec Guinness, Burl Ives. A vacuum-cleaner salesman living in Cuba earns extra cash by inventing information to sell to British spies. (NR) 1 hr. 47 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 7 p.m.

Out for Justice
(1991) Steven Seagal, William Forsythe. A Brooklyn policeman tries to kill his partner's killer and anyone else who gets in his way. (R) 1 hr. 32 mins. ION Fri., November 13, 6:30 p.m.




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Panther
(1995) Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine. A young black man is caught between the Black Panthers and the authorities in 1960s Oakland. (R) 2 hrs. 4 mins. HBO Thur., November 12, 1:30 a.m.

Paratroop Command
(1959) Richard Bakalyan, Ken Lynch. A mission in the mine fields of Northern Italy gives a guilt-ridden paratrooper the opportunity to prove his mettle. (NR) 1 hr. 11 mins. AMC Wed., November 11, 4:30 a.m.

Parenthood
(1989) Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen. A middle-class man, his wife, his father and a divorcee try to be good parents. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 4 mins. Encore Sun., November 8, 5:30 p.m.

Partners
(2000) Casper Van Dien, David Paymer. Two unlikely partners work together to sell a stolen briefcase and its valuable contents on the black market. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 10:30 a.m.

Passenger 57
(1992) Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne. An airline-security expert tries to bring down a skyjacker who, with his gang, has seized a jet. (R) 1 hr. 23 mins. Encore Tues., November 10, 1 p.m. Encore Tues., November 10, 8 p.m.

Pathfinder
(2007) Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood. American Indians adopt and raise as their own a Viking boy who was left behind by his own people during a raid. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. FX Fri., November 13, 9 p.m. FX Sat., November 14, 8 a.m.

The Patsy
(1928) Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell. Silent. A young woman contends with an imposing mother who plays favorites with an older sister. (NR) 1 hr. 4 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 4 a.m.

Patton
(1970) George C. Scott, Karl Malden. Flamboyant Gen. George S. Patton receives accolades and censure as he fights World War II. (PG) 2 hrs. 49 mins. AMC Wed., November 11, 12 p.m.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
(2009) Kevin James, Jayma Mays. When crooks shut down a suburban New Jersey shopping mall, a security officer must find his inner policeman to save the day. (PG) 1 hr. 31 mins. Starz Sun., November 15, 12:30 a.m. Starz Wed., November 11, 4:30 a.m. Starz Wed., November 11, 3 p.m. Starz Wed., November 11, 10 p.m.

P.C.U.
(1994) Jeremy Piven, Chris Young. Protest groups divide Port Chester University into what is and what is not politically correct. (PG-13) 1 hr. 19 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 10 a.m.

Pearl Harbor
(2001) Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett. Best friends join the war effort after the Japanese attack U.S. troops stationed on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. (PG-13) 3 hrs. 3 mins. Starz Wed., November 11, 12:30 a.m. Starz Wed., November 11, 10 a.m.

The Perfect Witness
(2007) Wes Bentley, Mark Borkowski. A documentarian resorts to blackmail when he inadvertently films a murder. (R) 1 hr. 40 mins. TMC Fri., November 13, 3 a.m.

The Petty Girl
(1950) Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield. An artist discovers he enjoys the Petty Girl more than painting when a prim college teacher becomes his model. (NR) 1 hr. 27 mins. TCM Sun., November 15, 2 a.m.

Phantom Racer
(2009) Greg Evigan. A race-car driver returns from beyond the grave. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. SYFY Tues., November 10, 11 p.m.

Pier 5, Havana
(1959) Cameron Mitchell, Allison Hayes. An American's search for a friend lost during the Cuban revolution leads to revolutionaries plotting Castro's demise. (NR) 1 hr. 8 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 11:30 p.m.

Pilgrim
(1999) Ray Liotta, Gloria Reuben. An amnesiac's past may be more shady than he realized. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 2 p.m.

Pleasantville
(1998) Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels. A high-tech remote control transports two '90s siblings into an idealistic 1950s TV sitcom. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 3 mins. FX Mon., November 9, 10 a.m. FX Tues., November 10, 8 a.m.

Point Break
(1991) Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves. An FBI agent turns California surfer to nab bank robbers who wear rubber masks of four ex-presidents. (R) 2 hrs. 2 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 8 p.m. Encore Tues., November 10, 10:30 a.m.

Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
(2008) Sarah Natochenny, Emily Jenness. Animated. Dialga must be rescued from Giratina in the reverse world. (NR) 1 hr. 40 mins. TOON Wed., November 11, 12 p.m.

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
(2007) Animated. A powerful battle emerges when an ominous fog prevents people from leaving their town. (NR) 1 hr. 40 mins. TOON Wed., November 11, 10 a.m.

Police Academy 3: Back in Training
(1986) Steve Guttenberg, Leslie Easterbrook. The misfits try to stop the penny-pinching governor from shutting down their academy. (PG) 1 hr. 22 mins. Comedy Central Fri., November 13, 3:30 p.m. Comedy Central Sat., November 14, 10 a.m.

Politics
(1931) Marie Dressler, Roscoe Ates. A mayoral candidate addressing the problems of crime and corruption finds her daughter in love with an accused killer. (NR) 1 hr. 11 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 2:30 p.m.

Poliwood
(2009) Filmmaker Barry Levinson examines the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. (NR) 1 hr. 25 mins. Showtime Tues., November 10, 1 p.m.

Poor Boy's Game
(2007) Rossif Sutherland, Danny Glover. While preparing for a boxing match, an ex-convict receives support from the man whose son he beat up. (R) 1 hr. 44 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 2:30 a.m.

Poor Pretty Eddie
(1973) Leslie Uggams, Shelley Winters. Torture and humiliation await a singer at a rundown inn after car problems leave her stranded on a deserted road. (R) 1 hr. 24 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 11 p.m.

The Possessed
(2008) Christopher Saint Booth, John Zaffis. In 1870 a 13-year-old girl becomes the first person in the U.S. to be documented as demonized. (NR) SYFY Wed., November 11, 2 p.m.

Premonition
(2004) Hiroshi Mikami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki. A newspaper predicts the deaths of a man's family members and friends. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. Sundance Tues., November 10, 1 a.m.

The Presidio
(1988) Sean Connery, Mark Harmon. An Army provost marshal clashes with a detective over a murder at the San Francisco military base. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 10 a.m. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 8 p.m.

The Prince & Me
(2004) Julia Stiles, Luke Mably. A premedical student falls in love with a Danish prince who keeps his identity a secret. (PG) 1 hr. 50 mins. ABC Family Sat., November 14, 7 a.m. ABC Family Sun., November 8, 3:30 p.m.

The Prince & Me 3: Holiday Honeymoon
(2008) Kam Heskin, Chris Geere. A former prince of Denmark and his new bride try to prevent the destruction of a forest. (PG) 1 hr. 32 mins. ABC Family Mon., November 9, 5:30 p.m. ABC Family Sat., November 14, 12 p.m. ABC Family Sun., November 8, 8 p.m. ABC Family Sun., November 8, 9:30 p.m.

The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding
(2006) Luke Mably, Kam Heskin. A handsome Danish prince learns he must abdicate his throne if he marries a commoner. (PG) 1 hr. 36 mins. ABC Family Sat., November 14, 9:30 a.m. ABC Family Sun., November 8, 6 p.m.

The Prince of Pennsylvania
(1988) Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves. A teenager kidnaps his coal-miner father, hoping his mother will sell their land for the ransom. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. IFC Sat., November 14, 11 a.m. IFC Sat., November 14, 5 p.m.

Private Lessons
(1981) Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman. A European housekeeper seduces her boss's teenage son and plots blackmail with the chauffeur. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 1:30 a.m.

Project: Human Weapon
(2000) Judge Reinhold, Victor Browne. An exiled commando goes on the hunt for an escapee who possesses extraordinary mental powers. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 8:30 a.m. TMC Wed., November 11, 4:30 a.m.

Proof of Life
(2000) Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe. A woman enlists a hostage negotiator to lead mercenaries to rescue her kidnapped husband from South American guerrillas. (R) 2 hrs. 15 mins. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 10 a.m.

Proof
(1991) Hugo Weaving, Genevieve Picot. A blind Australian is betrayed by a woman who supposedly loves him and by a man he befriends. (R) 1 hr. 26 mins. IFC Tues., November 10, 1:30 p.m. IFC Tues., November 10, 8:30 a.m.

The Prophecy
(1995) Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas. A renegade angel searches for the hidden soul of a Korean War veteran to manipulate in his war against the human race. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. IFC Sun., November 15, 1 a.m.

The Proposition
(2005) Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone. To save one brother from execution, an outlaw in 1880s Australia must hunt down and kill the eldest sibling, who is wanted for rape and murder. (R) 1 hr. 44 mins. IFC Sun., November 8, 8 p.m. IFC Mon., November 9, 12:30 a.m.

P.S. I Love You
(2007) Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler. A grieving widow receives a series of messages that her husband left to encourage her to establish a new life and ease the loss. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 6 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 7:30 a.m.

Puccini for Beginners
(2006) Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Kirk. An opera-loving writer gets caught up in a bisexual love triangle with a professor and the woman he dumped to be with her. (NR) 1 hr. 22 mins. LOGO Wed., November 11, 6:30 p.m.

Pure Country
(1992) George Strait, Lesley Ann Warren. An amiable country singer struggles to free himself of the hollow trappings of commercial stardom. (PG) 1 hr. 52 mins. Country Music Television Fri., November 13, 12 a.m. Country Music Television Thur., November 12, 8:30 p.m.




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Queen of the Damned
(2002) Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah. The vampire Lestat awakens after 100 years, becomes a rock star and unites with a female counterpart. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. HBO Mon., November 9, 1:30 a.m.

The Quiet American
(2002) Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser. A veteran English journalist and a young man vie for the affection of a Vietnamese woman in the 1950s. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. IFC Mon., November 9, 11:30 a.m. IFC Mon., November 9, 6 a.m.

Quiet Cool
(1986) James Remar, Adam Coleman Howard. A New York policeman and his girlfriend's nephew fight armed marijuana farmers in California. (R) 1 hr. 20 mins. IFC Thur., November 12, 11 a.m. IFC Thur., November 12, 4 p.m.




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The Racket
(1951) Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan. An incorruptible police captain combats his underworld nemesis on the eve of an important election. (NR) 1 hr. 28 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 10:30 a.m.

Rambo: First Blood Part II
(1985) Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna. A former Green Beret goes on a reconnaissance mission to spring MIAs from a Viet Cong prison. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. AMC Thur., November 12, 5:30 p.m. AMC Wed., November 11, 9:30 p.m.

Rambo III
(1988) Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna. Loner Rambo leaves a Buddhist monastery to free his Green Beret mentor from Soviets in Afghanistan. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.

Ready, Willing and Able
(1937) Ruby Keeler, Lee Dixon. Broadway partners mistake a coed for a British star and sign her for their show. (NR) 1 hr. 33 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 11 p.m.

Reality Sex
(2005) Beautiful women make fantasies come true. (NR) 1 hr. 21 mins. TMC Mon., November 9, 12 a.m.

Rear Window
(1954) James Stewart, Grace Kelly. Sitting in a wheelchair, his leg in a cast, a photographer spies on courtyard neighbors and sees a murder. (PG) 1 hr. 52 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 6:30 p.m.

Redline
(2007) Nathan Phillips, Nadia Bjorlin. An ace driver enters the world of illegal drag racing. (PG-13) 1 hr. 35 mins. Encore Sun., November 8, 7 a.m.

Redrum
(2007) Jill Marie Jones, Kenny Young. Bored with their lives, a man and his wife commit murders to spice things up. (R) 1 hr. 28 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 4 a.m.

Reign of Fire
(2002) Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey. Surviving clusters of humans fight a draconian menace. (PG-13) 1 hr. 41 mins. AMC Tues., November 10, 2:30 p.m.

Relative Values
(2000) Julie Andrews, Sophie Thompson. When an awkward aristocrat and an American film star announce their engagement, friends and family have difficulty coping. (PG) 1 hr. 27 mins. Showtime Thur., November 12, 1 p.m.

Rembrandt
(1936) Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester. Alexander Korda's fact-based account of the later years in the life of the great 17th-century Dutch artist. (NR) 1 hr. 26 mins. TCM Sun., November 15, 3:30 a.m.

Replicant
(2001) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker. A retired detective and a clone team up to catch a killer. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. Showtime Fri., November 13, 1:30 a.m.

Requiem
(2006) Sandra Huller, Burghart Klaussner. Frightening occurrences of possibly demonic origin plague a devoutly religious university student who has epilepsy and has stopped taking her medication. (NR) 1 hr. 32 mins. IFC Fri., November 13, 9:30 a.m. IFC Fri., November 13, 3:30 p.m.

Rescue Dawn
(2006) Christian Bale, Steve Zahn. A U.S. fighter pilot is shot down during the Vietnam War and becomes a POW. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 5 mins. TMC Tues., November 10, 4 p.m.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse
(2004) Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory. Survivors of a deadly virus must fight their way through Raccoon City's legion of undead inhabitants. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. Oxygen Mon., November 9, 8 p.m. Oxygen Mon., November 9, 10 p.m.

Resurrecting the Champ
(2007) Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett. A troubled reporter sees a chance to save his foundering career with a story about a former boxer who is homeless in Denver. (PG-13) 1 hr. 52 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 11:30 a.m. Encore Tues., November 10, 1 a.m.

Return to Never Land
(2002) Voices of Harriet Owen, Blayne Weaver. Animated. In order to lure Peter Pan, Captain Hook tries to kidnap Wendy, but snatches her daughter by mistake. (G) 1 hr. 12 mins. Disney Mon., November 9, 10:30 a.m.

Riddles of the Sphinx
(2008) Dina Meyer, Lochlyn Munro. A man and his daughter must solve a series of riddles to defeat a deadly creature. (NR) 1 hr. 29 mins. SYFY Sat., November 14, 3 a.m.

Ride the High Country
(1962) Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea. Two old ex-lawmen and their sidekick guard a gold shipment and rescue a woman. (NR) 1 hr. 34 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 5 p.m.

Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death ... and Insects
(2007) Hitchcock records a group of new songs with help from famous musician friends. (NR) 53 mins. Sundance Sun., November 8, 3:30 p.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 12:30 p.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 4 p.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 8 a.m.

The Rocker
(2008) Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate. A failed drummer gets a second shot at fame by joining his young nephew's band. (PG-13) 1 hr. 42 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 5 p.m.

RocknRolla
(2008) Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson. London's crime lords scramble to cash in on a Russian gangster's crooked land deal. (R) 1 hr. 54 mins. HBO Sat., November 14, 9 p.m.

Rock Star
(2001) Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston. A heavy-metal group hires a singer from a tribute band after their frontman quits. (R) 1 hr. 46 mins. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 12 p.m.

Rock the Boat
(1998) Director Robert Houston chronicles HIV-positive men participating in a sailing regatta to Hawaii. (NR) 1 hr. 27 mins. LOGO Thur., November 12, 9 a.m.

Role Models
(2008) Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd. Forced to join a mentorship program, two irresponsible men must help a pair of impressionable boys navigate the troubled waters of youth. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 9 a.m. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 2:30 p.m. Cinemax Sun., November 8, 10 p.m.

Ronin
(1998) Robert De Niro, Jean Reno. An Irish ringleader organizes an international team of hired guns to retrieve a briefcase from criminals. (R) 1 hr. 58 mins. WGN A Fri., November 13, 5 p.m.

The Rookie
(2002) Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths. A high-school baseball coach makes it to the major leagues as a middle-aged relief pitcher. (G) 2 hrs. 7 mins. AMC Mon., November 9, 4:30 p.m. AMC Tues., November 10, 9 a.m.

Rosemary's Baby
(1968) Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes. Satanists want a pregnant woman to bear the Antichrist. (R) 2 hrs. 16 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 7 a.m.

The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001) Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston. An errant father tries to reconcile with his eccentric and underachieving family in New York. (R) 1 hr. 48 mins. Starz Fri., November 13, 4 p.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 10 a.m.

The Ruins
(2008) Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone. Tourists fall prey to carnivorous vines ensnaring the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. HBO Fri., November 13, 10 p.m.

The Rules of Attraction
(2002) James Van Der Beek, Ian Somerhalder. A drug dealer, a bisexual and the latter's ex-girlfriend search for love while partying at college. (R) 1 hr. 50 mins. IFC Sun., November 8, 11 p.m.

Rules of Engagement
(2000) Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson. A decorated career Marine, about to stand trial for a botched rescue mission, asks an old friend to defend him. (R) 2 hrs. 8 mins. TMC Fri., November 13, 8:30 a.m. TMC Fri., November 13, 5:30 p.m.

Run Fat Boy Run
(2007) Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton. An out-of-shape security guard enters a charity marathon in an attempt to win back the woman he jilted at the altar five years earlier. (PG-13) 1 hr. 40 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 3:30 p.m.

Running the Sahara
(2008) Narrated by Matt Damon. Three men attempt to run across the African desert. (NR) Showtime Sun., November 8, 6 a.m.

Rush Hour 3
(2007) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker. The assassination of a Chinese ambassador reunites Lee and Carter, who tangle with Triad gangsters in France. (PG-13) 1 hr. 31 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 8 a.m.

RV
(2006) Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels. Calamities strike when a family patriarch rents an enormous motor-home and takes his dysfunctional clan on vacation. (PG) 1 hr. 38 mins. TBS Fri., November 13, 10 p.m. TBS Sat., November 14, 6 p.m.




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Saboteur
(1942) Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane. A man accused of sabotage follows the trail of Nazi agents. (PG) 1 hr. 48 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 5 p.m.

Sabretooth
(2002) David Keith, Vanessa Angel. A big-game hunter searches for a genetically engineered saber-toothed tiger after it escapes from a scientist's lab. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. AMC Sat., November 14, 2:30 a.m.

The Saddest Music in the World
(2003) Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini. During the Great Depression, a beer baroness holds a competition to find the saddest music in the world. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. Sundance Sun., November 15, 5:30 a.m.

Saints and Soldiers
(2003) Corbin Allred, Lawrence Bagby. A Mormon sniper and an atheist medic clash as their platoon struggles to survive behind Nazi lines. (PG-13) 1 hr. 30 mins. KTBN Tues., November 10, 10 p.m.

Samurai Gold Seekers
(1965) Mikijiro Hira, Go Kato. Betrayed by his masters, a swordsman goes on the run and finds solace with a band of outlaws. (NR) 1 hr. 25 mins. IFC Sat., November 14, 8 a.m.

Santa Jr.
(2002) Lauren Holly, Judd Nelson. A public defender tries to help Saint Nick's son after he is accused of stealing Christmas presents. 1 hr. 36 mins. ABC Family Wed., November 11, 6:30 p.m.

Savage Grace
(2007) Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane. Insecurity and conflict over their son's sexuality eventually lead to tragedy in a portrait of Bakelite heirs Brooks and Barbara Daly Baekeland. (NR) 1 hr. 37 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 3:30 a.m. Sundance Sat., November 14, 10 p.m. Sundance Sun., November 15, 4 a.m.

Saving Grace
(2000) Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson. Desperate to save her mansion, a British widow teams with her gardener to convert her orchid hothouse into an indoor marijuana farm. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 10 a.m.

Saving Private Ryan
(1998) Tom Hanks, Edward Burns. U.S. troops look for a missing comrade during World War II. (R) 2 hrs. 49 mins. KTLA Sat., November 14, 6:30 p.m.

Say It Isn't So
(2001) Chris Klein, Heather Graham. A man searching for his birth mother discovers that his girlfriend might be his sister. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 4 a.m.

Scanner Cop
(1993) Daniel Quinn, Darlanne Fluegel. A telepathic police officer is the last line of defense when a madman uses brainwashed assassins to exact his revenge. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 2 a.m.

Schindler's List
(1993) Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley. German industrialist Oskar Schindler plots with his accountant to save Jewish prisoners from the Nazis. (R) 3 hrs. 15 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 4 a.m.

The Science of Sleep
(2006) Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg. A childlike man with an overactive imagination tries to woo a new neighbor. (R) 1 hr. 45 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 12 p.m.

Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
(2000) Jeff Bennett, Mary Kay Bergman. When their van breaks down in a remote desert town, Scooby and the gang find themselves surrounded by aliens. Animated. (NR) 1 hr. 20 mins. TOON Fri., November 13, 9 a.m. TOON Fri., November 13, 5 p.m.

Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf
(1988) Hamilton Camp, Jim Cummings. Animated. Dracula transforms Shaggy into a canine horror when the werewolf drops out of the annual Transylvania car race. 1 hr. 35 mins. TOON Tues., November 10, 9 a.m.

Scorched
(2002) Alicia Silverstone, Rachael Leigh Cook. Three downtrodden employees plan separate heists after each decides to rob the bank in which they all work. (PG-13) 1 hr. 31 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 9 a.m. Showtime Thur., November 12, 6 a.m.

The Scorpion King
(2002) The Rock, Steven Brand. The leader of a band of desert mercenaries is hired to kill a ruthless despot and his clairvoyant sorceress. (PG-13) 1 hr. 31 mins. USA Sat., November 14, 3:30 p.m.

Scream
(1996) Neve Campbell, David Arquette. A psycho killer targets a past victim's daughter, while a tabloid TV reporter homes in on his identity. (R) 1 hr. 53 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 10:30 p.m. TMC Sun., November 15, 2 a.m.

Sea People
(1999) Hume Cronyn, Joan Gregson. An elderly couple have a profound impact upon a 14-year-old who dreams of swimming the English Channel. 1 hr. 32 mins. TMC Fri., November 13, 7 a.m. TMC Sun., November 8, 6 a.m.

Second Chorus
(1940) Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard. College trumpet players flirt with a girl who tries to get them into Artie Shaw's band. (NR) 1 hr. 23 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 10 p.m.

Seeing Other People
(2004) Jay Mohr, Lauren Graham. An engaged couple let each other have final flings. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. Sundance Wed., November 11, 1:30 a.m.

Semi-Pro
(2008) Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson. A singer uses the profits from his only hit to buy a basketball league's worst team. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 8:30 p.m. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 8:30 a.m.

September Dawn
(2006) Jon Voight, Trent Ford. A cloud of conspiracy surrounds the murder of more than 100 settlers in 1857 Utah. (R) 1 hr. 50 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 6 p.m.

September 30, 1955
(1977) Richard Thomas, Susan Tyrrell. An Arkansas teen and his friends hold a drunken vigil after the death of their idol, actor James Dean. (PG) 1 hr. 41 mins. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 6:30 a.m.

September
(1996) Jacqueline Bisset, Edward Fox. Aristocrats in a Scottish community find their lives in disarray when a secretive woman returns from her 20-year exile. 2 hrs. 58 mins. Showtime Fri., November 13, 7 a.m.

Serenity
(2005) Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres. Crew members aboard a transport vessel get caught in a deadly conflict in the wake of a galactic war. (PG-13) 1 hr. 59 mins. USA Mon., November 9, 1 a.m. USA Thur., November 12, 1:30 a.m.

7 Seconds
(2005) Wesley Snipes, Tamzin Outhwaite. Gangsters kidnap a thief after her partner mistakenly steals a highly valuable painting. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. USA Tues., November 10, 2 a.m.

Sex Spirit
(2009) Beautiful women seek carnal fun. (NR) 1 hr. 20 mins. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 1:30 a.m.

S.F.W.
(1994) Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon. Held by terrorists inside a store for 36 days, a survivor with a ``so-what'' attitude emerges as a TV celebrity. (R) 1 hr. 32 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 4 a.m.

Shaft
(2000) Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams. A former cop vows to bring a murderous racist to justice. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. TMC Sun., November 8, 8 p.m.

The Shaggy Dog
(2006) Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr. A top-secret serum turns a workaholic prosecutor into a canine. (PG) 1 hr. 39 mins. TBS Sun., November 15, 12 a.m.

Shanghai Knights
(2003) Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson. With help from his sister and a friend, a martial-arts master travels to London to find his father's murderer. (PG-13) 1 hr. 54 mins. TNT Sun., November 8, 12 p.m.

Shark Hunter
(2001) Antonio Sabato Jr., Grand L. Bush. A man and his team of divers search for a giant shark that destroyed a research station. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 3:30 p.m.

The Shepherd
(2008) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins. A border-patrol agent must stop renegade Special Forces soldiers from smuggling heroin into the United States. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. USA Wed., November 11, 1:30 a.m.

Shopgirl
(2005) Steve Martin, Claire Danes. A scruffy bachelor and an older millionaire vie for the affection of a lonely artist. (R) 1 hr. 56 mins. WGN A Sat., November 14, 11 p.m. WGN A Sun., November 8, 11 a.m.

Shortcut to Happiness
(2007) Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Love Hewitt. A struggling writer makes a devilish deal for success. (PG-13) 1 hr. 45 mins. Starz Tues., November 10, 5:30 p.m. Starz Wed., November 11, 1 p.m.

Showgirls
(1995) Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan. A dancer becomes understudy in a Las Vegas show, sleeps with the boss and pushes the star down a flight of stairs. (NC-17) 2 hrs. 11 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 12:30 a.m.

Shred
(2008) Tom Green, Dave England. Two washed-up snowboarders face opposition from an old enemy when they try to make a comeback. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. Comedy Central Fri., November 13, 9:30 a.m. Comedy Central Thur., November 12, 3:30 p.m.

Shrek
(2001) Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy. Animated. In order to save his home, a monster with a donkey makes a deal with a mean lord to rescue a beautiful princess. (PG) 1 hr. 29 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 7 a.m. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 7:30 a.m.

The Silence of the Lambs
(1991) Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins. An FBI trainee seeks advice from a brilliant, psychopathic prisoner to catch a killer who skins his victims. (R) 1 hr. 59 mins. KTLA Sat., November 14, 2:30 p.m.

Sin City Diaries 2: Inside Out
(2007) Gorgeous women find fun in Las Vegas. (NR) 1 hr. 35 mins. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 12:30 a.m.

Sink the Bismarck!
(1960) Kenneth More, Dana Wynter. A British captain and his Wren aide lead the 1941 pursuit of the sinister German battleship. (NR) 1 hr. 37 mins. AMC Thur., November 12, 6 a.m.

Sister Act
(1992) Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith. A Reno lounge singer on the run plays nun and shows a San Francisco convent's chorus how to rock. (PG) 1 hr. 40 mins. TBS Sun., November 15, 5:30 a.m.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
(2008) Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel. Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bridget find it increasingly difficult to stay in touch as their lives branch out in different directions. (PG-13) 1 hr. 51 mins. HBO Thur., November 12, 2 p.m.

Six Days, Seven Nights
(1998) Harrison Ford, Anne Heche. An emergency landing strands a New York magazine editor and a South Pacific cargo pilot on an unknown Tahitian island. (PG-13) 1 hr. 41 mins. Starz Fri., November 13, 5 a.m.

Sixteen Candles
(1984) Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall. A girl turning 16 likes another girl's guy and feels nobody cares about her birthday. (PG) 1 hr. 30 mins. Encore Sun., November 8, 8:30 a.m.

Skinwalkers
(2007) Jason Behr, Elias Koteas. A half-blood boy is at the center of a battle between two groups of werewolves. (PG-13) 1 hr. 33 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 5:30 p.m.

The Slaughter Rule
(2002) Ryan Gosling, David Morse. Cut from his high-school football team, a teen becomes a quarterback for a grizzled coach's amateur squad. (R) 1 hr. 59 mins. IFC Sat., November 14, 12:30 p.m. IFC Sat., November 14, 6 a.m.

Sleepless in Seattle
(1993) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. A grieving widower captures the heart of an engaged woman. (PG) 1 hr. 44 mins. Oxygen Tues., November 10, 11 p.m. Oxygen Tues., November 10, 7:30 p.m.

Sleuth
(2007) Michael Caine, Jude Law. An aging writer hatches an elaborate scheme for revenge against the young man who stole his wife. (R) 1 hr. 28 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 4 a.m. Encore Wed., November 11, 10 a.m.

Smiley Face
(2007) Anna Faris, Danny Masterson. A perpetually stoned actress has a series of comic misadventures all over Los Angeles after she eats her roommate's marijuana-laced cupcakes. (R) 1 hr. 24 mins. Showtime Fri., November 13, 3:30 a.m.

Smokin' Aces
(2007) Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia. Two FBI agents must protect an entertainer who has agreed to testify against the mob. (R) 1 hr. 49 mins. USA Wed., November 11, 11 p.m.

Sneakers
(1992) Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd. An ex-'60s-radical computer hacker and his company are tapped for a shady black-box job. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 5 mins. Encore Fri., November 13, 4 a.m. Encore Mon., November 9, 6 a.m.

Snow Day
(2000) Chris Elliott, Mark Webber. Students steal a snow plow and fend off its crazy driver in an attempt to keep school closed for a second day. (PG) 1 hr. 29 mins. TMC Sat., November 14, 4 p.m. TMC Sat., November 14, 6 a.m. TMC Wed., November 11, 6:30 a.m. TMC Wed., November 11, 6:30 p.m.

Snowglobe
(2007) Christina Milian, Lorraine Bracco. A snow globe transports a woman into a holiday winter wonderland. (NR) 1 hr. 36 mins. ABC Family Wed., November 11, 8:30 p.m.

Snow 2 Brain Freeze
(2008) Tom Cavanagh, Ashley Williams. Santa's wife must save Christmas when St. Nicholas gets amnesia. 1 hr. 30 mins. ABC Family Tues., November 10, 8:30 p.m.

Snow
(2004) Tom Cavanagh, Ashley Williams. A North Pole-based toy distributor must go to California to rescue one of his family's magical reindeer from a zoo. 1 hr. 36 mins. ABC Family Tues., November 10, 6:30 p.m.

Socket
(2007) Derek Long, Matthew Montgomery. Struck by lightning, a gay surgeon joins an underground group that uses electricity for sexual pleasure. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. LOGO Wed., November 11, 3:30 a.m.

Solar Attack
(2006) Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Dacascos. Scientists investigate the destruction of a manned flight to study the atmosphere. (PG) 1 hr. 32 mins. SYFY Sat., November 14, 1 p.m.

Solo
(1996) Mario Van Peebles, Barry Corbin. A robot soldier goes AWOL to avoid reprogramming, then helps Mexican villagers defeat rebels. (PG-13) 1 hr. 34 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 4:30 p.m.

Something to Talk About
(1995) Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid. A Southern woman causes trouble for many after learning of her husband's infidelity. (R) 1 hr. 46 mins. Lifetime Sat., November 14, 3 p.m.

Somewhere I'll Find You
(1942) Lana Turner, Clark Gable. Two brothers share careers and the love of the same girl which pulls them apart. (NR) 1 hr. 48 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 3 a.m.

Song of Love
(1947) Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid. Young Johannes Brahms loves struggling German composer Robert Schumann's pianist wife, Clara. (NR) 1 hr. 59 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 1 p.m.

Sorority Boys
(2002) Barry Watson, Michael Rosenbaum. Accused of stealing by other fraternity members, three chauvinists pose as women while trying to find the real culprits. (R) 1 hr. 33 mins. Comedy Central Sun., November 8, 7 a.m.

Southland Tales
(2006) Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott. Chaos reigns in the years following a nuclear attack on Texas. (R) 2 hrs. 24 mins. Encore Fri., November 13, 2 a.m.

Space Chimps
(2008) Voices of Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines. Animated. A fun-loving chimpanzee becomes an astronaut and must rid a planet of its evil leader. (G) 1 hr. 21 mins. HBO Sun., November 8, 6:30 a.m.

Space Cowboys
(2000) Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones. Four aging astronauts who never made it into space agree to go up and repair a 1950s satellite. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 9 mins. HBO Fri., November 13, 1:30 p.m.

Speed Racer
(2008) Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci. Defying a corrupt business mogul, Speed enters the same arduous cross-country race that caused his brother's death. (PG) 2 hrs. 15 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 1:30 p.m.

Splash
(1984) Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah. A produce supplier finds love in New York with the mermaid he met as a boy on Cape Cod. (PG) 1 hr. 51 mins. Hallmark Sat., November 14, 1 p.m.

Splinter
(2008) Shea Whigham, Paulo Costanzo. A vacationing couple and an escaped convict become trapped by a voracious parasite that devours its victims from the inside out. (R) 1 hr. 22 mins. SYFY Mon., November 9, 5 p.m.

Spy Hard
(1996) Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan. A bumbling secret agent and his lovely partner try to foil a madman's world-takeover scheme. (PG-13) 1 hr. 20 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 1:30 p.m.

The Squid and the Whale
(2005) Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney. A teenager and his younger brother cope with the fallout from their parents' shattered marriage. (R) 1 hr. 20 mins. Sundance Thur., November 12, 6:30 p.m.

Starting Out in the Evening
(2007) Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose. A graduate student forges a strong bond with an aging novelist. (PG-13) 1 hr. 50 mins. Sundance Fri., November 13, 12:30 a.m.

Star Trek: Nemesis
(2002) Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes. Capt. Picard faces his Romulan-engineered clone. (PG-13) 1 hr. 57 mins. AMC Fri., November 13, 12 p.m.

State Property 2
(2005) Beanie Sigel, Damon Dash. Three gangsters wage war for control of the Philadelphia drug trade. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. BET Sat., November 14, 11 p.m.

Stateside
(2004) Rachael Leigh Cook, Jonathan Tucker. Shipped off to basic training in lieu of prison, a Marine falls for a schizophrenic starlet. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. Showtime Fri., November 13, 3:30 p.m. Showtime Sat., November 14, 4 a.m.

Stealing Harvard
(2002) Jason Lee, Tom Green. A nitwit persuades his down-to-earth friend to commit robbery to pay for college tuition. (PG-13) 1 hr. 20 mins. FX Fri., November 13, 7:30 a.m. FX Thur., November 12, 10 a.m.

Step Up
(2006) Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan. A troubled guy but a gifted dancer attracts the attention of a talented ballerina at a Maryland school. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. TNT Sat., November 14, 2 p.m.

Stick It
(2006) Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym. A judge sentences a rebellious teen to a strict coach's gymnastics academy. (PG-13) 1 hr. 45 mins. ABC Family Sun., November 8, 8:30 a.m.

Stick
(1985) Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen. An ex-con's attempt to avenge his prison buddy's murder brings him face-to-face with Florida mobsters. (R) 1 hr. 49 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 4 a.m.

Stomp the Yard
(2007) Columbus Short, Meagan Good. A troubled street dancer enrolls in a Georgia college and finds himself in the middle of a tug-of-war between fraternities, who want to use his talents in a dance competition. (PG-13) 1 hr. 54 mins. TNT Sat., November 14, 4 p.m.

The Stone Angel
(2007) Ellen Burstyn, Kevin Zegers. An aging woman flees from her past and future. (R) 1 hr. 55 mins. Showtime Tues., November 10, 4 p.m.

Strange Culture
(2007) Thomas Jay Ryan. The nightmarish life of Steve Kurtz, who is awaiting trial on bioterrorism charges. (NR) 1 hr. 15 mins. Sundance Sun., November 8, 11 a.m.

Striking Distance
(1993) Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker. An alienated Pittsburgh police officer and his new partner on the River Rescue Squad hunt a serial killer. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. TNT Sat., November 14, 2 a.m.

Striking Range
(2006) Lou Diamond Phillips, Yancy Butler. A mercenary comes face-to-face with a shadowy adversary. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 2 a.m.

Suddenly, Last Winter
(2008) The Italian Senate rejects a proposal to give equal rights to same-sex partners. (NR) 1 hr. 18 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 1 p.m. Sundance Mon., November 9, 6 p.m.

Sukiyaki Western Django
(2007) Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato. Their clans at war over hidden gold, the leaders of each try to lure over a mysterious gunman. (R) 2 hrs. Showtime Fri., November 13, 12 a.m.

The Sun Also Rises
(1957) Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner. Hemingway's journalist Jake Barnes leaves 1920s Paris for Spain with Lady Brett and her admirers. (NR) 2 hrs. 9 mins. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 4:30 a.m.

Sunday in New York
(1963) Cliff Robertson, Jane Fonda. An innocent upstater visits her airline-pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce. (NR) 1 hr. 45 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 10:30 a.m.

Superbad
(2007) Jonah Hill, Michael Cera. Separation anxiety poses a problem for two co-dependent high-school seniors who hope to score booze and babes at a party. (R) 1 hr. 53 mins. Starz Sat., November 14, 10:30 p.m. Starz Sat., November 14, 3:30 p.m.

Superhero Movie
(2008) Drake Bell, Sara Paxton. A teenage loser transforms into a caped crusader when a bite from a genetically altered bug gives him superhuman abilities. (PG-13) 1 hr. 25 mins. Showtime Fri., November 13, 5:30 p.m. Showtime Sat., November 14, 12:30 a.m.

Surviving the Game
(1994) Ice-T, Rutger Hauer. Chosen to lead hunters on an expedition, a homeless man discovers he is to be their prey. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. Encore Sat., November 14, 12 a.m.

Swingers
(1996) Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn. Would-be sultans of coolness help a socially inept friend find romance as they strut through Hollywood and Las Vegas. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. E! Sat., November 14, 8 p.m. E! Sun., November 15, 12 a.m.

Swordfish
(2001) John Travolta, Hugh Jackman. A spy working for the CIA forces a computer hacker, who was recently released from prison, to help steal unused government funds. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 11 p.m.




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Take the Lead
(2006) Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown. Ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine teaches street-wise students at a New York school. (PG-13) 1 hr. 57 mins. TNT Sat., November 14, 12 p.m.

Taking Chance
(2009) Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge. Lt. Col. Michael Strobl volunteers to escort the body of a Marine home to Wyoming. (NR) 1 hr. 18 mins. HBO Wed., November 11, 8 p.m.

The Tale of Despereaux
(2008) Voices of Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman. Animated. In the faraway kingdom of Dor, a misfit mouse must find his inner knight in order to rescue a kidnapped princess. (G) 1 hr. 34 mins. HBO Tues., November 10, 7 p.m.

Tale of the Mummy
(1998) Jason Scott Lee, Louise Lombard. A woman investigates the mysterious disappearance of her grandfather at the tomb of an Egyptian prince 50 years earlier. (R) 1 hr. 27 mins. SYFY Fri., November 13, 3 a.m.

The Taming of the Shrew
(1967) Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton. Shakespeare's Petruchio and Katharina match wits in Padua. (NR) 2 hrs. 6 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 5 p.m.

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
(2006) Voices of Greg Cipes, Scott Menville. Animated. Five superheroes search for a Japanese criminal after a high-tech ninja attack. (NR) 1 hr. 40 mins. TOON Wed., November 11, 8:30 p.m.

Tell It to the Judge
(1949) Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings. A lawyer chases his lawyer ex-wife from Florida to the Adirondacks, where she poses as a playboy's wife. (NR) 1 hr. 27 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 11 p.m.

Tender Comrade
(1943) Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan. The effects of World War II hit home when the wives of soldiers move in together while awaiting news of their husbands. (NR) 1 hr. 42 mins. TCM Wed., November 11, 10:30 a.m.

10.5: Apocalypse
(2006) Kim Delaney, Beau Bridges. The president and a top scientist work together to save North America from potentially devastating earthquakes. 3 hrs. 12 mins. SYFY Sun., November 8, 3 p.m. USA Thur., November 12, 11 a.m.

10,000 B.C.
(2008) Steven Strait, Camilla Belle. A young mammoth hunter leads a small band of tribesmen on a journey to the ends of the Earth on a mission to save his beloved from her warlord kidnappers. (PG-13) 1 hr. 49 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 8 p.m.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton. Two cyborgs from the future battle over the life of a teen who will someday lead humanity against the machines. (R) 2 hrs. 16 mins. AMC Tues., November 10, 8 p.m.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(2006) Jordana Brewster, Andrew Bryniarski. A young woman tries to save her friends from the clutches of young Leatherface and his murderous clan. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 3 p.m.

Thelma & Louise
(1991) Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis. An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird. (R) 2 hrs. 9 mins. E! Mon., November 9, 1 p.m. E! Tues., November 10, 8:30 a.m. KTLA Mon., November 9, 1 a.m. Style Tues., November 10, 11 p.m. Style Wed., November 11, 1 p.m.

Then She Found Me
(2007) Helen Hunt, Colin Firth. A 39-year-old schoolteacher copes with the end of her marriage and the beginning of a relationship with her brassy mother. (R) 1 hr. 40 mins. Lifetime Sat., November 14, 5 p.m.

The Theory of Flight
(1998) Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh. A man building a biplane hires a gigolo to help a woman with motor neuron disease fulfill a wish. (R) 1 hr. 39 mins. FX Thur., November 12, 8 a.m. FX Wed., November 11, 10 a.m.

There's No Business Like Show Business
(1954) Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey. The story of a vaudeville couple and their children spans the world wars. (NR) 1 hr. 57 mins. AMC Tues., November 10, 4 a.m.

The Thing About My Folks
(2005) Peter Falk, Paul Reiser. A man and his father bond during a road trip. (PG-13) 1 hr. 37 mins. Sundance Tues., November 10, 10:30 a.m. Sundance Tues., November 10, 5 p.m.

13 Going on 30
(2004) Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo. An uncool girl magically becomes a successful adult after making a wish at her disastrous birthday party. (PG-13) 1 hr. 37 mins. FX Mon., November 9, 8 p.m. FX Tues., November 10, 5 p.m.

The Thirteenth Year
(1999) Chez Starbuck, Dave Coulier. As a boy approaches adolescence he grows scales and fins, communicates with fish and breathes underwater. 1 hr. 30 mins. Disney Sat., November 14, 12 p.m. DISNXD Thur., November 12, 4:30 p.m.

Three Men and a Little Lady
(1990) Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg. The bachelors must rethink their joint role of father when Mary's mother decides to marry a stuffy stage director. (PG) 1 hr. 48 mins. Encore Thur., November 12, 8:30 a.m.

3:10 to Yuma
(2007) Russell Crowe, Christian Bale. A rancher and the captive outlaw in his charge learn to respect each other on a dangerous journey to catch a train. (R) 2 hrs. TMC Fri., November 13, 8 p.m.

Three Times
(2005) Shu Qi, Chang Chen. A soldier falls for a pool-hall hostess in one of three romantic tales set in different eras. (NR) 2 hrs. 10 mins. IFC Wed., November 11, 12:30 p.m. IFC Wed., November 11, 6:30 a.m.

Thunder Road
(1958) Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry. A Korean War veteran hot-rods his family's Kentucky moonshine past a Treasury agent and a mobster to Memphis. (PG) 1 hr. 32 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 9 a.m.

Tillie's Punctured Romance
(1914) Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler. Silent. A country girl falls for a city slicker, chased by the Keystone Kops. (NR) 1 hr. 13 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 2:30 a.m.

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993) Voices of Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon. Animated. The Pumpkin King of Halloweentown plans to kidnap Santa Claus and deliver fear instead of joy. (PG) 1 hr. 15 mins. Encore Mon., November 9, 4:30 a.m. Encore Sat., November 14, 10 a.m.

The Time Machine
(2002) Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba. A professor is propelled 800,000 years into the future. (PG-13) 1 hr. 36 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 6 p.m.

The Time of Your Life
(1948) James Cagney, Broderick Crawford. Based on William Saroyan's play about a San Francisco saloon and the philosophical eccentrics who frequent it. (NR) 1 hr. 49 mins. TCM Thur., November 12, 7 a.m.

To Catch a Thief
(1955) Cary Grant, Grace Kelly. A retired cat burglar sees fireworks with an American heiress on the Riviera. 1 hr. 46 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 5 a.m.

To Die For
(1995) Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon. Observers recall the relationship between a slain small-town bartender and his ambitious TV-reporter wife, who is charged with the crime. (R) 1 hr. 43 mins. Oxygen Sun., November 8, 7:30 a.m. Oxygen Sun., November 8, 2 p.m.

Together
(2000) Lisa Lindgren, Jessica Liedberg. A woman and her two children seek refuge from her abusive husband in a Stockholm commune. (R) 1 hr. 46 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 10:30 p.m. Sundance Tues., November 10, 4 a.m.

To Hell and Back
(1955) Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson. Audie Murphy plays himself in this dramatization of the heroics that made him World War II's most decorated soldier. (NR) 1 hr. 46 mins. AMC Wed., November 11, 9:30 a.m.

Topaz
(1969) Frédérick Stafford, John Forsythe. A French agent helps a CIA officer trace leaks and Soviet activity in 1962 Cuba. (PG) 2 hrs. 5 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 5 p.m.

Top Gun
(1986) Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis. A hot-shot Navy jet pilot tangles with MiGs and flirts with a civilian astrophysicist. (PG) 1 hr. 49 mins. Country Music Television Sun., November 8, 2 p.m. Country Music Television Sun., November 8, 8 p.m. Country Music Television Tues., November 10, 9 p.m. Country Music Television Wed., November 11, 12 a.m.

Total Eclipse
(1995) Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis. A shared passion for poetry leads to a destructive affair between French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. (R) 1 hr. 50 mins. LOGO Wed., November 11, 8:30 a.m.

Touch of Pink
(2004) Jimi Mistry, Kyle MacLachlan. A gay Muslim, who turns to an imaginary Cary Grant for advice, tries to hide his true nature from his marriage-minded mother. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. LOGO Sat., November 14, 3:30 a.m. LOGO Sat., November 14, 10 a.m.

The Tracey Fragments
(2007) Ellen Page, Max McCabe-Lokos. Wearing only a tattered curtain, a teen searches for her missing brother, when she fears she has hypnotized him into believing he is a dog. (R) 1 hr. 17 mins. TMC Mon., November 9, 3:30 a.m.

Traitor
(2008) Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce. A federal agent hunts an ex-Special Ops soldier who now aids terrorists. (PG-13) 1 hr. 53 mins. Starz Fri., November 13, 1:30 a.m. Starz Sun., November 8, 11 p.m. Starz Sun., November 8, 3:30 p.m. Starz Thur., November 12, 2 p.m. Starz Thur., November 12, 5 a.m.

Trauma
(2004) Colin Firth, Mena Suvari. A widower has trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy after waking from a coma. (R) 1 hr. 28 mins. IFC Fri., November 13, 5 p.m.

Trick
(1999) Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc. An unfulfilled man meets another who shares his passion, but obstacles and insensitive friends hinder them. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. LOGO Thur., November 12, 4 p.m.

Tropic Thunder
(2008) Ben Stiller, Jack Black. A pampered actor and his co-stars become part of a real war in a Southeast Asian jungle. (NR) 2 hrs. 2 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 6 p.m.

True Confessions
(1981) Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall. A 1940s Los Angeles detective hounds his monsignor brother about a pious pimp's tie to a grisly murder. (R) 1 hr. 50 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 1 p.m.

Tsotsi
(2005) Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano. A South African street thug slowly regains his humanity by caring for an infant whose mother he shot during a carjacking. (R) 1 hr. 31 mins. IFC Tues., November 10, 6:30 a.m. IFC Tues., November 10, 12 p.m.

Turistas
(2006) Josh Duhamel, Melissa George. Travelers stumble onto a terrifying secret after becoming stranded in the Brazilian jungle. (R) 1 hr. 34 mins. IFC Sat., November 14, 12 a.m.

Turner & Hooch
(1989) Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham. A fastidious policeman is teamed with a slobbering canine. (PG) 1 hr. 40 mins. TBS Sat., November 14, 9:30 a.m. TBS Sun., November 15, 2 a.m.

21
(2008) Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey. College students use their expertise at card-counting to beat the house in Las Vegas. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 2 mins. Starz Sun., November 8, 11 a.m. Starz Sun., November 8, 9 p.m.

27 Dresses
(2008) Katherine Heigl, James Marsden. A perpetual bridesmaid balks upon learning that her next assignment would be standing up for her sister, who will marry the man the bridesmaid secretly loves. (PG-13) 1 hr. 47 mins. Cinemax Wed., November 11, 8 a.m.

2 Fast 2 Furious
(2003) Paul Walker, Tyrese. Two friends and a U.S. customs agent try to nail a criminal. (PG-13) 1 hr. 48 mins. USA Sat., November 14, 1:30 p.m. USA Sun., November 15, 12 a.m.

Two if by Sea
(1996) Denis Leary, Sandra Bullock. After stealing a priceless painting, a man promises his long-time girlfriend it will be his last heist. (R) 1 hr. 36 mins. Encore Tues., November 10, 4:30 p.m.

Two Weeks Notice
(2002) Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant. A millionaire confronts his feelings for his lawyer, who is quitting after five years of service. (PG-13) 1 hr. 41 mins. Oxygen Fri., November 13, 10 p.m. Oxygen Fri., November 13, 8 p.m.




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U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha
(2005) Pauline Malefane, Andile Tshoni. A lawman falls for the charms of a beautiful woman who involves him in a scheme to assist drug smugglers. (NR) 2 hrs. 6 mins. Sundance Fri., November 13, 5 a.m. Sundance Fri., November 13, 11:30 a.m.

U-571
(2000) Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton. American soldiers sneak aboard a disabled German sub to steal an encryption device they hope will help the Allies win the war. (PG-13) 1 hr. 56 mins. USA Thur., November 12, 8:30 a.m.

Unbreakable
(2000) Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson. The sole survivor of a horrific train crash, questioning his existence, finds counsel in a mysterious stranger. (PG-13) 1 hr. 47 mins. Encore Tues., November 10, 11 p.m.

Underdog
(2007) Voices of Jason Lee, Jim Belushi. A canine superhero must save the day when an evil scientist and his enormous henchman threaten the citizens of Capitol City. (PG) 1 hr. 20 mins. Disney Sat., November 14, 8:30 p.m.

Underworld: Evolution
(2006) Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman. Vampire warrior Selene and her werewolf lover trace the origins of the ancient feud between their races. (R) 1 hr. 45 mins. FX Sun., November 8, 4 p.m.

The Unforeseen
(2007) Robert Redford, Willie Nelson. Filmmaker Laura Dunn examines the consequences of unchecked suburban sprawl and other overdevelopment around Austin, Texas. (NR) 1 hr. 34 mins. Sundance Tues., November 10, 9 p.m. Sundance Wed., November 11, 4 a.m.

Unforgettable
(1996) Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino. A Seattle medical examiner framed for his wife's murder injects himself with a drug that will allow him to see her memories of those of her killer's. (R) 1 hr. 56 mins. Encore Wed., November 11, 11 a.m.

The Uninvited
(2009) Elizabeth Banks, Emily Browning. A ghost prompts a lethal battle of wills between a man's new fiancee and his two daughters, one of whom has just returned from a mental ward. (PG-13) 1 hr. 27 mins. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 3 p.m. Cinemax Tues., November 10, 9:30 p.m. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 6:30 p.m.

The Universe of Keith Haring
(2008) The work of New York artist Keith Haring. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. LOGO Sat., November 14, 8 p.m.

Until Death
(2007) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea. After waking from a coma, a troubled detective must save his kidnapped wife from the men he tried to apprehend. (R) 1 hr. 41 mins. Spike Sat., November 14, 1 a.m.

Uptown Girls
(2003) Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning. Forced to get a job, a freewheeling woman becomes a nanny to the uptight daughter of a New York executive. (PG-13) 1 hr. 33 mins. Lifetime Sat., November 14, 1 p.m.

Urban Cowboy
(1980) John Travolta, Debra Winger. A Texas farmer moves to the city, immerses himself in honky-tonk and falls for a sexy cowgirl. (PG) 2 hrs. 15 mins. Country Music Television Sat., November 14, 5 p.m.




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The Vagabond Lover
(1929) Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane. A learn-by-mail saxophonist poses as his bandleader idol around a society woman's niece. (NR) 1 hr. 9 mins. TCM Mon., November 9, 9 a.m.

Van Helsing
(2004) Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale. A monster hunter battles creatures in Transylvania. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 12 mins. FX Sun., November 8, 1 p.m.

Venus
(2006) Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips. The arrival of a friend's vivacious grandniece turns the life of a veteran British actor upside down. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. IFC Mon., November 9, 10:30 p.m.

Vera Cruz
(1954) Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster. An ex-Rebel major and an outlaw escort a countess taking gold to Emperor Maximilian. (NR) 1 hr. 34 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 7 p.m.

Vice
(2007) Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah. A troubled cop seeks a traitor in his department. (R) 1 hr. 38 mins. Showtime Thur., November 12, 10:30 p.m.

The V.I.P.'s
(1963) Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton. Very important people must wait in a London airport. (NR) 1 hr. 59 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 7 p.m.

The Virgin Suicides
(1999) James Woods, Kathleen Turner. Men reminisce about intriguing sisters, whose parents quarantined them after one of the five killed herself. (R) 1 hr. 37 mins. TMC Fri., November 13, 2:30 p.m. TMC Mon., November 9, 1 p.m.




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The Wackness
(2008) Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck. A teenage pot dealer sells weed to his therapist and falls in love with the man's stepdaughter. (R) 1 hr. 50 mins. Starz Fri., November 13, 3:30 a.m.

The Wager
(2007) Randy Travis, Nancy Travis. A devout Christian faces crises in his personal life and acting career. (NR) 1 hr. 22 mins. KTBN Thur., November 12, 10:30 p.m.

Walker Payne
(2006) Jason Patric, Guy Boyd. A man must make heartbreaking choices to save his daughters. (R) 1 hr. 57 mins. TMC Mon., November 9, 1:30 a.m.

WALL-E
(2008) Voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight. Animated. A robot leaves Earth to chase a shapely mechanical scout across the galaxy. (G) 1 hr. 37 mins. Starz Sun., November 8, 6 a.m.

Waltzing Anna
(2006) Emmanuelle Chriqui, Robert Capelli Jr. An unscrupulous doctor finds a prescription for change at a nursing home. (PG-13) 1 hr. 41 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 6:30 a.m. Showtime Thur., November 12, 8 a.m.

War, Inc.
(2008) John Cusack, Hilary Duff. An undercover hit man must organize the wedding of a Middle Eastern pop star. (R) 1 hr. 46 mins. Showtime Mon., November 9, 12 a.m. Showtime Thur., November 12, 1 a.m.

The War of the Worlds
(1953) Gene Barry, Ann Robinson. Martian warships invade Earth and incinerate everything in sight with heat rays. (G) 1 hr. 25 mins. AMC Fri., November 13, 10 a.m.

Warriors of Virtue
(1997) Angus Macfadyen, Mario Yedidia. A boy lands in a magic world of kung fu, kangaroo-men, and villains seeking the key to immortality. (PG) 1 hr. 41 mins. Showtime Fri., November 13, 10 a.m.

War
(2007) Jet Li, Jason Statham. A federal agent seeks revenge on an elusive assassin after his partner and family are killed, but the target ignites a war between rival Asian mobsters. (R) 1 hr. 43 mins. TMC Mon., November 9, 8 p.m.

Watching the Detectives
(2007) Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu. A man who loves movies meets an adventurous beauty who shakes up his dull life. (NR) 1 hr. 33 mins. Showtime Sun., November 8, 4 p.m.

The Waterboy
(1998) Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates. A simpleton's angry outbursts lead to gridiron glory. (PG-13) 1 hr. 28 mins. Encore Sat., November 14, 1:30 p.m. Encore Sat., November 14, 9:30 p.m.

Waterworld
(1995) Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper. A web-footed loner navigates a landless Earth, while a ruthless gangster chases him, a woman and their young companion. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 16 mins. ION Sat., November 14, 7 p.m.

Wedding Daze
(2004) John Larroquette, Karen Valentine. Parents face insanity and dwindling funds after their three daughters move back home, then announce their nuptials. 1 hr. 30 mins. Hallmark Wed., November 11, 9 p.m.

Wedding Daze
(2006) Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher. A year after accidentally scaring his fiancee to death, a young man begins dating a waitress who has quirks of her own. (R) 1 hr. 30 mins. Comedy Central Sat., November 14, 10 p.m.

The Wedding Singer
(1998) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore. A spirited entertainer and a waitress with a boorish fiance work at the same weddings. (PG-13) 1 hr. 36 mins. ABC Family Sat., November 14, 10 p.m. ABC Family Sat., November 14, 1:30 p.m.

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
(2008) Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones. Determined to prove to his family how much he has changed, a talk-show star returns to his small Southern hometown for his parents' anniversary. (PG-13) 1 hr. 54 mins. HBO Mon., November 9, 5:30 p.m.

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
(2006) Brenda Song, Shin Koyamada. A popular teen learns she is the reincarnation of a Chinese warrior who must save the world from an evil villain. 1 hr. 30 mins. DISNXD Mon., November 9, 5 p.m. DISNXD Tues., November 10, 3 p.m.

We're All Angels
(2007) Jason and deMarco are gay lovers trying to become pop stars. (NR) 1 hr. 30 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 8 a.m.

We Were Strangers
(1949) Jennifer Jones, John Garfield. A Cuban lets a rebel use her home as a base for digging a tunnel to blow up a dictatorship. (NR) 1 hr. 46 mins. TCM Tues., November 10, 1 a.m.

What Makes a Family
(2001) Brooke Shields, Anne Meara. After the death of her partner, a lesbian fights to regain custody of their child. 1 hr. 36 mins. LOGO Thur., November 12, 6:30 a.m. LOGO Wed., November 11, 2 p.m.

Where the Boys Are
(1960) Dolores Hart, George Hamilton. College coeds hit the beach with sporting Ivy Leaguers on spring break in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (NR) 1 hr. 39 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 1 p.m.

White Heat
(1949) James Cagney, Virginia Mayo. A brave federal agent poses as a thug to infiltrate psychopathic hoodlum Cody Jarrett's gang of thieves. (NR) 1 hr. 54 mins. TCM Sat., November 14, 6:30 a.m.

White Oleander
(2002) Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn. A teenager endures a string of foster homes after her mother, a brilliant artist, is convicted of murder. (PG-13) 1 hr. 50 mins. Cinemax Thur., November 12, 11 a.m.

Who's Harry Crumb?
(1989) John Candy, Jeffrey Jones. A blundering private eye's boss puts him on a kidnapping case he is not supposed to solve. (PG-13) 1 hr. 38 mins. KDOC Thur., November 12, 8 p.m.

Who's Your Caddy?
(2007) Antwan ``Big Boi'' Patton, Jeffrey Jones. When members of a stuffy country club oppose his bid to join, a rap mogul buys the land adjacent to the golf course's 17th hole. (PG-13) 1 hr. 31 mins. TMC Mon., November 9, 8 a.m. TMC Mon., November 9, 4:30 p.m. TMC Sat., November 14, 2:30 p.m. TMC Sun., November 15, 4 a.m.

Why Did I Get Married?
(2007) Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson. Revelations of infidelity and other secrets force eight married friends to take a hard look at issues of commitment, betrayal and forgiveness. (PG-13) 1 hr. 58 mins. TMC Sun., November 8, 9 a.m. TMC Sun., November 8, 10 p.m.

Wildcats
(1986) Goldie Hawn, Nipsey Russell. A famous coach's daughter coaches boys football at a city high school patrolled by dogs. (R) 1 hr. 47 mins. Encore Fri., November 13, 5:30 p.m.

Witches of Breastwick 2
(2007) Seductive women offer tempting treats. (NR) 1 hr. 18 mins. TMC Thur., November 12, 1:30 a.m.

Witless Protection
(2008) Larry the Cable Guy, Ivana Milicevic. A small-town lawman and the FBI witness that he has in custody grapple with crooked federal agents, quack doctors and Chicago high-society. (PG-13) 1 hr. 37 mins. Showtime Tues., November 10, 11 a.m. Showtime Wed., November 11, 12 a.m.

Witness
(1985) Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis. A hunted Philadelphia detective moves in with an Amish widow and her murder-witness son. (R) 1 hr. 52 mins. AMC Fri., November 13, 7 a.m.

The Wizard of Oz
(1939) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan. A tornado whisks a Kansas farm girl to a magic land. (G) 1 hr. 41 mins. TBS Fri., November 13, 8 p.m. TBS Sat., November 14, 8 p.m.

Woman of the Year
(1942) Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy. A New York sportswriter marries a political columnist whose career comes first. (NR) 1 hr. 52 mins. TCM Fri., November 13, 2:30 p.m.

A Woman Under the Influence
(1974) Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk. The loving wife of a blue-collar boss somehow crosses the line from quirkiness to madness. (R) 2 hrs. 35 mins. Sundance Mon., November 9, 5:30 a.m. Sundance Sun., November 8, 10 p.m.

Wondrous Oblivion
(2003) Sam Smith, Delroy Lindo. In 1960 London a Jamaican newcomer instructs his young Jewish neighbor in how to improve his cricket-playing skills. (PG) 1 hr. 46 mins. Sundance Sun., November 8, 7:30 a.m.

The Wood
(1999) Omar Epps, Taye Diggs. Young men, one of whom is about to be married, reminisce about their childhood during the 1980s in Inglewood, Calif. (R) 1 hr. 47 mins. TBS Mon., November 9, 12:30 a.m. TBS Sun., November 8, 8 a.m.

WTC View
(2005) Michael Urie, Nick Potenzieri. A gay New Yorker interviews prospective roommates following the terrorist attack on Sept. 11. (NR) 1 hr. 44 mins. LOGO Mon., November 9, 9 a.m.




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XChange
(2000) Stephen Baldwin, Kyle MacLachlan. In a future where people travel by exchanging bodies, an executive's corporeal form is stolen by an assassin. (R) 1 hr. 50 mins. HBO Sat., November 14, 12:30 a.m.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe
(2008) David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson. Mulder and Scully encounter a priest with psychic visions when they reunite to solve a baffling missing-persons case. (PG-13) 1 hr. 44 mins. HBO Sat., November 14, 4:30 p.m.




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Yanks
(1979) Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn. Three GIs have three sorts of affairs with locals in 1944 England, including that of a sergeant with a shopgirl. (R) 2 hrs. 19 mins. Cinemax Mon., November 9, 5 a.m.

Yes Man
(2008) Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel. A man tries to change his life by saying yes to everything. (PG-13) 1 hr. 44 mins. Cinemax Sat., November 14, 9:30 p.m. Cinemax Sun., November 15, 1:30 a.m.

You Don't Mess With the Zohan
(2008) Adam Sandler, John Turturro. A much-feared Israeli commando fakes his own death and moves to New York, where he fulfills his dream of becoming a successful hairstylist. (PG-13) 1 hr. 53 mins. Starz Mon., November 9, 11 a.m. Starz Mon., November 9, 7 p.m. Starz Tues., November 10, 5:30 a.m. Starz Sun., November 15, 4 a.m.

You Lucky Dog
(1998) Kirk Cameron, James Avery. Angry relatives try to get rid of the pet psychic and dog to whom a deceased family member bequeathed his fortune. 1 hr. 29 mins. Disney Sun., November 15, 2:30 a.m.

Young Guns II
(1990) Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland. Billy the Kid and his gang gallop to Mexico, chased by a federal posse led by Pat Garrett. (PG-13) 1 hr. 43 mins. Cinemax Fri., November 13, 4:30 p.m.

You're Gonna Miss Me
(2005) A portrait of psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson shows his battle with drug addiction and schizophrenia, which led to a lengthy stay in a state hospital for the criminally insane. (NR) 1 hr. 32 mins. Sundance Sat., November 14, 12 a.m. Sundance Sat., November 14, 8 a.m.

Yours, Mine & Ours
(2005) Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo. A household threatens to burst at the seams when the marriage of two widowed parents creates a family of 18 children. (PG) 1 hr. 28 mins. TBS Sat., November 14, 10 p.m.

You've Got Mail
(1998) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. Professional rivalry threatens to thwart romance when anonymous e-mail pals meet each other. (PG) 1 hr. 59 mins. Lifetime Wed., November 11, 9 p.m.




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Zathura
(2005) Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo. A mysterious game propels two young brothers into outer space. (PG) 1 hr. 41 mins. TBS Sat., November 14, 1 a.m. TBS Sat., November 14, 1:30 p.m.