Richard King
11-17-07, 01:21 PM
Here's the HDNet Movies weekly schedule:
(All times Eastern/Pacific. All schedules subject to change)
Mon., Nov 19 - 6:15 AM ET / 3:15 AM PT
LUCY
2003 - NR - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Rachel York, Daniel Pino, La Chanze Sapp-Gooding, Director: Glenn Jordan
Film based on the life of Lucille Ball, focusing on her successful career and the tumultuous relationship with Desi Arnaz.
Mon., Nov 19 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
ZEUS AND ROXANNE
1997 - PG - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan, Arnold Vosloo, Director: George Miller
A Marine biologist falls in love with her unconventional neighbor whose dog, Zeus, becomes best friends with her captive dolphin, Roxanne.
Mon., Nov 19 - 10:15 AM ET / 7:15 AM PT
MY GIRL 2
1994 - PG - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur, Director: Howard Zieff
Coming of age story about Vada, now a teenager, and her voyage to L.A. to search for information about her deceased mother, who died during childbirth.
Mon., Nov 19 - 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
SCENT OF A WOMAN
1992 - R - 2:36 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar, Director: Martin Brest
An unhappy, bitter, blind man's Thanksgiving weekend plans are thrown off course when he discovers a naive prep school student has been hired to look after him.
Mon., Nov 19 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
THE LOST CITY
2005 - R - 2:24 - (cc)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Bill Murray, Ines Sastre, Director: Andy Garcia
In the late 1950s, a prominent nightclub owner is caught in the violent transition from Havana's oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro.
Mon., Nov 19 - 5:15 PM ET / 2:15 PM PT
BIRD
1988 - R - 2:40 - (cc)
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Director: Clint Eastwood
The story of legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, from his rise to fame to his self-destructive drug addiction to heroin.
Mon., Nov 19 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
PRESUMED INNOCENT
1990 - R - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Director: Alan J. Pakula
With all the evidence stacked up against him, a lawyer must prove he was framed for the murder of his mistress.
Mon., Nov 19 - 10:15 PM ET / 7:15 PM PT
SWITCHBACK
1997 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Director: Jeb Stuart
An FBI agent pursues the serial killer who has kidnapped his son.
Tue., Nov 20 - 12:15 AM ET / Mon., Nov 19 - 9:15 PM PT
PRESUMED INNOCENT
1990 - R - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Director: Alan J. Pakula
With all the evidence stacked up against him, a lawyer must prove he was framed for the murder of his mistress.
Tue., Nov 20 - 2:30 AM ET / Mon., Nov 19 - 11:30 PM PT
SWITCHBACK
1997 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Director: Jeb Stuart
An FBI agent pursues the serial killer who has kidnapped his son.
Tue., Nov 20 - 4:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM PT
SPECIES
1995 - R - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Director: Roger Donaldson
A genetic experiment results in a sexy half-alien female killing machine who escapes the lab in search of victims.
Tue., Nov 20 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT
OH GOD!, YOU DEVIL
1984 - PG - 1:36 - (cc)
Cast: George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver, Director: Paul Bogart
In this third installment of the Oh God! series, a struggling musician and father-to-be gives his soul to the devil in exchange for fame and fortune.
Tue., Nov 20 - 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 AM PT
THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN
1992 - R - 1:52 - (cc)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Director: Jonathan Lynn
A money-grubbing con-man manipulates his way into political office and begins to enjoy the perks of power, but when he falls in love with an honest lobbyist, he redirects his cons to stop political corruption.
Tue., Nov 20 - 10:15 AM ET / 7:15 AM PT
THE NEXT KARATE KID
1994 - PG - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Pat Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Director: Christopher Cain
The fouth addition to the karate series finds Mr. Miyagi training the troubled and stubborn granddaughter of his commanding officer during WWII.
Tue., Nov 20 - 12:15 PM ET / 9:15 AM PT
STARMAN
1984 - PG - 1:55 - (cc)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Director: John Carpenter
On a mission to observe human nature, an alien learns more than he expected in just a few days when he arrives on earth having taken the form of a woman's dead husband.
Tue., Nov 20 - 2:15 PM ET / 11:15 AM PT
ALASKA
1996 - PG - 1:49 - (cc)
Cast: Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Director: Fraser Heston
A young brother and sister go in search of their missing father whose plane crashed deep within the Alaskan wilderness.
Tue., Nov 20 - 4:05 PM ET / 1:05 PM PT
MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON
1984 - R - 1:57 - (cc)
Cast: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Director: Paul Mazursky
A Soviet defector tries to adjust to a fast-paced but free life as a jazzman in New York City.
Tue., Nov 20 - 6:05 PM ET / 3:05 PM PT
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
2001 - PG-13 - 1:45 - (cc)
Cast: Alec Baldwin (voice), Steve Buscemi (voice), Donald Sutherland (voice), Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Living in a world where Earth has been taken over by phantom spirits threatening human existence, a woman goes in search of an entity that holds the secret to an energy force that can destroy the invaders. The first full-length feature to create every aspect of the film with C.G.I. - from the background to the actors.
Tue., Nov 20 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
MICROCOSMOS
1995 - G - 1:15 - (cc)
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas (voice), Director: Claude Nuridsany
Using microscopic camera techniques and high-resolution microphones, this revolutionary documentary explores the life-cycle of the inhabitants of a seemingly ordinary meadow in France.
Tue., Nov 20 - 9:15 PM ET / 6:15 PM PT
THE VISITORS
1993 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valerie Lemercier, Director: Jean-Marie Poire
A 12th century knight and his squire are inadvertently sent 900 years into the future and discover a very different world where the knight's property is being turned into a hotel and where squires are entitled to their freedom.
Tue., Nov 20 - 11:05 PM ET / 8:05 PM PT
MICROCOSMOS
1995 - G - 1:15 - (cc)
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas (voice), Director: Claude Nuridsany
Using microscopic camera techniques and high-resolution microphones, this revolutionary documentary explores the life-cycle of the inhabitants of a seemingly ordinary meadow in France.
Wed., Nov 21 - 12:30 AM ET / Tue., Nov 20 - 9:30 PM PT
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
2001 - PG-13 - 1:45 - (cc)
Cast: Alec Baldwin (voice), Steve Buscemi (voice), Donald Sutherland (voice), Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Living in a world where Earth has been taken over by phantom spirits threatening human existence, a woman goes in search of an entity that holds the secret to an energy force that can destroy the invaders. The first full-length feature to create every aspect of the film with C.G.I. - from the background to the actors.
Wed., Nov 21 - 2:20 AM ET / Tue., Nov 20 - 11:20 PM PT
THE VISITORS
1993 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valerie Lemercier, Director: Jean-Marie Poire
A 12th century knight and his squire are inadvertently sent 900 years into the future and discover a very different world where the knight's property is being turned into a hotel and where squires are entitled to their freedom.
Wed., Nov 21 - 4:15 AM ET / 1:15 AM PT
BUBBA HO-TEP
2002 - R - 1:22 - (cc)
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Bob Ivy, Ossie Davis, Director: Don Coscarelli
This droll comedy tells the story of what really happened to Elvis and JFK: they wound up in a rest home that is being taken over by a blood-sucking mummy dressed as a cowboy.
Wed., Nov 21 - 5:45 AM ET / 2:45 AM PT
THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUP
1970 - R - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Tony Britton, Director: Roy Boulting
A British, middle-aged, self-styled Casanova tries to seduce a young American girl who has taken refuge at his London apartment after her boyfriend breaks up with her.
Wed., Nov 21 - 7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM PT
TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA
1970 - PG - 1:53 - (cc)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood, Manolo Fabregas, Director: Don Siegel
A cowboy saves a nun from a vicious attack and accompanies her to her camp where she is to meet up with Mexican Revolutionaries; but along the way, the cowboy, who has some secrets of his own, begins to suspect that this cigar-smoking, whisky-drinking nun might not be the woman she claims to be.
Wed., Nov 21 - 9:30 AM ET / 6:30 AM PT
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
1981 - PG - 2:04 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Director: Hugh Hudson
The true story of a Scottish missionary and a Jewish Cambridge student who compete as runners in the 1924 Olympics, one motivated by a hatred of anti-Semitism, the other by the love of God.
Wed., Nov 21 - 11:45 AM ET / 8:45 AM PT
ZELARY
2004 - R - 2:27
Cast: Anna Geislerova, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Jaroslava Adamova, Director: Ondrej Trojan
To avoid being captured by the Nazis, a woman must learn to reconcile her former urban life with a new life of simplicity when a patient, whose life she saved by donating her blood months earlier, offers her sanctuary in the mountains.
Wed., Nov 21 - 2:15 PM ET / 11:15 AM PT
ROCKET GIBRALTAR
1988 - PG - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: Suzy Amis, Burt Lancaster, Macaulay Culkin, Director: Daniel Petrie
A 77-year-old patriarch reunites his children and grandchildren for a final birthday weekend.
Wed., Nov 21 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
THE SPITFIRE GRILL
1996 - PG-13 - 1:56 - (cc)
Cast: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Director: Lee David Zlotoff
After serving time in jail for manslaughter, a young woman seeking understanding and forgiveness is offered ownership of a small town diner.
Wed., Nov 21 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
THE HORSEMAN ON THE ROOF
1996 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi, Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
After the fall of Napoleon, a man trying to out-run the cholera epidemic and hostile Austrian secret police finds shelter and companionship with a woman searching for her missing husband.
Wed., Nov 21 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
1992 - PG - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Craig Scheffer, Tom Skerritt, Director: Robert Redford
A Presbyterian minister teaches his two very different sons about life through fly fishing.
Wed., Nov 21 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
2005 - PG-13 - 2:06 - (cc)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Christopher Lawford, Director: Roger Donaldson
Based on the life of New Zealander Burt Munroe, who became determined to travel to Utah and race his 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle across the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Thu., Nov 22 - 12:15 AM ET / Wed., Nov 21 - 9:15 PM PT
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
1992 - PG - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Craig Scheffer, Tom Skerritt, Director: Robert Redford
A Presbyterian minister teaches his two very different sons about life through fly fishing.
Thu., Nov 22 - 2:20 AM ET / Wed., Nov 21 - 11:20 PM PT
THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
2005 - PG-13 - 2:06 - (cc)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Christopher Lawford, Director: Roger Donaldson
Based on the life of New Zealander Burt Munroe, who became determined to travel to Utah and race his 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle across the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Thu., Nov 22 - 4:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM PT
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
1981 - PG - 2:04 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Director: Hugh Hudson
The true story of a Scottish missionary and a Jewish Cambridge student who compete as runners in the 1924 Olympics, one motivated by a hatred of anti-Semitism, the other by the love of God.
Thu., Nov 22 - 6:45 AM ET / 3:45 AM PT
LEAN ON ME
1989 - PG-13 - 1:49 - (cc)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Director: John G. Avildsen
In his first leading role, Morgan Freeman delivers a famous performance (in the movie that set the bar for all subsequent films to follow) as real-life high school principle Joe Clark, who takes on the difficult task of reforming the kids in New Jersey's most notoriously dangerous school.
Thu., Nov 22 - 8:35 AM ET / 5:35 AM PT
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
1992 - PG - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Craig Scheffer, Tom Skerritt, Director: Robert Redford
A Presbyterian minister teaches his two very different sons about life through fly fishing.
Thu., Nov 22 - 10:45 AM ET / 7:45 AM PT
BUYING THE COW
2002 - R - 1:28 - (cc)
Cast: Jerry O'Connell, Bridgette L. Wilson, Ryan Reynolds, Director: Walt Becker
A man with an exaggerated fear of commitment hits the dating scene hard after his girlfriend starts pressuring him to propose.
Thu., Nov 22 - 12:15 PM ET / 9:15 AM PT
ANGUS
1995 - PG-13 - 1:30 - (cc)
Cast: Charlie Talbert, George C. Scott, Kathy Bates, Director: Patrick Read Johnson
An overweight boy with low self-esteem struggles with school bullies, and his life-long crush on a cute blond.
Thu., Nov 22 - 1:50 PM ET / 10:50 AM PT
THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
2005 - PG-13 - 2:06 - (cc)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Christopher Lawford, Director: Roger Donaldson
Based on the life of New Zealander Burt Munroe, who became determined to travel to Utah and race his 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle across the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Thu., Nov 22 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
ROCKY
1976 - PG - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Director: John G. Avildsen
Academy Award winning film about a man who works his way up from nothing to become a boxing champion and icon.
Thu., Nov 22 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
SCENT OF A WOMAN
1992 - R - 2:36 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar, Director: Martin Brest
An unhappy, bitter, blind man's Thanksgiving weekend plans are thrown off course when he discovers a naive prep school student has been hired to look after him.
Thu., Nov 22 - 8:45 PM ET / 5:45 PM PT
FINDING FORRESTER
2000 - PG-13 - 2:16 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Director: Gus Van Sant
Through a shared love for writing, a reclusive well-known author and an inner-city teenager inspire each other to fulfill their potential.
Thu., Nov 22 - 11:05 PM ET / 8:05 PM PT
SCENT OF A WOMAN
1992 - R - 2:36 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar, Director: Martin Brest
An unhappy, bitter, blind man's Thanksgiving weekend plans are thrown off course when he discovers a naive prep school student has been hired to look after him.
Fri., Nov 23 - 1:45 AM ET / Thu., Nov 22 - 10:45 PM PT
FINDING FORRESTER
2000 - PG-13 - 2:16 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Director: Gus Van Sant
Through a shared love for writing, a reclusive well-known author and an inner-city teenager inspire each other to fulfill their potential.
Fri., Nov 23 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 AM PT
THE LOST CITY
2005 - R - 2:24 - (cc)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Bill Murray, Ines Sastre, Director: Andy Garcia
In the late 1950s, a prominent nightclub owner is caught in the violent transition from Havana's oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro.
Fri., Nov 23 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT
MY BLUE HEAVEN
1990 - PG-13 - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Director: Herbert Ross
After turning states-evidence and entering the witness-protection program, an ex-mafia man relocates to a California suburb where his troubles adjusting wreak havoc on a shy FBI agent assigned to help him adapt.
Fri., Nov 23 - 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 AM PT
DICK
1999 - PG-13 - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Will Ferrell, Director: Andrew Fleming
After two girls walk in and catch Nixon's staff shredding official documents, the President attempts to keep them quiet by giving them jobs as official Whitehouse dog walkers.
Fri., Nov 23 - 10:00 AM ET / 7:00 AM PT
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
1978 - PG - 1:55 - (cc)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Director: Philip Kaufman
Remake of the original classic film about doctor who discovers that he cannot tell the difference between his allies and the aliens who are taking human form and disposing their victim's bodies.
Fri., Nov 23 - 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
ROCKY
1976 - PG - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Director: John G. Avildsen
Academy Award winning film about a man who works his way up from nothing to become a boxing champion and icon.
Fri., Nov 23 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
BONNIE AND CLYDE
1967 - M - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Director: Arthur Penn
Based on the real life stories of bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who journeyed the American southwest with tommyguns and stolen moneybags while on the run from the police.
Fri., Nov 23 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55 - (cc)
Cast: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Director: Peter Hyams
On a joint space mission, an American and Russian team investigate the abandoned starship Discovery to try and determine why the HAL 9000 computer sabotaged the mission years earlier.
Fri., Nov 23 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
1994 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Director: Kenneth Branagh
After realizing the consequences of his arrogant actions, Dr. Frankenstein abandons the monster he created in attempts to restore normalcy to his life; but anger, rejection from society, and the subsequent loneliness drive the monster to seek revenge upon his maker.
Fri., Nov 23 - 8:05 PM ET / 5:05 PM PT
THE TERMINATOR
1984 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Director: James Cameron
A futuristic cyborg is sent back to present day earth to kill a woman who will conceive the child destined to become a powerful leader.
Fri., Nov 23 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
RONIN
1998 - R - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Director: John Frankenheimer
A group of freelance criminals, including a former U.S. Intelligent agent are hired by an unidentified person to steal a mysterious briefcase from men whose identities are unknown.
Sat., Nov 24 - 12:05 AM ET / Fri., Nov 23 - 9:05 PM PT
THE TERMINATOR
1984 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Director: James Cameron
A futuristic cyborg is sent back to present day earth to kill a woman who will conceive the child destined to become a powerful leader.
Sat., Nov 24 - 2:00 AM ET / Fri., Nov 23 - 11:00 PM PT
RONIN
1998 - R - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Director: John Frankenheimer
A group of freelance criminals, including a former U.S. Intelligent agent are hired by an unidentified person to steal a mysterious briefcase from men whose identities are unknown.
Sat., Nov 24 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 AM PT
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
1994 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Director: Kenneth Branagh
After realizing the consequences of his arrogant actions, Dr. Frankenstein abandons the monster he created in attempts to restore normalcy to his life; but anger, rejection from society, and the subsequent loneliness drive the monster to seek revenge upon his maker.
Sat., Nov 24 - 6:15 AM ET / 3:15 AM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55 - (cc)
Cast: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Director: Peter Hyams
On a joint space mission, an American and Russian team investigate the abandoned starship Discovery to try and determine why the HAL 9000 computer sabotaged the mission years earlier.
Sat., Nov 24 - 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 AM PT
THE WIND AND THE LION
1975 - NR - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, John Huston, Director: John Milius
An American woman and her children are kidnapped by a Moroccon sheik, launching international and political intervention.
Sat., Nov 24 - 10:15 AM ET / 7:15 AM PT
THE MISSION
1986 - PG - 2:05 - (cc)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Director: Roland Joffe
Based on the true story of two dissident missionaries, one an ideological pacifist and the other a penitent man with a violent past, rise above their differences to resist the Spanish colonialists and save South American Indians from slavery.
Sat., Nov 24 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
2001 - PG-13 - 1:45 - (cc)
Cast: Alec Baldwin (voice), Steve Buscemi (voice), Donald Sutherland (voice), Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Living in a world where Earth has been taken over by phantom spirits threatening human existence, a woman goes in search of an entity that holds the secret to an energy force that can destroy the invaders. The first full-length feature to create every aspect of the film with C.G.I. - from the background to the actors.
Sat., Nov 24 - 2:20 PM ET / 11:20 AM PT
BLANKMAN
1994 - PG-13 - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Robin Givens, Director: Mike Binder
Self-appointed superhero, without super powers, fights crime with his homemade inventions.
Sat., Nov 24 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
BEVERLY HILLS COP II
1987 - R - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Director: Tony Scott
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to investigate a series of violent robberies which he believes are associated with a shooting that nearly killed his friend, Chief Bogamil.
Sat., Nov 24 - 5:45 PM ET / 2:45 PM PT
PRESUMED INNOCENT
1990 - R - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Director: Alan J. Pakula
With all the evidence stacked up against him, a lawyer must prove he was framed for the murder of his mistress.
Sat., Nov 24 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
BLOW
2001 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Director: Ted Demme
Based on the true life story of drug trafficker George Jung, whose business grew to be one of the biggest cocaine rackets in U.S. history.
Sat., Nov 24 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
15 MINUTES
2001 - R - 2:00 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Director: John Herzfeld
An arson investigator and a celebrity cop hunt a team of criminals who tape their crimes and sell them to the press.
Sun., Nov 25 - 12:15 AM ET / Sat., Nov 24 - 9:15 PM PT
BLOW
2001 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Director: Ted Demme
Based on the true life story of drug trafficker George Jung, whose business grew to be one of the biggest cocaine rackets in U.S. history.
Sun., Nov 25 - 2:20 AM ET / Sat., Nov 24 - 11:20 PM PT
15 MINUTES
2001 - R - 2:00 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Director: John Herzfeld
An arson investigator and a celebrity cop hunt a team of criminals who tape their crimes and sell them to the press.
Sun., Nov 25 - 4:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM PT
SPECIES
1995 - R - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Director: Roger Donaldson
A genetic experiment results in a sexy half-alien female killing machine who escapes the lab in search of victims.
Sun., Nov 25 - 6:20 AM ET / 3:20 AM PT
WINTER BREAK (AKA SNOW JOB)
2002 - R - 1:38
Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Maggie Lawson, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Director: Marni Banack
A group of recent college graduates ignore graduate school and career opportunities in pursuit of a simpler life in Aspen, Colorado.
Sun., Nov 25 - 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT
BIG WEDNESDAY
1978 - PG - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Gary Busey, Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Director: John Milius
Three California surfers reunite to catch the big wave after serving in the Vietnam war.
Sun., Nov 25 - 10:00 AM ET / 7:00 AM PT
STEP INTO LIQUID
2003 - PG - 1:27 - (cc)
Cast: Rochelle Ballard, Laird Hamilton, Chris Malloy, Director: Dana Brown
The legacy and tradition of The Endless Summer continues as director Dana Brown documents the passion of surfing from around the world.
Sun., Nov 25 - 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
MICROCOSMOS
1995 - G - 1:15 - (cc)
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas (voice), Director: Claude Nuridsany
Using microscopic camera techniques and high-resolution microphones, this revolutionary documentary explores the life-cycle of the inhabitants of a seemingly ordinary meadow in France.
Sun., Nov 25 - 12:45 PM ET / 9:45 AM PT
SWITCHBACK
1997 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Director: Jeb Stuart
An FBI agent pursues the serial killer who has kidnapped his son.
Sun., Nov 25 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
DIGGERS
2007 - R - 1:29 - (cc)
Cast: Maura Tierney, Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, Director: Katherine Dieckmann
A group of working-class Hamptonites struggle with their changing lives while watching their ancestors' clam-digging livelihood deteriorate.
Sun., Nov 25 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK
2001 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Edward Burns, Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham, Director: Edward Burns
A story that follows a network of love lives of six New Yorkers.
Sun., Nov 25 - 6:15 PM ET / 3:15 PM PT
HIGH SOCIETY
1956 - NR - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Director: Charles Walters
A stuffy socialite quickly changes her tune when her ex-husband and an amorous reporter show up during her wedding preparations.
Sun., Nov 25 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
OLIVER!
1968 - G - 2:25 - (cc)
Cast: Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Director: Carol Reed
Musical adaptation of the classic Dickens novel about an orphaned boy who struggles through the slums of 19th century London.
Sun., Nov 25 - 10:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM PT
SCROOGE
1970 - NR - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Director: Ronald Neame
Musical adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Mon., Nov 26 - 12:30 AM ET / Sun., Nov 25 - 9:30 PM PT
HIGH SOCIETY
1956 - NR - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Director: Charles Walters
A stuffy socialite quickly changes her tune when her ex-husband and an amorous reporter show up during her wedding preparations.
Mon., Nov 26 - 2:15 AM ET / Sun., Nov 25 - 11:15 PM PT
OLIVER!
1968 - G - 2:25 - (cc)
Cast: Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Director: Carol Reed
Musical adaptation of the classic Dickens novel about an orphaned boy who struggles through the slums of 19th century London.
Mon., Nov 26 - 4:45 AM ET / 1:45 AM PT
SCROOGE
1970 - NR - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Director: Ronald Neame
Musical adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
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Mon., Nov 19 - 6:15 AM ET / 3:15 AM PT
LUCY
2003 - NR - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Rachel York, Daniel Pino, La Chanze Sapp-Gooding, Director: Glenn Jordan
Film based on the life of Lucille Ball, focusing on her successful career and the tumultuous relationship with Desi Arnaz.
Mon., Nov 19 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
ZEUS AND ROXANNE
1997 - PG - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan, Arnold Vosloo, Director: George Miller
A Marine biologist falls in love with her unconventional neighbor whose dog, Zeus, becomes best friends with her captive dolphin, Roxanne.
Mon., Nov 19 - 10:15 AM ET / 7:15 AM PT
MY GIRL 2
1994 - PG - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur, Director: Howard Zieff
Coming of age story about Vada, now a teenager, and her voyage to L.A. to search for information about her deceased mother, who died during childbirth.
Mon., Nov 19 - 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
SCENT OF A WOMAN
1992 - R - 2:36 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar, Director: Martin Brest
An unhappy, bitter, blind man's Thanksgiving weekend plans are thrown off course when he discovers a naive prep school student has been hired to look after him.
Mon., Nov 19 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
THE LOST CITY
2005 - R - 2:24 - (cc)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Bill Murray, Ines Sastre, Director: Andy Garcia
In the late 1950s, a prominent nightclub owner is caught in the violent transition from Havana's oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro.
Mon., Nov 19 - 5:15 PM ET / 2:15 PM PT
BIRD
1988 - R - 2:40 - (cc)
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Director: Clint Eastwood
The story of legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, from his rise to fame to his self-destructive drug addiction to heroin.
Mon., Nov 19 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
PRESUMED INNOCENT
1990 - R - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Director: Alan J. Pakula
With all the evidence stacked up against him, a lawyer must prove he was framed for the murder of his mistress.
Mon., Nov 19 - 10:15 PM ET / 7:15 PM PT
SWITCHBACK
1997 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Director: Jeb Stuart
An FBI agent pursues the serial killer who has kidnapped his son.
Tue., Nov 20 - 12:15 AM ET / Mon., Nov 19 - 9:15 PM PT
PRESUMED INNOCENT
1990 - R - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Director: Alan J. Pakula
With all the evidence stacked up against him, a lawyer must prove he was framed for the murder of his mistress.
Tue., Nov 20 - 2:30 AM ET / Mon., Nov 19 - 11:30 PM PT
SWITCHBACK
1997 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Director: Jeb Stuart
An FBI agent pursues the serial killer who has kidnapped his son.
Tue., Nov 20 - 4:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM PT
SPECIES
1995 - R - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Director: Roger Donaldson
A genetic experiment results in a sexy half-alien female killing machine who escapes the lab in search of victims.
Tue., Nov 20 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT
OH GOD!, YOU DEVIL
1984 - PG - 1:36 - (cc)
Cast: George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver, Director: Paul Bogart
In this third installment of the Oh God! series, a struggling musician and father-to-be gives his soul to the devil in exchange for fame and fortune.
Tue., Nov 20 - 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 AM PT
THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN
1992 - R - 1:52 - (cc)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Director: Jonathan Lynn
A money-grubbing con-man manipulates his way into political office and begins to enjoy the perks of power, but when he falls in love with an honest lobbyist, he redirects his cons to stop political corruption.
Tue., Nov 20 - 10:15 AM ET / 7:15 AM PT
THE NEXT KARATE KID
1994 - PG - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Pat Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Director: Christopher Cain
The fouth addition to the karate series finds Mr. Miyagi training the troubled and stubborn granddaughter of his commanding officer during WWII.
Tue., Nov 20 - 12:15 PM ET / 9:15 AM PT
STARMAN
1984 - PG - 1:55 - (cc)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Director: John Carpenter
On a mission to observe human nature, an alien learns more than he expected in just a few days when he arrives on earth having taken the form of a woman's dead husband.
Tue., Nov 20 - 2:15 PM ET / 11:15 AM PT
ALASKA
1996 - PG - 1:49 - (cc)
Cast: Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Director: Fraser Heston
A young brother and sister go in search of their missing father whose plane crashed deep within the Alaskan wilderness.
Tue., Nov 20 - 4:05 PM ET / 1:05 PM PT
MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON
1984 - R - 1:57 - (cc)
Cast: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Director: Paul Mazursky
A Soviet defector tries to adjust to a fast-paced but free life as a jazzman in New York City.
Tue., Nov 20 - 6:05 PM ET / 3:05 PM PT
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
2001 - PG-13 - 1:45 - (cc)
Cast: Alec Baldwin (voice), Steve Buscemi (voice), Donald Sutherland (voice), Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Living in a world where Earth has been taken over by phantom spirits threatening human existence, a woman goes in search of an entity that holds the secret to an energy force that can destroy the invaders. The first full-length feature to create every aspect of the film with C.G.I. - from the background to the actors.
Tue., Nov 20 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
MICROCOSMOS
1995 - G - 1:15 - (cc)
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas (voice), Director: Claude Nuridsany
Using microscopic camera techniques and high-resolution microphones, this revolutionary documentary explores the life-cycle of the inhabitants of a seemingly ordinary meadow in France.
Tue., Nov 20 - 9:15 PM ET / 6:15 PM PT
THE VISITORS
1993 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valerie Lemercier, Director: Jean-Marie Poire
A 12th century knight and his squire are inadvertently sent 900 years into the future and discover a very different world where the knight's property is being turned into a hotel and where squires are entitled to their freedom.
Tue., Nov 20 - 11:05 PM ET / 8:05 PM PT
MICROCOSMOS
1995 - G - 1:15 - (cc)
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas (voice), Director: Claude Nuridsany
Using microscopic camera techniques and high-resolution microphones, this revolutionary documentary explores the life-cycle of the inhabitants of a seemingly ordinary meadow in France.
Wed., Nov 21 - 12:30 AM ET / Tue., Nov 20 - 9:30 PM PT
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
2001 - PG-13 - 1:45 - (cc)
Cast: Alec Baldwin (voice), Steve Buscemi (voice), Donald Sutherland (voice), Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Living in a world where Earth has been taken over by phantom spirits threatening human existence, a woman goes in search of an entity that holds the secret to an energy force that can destroy the invaders. The first full-length feature to create every aspect of the film with C.G.I. - from the background to the actors.
Wed., Nov 21 - 2:20 AM ET / Tue., Nov 20 - 11:20 PM PT
THE VISITORS
1993 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valerie Lemercier, Director: Jean-Marie Poire
A 12th century knight and his squire are inadvertently sent 900 years into the future and discover a very different world where the knight's property is being turned into a hotel and where squires are entitled to their freedom.
Wed., Nov 21 - 4:15 AM ET / 1:15 AM PT
BUBBA HO-TEP
2002 - R - 1:22 - (cc)
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Bob Ivy, Ossie Davis, Director: Don Coscarelli
This droll comedy tells the story of what really happened to Elvis and JFK: they wound up in a rest home that is being taken over by a blood-sucking mummy dressed as a cowboy.
Wed., Nov 21 - 5:45 AM ET / 2:45 AM PT
THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUP
1970 - R - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Tony Britton, Director: Roy Boulting
A British, middle-aged, self-styled Casanova tries to seduce a young American girl who has taken refuge at his London apartment after her boyfriend breaks up with her.
Wed., Nov 21 - 7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM PT
TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA
1970 - PG - 1:53 - (cc)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood, Manolo Fabregas, Director: Don Siegel
A cowboy saves a nun from a vicious attack and accompanies her to her camp where she is to meet up with Mexican Revolutionaries; but along the way, the cowboy, who has some secrets of his own, begins to suspect that this cigar-smoking, whisky-drinking nun might not be the woman she claims to be.
Wed., Nov 21 - 9:30 AM ET / 6:30 AM PT
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
1981 - PG - 2:04 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Director: Hugh Hudson
The true story of a Scottish missionary and a Jewish Cambridge student who compete as runners in the 1924 Olympics, one motivated by a hatred of anti-Semitism, the other by the love of God.
Wed., Nov 21 - 11:45 AM ET / 8:45 AM PT
ZELARY
2004 - R - 2:27
Cast: Anna Geislerova, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Jaroslava Adamova, Director: Ondrej Trojan
To avoid being captured by the Nazis, a woman must learn to reconcile her former urban life with a new life of simplicity when a patient, whose life she saved by donating her blood months earlier, offers her sanctuary in the mountains.
Wed., Nov 21 - 2:15 PM ET / 11:15 AM PT
ROCKET GIBRALTAR
1988 - PG - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: Suzy Amis, Burt Lancaster, Macaulay Culkin, Director: Daniel Petrie
A 77-year-old patriarch reunites his children and grandchildren for a final birthday weekend.
Wed., Nov 21 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
THE SPITFIRE GRILL
1996 - PG-13 - 1:56 - (cc)
Cast: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Director: Lee David Zlotoff
After serving time in jail for manslaughter, a young woman seeking understanding and forgiveness is offered ownership of a small town diner.
Wed., Nov 21 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
THE HORSEMAN ON THE ROOF
1996 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi, Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
After the fall of Napoleon, a man trying to out-run the cholera epidemic and hostile Austrian secret police finds shelter and companionship with a woman searching for her missing husband.
Wed., Nov 21 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
1992 - PG - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Craig Scheffer, Tom Skerritt, Director: Robert Redford
A Presbyterian minister teaches his two very different sons about life through fly fishing.
Wed., Nov 21 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
2005 - PG-13 - 2:06 - (cc)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Christopher Lawford, Director: Roger Donaldson
Based on the life of New Zealander Burt Munroe, who became determined to travel to Utah and race his 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle across the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Thu., Nov 22 - 12:15 AM ET / Wed., Nov 21 - 9:15 PM PT
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
1992 - PG - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Craig Scheffer, Tom Skerritt, Director: Robert Redford
A Presbyterian minister teaches his two very different sons about life through fly fishing.
Thu., Nov 22 - 2:20 AM ET / Wed., Nov 21 - 11:20 PM PT
THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
2005 - PG-13 - 2:06 - (cc)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Christopher Lawford, Director: Roger Donaldson
Based on the life of New Zealander Burt Munroe, who became determined to travel to Utah and race his 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle across the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Thu., Nov 22 - 4:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM PT
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
1981 - PG - 2:04 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Director: Hugh Hudson
The true story of a Scottish missionary and a Jewish Cambridge student who compete as runners in the 1924 Olympics, one motivated by a hatred of anti-Semitism, the other by the love of God.
Thu., Nov 22 - 6:45 AM ET / 3:45 AM PT
LEAN ON ME
1989 - PG-13 - 1:49 - (cc)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Director: John G. Avildsen
In his first leading role, Morgan Freeman delivers a famous performance (in the movie that set the bar for all subsequent films to follow) as real-life high school principle Joe Clark, who takes on the difficult task of reforming the kids in New Jersey's most notoriously dangerous school.
Thu., Nov 22 - 8:35 AM ET / 5:35 AM PT
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
1992 - PG - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Craig Scheffer, Tom Skerritt, Director: Robert Redford
A Presbyterian minister teaches his two very different sons about life through fly fishing.
Thu., Nov 22 - 10:45 AM ET / 7:45 AM PT
BUYING THE COW
2002 - R - 1:28 - (cc)
Cast: Jerry O'Connell, Bridgette L. Wilson, Ryan Reynolds, Director: Walt Becker
A man with an exaggerated fear of commitment hits the dating scene hard after his girlfriend starts pressuring him to propose.
Thu., Nov 22 - 12:15 PM ET / 9:15 AM PT
ANGUS
1995 - PG-13 - 1:30 - (cc)
Cast: Charlie Talbert, George C. Scott, Kathy Bates, Director: Patrick Read Johnson
An overweight boy with low self-esteem struggles with school bullies, and his life-long crush on a cute blond.
Thu., Nov 22 - 1:50 PM ET / 10:50 AM PT
THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
2005 - PG-13 - 2:06 - (cc)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Christopher Lawford, Director: Roger Donaldson
Based on the life of New Zealander Burt Munroe, who became determined to travel to Utah and race his 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle across the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Thu., Nov 22 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
ROCKY
1976 - PG - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Director: John G. Avildsen
Academy Award winning film about a man who works his way up from nothing to become a boxing champion and icon.
Thu., Nov 22 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
SCENT OF A WOMAN
1992 - R - 2:36 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar, Director: Martin Brest
An unhappy, bitter, blind man's Thanksgiving weekend plans are thrown off course when he discovers a naive prep school student has been hired to look after him.
Thu., Nov 22 - 8:45 PM ET / 5:45 PM PT
FINDING FORRESTER
2000 - PG-13 - 2:16 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Director: Gus Van Sant
Through a shared love for writing, a reclusive well-known author and an inner-city teenager inspire each other to fulfill their potential.
Thu., Nov 22 - 11:05 PM ET / 8:05 PM PT
SCENT OF A WOMAN
1992 - R - 2:36 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar, Director: Martin Brest
An unhappy, bitter, blind man's Thanksgiving weekend plans are thrown off course when he discovers a naive prep school student has been hired to look after him.
Fri., Nov 23 - 1:45 AM ET / Thu., Nov 22 - 10:45 PM PT
FINDING FORRESTER
2000 - PG-13 - 2:16 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Director: Gus Van Sant
Through a shared love for writing, a reclusive well-known author and an inner-city teenager inspire each other to fulfill their potential.
Fri., Nov 23 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 AM PT
THE LOST CITY
2005 - R - 2:24 - (cc)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Bill Murray, Ines Sastre, Director: Andy Garcia
In the late 1950s, a prominent nightclub owner is caught in the violent transition from Havana's oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro.
Fri., Nov 23 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT
MY BLUE HEAVEN
1990 - PG-13 - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Director: Herbert Ross
After turning states-evidence and entering the witness-protection program, an ex-mafia man relocates to a California suburb where his troubles adjusting wreak havoc on a shy FBI agent assigned to help him adapt.
Fri., Nov 23 - 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 AM PT
DICK
1999 - PG-13 - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Will Ferrell, Director: Andrew Fleming
After two girls walk in and catch Nixon's staff shredding official documents, the President attempts to keep them quiet by giving them jobs as official Whitehouse dog walkers.
Fri., Nov 23 - 10:00 AM ET / 7:00 AM PT
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
1978 - PG - 1:55 - (cc)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Director: Philip Kaufman
Remake of the original classic film about doctor who discovers that he cannot tell the difference between his allies and the aliens who are taking human form and disposing their victim's bodies.
Fri., Nov 23 - 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
ROCKY
1976 - PG - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Director: John G. Avildsen
Academy Award winning film about a man who works his way up from nothing to become a boxing champion and icon.
Fri., Nov 23 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
BONNIE AND CLYDE
1967 - M - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Director: Arthur Penn
Based on the real life stories of bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who journeyed the American southwest with tommyguns and stolen moneybags while on the run from the police.
Fri., Nov 23 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55 - (cc)
Cast: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Director: Peter Hyams
On a joint space mission, an American and Russian team investigate the abandoned starship Discovery to try and determine why the HAL 9000 computer sabotaged the mission years earlier.
Fri., Nov 23 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
1994 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Director: Kenneth Branagh
After realizing the consequences of his arrogant actions, Dr. Frankenstein abandons the monster he created in attempts to restore normalcy to his life; but anger, rejection from society, and the subsequent loneliness drive the monster to seek revenge upon his maker.
Fri., Nov 23 - 8:05 PM ET / 5:05 PM PT
THE TERMINATOR
1984 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Director: James Cameron
A futuristic cyborg is sent back to present day earth to kill a woman who will conceive the child destined to become a powerful leader.
Fri., Nov 23 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
RONIN
1998 - R - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Director: John Frankenheimer
A group of freelance criminals, including a former U.S. Intelligent agent are hired by an unidentified person to steal a mysterious briefcase from men whose identities are unknown.
Sat., Nov 24 - 12:05 AM ET / Fri., Nov 23 - 9:05 PM PT
THE TERMINATOR
1984 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Director: James Cameron
A futuristic cyborg is sent back to present day earth to kill a woman who will conceive the child destined to become a powerful leader.
Sat., Nov 24 - 2:00 AM ET / Fri., Nov 23 - 11:00 PM PT
RONIN
1998 - R - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Director: John Frankenheimer
A group of freelance criminals, including a former U.S. Intelligent agent are hired by an unidentified person to steal a mysterious briefcase from men whose identities are unknown.
Sat., Nov 24 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 AM PT
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
1994 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Director: Kenneth Branagh
After realizing the consequences of his arrogant actions, Dr. Frankenstein abandons the monster he created in attempts to restore normalcy to his life; but anger, rejection from society, and the subsequent loneliness drive the monster to seek revenge upon his maker.
Sat., Nov 24 - 6:15 AM ET / 3:15 AM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55 - (cc)
Cast: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Director: Peter Hyams
On a joint space mission, an American and Russian team investigate the abandoned starship Discovery to try and determine why the HAL 9000 computer sabotaged the mission years earlier.
Sat., Nov 24 - 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 AM PT
THE WIND AND THE LION
1975 - NR - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, John Huston, Director: John Milius
An American woman and her children are kidnapped by a Moroccon sheik, launching international and political intervention.
Sat., Nov 24 - 10:15 AM ET / 7:15 AM PT
THE MISSION
1986 - PG - 2:05 - (cc)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Director: Roland Joffe
Based on the true story of two dissident missionaries, one an ideological pacifist and the other a penitent man with a violent past, rise above their differences to resist the Spanish colonialists and save South American Indians from slavery.
Sat., Nov 24 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
2001 - PG-13 - 1:45 - (cc)
Cast: Alec Baldwin (voice), Steve Buscemi (voice), Donald Sutherland (voice), Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Living in a world where Earth has been taken over by phantom spirits threatening human existence, a woman goes in search of an entity that holds the secret to an energy force that can destroy the invaders. The first full-length feature to create every aspect of the film with C.G.I. - from the background to the actors.
Sat., Nov 24 - 2:20 PM ET / 11:20 AM PT
BLANKMAN
1994 - PG-13 - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Robin Givens, Director: Mike Binder
Self-appointed superhero, without super powers, fights crime with his homemade inventions.
Sat., Nov 24 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
BEVERLY HILLS COP II
1987 - R - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Director: Tony Scott
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to investigate a series of violent robberies which he believes are associated with a shooting that nearly killed his friend, Chief Bogamil.
Sat., Nov 24 - 5:45 PM ET / 2:45 PM PT
PRESUMED INNOCENT
1990 - R - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Director: Alan J. Pakula
With all the evidence stacked up against him, a lawyer must prove he was framed for the murder of his mistress.
Sat., Nov 24 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
BLOW
2001 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Director: Ted Demme
Based on the true life story of drug trafficker George Jung, whose business grew to be one of the biggest cocaine rackets in U.S. history.
Sat., Nov 24 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
15 MINUTES
2001 - R - 2:00 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Director: John Herzfeld
An arson investigator and a celebrity cop hunt a team of criminals who tape their crimes and sell them to the press.
Sun., Nov 25 - 12:15 AM ET / Sat., Nov 24 - 9:15 PM PT
BLOW
2001 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Director: Ted Demme
Based on the true life story of drug trafficker George Jung, whose business grew to be one of the biggest cocaine rackets in U.S. history.
Sun., Nov 25 - 2:20 AM ET / Sat., Nov 24 - 11:20 PM PT
15 MINUTES
2001 - R - 2:00 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Director: John Herzfeld
An arson investigator and a celebrity cop hunt a team of criminals who tape their crimes and sell them to the press.
Sun., Nov 25 - 4:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM PT
SPECIES
1995 - R - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Director: Roger Donaldson
A genetic experiment results in a sexy half-alien female killing machine who escapes the lab in search of victims.
Sun., Nov 25 - 6:20 AM ET / 3:20 AM PT
WINTER BREAK (AKA SNOW JOB)
2002 - R - 1:38
Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Maggie Lawson, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Director: Marni Banack
A group of recent college graduates ignore graduate school and career opportunities in pursuit of a simpler life in Aspen, Colorado.
Sun., Nov 25 - 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT
BIG WEDNESDAY
1978 - PG - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Gary Busey, Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Director: John Milius
Three California surfers reunite to catch the big wave after serving in the Vietnam war.
Sun., Nov 25 - 10:00 AM ET / 7:00 AM PT
STEP INTO LIQUID
2003 - PG - 1:27 - (cc)
Cast: Rochelle Ballard, Laird Hamilton, Chris Malloy, Director: Dana Brown
The legacy and tradition of The Endless Summer continues as director Dana Brown documents the passion of surfing from around the world.
Sun., Nov 25 - 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
MICROCOSMOS
1995 - G - 1:15 - (cc)
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas (voice), Director: Claude Nuridsany
Using microscopic camera techniques and high-resolution microphones, this revolutionary documentary explores the life-cycle of the inhabitants of a seemingly ordinary meadow in France.
Sun., Nov 25 - 12:45 PM ET / 9:45 AM PT
SWITCHBACK
1997 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Director: Jeb Stuart
An FBI agent pursues the serial killer who has kidnapped his son.
Sun., Nov 25 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
DIGGERS
2007 - R - 1:29 - (cc)
Cast: Maura Tierney, Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, Director: Katherine Dieckmann
A group of working-class Hamptonites struggle with their changing lives while watching their ancestors' clam-digging livelihood deteriorate.
Sun., Nov 25 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK
2001 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Edward Burns, Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham, Director: Edward Burns
A story that follows a network of love lives of six New Yorkers.
Sun., Nov 25 - 6:15 PM ET / 3:15 PM PT
HIGH SOCIETY
1956 - NR - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Director: Charles Walters
A stuffy socialite quickly changes her tune when her ex-husband and an amorous reporter show up during her wedding preparations.
Sun., Nov 25 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
OLIVER!
1968 - G - 2:25 - (cc)
Cast: Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Director: Carol Reed
Musical adaptation of the classic Dickens novel about an orphaned boy who struggles through the slums of 19th century London.
Sun., Nov 25 - 10:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM PT
SCROOGE
1970 - NR - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Director: Ronald Neame
Musical adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Mon., Nov 26 - 12:30 AM ET / Sun., Nov 25 - 9:30 PM PT
HIGH SOCIETY
1956 - NR - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Director: Charles Walters
A stuffy socialite quickly changes her tune when her ex-husband and an amorous reporter show up during her wedding preparations.
Mon., Nov 26 - 2:15 AM ET / Sun., Nov 25 - 11:15 PM PT
OLIVER!
1968 - G - 2:25 - (cc)
Cast: Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Director: Carol Reed
Musical adaptation of the classic Dickens novel about an orphaned boy who struggles through the slums of 19th century London.
Mon., Nov 26 - 4:45 AM ET / 1:45 AM PT
SCROOGE
1970 - NR - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Director: Ronald Neame
Musical adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
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