Richard King
08-07-06, 12:50 PM
Here's the HDNet Movies weekly schedule email:
(All times Eastern/Pacific. All schedules subject to change)
Mon., Aug 7 - 6:05 AM ET / 3:05 AM PT
THE FIRM
1993 - R - 2:34
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Director: Sydney Pollack
An ambitious Ivy League law student takes a high paying job with a Memphis law firm, but when contacted by the FBI in regards to the murders of two of his associates, he discovers his firm's biggest client is the mafia.
Mon., Aug 7 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 AM PT
FRANK AND JESSE
1994 - R - 1:45
Cast: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, Randy Travis, Director: Robert Boris
A revisionist look at the legendary lives of brothers Frank and Jesse James, their outlaw gang, and their continued attempts to escape the Pinkerton detective agency.
Mon., Aug 7 - 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT
MCLINTOCK!
1963 - NR - 2:07
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
A stubborn cattle baron fights with his feisty, estranged wife, their daughter visiting from college, and the local land grabbers in this Western version of <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i>.
Mon., Aug 7 - 12:40 PM ET / 9:40 AM PT
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
1972 - PG - 1:51
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Director: Sydney Pollack
A man must learn new survival skills as he ventures into the wilderness to become a mountain man.
Mon., Aug 7 - 2:40 PM ET / 11:40 AM PT
OPEN RANGE
2003 - R - 2:19
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, Director: Kevin Costner
Four cattleherders are threatened by a corrupt town marshal and a local rancher while freegrazing their cattle on the prairie. When one of the cattleherders is beaten by the rancher's men and jailed for starting the fight, they get ready for the impending shootout.
Mon., Aug 7 - 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT
THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE
2002 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski, Director: John Stainton
Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, takes to the big screen in this adventure to try to protect a crocodile from a group of poachers. Unbeknownst to Steve, the croc has swallowed a top secret U.S. satellite beacon and the CIA is out to retrieve it.
Mon., Aug 7 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
MY FAVORITE YEAR
1982 - PG - 1:32
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Director: Richard Benjamin
A young writer on a popular television comedy show is asked to chaperon the weekly guest star, who turns out to be not only his swashbuckling movie idol, but a drunken womanizer.
Mon., Aug 7 - 8:05 PM ET / 5:05 PM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Mon., Aug 7 - 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT
CANADIAN BACON
1995 - PG - 1:35
Cast: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Director: Michael Moore
Political satire about the U.S. president and his advisors who, in order to raise approval ratings and popularity, create anti-Canadian hysteria to justify an invasion of our northern neighbor.
Mon., Aug 7 - 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Tue., Aug 8 - 1:15 AM ET / Mon., Aug 7 - 10:15 PM PT
CANADIAN BACON
1995 - PG - 1:35
Cast: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Director: Michael Moore
Political satire about the U.S. president and his advisors who, in order to raise approval ratings and popularity, create anti-Canadian hysteria to justify an invasion of our northern neighbor.
Tue., Aug 8 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT
IDLE HANDS
1999 - R - 1:32
Cast: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Director: Rodman Flender
Horror comedy about a dope-smoking teenage slacker, who discovers that his right hand has become possessed and capable of murder.
Tue., Aug 8 - 4:35 AM ET / 1:35 AM PT
CAMPFIRE TALES
1997 - R - 1:26
Cast: Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor, Christopher Kennedy Masterson, Director: Matt Cooper
Stranded in the woods after a car accident, a group of teens entertain themselves by telling classic horror stories.
Tue., Aug 8 - 6:05 AM ET / 3:05 AM PT
ROCK MY WORLD
2002 - R - 1:46
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Joan Plowright, Alicia Silverstone, Director: Sidney J. Furie
After their lead singer disappears, a rock band hires a replacement lead singer and retreats to an English country mansion to work on their new sound. A conflict between cultures arises when the couple who own the mansion act as the maid and butler when their hired help doesn't show up.
Tue., Aug 8 - 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT
THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE
2002 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski, Director: John Stainton
Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, takes to the big screen in this adventure to try to protect a crocodile from a group of poachers. Unbeknownst to Steve, the croc has swallowed a top secret U.S. satellite beacon and the CIA is out to retrieve it.
Tue., Aug 8 - 9:30 AM ET / 6:30 AM PT
MY FAVORITE YEAR
1982 - PG - 1:32
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Director: Richard Benjamin
A young writer on a popular television comedy show is asked to chaperon the weekly guest star, who turns out to be not only his swashbuckling movie idol, but a drunken womanizer.
Tue., Aug 8 - 11:05 AM ET / 8:05 AM PT
FOR ROSEANNA
1997 - PG-13 - 1:35
Cast: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker, Director: Paul Weiland
Romantic comedy about the owner of a pizzeria in an Italian village and his dying wife, whose dream is to be buried alongside their daughter in the ancient town cemetery.
Tue., Aug 8 - 12:45 PM ET / 9:45 AM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Tue., Aug 8 - 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT
CANADIAN BACON
1995 - PG - 1:35
Cast: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Director: Michael Moore
Political satire about the U.S. president and his advisors who, in order to raise approval ratings and popularity, create anti-Canadian hysteria to justify an invasion of our northern neighbor.
Tue., Aug 8 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
LADYHAWKE
1985 - PG-13 - 2:01
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Director: Richard Donner
Medieval fantasy adventure about a young thief who befriends a mysterious knight and his lover who are under an evil spell.
Tue., Aug 8 - 6:15 PM ET / 3:15 PM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55
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.
Tue., Aug 8 - 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT
OSAMA
2004 - PG-13 - 1:23
Cast: Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Director: Siddiq Barmak
After all the men in her family are killed, a mother disguises her daughter as a boy and sends her out to fend for what they have left. Now called "Osama", the young girl must keep the Taliban from finding out she is not a boy.
Tue., Aug 8 - 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT
BLOODY SUNDAY
2002 - R - 1:47
Cast: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Director: Paul Greengrass
Docudrama of the Irish civil rights march through Derry, Nothern Ireland, and the subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
Tue., Aug 8 - 11:35 PM ET / 8:35 PM PT
OSAMA
2004 - PG-13 - 1:23
Cast: Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Director: Siddiq Barmak
After all the men in her family are killed, a mother disguises her daughter as a boy and sends her out to fend for what they have left. Now called "Osama", the young girl must keep the Taliban from finding out she is not a boy.
Wed., Aug 9 - 1:00 AM ET / Tue., Aug 8 - 10:00 PM PT
BLOODY SUNDAY
2002 - R - 1:47
Cast: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Director: Paul Greengrass
Docudrama of the Irish civil rights march through Derry, Nothern Ireland, and the subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
Wed., Aug 9 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT
IN ENEMY HANDS
2003 - NR - 1:37
Cast: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Scott Caan, Director: Tony Giglio
On route back to the United States during WWII, a group of Allied soldiers become POW's aboard a German U-Boat after their boat sinks in battle. The U.S. soldiers ultimately must join their enemy captors in a fight for survival when they find themselves under attack from a deadly disease and an American warship.
Wed., Aug 9 - 4:45 AM ET / 1:45 AM PT
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
1984 - R - 1:50
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Director: Michael Radford
An adaptation of George Orwell's futuristic novel, in which a man whose job it is to rewrite history finds himself committing the ultimate crime of falling in love. The couple soon learns the impossibility of escaping Big Brother.
Wed., Aug 9 - 6:45 AM ET / 3:45 AM PT
THE RUNNING MAN
1963 - NR - 1:43
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Director: Carol Reed
After faking his death in order to collect insurance money, a husband and his wife are on the run from a persistent insurance investigator.
Wed., Aug 9 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
THE CHAMP
1979 - PG - 2:02
Cast: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder, Director: Franco Zeffirelli
In order to maintain custody over his son, a washed up boxer returns to the ring to make a comeback.
Wed., Aug 9 - 10:35 AM ET / 7:35 AM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55
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.
Wed., Aug 9 - 12:35 PM ET / 9:35 AM PT
THIS BOY'S LIFE
1993 - R - 1:54
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Film based on a true story about a teenaged boy and his mother, who move to a small Washington town in search of a better life, only to find themselves in an abusive situation.
Wed., Aug 9 - 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT
IN ENEMY HANDS
2003 - NR - 1:37
Cast: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Scott Caan, Director: Tony Giglio
On route back to the United States during WWII, a group of Allied soldiers become POW's aboard a German U-Boat after their boat sinks in battle. The U.S. soldiers ultimately must join their enemy captors in a fight for survival when they find themselves under attack from a deadly disease and an American warship.
Wed., Aug 9 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
WHITE MAN'S BURDEN
1995 - R - 1:29
Cast: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Director: Desmond Nakano
This role-reversal story takes place in a fictional America where blacks are members of the upper crust and whites are relegated to inner city ghettos.
Wed., Aug 9 - 5:45 PM ET / 2:45 PM PT
BETRAYED
1988 - R - 2:07
Cast: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Director: Costa-Gavras
While investigating a white supremacist group, an FBI agent falls in love with a farmer, whom she later learns is a murderous racist.
Wed., Aug 9 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
JENNIFER 8
1992 - R - 2:04
Cast: Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Director: Bruce Robinson
A burned-out L.A. cop relocates to a small Northern California town and finds himself involved with the chief witness in a serial murder investigation.
Wed., Aug 9 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
THE DEAD POOL
1988 - R - 1:31
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Director: Buddy Van Horn
Dirty Harry investigates a new game where a list of celebrities, including his name, is being targeted and bets are being placed on who will die next.
Wed., Aug 9 - 11:45 PM ET / 8:45 PM PT
JENNIFER 8
1992 - R - 2:04
Cast: Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Director: Bruce Robinson
A burned-out L.A. cop relocates to a small Northern California town and finds himself involved with the chief witness in a serial murder investigation.
Thu., Aug 10 - 2:00 AM ET / Wed., Aug 9 - 11:00 PM PT
THE DEAD POOL
1988 - R - 1:31
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Director: Buddy Van Horn
Dirty Harry investigates a new game where a list of celebrities, including his name, is being targeted and bets are being placed on who will die next.
Thu., Aug 10 - 3:35 AM ET / 12:35 AM PT
BETRAYED
1988 - R - 2:07
Cast: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Director: Costa-Gavras
While investigating a white supremacist group, an FBI agent falls in love with a farmer, whom she later learns is a murderous racist.
Thu., Aug 10 - 5:45 AM ET / 2:45 AM PT
BIRD
1988 - R - 2:40
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.
Thu., Aug 10 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
WHITE MAN'S BURDEN
1995 - R - 1:29
Cast: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Director: Desmond Nakano
This role-reversal story takes place in a fictional America where blacks are members of the upper crust and whites are relegated to inner city ghettos.
Thu., Aug 10 - 10:00 AM ET / 7:00 AM PT
ELMER GANTRY
1960 - NR - 2:26
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Director: Richard Brooks
Film adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel which denounced small-town Christian evangelists spreading through America during the 1920s. The story revolves around a salesman who becomes a preacher, exacting wealth and power from his congregation, while turning a nun into his mistress.
Thu., Aug 10 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
THE TOWERING INFERNO
1974 - PG - 2:45
Cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Director: Allen Irwin and John Guillermin
Disaster film about a nearly completed skyscraper that has faulty wiring, which leads to a massive fire and no rescue plan.
Thu., Aug 10 - 3:15 PM ET / 12:15 PM PT
THE DEAD POOL
1988 - R - 1:31
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Director: Buddy Van Horn
Dirty Harry investigates a new game where a list of celebrities, including his name, is being targeted and bets are being placed on who will die next.
Thu., Aug 10 - 4:45 PM ET / 1:45 PM PT
OUT OF BOUNDS
1986 - R - 1:31
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober, Director: Richard Tuggle
A small town kid moves to L.A. and gets mixed up with a drug dealer when he picks up the wrong bag at the airport.
Thu., Aug 10 - 6:15 PM ET / 3:15 PM PT
WAG THE DOG
1997 - R - 1:37
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Director: Barry Levinson
After accusations of a sex scandal involving the President of the U.S. surface, a top Hollywood producer is hired to divert media attention by making it look like the U.S. is under a military attack.
Thu., Aug 10 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
THE YARDS
2000 - R - 1:55
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, Director: James Gray
After being released from prison, Leo returns home to get his life back on track. He takes a job in the New York subway yards, where his uncle has turned the family business into a dangerous world of sabotage, greed, and murder.
Thu., Aug 10 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
THE COLOR OF MONEY
1986 - R - 1:59
Cast: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Director: Martin Scorsese
In this sequel to <i>The Hustler</i>, former pool con-man Fast Eddie Felsen takes an inexperienced small-time pool hotshot under his wing.
Fri., Aug 11 - 12:00 AM ET / Thu., Aug 10 - 9:00 PM PT
THE YARDS
2000 - R - 1:55
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, Director: James Gray
After being released from prison, Leo returns home to get his life back on track. He takes a job in the New York subway yards, where his uncle has turned the family business into a dangerous world of sabotage, greed, and murder.
Fri., Aug 11 - 2:00 AM ET / Thu., Aug 10 - 11:00 PM PT
THE COLOR OF MONEY
1986 - R - 1:59
Cast: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Director: Martin Scorsese
In this sequel to <i>The Hustler</i>, former pool con-man Fast Eddie Felsen takes an inexperienced small-time pool hotshot under his wing.
Fri., Aug 11 - 4:00 AM ET / 1:00 AM PT
LORD OF ILLUSIONS
1995 - R - 1:48
Cast: Scott Bakula, Famke Janssen, Daniel von Bargen, Director: Clive Barker
A New York City investigator becomes involved with a cult that is awaiting the resurrection of their leader.
Fri., Aug 11 - 6:00 AM ET / 3:00 AM PT
THE TOWERING INFERNO
1974 - PG - 2:45
Cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Director: Allen Irwin and John Guillermin
Disaster film about a nearly completed skyscraper that has faulty wiring, which leads to a massive fire and no rescue plan.
Fri., Aug 11 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 AM PT
WAG THE DOG
1997 - R - 1:37
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Director: Barry Levinson
After accusations of a sex scandal involving the President of the U.S. surface, a top Hollywood producer is hired to divert media attention by making it look like the U.S. is under a military attack.
Fri., Aug 11 - 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT
OPEN RANGE
2003 - R - 2:19
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, Director: Kevin Costner
Four cattleherders are threatened by a corrupt town marshal and a local rancher while freegrazing their cattle on the prairie. When one of the cattleherders is beaten by the rancher's men and jailed for starting the fight, they get ready for the impending shootout.
Fri., Aug 11 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
1964 - R - 1:36
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch, Director: Sergio Leone
A lone gunslinger wanders into a small frontier town and becomes a mercenary between two feuding families.
Fri., Aug 11 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1968 - G - 2:21
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Director: Stanley Kubrick
A space crew is sent to explore the origins of an alien artifact found on the moon, thought to be from Jupiter. The expedition turns chaotic when the starship Discovery's HAL 9000 computer takes over the mission.
Fri., Aug 11 - 5:15 PM ET / 2:15 PM PT
THE FIRM
1993 - R - 2:34
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Director: Sydney Pollack
An ambitious Ivy League law student takes a high paying job with a Memphis law firm, but when contacted by the FBI in regards to the murders of two of his associates, he discovers his firm's biggest client is the mafia.
Fri., Aug 11 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
APT PUPIL
1998 - R - 1:51
Cast: Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen, Joshua Jackson, Director: Bryan Singer
A high school student obsessed with the Holocaust realizes his neighbor is a Nazi war criminal. He agrees to keep quiet if the former concentration camp commander tells him his stories of the war, and he gets a personal glimpse at the extent of the man's evil.
Fri., Aug 11 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
THE SHINING
1980 - R - 2:23
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Director: Stanley Kubrick
After a family becomes the caretakers of an old isolated hotel during the winter months, the young son begins to see "visions" with his telepathic talent, and soon there after the father starts going crazy.
Sat., Aug 12 - 12:30 AM ET / Fri., Aug 11 - 9:30 PM PT
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
1961 - NR - 1:20
Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Director: Roger Corman
A man goes mad with torment after his wife concocts a scheme to make him think he was responsible for her faked death.
Sat., Aug 12 - 2:00 AM ET / Fri., Aug 11 - 11:00 PM PT
THE SHINING
1980 - R - 2:23
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Director: Stanley Kubrick
After a family becomes the caretakers of an old isolated hotel during the winter months, the young son begins to see "visions" with his telepathic talent, and soon there after the father starts going crazy.
Sat., Aug 12 - 4:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM PT
21 GRAMS
2003 - R - 2:04
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
A terrible accident brings together and changes the lives of three people.
Sat., Aug 12 - 6:35 AM ET / 3:35 AM PT
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1968 - G - 2:21
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Director: Stanley Kubrick
A space crew is sent to explore the origins of an alien artifact found on the moon, thought to be from Jupiter. The expedition turns chaotic when the starship Discovery's HAL 9000 computer takes over the mission.
Sat., Aug 12 - 9:05 AM ET / 6:05 AM PT
LADYHAWKE
1985 - PG-13 - 2:01
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Director: Richard Donner
Medieval fantasy adventure about a young thief who befriends a mysterious knight and his lover who are under an evil spell.
Sat., Aug 12 - 11:05 AM ET / 8:05 AM PT
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
1972 - PG - 1:51
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Director: Sydney Pollack
A man must learn new survival skills as he ventures into the wilderness to become a mountain man.
Sat., Aug 12 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Sat., Aug 12 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
S1M0NE
2002 - PG-13 - 1:57
Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Winona Ryder, Director: Andrew Niccol
A desperate filmmaker fed up with temperamental actors creates a digital actress after inheriting a crazy inventor's computer program.
Sat., Aug 12 - 4:45 PM ET / 1:45 PM PT
BIG NIGHT
1996 - R - 1:49
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shaloub, Minnie Driver, Director: Campbell Scott
A look at three Italian brothers and their struggles and arguments running the family restaurant in 1950s New Jersey.
Sat., Aug 12 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
BUYING THE COW
2002 - R - 1:28
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.
Sat., Aug 12 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
1985 - PG - 1:31
Cast: Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Director: Tim Burton
After his prized bicycle is stolen, Pee Wee Herman embarks on a journey to find it and meets many interesting characters along the way.
Sat., Aug 12 - 9:35 PM ET / 6:35 PM PT
A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY
1998 - PG-13 - 1:22
Cast: Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell, Raquel Gardner, Director: John Fortenberry
The Bubati brothers hope to open a nightclub of their own one day, but first they must reach their dream of going to the ultimate club - the Roxbury.
Sat., Aug 12 - 11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
1985 - PG - 1:31
Cast: Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Director: Tim Burton
After his prized bicycle is stolen, Pee Wee Herman embarks on a journey to find it and meets many interesting characters along the way.
Sun., Aug 13 - 12:35 AM ET / Sat., Aug 12 - 9:35 PM PT
A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY
1998 - PG-13 - 1:22
Cast: Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell, Raquel Gardner, Director: John Fortenberry
The Bubati brothers hope to open a nightclub of their own one day, but first they must reach their dream of going to the ultimate club - the Roxbury.
Sun., Aug 13 - 2:00 AM ET / Sat., Aug 12 - 11:00 PM PT
CIRCUS
2000 - R - 1:35
Cast: John Hannah, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Director: Rob Walker
A husband and wife con team try to outwit their fellow criminals.
Sun., Aug 13 - 3:45 AM ET / 12:45 AM PT
MULHOLLAND FALLS
1996 - R - 1:46
Cast: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Director: Lee Tamahori
A detective in an elite L.A. police force becomes personally involved in the investigation of the murder of a young woman when he uncovers evidence linking the murder to the general in charge of a top secret nuclear program.
Sun., Aug 13 - 5:35 AM ET / 2:35 AM PT
KLEPTO
2003 - NR - 1:21
Cast: Meredith Bishop, Jsu Garcia, Leigh Taylor-Young, Director: Thomas Trail
A security guard becomes obsessed with a kleptomaniac when she is caught on tape.
Sun., Aug 13 - 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Sun., Aug 13 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 AM PT
S1M0NE
2002 - PG-13 - 1:57
Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Winona Ryder, Director: Andrew Niccol
A desperate filmmaker fed up with temperamental actors creates a digital actress after inheriting a crazy inventor's computer program.
Sun., Aug 13 - 10:45 AM ET / 7:45 AM PT
BIG NIGHT
1996 - R - 1:49
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shaloub, Minnie Driver, Director: Campbell Scott
A look at three Italian brothers and their struggles and arguments running the family restaurant in 1950s New Jersey.
Sun., Aug 13 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
BUYING THE COW
2002 - R - 1:28
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.
Sun., Aug 13 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
NO SMALL AFFAIR
1984 - R - 1:42
Cast: Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, Tim Robbins, Director: Jerry Schatzberg
A 16 year-old amateur photographer accidentally takes a picture of a 22 year-old rock star, and immediately falls in love with her.
Sun., Aug 13 - 3:45 PM ET / 12:45 PM PT
THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE
2002 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski, Director: John Stainton
Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, takes to the big screen in this adventure to try to protect a crocodile from a group of poachers. Unbeknownst to Steve, the croc has swallowed a top secret U.S. satellite beacon and the CIA is out to retrieve it.
Sun., Aug 13 - 5:15 PM ET / 2:15 PM PT
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
1985 - PG - 1:31
Cast: Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Director: Tim Burton
After his prized bicycle is stolen, Pee Wee Herman embarks on a journey to find it and meets many interesting characters along the way.
Sun., Aug 13 - 6:45 PM ET / 3:45 PM PT
STEP INTO LIQUID
2003 - PG - 1:27
Cast: Rochelle Ballard, Laird Hamilton, Chris Malloy, Director: Dana Brown
The legacy and tradition of <i>The Endless Summer</i> continues as director Dana Brown documents the passion of surfing from around the world.
Sun., Aug 13 - 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT
HELL IN THE PACIFIC
1968 - G - 1:43
Cast: Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune, Director: John Boorman
During World War II, an American pilot and a Japanese officer become marooned on the same solitary island, unable to cooperate and in the midst of their own one-on-one war.
Sun., Aug 13 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1987 - PG - 2:32
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Director: Steven Spielberg
When Japan invades China during WWII, a young British boy living in Shanghai survives illness and starvation after being separated from his family and put in a concentration camp.
Mon., Aug 14 - 12:35 AM ET / Sun., Aug 13 - 9:35 PM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55
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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 2:35 AM ET / Sun., Aug 13 - 11:35 PM PT
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1987 - PG - 2:32
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Director: Steven Spielberg
When Japan invades China during WWII, a young British boy living in Shanghai survives illness and starvation after being separated from his family and put in a concentration camp.
Mon., Aug 14 - 5:15 AM ET / 2:15 AM PT
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
1971 - R - 2:16
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Director: Stanley Kubrick
A violent gang leader in futuristic Britain is captured and goes through aversion therapy in order to shorten his jail sentence.
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Mon., Aug 7 - 6:05 AM ET / 3:05 AM PT
THE FIRM
1993 - R - 2:34
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Director: Sydney Pollack
An ambitious Ivy League law student takes a high paying job with a Memphis law firm, but when contacted by the FBI in regards to the murders of two of his associates, he discovers his firm's biggest client is the mafia.
Mon., Aug 7 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 AM PT
FRANK AND JESSE
1994 - R - 1:45
Cast: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, Randy Travis, Director: Robert Boris
A revisionist look at the legendary lives of brothers Frank and Jesse James, their outlaw gang, and their continued attempts to escape the Pinkerton detective agency.
Mon., Aug 7 - 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT
MCLINTOCK!
1963 - NR - 2:07
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
A stubborn cattle baron fights with his feisty, estranged wife, their daughter visiting from college, and the local land grabbers in this Western version of <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i>.
Mon., Aug 7 - 12:40 PM ET / 9:40 AM PT
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
1972 - PG - 1:51
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Director: Sydney Pollack
A man must learn new survival skills as he ventures into the wilderness to become a mountain man.
Mon., Aug 7 - 2:40 PM ET / 11:40 AM PT
OPEN RANGE
2003 - R - 2:19
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, Director: Kevin Costner
Four cattleherders are threatened by a corrupt town marshal and a local rancher while freegrazing their cattle on the prairie. When one of the cattleherders is beaten by the rancher's men and jailed for starting the fight, they get ready for the impending shootout.
Mon., Aug 7 - 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT
THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE
2002 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski, Director: John Stainton
Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, takes to the big screen in this adventure to try to protect a crocodile from a group of poachers. Unbeknownst to Steve, the croc has swallowed a top secret U.S. satellite beacon and the CIA is out to retrieve it.
Mon., Aug 7 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
MY FAVORITE YEAR
1982 - PG - 1:32
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Director: Richard Benjamin
A young writer on a popular television comedy show is asked to chaperon the weekly guest star, who turns out to be not only his swashbuckling movie idol, but a drunken womanizer.
Mon., Aug 7 - 8:05 PM ET / 5:05 PM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Mon., Aug 7 - 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT
CANADIAN BACON
1995 - PG - 1:35
Cast: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Director: Michael Moore
Political satire about the U.S. president and his advisors who, in order to raise approval ratings and popularity, create anti-Canadian hysteria to justify an invasion of our northern neighbor.
Mon., Aug 7 - 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Tue., Aug 8 - 1:15 AM ET / Mon., Aug 7 - 10:15 PM PT
CANADIAN BACON
1995 - PG - 1:35
Cast: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Director: Michael Moore
Political satire about the U.S. president and his advisors who, in order to raise approval ratings and popularity, create anti-Canadian hysteria to justify an invasion of our northern neighbor.
Tue., Aug 8 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT
IDLE HANDS
1999 - R - 1:32
Cast: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Director: Rodman Flender
Horror comedy about a dope-smoking teenage slacker, who discovers that his right hand has become possessed and capable of murder.
Tue., Aug 8 - 4:35 AM ET / 1:35 AM PT
CAMPFIRE TALES
1997 - R - 1:26
Cast: Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor, Christopher Kennedy Masterson, Director: Matt Cooper
Stranded in the woods after a car accident, a group of teens entertain themselves by telling classic horror stories.
Tue., Aug 8 - 6:05 AM ET / 3:05 AM PT
ROCK MY WORLD
2002 - R - 1:46
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Joan Plowright, Alicia Silverstone, Director: Sidney J. Furie
After their lead singer disappears, a rock band hires a replacement lead singer and retreats to an English country mansion to work on their new sound. A conflict between cultures arises when the couple who own the mansion act as the maid and butler when their hired help doesn't show up.
Tue., Aug 8 - 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT
THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE
2002 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski, Director: John Stainton
Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, takes to the big screen in this adventure to try to protect a crocodile from a group of poachers. Unbeknownst to Steve, the croc has swallowed a top secret U.S. satellite beacon and the CIA is out to retrieve it.
Tue., Aug 8 - 9:30 AM ET / 6:30 AM PT
MY FAVORITE YEAR
1982 - PG - 1:32
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Director: Richard Benjamin
A young writer on a popular television comedy show is asked to chaperon the weekly guest star, who turns out to be not only his swashbuckling movie idol, but a drunken womanizer.
Tue., Aug 8 - 11:05 AM ET / 8:05 AM PT
FOR ROSEANNA
1997 - PG-13 - 1:35
Cast: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker, Director: Paul Weiland
Romantic comedy about the owner of a pizzeria in an Italian village and his dying wife, whose dream is to be buried alongside their daughter in the ancient town cemetery.
Tue., Aug 8 - 12:45 PM ET / 9:45 AM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Tue., Aug 8 - 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT
CANADIAN BACON
1995 - PG - 1:35
Cast: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Director: Michael Moore
Political satire about the U.S. president and his advisors who, in order to raise approval ratings and popularity, create anti-Canadian hysteria to justify an invasion of our northern neighbor.
Tue., Aug 8 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
LADYHAWKE
1985 - PG-13 - 2:01
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Director: Richard Donner
Medieval fantasy adventure about a young thief who befriends a mysterious knight and his lover who are under an evil spell.
Tue., Aug 8 - 6:15 PM ET / 3:15 PM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55
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.
Tue., Aug 8 - 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT
OSAMA
2004 - PG-13 - 1:23
Cast: Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Director: Siddiq Barmak
After all the men in her family are killed, a mother disguises her daughter as a boy and sends her out to fend for what they have left. Now called "Osama", the young girl must keep the Taliban from finding out she is not a boy.
Tue., Aug 8 - 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT
BLOODY SUNDAY
2002 - R - 1:47
Cast: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Director: Paul Greengrass
Docudrama of the Irish civil rights march through Derry, Nothern Ireland, and the subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
Tue., Aug 8 - 11:35 PM ET / 8:35 PM PT
OSAMA
2004 - PG-13 - 1:23
Cast: Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Director: Siddiq Barmak
After all the men in her family are killed, a mother disguises her daughter as a boy and sends her out to fend for what they have left. Now called "Osama", the young girl must keep the Taliban from finding out she is not a boy.
Wed., Aug 9 - 1:00 AM ET / Tue., Aug 8 - 10:00 PM PT
BLOODY SUNDAY
2002 - R - 1:47
Cast: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Director: Paul Greengrass
Docudrama of the Irish civil rights march through Derry, Nothern Ireland, and the subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
Wed., Aug 9 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT
IN ENEMY HANDS
2003 - NR - 1:37
Cast: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Scott Caan, Director: Tony Giglio
On route back to the United States during WWII, a group of Allied soldiers become POW's aboard a German U-Boat after their boat sinks in battle. The U.S. soldiers ultimately must join their enemy captors in a fight for survival when they find themselves under attack from a deadly disease and an American warship.
Wed., Aug 9 - 4:45 AM ET / 1:45 AM PT
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
1984 - R - 1:50
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Director: Michael Radford
An adaptation of George Orwell's futuristic novel, in which a man whose job it is to rewrite history finds himself committing the ultimate crime of falling in love. The couple soon learns the impossibility of escaping Big Brother.
Wed., Aug 9 - 6:45 AM ET / 3:45 AM PT
THE RUNNING MAN
1963 - NR - 1:43
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Director: Carol Reed
After faking his death in order to collect insurance money, a husband and his wife are on the run from a persistent insurance investigator.
Wed., Aug 9 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
THE CHAMP
1979 - PG - 2:02
Cast: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder, Director: Franco Zeffirelli
In order to maintain custody over his son, a washed up boxer returns to the ring to make a comeback.
Wed., Aug 9 - 10:35 AM ET / 7:35 AM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55
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.
Wed., Aug 9 - 12:35 PM ET / 9:35 AM PT
THIS BOY'S LIFE
1993 - R - 1:54
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Film based on a true story about a teenaged boy and his mother, who move to a small Washington town in search of a better life, only to find themselves in an abusive situation.
Wed., Aug 9 - 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT
IN ENEMY HANDS
2003 - NR - 1:37
Cast: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Scott Caan, Director: Tony Giglio
On route back to the United States during WWII, a group of Allied soldiers become POW's aboard a German U-Boat after their boat sinks in battle. The U.S. soldiers ultimately must join their enemy captors in a fight for survival when they find themselves under attack from a deadly disease and an American warship.
Wed., Aug 9 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
WHITE MAN'S BURDEN
1995 - R - 1:29
Cast: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Director: Desmond Nakano
This role-reversal story takes place in a fictional America where blacks are members of the upper crust and whites are relegated to inner city ghettos.
Wed., Aug 9 - 5:45 PM ET / 2:45 PM PT
BETRAYED
1988 - R - 2:07
Cast: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Director: Costa-Gavras
While investigating a white supremacist group, an FBI agent falls in love with a farmer, whom she later learns is a murderous racist.
Wed., Aug 9 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
JENNIFER 8
1992 - R - 2:04
Cast: Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Director: Bruce Robinson
A burned-out L.A. cop relocates to a small Northern California town and finds himself involved with the chief witness in a serial murder investigation.
Wed., Aug 9 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
THE DEAD POOL
1988 - R - 1:31
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Director: Buddy Van Horn
Dirty Harry investigates a new game where a list of celebrities, including his name, is being targeted and bets are being placed on who will die next.
Wed., Aug 9 - 11:45 PM ET / 8:45 PM PT
JENNIFER 8
1992 - R - 2:04
Cast: Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Director: Bruce Robinson
A burned-out L.A. cop relocates to a small Northern California town and finds himself involved with the chief witness in a serial murder investigation.
Thu., Aug 10 - 2:00 AM ET / Wed., Aug 9 - 11:00 PM PT
THE DEAD POOL
1988 - R - 1:31
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Director: Buddy Van Horn
Dirty Harry investigates a new game where a list of celebrities, including his name, is being targeted and bets are being placed on who will die next.
Thu., Aug 10 - 3:35 AM ET / 12:35 AM PT
BETRAYED
1988 - R - 2:07
Cast: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Director: Costa-Gavras
While investigating a white supremacist group, an FBI agent falls in love with a farmer, whom she later learns is a murderous racist.
Thu., Aug 10 - 5:45 AM ET / 2:45 AM PT
BIRD
1988 - R - 2:40
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.
Thu., Aug 10 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
WHITE MAN'S BURDEN
1995 - R - 1:29
Cast: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Director: Desmond Nakano
This role-reversal story takes place in a fictional America where blacks are members of the upper crust and whites are relegated to inner city ghettos.
Thu., Aug 10 - 10:00 AM ET / 7:00 AM PT
ELMER GANTRY
1960 - NR - 2:26
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Director: Richard Brooks
Film adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel which denounced small-town Christian evangelists spreading through America during the 1920s. The story revolves around a salesman who becomes a preacher, exacting wealth and power from his congregation, while turning a nun into his mistress.
Thu., Aug 10 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
THE TOWERING INFERNO
1974 - PG - 2:45
Cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Director: Allen Irwin and John Guillermin
Disaster film about a nearly completed skyscraper that has faulty wiring, which leads to a massive fire and no rescue plan.
Thu., Aug 10 - 3:15 PM ET / 12:15 PM PT
THE DEAD POOL
1988 - R - 1:31
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Director: Buddy Van Horn
Dirty Harry investigates a new game where a list of celebrities, including his name, is being targeted and bets are being placed on who will die next.
Thu., Aug 10 - 4:45 PM ET / 1:45 PM PT
OUT OF BOUNDS
1986 - R - 1:31
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober, Director: Richard Tuggle
A small town kid moves to L.A. and gets mixed up with a drug dealer when he picks up the wrong bag at the airport.
Thu., Aug 10 - 6:15 PM ET / 3:15 PM PT
WAG THE DOG
1997 - R - 1:37
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Director: Barry Levinson
After accusations of a sex scandal involving the President of the U.S. surface, a top Hollywood producer is hired to divert media attention by making it look like the U.S. is under a military attack.
Thu., Aug 10 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
THE YARDS
2000 - R - 1:55
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, Director: James Gray
After being released from prison, Leo returns home to get his life back on track. He takes a job in the New York subway yards, where his uncle has turned the family business into a dangerous world of sabotage, greed, and murder.
Thu., Aug 10 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
THE COLOR OF MONEY
1986 - R - 1:59
Cast: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Director: Martin Scorsese
In this sequel to <i>The Hustler</i>, former pool con-man Fast Eddie Felsen takes an inexperienced small-time pool hotshot under his wing.
Fri., Aug 11 - 12:00 AM ET / Thu., Aug 10 - 9:00 PM PT
THE YARDS
2000 - R - 1:55
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, Director: James Gray
After being released from prison, Leo returns home to get his life back on track. He takes a job in the New York subway yards, where his uncle has turned the family business into a dangerous world of sabotage, greed, and murder.
Fri., Aug 11 - 2:00 AM ET / Thu., Aug 10 - 11:00 PM PT
THE COLOR OF MONEY
1986 - R - 1:59
Cast: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Director: Martin Scorsese
In this sequel to <i>The Hustler</i>, former pool con-man Fast Eddie Felsen takes an inexperienced small-time pool hotshot under his wing.
Fri., Aug 11 - 4:00 AM ET / 1:00 AM PT
LORD OF ILLUSIONS
1995 - R - 1:48
Cast: Scott Bakula, Famke Janssen, Daniel von Bargen, Director: Clive Barker
A New York City investigator becomes involved with a cult that is awaiting the resurrection of their leader.
Fri., Aug 11 - 6:00 AM ET / 3:00 AM PT
THE TOWERING INFERNO
1974 - PG - 2:45
Cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Director: Allen Irwin and John Guillermin
Disaster film about a nearly completed skyscraper that has faulty wiring, which leads to a massive fire and no rescue plan.
Fri., Aug 11 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 AM PT
WAG THE DOG
1997 - R - 1:37
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Director: Barry Levinson
After accusations of a sex scandal involving the President of the U.S. surface, a top Hollywood producer is hired to divert media attention by making it look like the U.S. is under a military attack.
Fri., Aug 11 - 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT
OPEN RANGE
2003 - R - 2:19
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, Director: Kevin Costner
Four cattleherders are threatened by a corrupt town marshal and a local rancher while freegrazing their cattle on the prairie. When one of the cattleherders is beaten by the rancher's men and jailed for starting the fight, they get ready for the impending shootout.
Fri., Aug 11 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
1964 - R - 1:36
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch, Director: Sergio Leone
A lone gunslinger wanders into a small frontier town and becomes a mercenary between two feuding families.
Fri., Aug 11 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1968 - G - 2:21
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Director: Stanley Kubrick
A space crew is sent to explore the origins of an alien artifact found on the moon, thought to be from Jupiter. The expedition turns chaotic when the starship Discovery's HAL 9000 computer takes over the mission.
Fri., Aug 11 - 5:15 PM ET / 2:15 PM PT
THE FIRM
1993 - R - 2:34
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Director: Sydney Pollack
An ambitious Ivy League law student takes a high paying job with a Memphis law firm, but when contacted by the FBI in regards to the murders of two of his associates, he discovers his firm's biggest client is the mafia.
Fri., Aug 11 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
APT PUPIL
1998 - R - 1:51
Cast: Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen, Joshua Jackson, Director: Bryan Singer
A high school student obsessed with the Holocaust realizes his neighbor is a Nazi war criminal. He agrees to keep quiet if the former concentration camp commander tells him his stories of the war, and he gets a personal glimpse at the extent of the man's evil.
Fri., Aug 11 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
THE SHINING
1980 - R - 2:23
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Director: Stanley Kubrick
After a family becomes the caretakers of an old isolated hotel during the winter months, the young son begins to see "visions" with his telepathic talent, and soon there after the father starts going crazy.
Sat., Aug 12 - 12:30 AM ET / Fri., Aug 11 - 9:30 PM PT
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
1961 - NR - 1:20
Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Director: Roger Corman
A man goes mad with torment after his wife concocts a scheme to make him think he was responsible for her faked death.
Sat., Aug 12 - 2:00 AM ET / Fri., Aug 11 - 11:00 PM PT
THE SHINING
1980 - R - 2:23
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Director: Stanley Kubrick
After a family becomes the caretakers of an old isolated hotel during the winter months, the young son begins to see "visions" with his telepathic talent, and soon there after the father starts going crazy.
Sat., Aug 12 - 4:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM PT
21 GRAMS
2003 - R - 2:04
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
A terrible accident brings together and changes the lives of three people.
Sat., Aug 12 - 6:35 AM ET / 3:35 AM PT
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1968 - G - 2:21
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Director: Stanley Kubrick
A space crew is sent to explore the origins of an alien artifact found on the moon, thought to be from Jupiter. The expedition turns chaotic when the starship Discovery's HAL 9000 computer takes over the mission.
Sat., Aug 12 - 9:05 AM ET / 6:05 AM PT
LADYHAWKE
1985 - PG-13 - 2:01
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Director: Richard Donner
Medieval fantasy adventure about a young thief who befriends a mysterious knight and his lover who are under an evil spell.
Sat., Aug 12 - 11:05 AM ET / 8:05 AM PT
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
1972 - PG - 1:51
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Director: Sydney Pollack
A man must learn new survival skills as he ventures into the wilderness to become a mountain man.
Sat., Aug 12 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Sat., Aug 12 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
S1M0NE
2002 - PG-13 - 1:57
Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Winona Ryder, Director: Andrew Niccol
A desperate filmmaker fed up with temperamental actors creates a digital actress after inheriting a crazy inventor's computer program.
Sat., Aug 12 - 4:45 PM ET / 1:45 PM PT
BIG NIGHT
1996 - R - 1:49
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shaloub, Minnie Driver, Director: Campbell Scott
A look at three Italian brothers and their struggles and arguments running the family restaurant in 1950s New Jersey.
Sat., Aug 12 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
BUYING THE COW
2002 - R - 1:28
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.
Sat., Aug 12 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
1985 - PG - 1:31
Cast: Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Director: Tim Burton
After his prized bicycle is stolen, Pee Wee Herman embarks on a journey to find it and meets many interesting characters along the way.
Sat., Aug 12 - 9:35 PM ET / 6:35 PM PT
A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY
1998 - PG-13 - 1:22
Cast: Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell, Raquel Gardner, Director: John Fortenberry
The Bubati brothers hope to open a nightclub of their own one day, but first they must reach their dream of going to the ultimate club - the Roxbury.
Sat., Aug 12 - 11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
1985 - PG - 1:31
Cast: Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Director: Tim Burton
After his prized bicycle is stolen, Pee Wee Herman embarks on a journey to find it and meets many interesting characters along the way.
Sun., Aug 13 - 12:35 AM ET / Sat., Aug 12 - 9:35 PM PT
A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY
1998 - PG-13 - 1:22
Cast: Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell, Raquel Gardner, Director: John Fortenberry
The Bubati brothers hope to open a nightclub of their own one day, but first they must reach their dream of going to the ultimate club - the Roxbury.
Sun., Aug 13 - 2:00 AM ET / Sat., Aug 12 - 11:00 PM PT
CIRCUS
2000 - R - 1:35
Cast: John Hannah, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Director: Rob Walker
A husband and wife con team try to outwit their fellow criminals.
Sun., Aug 13 - 3:45 AM ET / 12:45 AM PT
MULHOLLAND FALLS
1996 - R - 1:46
Cast: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Director: Lee Tamahori
A detective in an elite L.A. police force becomes personally involved in the investigation of the murder of a young woman when he uncovers evidence linking the murder to the general in charge of a top secret nuclear program.
Sun., Aug 13 - 5:35 AM ET / 2:35 AM PT
KLEPTO
2003 - NR - 1:21
Cast: Meredith Bishop, Jsu Garcia, Leigh Taylor-Young, Director: Thomas Trail
A security guard becomes obsessed with a kleptomaniac when she is caught on tape.
Sun., Aug 13 - 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT
WHO'S HARRY CRUMB?
1989 - PG-13 - 1:38
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Director: Paul Flaherty
Bumbling detective Harry Crumb is called upon to investigate a kidnapping.
Sun., Aug 13 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 AM PT
S1M0NE
2002 - PG-13 - 1:57
Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Winona Ryder, Director: Andrew Niccol
A desperate filmmaker fed up with temperamental actors creates a digital actress after inheriting a crazy inventor's computer program.
Sun., Aug 13 - 10:45 AM ET / 7:45 AM PT
BIG NIGHT
1996 - R - 1:49
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shaloub, Minnie Driver, Director: Campbell Scott
A look at three Italian brothers and their struggles and arguments running the family restaurant in 1950s New Jersey.
Sun., Aug 13 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
BUYING THE COW
2002 - R - 1:28
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.
Sun., Aug 13 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
NO SMALL AFFAIR
1984 - R - 1:42
Cast: Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, Tim Robbins, Director: Jerry Schatzberg
A 16 year-old amateur photographer accidentally takes a picture of a 22 year-old rock star, and immediately falls in love with her.
Sun., Aug 13 - 3:45 PM ET / 12:45 PM PT
THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE
2002 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski, Director: John Stainton
Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, takes to the big screen in this adventure to try to protect a crocodile from a group of poachers. Unbeknownst to Steve, the croc has swallowed a top secret U.S. satellite beacon and the CIA is out to retrieve it.
Sun., Aug 13 - 5:15 PM ET / 2:15 PM PT
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
1985 - PG - 1:31
Cast: Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Director: Tim Burton
After his prized bicycle is stolen, Pee Wee Herman embarks on a journey to find it and meets many interesting characters along the way.
Sun., Aug 13 - 6:45 PM ET / 3:45 PM PT
STEP INTO LIQUID
2003 - PG - 1:27
Cast: Rochelle Ballard, Laird Hamilton, Chris Malloy, Director: Dana Brown
The legacy and tradition of <i>The Endless Summer</i> continues as director Dana Brown documents the passion of surfing from around the world.
Sun., Aug 13 - 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT
HELL IN THE PACIFIC
1968 - G - 1:43
Cast: Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune, Director: John Boorman
During World War II, an American pilot and a Japanese officer become marooned on the same solitary island, unable to cooperate and in the midst of their own one-on-one war.
Sun., Aug 13 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1987 - PG - 2:32
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Director: Steven Spielberg
When Japan invades China during WWII, a young British boy living in Shanghai survives illness and starvation after being separated from his family and put in a concentration camp.
Mon., Aug 14 - 12:35 AM ET / Sun., Aug 13 - 9:35 PM PT
2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
1984 - PG - 1:55
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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 2:35 AM ET / Sun., Aug 13 - 11:35 PM PT
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1987 - PG - 2:32
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Director: Steven Spielberg
When Japan invades China during WWII, a young British boy living in Shanghai survives illness and starvation after being separated from his family and put in a concentration camp.
Mon., Aug 14 - 5:15 AM ET / 2:15 AM PT
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
1971 - R - 2:16
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Director: Stanley Kubrick
A violent gang leader in futuristic Britain is captured and goes through aversion therapy in order to shorten his jail sentence.
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