Richard King
08-12-06, 10:25 PM
Here's the HDNet Movies weekly schedule email:
(All times Eastern/Pacific. All schedules subject to change)
Mon., Aug 14 - 7:35 AM ET / 4:35 AM PT
FINDER'S FEE
2001 - R - 1:40
Cast: Erik Palladino, Ryan Reynolds, James Earl Jones, Director: Jeff Probst
After finding a wallet in the street, a man calls its owner in hopes of returning it to him. Upon placing the call, however, he finds the wallet contains a $6 million winning lottery ticket.
Mon., Aug 14 - 9:15 AM ET / 6:15 AM 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 10:45 AM ET / 7:45 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 2:15 PM ET / 11:15 AM 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 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 - 6:35 PM ET / 3:35 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 10:15 PM ET / 7:15 PM 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 1:00 AM ET / Mon., Aug 14 - 10:00 PM 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 5:45 AM ET / 2:45 AM 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 7:20 AM ET / 4:20 AM PT
DEAD BODIES
2003 - NR - 1:23
Cast: Andrew Scott, Kelly Reilly, Darren Healy, Director: Robert Quinn
After a fight with his ex-girlfriend, Tommy returns to find her dead body. Fearing he will be accused of her murder, Tommy decides to hide the evidence and soon uncovers the deadly truth.
Tue., Aug 15 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 12:35 PM ET / 9:35 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>.
Tue., Aug 15 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
ALMOST AN ANGEL
1990 - PG - 1:35
Cast: Paul Hogan, Elias Koteas, Linda Kozlowski, Director: John Cornell
A man who spent most of his life as a criminal performs a heroic act and finds himself returning to earth as an angel on probation.
Tue., Aug 15 - 4:20 PM ET / 1:20 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
OWNING MAHOWNY
2003 - R - 1:45
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin, Director: Richard Kwietniowski
A gambling-obsessed bank manager in Toronto rigs bank funds to support his vice.
Tue., Aug 15 - 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT
TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US
2002 - R - 1:36
Cast: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Frank Gallacher, Director: Michael Petroni
A psychology professor returns home for his father's reunion and stumbles across a woman's attempted suicide. Efforts to rid her of the resulting amnesia force him to face his own teenage tragedy.
Tue., Aug 15 - 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT
SEX AND LUCIA
2001 - R - 2:11
Cast: Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Director: Julio Medem
After losing her boyfriend, a woman escapes to a quiet Mediterranean island where she begins to discover the dark secrets of her past relationship.
Wed., Aug 16 - 1:45 AM ET / Tue., Aug 15 - 10:45 PM PT
OWNING MAHOWNY
2003 - R - 1:45
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin, Director: Richard Kwietniowski
A gambling-obsessed bank manager in Toronto rigs bank funds to support his vice.
Wed., Aug 16 - 3:30 AM ET / 12:30 AM 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 5:30 AM ET / 2:30 AM PT
TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US
2002 - R - 1:36
Cast: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Frank Gallacher, Director: Michael Petroni
A psychology professor returns home for his father's reunion and stumbles across a woman's attempted suicide. Efforts to rid her of the resulting amnesia force him to face his own teenage tragedy.
Wed., Aug 16 - 7:15 AM ET / 4:15 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 9:45 AM ET / 6:45 AM PT
THE TIME MACHINE
1960 - G - 1:42
Cast: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Director: George Pal
Film adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel about a 19th century scientist who invents a time travel machine that takes him into the future, where he discovers that humanity has divided itself into two hostile groups.
Wed., Aug 16 - 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 4:45 PM ET / 1:45 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
LOST IN TRANSLATION
2003 - R - 1:42
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi, Director: Sofia Coppola
An aging movie star with a meaningless life, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo and form an unlikely bond.
Wed., Aug 16 - 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT
GUNSHY
1998 - R - 1:41
Cast: William L. Peterson, Michael Wincott, Diane Lane, Director: Jeff Celentano
After catching his wife cheating on him, journalist Jake heads to Atlantic City where he becomes involved with a small-time mobster and his girlfriend.
Wed., Aug 16 - 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT
LOST IN TRANSLATION
2003 - R - 1:42
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi, Director: Sofia Coppola
An aging movie star with a meaningless life, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo and form an unlikely bond.
Thu., Aug 17 - 1:15 AM ET / Wed., Aug 16 - 10:15 PM PT
GUNSHY
1998 - R - 1:41
Cast: William L. Peterson, Michael Wincott, Diane Lane, Director: Jeff Celentano
After catching his wife cheating on him, journalist Jake heads to Atlantic City where he becomes involved with a small-time mobster and his girlfriend.
Thu., Aug 17 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT
STRAW DOGS
1971 - R - 1:53
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, Director: Sam Peckinpah
An American mathematician's pacifism is pushed to a violent confrontation after he and his wife move to an isolated English town where they are harassed by locals.
Thu., Aug 17 - 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT
RUNAWAY TRAIN
1985 - R - 1:50
Cast: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Two convicts escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
Thu., Aug 17 - 9:00 AM ET / 6:00 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT
FAME
1980 - R - 2:12
Cast: Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Eddie Barth, Director: Alan Parker
The story of a group of talented teenagers, from their freshman year through graduation, from New York's High School of Performing Arts.
Thu., Aug 17 - 1:15 PM ET / 10:15 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 3:05 PM ET / 12:05 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 4:30 PM ET / 1:30 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 9:15 PM ET / 6:15 PM 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 11:05 PM ET / 8:05 PM 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 1:15 AM ET / Thu., Aug 17 - 10:15 PM 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 3:05 AM ET / 12:05 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 5:15 AM ET / 2:15 AM 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 6:45 AM ET / 3:45 AM PT
NORTHFORK
2003 - PG-13 - 1:43
Cast: James Woods, Nick Nolte, Claire Forlani, Director: Michael Polish
The caretaker of an orphanage recounts when the people of his small Montana community were forced out of their homes to make way for a new hydroelectric dam in 1955.
Fri., Aug 18 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 10:15 AM ET / 7:15 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 4:05 PM ET / 1:05 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 5:45 PM ET / 2:45 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
BLOWN AWAY
1994 - R - 2:00
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Director: Stephen Hopkins
A recently retired member of the Boston Bomb squad becomes the target of an Irish radical bomb expert.
Fri., Aug 18 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 12:15 AM ET / Fri., Aug 18 - 9:15 PM PT
THE BLOB
1988 - R - 1:35
Cast: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Candy Clark, Director: Chuck Russell
A remake of the 1958 classic about a man-eating blob from another planet, which takes over a small town consuming everything in its path.
Sat., Aug 19 - 2:00 AM ET / Fri., Aug 18 - 11:00 PM PT
BLOWN AWAY
1994 - R - 2:00
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Director: Stephen Hopkins
A recently retired member of the Boston Bomb squad becomes the target of an Irish radical bomb expert.
Sat., Aug 19 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 9:45 AM ET / 6:45 AM 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 19 - 11:15 AM ET / 8:15 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 1:15 PM ET / 10:15 AM PT
BLOWN AWAY
1994 - R - 2:00
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Director: Stephen Hopkins
A recently retired member of the Boston Bomb squad becomes the target of an Irish radical bomb expert.
Sat., Aug 19 - 3:15 PM ET / 12:15 PM 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 5:35 PM ET / 2:35 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT
MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE
1983 - R - 1:47
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Director: Terry Jones
Monty Python attempts to explain the meaning of life through a series of comedy sketches.
Sat., Aug 19 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 11:45 PM ET / 8:45 PM PT
MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE
1983 - R - 1:47
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Director: Terry Jones
Monty Python attempts to explain the meaning of life through a series of comedy sketches.
Sun., Aug 20 - 1:35 AM ET / Sat., Aug 19 - 10:35 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 3:15 AM ET / 12:15 AM PT
OWNING MAHOWNY
2003 - R - 1:45
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin, Director: Richard Kwietniowski
A gambling-obsessed bank manager in Toronto rigs bank funds to support his vice.
Sun., Aug 20 - 5:05 AM ET / 2:05 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 10:05 AM ET / 7:05 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 11:45 AM ET / 8:45 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 1:20 PM ET / 10:20 AM PT
MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE
1983 - R - 1:47
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Director: Terry Jones
Monty Python attempts to explain the meaning of life through a series of comedy sketches.
Sun., Aug 20 - 3:15 PM ET / 12:15 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 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 20 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 8:05 PM ET / 5:05 PM PT
WAIT UNTIL DARK
1967 - NR - 1:47
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Director: Terence Young
A blind woman alone in her apartment is terrorized by a group of men searching for smuggled drugs hidden in a doll they believe was planted there.
Sun., Aug 20 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
THE NEVERENDING STORY II
1991 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, Director: George Miller
Once again, a young boy enters the magical world of Fantasia through an antique book where he must then try and save it from being destroyed by an evil sorceress.
Sun., Aug 20 - 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 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.
Mon., Aug 21 - 1:30 AM ET / Sun., Aug 20 - 10:30 PM PT
THE NEVERENDING STORY II
1991 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, Director: George Miller
Once again, a young boy enters the magical world of Fantasia through an antique book where he must then try and save it from being destroyed by an evil sorceress.
Mon., Aug 21 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT
WAIT UNTIL DARK
1967 - NR - 1:47
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Director: Terence Young
A blind woman alone in her apartment is terrorized by a group of men searching for smuggled drugs hidden in a doll they believe was planted there.
Mon., Aug 21 - 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM 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.
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Mon., Aug 14 - 7:35 AM ET / 4:35 AM PT
FINDER'S FEE
2001 - R - 1:40
Cast: Erik Palladino, Ryan Reynolds, James Earl Jones, Director: Jeff Probst
After finding a wallet in the street, a man calls its owner in hopes of returning it to him. Upon placing the call, however, he finds the wallet contains a $6 million winning lottery ticket.
Mon., Aug 14 - 9:15 AM ET / 6:15 AM 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 10:45 AM ET / 7:45 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 2:15 PM ET / 11:15 AM 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 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 - 6:35 PM ET / 3:35 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM 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.
Mon., Aug 14 - 10:15 PM ET / 7:15 PM 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 1:00 AM ET / Mon., Aug 14 - 10:00 PM 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 5:45 AM ET / 2:45 AM 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 7:20 AM ET / 4:20 AM PT
DEAD BODIES
2003 - NR - 1:23
Cast: Andrew Scott, Kelly Reilly, Darren Healy, Director: Robert Quinn
After a fight with his ex-girlfriend, Tommy returns to find her dead body. Fearing he will be accused of her murder, Tommy decides to hide the evidence and soon uncovers the deadly truth.
Tue., Aug 15 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 12:35 PM ET / 9:35 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>.
Tue., Aug 15 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
ALMOST AN ANGEL
1990 - PG - 1:35
Cast: Paul Hogan, Elias Koteas, Linda Kozlowski, Director: John Cornell
A man who spent most of his life as a criminal performs a heroic act and finds himself returning to earth as an angel on probation.
Tue., Aug 15 - 4:20 PM ET / 1:20 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 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.
Tue., Aug 15 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
OWNING MAHOWNY
2003 - R - 1:45
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin, Director: Richard Kwietniowski
A gambling-obsessed bank manager in Toronto rigs bank funds to support his vice.
Tue., Aug 15 - 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT
TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US
2002 - R - 1:36
Cast: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Frank Gallacher, Director: Michael Petroni
A psychology professor returns home for his father's reunion and stumbles across a woman's attempted suicide. Efforts to rid her of the resulting amnesia force him to face his own teenage tragedy.
Tue., Aug 15 - 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT
SEX AND LUCIA
2001 - R - 2:11
Cast: Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Director: Julio Medem
After losing her boyfriend, a woman escapes to a quiet Mediterranean island where she begins to discover the dark secrets of her past relationship.
Wed., Aug 16 - 1:45 AM ET / Tue., Aug 15 - 10:45 PM PT
OWNING MAHOWNY
2003 - R - 1:45
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin, Director: Richard Kwietniowski
A gambling-obsessed bank manager in Toronto rigs bank funds to support his vice.
Wed., Aug 16 - 3:30 AM ET / 12:30 AM 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 5:30 AM ET / 2:30 AM PT
TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US
2002 - R - 1:36
Cast: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Frank Gallacher, Director: Michael Petroni
A psychology professor returns home for his father's reunion and stumbles across a woman's attempted suicide. Efforts to rid her of the resulting amnesia force him to face his own teenage tragedy.
Wed., Aug 16 - 7:15 AM ET / 4:15 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 9:45 AM ET / 6:45 AM PT
THE TIME MACHINE
1960 - G - 1:42
Cast: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Director: George Pal
Film adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel about a 19th century scientist who invents a time travel machine that takes him into the future, where he discovers that humanity has divided itself into two hostile groups.
Wed., Aug 16 - 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 4:45 PM ET / 1:45 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 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.
Wed., Aug 16 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
LOST IN TRANSLATION
2003 - R - 1:42
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi, Director: Sofia Coppola
An aging movie star with a meaningless life, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo and form an unlikely bond.
Wed., Aug 16 - 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT
GUNSHY
1998 - R - 1:41
Cast: William L. Peterson, Michael Wincott, Diane Lane, Director: Jeff Celentano
After catching his wife cheating on him, journalist Jake heads to Atlantic City where he becomes involved with a small-time mobster and his girlfriend.
Wed., Aug 16 - 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT
LOST IN TRANSLATION
2003 - R - 1:42
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi, Director: Sofia Coppola
An aging movie star with a meaningless life, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo and form an unlikely bond.
Thu., Aug 17 - 1:15 AM ET / Wed., Aug 16 - 10:15 PM PT
GUNSHY
1998 - R - 1:41
Cast: William L. Peterson, Michael Wincott, Diane Lane, Director: Jeff Celentano
After catching his wife cheating on him, journalist Jake heads to Atlantic City where he becomes involved with a small-time mobster and his girlfriend.
Thu., Aug 17 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT
STRAW DOGS
1971 - R - 1:53
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, Director: Sam Peckinpah
An American mathematician's pacifism is pushed to a violent confrontation after he and his wife move to an isolated English town where they are harassed by locals.
Thu., Aug 17 - 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT
RUNAWAY TRAIN
1985 - R - 1:50
Cast: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Two convicts escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
Thu., Aug 17 - 9:00 AM ET / 6:00 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT
FAME
1980 - R - 2:12
Cast: Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Eddie Barth, Director: Alan Parker
The story of a group of talented teenagers, from their freshman year through graduation, from New York's High School of Performing Arts.
Thu., Aug 17 - 1:15 PM ET / 10:15 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 3:05 PM ET / 12:05 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 4:30 PM ET / 1:30 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 9:15 PM ET / 6:15 PM 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.
Thu., Aug 17 - 11:05 PM ET / 8:05 PM 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 1:15 AM ET / Thu., Aug 17 - 10:15 PM 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 3:05 AM ET / 12:05 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 5:15 AM ET / 2:15 AM 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 6:45 AM ET / 3:45 AM PT
NORTHFORK
2003 - PG-13 - 1:43
Cast: James Woods, Nick Nolte, Claire Forlani, Director: Michael Polish
The caretaker of an orphanage recounts when the people of his small Montana community were forced out of their homes to make way for a new hydroelectric dam in 1955.
Fri., Aug 18 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 10:15 AM ET / 7:15 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 4:05 PM ET / 1:05 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 5:45 PM ET / 2:45 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.
Fri., Aug 18 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
BLOWN AWAY
1994 - R - 2:00
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Director: Stephen Hopkins
A recently retired member of the Boston Bomb squad becomes the target of an Irish radical bomb expert.
Fri., Aug 18 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 12:15 AM ET / Fri., Aug 18 - 9:15 PM PT
THE BLOB
1988 - R - 1:35
Cast: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Candy Clark, Director: Chuck Russell
A remake of the 1958 classic about a man-eating blob from another planet, which takes over a small town consuming everything in its path.
Sat., Aug 19 - 2:00 AM ET / Fri., Aug 18 - 11:00 PM PT
BLOWN AWAY
1994 - R - 2:00
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Director: Stephen Hopkins
A recently retired member of the Boston Bomb squad becomes the target of an Irish radical bomb expert.
Sat., Aug 19 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 9:45 AM ET / 6:45 AM 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 19 - 11:15 AM ET / 8:15 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 1:15 PM ET / 10:15 AM PT
BLOWN AWAY
1994 - R - 2:00
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Director: Stephen Hopkins
A recently retired member of the Boston Bomb squad becomes the target of an Irish radical bomb expert.
Sat., Aug 19 - 3:15 PM ET / 12:15 PM 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 5:35 PM ET / 2:35 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT
MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE
1983 - R - 1:47
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Director: Terry Jones
Monty Python attempts to explain the meaning of life through a series of comedy sketches.
Sat., Aug 19 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 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.
Sat., Aug 19 - 11:45 PM ET / 8:45 PM PT
MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE
1983 - R - 1:47
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Director: Terry Jones
Monty Python attempts to explain the meaning of life through a series of comedy sketches.
Sun., Aug 20 - 1:35 AM ET / Sat., Aug 19 - 10:35 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 3:15 AM ET / 12:15 AM PT
OWNING MAHOWNY
2003 - R - 1:45
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin, Director: Richard Kwietniowski
A gambling-obsessed bank manager in Toronto rigs bank funds to support his vice.
Sun., Aug 20 - 5:05 AM ET / 2:05 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 10:05 AM ET / 7:05 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 11:45 AM ET / 8:45 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 1:20 PM ET / 10:20 AM PT
MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE
1983 - R - 1:47
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Director: Terry Jones
Monty Python attempts to explain the meaning of life through a series of comedy sketches.
Sun., Aug 20 - 3:15 PM ET / 12:15 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 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 20 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 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.
Sun., Aug 20 - 8:05 PM ET / 5:05 PM PT
WAIT UNTIL DARK
1967 - NR - 1:47
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Director: Terence Young
A blind woman alone in her apartment is terrorized by a group of men searching for smuggled drugs hidden in a doll they believe was planted there.
Sun., Aug 20 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
THE NEVERENDING STORY II
1991 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, Director: George Miller
Once again, a young boy enters the magical world of Fantasia through an antique book where he must then try and save it from being destroyed by an evil sorceress.
Sun., Aug 20 - 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 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.
Mon., Aug 21 - 1:30 AM ET / Sun., Aug 20 - 10:30 PM PT
THE NEVERENDING STORY II
1991 - PG - 1:29
Cast: Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, Director: George Miller
Once again, a young boy enters the magical world of Fantasia through an antique book where he must then try and save it from being destroyed by an evil sorceress.
Mon., Aug 21 - 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT
WAIT UNTIL DARK
1967 - NR - 1:47
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Director: Terence Young
A blind woman alone in her apartment is terrorized by a group of men searching for smuggled drugs hidden in a doll they believe was planted there.
Mon., Aug 21 - 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM 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.
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