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Posted on: Sunday, February 1, 2009

Sunday's movie capsules

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John Corbett and Nia Vardalos star in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," showing at 6 and 7:45 tonight on TBS.

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6:00 a.m. HBO2 "No Reservations" HH1/2 (2007, Drama) Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart. A career-centered chef becomes the guardian of her 9-year-old niece. (AL, AS)

OXYG "Bridget Jones's Diary" HHH (2001, Romance-Comedy) Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth. A diet-obsessed woman looks for suitable husband material. (AL, SSC)

6:20 a.m. MAX "Loser" HH (2000, Romance-Comedy) Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari. A nerdy college student pines for a pretty classmate. (AL, AS)

7:00 a.m. COM "Malibu's Most Wanted" HH (2003, Comedy) Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs. A rapper jeopardizes his father's bid to become governor. (AL, AS, V)

fX "Blade" HH (1998, Horror) Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff. A vampire hunter does battle with a vicious bloodsucker. (AL, AS, GV)

TCM "It Should Happen to You" HHH (1954, Comedy) Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon. Exec and filmmaker woo model made famous by billboard.

TNT "Catch Me if You Can" HHH (2002, Comedy-Drama) Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks. A teenage scam artist poses as a pilot, surgeon and lawyer. (AL, AS)

7:05 a.m. TMC "A Little Trip to Heaven" HH (2005, Comedy-Drama) Forest Whitaker, Julia Stiles. Three car crashes affect the lives of people in Minnesota. (AL, AS, V)

7:15 a.m. IFC "The Edukators" HH1/2 (2004, Drama) Daniel Bruhl, Julia Jentsch. Three revolutionaries kidnap a wealthy businessman. (AL, AS)

7:30 a.m. TBS "RV" HH (2006, Comedy) Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels. A dysfunctional family goes on vacation. (AL, AS)

7:45 a.m. HBO2 "Juno" HHH1/2 (2007, Comedy-Drama) Ellen Page, Michael Cera. A teen decides to give up her unborn child for adoption. (AL, AS)

8:00 a.m. AMC "The Enforcer" HH1/2 (1976, Crime Drama) Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly. Dirty Harry and partner hunt rocket-armed radicals. (AL, AS, V)

MAX "Semi-Pro" HH (2008, Comedy) Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson. A '70s-era musician buys a basketball league's worst team. (AL, AS)

8:10 a.m. FLIX "Fair Game" HH (1989, Suspense) Gregg Henry, Trudie Styler. A snake is an instrument of evil for a murderous ex-husband. (AL, AS, V)

8:35 a.m. TMC "Casino Royale" HHH (2006, Action) Daniel Craig, Eva Green. James Bond plays poker with a man who finances terrorists. (AS, N, V)

9:00 a.m. TCM "Artists and Models" HH (1937, Musical) Jack Benny, Ida Lupino. A model poses as a society girl to teach her boss a lesson.

9:30 a.m. FLIX "Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes" HH1/2 (2000, Suspense) Steven Weber, Swoosie Kurtz. An employee asks an insurance man to help murder her husband. (AS, V)

fX "Fantastic Four" HH (2005, Action) Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba. Cosmic radiation grants four people unusual powers. (AS, V)

HBOF "Happy Feet" HHH (2006, Adventure) Voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams. Animated. An emperor penguin expresses himself through tap-dancing. (AS)

MAX "Apocalypse Now Redux" HHHH (2001, War) Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall. An Army agent goes upriver in Cambodia to kill a renegade. (AL, AS, V)

TBS "Clueless" HHH (1995, Comedy) Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash. Spoiled Beverly Hills teens careen through the good life. (AL, AS)

WE "The Way We Were" HHH1/2 (1973, Romance) Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford. Political differences threaten a couple's romance. (AL, AS)

10:00 a.m. KHON "America's Sweethearts" HH (2001, Romance-Comedy) Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal. A publicist tries to cover up a feud between movie stars. (AL, AS)

AMC "Death Wish" HHH (1974, Crime Drama) Charles Bronson, Hope Lange. A man turns vigilante after a brutal attack on his family. (AL, AS, GV, N)

HBO2 "28 Days" HH (2000, Comedy-Drama) Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen. A writer is forced to come to terms with her addictions. (AL, AS)

IFC "Grand Theft Parsons" HH (2003, Comedy-Drama) Johnny Knoxville, Gabriel Macht. Phil Kaufman steals the corpse of musician Gram Parsons. (AL, AS)

11:00 a.m. TCM "Take a Letter, Darling" HH1/2 (1942, Romance-Comedy) Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray. An executive falls for the male secretary she hired.

TMC "The Flying Scotsman" HH1/2 (2006, Docudrama) Jonny Lee Miller, Laura Fraser. A cyclist enters a championship race with a homemade bike. (AL, AS)

11:10 a.m. FLIX "On the Yard" HH1/2 (1979, Drama) John Heard, Thomas Waites. Based on ex-con Malcolm Braly's novel of life behind bars. (AL, AS, V)

11:30 a.m. IFC "Mistress" HH1/2 (1992, Comedy-Drama) Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau. Hollywood money men rewrite has-been's script. (AL)

TBS "My Best Friend's Wedding" HHH (1997, Romance-Comedy) Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney. A food critic seeks to sabotage her buddy's nuptials. (AL)

11:45 a.m. HBO2 "The Namesake" HHH (2006, Drama) Kal Penn, Tabu. An American deals with his family's East Indian traditions. (AL, AS, N)

12:00 p.m. COM "Just Friends" HH1/2 (2005, Romance-Comedy) Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart. A music executive tries to woo his high-school crush. (AL, AS)

fX "Little Black Book" HH (2004, Romance-Comedy) Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter. A woman interviews her beau's former girlfriends. (AL, AS)

HBOF "The Land Before Time" HH1/2 (1988, Adventure) Voices of Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson. Animated. Baby dinosaur travels to fertile valley.

12:30 p.m. FAM "The Little Rascals" HH1/2 (1994, Comedy) Travis Tedford, Bug Hall. Spanky is annoyed when the love bug bites Alfalfa. (AL, AS)

WE "Moonlight Mile" HH1/2 (2002, Drama) Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman. A young man grows close to his dead fiancee's parents. (AL, AS)

12:45 p.m. TMC "School for Seduction" HH (2004, Comedy) Kelly Brook, Emily Woof. An Italian beauty spices up the sex lives of Englishwomen. (AL, AS, N)

12:55 p.m. FLIX "The Secret of Roan Inish" HHH (1994, Drama) Mick Lally, Eileen Colgan. Irish girl questions fate of her infant brother. (AS)

1:00 p.m. KHON "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" HHH (2000, Comedy-Drama) George Clooney, John Turturro. Three escaped convicts embark on an unusual odyssey. (AL, V)

MAX "The Art of War" HH (2000, Suspense) Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer. A U.N. operative is framed for a Chinese diplomat's murder. (AL, AS, V)

TCM "It's Always Fair Weather" HHH (1955, Musical Comedy) Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey. Three fun-loving veterans reunite 10 years after V-J Day.

1:15 p.m. HBOF "The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure" HH (1994, Adventure) Voices of Jeff Bennett, Linda Gary. Animated. Young dinosaurs get into big trouble.

1:25 p.m. IFC "Palookaville" HHH (1995, Comedy) William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo. Three jobless pals hope to improve their lot via thievery. (AL)

1:30 p.m. TBS "Failure to Launch" HH (2006, Romance-Comedy) Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker. A man's parents hatch a plan to move him out of the house. (AL, AS, N)

2:00 p.m. HBO2 "Mr. Woodcock" HH (2007, Comedy) Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott. A man learns his mother plans to marry his evil former gym teacher. (AL, AS)

2:30 p.m. FAM "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" HH1/2 (1992, Comedy) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci. Kevin ends up in New York when he boards the wrong plane. (AL, AS, V)

fX "Maid in Manhattan" HH (2002, Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes. A politician mistakes a hotel maid for a wealthy woman. (AL, AS)

HBOF "The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving" HH1/2 (1995, Adventure) Voices of Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson. Animated. Young dinosaurs seek water.

TMC "Miss Potter" HH1/2 (2006, Biography) Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor. Beatrix Potter faces many obstacles in her quest to become a writer. (AL, AS)

2:40 p.m. FLIX "The Planet of Junior Brown" HH (1997, Drama) Martin Villafana, Lynn Whitfield. A pampered musical prodigy and a street kid form a bond. (AL, V)

3:00 p.m. IFC "Suicide Kings" HHH (1997, Crime Drama) Christopher Walken, Denis Leary. A kidnapped mobster plays his captors against one another. (AL, AS, N, V)

MAX "The Simpsons Movie" HHH (2007, Comedy) Voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner. Animated. Homer must save the world from catastrophe. (AS)

TCM "Ace in the Hole" HH1/2 (1951, Drama) Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling. Newsman delays cave-in rescue to milk story. (AS, MV)

WE "Philadelphia" HHH (1993, Drama) Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington. Fired by his firm, lawyer with AIDS fights back. (AL)

3:30 p.m. TBS "What Women Want" HH1/2 (2000, Romance-Comedy) Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt. A chauvinistic ad executive can suddenly read women's minds. (AL, AS)

3:45 p.m. HBOF "The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island" HH1/2 (1997, Adventure) Voices of Jeff Bennett, Aria Noelle Curzon. Animated. Young dinosaurs find their friend Chomper.

4:00 p.m. AMC "Death Wish" HHH (1974, Crime Drama) Charles Bronson, Hope Lange. A man turns vigilante after a brutal attack on his family. (AL, AS, GV, N)

COM "Scary Movie 4" HH (2006, Comedy) Anna Faris, Craig Bierko. Two young women team up to save the world from an alien invasion. (AL, AS, V)

HBO2 "In the Valley of Elah" HHH (2007, Drama) Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron. A retired Army sergeant probes his son's disappearance. (AL, AS, N, V)

4:05 p.m. TMC "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" HHHH (1988, Comedy) Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd. Live action/animated. 1940s private eye helps rabbit beat bum rap. (MV)

4:15 p.m. FLIX "D3: The Mighty Ducks" HH1/2 (1996, Comedy) Emilio Estevez, Jeffrey Nordling. Teen hockey players get new school, new name, new coach. (AL, AS, MV)

4:30 p.m. fX "13 Going on 30" HHH (2004, Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo. An uncool girl magically becomes a successful adult. (AL, AS)

MAX "Doomsday" HH (2008, Action) Rhona Mitra, Malcolm McDowell. Disease specialists seek a cure for a deadly virus. (AL, AS, GV, N)

5:00 p.m. FAM "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" HHH (2005, Fantasy) Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley. Children and a mystical lion unite against the White Witch. (AS, V)

HBOF "The Incredible Shrinking Woman" HH (1981, Fantasy) Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin. The chemicals in aerosol spray cans shrink a housewife. (AL)

IFC "Death and the Maiden" HHH (1994, Drama) Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley. A woman captures a man who may have tortured her long ago. (AL)

TCM "The China Syndrome" HHH1/2 (1979, Suspense) Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon. Journalists see the cover-up of a crisis at a nuclear-power plant. (AL)

TOON "Monster House" HHH (2006, Fantasy) Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Animated. Youths discover that a home is alive and means them harm. (AL, AS)

6:00 p.m. COM "Just Friends" HH1/2 (2005, Romance-Comedy) Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart. A music executive tries to woo his high-school crush. (AL, AS)

FLIX "Smooth Talk" HHH (1985, Drama) Treat Williams, Laura Dern. A 15-year-old discovers her power over men. (AL, AS)

TBS "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" HHH (2002, Romance-Comedy) Nia Vardalos, John Corbett. The daughter of traditional Greeks is engaged to a WASP. (AL, AS)

TMC "Shooter" HH1/2 (2007, Suspense) Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pe"a. A wounded sniper plots revenge against those who betrayed him. (AL, AS, GV)

6:30 p.m. fX "The Devil Wears Prada" HHH (2006, Comedy) Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway. A recent college graduate lands a job at a fashion magazine. (AS)

MAX "Semi-Pro" HH (2008, Comedy) Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson. A '70s-era musician buys a basketball league's worst team. (AL, AS)

7:00 p.m. KFVE "Napoleon Dynamite" HHH (2004, Comedy) Jon Heder, Jon Gries. A gawky teen helps a friend run for class president. (AL, AS)

TBN "The Greatest Story Ever Told" HHH (1965, Historical Drama) Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston. A chronicle of the life and times of Jesus Christ.

7:05 p.m. HBO2 "Juno" HHH1/2 (2007, Comedy-Drama) Ellen Page, Michael Cera. A teen decides to give up her unborn child for adoption. (AL, AS)

7:15 p.m. TCM "Network" HHHH (1976, Drama) Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch. A TV station will air almost anything for big ratings. (AL, AS, BN)

7:35 p.m. FLIX "Novocaine" HH1/2 (2001, Suspense) Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter. An upscale dentist becomes a murder suspect. (AL, AS, V)

7:45 p.m. TBS "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" HHH (2002, Romance-Comedy) Nia Vardalos, John Corbett. The daughter of traditional Greeks is engaged to a WASP. (AL, AS)

8:00 p.m. HBOF "The Education of Little Tree" HHH (1997, Drama) James Cromwell, Tantoo Cardinal. A Cherokee orphan adjusts to life during the Depression. (AL, AS)

ION "Love's Abiding Joy" HH (2006, Western) Erin Cottrell, Logan Bartholomew. A pioneer family faces numerous challenges. (AS)

MAX "Office Space" HH1/2 (1999, Comedy) Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston. A white-collar worker rebels against corporate drudgery. (AL, AS)

8:05 p.m. TMC "Slow Burn" HH (2005, Crime Drama) Ray Liotta, LL Cool J. An assistant DA claims that the dead man in her bed tried to rape her. (AL, AS, V)

8:15 p.m. IFC "Suicide Kings" HHH (1997, Crime Drama) Christopher Walken, Denis Leary. A kidnapped mobster plays his captors against one another. (AL, AS, N, V)

8:30 p.m. FAM "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" HH1/2 (1992, Comedy) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci. Kevin ends up in New York when he boards the wrong plane. (AL, AS, V)

9:15 p.m. FLIX "Manhunter" HHH (1986, Suspense) William L. Petersen, Kim Greist. A former FBI agent returns to hunt down a psychotic killer. (AL, AS, V)

9:30 p.m. TCM "The Last Angry Man" HHH (1959, Drama) Paul Muni, David Wayne. Elderly Jewish doctor agrees to appear on producer's TV show.

9:40 p.m. TMC "The Tesseract" HH1/2 (2003, Suspense) Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Saskia Reeves. The lives of four people intersect at a hotel. (AL, AS, BN, V)

9:45 p.m. TBS "RV" HH (2006, Comedy) Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels. A dysfunctional family goes on vacation. (AL, AS)

10:00 p.m. AMC "The Enforcer" HH1/2 (1976, Crime Drama) Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly. Dirty Harry and partner hunt rocket-armed radicals. (AL, AS, V)

HBOF "Race to Space" HH (2002, Drama) James Woods, Annabeth Gish. Scientists try to launch the first manned space-flight. (AL)

OXYG "Bend It Like Beckham" HHH (2002, Comedy) Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley. A teen hides her soccer-playing from her strict parents. (AL, AS)

10:05 p.m. IFC "Death and the Maiden" HHH (1994, Drama) Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley. A woman captures a man who may have tortured her long ago. (AL)

MAX "Doomsday" HH (2008, Action) Rhona Mitra, Malcolm McDowell. Disease specialists seek a cure for a deadly virus. (AL, AS, GV, N)

10:30 p.m. HBO2 "Children of Men" HHHH (2006, Science Fiction) Clive Owen, Julianne Moore. Infertility threatens mankind with extinction. (AL, AS, BN, GV)

11:00 p.m. COM "Scary Movie 4" HH (2006, Comedy) Anna Faris, Craig Bierko. Two young women team up to save the world from an alien invasion. (AL, AS, V)

11:15 p.m. TCM "The Year of Living Dangerously" HHH (1982, Adventure) Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver. A love affair occurs amid the crumbling Sukarno regime. (AL, AS, V)

11:30 p.m. FLIX "Kalifornia" HH1/2 (1993, Suspense) Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis. A writer becomes fascinated with man's homicidal urges. (AL, AS, GV)

11:45 p.m. TBS "Clueless" HHH (1995, Comedy) Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash. Spoiled Beverly Hills teens careen through the good life. (AL, AS)

11:50 p.m. HBOF "Multiplicity" HH1/2 (1996, Comedy) Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell. Scientifically created duplicates complicate a man's life. (AS)

11:55 p.m. IFC "Grand Theft Parsons" HH (2003, Comedy-Drama) Johnny Knoxville, Gabriel Macht. Phil Kaufman steals the corpse of musician Gram Parsons. (AL, AS)

12:00 a.m. AMC "Fixed Bayonets" HH1/2 (1951, War) Richard Basehart, Gene Evans. Americans in Korea fight a rear-guard action against Reds.

12:25 a.m. HBO2 "Femme Fatale" HH (2002, Suspense) Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Antonio Banderas. A sexy jewel thief double-crosses her violent partners. (AL, SSC, V)

12:30 a.m. MAX "Black and White" HH1/2 (1999, Drama) Scott Caan, Robert Downey Jr.. Privileged white teens explore the black hip-hop culture. (AL, AS, SSC, V)

1:00 a.m. SCI-FI "12:01" HH1/2 (1993, Science Fiction) Jonathan Silverman, Helen Slater. A meek clerk gets to relive the worst day of his life. (AS, V)

TMC "Waking the Dead" HH (2000, Drama) Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly. A politician is haunted by a reportedly dead lover. (AL, AS)

TNT "Conspiracy Theory" HH (1997, Suspense) Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts. A paranoid cabbie's rantings make him a CIA target. (AL, V)

1:15 a.m. TCM "B.F.'s Daughter" HH (1948, Drama) Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin. A tycoon's willful daughter almost wrecks her own marriage.

1:25 a.m. IFC "Three Times" HHH (2005, Romance) Shu Qi, Chang Chen. Three love stories take place in different eras. (AS)

1:30 a.m. FLIX "Raw Deal" HH (1986, Action) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold. Ex-FBI agent wipes out Chicago mob. (AL, AS, GV)

1:45 a.m. TBS "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde" HH1/2 (2003, Comedy) Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field. A young lawyer fights for animal rights. (AS)

1:50 a.m. HBOF "On a Clear Day" HHH (2005, Comedy-Drama) Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn. A man decides to swim across the English Channel. (AL, AS)

2:10 a.m. MAX "The Darjeeling Limited" HHH (2007, Comedy-Drama) Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody. A man takes his brothers on a train trip across India. (AL, AS)

2:25 a.m. HBO2 "Pan's Labyrinth" HHHH (2006, Fantasy) Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu. A mythic creature charges a girl with three tasks. (AL, AS, GV)

2:45 a.m. TMC "Casino Royale" HHH (2006, Action) Daniel Craig, Eva Green. James Bond plays poker with a man who finances terrorists. (AS, N, V)

3:15 a.m. TCM "Comrade X" HHH (1940, Romance-Comedy) Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr. Moscow porter makes U.S. newsman smuggle out daughter.

3:20 a.m. FLIX "Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes" HH1/2 (2000, Suspense) Steven Weber, Swoosie Kurtz. An employee asks an insurance man to help murder her husband. 'TVPG' (AS, V)

3:45 a.m. IFC "Starstruck" HH (1982, Musical Comedy) Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan. A Sydney teen wants to be a rock singer. 'TVMA' (AS)

MAX "Fletch" HH1/2 (1985, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. A reporter uncovers drug trafficking and police corruption. (AS, MV)

4:00 a.m. OXYG "Bend It Like Beckham" HHH (2002, Comedy) Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley. A teen hides her soccer-playing from her strict parents. (AL, AS)

4:30 a.m. HBO2 "Bedazzled" HH1/2 (2000, Comedy) Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley. A lovesick man sells his soul to the devil for seven wishes. 'TVPG' (AL, AS)

5:00 a.m. TCM "Ninotchka" HHHH (1939, Comedy) Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas. A playboy charms a Russian envoy on business in Paris.

5:10 a.m. TMC "Copying Beethoven" HH1/2 (2006, Historical Drama) Ed Harris, Diane Kruger. A copyist bonds with composer Ludwig van Beethoven. (AS)

5:25 a.m. IFC "A Love Song for Bobby Long" HH (2004, Drama) John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson. A young woman shares a house with two alcoholics. (AL, AS)

5:30 a.m. MAX "Circle of Friends" HHH (1995, Drama) Chris O'Donnell, Minnie Driver. Three Irish girlfriends attend college in 1957 Dublin. (AS)