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Posted on: Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Tuesday's movie capsules

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Brad Pitt stars as Hercules in "Troy," at 5:30 p.m. on fX.

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6:00 a.m. fX "The Last Seduction" 3 stars (1994, Suspense) Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg. A greedy wife steals her husband's drug money and escapes. (AL, AS, BN, V)

TMC "Watching the Detectives" 2 1/2 stars (2007, Romance-Comedy) Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu. A man meets an adventurous beauty who shakes up his dull life. (AL, AS, BN, MV)

6:15 a.m. TCM "Washington Story" 2 stars (1952, Drama) Van Johnson, Patricia Neal. A reporter aims her poison pen at a young congressman.

6:35 a.m. IFC "Close to Home" 2 1/2 stars (2005, Drama) Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar. Israeli teenagers bond over their shared dislike of army duty. (AS, V)

6:45 a.m. AMC "Code of Silence" 2 1/2 stars (1985, Crime Drama) Chuck Norris, Henry Silva. A Chicago cop wages a private war against rival drug gangs. (AL, GV)

7:00 a.m. HBO2 "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" 3 stars (2007, Western) Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck. The outlaw faces betrayal by one of his own. (AS, GV)

MAX "Death Sentence" 2 stars (2007, Suspense) Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund. A man sets out for revenge after gang members kill his son. (AL, AS, GV)

7:15 a.m. FLIX "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" 3 stars (1999, Documentary) Hank Greenberg, Alan Dershowitz. The Jewish baseball player defies anti-Semitism. (AL)

7:35 a.m. TMC "Arachnophobia" 3 stars (1990, Suspense) Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak. Couple's new farm has termites and Venezuelan spider. (AL, V)

7:45 a.m. TCM "A Face in the Crowd" 3 stars (1957, Drama) Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal. A homespun philosopher becomes an overnight sensation.

8:00 a.m. TBS "Cool Runnings" 3 stars (1993, Comedy-Drama) Leon, Doug E. Doug. Based on the true story of Jamaica's 1988 bobsled team. (AL, MV)

8:45 a.m. MAX "Predator" 3 stars (1987, Science Fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers. A team is stalked by an intergalactic trophy hunter. (AL, GV)

9:00 a.m. AMC "Blown Away" 2 stars (1994, Suspense) Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones. A mad Irish bomber plots revenge on his former pupil. (AL, V)

FLIX "Hiding Out" 2 stars (1987, Suspense) Jon Cryer, Keith Coogan. Fleeing Wall Street yuppie hides in cousin's high school. (AL, AS, V)

9:30 a.m. HBOF "The Golden Compass" 2 1/2 stars (2007, Fantasy) Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards. A child sets out on an epic quest to save her best friend. (AS, V)

IFC "The Cat's Meow" 3 stars (2001, Suspense) Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes. A film producer dies aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht. (AL, AS, V)

9:45 a.m. HBO2 "In the Land of Women" 2 stars (2007, Comedy-Drama) Adam Brody, Meg Ryan. A young man moves in with his ailing grandmother. (AL, AS)

10:00 a.m. TCM "Psyche '59" 2 1/2 stars (1964, Drama) Curt Jurgens, Patricia Neal. A woman must find the key to her psychosomatic blindness.

10:35 a.m. MAX "Predator 2" 2 stars (1990, Science Fiction) Danny Glover, Gary Busey. Police officers lock horns with a bloodthirsty alien. (AL, AS, GV)

11:30 a.m. AMC "The Package" 3 stars (1989, Suspense) Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy. An Army officer is involved in an international conspiracy. (AL, V)

HBO2 "Bottle Rocket" 3 stars (1996, Comedy) Owen C. Wilson, Luke Wilson. Three dim Texans embark on an ill-fated career in crime. (AL)

HBOF "Mrs. Doubtfire" 3 stars (1993, Comedy) Robin Williams, Sally Field. An estranged dad poses as a nanny to be with his children. (AL, AS)

IFC "Close to Home" 2 1/2 stars (2005, Drama) Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar. Israeli teenagers bond over their shared dislike of army duty. (AS, V)

12:00 p.m. LIFE "The American President" 3 stars (1995, Romance-Comedy) Michael Douglas, Annette Bening. A rival exploits the president's romance with a lobbyist. (AL)

12:15 p.m. FLIX "The Jazz Singer" 2 stars (1980, Musical) Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier. A New York cantor sets out to find success as a pop star. (AL, AS)

12:30 p.m. MAX "The Sandlot" 2 1/2 stars (1993, Comedy-Drama) Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar. The new boy in town falls in with neighborhood ballplayers. (AL, AS)

TCM "The Subject Was Roses" 3 stars (1968, Drama) Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson. A World War II veteran comes home to his bickering parents.

1:00 p.m. HBO2 "The Darjeeling Limited" 3 stars (2007, Comedy-Drama) Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody. A man takes his brothers on a train trip across India. (AL, AS)

1:15 p.m. IFC "Let Him Have It" 2 1/2 stars (1991, Drama) Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds. Two teens are charged with a police officer's murder. (AL, V)

TMC "Watching the Detectives" 2 1/2 stars (2007, Romance-Comedy) Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu. A man meets an adventurous beauty who shakes up his dull life. (AL, AS, BN, MV)

1:40 p.m. HBOF "The Simpsons Movie" 3 stars (2007, Comedy) Voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner. Animated. Homer must save the world from catastrophe. (AS)

2:00 p.m. AMC "Casino" 3 1/2 stars (1995, Crime Drama) Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone. A mob employee makes a play for power in 1970s Las Vegas. (AL, AS, V)

2:15 p.m. FLIX "Circle of Iron" 2 1/2 stars (1979, Adventure) David Carradine, Jeff Cooper. A martial artist embarks on a quest for a legendary master. (AL, AS, V)

MAX "The Replacements" 2 1/2 stars (2000, Comedy) Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman. Misfit substitutes take the field during a football strike. (AL, AS)

2:30 p.m. HBO2 "Speed" 3 1/2 stars (1994, Action) Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper. A transit bus is wired to explode if it drops below 50 mph. (AL, V)

3:00 p.m. fX "Fantastic Four" 2 stars (2005, Action) Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba. Cosmic radiation grants four people unusual powers. (AS, V)

TCM "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" 3 1/2 stars (1967, Comedy-Drama) Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn. A lady takes her black fiance home to meet her parents.

3:10 p.m. HBOF "The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving" 2 1/2 stars (1995, Adventure) Voices of Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson. Animated. Young dinosaurs seek water.

3:15 p.m. IFC "Reservoir Dogs" 3 1/2 stars (1992, Crime Drama) Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth. Violent thieves ponder the identity of a police informant. (AL, GV)

4:00 p.m. FLIX "The Last Dragon" 2 stars (1985, Action) Taimak, Vanity. A bully threatens a martial artist's romance with a DJ. (AL, AS, V)

4:15 p.m. MAX "Over Her Dead Body" 2 stars (2008, Romance-Comedy) Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd. A jealous ghost tries to destroy her groom's new romance. (AL, AS)

4:30 p.m. TMC "Black Snake Moan" 2 1/2 stars (2007, Drama) Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci. A troubled bluesman takes in a severely beaten woman. (AL, AS, SSC, V)

5 p.m. HBOF "The Golden Compass" 2 1/2 stars (2007, Fantasy) Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards. A child sets out on an epic quest to save her best friend. (AS, V)

TCM "Bringing Up Baby" 3 1/2 stars (1938, Comedy) Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant. A socialite with a leopard ensnarls a fundraising scientist.

TNT "Cast Away" 3 stars (2000, Drama) Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt. A courier company executive is marooned on a remote island. (V)

5:30 p.m. fX "Troy" 3 stars (2004, Adventure) Brad Pitt, Eric Bana. Achilles leads Greek forces in the Trojan War. (AS, GV, N)

6 p.m. AMC "Broken Trail" 2 1/2 stars (2006, Western) Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church. A cowboy and his nephew rescue five Chinese from prostitution. 'TV14'

FLIX "True Love" 3 1/2 stars (1989, Comedy-Drama) Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard. An Italian-American couple prepare for their wedding. (AL, AS)

HBO2 "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" 3 stars (2007, Western) Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck. The outlaw faces betrayal by one of his own. (AS, GV)

7 p.m. HBOF "Mrs. Doubtfire" 3 stars (1993, Comedy) Robin Williams, Sally Field. An estranged dad poses as a nanny to be with his children. (AL, AS)

LIFE "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" 3 stars (2005, Comedy-Drama) Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel. Four teens keep in touch by passing along a pair of jeans. (AL, AS)

TCM "The Little Minister" 3 stars (1934, Drama) Katharine Hepburn, John Beal. A clergyman romances a Gypsy in 1840s Scotland.

8 p.m. MAX "American Gangster" 3 stars (2007, Crime Drama) Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe. A chauffeur becomes Harlem's most-powerful crime boss. (AL, AS, N, V)

8:05 p.m. TMC "Arachnophobia" 3 stars (1990, Suspense) Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak. Couple's new farm has termites and Venezuelan spider. (AL, V)

9 p.m. LMN "Perfect Prey" 2 stars (1998, Suspense) Bruce Dern, Kelly McGillis. A formerTexas Ranger and a cop track down a bizarre killer. 'TVMA' (AL, AS, V)

TCM "The Philadelphia Story" 3 stars (1940, Romance-Comedy) Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn. An ex-husband's return upsets a socialite's wedding plans.

10 p.m. AMC "The Magnificent Seven" 3 1/2 stars (1960, Western) Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach. A man in black recruits hired guns to defend Mexican villagers. (AL, AS, V)

TMC "Harsh Times" 2 stars (2005, Crime Drama) Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriquez. A Gulf War veteran incites violence in Los Angeles. (AL, AS, GV)

10:30 p.m. IFC "Reservoir Dogs" 3 1/2 stars (1992, Crime Drama) Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth. Violent thieves ponder the identity of a police informant. (AL, GV)

10:45 p.m. FLIX "Prick Up Your Ears" 3 stars (1987, Biography) Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina. Playwright Joe Orton leads a flamboyant gay lifestyle. (AL, AS, V)

10:50 p.m. LMN "Indiscreet" 2 stars (1998, Suspense) Luke Perry, Gloria Reuben. A detective has a dangerous affair with his client's wife. 'TV14' (AL, AS, V)

11 p.m. TCM "Morning Glory" 3 stars (1933, Drama) Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. A stage-struck girl gets a lucky break in New York.

11:25 p.m. HBOF "High Anxiety" 2 1/2 stars (1977, Comedy) Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn. A doctor with vertigo heads the Institute for the Very Very Nervous. (AL)

12:05 a.m. MAX "Killing Emmett Young" 2 1/2 stars (2002, Suspense) Scott Wolf, Tim Roth. A dying detective hires a hit man to kill him. (AL, AS, V)

12:15 a.m. IFC "Let Him Have It" 2 1/2 stars (1991, Drama) Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds. Two teens are charged with a police officer's murder. (AL, V)

12:30 a.m. TBS "Unleashed" 2 1/2 stars (2005, Action) Jet Li, Bob Hoskins. A blind man teaches an enslaved fighter humanity. (AL, AS, GV, N)

12:45 a.m. FLIX "The Jazz Singer" 2 stars (1980, Musical) Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier. A New York cantor sets out to find success as a pop star. (AL, AS)

1:00 a.m. AMC "Twelve O'Clock High" 3 stars (1949, War) Gregory Peck, Dean Jagger. Command weighs heavily on officers running bombing raids.

HBOF "The Bucket List" 2 stars (2007, Comedy-Drama) Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman. Dying men make a list of things to do before they expire. (AL, AS)

TCM "What Every Woman Knows" 2 1/2 stars (1934, Comedy-Drama) Helen Hayes, Brian Aherne. A female aide spurs a Scottish lawyer to glory.

USA "John Grisham's The Rainmaker" 3 stars (1997, Drama) Matt Damon, Claire Danes. A rookie lawyer goes up against a big insurance company. (AS, V)

1:45 a.m. HBO2 "Dead Silence" 2 stars (2007, Horror) Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta. A widower encounters a deadly curse. (AS, V)

1:50 a.m. MAX "The Public Eye" 3 stars (1992, Crime Drama) Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey. A 1940s crime photographer hustles the streets of New York. (V)

2:30 a.m. TMC "Conversations With Other Women" 3 stars (2005, Comedy-Drama) Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart. A former couple reunite at a wedding. (AL, AS)

2:40 a.m. HBOF "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie" 2 1/2 stars (1996, Comedy) Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu. An astronaut and his robots are forced to view a bad movie. (AL)

2:45 a.m. TCM "She Married Her Boss" 2 1/2 stars (1935, Comedy) Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas. A man marries his secretary, only to find he truly loves her.

3:00 a.m. FLIX "The Land Girls" 2 1/2 stars (1998, Drama) Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz. During World War II, British women become farm workers. (AS)

LMN "Indiscreet" 2 stars (1998, Suspense) Luke Perry, Gloria Reuben. A detective has a dangerous affair with his client's wife. 'TV14' (AL, AS, V)

3:15 a.m. HBO2 "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" 2 stars (2005, Comedy) Albert Brooks, Sheetal Sheth. Albert Brooks makes a comedy mission. (AL, AS)

IFC "The Castle" 2 stars (1997, Comedy) Michael Caton, Anne Tenney. A tow-truck driver refuses to sell his home to the airport. (AL)

4:00 a.m. AMC "Fixed Bayonets" 2 1/2 stars (1951, War) Richard Basehart, Gene Evans. Americans in Korea fight a rear-guard action against Reds.

TMC "Freedom Writers" 3 stars (2007, Drama) Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey. A teacher inspires at-risk teens to believe in themselves. (AL, AS, V)

4:15 a.m. TCM "Waterloo Bridge" 3 stars (1940, Romance) Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor. A ballerina's fiance is called to battle during WWI.

4:45 a.m. IFC "Bruce Lee: His Last Days, His Last Nights" 2 stars (1976, Biography) Betty Ting Pei, Li Hsiu Hsien. Fact-based account of the death of martial artist Bruce Lee.

5:00 a.m. FLIX "Affliction" 3 stars (1997, Drama) Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek. A small-town sheriff becomes unhinged. (AL, V)

HBO2 "The Last Mimzy" 2 1/2 stars (2007, Fantasy) Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton. Siblings discover a box of toys from the future. (AL, AS)

MAX "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" 3 stars (1991, Adventure) Voices of Phillip Glasser, James Stewart. Animated. Russian mice leave the Bronx for the Old West.