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Posted on: Friday, January 30, 2009

Friday's movie capsules

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Gertie (Drew Barrymore) says goodbye to E.T. in the 20th anniversary version of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” showing at 5 p.m. on HBOF.

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NEW TV LISTINGS

Based on reader comments, The Advertiser will begin daytime television listings beginning Tuesday. Programming lists will begin at 9 a.m. and run until 12:30 a.m. seven days a week.

Sports television listings can be found in the sports section.

The print version of TV Week has been eliminated but beginning Sunday, Feb. 8, readers will find PDF pages of TV Week grids at www.honoluluadvertiser.com, which includes all local channels found in the TV guide.

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6:00 a.m. fX "Mr. Nice Guy" HH1/2 (1997, Action) Jackie Chan, Richard Norton. An unwitting hero saves a journalist from a crime lord. (AS, V)

MAX "The Culpepper Cattle Company" HH (1972, Western) Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush. A teenager comes of age during a difficult cattle drive. (AS, N, V)

6:30 a.m. AMC "Pillow Talk" HHH1/2 (1959, Romance-Comedy) Rock Hudson, Doris Day. An interior decorator shares a party line with a playboy.

HBO2 "TMNT" HH (2007, Action) Voices of Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar. Animated. The turtles take on an industrialist's monstrous army. (AL, AS, V)

6:35 a.m. FLIX "End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones" HHH (2003, Documentary) Rodney Bingenheimer, Danny Fields. Michael Gramaglia profiles punk rockers the Ramones. (AS)

TMC "Premium" HH1/2 (2006, Comedy-Drama) Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana. A struggling actor tries to win back his ex-lover. (AL, AS)

7:00 a.m. LMN "A Stranger to Love" HH (1996, Drama) Beau Bridges, Pam Dawber. A resurfacing past disrupts an amnesia victim's new life. 'TVPG'

7:50 a.m. IFC "Chinese Box" HH1/2 (1997, Drama) Jeremy Irons, Gong Li. A dying journalist becomes involved with two women. (AL, AS)

8:00 a.m. fX "Jackie Chan's Who Am I?" HH1/2 (1998, Action) Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre. An amnesiac U.S. commando seeks his identity. (AL, V)

HBO2 "The Simpsons Movie" HHH (2007, Comedy) Voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner. Animated. Homer must save the world from catastrophe. (AS)

TBS "Save the Last Dance" HHH (2001, Romance) Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas. A white teen falls for a black student who also loves dance. (AL, AS, V)

TOON "Cats Don't Dance" HH1/2 (1997, Musical) Voices of Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy. Animated. A cool kitty heads to Hollywood for film fame.

8:15 a.m. TMC "Bobby" HH1/2 (2006, Historical Drama) Anthony Hopkins, Harry Belafonte. Various people's lives intersect after RFK's assassination. (AL, AS, V)

8:30 a.m. TCM "Over the Goal" HH (1937, Drama) June Travis, William Hopper. A college student gives up football for his girlfriend.

8:35 a.m. FLIX "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" HHH (1974, Drama) Cicely Tyson, Odetta. A 110-year-old black woman reflects on her eventful life. 'TVPG'

9:00 a.m. AMC "Pretty in Pink" HHH (1986, Romance-Comedy) Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer. A poor eclectic teen is romanced by a wealthy classmate. (AL, AS)

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

9:30 a.m. HBO2 "Trading Places" HH (1983, Comedy) Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy. Two men's lives are altered by a bet made between tycoons. (AL, AS, V)

HBOF "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" HHHH (1982, Science Fiction) Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace. A California boy befriends a homesick alien. (AL, MV)

IFC "Separate Lies" HHH (2005, Drama) Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson. A young heir threatens a couple's troubled marriage. (AL, AS)

9:45 a.m. TCM "Saturday's Heroes" HH (1937, Drama) Van Heflin, Marian Marsh. A young football star goes on to win the job of head coach.

10:15 a.m. TMC "Under the Volcano" HHH1/2 (1984, Drama) Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset. Ex-wife of alcoholic ex-British consul joins him in 1938 Mexico. (AL, AS)

10:30 a.m. FLIX "The Man Who Wasn't There" HH1/2 (2001, Crime Drama) Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand. A barber's unwise investment decision leads to murder. (AS, V)

WE "Thelma & Louise" HHH (1991, Drama) Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis. A near-rape abruptly turns two friends into hunted outlaws. (AL, AS, BN, V)

10:45 a.m. MAX "Introducing the Dwights" HH (2007, Comedy-Drama) Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden. An overbearing mother is jealous of her son's girlfriend. (AL, AS)

11:00 a.m. AMC "Stand by Me" HHH (1986, Comedy-Drama) Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix. Boy and buddies go on hike to find dead body in 1959. (AL, AS, V)

IFC "The New World" HHH (2005, Historical Drama) Colin Farrell, Christian Bale. Explorer John Smith lands in 17th-century North America. (AS, V)

LMN "Buried Secrets" HH (1996, Horror) Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Tim Matheson. A ghost asks a young woman to help nab her mother's killer. 'TV14'

11:25 a.m. HBOF "Balto" HH1/2 (1995, Adventure) Voices of Miriam Margolyes, Lola Bates-Campbell. Animated. A half-wolf saves children. Animated/live action.

11:30 a.m. HBO2 "Trixie" HH (2000, Comedy-Drama) Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney. A naive security guard tries to solve a murder mystery. (AL, AS, V)

11:45 a.m. TCM "The Iron Major" HH1/2 (1943, Biography) Pat O'Brien, Ruth Warrick. Football coach Frank Cavanaugh becomes a hero in WWI.

12:00 p.m. BRV "Be Cool" HH (2005, Comedy) John Travolta, Uma Thurman. Chili Palmer runs afoul of record-industry players. (AL, AS, V)

DIS "Chicken Little" HH1/2 (2005, Comedy) Voices of Zach Braff, Joan Cusack. Animated. A young fowl must save the world from aliens.

12:10 p.m. TMC "The Limey" HH1/2 (1999, Crime Drama) Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda. An ex-con investigates his daughter's death. (AL, V)

12:30 p.m. FLIX "Wise Blood" HHH1/2 (1979, Drama) Brad Dourif, Amy Wright. A backwoodsman turns to fire-and-brimstone preaching. (AL, AS)

12:35 p.m. MAX "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" HHH (2007, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. Harry prepares a small group of students to fight Voldemort. (AS, V)

1:00 p.m. AMC "Rudy" HHH (1993, Drama) Sean Astin, Ned Beatty. A working-class teen dreams of admission to Notre Dame. (AL)

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

1:15 p.m. IFC "The Dogs of War" HHH (1980, Action) Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger. A deadly mercenary vows to overthrow an African government. (AL, V)

TCM "Knute Rockne, All American" HHH (1940, Biography) Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan. The life of Notre Dame's legendary football coach.

2:00 p.m. COM "Heartbreakers" HH1/2 (2001, Comedy) Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt. Two sexy con artists try to swindle a cigarette tycoon. (AL, AS)

HBO2 "Steal This Movie" HH1/2 (2000, Biography) Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofalo. The story of anti-Establishment icon Abbie Hoffman. (AL, AS, N)

2:15 p.m. HBOF "I.Q." HHH (1994, Romance-Comedy) Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan. Albert Einstein tests his theories of romance on his niece. (AL, AS)

2:30 p.m. BRV "Get Shorty" HHH1/2 (1995, Comedy) John Travolta, Gene Hackman. A sly hoodlum conspires to break into the movie business. (AL, V)

3:00 p.m. fX "V for Vendetta" HHH (2006, Action) Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving. A vigilante fights a fascist government. (AL, AS, V)

IFC "The Grey Zone" HHH (2001, Historical Drama) David Arquette, Daniel Benzali. Jewish prisoners at a Nazi death camp plan a revolt. (AL, GV, N)

MAX "The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising" HH1/2 (2007, Fantasy) Ian McShane, Alexander Ludwig. A boy discovers he is part of a group of immortal warriors. (AS)

TCM "Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte" HHH1/2 (1965, Horror) Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland. A Louisiana spinster is linked to a 37-year-old ax murder. (AS, V)

3:30 p.m. AMC "Quigley Down Under" HH1/2 (1990, Western) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo. Old West sharpshooter's new boss tells him to kill Aborigines. (V)

3:45 p.m. HBO2 "Rendition" HH (2007, Suspense) Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon. A CIA analyst witnesses an unorthodox interrogation. (AL, AS, V)

4:00 p.m. FLIX "Foxes" HH1/2 (1980, Comedy-Drama) Jodie Foster, Cherie Currie. Drugs and promiscuity disrupt four girls' adolescence. (AL, AS)

4:30 p.m. BRV "Ghostbusters II" HH1/2 (1989, Comedy) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd. A long-dead Carpathian warlock attempts to return to Earth. (MV)

TMC "Bobby" HH1/2 (2006, Historical Drama) Anthony Hopkins, Harry Belafonte. Various people's lives intersect after RFK's assassination. (AL, AS, V)

4:45 p.m. MAX "The Whole Nine Yards" HH1/2 (2000, Comedy) Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry. A former mob hit man becomes a meek dentist's neighbor. (AS, N, V)

5:00 p.m. HBOF "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" HHHH (1982, Science Fiction) Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace. A California boy befriends a homesick alien. (AL, MV)

IFC "11:14" HHH (2003, Comedy-Drama) Henry Thomas, Blake Heron. The lives of 10 people converge in a small town. (AL, AS, V)

OXYG "You've Got Mail" HH1/2 (1998, Romance-Comedy) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. Two bitter business rivals conduct an online love affair. (AL)

5:30 p.m. TCM "Sweet Bird of Youth" HHH (1962, Drama) Paul Newman, Geraldine Page. A scheming actor uses a faded star to land a contract. (AS, MV)

6:00 p.m. AMC "Joe Kidd" HHH (1972, Western) Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall. A man becomes caught in a Mexican-American range war.

FLIX "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" HHH (1989, Drama) James Spader, Andie MacDowell. A friend brings a couple's sexual insecurities to light. (AL, AS, BN, SSC)

fX "The Mummy Returns" HH1/2 (2001, Adventure) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz. Two evil forces pursue the son of adventurer Rick O'Connell. (V)

TNT "The Da Vinci Code" HH1/2 (2006, Mystery) Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou. A religious mystery could rock foundations of Christianity. (AS, N, V)

6:30 p.m. TMC "Conversations With Other Women" HHH (2005, Comedy-Drama) Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart. A former couple reunite at a wedding. (AL, AS)

7:00 p.m. BRV "Happy Gilmore" HH (1996, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald. A hockey player joins the PGA tour. (AL, AS)

HBO2 "The Simpsons Movie" HHH (2007, Comedy) Voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner. Animated. Homer must save the world from catastrophe. (AS)

HBOF "Balto" HH1/2 (1995, Adventure) Voices of Miriam Margolyes, Lola Bates-Campbell. Animated. A half-wolf saves children. Animated/live action.

IFC "The Return of the Living Dead" HH1/2 (1985, Horror) Clu Gulager, James Karen. Ghouls with a craving for human brains go on a rampage. (AL, GV, N)

LIFE "Normal Adolescent Behavior" HH1/2 (2007, Drama) Amber Tamblyn, Kelli Garner. A teen falls for a neighbor who objects to her sexual liaisons. (AL, AS, SSC)

TBS "Head of State" HH (2003, Comedy) Chris Rock, Bernie Mac. An alderman becomes a presidential candidate. (AL, AS)

7:30 p.m. OXYG "Sleepless in Seattle" HHH1/2 (1993, Romance-Comedy) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. A grieving widower captures the heart of an engaged woman. (AL)

7:45 p.m. FLIX "Mad Dog Time" HH (1996, Comedy-Drama) Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne. Criminals collide when a mobster gets out of a mental ward. (AL, AS, V)

TCM "The Night of the Hunter" HHH1/2 (1955, Suspense) Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters. Children run away from corrupt preacher.

8:00 p.m. AMC "Thunderheart" HHH (1992, Mystery) Val Kilmer, Graham Greene. An agent's heritage is integral to a murder investigation. (AL, AS, V)

MAX "Marked for Death" HH (1990, Action) Steven Seagal, Basil Wallace. A former DEA agent tries to stop a Jamaican drug ring. (AL, AS, N, V)

TMC "Factory Girl" HH (2006, Docudrama) Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce. Wealthy Edie Sedgwick becomes Andy Warhol's muse at the Factory. (AL, AS, N, SSC)

TVLND "Cocktail" HH1/2 (1988, Romance) Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown. An arrogant young bartender uses his charm and good looks. (AL, AS, N)

8:15 p.m. HBOF "In the Land of Women" HH (2007, Comedy-Drama) Adam Brody, Meg Ryan. A young man moves in with his ailing grandmother. (AL, AS)

8:30 p.m. HBO2 "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" HHH (2007, Western) Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck. The outlaw faces betrayal by one of his own. (AS, GV)

8:35 p.m. IFC "Pumpkinhead" HH1/2 (1988, Horror) Lance Henriksen, Jeff East. A man invokes a demon to avenge his son's accidental murder. (AL, GV)

9:00 p.m. BRV "Happy Gilmore" HH (1996, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald. A hockey player joins the PGA tour. (AL, AS)

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)

9:30 p.m. FLIX "The Proposal" HH (2000, Suspense) Nick Moran, Jennifer Esposito. An undercover cop's new partner gets too close to the mark. (V)

TCM "Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains" HH1/2 (1982, Musical) Diane Lane, Ray Winstone. Spike-haired nobody finds instant fame with all-girl punk band. (AL, AS)

9:35 p.m. TMC "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)

9:55 p.m. HBOF "Home for the Holidays" HH1/2 (1995, Comedy) Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr.. A woman dreads Thanksgiving with her eccentric family. (AL, AS)

10:01 p.m. fX "Jackie Chan's Who Am I?" HH1/2 (1998, Action) Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre. An amnesiac U.S. commando seeks his identity. (AL, V)

10:05 p.m. IFC "The Grey Zone" HHH (2001, Historical Drama) David Arquette, Daniel Benzali. Jewish prisoners at a Nazi death camp plan a revolt. (AL, GV, N)

10:40 p.m. TBS "Elizabethtown" HH1/2 (2005, Comedy-Drama) Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst. A flight attendant helps a man get back on track. (AL, AS)

10:45 p.m. AMC "Psycho" HH (1998, Suspense) Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche. An embezzler on the run seeks shelter at an isolated motel. (AS, N, V)

MAX "Ocean's Thirteen" HHH (2007, Comedy-Drama) George Clooney, Brad Pitt. Danny Ocean and his gang seek to right a wrong. (AS)

11:00 p.m. BRV "Ghostbusters II" HH1/2 (1989, Comedy) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd. A long-dead Carpathian warlock attempts to return to Earth. (MV)

TCM "Eddie and the Cruisers" HH1/2 (1983, Drama) Tom Berenger, Michael Pare. A reporter sleuths a rock star's unsolved disappearance. (AL, AS)

11:05 p.m. FLIX "Blind Beast" HH (1969, Horror) Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori. A kidnapper and his victim explore sadomasochism. (AS, SSC, V)

11:15 p.m. HBO2 "We Don't Live Here Anymore" HHH (2004, Drama) Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern. Friends have affairs with each other's wives. (AL, AS)

11:40 p.m. HBOF "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" HH (1987, Comedy) Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong. The Tri-Lambdas attend a fraternity convention in Florida. (AL, AS)

12:00 a.m. IFC "Separate Lies" HHH (2005, Drama) Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson. A young heir threatens a couple's troubled marriage. (AL, AS)

TNT "Swordfish" HH1/2 (2001, Suspense) John Travolta, Hugh Jackman. An ex-con computer hacker is pulled into a high-tech heist. (AL, AS, N, V)

12:30 a.m. FLIX "End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones" HHH (2003, Documentary) Rodney Bingenheimer, Danny Fields. Michael Gramaglia profiles punk rockers the Ramones. (AS)

12:50 a.m. MAX "Tigerland" HHH (2000, Drama) Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis. An Army recruit tries to get discharged before heading to Vietnam. (AL, AS, SSC, V)

1:00 a.m. HBO2 "Bottle Rocket" HHH (1996, Comedy) Owen C. Wilson, Luke Wilson. Three dim Texans embark on an ill-fated career in crime. (AL)

LMN "Deadly Appearances" HH (2000, Mystery) Wendy Crewson, Victor Garber. A campaign celebration turns deadly for a winning candidate. 'TV14'

TCM "The Palomino" HH (1951, Western) Jerome Courtland, Beverly Tyler. A female rancher suffers the loss of her prize stallion.

TMC "Fellini: I'm a Born Liar" HH1/2 (2003, Documentary) The career of famed Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. (AL, AS)

1:10 a.m. HBOF "Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation" HH (1992, Comedy) Robert Carradine, Ted McGinley. Adams College faces a threat from a nerd-hating alumnus. 'TV14'

TBS "National Lampoon's European Vacation" HH (1985, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo. The Griswold family wins a free trip to Europe. (AL, AS, BN)

1:15 a.m. AMC "The Fly II" HH1/2 (1989, Science Fiction) Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga. A scientist's accursed son begins to change into an insect. (AL, AS, GV)

1:30 a.m. IFC "Requiem" HHH (2006, Suspense) Sandra Huller, Burghart Klaussner. Frightening occurrences plague a college student. (AL, AS, V)

2:00 a.m. USA "Happy Gilmore" HH (1996, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald. A hockey player joins the PGA tour. (AL, AS)

2:07 a.m. KGMB "Pokemon 3: The Movie" HH (2001, Adventure) Voices of Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis. Animated. A new Pokemon species encases a town in ice.

2:30 a.m. TCM "Black Beauty" HH1/2 (1946, Drama) Mona Freeman, Richard Denning. A Victorian girl loses her beloved horse.

2:35 a.m. MAX "Flight of the Intruder" HH (1991, War) Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe. A flight team defies orders and bombs a strategic target. (AL, V)

2:45 a.m. HBOF "The Land Before Time" HH1/2 (1988, Adventure) Voices of Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson. Animated. Baby dinosaur travels to fertile valley.

2:50 a.m. TMC "Premium" HH1/2 (2006, Comedy-Drama) Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana. A struggling actor tries to win back his ex-lover. (AL, AS)

4:00 a.m. AMC "The Return of Frank James" HH1/2 (1940, Western) Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney. Frank James is driven to avenge his outlaw brother's death.

FLIX "Cold Turkey" HHH (1971, Comedy) Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott. A small town stands to win $25 million by giving up smoking.

HBO2 "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie" HH1/2 (1996, Comedy) Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu. An astronaut and his robots are forced to view a bad movie. (AL)

4:30 a.m. MAX "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" HH1/2 (2003, Comedy) Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman. Live action/animated. Bugs Bunny searches for Daffy Duck. (AL, AS)

TMC "The Field" HHH1/2 (1990, Drama) Richard Harris, John Hurt. An Irishman and an American fight over a plot of land. (AS, V)

4:45 a.m. TCM "D.O.A." HHH (1949, Mystery) Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton. A man finds he has been given a slow-acting poison.

5:00 a.m. IFC "Let Him Have It" HH1/2 (1991, Drama) Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds. Two teens are charged with a police officer's murder. (AL, V)

5:15 a.m. HBO2 "The Last Mimzy" HH1/2 (2007, Fantasy) Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton. Siblings discover a box of toys from the future. (AL, AS)

5:45 a.m. FLIX "Marine Life" HH1/2 (2000, Comedy-Drama) Cybill Shepherd, Peter Outerbridge. A teen's confusion is compounded by her lounge-singer mother. (AL, AS)