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Posted on: Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Tuesday's movie capsules

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Jarreth Merz, who plays Simon of Cyrene, right, helps Jim Caviezel, portraying Jesus Christ, carry a cross in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," airing tonight at 8.

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6:00 a.m. COM "Who's the Man?" HH1/2 (1993, Comedy-Drama) Ed Lover, Doctor Dre. Harlem barbers expose a rotter. (AL)

fX "The Street Fighter" HH (1975, Adventure) Sonny Chiba, Gerald Yamada. Karate hero negates rapist, pokes eyes. (GV)

TCM "The Hoodlum Priest" HHH1/2 (1961, Biography) Don Murray, Larry Gates. Story of the Rev. Charles Dismas Clark. (V)

6:30 a.m. AMC "How to Frame a Figg" HH (1971, Comedy) Don Knotts, Joe Flynn. Corrupt officials frame a bookkeeper for their crimes.

7:00 a.m. FLIX "Wise Blood" HHH1/2 (1979, Drama) Brad Dourif, Amy Wright. A backwoodsman turns to fire-and-brimstone preaching. (AL, AS)

MAX "Be Kind Rewind" HH1/2 (2008, Comedy) Jack Black, Mos Def. Two friends re-create a video store's obliterated inventory. (AS)

7:05 a.m. TMC "Pride" HH1/2 (2007, Drama) Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac. A man starts an all-black swim team in 1970s Philadelphia. (AL, AS, V)

7:30 a.m. HBO2 "Brokeback Mountain" HHH1/2 (2005, Romance) Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal. Two cowboys maintain a secret romance over many years. (AL, AS, N, V)

7:45 a.m. IFC "Shattered Glass" HHH (2003, Drama) Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard. Journalist Stephen Glass fabricates stories. (AL, AS)

TCM "They Won't Believe Me" HHH (1947, Crime Drama) Robert Young, Susan Hayward. Stockbroker tells jury how rich wife and girlfriend died.

8:00 a.m. fX "Return of the Street Fighter" HH (1974, Action) Sonny Chiba, Yoko Ichiji. A martial artist battles mobsters and an old nemesis out for revenge. (AL, AS, V)

8:40 a.m. MAX "Shrek the Third" HH1/2 (2007, Comedy) Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy. Animated. Shrek and friends look for the true heir of Far, Far Away. (AS)

9:00 a.m. AMC "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" HH (1966, Comedy) Don Knotts, Joan Staley. An aspiring reporter spends a night in a haunted house.

FLIX "The House on Carroll Street" HH (1988, Suspense) Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels. FBI agent and writer catch Nazis in 1950s New York. (AL, AS, V)

TMC "Clay Pigeons" HH1/2 (1998, Comedy) Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo. A gas station attendant meets a serial killer. (AL, AS, V)

9:15 a.m. TCM "I Want to Live!" HHH1/2 (1958, Biography) Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland. Based on the story of convicted murderer Barbara Graham.

9:30 a.m. HBOF "The Land Before Time" HH1/2 (1988, Adventure) Voices of Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson. Animated. Baby dinosaur travels to fertile valley.

IFC "Millions" HHH (2004, Comedy-Drama) Alexander Nathan Etel, Lewis Owen McGibbon. British youngsters have a short time to spend a fortune. (AL, AS)

9:45 a.m. HBO2 "The Contender" HHH (2000, Suspense) Joan Allen, Gary Oldman. A vice presidential nominee refuses to testify about her past. (AL, SSC)

10:15 a.m. MAX "Hollywoodland" HH (2006, Mystery) Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck. A detective probes the mysterious death of TV Superman George Reeves. (AL, AS, V)

10:45 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)

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.

TMC "One Last Thing ..." HH (2005, Comedy-Drama) Cynthia Nixon, Michael Angarano. A terminally ill teen spends time with an obnoxious model. (AL, AS)

11:00 a.m. AMC "Mystery Men" HH1/2 (1999, Fantasy) Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo. Substitute superheroes battle a nefarious criminal. (V)

11:15 a.m. IFC "Coastlines" HH (2002, Drama) Timothy Olyphant, Josh Brolin. A nurse has an affair with an ex-con from her wild past. (AL, AS)

11:30 a.m. TCM "Shadow on the Wall" HHH (1950, Mystery) Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott. A girl has amnesia after seeing her stepmother's murder.

12:00 p.m. HBO2 "The Shawshank Redemption" HHH1/2 (1994, Drama) Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman. Innocent man goes to a Maine prison for life in 1947. (AL, V)

HBOF "Alvin and the Chipmunks" HH (2007, Comedy) Jason Lee, David Cross. Three singing chipmunks become pop sensations. (AS)

12:20 p.m. MAX "Doomsday" HH (2008, Action) Rhona Mitra, Malcolm McDowell. Disease specialists seek a cure for a deadly virus. (AL, AS, GV, N)

12:45 p.m. FLIX "Go Now" HHH (1995, Comedy-Drama) Robert Carlyle, Juliet Aubrey. A plasterer copes with multiple sclerosis. (AL, AS)

1:00 p.m. TCM "The Trial" HHH1/2 (1963, Drama) Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau. Ominous police arrest Kafka's Joseph K. (AS)

1:15 p.m. IFC "American Heart" HHH (1992, Drama) Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong. An ex-con and his son make plans to start over in Alaska. (AL, AS, V)

1:30 p.m. AMC "Caddyshack" HH1/2 (1980, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield. A vulgar newcomer clashes with the country club set. (AL, N)

1:35 p.m. HBOF "The Last Mimzy" HH1/2 (2007, Fantasy) Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton. Siblings discover a box of toys from the future. (AL, AS)

1:50 p.m. TMC "The Limey" HH1/2 (1999, Crime Drama) Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda. An ex-con investigates his daughter's death. (AL, V)

2:15 p.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)

MAX "The Last Legion" HH (2007, Action) Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley. After Rome falls, its last emperor journeys to Britannia. (AS, V)

2:30 p.m. COM "Hangin' With the Homeboys" HH1/2 (1991, Comedy) Doug E. Doug, Mario Joyner. Four South Bronx teens head to Manhattan seeking thrills. (AL, AS)

fX "There's Something About Mary" HH1/2 (1998, Romance-Comedy) Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon. A man hires a sleazy private eye to find a former classmate. (AL, AS)

HBO2 "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" HHH (1988, Biography) Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen. An inventor struggles to produce a better, safer auto. (AL)

3:00 p.m. TCM "Double Harness" HH1/2 (1933, Romance-Comedy) Ann Harding, William Powell. A woman tries to win the love of her philandering husband.

3:10 p.m. HBOF "Balto" HH1/2 (1995, Adventure) Voices of Miriam Margolyes, Lola Bates-Campbell. Animated. A half-wolf saves children. Animated/live action.

3:20 p.m. IFC "Wassup Rockers" HHH (2006, Drama) Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa. Latino skateboarders cut loose in Los Angeles. (AL, AS, V)

TMC "Zodiac" HHH1/2 (2007, Crime Drama) Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo. The Zodiac Killer terrorizes San Francisco in the 1960s and '70s. (AL, AS, V)

3:30 p.m. AMC "Road House" HH (1989, Action) Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch. A legendary bouncer agrees to tame a notorious gin mill. (AL, AS, N, V)

4:00 p.m. MAX "Running Scared" HH (2006, Crime Drama) Paul Walker, Cameron Bright. A gun winds up in the wrong hands. (AL, AS, GV)

4:15 p.m. TCM "The Racket" HH1/2 (1951, Mystery) Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan. A police captain tries to bust a brutal gangland chieftain.

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

TNT "True Lies" HHH (1994, Action) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis. A man lives the double life of a spy and a family man. (AL, AS, V)

5:30 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)

6 p.m. FLIX "The House on Carroll Street" HH (1988, Suspense) Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels. FBI agent and writer catch Nazis in 1950s New York. (AL, AS, V)

MAX "Mr. Baseball" HH (1992, Comedy) Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura. Aging New York Yankee gets traded to Japan. (AL, AS)

TCM "Dead Reckoning" HH (1947, Mystery) Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott. A veteran flier investigates the death of an old war buddy.

TMC "Pride" HH1/2 (2007, Drama) Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac. A man starts an all-black swim team in 1970s Philadelphia. (AL, AS, V)

6:05 p.m. HBO2 "Brokeback Mountain" HHH1/2 (2005, Romance) Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal. Two cowboys maintain a secret romance over many years. (AL, AS, N, V)

6:15 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.

7 p.m. ION "For Your Eyes Only" HHH (1981, Action) Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet. Agent 007 goes to Greece to recover a stolen defense device. (AL, AS, BN, V)

7:30 p.m. HBOF "Nancy Drew" HH (2007, Mystery) Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter. The young sleuth probes a case in Hollywood. (AL, AS, MV)

7:45 p.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)

TCM "The Company She Keeps" HH (1950, Drama) Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer. An ex-con and her parole officer compete for the same man.

8 p.m. AMC "Ride With the Devil" HHH (1999, Historical Drama) Skeet Ulrich, Tobey Maguire. Two friends fight Union troops with the Bushwhackers. (GV)

DIS "The Wild" HH (2006, Adventure) Voices of Kiefer Sutherland, Eddie Izzard. Animated. A young lion from a New York zoo finds himself in Africa.

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

TMC "The Passion of the Christ" HHH (2004, Drama) Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci. Jesus endures the agony of his final 12 hours. (AS, GV)

9 p.m. SCI-FI "The Grudge" HH (2004, Horror) Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr. A woman and her boyfriend encounter vengeful spirits. (AS, V)

9:15 p.m. HBOF "Dragnet" HH1/2 (1987, Comedy) Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks. Square Sgt. Joe Friday and his hip new sidekick in L.A. (AL, AS, BN)

TCM "Of Human Bondage" HHHH (1934, Drama) Leslie Howard, Bette Davis. A clubfooted London artist-doctor falls for a cheap woman.

9:45 p.m. FLIX "Waking the Dead" HH (2000, Drama) Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly. A politician is haunted by a reportedly dead lover. (AL, AS)

10:10 p.m. TMC "Clay Pigeons" HH1/2 (1998, Comedy) Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo. A gas station attendant meets a serial killer. (AL, AS, V)

10:30 p.m. AMC "The Hi-Lo Country" HH1/2 (1998, Western) Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup. Two cowboys in postwar New Mexico fall for the same woman. (AL, AS, V)

IFC "Wassup Rockers" HHH (2006, Drama) Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa. Latino skateboarders cut loose in Los Angeles. (AL, AS, V)

11 p.m. HBO2 "Gladiator" HHH1/2 (2000, Historical Drama) Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix. A fugitive general becomes a gladiator in ancient Rome. (GV)

HBOF "Hans Christian Andersen" HHH (1952, Musical) Danny Kaye, Jeanmaire. An imaginative cobbler falls in love with a ballerina.

TCM "Little Lord Fauntleroy" HHH (1936, Drama) Freddie Bartholomew, C. Aubrey Smith. A British earl summons his grandson from 1880s Brooklyn.

11:35 p.m. FLIX "The Company of Wolves" HHH (1985, Fantasy) Angela Lansbury, Sarah Patterson. Shape-shifting wolves menace a girl's dreams. (N, V)

12 a.m. MAX "The Island" HH (1980, Adventure) Michael Caine, David Warner. Modern-day pirates take a man and his son prisoner. (AL, V)

TMC "The King" HH1/2 (2005, Drama) Gael Garcia Bernal, William Hurt. A young man tells a preacher that he is the man's illegitimate son. (AL, AS, SSC, V)

12:15 a.m. IFC "American Heart" HHH (1992, Drama) Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong. An ex-con and his son make plans to start over in Alaska. (AL, AS, V)

12:55 a.m. HBOF "Sweet and Lowdown" HHH (1999, Comedy-Drama) Sean Penn, Samantha Morton. An arrogant musician casts aside the woman who loves him. (AL, AS)

1:00 a.m. AMC "October Sky" HHH1/2 (1999, Docudrama) Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper. A teenager reaches for the stars in a 1950s mining town. (AL, AS)

TCM "The Locked Door" HH (1929, Mystery) Rod La Rocque, Barbara Stanwyck. A man and his wife confess to the same murder.

1:45 a.m. TMC "The Ferryman" HH1/2 (2007, Horror) Kerry Fox, John Rhys-Davies. A murderous spirit possesses individuals aboard a cruise. (AL, AS, GV)

2:00 a.m. MAX "Lost and Delirious" HHH (2001, Drama) Piper Perabo, Jessica Pare. A student sees her roommates' lesbian relationship unravel. (AL, SSC)

2:01 a.m. USA "The Big Easy" HHH (1986, Crime Drama) Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin. Romance complicates a detective's murder investigation. (AL, AS, N, V)

2:15 a.m. IFC "Harlan County, U.S.A." HHH (1976, Documentary) Kentucky coal miners face brutal opposition in 1973 strike. (AL, AS, V)

TCM "Ladies of Leisure" HH1/2 (1930, Drama) Barbara Stanwyck, Lowell Sherman. A gold digger gives up her rich fiance for his own sake.

2:30 a.m. HBOF "Coneheads" HH1/2 (1993, Comedy) Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin. The "Saturday Night Live" aliens adjust to life on Earth. (BN)

2:45 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)

3:30 a.m. TMC "The Limey" HH1/2 (1999, Crime Drama) Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda. An ex-con investigates his daughter's death. (AL, V)

3:45 a.m. MAX "Stevie" HHH (2002, Documentary) Stephen Fielding, Verna Hagler. Steve James reunites with a troubled young man. (AL)

4:00 a.m. AMC "Hercules" HH1/2 (1959, Adventure) Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina. The mythical strongman labors for the woman he loves.

TCM "Blind Date" HH (1934, Romance-Comedy) Ann Sothern, Neil Hamilton. A wealthy man woos a woman engaged to a mechanic.

4:05 a.m. IFC "The Cat's Meow" HHH (2001, Suspense) Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes. A film producer dies aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht. (AL, AS, V)

4:10 a.m. HBO2 "A Walk in the Clouds" HH1/2 (1995, Romance) Keanu Reeves, Aitana S"'anchez-Gij"'on. Two people fall in love while pretending to be married. (AS, V)

4:35 a.m. FLIX "The Jazz Singer" HH (1980, Musical) Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier. A New York cantor sets out to find success as a pop star. (AL, AS)

5:00 a.m. TMC "Charlotte's Web" HHH (2006, Drama) Voices of Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning. A spider saves a young pig's bacon.

5:15 a.m. TCM "Words and Music" HHH (1948, Musical) Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake. The lives and music of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.