These are my recommendations for television movies this weekend and
on into next week.
Every week there will be a featured selection. It will be
indicated here by having its text in red.
The featured selection has a full review with several purchase selections in the
Agora.
If you see a movie you enjoy enough that you wish to own a copy of it, please
come back here to purchase it.
(Most movies can be acquired by using the link on the name of the movie.
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| Date |
Time (Eastern) |
Channel Info |
Name (link to reviews/buy info) |
Short Synopsis - Channel info &/or Name links
have more |
| 4/29/2004 |
2:30 AM |
TCM |
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) |
A British military officer
enlists the Arabs for desert warfare in World War I. Peter O'Toole, Omar
Sharif, Alec Guinness. D: David Lean. |
| 4/29/2004 |
11:35 AM |
MMAX |
Rio Bravo (1959) |
A courageous sheriff and his
misfit posse are all that stand between a Texas border town and a gang of
outlaws. |
| 4/29/2004 |
12:20 PM |
SHO X |
Gallipoli (1981) |
Two Australian sprinters face the
brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli
campaign in Turkey during World War I. |
| 4/29/2004 |
5:30 PM |
HBO2 |
Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
Based on the true story of a
successful con artist who operates under several identities long outwitting
the FBI. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Dir: Steven Spielberg |
| 4/29/2004 |
11:35 PM |
SHO X |
Gallipoli (1981) |
Two Australian sprinters face the
brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli
campaign in Turkey during World War I. |
| 4/30/2004 |
1:00 AM |
TCM |
Judgment At Nuremberg (1961) |
An aging American judge presides
over the trial of Nazi war criminals. Spencer Tracy, Marlene Dietrich,
Maximilian Schell. D: Stanley Kramer. |
| 4/30/2004 |
12:00 PM |
MMAX |
The Godfather (1972) |
The moving music score, the
memorable dialogue, the incredible characters, the amazing performances.
They all add up to The Godfather.... |
| 4/30/2004 |
4:00 PM |
MAX |
Minority Report (2002) |
Futuristic tale about a cop who
turns fugitive after the crime-forecasting unit in which he works predicts
he will commit a murder. |
| 4/30/2004 |
4:15 AM |
HBOS |
The Majestic (2001) |
Amnesia and a case of mistaken
identity create the forum for this wonderful Capra-esque drama set in the
1950s. |
| 5/1/2004 |
12:30 AM |
TCM |
Escape From East Berlin (1962) |
An East German helps dig a tunnel
beneath the Berlin Wall. Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer.
D: Robert Siodmak. |
| 5/1/2004 |
8:00 AM |
HBOS |
Emma (1996) |
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial
young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. Central
planning at the personal level fails. |
| 5/1/2004 |
9:05 AM |
MAX |
Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
Based on the true story of a
successful con artist who operates under several identities long outwitting
the FBI. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Dir: Steven Spielberg |
| 5/1/2004 |
12:00 PM |
MMAX |
Other People's Money (1991) |
Meet Larry the Liquidator (Danny
DeVito). Arrogant. Greedy. Self-centered. Ruthless. You gotta love the guy.
DeVito's speech to the stockholders is superb! |
| 5/1/2004 |
2:00 PM |
TCM |
The Devil's Disciple (1959) |
A preacher and a rebel leader
change places during the Revolution. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence
Olivier. D: Guy Hamilton. |
| 5/1/2004 |
3:30 PM |
TCM |
Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962) |
True story of Robert Stroud, the
prison lifer who became an expert on birds. Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas,
Thelma Ritter. D: John Frankenheimer. |
| 5/1/2004 |
6:00 PM |
TCM |
Carbine Williams
(1952) |
True story of the
convicted bootlegger who won his freedom by inventing a new rifle. Excellent
film !!! James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey. D: Richard Thorpe. |
| 5/2/2004 |
12:40 AM |
HBOS |
Emma (1996) |
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial
young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. Central
planning at the personal level fails. |
| 5/2/2004 |
8:00 PM |
MAX |
Mad Max beyond Thunderdome (1985) |
Mad Max (Mel Gibson) is the
coolest anti-hero in the post-Apocalypse world...this is the future as a
demolition derby! Not the best Mad Max but fun. |
| 5/2/2004 |
10:00 PM |
TCM |
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) |
The bandit king of Sherwood
Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John.
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone. D: William Keighley,
Michael Curtiz. Beautiful Color |
| 5/3/2004 |
5:30 AM |
TCM |
The Boy With Green Hair (1948) |
An orphaned boy mystically
acquires green hair and a mission to end war. Dean Stockwell, Pat O'Brien,
Robert Ryan. D: Joseph Losey. |
| 5/3/2004 |
8:00 AM |
HBOS |
Dark Victory (1939) |
This memorable drama gave Bette
Davis one of her finest roles--a spoiled young heiress who learns she has
less than a year to live. |
| 5/3/2004 |
9:30 AM |
HBO2 |
Unlawful Entry (1992) |
Michael and Karen thought their
troubles were over when the cops arrived, but one of the officers is a
psycho obsessed with Karen.... |
| 5/3/2004 |
1:30 PM |
HBO |
Emma (1996) |
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial
young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. Central
planning at the personal level fails. |
| 5/3/2004 |
7:00 PM |
HBO2 |
Unlawful Entry (1992) |
Michael and Karen thought their
troubles were over when the cops arrived, but one of the officers is a
psycho obsessed with Karen.... |
| 5/4/2004 |
12:00 PM |
MAX |
Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
Based on the true story of a
successful con artist who operates under several identities long outwitting
the FBI. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Dir: Steven Spielberg |
| 5/4/2004 |
8:00 PM |
TCM |
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain
Gang (1932) |
A World War I veteran faces
inhuman conditions when he's sentenced to hard labor. Paul Muni, Glenda
Farrell, Helen Vinson. D: Mervyn LeRoy. |
| 5/4/2004 |
10:00 PM |
MAX |
Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
Based on the true story of a
successful con artist who operates under several identities long outwitting
the FBI. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Dir: Steven Spielberg |
| 5/5/2004 |
4:45 PM |
MAX |
Dirty Harry (1971) |
"I know what you're thinking. Did
he fire six shots or only five? Well...you've got to ask yourself one
question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?" Harry Callahan's first movie. |
| 5/5/2004 |
10:15 PM |
TCM |
South Pacific (1958) |
A Navy nurse must choose between
love and prejudice during World War II. Not as good as some other Rodgers &
Hammerstein musicals, but it's still theirs. |
This is a work in progress. It definitely will change. I hope
to improve
its format as time passes.
Currently it is based on a weekly survey of what is upcoming from Thursday to
the next Wednesday on
Turner Classic Movies, Fox Movie Channel, HBO(s), Cinemax(s), Showtime(s) and
The Movie Channel.
Some movie channels may be part of basic service and some are premiums.
(if a channel has both East and West instances, only the eastern one is listed
above).