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Below, in tabular form, are my recommendations for TV movie viewing this weekend and on into next week. The feature has text in red. This issue features, X2 - X-Men United - pictured here at the left, which will have a special Agora entry with a review and several purchase selections by its second showing. Rare or highlighted showings are in blue (once in a "blue moon") with showings of previous features in maroon (an "older" red). Subscription information is listed below. If you watch a movie and enjoy it enough you wish to own a copy, please come back here and use one of these links to purchase it. (Most movies can be acquired by using the link on the name of the movie. Your purchases support this website.) |
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| date | time | Channel | Name (review/buy links) | Description |
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| 1-Jul | 9:00 AM | MMAX | Death Wish (1974) | Charles Bronson stars as a mild-mannered New York architect whose family is destroyed by an act of senseless violence. He seeks revenge as a vigilante, venturing into the night to take on the city's most vicious criminals. |
| 1-Jul | 10:35 AM | MMAX | X2 (2003) | An uneasy co-existence between humans and mutants threatens to explode in this powerful sequel based on Stan Lee's popular Marvel Comics series. |
| 1-Jul | 11:00 AM | SHO2 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | One man opposes eleven fellow jurors contending they may have come to a hasty verdict in a murder case. Tempers flare in this jury room classic starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and E.G. Marshall; Directed by Sidney Lumet. |
| 1-Jul | 12:00 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. |
| 1-Jul | 6:00 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. |
| 1-Jul | 10:00 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. |
| 1-Jul | 10:15 PM | TCM | Silk Stockings (1957) | A strait-laced Soviet agent is seduced by Paris and a high-stepping film producer - Ninotchka remade as a musical with dancing. Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige. D: Rouben Mamoulian. |
| 2-Jul | 12:00 PM | FLIX | Bananas (1971) | Woody Allen wrote, directed and stars as a nervous New Yorker involved in the overthrow of a corrupt South American government to impress a girl back home. |
| 2-Jul | 3:45 PM | MMAX | 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! Light entertainment. |
| 2-Jul | 8:30 PM | MAX | The Dead Pool (1988) | A deranged killer is eliminating San Francisco celebrities--one by one. And now Dirty Harry's on the list too! Clint Eastwood stars. |
| 3-Jul | 6:00 AM | TCM | The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1939) | A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder. Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke. D: William Dieterle. |
| 3-Jul | 2:00 PM | HBO | 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 |
| 3-Jul | 8:00 PM | TCM | To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) | A young girl grows up fast when her lawyer father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford. D: Robert Mulligan. |
| 3-Jul | 9:00 PM | SUND | Strictly Ballroom (1992) | Brave new dance steps, a new partner and determination to innovate against the powers that be is a formula for an excellent movie !!! |
| 3-Jul | 11:55 PM | HBO | 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-Jul | 5:30 AM | SUND | Strictly Ballroom (1992) | Brave new dance steps, a new partner and determination to innovate against the powers that be is a formula for an excellent movie !!! |
| 4-Jul | 10:00 AM | TCM | Oklahoma (1955) | Pride and a lecherous ranch hand stand between an amorous cowboy and his farm girl sweetheart. Rodgers & Hammerstein, Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Rod Steiger. D: Fred Zinnemann. |
| 4-Jul | 10:00 AM | MAX | X2 (2003) | An uneasy co-existence between humans and mutants threatens to explode in this powerful sequel based on Stan Lee's popular Marvel Comics series. |
| 4-Jul | 4:00 PM | MAX | X2 (2003) | An uneasy co-existence between humans and mutants threatens to explode in this powerful sequel based on Stan Lee's popular Marvel Comics series. |
| 4-Jul | 6:00 PM | TCM | To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) | A young girl grows up fast when her lawyer father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford. D: Robert Mulligan. |
| 4-Jul | 10:30 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-Jul | 4:07 AM | FMC | Wild River (1960) | Elia Kazan directs this Depression-era story of a Tennessee Valley Authority official's (Clift) conflicts with locals who object to government intrusion with their land. Excellent film !!! Jo Van Fleet as Ella Garth is outstanding. |
| 5-Jul | 7:00 AM | MMAX | Starman (1984) | An alien (Jeff Bridges) assumes the shape of a young widow's (Karen Allen) husband and gets her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them. |
| 5-Jul | 8:05 AM | FLIX | Bananas (1971) | Woody Allen wrote, directed and stars as a nervous New Yorker involved in the overthrow of a corrupt South American government to impress a girl back home. |
| 5-Jul | 10:01 AM | FMC | Edward Scissorhands (1990) | A fantasy tale of a young man created with scissors for hands. |
| 5-Jul | 2:00 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. |
| 5-Jul | 5:30 PM | TCM | Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) | A man's encounter with a UFO leaves him changed and driven to penetrate a government UFO cover-up. Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr. D: Steven Spielberg. |
| 5-Jul | 6:30 PM | HBOS | 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-Jul | 8:00 PM | FLIX | Bananas (1971) | Woody Allen wrote, directed and stars as a nervous New Yorker involved in the overthrow of a corrupt South American government to impress a girl back home. |
| 5-Jul | 11:30 PM | TCM | My Man Godfrey (1936) | A zany heiress tries to help a tramp by making him the family butler. William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady. D: Gregory La Cava. |
| 6-Jul | 12:01 AM | FMC | Edward Scissorhands (1990) | A fantasy tale of a young man created with scissors for hands. |
| 6-Jul | 2:00 AM | SHO2 | Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) | This movie is based on George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. |
| 6-Jul | 6:07 AM | FMC | Wild River (1960) | Elia Kazan directs this Depression-era story of a Tennessee Valley Authority official's (Clift) conflicts with locals who object to government intrusion with their land. Excellent film !!! Jo Van Fleet as Ella Garth is outstanding. |
| 6-Jul | 8:00 AM | MMAX | X2 (2003) | An uneasy co-existence between humans and mutants threatens to explode in this powerful sequel based on Stan Lee's popular Marvel Comics series. |
| 6-Jul | 9:30 AM | MAX | The Dead Pool (1988) | A deranged killer is eliminating San Francisco celebrities--one by one. And now Dirty Harry's on the list too! Clint Eastwood stars. |
| 6-Jul | 5:00 PM | MMAX | X2 (2003) | An uneasy co-existence between humans and mutants threatens to explode in this powerful sequel based on Stan Lee's popular Marvel Comics series. |
| 6-Jul | 8:15 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?" |
| 6-Jul | 10:00 PM | MAX | The Dead Pool (1988) | A deranged killer is eliminating San Francisco celebrities--one by one. And now Dirty Harry's on the list too! Clint Eastwood stars. |
| 7-Jul | 8:00 AM | SUND | Strictly Ballroom (1992) | Brave new dance steps, a new partner and determination to innovate against the powers that be is a formula for an excellent movie !!! |
| 7-Jul | 8:30 AM | MMAX | 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! Light entertainment. |
| 7-Jul | 10:00 AM | HBO | 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 |
| 7-Jul | 12:15 PM | SHO2 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | One man opposes eleven fellow jurors contending they may have come to a hasty verdict in a murder case. Tempers flare in this jury room classic starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and E.G. Marshall; Directed by Sidney Lumet. |
| 7-Jul | 5:30 PM | SUND | Strictly Ballroom (1992) | Brave new dance steps, a new partner and determination to innovate against the powers that be is a formula for an excellent movie !!! |
| 7-Jul | 8:00 PM | HBO | 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 |
| 7-Jul | 9:00 PM | MMAX | Death Wish (1974) | Charles Bronson stars as a mild-mannered New York architect whose family is destroyed by an act of senseless violence. He seeks revenge as a vigilante, venturing into the night to take on the city's most vicious criminals. |
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| Name | Description |
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| FMC | Fox Movie Channel |
| HBO | Home Box Office |
| HBO2 | Home Box Office 2 |
| HBOF | Home Box Office Family |
| HBOS | Home Box Office Signature |
| MAX | Cinemax |
| MMAX | Cinemax MoreMax |
| SHO | Showtime |
| SHO2 | Showtime Too |
| SHO3 | Showtime Showcase |
| SHO X | Showtime extreme |
| FLIX | Showtime classic movies |
| SUND | Sundance Channel |
| TMC | The Movie Channel |
| TCM | Turner Classic Movies |
The last issue of This Weekend is here. I hope you enjoy this new capability and please share your thoughts on it with me via e-mail.
This is a work in progress. I hope
to continue improving
its format as time passes.
Currently it is based on a weekly survey from Thursday to
the next Wednesday
on channels that show movies without interruptions (commercial or otherwise):
Turner Classic Movies, Fox Movie Channel, HBO(s), Cinemax(s), Showtime(s) and
The Movie Channel.
Some channels listed may be part of basic service and some may be premiums.
(if a channel has both East and West instances, only the eastern one is listed
above).