Monday's movie capsules
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MONDAY, JAN. 12
5 p.m. HBOF "Coneheads" (1993, Comedy) Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin. The "Saturday Night Live" aliens adjust to life on Earth. (BN)
IFC "Monkey Shines" (1988, Horror) Jason Beghe, John Pankow. A trained monkey acts out its owner's violent impulses. (AL, AS, N, V)
OXYG "The Lake House" (2006, Romance) Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock. A doctor and a frustrated architect fall in love across time. (AL, AS)
TCM "The Four Feathers" (1939, Adventure) John Clements, Ralph Richardson. A young aristocrat is branded a coward by his comrades.
6 p.m. AMC "October Sky" (1999, Docudrama) Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper. A teenager reaches for the stars in a 1950s mining town. (AL, AS)
fX "Hellboy" (2004, Fantasy) Ron Perlman, John Hurt. The son of the devil fights paranormal creatures. (AS, V)
HBO2 "Transformers" (2007, Action) Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson. Two races of robots wage war on Earth. (AL, AS, V)
MAX "Greedy" (1994, Comedy) Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas. Avaricious relatives scramble to inherit an uncle's riches. (AL)
WE "Two Weeks Notice" (2002, Romance-Comedy) Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant. A millionaire confronts his feelings for his lawyer. (AL, AS)
6:05 p.m. TMC "Rocky Balboa" (2006, Drama) Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young. Rocky, now retired, fights the world heavyweight champion. (AL, AS, V)
6:30 p.m. HBOF "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (2007, Comedy) Jason Lee, David Cross. Three singing chipmunks become pop sensations. (AS)
7:00 p.m. BRV "The Shining" (1980, Horror) Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall. A haunted hotel menaces a couple and their psychic son. (AL, N, V)
HALL "Candles on Bay Street" (2006, Drama) Alicia Silverstone, Eion Bailey. A married man reunites with an old high-school sweetheart. 'TVPG'
IFC "The Dreamers" (2003, Drama) Michael Pitt, Eva Green. Young people play sexual games in 1968 Paris. (AL, AS, N, SSC)
LMN "Devil's Pond" (2003, Suspense) Kip Pardue, Tara Reid. A newlywed learns that her husband plans to kill her. (AL, AS, V)
OXYG "The Lake House" (2006, Romance) Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock. A doctor and a frustrated architect fall in love across time. (AL, AS)
TCM "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951, War) Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin. A young Union soldier fights fear in the Civil War.
7:30 p.m. FLIX "Mighty Aphrodite" (1995, Comedy) Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter. A sportswriter sets out to change the life of a prostitute. (AL, AS)
8 p.m. MAX "Over Her Dead Body" (2008, Romance-Comedy) Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd. A jealous ghost tries to destroy her groom's new romance. (AL, AS)
TMC "Zodiac" (2007, Crime Drama) Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo. The Zodiac Killer terrorizes San Francisco in the 1960s and '70s. (AL, AS, V)
8:15 p.m. TCM "Sergeant York" (1941, War) Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan. Tennessee pacifist Alvin C. York becomes a World War I hero.
8:30 p.m. AMC "The Hi-Lo Country" (1998, Western) Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup. Two cowboys in postwar New Mexico fall for the same woman. (AL, AS, V)
HBO2 "Fracture" (2007, Suspense) Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling. A prosecutor plays a cat-and-mouse game with a dangerous suspect. (AL, AS, V)
9 p.m. fX "The Butterfly Effect" (2004, Suspense) Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart. A young man travels back in time to change the future. (AL, AS, N, V)
10 p.m. BRV "The Shining" (1980, Horror) Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall. A haunted hotel menaces a couple and their psychic son. (AL, N, V)
10:30 p.m. TBS "Shanghai Knights" (2003, Comedy) Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson. Chon Wang and his comrades shake up Victorian England. (AS, V)
10:35 p.m. IFC "Monkey Shines" (1988, Horror) Jason Beghe, John Pankow. A trained monkey acts out its owner's violent impulses. (AL, AS, N, V)
10:40 p.m. TMC "Ronin" (1998, Action) Robert De Niro, Jean Reno. Five espionage specialists must find a special briefcase. (AL, AS, GV)
10:45 p.m. MAX "The Replacements" (2000, Comedy) Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman. Misfit substitutes take the field during a football strike. (AL, AS)
TCM "High Noon" (1952, Western) Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly. A marshal stands alone to face a vengeful gunman and his gang.
10:50 p.m. LMN "As Good as Dead" (1995, Suspense) Crystal Bernard, Judge Reinhold. A woman suspects foul play when her friend dies in surgery. 'TVPG' (V)
11 p.m. AMC "Return to Me" (2000, Romance) David Duchovny, Minnie Driver. A man falls in love with the recipient of his wife's heart. (AL, AS)
11:20 p.m. HBOF "The Learning Tree" (1969, Drama) Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke. A black teenager learns about life in 1920s Kansas. (AS)
12:45 a.m. MAX "The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy" (2000, Comedy-Drama) Timothy Olyphant, Andrew Keegan. Gay friends search for true love in West Hollywood. (AL, AS)
TBS "The Recruit" (2003, Suspense) Al Pacino, Colin Farrell. A CIA rookie must ferret out a mole within the agency. (AL, AS, V)
TMC "S.F.W." (1994, Drama) Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon. A terrorist hostage becomes a TV celebrity. (AL, AS, V)
1 a.m. TCM "Maisie" (1939, Comedy) Robert Young, Ann Sothern. An ex-con falls for the showgirl who clears him of murder. (AS)
1:05 a.m. IFC ''Solaris'' (1972, Drama) Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis. A cosmonaut investigates odd phenomena at a space station. (AS, V)
1:30 a.m. AMC ''Greenwich Village'' (1944, Musical Comedy) Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche. Speak-easy owner wants composer's concerto for Broadway show.
1:40 a.m. HBOF ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' (2007, Comedy) Jason Lee, David Cross. Three singing chipmunks become pop sensations. (AS)
2 a.m. FLIX ''The Last Dragon'' (1985, Action) Taimak, Vanity. A bully threatens a martial artist's romance with a DJ. (AL, AS, V)
2:15 a.m. TCM ''Congo Maisie'' (1940, Comedy) Ann Sothern, John Carroll. A chorus girl stows away on a steamer in West Africa. (AS)
2:20 a.m. HBO2 ''Revenge of the Nerds'' (1984, Comedy) Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards. Harried college freshmen strike back at their tormentors. (AL, AS, N)
MAX ''Lady Sings the Blues'' (1972, Biography) Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams. The rise and fall of Billie Holiday. (AL, AS, V)
3:30 a.m. AMC ''Betsy's Wedding'' (1990, Comedy) Alan Alda, Madeline Kahn. Parents of a bride and groom try to upstage one another. (AL, AS)
4 a.m. FLIX ''Equinox'' (1970, Horror) Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt. Four teens encounter demons in the mountains of California. (AS, V)
HBO2 ''Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise'' (1987, Comedy) Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong. The Tri-Lambdas attend a fraternity convention in Florida. (AL, AS)
IFC ''The Castle'' (1997, Comedy) Michael Caton, Anne Tenney. A tow-truck driver refuses to sell his home to the airport. (AL)
TMC ''Deep Impact'' (1998, Drama) Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni. A large comet is on a collision course with Earth. (AL, V)
4:45 a.m. MAX ''The Brink's Job'' (1978, Comedy-Drama) Peter Falk, Peter Boyle. Bumblers try to break into the impregnable Brink's vault. (AL, AS, MV)
5 a.m. TCM ''Maisie Was a Lady'' (1941, Comedy) Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres. Brooklynite shapes up son and daughter of wealth. (AS)
5:25 a.m. FLIX ''Bread and Tulips'' (2000, Romance-Comedy) Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz. A housewife hitchhikes to Venice. (AL, AS)
5:30 a.m. AMC ''View From the Top'' (2003, Comedy) Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate. A small-town woman trains to become a flight attendant. (AL, AS)
HBO2 ''The Last Mimzy'' (2007, Fantasy) Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton. Siblings discover a box of toys from the future. (AL, AS)
IFC ''Dust to Glory'' (2005, Documentary) Mario Andretti, Sal Fish. Filmmaker Dana Brown follows racers in the Baja 1000. (AL, AS)