On Screen

September 28 - October 4, 2019—31 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN September 28 - October 4, 2019 — 31 stepped through a time portal. 'PG- 13' (CC) (2:01) (STARZ) 3:20 p.m. Can You Ever Forgive Me? ›››‡ Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant. Lee Israel is a frus- trated, hard-drinking author who can barely afford to pay her rent or bills in 1990s New York. Desperate for money, Israel soon hatches a scheme to forge letters by famous writers and sell them to bookstores and collectors. 'R' (CC) (1:50) (HBO) 4:10 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas ›››› Voices of Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon. Animated. The Pumpkin King gives the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an animated tale from the mind of Tim Burton. 'PG' (CC) (1:40) (FREE) The Death of Stalin ›››‡ Steve Buscemi, Andrea Riseborough. When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government? 'R' (CC) (1:50) (TMC) 4:30 p.m. Deadpool ››› Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin. Armed with accelerated healing powers and a twisted sense of humor, mercenary Wade Wilson adopts the alter ego Deadpool and hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life. 'R' (CC) (2:30) (FX) 6:10 p.m. Black Swan ›››‡ Nata- lie Portman, Mila Kunis. A ballerina begins to lose her fragile grip on real- ity as a sultry newcomer threatens to usurp her position as the lead dancer in "Swan Lake." 'R' (CC) (1:50) (HBO) 6:30 p.m. One Way Passage ›››‡ William Powell, Kay Fran- cis. A condemned man and dying woman fall in love on a ship from Hong Kong to San Francisco. 'NR' (CC) (1:30) (TCM) 6:49 p.m. Live Free or Die Hard ››› Bruce Willis, Justin Long. John McClane grapples with a villain who plans to shut down the United States by attacking the country's vulnerable computer infrastructure. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:11) (STZENC) 7:00 p.m. Urban Cowboy ››› John Travolta, Debra Winger. A Texas farmer moves to the city, im - merses himself in honky-tonk and falls for a sexy cowgirl. 'PG' (CC) (3:00) (CMTV) 7:45 p.m. Donnie Brasco ›››‡ Al Pacino, Johnny Depp. An undercover FBI agent uses the patronage of an unwitting mobster to infiltrate the New York Mafia. 'R' (CC) (2:15) (SHOW) 8:00 p.m. Independence Day ››› Will Smith, Bill Pullman. A fighter pi - lot, a computer whiz and others fight back after 15-mile-wide alien ships zap Earth's major cities. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (AMC) Unfaithful ››› Richard Gere, Diane Lane. A man becomes increas- ingly distraught after he discovers his wife is having an affair with a French- man. 'R' (CC) (3:03) (LIFE) Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams ››› Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino. A young sister and brother encounter mutants and a wild scientist while searching for a device that could destroy Earth. 'PG' (CC) (2:00) (NICK) Adrift ››› Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin. Disaster strikes when Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp sail into a hurricane that leaves their boat in ruins. With Richard badly injured and no hope of rescue, Tami must race against time to save herself and the only man she has ever loved. 'PG-13' (CC) (1:40) (TMC) 8:35 p.m. Monsters, Inc. ›››‡ Voices of John Goodman, Billy Crys- tal. Animated. A blue behemoth and his short, one-eyed assistant work in a giant factory that exists to scare children. 'G' (CC) (1:40) (DIS) 9:00 p.m. A Nightmare on Elm Street ›››‡ John Saxon, Ronee Blakley. Freddy Krueger, a badly burned boogeyman with razors on his glove, haunts and kills teens in their dreams. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (SYFY) 9:30 p.m. Union Depot ››› Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Blondell. A hobo finds a handbag in a train station and becomes a gentleman for a day with a chorus girl. 'NR' (1:15) (TCM) 9:40 p.m. Into the Wild ›››‡ Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden. Fol- lowing his graduation from college, Christopher McCandless gives up his savings and possessions and makes an ill-fated trek to the Alaskan wilder- ness. 'R' (CC) (2:30) (TMC) 10:00 p.m. Urban Cowboy ››› John Travolta, Debra Winger. A Texas farmer moves to the city, im- merses himself in honky-tonk and falls for a sexy cowgirl. 'PG' (CC) (3:00) (CMTV) Transformers ››› Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson. Humanity's fate rests in the hands of a youth when two races of warring robots make Earth their final battleground. 'PG-13' (CC) (DVS) (3:00) (TNT) Point Break ››› Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves. An FBI agent turns California surfer to nab bank robbers who wear rubber masks of four ex- presidents. 'R' (CC) (2:05) (SHOW) 10:35 p.m. Ready Player One ››› Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke. In 2045, the creator of a virtual reality universe promises his fortune to the first person to discover a digital Eas - ter egg. Soon, young Wade Watts finds himself in a reality-bending treasure hunt through the mysterious and fantastical world. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:20) (MAX) 11:00 p.m. Independence Day ››› Will Smith, Bill Pullman. A fighter pilot, a computer whiz and others fight back after 15-mile-wide alien ships zap Earth's major cities. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (AMC) Gremlins ›››‡ Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates. An inventor gives his son an odd little creature which mul - tiplies into monsters which wreck the town. 'PG' (CC) (2:25) (SYFY) 12:00 a.m. ParaNorman ››› Voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi. Animated. A ghoul-whisper- ing youngster battles zombies, ghosts, witches and ignorant adults to save his town from an ancient curse. 'PG' (CC) (2:00) (FREE) thurSday 11:00 a.m. Capote ›››‡ Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener. Writer Truman Capote researches a family's murder. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (TMC) 12:00 p.m. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ››› Gwyn- eth Paltrow, Jude Law. A daredevil aviator and an ace reporter fight an evil mastermind and his army of gi- gantic robots. 'PG' (CC) (1:55) (HBO) 12:04 p.m. Gremlins ›››‡ Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates. An inventor gives his son an odd little creature which multiplies into monsters which wreck the town. 'PG' (CC) (2:27) (SYFY) 12:30 p.m. Edward Scissorhands ›››‡ Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder. A deceased inventor's unfinished creation becomes an instant celebrity when a cheery suburbanite brings him home. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:10) (FREE) 1:30 p.m. Blossoms in the Dust ››› Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon. The story of Edna Gladney, founder of the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society of Fort Worth. 'NR' (CC) (2:00) (TCM) 1:45 p.m. Dirty Harry ›››‡ Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino. A police detective defies his superiors to capture a sniper terrorizing San Fran- cisco. 'R' (CC) (1:45) (SHOW) 2:00 p.m. The Fugitive ›››‡ Har- rison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones. A U.S. marshal hunts a doctor on the run who was convicted of murdering his wife. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (AMC) 2:05 p.m. Casino Royale ››› Dan- iel Craig, Eva Green. After receiving a license to kill, British agent James Bond enters a high-stakes poker game with Le Chiffre, a man who fi- nances terrorist groups. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:25) (MAX) 2:23 p.m. Live Free or Die Hard ››› Bruce Willis, Justin Long. John McClane grapples with a villain who plans to shut down the United States by attacking the country's vulnerable computer infrastructure. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:11) (STZENC) 2:31 p.m. Gremlins 2: The New Batch ››› Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates. A designer and his wife try to stop hundreds of creatures from taking over New York. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:27) (SYFY) 2:40 p.m. ParaNorman ››› Voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi. Animated. A ghoul-whispering young- ster battles zombies, ghosts, witches and ignorant adults to save his town from an ancient curse. 'PG' (CC) (2:05) (FREE) 3:30 p.m. Zodiac ›››‡ Jake Gyllen- haal, Mark Ruffalo. Investigators and reporters become obsessed with find- ing the elusive serial killer terrorizing San Francisco in the late 1960s and '70s. 'R' (CC) (2:45) (SHOW) 3:45 p.m. Monsters, Inc. ›››‡ Voices of John Goodman, Billy Crys- tal. Animated. A blue behemoth and his short, one-eyed assistant work in a giant factory that exists to scare children. 'G' (CC) (1:40) (DIS) 4:05 p.m. About a Boy ››› Hugh Grant, Toni Collette. An irresponsible playboy becomes emotionally at - tached to a woman's 12-year-old son. 'PG-13' (CC) (1:50) (TMC) 4:58 p.m. A Nightmare on Elm Street ›››‡ John Saxon, Ronee Blakley. Freddy Krueger, a badly burned boogeyman with razors on his glove, haunts and kills teens in their dreams. 'R' (CC) (2:02) (SYFY) 5:33 p.m. Amistad ››› Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins. U.S. lawyers defend Africans who revolted against their Spanish captors aboard a slave ship in 1839. 'R' (CC) (2:37) (STARZ) 5:55 p.m. 3:10 to Yuma ››› Rus- sell Crowe, Christian Bale. A rancher and the captive outlaw in his charge learn to respect each other on a dan- gerous journey to catch a train. 'R' (CC) (2:05) (TMC) 6:05 p.m. The Thomas Crown Affair ››› Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo. A billionaire looking for new challenges attracts the attention of an investigator when a priceless Monet is stolen. 'R' (CC) (1:55) (MAX) 8:00 p.m. Secretariat ››› Diane Lane, John Malkovich. Penny Chenery takes over her ailing father's Thor- oughbred farm and, together with trainer Lucien Laurin, fosters a colt that wins horse racing's Triple Crown in 1973. 'PG' (CC) (3:00) (CMTV) The Parent Trap ››› Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid. An 11-year-old meets her California twin, and they plot to reunite their divorced parents. 'PG' (CC) (3:00) (NICK) The Dark Knight Rises ››› Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway. Eight years after he took the blame for Harvey Dent's death and vanished into the night, Batman is forced out of his self-imposed exile by a cunning cat burglar and a merciless terrorist called Bane. 'PG-13' (CC) (4:00) (PARMT) Transformers ››› Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson. Humanity's fate rests in the hands of a youth when two races of warring robots make Earth their final battleground. 'PG-13' (CC) (DVS) (3:00) (TNT) Stand and Deliver ››› Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips. Los Angeles high-school teacher Jaime Escalante leads a street punk and his classmates into calculus. 'PG' (CC) (1:46) (STZENC) Blaze ›››‡ Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat. A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement. 'R' (CC) (2:10) (TMC) 9:00 p.m. Full Metal Jacket ›››‡ Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin. A Marine and his companions endure basic training under a sadistic drill sergeant and fight in the 1968 Tet of- fensive. 'R' (CC) (2:00) (SHOW) 9:46 p.m. American Me ››› Edward James Olmos, William For- sythe. A Latino gang leader returns to society after wielding 18 years of brutal power in Folsom State Prison. 'R' (CC) (2:08) (STZENC) 10:10 p.m. Nowhere Boy ››› Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas. Raised by his aunt, teenage John Len- non meets his birth mother, Julia, who gives him the gift of music. 'R' (CC) (1:50) (TMC) 11:00 p.m. Secretariat ››› Diane Lane, John Malkovich. Penny Chenery takes over her ailing father's Thor- oughbred farm and, together with trainer Lucien Laurin, fosters a colt that wins horse racing's Triple Crown in 1973. 'PG' (CC) (3:00) (CMTV) 11:15 p.m. The Devil's Own ››› Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh. An Englishwoman haunted by African voodoo becomes headmistress of a school run by an odd brother and sister. 'NR' (1:45) (TCM) 11:54 p.m. Jet Li's Fearless ››› Jet Li, Betty Sun. After spending time in a remote village to atone for his past, a martial artist gets caught in a duel to defend China's honor against his country's enemies. (Subtitled) 'PG- 13' (1:46) (STZENC) 12:00 a.m. Edward Scissorhands ›››‡ Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder. A deceased inventor's unfinished creation becomes an instant celebrity when a cheery suburbanite brings him home. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:00) (FREE) The Dark Knight Rises ››› Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway. Eight years after he took the blame for Harvey Dent's death and vanished into the night, Batman is forced out of his self-imposed exile by a cunning cat burglar and a merciless terrorist called Bane. 'PG-13' (CC) (4:00) (PARMT) friday 11:30 a.m. Hook ››› Dustin Hoff- man, Robin Williams. Lawyer turns into Peter Pan to save kids from Cap- tain Hook. 'PG' (CC) (3:05) (FREE) 12:00 p.m. Annie Get Your Gun ›››‡ Betty Hutton, Howard Keel. Sharpshooter Annie Oakley joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and aims to win her man. 'NR' (CC) (2:15) (TCM) 12:40 p.m. Shaun of the Dead ››› Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield. An aimless TV salesman and his best pal must save their friends and family from the zombies that have overrun London. 'R' (CC) (1:42) (STZENC) 1:30 p.m. X-Men: Days of Future Past ››› Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy. The X-Men join forces with their younger selves in order to change the past and save mankind's future as well as their own. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:30) (FX) 2:05 p.m. The Italian Job ››› Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron. A master thief and his crew plan to steal back a fortune in gold bullion after they lose it to a double-crossing gang member. 'PG-13' (CC) (1:55) (TMC) 2:15 p.m. The Harvey Girls ››› Judy Garland, John Hodiak. A mail- order bride stops in a frontier gam- bler's town to work as a waitress. 'NR' (CC) (DVS) (2:00) (TCM) 2:22 p.m. Mystic Pizza ››› Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish. Three teen- age girls come of age one summer working in a pizza parlor in Mystic, Conn. 'R' (CC) (1:47) (STZENC) 3:26 p.m. Drag Me to Hell ››› Ali- son Lohman, Justin Long. After actions trigger the loss of an old woman's home, an ambitious loan officer finds herself the victim of a powerful curse that will damn her soul for eternity. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:04) (SYFY) 4:15 p.m. A Ticklish Affair ››› Shirley Jones, Gig Young. A Navy commander answers an SOS flashing from a window in a San Diego wid- ow's house. 'NR' (CC) (1:45) (TCM) 4:40 p.m. Eve's Bayou ›››‡ Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good. Tragedy strikes a prosperous Louisiana fam- ily in 1962 after a girl catches her father with another woman. 'R' (CC) (1:50) (MAX) 4:59 p.m. Hot Fuzz ››› Simon Pegg, Nick Frost. A British constable feels certain foul play is afoot when a series of grisly accidents rocks his quiet village. 'R' (CC) (2:03) (STARZ) 5:00 p.m. The School of Rock ››› Jack Black, Joan Cusack. Fired from his group and desperate for money, a guitarist poses as a teacher for students who play in a school band. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:00) (SHOW) 6:00 p.m. Young Bess ›››‡ Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger. Henry VIII's daughter Elizabeth has a forbid - den romance with naval hero Thomas Seymour. 'NR' (CC) (2:00) (TCM) 6:30 p.m. Top Gun ››› Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis. A hot-shot Navy jet pilot tangles with MiGs and flirts with a civilian astrophysicist. 'PG' (CC) (2:30) (PARMT) 7:15 p.m. Goosebumps ››› Jack Black, Dylan Minnette. Author R.L. Stine, his young daughter and their new neighbor must save the day when the monsters from the "Goose - bumps" books magically come to life. 'PG' (CC) (1:45) (DIS) 7:18 p.m. Role Models ››› Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd. Forced to join a mentorship program, two irresponsible men must help a pair of impressionable boys navigate the troubled waters of youth. 'R' (CC) (1:42) (STZENC) 7:30 p.m. Taken ››› Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace. A former spy puts his extensive training to the test when he must rescue his kidnapped daughter from sex-slave traffickers. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:00) (AMC) 8:00 p.m. Freaky Friday ››› Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan. Two fortune cookies cause an engaged psychotherapist and her teenage daughter to magically exchange bod- ies. 'PG' (CC) (2:00) (E!TV) The Amazing Spider-Man ››› Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone. Peter Parker's quest to solve his parents' disappearance puts him on a colli- sion course with a scientist's deadly alter ego, the Lizard. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (FX) Shrek 2 ››› Voices of Mike My- ers, Eddie Murphy. Animated. A green ogre, his new wife and a don- key find adventure while visiting his in-laws. 'PG' (CC) (DVS) (2:00) (TNT) 9:00 p.m. The Hunger Games ››› Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. A resourceful teen takes her younger sister's place in a brutal contest in which youths from each of 12 districts fight to the death on live television. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (BRAVO) Fast Times at Ridgemont High ››› Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh. The teen scene includes a party-animal surfer, a pregnant girl and a fast-food worker. 'R' (CC) (1:32) (STZENC) 9:30 p.m. Taken ››› Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace. A former spy puts his extensive training to the test when he must rescue his kidnapped daughter from sex-slave traffickers. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:11) (AMC) 10:00 p.m. The Devil Wears Prada ››› Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway. A recent college gradu- ate lands a job working for a famous and diabolical editor of a New York fashion magazine. 'PG-13' (CC) (2:30) (E!TV) Cast Away ››› Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt. After a plane crash at sea, a Federal Express engineer survives on a remote island for four years in complete isolation. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (TNT) 10:30 p.m. Young Adult ››› Char- lize Theron, Patton Oswalt. A writer unexpectedly bonds with a former classmate after she returns home to relive her glory days and steal her now-married high-school sweetheart. 'R' (CC) (1:35) (SHOW) 10:32 p.m. Friends With Benefits ››› Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis. Friends naively believe that adding sex to their relationship will not lead to complications. 'R' (CC) (1:54) (STZENC) 11:00 p.m. Top Gun ››› Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis. A hot-shot Navy jet pilot tangles with MiGs and flirts with a civilian astrophysicist. 'PG' (CC) (2:30) (PARMT) 11:30 p.m. The Amazing Spider- Man ››› Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone. Peter Parker's quest to solve his parents' disappearance puts him on a collision course with a scientist's deadly alter ego, the Lizard. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (FX) 12:00 a.m. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ››› Jennifer Law- rence, Josh Hutcherson. After their unprecedented victory in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark embark on a Vic- tors Tour. Katniss senses rebellion is stirring, but a cruel change in the upcoming 75th Hunger Games may change Panem forever. 'PG-13' (CC) (3:00) (BRAVO)

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