Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, Feb. 24
Dolores Claiborne
Kathy Bates plays a housekeeper suspected by her Maine neighbors of committing two murders. Based on a novel by Stephen King. (1995) 10:30 a.m., Encore
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Tuesday, Feb. 25
The Trip
Funnymen Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon star as two men in midlife who bicker and banter through an eating tour of northern England. (2010) 5:30 p.m., IFC
Wednesday, Feb. 26
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Waiting for Guffman
Christopher Guest’s classic mockumentary takes viewers to Blaine, Mo., where a group of misfit local thespians are awaiting the arrival of a Broadway producer. (1996) 11 a.m., Sundance
Thursday, Feb. 27
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Maggie Smith won her first Oscar playing a schoolteacher who becomes too close with a clique of girls. (1969) 6 p.m., TCM
Friday, Feb. 28
A Time to Kill
Matthew McConaughey showed his talent long ago in this drama about a white Southern lawyer defending a black murderer. (1996) 4:45 p.m., Sundance
Saturday, March 1
Heartbreak Ridge
A group of Marines led by an old-school sergeant prove their mettle during the U.S. invasion of Grenada. Clint Eastwood stars and directs. (1986) 1:30 p.m., AMC
Sunday, March 2
Captain Blood
Errol Flynn established himself as a matinee idol by playing a swashbuckling Irish doctor who escapes slavery to lead a band of West Indies pirates. (1935) 10:30 p.m., TCM
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