Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, Jan. 28
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Steve Martin and Michael Caine are rival con men in this comedy that once was intended as a Mick Jagger–David Bowie vehicle. (1988) 8:45 a.m., Cinemax
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Tuesday, Jan. 29
The Man With the Golden Arm
Playing a heroin addict struggling to stay clean, Frank Sinatra earned an Oscar nomination in this adaptation of a Nelson Algren novel. Otto Preminger directs. (1955) 7:45 a.m., TCM
Wednesday, Jan. 30
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Moneyball
Michael Lewis’s 2003 book about how the underdog Oakland A’s built a winning team became a surprisingly engaging film. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill star. (2011) 9:10 a.m., Starz
Thursday, Jan. 31
Spy Game
This underrated thriller from director Tony Scott features Robert Redford as a CIA officer out to save a protégé (Brad Pitt, again) who’s been captured by the Chinese.(2001) 11:30 p.m., IFC
Friday, Feb. 1
Starship Troopers
A young soldier rides career ups and downs as he fights in a visually thrilling interstellar war between humans and an insect-like alien race. (1997) 3 p.m., AMC
Saturday, Feb. 2
Muriel’s Wedding
Toni Collette had her breakout with this Australian import about a backwater girl who daydreams about grand nuptials and the Swedish pop group ABBA.
(1994) 12:15 p.m., Showtime
Sunday, Feb. 3
Auntie Mame
Broadway’s Rosalind Russell reprised her stage role as a flamboyant single New Yorker charged with raising her orphan nephew. (1958) 5:30 p.m., TCM
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