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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

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