Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, Feb. 8
Mystic Pizza
Julia Roberts had a breakthrough role in this coming-of-age drama about three young women working at a Connecticut pizza parlor. (1988) 10 a.m., AMC
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Tuesday
Ninotchka
“Garbo laughs” was the tag line for this comedy classic, starring Greta Garbo as a stern Soviet envoy who succumbs to romance in Paris. (1939) 8 p.m., TCM
Wednesday
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The New World
Terence Malick directed this epic about the Jamestown settlement and the romance between Capt. John Smith and Pocahontas. Colin Farrell stars. (2005) 8 p.m., IFC
Thursday
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
John Hughes showed he could make films for adults as well as teens with this comedy about an uptight business traveler saddled with a garrulous companion. Steve Martin and John Candy star. (1987) 10 p.m., Cinemax
Friday
O. Henry’s Full House
John Steinbeck introduces this anthology of short films based on stories by the master of the twist ending. Includes the classic “The Ransom of Red Chief,” directed by Howard Hawks. (1952) 8 a.m., FMC
Saturday
Mutiny on the Bounty
This taught drama starred Best Actor Oscar nominees Charles Laughton, as martinet Capt. Bligh, and Clark Gable, as his defiant first mate. (1935) 10 a.m., TCM
Sunday
Shadow of the Vampire
Not a horror movie but a fiction film about the making of the 1922 classic Nosferatu. John Malkovich stars, and Willem Dafoe earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. (2000) 8:25 p.m., IFC
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