What to Watch Right Now

Once a week, a circle of lifelong friends meet to pay tribute to the past. But when life throws them a few unexpected curves, they happily discover the best times are still ahead!

Blonde 'doll' Christine Carroll finds too late that her fiancé Mike is a gangster and she's his unwitting accessory. Emerging from prison with dark hair and an interest in nursing, she becomes a nurse's aide in a war hospital where her good looks quickly arouse the interest of battle-fatigued, 'melancholic' patient Steve Kimberly. When it's clear that Steve has fallen hard, she faces the dilemma of what and when to tell him. Her decision has melodramatic consequences.

An aspiring country/western singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. Amazingly enough, he wins it, and is picked to go onto the national finals. He's torn between his first love, music, and the glitz, glamor and money of the "Tough Man" world.

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford star as two aging sisters--both former celebrities--bound together in a psychopathic relationship by their mutual dependency, jealousy and hatred in this classic, shocking thriller.Academy Award for Best Costume Design and nominated for four additional Academy Awards include Best Actress (Bette Davis) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Victor Buono).

Early twenty-something innocent Heather Halloran has always been pushed by her stage mother Louise to be a professional singer, although she doesn't really want that as a career--and has only modest singing talent. Instead she gets an office job and works as a secretary for Harlan W. Wycliff, who behaves more like a computer than a human and *knows* he's always right, especially about his secretaries falling for him because he's young, powerful, wealthy, and attractive. To prove Harlan wrong on another issue and thus knock down his superior attitude a notch or two, Heather takes Louise up on her offer for $5,000, which required Louise to re-mortgage her house, for professional help in putting together a musical act. Through her dealings with Harlan and the serious pursuit of that musical career, Heather embarks on trial relationships with three men who have doggedly pursued her: Dick Bender, a childhood friend and longtime neighbor who has been around the block a few times; Pat Murad, her arranger and singing coach, who is a bit of a lush; and Hank Judson, a shoe salesman and struggling actor who specializes in overly dramatic death scenes. In the process, Heather gets pregnant, and all three men, who each love her in his own way, want to marry her. But she comes to realize that she only wants the love of the one man who got her pregnant, and that's--the one who doesn't know he's the father.

Small, plain and poor, Jane Eyre (Joan Fontaine) comes to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester (Orson Welles). Denied love all of her life, Jane can't help being attracted to the intelligent, vibrant, energetic Mr. Rochester, a man twice her age. But just when Mr. Rochester seems to be returning the attention, beautiful, wealthy Blanche Ingraham (Hillary Brooke) and her party to stay at his estate. Meanwhile, the secret of Thornfield Hall could ruin all of their chances for happiness.

In small-town Wisconsin, seven-year-old Selma and five-year-old Arnold pal around together between their families' farms. Selma's father gave her a newborn calf she named 'Elizabeth.' Nels is the editor of the Fuller Junction Spectator; the kids just call him 'Editor.' Viola is the new schoolteacher from the big city. Nels wants to marry Viola, but she doesn't want to live in a quiet, nothing-happening small town. The biggest news is that Faraassen has built a new barn.

This fact-based drama chronicles Israel's heroic struggle for independence under the leadership of the country's first general (Kirk Douglas). Angie Dickinson, Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner and John Wayne co-star.

Five tales of terror are presented. The first deals with a demented old man returning from the grave to get the Father's Day cake his murdering daughter never gave him. The second is about a not-too-bright farmer discovering a meteor that turns everything into plant-life. The third is about a vengeful husband burying his wife and her lover up to their necks on the beach. The fourth is about a creature that resides in a crate under the steps of a college. The final story is about an ultra-rich businessman who gets his comeuppance from cockroaches.

A scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River discovers a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, but it breaks free. The Gill-Man returns to kidnap the lovely Kay, fiancée of one in the expedition, with whom he has fallen in love.

In 1999, Professor Allan Neyman and Connor MacLeod develop a shield to protect Earth from the radiation caused by the damage in the ozone layer. Twenty-five years later, Earth is dying due to the effects of the shield and the terrorist group commanded by Louise Marcus is trying to destroy the shield. In flashback, it is explained that MacLeod and his friend Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez are aliens from the planet Zeist expelled from their planet by the tyrant Katan (Michael Ironside) that decides to kill MacLeod.

In 1936, the witty columnist Sheilah Graham leaves her noble British fiancé and travels in the Queen Mary from Southampton, England, to New York. She seeks out the editor of the North American newspaper Alliance, John Wheeler, offering her services but he sends her to the Daily Mirror. Sheilah becomes successful and John offers her a job in Hollywood to write a gossip column about the stars. After Sheilah meets the decadent writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, they immediately fall in love. Sheilah discovers that Scott accepts any job to financially support his wife Zelda who is in asylum, and his daughter at a boarding school. She opens her heart to him and tells the truth about her origins; but their relationship is affected by his drinking problem.

It's the pre-WWII era. Peyton Place is a small town in New England, whose leading adult citizens rule the town with their high moral standards, which they try to pass on to their offspring. The adults, especially those that wield power largely through their positions and/or through their wealth, will not tolerate anything they believe morally improper, even if there is a hint of impropriety without comprehensive evidence to back up the hints. As their offspring grow from teenagers to adults, the offspring learn that there is much hypocrisy by the adults lying underneath that façade of proper Christian morals. The offspring begin to rebel in different ways, which is brought to public scrutiny with the arrival into town of an "outsider", the new young high school principal Michael Rossi, and through a murder trial.

Disenchanted by the harsh realities of life in the city, a smart, streetwise kid nicknamed Fresh strives to create a better future for himself and his family. Fighting back in the only way he knows how, Fresh defies the odds by staying one move ahead of the local criminals in a dangerous game of survival.

A trio of friends raid a small-town bank, expecting a modest haul. In fact they’ve stumbled on a Mafia payroll and now they must outwit the freakish hitman on their trail. A pleasantly eccentric thriller, peopled with oddballs.

A story of two teens discovering their budding sexuality. Greg is having his first sexual experience and first relationship with his friend's mother, a woman twice his age....while Denise is angry with Greg, and sleeps with another girl. Both are in a hurry to mature, but both must deal with the repercussions of growing up, moving out, and leaving the security of childhood behind. Edie Falco, Sam Trammell, and Colleen Werthmann star in this engaging, intelligent, and semi-realistic independent seriocomedy.

An AMEX/NYSE American trader and his wife, both circa 50, divorce after decades together (pregnant daughter in her 20s). She start an education so as to teach deaf children. They both start dating other people but after many misadventures, they go together to a swap party at an artist's loft. She meets the single, younger artist. He later meets a single doctor.

Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on July 19, 1989. 184 people survived, partly thanks to the ground rescue workers who had 40 minutes to prepare for the event.

Kids Jacob and Cruz want nothing more than to be in with the popular crowd. This quest seems impossible until they discover a genie lamp and now have their own personally Genie, Matt (Joey Richter). Unfortunately, Matt is not great at granting wishes, but does his best to help Cruz and Jacob throw the most amazing and unforgettable party ever so they can finally be part of the popular crew.

1870s. Two young English officers, 2nd Lieutenants Drake and Millington, report for duty at a cavalry regiment in India. Soon hereafter, the widow of a regimental hero is assaulted and she identifies Lt. Millington as her assailant. In order to preserve the honour of the regiment, a clandestine, off-the-books court martial is arranged in order to try Lt. Millington. Lt. Drake acts as his defence attorney. The case seems cut-and-dried but Lt. Drake has other ideas and soon uncovers some alarming evidence.

A deadly entity from space crash-lands near a small town, and begins consuming anyone in its path. Panic ensues, as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature.

This unique and quirky offering combines elements of documentary films and horror movies to illustrate the potential threat posed by the world's insects. With their collective intelligence, high capacity for work and sharp instincts, the film argues, they are waging a struggle against humans for supremacy of our planet. Expert cinematography captures footage of the small creatures, some quite tiny and elusive, interspersed with clips from horror films to achieve dramatic effects.

Betrayed by his country, Carter is a maverick US marine on a new kind of mission... a mission of wealth, wisdom and women. But his new found homeland is a dangerous place, a place where the Triad underworld calls the shots and western fighting men are much prized opponents in the underground gambling dens.

In 1930's Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.