BIG (1988)
Monday,10:15 p.m.,AMC
A kid (Tom Hanks) who wishes he could be a grown-up and is granted his wish by a mechanical wizard. Not knowing what to do, he tries to find the wizard, but ends up with a job at a toy company. Hanks is brilliant.
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
Thursday,8 p.m.,TCM
Sidney Poitier is detective Virgil Tibbs, who BIG (1988) Monday,10:15 p.m.,AMC A kid (Tom Hanks) who wishes he could be a grown-up and is granted his wish by a mechanical wizard. Not knowing what to do, he tries to find the wizard, but ends up with a job at a toy company. Hanks is brilliant.
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
Thursday,8 p.m.,TCM
Sidney Poitier is detective Virgil Tibbs, who gets arrested in Mississippi for the murder of a white man simply because he’s black. He ends up helping the good ole boy police chief (Rod Steiger) solve the crime instead. Best Picture, Best Actor.
MILK MONEY (1994)
Saturday,6 p.m.,Oxygen
A kid and his friends decide to pool their money and hire a coupla hookers.
Somehow, one ends up living in his treehouse. Don’t ask. This silly romp has such an all-star cast, including Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris, that if you haven’t seen it, you should.