CINDERELLA MAN 2005
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX 1965
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAYOFF 1986
TWO WOMEN, 1960
Sunday, 4:45 a.m., TCM
Sophia Loren won a Best Actress Oscar for her heartbreaking performance in this film that takes place in war-torn Italy in 1943. Cesira and her daughter, Rosetta (Eleonora Brown, right) flee the Allied bombs in Rome only to encounter horror along the way to Cesira’s home town. While hiding in a church, the mother and her 13-year old child are brutally raped by soldiers. Also starring Jean-Paul Belmondo,
CINDERELLA MAN, 2005
Monday, 4:30 p.m., Spike
This is the true story of Jim Braddock, one of the greatest heroes in American sports. During the Depression, Braddock (Russell Crowe), a boxer with a broken hand who was already well into his 30s and completely washed-up, is living with his wife (Renée Zellweger) and family in abject poverty. This is the story of how he fights his way back to become champion.
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX, 1965
Monday, 5:30 p.m., TCM
A plane with a crew of 10 men crashes in the Sahara, stranding them without food and water except for the bit that remains aboard the aircraft. One of the survivors — an airplane designer — convinces the others to build a plane out of the wreckage and save their lives. Thrilling. With (from left) Richard Attenborough, James Stewart and Hardy Kruger.
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF, 1986
Friday, 12:02 p.m., COM
Classic brat pack hilarity in this silly movie about a high school student (Matthew Broderick) who decides to cut school, knowing that the principal is on his back and wants to catch him. Despite that, Ferris takes the day off with his girlfriend, Sloane (Mia Sara), and his best friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), somehow convincing Cameron to steal his father’s Ferrari. Meantime, to Ferris’ parents, he is just an angel and can do no wrong. Watching Matthew Broderick play all sides is just brilliant.