MONSTER’S BALL 2001
Wednesday, 11 p.m., IFC
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE 2010
Thursday, 9:10 p.m., SHOe
Secretariat, 2010
Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Encore
Thrilling story of the woman who shouldn’t with a horse that couldn’t who, together, went on to win the Triple Crown. Diane Lane is Denver housewife Penny Chenery, who took over her ailing father’s failing horse farm and runs up against the male racing establishment. An edge-of-your-seat inspirational tale with John Malkovich as Lucien Laurin, the trainer who dressed like a 1970s pimp and trained Secretariat to ride like the wind.
Monster’s Ball, 2001
Wednesday, 11 p.m., IFC
Halle Berry was the first African-American woman to win a Best Actress Oscar for her seering, gut-wrenching performance as Leticia Musgrove, the widow of an executed prisoner in the Deep South, who has a love affair with her husband’s racist executioner, Hank (Billy Bob Thornton). Don’t overlook exceptional performances by Heath Ledger as Hank’s son, Peter Boyle as his father and the incredible Coronji Calhoun as Leticia’s son.
Twilight Saga: Eclipse, 2010
Thursday, 9:10 p.m., SHOe
Presaging her own real-life struggle between lover/co-star Robert Pattinson and lover/director, Rupert Sanders, here Kristen Stewart‘s Bella must choose between lover/vampire, Edward (Pattinson) and friend/werewolf, Jacob (Taylor Lautner). God(less)! Don’t you hate when that happens?
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008
Saturday, 3 p.m., FMC
Brad Pitt is Benjamin Button, a child born at the age of 80, but who ages backward until his death, at age zero. If you’ve ever wanted to know what Angelina Jolie has in store for her 30 odd years from now, this is it! Pitt ages — and gets younger— and still stays better looking than anyone you’ve ever seen. With Cate Blanchett and Taraji P. Henson.