PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2005
Monday, 5:30 p.m., E!
SHERLOCK HOLMES 2009
Friday, 8 p.m., TNT
DR. NO 1962
Saturday, 8 p.m., WLNY
Lord of the Rings marathon 2001, 2002, 2003
Sunday, beginning 11:40 a.m., TNT
Feed your Hobbit habit with this marathon of Tolkien’s novels brought to life and live-action by Peter Jackson. The series begins with the epic adventures of Hobbit Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who is out to destroy the one ring along with his friend, Sam (Sean Astin) and the horrifying Gollum (Andy Serkis). Winner of 17 out of 30 Oscars for which these films were nominated, the trilogy is one of the biggest money makers of all time. Also starring Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies and Orlando Bloom.
Pride and Prejudice, 2005
Monday, 5:30 p.m., E!
Jane Austen’s masterpiece became an instant new classic with this magnificently acted adaptation. The Bennets, a failing gentry family, need to get their daughters married off so that the girls don’t face destruction. Headstrong daughter, LIzzy (Keira Knightley) isn’t having any of it however. She especially dislikes her new neighbor, the eligible, wealthy, but off-putting Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen) and instead favors handsome rogue, Lieutenant Wickham (Rupert Friend of “Homeland”).
Sherlock Holmes, 2009
Friday, 8 p.m., TNT
Sherlock as imagined by the great nutty Guy Ritchie. Here, Holmes, Robert Downey Jr., left, less dapper than you’ve ever seen him, and his sidekick, Dr. Watson (Jude Law), have to find a serial killer (Mark Strong) who has risen from the dead to continue his killing spree.
Dr. No, 1962
Saturday, 8 p.m., WLNY
Sean “Suave” Connery is Bond, James Bond, whose investigation into the disappearance of a colleague in Jamaica, that leads him to a mysterious island where a mad scientist is planning the destruction of the US space program. Luckily for him, local bathing beauty Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), who makes Victoria’s Secret models look ugly, happens to be there.