Five Fabulous Flicks, Plus One
Start the weekend — and next week — right with these films airing May 29-June 4. All times ET.
May 29
Cold Mountain (2003)
Keep a hankie handy for this romantic tearjerker set in the waning days of the U.S. Civil War. Based on the bestseller by Charles Frazier and starring Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Renée Zellweger (with an appearance by Zellweger’s then-beau Jack White), Cold Mountain is one story of heartbreak and longing in a war that was much less forgiving for many others grieving on either side of the conflict. More folksy and romantic than historically accurate. Oxygen, 9pm
May 31
Night at the Museum (2006)
Ben Stiller stars as a guy new to his gig as the night watchman at the Museum of Natural History — where, when the halls close and the doors lock, history really does come alive. Expect a lot of surprising turns, not least of which are Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney in their roles as dastardly villains. Don’t believe the hype — it’s really much better than you might have heard. FX, 6:30pm
June 1
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder shine in their most collaborative effort, a twisted, Borscht-Belt retooling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. (Yes, we all know — “That’s Fronkenshteen!”) Sure, you’ve probably seen it many times before, but can you ever get sick of Peter Boyle as the Monster singing “Puttin’ on the Ritz”? FMC, 9:30pm [Read more →]
