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RADIO HIGHLIGHTS
Member Concert 6 a.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Rory Block from April 1993.

Guest Mix 7 a.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Dan Zanes from November 2003.

Kid’s Classical Hour 9 a.m. WCRB-FM (99.5) Once Upon a Time . . . fairy tales in classical music.

Mountain Stage 2 p.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Kasey Chambers, the Flatlanders, and the Robert Cray Band.

Boston Symphony Live 8 p.m. WCRB-FM (99.5) Vasily Petrenko conducts Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff and the Symphony No. 10 by Shostakovich.

MOVIES

Joe Kidd 6 p.m. (AMC) Clint Eastwood as a trapper-guide caught between landowners and evicted Mexicans. PG (1972)

Metro 6 p.m. (ENCR) Eddie Murphy as a San Francisco cop trying to nail a jewel thief. R (1997)

The Pagemaster 6 p.m. (WAM) Macaulay Culkin as a youth transported into a magical world. G (1994)

Police Academy 6 p.m. (TVL) About raw recruits - real raw. Steve Guttenberg. R (1984)

The Pope of Greenwich Village 6 p.m. (FLIX) Punks hustle to score big bucks. Eric Roberts. R (1984)

Student Seduction 6 p.m. (LMN) Elizabeth Berkley plays a teacher who is sexually assaulted by a male student. NR (2003)

Kung Fu Panda 6:15 p.m. (HBO) Portly panda Po (voiced by Jack Black), a noodle maker, dreams of kung fu fighting. PG (2008)

3:10 to Yuma 6:15 p.m. (TCM) A farmer must keep an outlaw captive until his train arrives. Glenn Ford. NR (1957)

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 6:30 p.m. (FX) A family vacation turns into a comical competition with a rival clan. Steve Martin. PG (2005)

War Oratorio 6:30 p.m. (OVAT) James Kent directed this look at the horrors of warfare. NR (2007)

The Book of Ruth 7 p.m. (LIFE) A searing drama about an oppressive mother (Christine Lahti). NR (2004)

Die Another Day 7 p.m., 10 p.m. (SPIKE) Madman with satellite-laser vs. 007. Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry. Fast-paced, but routine. PG-13 (2002)

Lars and the Real Girl 7 p.m. (TMC) Touching portrait of a lonely, delusional young man (Ryan Gosling) and his unusual “girlfriend.’’ PG-13 (2007)

The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico 7 p.m. (SUND) Not-so-terrific mockumentary about a country-music performer (Matt Murphy). NR (2005)

NYC: Tornado Terror 7 p.m. (SYFY) A huge storm system unleashes tornadoes on the Big Apple. Nicole de Boer, Sebastian Spence. NR (2008)

Twitches 7 p.m. (DISN) Tia and Tamera Mowry are cute as twin witches who were separated at birth. NR (2005)

The Valley of Light 7 p.m. (HALMRK) Uplifting TV-drama about a homeless WWII veteran (Chris Klein). NR (2007)

Lakeview Terrace 7:05 p.m. (STARZ) An interracial couple are terrorized by their neighbor, a black LAPD officer. Samuel L. Jackson. PG-13 (2008)

Kindergarten Cop 7:20 p.m. (WAM) Arnold Schwarzenegger goes undercover as a teacher. PG-13 (1990)

Beerfest 7:30 p.m. (COM) Americans take part in a super-secret beer competition in Germany. Jay Chandrasekhar. R (2006)

Men in Black 7:30 p.m., midnight (TNT) Secret agents track aliens living on Earth. Dazzling effects meet sharp wit. Will Smith. PG-13 (1997)

All the Right Moves 8 p.m., 10 p.m., midnight (FXM) Tom Cruise as a high school football player. R (1983)

A Cinderella Story 8 p.m. (FAM) A neglected high-schooler (Hilary Duff) finds love at a Halloween ball. Generic romantic comedy. PG (2004)

City Slickers 8 p.m., midnight (TRAV) Funny and touching comedy about three New Yorkers on a dude ranch. Billy Crystal. PG-13 (1991)

Enemy of the State 8 p.m. (ENCR) Will Smith stars as a man whose life is turned inside out by government agents. R (1998)

Grizzly Man 8 p.m. (PLGR) Werner Herzog’s fascinating documentary about an eccentric grizzly-bear enthusiast. R (2005)

Higher Learning 8 p.m. (VH1) Tensions fragment a college’s freshman class. Omar Epps. R (1995)

Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf 8 p.m. (50) Christopher Lee investigates werewolves in Transylvania. Lacks the bite of the 1981original. R (1985)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 8 p.m. (TCM) Story of an innocent man’s persecution. Paul Muni. NR (1932)

The Last Stand 8 p.m. (TV1) Four actor-comedians struggle to make it in Hollywood. Guy Torry. NR (2007)

Marley & Me 8 p.m., midnight (HBO) A precocious dog turns a young couple’s lives upside down. Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson. PG (2008)

Never Talk to Strangers 8 p.m. (38) A stranger develops a fatal attraction to a psychologist. Antonio Banderas. R (1995)

Panic Room 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. (OXY) A mother and her daughter hide in a high-tech “safe room’’ during a break-in. Jodie Foster. R (2002)

Rio Bravo 8 p.m. (AMC) Strong Howard Hawks tale of a sheriff vs. bad guys, with John Wayne. NR (1959)

RoboCop 8 p.m. (IFC) He’s programmed to serve justice at any cost. Peter Weller. R (1987)

She’s Too Young 8 p.m. (LMN) A girl is pressured to engage in sexual activity. Alexis Dziena, Marcia Gay Harden. NR (2004)

Street Kings 8 p.m. (MAX) LA’s mean streets get meaner after someone sets up disgraced detective Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves). R (2008)

Mimic 8:05 p.m. (FLIX) An entomologist unknowingly creates a deadly species of giant bug. Mira Sorvino. R (1997)

The Departed 8:30 p.m. (68) Martin Scorsese’s charged tale of two moles, one on either side of the law. Matt Damon. R (2006)

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown 8:30 p.m. (FX) Manny, Sid and Diego flee their melting homeland. PG (2006)

State Property 2 8:30 p.m. (BET) Violent and derivative portrait of a drug kingpin. Beanie Sigel. R (2005)

Diary of a Serial Killer 9 p.m. (TMC) A writer gets a firsthand story from a murderer. Gary Busey. R (1998)

Legends of the Fall 9 p.m., midnight (BRAVO) Epic about a divided family in the early 1900s. Brad Pitt. R (1994)

Megafault 9 p.m. (SYFY) A seismologist and a miner try to save the world from a massive earthquake. Brittany Murphy. NR (2009)

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 9 p.m. (LIFE) Four gal pals come of age while sharing magical jeans in this well-spun dramedy. Amber Tamblyn. PG (2005)

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 9 p.m. (STARZ) Prequel chronicles the blood feud between vampires and their enslaved werewolves. Michael Sheen. R (2009)

College Road Trip 9:15 p.m. (WAM) A cop (Martin Lawrence) and his college-bound daughter (Raven-Symone) drive across country. G (2008)

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 9:45 p.m. (IFC) A hitchhiker learns about liberation at an all-female ranch. Uma Thurman. R (1993)

Arachnophobia 10 p.m. (FLIX) Lethal spiders infest a small town. Jeff Daniels. PG-13 (1990)

The Dead 10 p.m. (SUND) Guests at a party recall lost loves. Anjelica Huston. PG (1987)

Eagle Eye 10 p.m. (MAX) Two strangers become pawns in a diabolical terrorist plot. Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan. PG-13 (2008)

The Five Heartbeats 10 p.m. (FUSE) A ’60s singing group bids for stardom. Robert Townsend. R (1991)

Juarez 10 p.m. (TCM) Paul Muni as a Mexican revolutionary opposed to Napoleon III. NR (1939)

Napoleon Dynamite 10 p.m. (COM) Absurd, disarmingly funny comedy about a high-school nerd (Jon Heder). PG (2004)

A Walk to Remember 10 p.m. (FAM) A romance develops between a popular

boy and a preacher’s

daughter. Mandy Moore. PG (2002)

While the Children Sleep 10 p.m. (LMN) A mother (Gail O’Grady) hires a live-in babysitter who plots to take over the family. NR (2007)

Executive Decision 10:15 p.m. (ENCR) Kurt Russell as a terrorism expert trying to rescue a hijacked plane. R (1996)

Carver 10:30 p.m. (TMC) Five young people on a vacation detour are terrorized by backwoods serial killers. Kristyn Green. R (2007)

Fresh 10:30 p.m. (BET) Tale about a 12-year-old drug carrier. Sean Nelson. R (1994)

Frank McKlusky, C.I. 10:40 p.m. (WAM) An insurance man probes a murder. Randy Quaid. PG-13 (2002)

Hitman 10:45 p.m. (HBO2) Stylized adaptation of the video game about a genetically engineered assassin (Timothy Olyphant). R (2007)

Beer League 11 p.m. (SHO2) Low-brow slob comedy about players in a bar-team softball league. Artie Lange. R (2006)

Chisum 11 p.m. (AMC) John Wayne as a cattle baron in New Mexico’s range war of the 1870s. G (1970)

Earthstorm 11 p.m. (SYFY) A demolition expert (Stephen Baldwin) is called in when an asteroid crashes into the moon. NR (2006)

Follow the Stars Home 11 p.m. (HALMRK) A pregnant woman (Kimberly Williams) is abandoned by her newlywed husband. NR (2001)

The Matrix Reloaded 11 p.m. (G4) Neo (Keanu Reeves) continues to battle evil machines. Gravity-defying action. R (2003)

3:10 to Yuma 11 p.m. (SHO) Gripping remake about a rancher escorting an outlaw to a rendezvous with the law. R (2007)

Swing Vote 11:30 p.m. (STARZ) A deadbeat yahoo (Kevin Costner) must recast his ballot to decide the presidential election. PG-13 (2008)

Cube 2: Hypercube midnight (FLIX) Strangers are trapped in another dimension. R (2002)

The Death of Klinghoffer midnight (OVAT) The Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking and murder of passenger Leon Klinghoffer (Sanford Sylvan). NR (2002)

Diary of a Chambermaid midnight (SUND) The bourgeoisie’s response to fascism in the ’30s. NR (1964)

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