HOWARDS END (1992)

Monday, 3:45 p.m., Showtime

When the rich Wilcoxes (Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Hopkins)meet the artsy Schlegel sisters (Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter)on a German vacation,fireworks go off – love,,lust,and lying.Three Oscars went to this adaptation of E.M.Forster ‘s Edwardian novel.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)

Tuesday, 2:45 p.m., TCM

Although all gay references have been stricken from Tennessee Williams ‘ original play,you ‘d have to be a blockhead not to understand why gorgeous Brick (Paul Newman)can ‘t get excited over his wife, the equally gorgeous Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor ),and why Brick ‘s Big Daddy (Burl Ives)is raging about it.

DELIVERANCE (1972)

Tuesday, 3:35 p.m., MAX

One of the tensest dramas ever starts when Lewis (Burt Reynolds )takes three businessmen (Jon Voight,Ned

Beatty,Ronny Cox),on a camping trip that turns into a nightmare.The men fight killer rapids and demented hillbillies.No wonder God invented Motel Six.

TROY (2004)

Saturday, 8 p.m., HBO

Brad Pitt is the pits as Achilles in this plastic adaptation of Homer ‘s epic poem of the Trojan War.Diane Kruger,as runaway wife,Helen,isn ‘t a woman worthy of war,and Orlando Bloom as Paris isn ‘t worth running away with in the first place.