20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1997)

Sunday, 9 a.m., Sci Fi

In the 1800’s a ship sent to check out a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters a furturistic submarine and its commander, Captain Nemo (Ben Cross). This remake is fun, but it can’t touch the 1954 original.

BEACHES (1988)

Sunday, 5:30 p.m., AMC

After meeting as children, two opposite women (Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey) become lifelong friends, But even though the beauty is a beast who steals her best friend’s man, the defeated friend only says, “Sexual attraction has nothing to do with character, unless you are Eleanor Roosevelt.” Or a screenwriter.

DELIVERANCE (1972)

Wednesday, 4:30 p.m., USA

One of the scariest adventure movies ever made. Four city guys – Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty – go canoeing on the Cahulawassee River. Led by outdoorsman Reynolds, the trip turns hellish when the men encounter hillbillies with rape and rampage on their minds. But, oh – those banjos!

MISERY (1990)

Thursday, 6 p.m., Oxygen

A novelist (James Caan) gets into a car crash on a snowbound Colorado road only to be rescued by a fan (Kathy Bates). She’s also a psycho who nearly takes his life, holding him at her mercy. Mercifor such a chilling tale!