Tuesday, August 25th TV listings for Cinemax Classics - Pacific
Repo Men (2010)
Set in the future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, a man struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must go on the run before the heart is repossessed.
Sweet Dreams (1985)
Country singer Patsy Cline (Jessica Lange) puts up with her husband (Ed Harris) and life on the road, on her way to tragic stardom.
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
A monster dinosaur wrecks Tokyo some more and meets a monster plant created from his own cells.
Destroy All Monsters! (1968)
Scientists face Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and more obscure Japanese monsters sent by she-aliens.
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
With the sitter dead, a Los Angeles teen (Christina Applegate) lands a job in the fashion industry to feed her siblings.
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Filmmakers Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin show the Rolling Stones' 1969 California concert.
Flashpoint (1984)
Texas border patrolmen (Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams) find a jeep, a skeleton and $800,000 in cash dating from 1963.
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
The dastardly emperor (Jon Lovitz) of another planet beams up a station wagon with a California couple (Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones) inside.
Contagion (2011)
The world panics as doctors race to find a cure for a rapidly spreading virus that kills those contaminated within days.
Odd Jobs (1986)
The summer job situation looks bleak for five college pals until they decide to start their own moving business.
Supergirl (1984)
Kara (Helen Slater) of Argo City poses as Clark Kent's cousin, Linda Lee, to recover the Omegahedron from a witch (Faye Dunaway).
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
Volunteers (1985)
An Ivy Leaguer (Tom Hanks) avoids his bookie by going with the Peace Corps to build a bridge in 1962 Thailand.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Family tensions arise after a woman (Nia Vardalos) falls in love with a man (John Corbett) who is not Greek.
The Rock (1996)
A scientist (Nicolas Cage) and a British spy (Sean Connery) who once escaped from Alcatraz are sent to the former island prison to stop a disgruntled war hero (Ed Harris) from obliterating San Francisco with chemical warheads.