Wednesday, August 26th TV listings for Cinemax Classics - Pacific
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.
Fantastic Planet (1973)
The 39-foot-tall pastel Draags keep leashes on the Oms, their tiny pets descended from humans.
It (1990)
In 1960, seven preteen outcasts fight an evil demon that poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Mississippi Masala (1991)
People resent the romance of a black man (Denzel Washington) and an Indian woman (Sarita Choudhury) in a Mississippi town.
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
Magical Nanny McPhee helps a harried mother who is trying to care for five children and tend to the family farm while her husband is away at war.
Despicable Me (2010)
As he tries to execute a fiendish plot to steal the moon, a supervillain meets his match in three little orphan girls who want to make him their dad.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
A poor boy (Freddie Highmore) and four spoiled children win a tour through the incredible factory of an odd confectioner (Johnny Depp).
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Two divorce mediators spend a wild weekend partying with a politician and his eccentric family.
Scanners (1981)
A scientist (Patrick McGoohan) sends a "scanner" (Stephen Lack) to hunt others like him with explosive psychic powers.
Hop (2011)
Reluctant to take over his father's job, the son (Russell Brand) of the Easter Bunny runs away to Los Angeles, where he tricks an unemployed slacker (James Marsden) into taking care of him.
Walkabout (1971)
A lost teenager (Jenny Agutter) and her little brother (Lucien John) meet an Aboriginal teen (David Gulpilil) in the Outback.
Head Office (1986)
A U.S. senator's son (Judge Reinhold) gets a job at a conglomerate and falls for the chairman's (Eddie Albert) radical daughter.
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Godzilla and flying cyborg Jet Jaguar meet a giant cockroach and a big black chicken sent by Seatopians.
Walk the Line (2005)
Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) forms an enduring bond with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon) and struggles with drug addiction on the way to music stardom.