Show E is week:s movie picks ABOVE THE LAW (Saturday 1 1 :30 pra KTVX Channel 4) — Steven Seagal's first action film playing a Chicago cop embroiled in a conflict involving various governmental agencies Routine predictable plot but Seagal brings a sense of urgency and danger to the role that’s unusual for the genre And the fights are fantastic (1988) LIFEBOAT (Sunday 1:30 am Disney) — Alfred Hitchcock directed this fascinating little character study about the survivors of a torpedoed ship and their struggle to survive on the high seas What at first takes shape as a clash of politics and a mini class struggle soon turns dark as the people in the lifeboat take aboard a survivor from die German submarine that sank their ship Tallulah Bankhead John Hodiak William Bendu and Hume Cronyn star Based on a John Steinbeck story (1944) 6 Don Porter Standard-Examin- er DIAL M FOR MURDER (Sunday 9 am A&E) — This Alfred Hitchcock picture was filmed in but most of the 3-- D effects are unremarkable The film stars Ray Milland as a husband plotting the murder of his wife (Grace Kelly) who complicates his plan by killing the man her husband had hired to kill her As you might imagine the police take a keen interest in the case (1954) NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Sunday 1 1 :30 am STARZ) — My favorite Alfred Hitchcock film not because I think it's his Standard-Examin- er best but because it’s the most entertaining Cary Grant plays a businessman wrongly accused of murder — a favorite Hitchcock theme — who must endeavor to clear himself of the charges and bring the real criminals to justice If you need any convincing that Hitchcock was a master of suspense notice bow he uses a serene Midwestern farming plain as the setting for one of the film’s most frightening scenes James Mason and Eva Marie Saint are supporting players This is the one with the famous Mount Rushmore finale Terrific (1959) ALL OF ME (Thursday 8 pm KJZZ Channel 14) — An extremely funny comedy staring Steve Martin as a man whose body — or half of it anyway — is overtaken by the soul of an argumentative woman (Lily Tomlin) Showcases some of fee finest physical comedy of the past two decades (1984) MAY 4 -- 11 1996 |