AFN Movie TV Channel Program Schedule
AFN Movie Channel features a wide range of movies as well as “behind- the-scenes” film programs
Thursday, July 23
00:00 The Kitchen
Prod Year 2019 – Between 8th Ave. and the Hudson River, the Irish mafia runs 20 blocks of a tough New York City neighborhood known as Hell’s Kitchen. But for mob wives Kathy, Ruby and Claire, things are about to take a dramatic and radical turn. When the FBI sends their husbands to prison, the three women take business into their own hands by running the rackets and taking out the competition.
02:00 Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Prod Year 2018 – FBI agent Matt Graver calls on mysterious operative Alejandro Gillick when Mexican drug cartels start to smuggle terrorists across the U.S. border. The war escalates even further when Alejandro kidnaps a top kingpin’s daughter to deliberately increase the tensions. When the young girl is seen as collateral damage, the two men will determine her fate as they question everything that they are fighting for.
04:30 My Fiona
Prod Year 2021 – While struggling to cope with the sudden suicide of her best friend, Jane finds herself growing close to her friend’s widow and family.
06:00 Ultimate Countdown
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07:00 Babylon 5: The Road Home
Prod Year 2023 – John Sheridan finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home.
08:30 Planet of the Apes
Prod Year 2001 – Director Tim Burton (“”Batman””) reinvents one of the most acclaimed and beloved works of science fiction, Pierre Boulle’s classic novel “”Planet of the Apes.”” Burton’s “”Planet of the Apes”” begins with the famed original’s premise — a pilot finds himself in a world turned upside down after landing on a strange planet.
10:30 Access
11:00 American Gangster
Prod Year 2007 – Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) earns his living as a chauffeur to one of Harlem’s leading mobsters. After his boss dies, Frank uses his own ingenuity and strict business code to become one of the inner city’s most powerful crime bosses. Meanwhile, veteran cop Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) senses a change in the mob’s power structure and looks for ways to bring his opponent to justice.
13:30 Shaft
Prod Year 2000 – Crooked cops on the take — small-time drug lords — sleazy informers and sadistic rich kids ready to kill — for police detective John Shaft, its just another night in the underbelly of New York City, another shift facing down cops and criminals who want him dead and a legal system that thrives on money, not justice.
15:30 Hollywood on Set
Blink Twice/ The Wild Robot/ Transformers: One – Features behind-the-scenes footage from movie sets and discussions with the cast and crew about the details of each film.
16:00 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Prod Year 2011 – Will Rodman (James Franco), a scientist in San Francisco, is experimenting with a drug that he hopes will cure his father’s (John Lithgow) Alzheimer’s disease. After his work is deemed a failure, Will becomes the guardian of Caesar, an infant chimp who was exposed in-utero to Will’s drug. Caesar displays unusual intelligence, and Will decides to continue his experiments secretly. But as Caesar’s intellect and abilities grow, he comes to represent a threat to man’s dominion over Earth.
18:00 Alice Through the Looking Glass
Prod Year 2016 – After slipping through a mirror, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) finds herself back in Underland with the White Queen (Anne Hathaway), the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Her friends tell her that the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) is in a funk over the loss of his family. Hoping to save his loved ones, Alice steals the Chronosphere from Time (Sacha Baron Cohen) to travel into the past. While there, she encounters the younger Hatter and the evil Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter).
20:00 Wonka
Prod Year 2023 – Armed with nothing but a hatful of dreams, young chocolatier Willy Wonka manages to change the world, one delectable bite at a time.
22:00 Father Stu
Prod Year 2022 – When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he’s meant to be a Catholic priest.
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