AFN Movie TV Channel Program Schedule
AFN Movie Channel features a wide range of movies as well as “behind- the-scenes” film programs
Saturday, May 30
01:00 Sadistic Intentions
Prod Year 2018 – A psychotic musician lures a band mate and a woman to a remote mansion for a night of heavy metal terror.
02:30 Range Roads
Prod Year 2021 – An actress tries to reconnect with her estranged brother after their parents die in a car accident.
04:00 Patriot Games
Prod Year 1992 – When former CIA agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) hampers an IRA terrorist attack in London, he kills one of the terrorists. The dead man’s brother, another member of the group named Sean Miller (Sean Bean), is arrested but quickly escapes. Vowing revenge against Ryan, Miller travels to the United States, where he forces Ryan’s wife (Anne Archer) and daughter (Thora Birch) into a car accident that badly injures them. This convinces Ryan to rejoin the CIA in order to track down Miller.
06:00 The Princess Diaries
Prod Year 2002 – Mia, an awkward San Francisco teenager, has just learned her deceased father was the crown prince of Genovia. To keep the royal reigns from passing to another family due to a broken bloodline, the queen seeks the favor of her estranged granddaughter in hopes that she will take her father’s place as the crown princess.
08:00 Prom Pact
Prod Year 2023 – It is the height of prom season, but high school senior Mandy Yang has her sights set on a singular goal: attending Harvard. When she finds out she has been deferred, she is determined to do whatever she can to get herself off the waitlist, even if that means asking the one person who represents everything she abhors, all-star jock Graham Lansing, whose father is a powerful Senator and Harvard alum.
10:00 Access
10:30 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.
12:30 King Kong
Prod Year 2005 – Set in the 1930s, this is the story of a young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow from the world of vaudeville who finds herself lost in depressin era New York and her luck changes when she meets an over ambitious filmmaker Carl Denham who brings her on an exploratory expedition to a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape Kong.
16:00 Kong: Skull Island
Prod Year 2017 – Scientists, soldiers and adventurers unite to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. Cut off from everything they know, they venture into the domain of the mighty Kong, igniting the ultimate battle between man and nature. As their mission of discovery soon becomes one of survival, they must fight to escape from a primal world where humanity does not belong.
18:00 War for the Planet of the Apes
Prod Year 2017 – Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless colonel (Woody Harrelson). After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both of their species and the future of the planet.
20:30 Rampage
Prod Year 2018 – Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, an extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla that’s been in his care since birth. When a rogue genetic experiment goes wrong, it causes George, a wolf and a reptile to grow to a monstrous size. As the mutated beasts embark on a path of destruction, Okoye teams up with a discredited genetic engineer and the military to secure an antidote and prevent a global catastrophe.
22:30 Ray Donovan: The Movie
Prod Year 2022 – A showdown, decades in the making, brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past.
Sunday, May 31
00:30 The Prodigy
Prod Year 2019 – Sarah and John Blume are thrilled when their young son Miles starts to show signs of rapid development and extreme intelligence. Their family bliss soon turns into a living nightmare when Miles’ behavior becomes increasingly erratic and violent by his eighth birthday. After seeking help from two experts, Sarah is horrified to learn that her beloved prodigy may be under the grip of a dark and supernatural force.
02:30 Quinceanera
Prod Year 2006 – Magdalena (Emily Rios) is a Mexican-American living in Los Angeles. Her 15th birthday is fast approaching, and she and her family are making preparations for the party that signals her transition to womanhood. But Magdalena becomes pregnant, and family tensions force her out of the house, so she goes to live with her uncle Tomas and her gay cousin Carlos. All exiles, the three band together against the coming neighborhood gentrification that threatens their way of life.
04:30 Unfriended
Prod Year 2014 – One night, while teenagers Blaire, Mitch, Jess, Adam Ken and Val take part in an online group chat session, they are suddenly joined by a user known only as “”Billie227.”” Thinking it’s just a technical glitch, the friends carry on their conversation… until Blaire begins receiving messages from someone claiming to be Laura Barns, a classmate who killed herself exactly one year prior. As Blaire tries to expose Billie’s identity, her friends are forced to confront their darkest secrets and lies.
06:00 Meet the Parents
Prod Year 2000 – Everything that can possibly go wrong for groom-to-be Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) does. The problems begin with Greg’s disastrous first meeting with his girlfriend’s family — most notably her intimidating father Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and it’s all downhill from there.
08:00 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Prod Year 2006 – NASCAR superstar Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) is at the top of his game; adored by fans, a trophy wife by his side, and incredible wealth. But Ricky loses it all when French Formula One champion Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen) roars onto the scene. Ricky, with the help of his ruthless father, must pull himself out of the depths of despair and restore his honor on the racetrack.
10:00 Blades of Glory
Prod Year 2007 – Figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) take their intense rivalry too far during the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City; both are banned from competition after a nasty brawl. After several years out of the public eye and hungry for glory, the men decide to set aside their feud and exploit a loophole that allows them to compete as a pair.
12:00 Land of the Lost
Prod Year 2009 – On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. This alternate universe is a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.
14:00 Dumb and Dumber To
Prod Year 2014 – In need of a new kidney and having learned that he has a long-lost daughter, dimwit Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) snaps his equally cretinous pal, Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey), out of an apparent fugue state to accompany him on a journey to find her. The witless wonders criss-cross the country using whatever mode of transportation they can find, ultimately arriving at the one place on Earth where they least belong: a summit of the world’s most brilliant minds.
16:00 Keeping Up With the Joneses
Prod Year 2016 – The Gaffneys’ lives are interrupted by the arrival of new neighbors, whose stunning looks are matched only by the worldly sophistication of their lives. Tim Jones is an accomplished travel writer whose hobbies include blowing glass, and his wife, Natalie, is a social media consultant, cooking blogger and heroine to Sri Lankan orphans. The Gaffneys soon find themselves in the center of a storm of international espionage that gives them a breathtaking glimpse of life outside their cul-de-sac.
18:00 Table 19
Prod Year 2017 – Ex-maid of honor Eloise – having been relieved of her duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text – decides to hold her head high and attend her oldest friend’s wedding anyway. She finds herself seated at the random table in the back of the ballroom with a disparate group of strangers, most of whom should have known to just send regrets. As everyone’s secrets are revealed, Eloise learns a thing or two from the denizens of Table 19.
19:30 Valley Girl
Prod Year 2020 – A valley girl and a punk rocker from the city defy their parents and friends to stay together.
21:30 Hollywood on Set
September 5th/ Nickel Boys/ Gracie And Pedro: Pets To The Rescue – Features behind-the-scenes footage from movie sets and discussions with the cast and crew about the details of each film.
22:00 Ricky Stanicky
Prod Year 2024 – Twenty years after creating the imaginary Ricky Stanicky, three childhood friends still use the nonexistent pal as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. When their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to finally meet him, the guilty trio decides to hire washed-up actor Rod to bring him to life. However, when Rod takes his role of a lifetime a little too far, they begin to wish they never invented Ricky in the first place.
Monday, June 1
00:00 Strays
Prod Year 2023 – Abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug, a naive but lovable dog named Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier and his gang of strays. Determined to seek revenge, Reggie and his new canine pals embark on an epic adventure to get him home and make Doug pay for his dirty deed.
02:00 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Prod Year 2016 – Mike and Dave Stangle are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the clan insists that they both bring respectable dates. After placing an ad on Craigslist, the siblings decide to pick Tatiana and Alice, two charming and seemingly normal women. Once they arrive on the island, however, Mike and Dave realize that their companions are ready to get wild and party hard.
04:00 Step Brothers
Prod Year 2008 – Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) and Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) have one thing in common: they are both lazy, unemployed leeches who still live with their parents. When Brennan’s mother and Dale’s father marry and move in together, it turns the overgrown boys’ world upside down. Their insane rivalry and narcissism pull the new family apart, forcing them to work together to reunite their parents.
06:00 Hollywood on Set
The Idea Of You/ Dark Matter/ Irish Wish – Features behind-the-scenes footage from movie sets and discussions with the cast and crew about the details of each film.
06:30 Evan Almighty
Prod Year 2007 – God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
08:30 Valley Girl
Prod Year 2020 – A valley girl and a punk rocker from the city defy their parents and friends to stay together.
10:30 Hollywood on Set
September 5th/ Nickel Boys/ Gracie And Pedro: Pets To The Rescue – Features behind-the-scenes footage from movie sets and discussions with the cast and crew about the details of each film.
11:00 Snow White and the Huntsman
Prod Year 2012 – Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron), who seized control of her kingdom by marrying and killing its rightful ruler, needs the life force of young maidens to maintain her beauty. However, to become truly immortal, Ravenna must consume the heart of her stepdaughter Snow White (Kristen Stewart). Snow escapes, and Ravenna dispatches a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to capture her. But Snow, the Huntsman and a rebel army join forces to destroy Ravenna and restore the balance of life and death.
13:30 Project Almanac
Prod Year 2014 – David Raskin (Jonny Weston) is a high-school science nerd who dreams of going to MIT. When he and his friends (Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista) find his late father’s plans for a “”temporal displacement device,”” David can’t wait to start tinkering. When they finally get the device to work, the teenagers jump at the opportunity to manipulate time in their favor — but their joy is short-lived when they begin to discover the consequences of their actions.
15:30 Hollywood on Set
The Idea Of You/ Dark Matter/ Irish Wish – Features behind-the-scenes footage from movie sets and discussions with the cast and crew about the details of each film.
16:00 Sully
Prod Year 2016 – On Jan. 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley “”Sully”” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) tries to make an emergency landing in New York’s Hudson River after US Airways Flight 1549 strikes a flock of geese. Miraculously, all of the 155 passengers and crew survive the harrowing ordeal, and Sullenberger becomes a national hero in the eyes of the public and the media. Despite the accolades, the famed pilot now faces an investigation that threatens to destroy his career and reputation.
18:00 ES.TV
18:30 Access
19:00 All’s Fair in Love and Mahjong
Prod Year 2026 – Ronni is living a full life as a school nurse and mom, hosting a longtime mahjong game with her best friends Shelley, Carly, and Melissa. But when her daughter leaves for college, everything shifts at once. Then, at a school fundraiser, she discovers she has a real gift for teaching mahjong. It becomes her unexpected path back to herself, pulling communities together around the table and sparking a connection with Ben, a contractor whose family could use a little of that same warmth. As Ronni finds her footing again, she has to learn to bet on herself, and maybe on love too.
20:30 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Death at the Diner
Prod Year 2025 – When the owner of the diner where Aurora Teagarden works is suddenly killed, her new boyfriend becomes the primary suspect.
22:00 Shotgun Wedding
Prod Year 2022 – Darcy and Tom gather their families for a destination wedding, but the ceremony gets put on hold when gunmen take everyone hostage. Now, they must do everything they can to save their loved ones — if they don’t wind up killing each other first.
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