I am – Hercules!!
Inspired by Harry’s, Father Geek’s, Capone’s and the other critics' best-of-2009 lists, I’m experimenting this month -- in addition to my usual monthly list of series season premieres – with a list of theatrical features I think may be new to cable in February. (If I’m missing anything, be sure to point it out. I’m particularly keen not to miss the documentaries and indie films when they roll around.) I threw in the scores from Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic to help sort out movies viewers might be keen to pursue.
I thought a list like this would be useful for a couple of obvious reasons.
I’ve grown paranoid about missing movies I’ve been meaning to see, and not every movie sticks around forever uncensored on pay-cable.
Also? Say you’ve been waiting to see “Frost/Nixon” but subscribe to Showtime (and/or Starz) but not HBO. Now that you know “Frost/Nixon” is headed to HBO you can add “Frost/Nixon” to your Netflix queue, or snag it off pay-per-view, or just purchase your own DVD or Blu-ray copy. (I’ve linked each movie title to an Amazon page so you can read more about it and/or order it.)
I’ve arranged the titles chronologically by cable premiere date to make it most useful to people with DVRs:
Taste of Cherry
RT: 82
MC:
Feb. 1. 2am
TCM
Tyson
RT: 85
MC: 83
Feb. 1. 12:40pm
Starz Black
Hannah Montana
RT: 44
MC: 47
Feb. 1. 5:50am
Starz Kids
Notorious
RT: 50
MC: 60
Feb. 1. 8:30pm
HBO HD
Never Back Down
RT: 24
MC: 39
Feb. 2. 8:40am
Encore Action
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience
RT: 23
MC: 45
Feb. 3. 7am
Starz Edge
Henry Pool is Here
RT: 38
MC: 44
Feb. 3. 10:05am
Encore Drama
Pathology
RT: 47
MC: 55
Feb. 4. 2:45am
Showtime HD
Coraline
RT: 89
MC: 80
Feb. 4. 9pm
HBO HD
Dragonball Evolution
RT: 13
MC: 45
Feb. 6. 10pm
Cinemax HD
The Tale of Despereaux
RT: 55
MC: 53
Feb. 8. 6:35am
Cinemax HD
My Best Friend
RT: 75
MC: 65
Feb. 8. 9:05am
IFC
Elegy
RT: 74
MC: 66
Feb. 8. 8pm
TMC HD
Valentino: The Last Emperor
RT: 77
MC: 68
Feb. 9. 8pm
Showtime HD
The Wrestler
RT: 98
MC: 81
Feb. 9. 8pm
Cinemax HD
Full Grown Men
RT: 39
MC: 47
Feb. 9. 10pm
Sundance
The Longshots
RT: 40
MC: 52
Feb. 11. 8pm
Showtime HD
Easy Virtue
RT: 51
MC: 58
Feb. 12. 1:10pm
Starz HD
Frozen River
RT: 88
MC: 82
Feb. 12. 2:20pm
Starz Edge HD
17 Again
RT: 58
MC: 48
Feb. 13. 8pm
HBO HD
Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys
RT: 51
MC: 49
Feb. 13. 9pm
Showtime HD
Miss March
RT: 4
MC: 7
Feb. 13. 10pm
Cinemax HD
Gigantic
RT: 38
MC: 38
Feb. 19. 3:50am
Starz Edge HD
The Last House on the Left
RT: 42
MC: 42
Feb. 20. 10am
Cinemax HD
Frost/Nixon
RT: 91
MC: 80
Feb. 20. 8pm
HBO HD
The Reader
RT: 61
MC: 58
Feb. 20. 9pm
Showtime HD
The Taking Of Pelham 123
RT: 52
MC: 55
Feb. 20. 9pm
Starz HD
Baader Meinhof Complex
RT: 87
MC: 76
Feb. 20. 11:05pm
Showtime HD
Summer Hours
RT: 92
MC: 84
Feb. 21. 10pm
Sundance
O’Horten
RT:
MC:
Feb. 22. 2:50am
Starz HD
Year One
RT: 15
MC: 34
Feb. 27. 9pm
Starz HD
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