River's Edge

1987, Movie, R, 99 mins

Movies-on-TV: Ken Fox's Picks for the Week of Jan. 14

Keanu Reeves in River's Edge courtesy MGM

Monday, Jan. 14, at 6:45 pm/ETChinatown | HBOSForget the godawful Bucket List and pretty much everything he’s done since The Shining (The Departed notwithstanding): This is the Jack we like to think of when we think Nicholson. He plays Jake, a sleazy, 1930s private dick who winds up with a noseful of trouble after taking on what looks like a routine case.Tuesday, Jan. 15, 8 pmFight Club | HBO2It's not David Fincher’s best film — this year's Zodiac gets our vote — but his adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel has found its cult, and it might prove Fincher's most enduring. If you don’t already know what it's about, we're not telling. After all, the first rule of Fight Club is... well, you must know at least that much.Wednesday, Jan. 16, 10:05 pmLive Flesh | FLX Pedro Almodovar made the switch from candy-color sex farces to sincere, full-blown melodrama with The Flower of My Secret, but he didn’t really hit his stride until this very loose, very sexy adap... read more

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