PREMIUM CABLE
“LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS” **
5 p.m., SHO
Jim Carrey is in full, wacky flourish in director Brad Silberling’s stylish, faithful take on Daniel Handler’s books. Three orphans (Emily Browning, Liam Aiken, and twins Kara and Shelby Hoffman) are set to stay with a series of guardians, the most notorious being Count Olaf (Carrey), who adopts disguises in trying to swindle the kids out of the fortune they’ve inherited. Meryl Streep has a fun turn as another of their parental surrogates.
MPAA rating: PG
BASIC CABLE
“ENTER THE DRAGON” ***
9 p.m., AMC
This action-packed 1973 adventure is Bruce Lee’s best-known picture, at least in this country. It also was the last film he completed before his untimely death. He plays a martial-arts expert (surprise!) recruited by intelligence forces to bring down a renegade Shaolin monk who’s involved in international prostitution and drug dealing. Blink and you’ll miss the brief appearances by Jackie Chan and Chuck Norris.
MPAA rating: R
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Compiled by Tribune Media Services
