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The week ahead at the movies and on TV

 

'The Watch'
'The Watch'
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Big screen

Opening Friday

The Watch (PG-13): Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg ( Superbad, Pineapple Express) wrote this comedy about three dads (Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill) constantly on the lookout for crime in the suburbs. Then aliens from outer space attack the block.

Step Up Revolution (PG-13): The fourth installment in the popular series about how dancing is the cure to all the world’s problems takes place in Miami, where a young woman (Kathryn McCormick) falls for a boy (Ryan Guzman) from the wrong side of the nightclub VIP ropes.

Neil Young Journeys (PG): Jonathan Demme ( Stop Making Sense) directs this concert documentary shot during Neil Young’s two-night stint in his Toronto hometown in May 2011.

Rene Rodriguez

Small screen

The Godfather Legacy (9 p.m. Tuesday, History) This documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy goes way beyond gossip from the set to assess the films’ cultural impact at a time when America was trying to emerge from the muck of Watergate and Vietnam. Plus, interviews with actual mobsters and cops who talk about how the movies measured up to real life.

Evil Twins (10 p.m. Thursday, Investigation Discovery) True-crime shows don’t get any better than this: Each week a tale of twins who grew up to become criminals and maybe even — as in this week’s episode — plotted to kill one another. I can’t wait for the episode on the Doublemint Twins.

Havana, Havana! (9 p.m. Friday, WPBT-PBS 2) Four prominent Cuban exile musicians — Raul Paz, Descemer Bueno, Kelvis Ochoa and David Torrens — return to Havana years later to do a show. Producer David Grubin’s cameras track the whole thing.

Glenn Garvin

Let Miami Herald TV critic Glenn Garvin program your TiVo! Just click on his best bets for the week at http://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tco/mix/index.do

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