Saturday Night Best Movie On Tonight 'Splosion

As is often the case, Saturday night tends to offer a couple of golden nuggets from which to choose.

From Here To Eternity (1953) is a dramaful freaking delight! The fact that it has both Montgomery Clift AND Frank Sinatra is a huge plus for me as these two cuties were fine craftsman and full of vocal acumen when it comes to expressing a character's angst. Set in Hawaii prior to the Pearl Harbor incident, this film follows several soldiers in the Army. Not too many surprises, per se, but the script is most excellent, particularly the exchanges between Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr, who are in no position to even be chatting, let alone engaging in shenanigans. Clift plays a reluctant middleweight boxer with some nervous tendencies and Sinatra is a loyal hothead who has some strong opinions about music.

From Here To Eternity is on TCM at 9:45P

Donnie Darko (2001) is indescribable. I can say that it is set in the 1980's, Jake Gyllenhaal puts in a perfectly powerful performance and it may cause you to question reality. Feel like questioning reality through film tonight?

Donnie Darko is on Viceland at 9:30P.

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) is the first film from Dreamworks Animation that was made using a stereoscopic 3-D format, as opposed to the finished product being converted into 3-D. The expensive results were worth it. Visually-speaking, this genuinely funny story is a full-on feast for the oculars. Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kiefer Sutherland and Paul Rudd all lend their various vocal talents to a cleverly written and well-paced script.

Monsters vs. Aliens is on AMC at 8P.