BIG SCREEN

Body of Lies (R) -- The season's first 800-pound Oscar contender arrives. Ridley Scott (Gladiator, American Gangster) directed and William Monahan (The Departed) wrote this thriller about a CIA agent (Leonardo DiCaprio) attempting to infiltrate a terrorist network in Jordan. Russell Crowe co-stars as his CIA superior.

City of Ember (PG) -- Bill Murray, Tim Robbins and Martin Landau are among the inhabitants of the titular city, a magical place of lights known the world over. Then the town's generator starts to fail, threatening to darken the place forever.

The Express (PG-13) -- Fact-based drama about the life of Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Dennis Quaid co-stars as his coach.

Quarantine (R) -- While covering a story, a TV reporter (Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are sealed by the authorities inside an apartment building where a virus is turning people into zombies. The movie is apparently so scary, it is not being screened in advance for sissy critics.

-- RENE RODRIGUEZ

Testees (10:30 p.m. Thursday, FX) -- There are two things you should know about this new sitcom about a couple of slackers who make their living as test-subjects for a drug company. One is that it was created by Kenny Hotz, a former writer on South Park; the other is that it's on the cable channel FX, whose previous comedies have been the eating-disorder-grossout Starved and the monumentally scabrous It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. So count on Testees to be both hilarious and entirely inappropriate for viewing by decent human beings.

Valentine (8 p.m. Sunday, The CW) -- See full review on 1M.

Easy Money (9 p.m. Sunday, The CW) -- See full review on 1M.

The Tony Rock Project (8 p.m. Wednesday, MyNetworkTV) -- Chris' little brother steps into the spotlight with a show that uses man-on-the-street interviews and Candid Camera-style tricks to discuss stereotypes, hang-ups and prejudices.

Latinos '08 (8 p.m. Wednesday, WPBT-PBS 2) -- This documentary explores the role Hispanic voters will play in next month's election, while making the point that Latinos don't necessarily vote as a bloc.

Kath & Kim (8:30 p.m. Thursday, NBC) -- Molly Shannon is a foxy mom with a new boyfriend, Selma Blair a foxy daughter whose marriage has just come apart after six weeks. The comic possibilities are endless, at least if you're Australian, where the original version of this series was a big hit.

Eleventh Hour (10 p.m. Thursday, CBS) -- Adventures of a crime-busting scientist, not to be confused with other CBS shows like The Mentalist (crime-busting psychic), CSI (crime-busting former stripper), Numb3rs (crime-busting algebra teacher) or CSI: Miami (crime-busting pale guy with freckles).

Life on Mars (10 p.m. Thursday, ABC) -- Jason O'Mara plays a cop who's hit by a car and wakes up in 1973, where a tottering president is trying to wind down an unpopular war and Paul McCartney is making insipid albums. In other words, he can't even tell.

-- GLENN GARVIN

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