BIG SCREEN

W. (PG-13) -- Director Oliver Stone promises this biopic about the life of President George W. Bush (played by Josh Brolin) will be a ''compassionate'' look at the man. Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Scott Glenn and Richard Dreyfuss make up Bush's cabinet, while James Cromwell is his dad.

Max Payne (PG-13) -- A DEA agent (Mark Wahlberg) and a hired killer (Mila Kunis) join forces to track down the people who killed their families. This turns out to involve some supernatural creatures, by the looks of the trailer.

The Secret Life of Bees (PG-13) -- In 1960s South Carolina, a teenager (Dakota Fanning) goes on a journey to learn more about the life of her late mother. Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys are the women who help her on her quest. An earnest and heartfelt adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's novel.

Sex Drive (R) -- A virginal high school senior (Josh Zuckerman) embarks on a cross-country trip for a face-to-face with a girl he met online.

-- RENE RODRIGUEZ

My Own Worst Enemy (10 p.m. Monday, NBC) -- Christian Slater stars in this modern Jekyll-and-Hyde tale about a man who discovers two people are living in his body -- a corporate drone from the suburbs, and a vicious trained assassin. Personally, I could use a trained assassin from time to time -- like the next time an editor asks when this piece will be finished -- but apparently some people are big wussies.

Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery (9 p.m. Monday, HBO) -- A documentary on the one-acre plot that's the final resting place for American soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod (10 p.m. Tuesday, Discovery) -- I know, I know, who cares about some dog race in Alaska? Until Sarah Palin is vice president, and then the dog-racing police will come to your house and if you don't know the right answers they'll stick a cattle prod up your . . . Oh, sorry, I was channeling Keith Olbermann there for a second. Never mind, he's gone now.

Sex Change Hospital (11 p.m. Tuesday, WE) -- In one of life's inexplicable little oddities, the sex-change capital of the world is located in the tiny Old West mining town of Trinidad, Colo., where one of the local hospitals has performed more than 5,000 gender-reassignment surgeries. This six-part documentary follows two patients through the process.

Crusoe (8 p.m. Friday, NBC) -- Castaway travelers survive on a deserted island where they have to fight off mysterious marauders, vicious animals and strange electrical storms. No, it's not Lost -- look, the world is full of sinister islands inhabited by hostile natives. Haven't you ever been to South Beach?

-- GLENN GARVIN

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