“Holes,” the 2003 feature film about a boy who commits a slight misstep and winds up in a juvenile work camp for really bad boys, airs at 9 tonight on the Disney Channel.
Fun for the whole family, except, of course, the kids forced to dig holes in the desert.
When it came out, Post staffer Claire Martin wrote, “‘Holes’ is that rare thing, a movie that will appeal to just about everyone in a family without being soppy pap.”
“Holes” features young actor Shia LaBeouf, about to get famous again in Disney’s “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” with Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson and Sigourney Weaver.
Weekend highlights:
Today
Malcolm becomes enthralled with a free-spirited healer (Rosanna Arquette) when the family takes a vacation to the Burning Man celebration in Nevada in the season opener of “Malcolm in the Middle” (7:30 p.m., KDVR-Channel 31).
“Hope & Faith” kicks off its third season with Faith (Kelly Ripa) having second thoughts about her intended, Gooch (her real-life husband, Mark Consuelos). Will her choice stick around? (8, KMGH-Channel 7).
Saturday
“Saturday Night Live” begins its 31st season (can it be that long?) with actor Steve Carell as host. Rapper Kanye West is the musical guest (10:35 p.m., KUSA-Channel 9).
Touted by some critics as the season’s best new show, “Invasion” takes the unusual step of uniting a re-run of the season premiere with a second episode into a mini-movie, starting with a hurricane (7 p.m., Channel 7).
Sunday
We know “America’s Funniest Home Videos” is silly but it’s going into its 16th season so somebody is watching (6 p.m., Channel 7).
Stay awake for “Insomniac Tour,” Comedy Central’s first foray into feature-length film with comics Dave Attell, Sean Rouse, Greg Giraldo and Dane Cook in Las Vegas (10 p.m., Comedy Central).
Around the dial
Greg Dobbs moderates a discussion on whether 1,900 crosses displayed in Colorado Springs were a tribute to soldiers killed in Iraq or exploitation of anti-war sentiment on “Colorado State of Mind” (7:30 tonight, KRMA-Channel 6) … CBS last Monday began offering free podcasts of “60 Minutes” segments at CBSNews.com … Former Mayor Federico Peña, now managing director of a Denver-based equity firm, is featured in the second half of a two-part conversation with Aaron Harber (9 tonight, KBDI-Channel 12) … Late Channel 9 anchor Carl Akers is one of four local media types being inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame at 7 tonight. Other inductees are Lou Kilzer, Bill Peery and Bill Kostka Jr. Ticket info, 303-571-5260 … Quotable: “My parents were too poor to have children, so the neighbors had me.” Buddy Hackett
Dick Kreck’s column appears Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. He may be reached at 303-820-1456 or dkreck@denverpost.com.
