‘Hero’

Directed unevenly by Stephen Frears and written by ‘Unforgiven’ screenwriter David Webb Peoples, “Hero” asks whether heroism is truly selfless or rather an act of stupidity. Dustin Hoffman (pictured) stars as a curmudgeonly, anti-social weasel who nevertheless winds up bringing about the rescue of 54 people in a plane crash only to vanish immediately afterward. Among the rescued is your usual hard-charging TV reporter (Geena Davis), who knows that the disappearing “hero” could be the story of a lifetime. But then a handsome guy (Andy Garcia) shows up to claim the laurel wreath (Cinemax Sunday at 8:30 a.m., TMC Friday at 3:40 p.m. and Cinemax Friday at 4:30 p.m.)