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SATURDAY

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996) U 4.50PM, SKY DISNEY This playful adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic love story is surprisingly dark for Disney. The likes of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore and Kevin Kline provide voice action in the starry cast.

Nanny McPhee (2005) U 5.20PM, ITV2 Perfectly rowdy fun scripted by clever Emma Thompson, who also tops the cast as the warty McPhee – the antithesis of Disney’s ‘practically perfect’ nanny, Mary Poppins. Colin Firth plays the widower struggling in vain to control his enormous unruly brood (below).

Die Hard 2 (1990) 15 9PM, E4 A cracker of a follow-up to 1988’s original, which – unusually for a sequel – is every bit as good as its predecessor. William Sadler is the disgruntled colonel threatening to blow a bunch of planes out of the sky; Bruce Willis is the permanently off-duty cop trying to stop him.

Transcendence (2014) 12 10PM, CH4 RoboCop-style sci-fi, with Christopher Nolan’s pal Wally Pfister on directing duties. Johnny Depp (who rediscovers his form somewhat in Friday’s Black Mass) is a scientist working on artificial intelligence, who is turned into a supercomputer after his death. How I Live Now (2013) 15 12.20AM, CH4 Another young-adult novel – Meg Rosoff’s award-winning post-apocalyptic tale – gets the screen treatment. Saoirse Ronan (above) is Daisy, the teen sent away from the trouble when war breaks out, but finding no escape.

The Walker (2007) 15 2AM, BBC2 Paul Schrader’s (American Gigolo) compelling thriller about a gay man with powerful connections. Woody Harrelson (right) is the society chaperone – the ‘walker’ of the title – who turns detective when he is implicated in a murder.

SUNDAY

Postman Pat: The Movie (2014) U 12 NOON, E4 The friendly village postie arrives on the big screen (voiced by Stephen Mangan) in this larger-than-life adventure. When cost-cutting boss Edwin Carbunkle starts to replace the postal force with robots – or should that be Patbots? (above) – disaster looms.

Victor Frankenstein (2015) 12 8PM, SKY PREMIERE Usually a source of mockery, the good Doctor Frankenstein’s assistant, Igor, is the focus (and narrator) of this retelling of Shelley’s story. Daniel Radcliffe plays Igor, while James McAvoy is the ‘visionary’ he teams up with.

The Expendables 2 (2012) 15 9PM, CH5 The battle-hardened veteran action stars – led by beefy Sylvester Stallone in a natty hat (right) – reunite for an enjoyable sequel that takes in the exotic climes of Albania, by way of Nepal. The cunningly named Jean Vilain (played by Jean-Claude Van Damme, get it?) is the rival they’re after.

Red Eye (2005) 12 11.05PM, CH4 Mad-eyed Cillian Murphy – now perhaps bestknown as Tommy Shelby from BBC2 series Peaky Blinders – does psychotic a little bit too well in Wes Craven’s convoluted midair chiller. Fellow flier Rachel McAdams is the target of Murphy’s unwanted attentions.

Total Recall (2012) 12 11.05PM, CH5 A rather less colourful take on Hollywood favourite Philip K. Dick’s short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale – originally filmed in neon fashion in 1990. Colin Farrell steps into big Arnold Schwarzenegger’s shoes as the ordinary Joe who is really anything but.

Brooklyn’s Finest (2009) 18 11.50PM, BBC1 Antoine Fuqua (of Training Day fame) sticks to what he does best in this violent, action-led cop drama. Richard Gere tops the excellent cast – all making the most of the cliches on offer – as Eddie Dugan, an embittered cop on the eve of retirement, but assigned to look after rookie recruits on the tough streets of New York.

MONDAY

Race To Witch Mountain (2009) PG 11.35AM, SKY DISNEY Disney’s perky update of its own 1975 classic Escape To Witch Mountain. This time round, muscleman Dwayne Johnson adds star power as an ex-con cabbie having a close encounter with a couple of kids (AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig) who are not of this world. Fatal Friends

(2015) 15 3.10PM, CH5 Female friendship turns hysterically bad when the new girl in school turns out to have psychotic secrets. Sarah Grey is the studious girl whose new BFF (Best Friend Forever) turns into her WNN (Worst Nightmare Now).

Anastasia (1956) U 4.35PM, FILM4 Director Anatole Litvak’s delightful take on an unbelievable true story. Ingrid Bergman (above, right) tops an accomplished cast as Anna Anderson (here called Koreff), the woman who claimed to be Anastasia – daughter of the last Russian Tsar – and who remains an enigma. Shallow Hal

(2001) 12 8PM, E4 The Farrellys add a layer of sweetness to their usual gross-out formula in this ‘never judge a book by its cover’ comedy. Jack Black is the prejudiced fella hypnotised to see beyond skin-deep – and falling for tubby Gwyneth Paltrow (below), who gamely wears a huge fat suit for much of the film.

From Russia With Love (1963) PG 9PM, ITV4 Dr No put Sean Connery on the map, but this second Bond film sent his career stratospheric. Lotte Lenya is icy Soviet agent Rosa Klebb – 007’s opposite number in Spectre – in director Terence Young’s chilly Cold War adventure.

Elysium (2013) 15 9PM, 5STAR Matt Damon (right) is bulked-up, tattooed and bald for this dystopian sci-fi, written and directed by District 9’s Neill Blomkamp. The film itself is buffed-up with a big budget, and explores themes of social segregation similar to District 9, but satire ultimately loses out to the big guns here.

TUESDAY

The Little Mermaid (1989) U 10.25AM, SKY DISNEY Hans Christian Andersen’s story is the starting point for this wonderful Disney tale. Ariel (above) is the sea-dweller of the title, who longs to be human, hang the consequences... Genevieve (1953) U 11AM, FILM4 See Classic Film Choice (right). Virtual Lies

(2012) PG 3.15PM, CH5 Christina Cox is Jamie, a wife and mother who finds herself the target of an unhinged woman (Ali Liebert) who used the internet to try to snare Jamie’s husband. Strong on cliche, this cyberseduction tale is also hugely exploitative.

Moon (2009) 15 9PM, MOVIE MIX Low-key but intriguing sci-fi from Duncan Jones – David Bowie’s son – who makes an assured directing debut. Sam Rockwell (right) is a worker mining the dark side of the moon, with only an artificially intelligent computer for company – or so he thinks...

American Gangster (2007) 18 10PM, ITV4 Ridley Scott’s stylish take on a real-life story from the 1970s. Denzel Washington plays Frank Lucas, a hard-working guy who loves his wife – and just so happens to be the biggest druglord in Manhattan.

10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 12 10.10PM, SKY DRAMA Hollywood successfully turns Shakespeare’s troublesome The Taming Of The Shrew into a high-school romcom. Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles are the brave lad and the feisty lass.

The Fury (1978) 18 10.45PM, HORROR Kirk Douglas plays a father seeking his kidnapped son in this effective thriller from Brian De Palma. Amy Irving is one of a group of people with telekinetic powers that a shadowy US agency is plotting to exploit, and she has a strange link to the lad. (Freeview 70, Freesat 138, Sky 319, Virgin 149)

WEDNESDAY

20 Million Miles To Earth (1957) PG 11AM, FILM4 Animation legend Ray Harryhausen (of Jason And The Argonauts fame) is behind the special effects in this vintage sci-fi B-movie. William Hopper and Joan Taylor are among the humans fighting for screen time with the space goo.

The Good Witch’s Destiny (2013) PG 3.15PM, CH5 Cassie’s stepdaughter, Lori, comes worryingly close to finding out her secret in this sixth film in the popular Hallmark franchise. Catherine Bell and Hannah Endicott-Douglas play the pair.

2012 (2009) 12 8PM, 5 STAR Roland Emmerich sent aliens to attack us in Independence Day, and had us stricken by a new ice age in The Day After Tomorrow, but in this CGI epic, it’s solar flares causing the Earth’s core to overheat. John Cusack (above) tops the cast as a dad trying to save his loved ones here. Wall Street

(1987) 15 8PM, SKY SELECT Cutting social commentary from hit-and-miss writer-director Oliver Stone, focusing on Wall Street’s boom years – and to hell with the bust. Michael Douglas, on Oscar-winning form, and Charlie Sheen, still the fresh-faced young star, are the sleazy veteran and the rookie. Macbeth (2015) 15 9PM, FILM4 See The Big Movie (right).

Public Enemies (2009) 15 10PM, ITV4 A fact-based thriller that is as much about the early days of the FBI as it is about the antics of bank robber John Dillinger and his gang – the public enemies of the title. Johnny Depp and Christian Bale give full-throttle turns in a drama played out at an intoxicating pace.

Beginners (2010) 15 1.20AM, CH4 Ewan McGregor (above, with Melanie Laurent) is a bereaved son reflecting on the strange turn his relationship with his father took in the final years of his dad’s life. Christopher Plummer is the colourful older man who decides that he’s gay in a sweetly whimsical drama partly based on writer-director Mike Mills’s own life.

THURSDAY

Exodus: Gods And Kings (2014) 12 12.55PM, SKY ACTION A suitably sweeping take on the biblical story of Moses from Ridley Scott, a film-maker who is used to handling epic productions. Christian Bale (above) tops the cast as the Egyptian who led the chosen few out of harm’s way.

Crimes Of The Mind (2014) 12 3.15PM, CH5 Drama based on a true story – as these things often are – with Christina Cox as a woman who fights to release her daughter from the mind control of another woman and her sinister cult. The battle is a long one, but she doesn’t give up.

The Quiet Man (1952) U 4.10PM, FILM4 John Ford won his fourth Oscar (none of which was for a western, strangely enough) for this affectionate Irish blarney. Here, old pal John Wayne plays a has-been boxer who returns to Ireland to put his past behind him – and promptly falls for feisty colleen Maureen O’Hara.

Lady And The Tramp (1955) U 5.30PM, SKY DISNEY Cocker spaniel Lady (above, centre) is taught to survive on the streets by a scruff y but charming stray in one of Walt Disney’s many classics from the 1950s. It isn’t broadcast all that often these days, so make sure you don’t miss it... Rob Roy

(1995) 15 9PM, MOVIE MIX Braveheart grabbed the glory, but this lavish romp (released the same year) quietly gets down to business. It’s got a similar plot – historical tensions between English and Scots – but here, the leading man who looks astonishingly good in a kilt is Liam Neeson.

The Running Man (1987) 18 10PM, E4 A post-apocalyptic actioner of the kind that suits hulking Arnie Schwarzenegger down to the ground – lots of violence, lots of dead bodies, very little talking. Here, he plays a disgraced police pilot forced to take part in a bizarre, Hunger Games-style reality show.

FRIDAY

Black Mass (2015) 15 8PM, SKY PREMIERE After a string of so-so movies and critical flops, Johnny Depp (almost unrecognisable behind heavy prosthetics) finds his form again in this true-life crime tale. Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper tells the story of 1970s Boston mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, in bloody fashion.

The Rookie (2002) U 8PM, SKY DISNEY Dennis Quaid is the fast-pitching teacher who, despite his age, might have a chance of playing in the major league in this true-ish story, based on the life of baseballer Jim Morris. Rachel Griffiths and Jay Hernandez co-star.

Species (1995) 18 9PM, MOVIE MIX Ex-model Natasha Henstridge (above, right) – in by far her best role – is the beautiful monster in Roger Donaldson’s latter-day B-movie. She’s the unfeasibly good-looking alien embarking on a mission to repopulate the world with its kind, and finding men falling at her feet – the fools. Killer Elite

(2011) 15 10PM, CH5 The Feather Men, a supposedly fact-based novel by none other than Ranulph Fiennes, is the basis for this run-of-the-mill thriller. Jason Statham plays the troubled former black-ops soldier forced back into action to save his captured mentor from almost certain death.

American Pie (1999) 15 10.40PM, ITV Although it’s best avoided by the squeamish, the first of the teen sex-quest comedy series (up to number four, plus spinoffs) has its heart in the right place. The teens (including Jason Biggs, right) give it their all, but Eugene Levy (as Biggs’s dad) steals the show.

London River (2009) 12 12.10AM, BBC2 Brenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyate (left) star in a deeply moving film exploring the personal aftershocks of the 7/ 7 bombings. Blethyn, a Christian mother, and Kouyate, a Muslim father, come together to search for their children, both missing since the attacks.