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SATURDAY

The Winslow Boy (1999) U

1.50PM, BBC2

Based on Terence Rattigan’s play, this version is adapted and directed by David Mamet, and it’s a close second to Anthony Asquith’s 1948 version. In 1912, a father (Nigel Hawthorne) does whatever it takes to save his young son’s reputation after his school expels him for theft.

Frozen

(2013) PG 4PM, BBC1

Disney’s musical fairytale animation is a gleaming story of love and redemption that will warm the cockles of hearts, young and old. Elsa is the princess with a magic touch, in dire need of a helping hand from her sister, Anna (below), and a few of her friends.

The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)

PG 7PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

Gripping British disaster movie, following a doomsday scenario from the point of view of Fleet Street journalists. Edward Judd is the reporter breaking the news that nuclear testing has shifted the Earth’s axis, leading to apocalyptic climatic change.

Goldstone

(2016) 15 9PM, BBC4

PREMIERE The Mystery Road TV series, which concluded on BBC4 last week, was a spin-off of this film and its 2013 predecessor. Aaron Pedersen’s Jay Swan goes to a corrupt mining town, where Jacki Weaver and David Wenham (below) are the officials in cahoots.

The Expendables (2010) 15 11.10PM, ITV Sylvester Stallone has no intention of being put out to pasture, and co-wrote and directed this first in a film franchise about older, wiser and still fit and beefy mercenaries. He also plays their leader, Barney Ross, with Jason Statham, Jet Li and Dolph Lundgren on the team.

Department Q: A Conspiracy Of Faith (2016) 15 12.35AM, BBC2

The third film in a dark Danish series based on the novels of Jussi Adler-Olsen. Detectives Morck and Assad (Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares) investigate child abductions after finding a message in a bottle – written in blood.

SUNDAY

Pal Joey (1957) U 1PM, BBC2 See Classic Film Choice (right).

Antz

(1998) PG 1.30PM, CH4 DreamWorks’s very first animated film set the standard. Z is an idealistic worker ant who falls for the colony’s princess (above) and joins the army, where he learns to think for himself – but his individuality has consequences.

Rio 2

(2014) U 4.40PM, E4

This sequel is as vibrant and fun as the first animated avian adventure. Domesticated blue macaw Blu and his mate, Jewel, flee the city to raise their chicks in the Amazon, with their own kind. Nemesis Nigel isn’t far behind.

Sudden Fear

(1952)

PG 6.45PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

This superior thriller earned Joan Crawford (left) an Oscar nod, and showed her once again hauling her own career out of the doldrums. She’s the wealthy playwright who discovers that her husband (Jack Palance) is plotting to kill her – so she coolly sets out to write a new ending.

Now You See Me 2 (2016) 12 9PM, CH4 PREMIERE See The Big Movie (right).

Selma

(2014) 12 11.15PM, BBC2

British actor David Oyelowo stars as Martin Luther King Jr in Ava DuVernay’s historical biopic. It follows the voting rights marches of 1965 in the southern state of Alabama, a turning point for the civil rights movement.

Unknown

(2011) 12 11.20PM, ITV4

Liam Neeson plays it frantic in this thriller. He stars as Martin Harris, a doctor in Berlin for a conference, whose cab crashes into a river. Waking from a coma, he finds that everything he knew – wife, job, identity – has been erased.

The Fault In Our Stars (2014) 12

11.35PM, CH4

Young-adult weepy, based on a novel by John Green, about teens with cancer (Ansel Elgort and Shailene

Woodley, right) forming a powerful bond. The performances are strong, but it’s a tough, emotional watch.

MONDAY

While I Live

(1947) PG

9.45AM, TALKING PICTURES TV

Famed for its musical theme, The Dream Of Olwen, this British drama stars Sonia Dresdel as Julia, a recluse tormented by the death of her sister, Olwen, a promising pianist and composer. One night, a stranger arrives, whom Julia believes is the reincarnation of Olwen.

The Professionals

(1966) PG

4.35PM, FILM4

Burt Lancaster leads an all-star cast in this popular western, as one of four men (with Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode) hired to rescue rancher’s wife Claudia Cardinale after she is kidnapped by ruthless Mexican bandits.

Hell Or High Water (2016) 15 9PM, FILM4 Scottish director David Mackenzie followed his British prison drama Starred Up with this Texas-set modern western, written by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario). Chris Pine and Ben Foster are bank-robbing brothers (above), pursued by two rangers, one of whom is Jeff Bridges. Deceptively simple, hugely satisfying.

Jet Storm

(1959) PG

9PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

Setting a template for airplane disaster movies, this stars Richard Attenborough as a grieving father terrorising the passengers on a transatlantic flight from London. He’s planted a bomb to kill the man who killed his daughter – and everyone else on board.

The Happening (2008) 15

9PM, HORROR

Apocalyptic thriller starring Mark Wahlberg (above right, with John Leguizamo) as a teacher realising that Mother Nature is out for revenge. It’s barking mad, but perfectly watchable. (Freeview 70, Freesat 138, Sky 317, Virgin 149)

Total Recall

(1990) 15

10PM, ITV4

Paul Verhoeven’s mad and thoroughly fun adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the average Joe finding out that he’s really a secret agent.

TUESDAY

Terror In A Texas Town (1958) PG

1.05PM, FILM4

Written by Dalton Trumbo while blacklisted, this unusual western stars Sterling Hayden (above, with Carol Kelly) as the whaler standing up to the land baron who killed his father and is terrorising the town.

Tiny House Of Terror

(2017) 12

2.15PM, CH5

PREMIERE Francia Raisa is the woman who downsizes to a micro home after her husband mysteriously disappears. Her peace is shattered when she realises someone is watching her…

Cast A Dark Shadow

(1956) PG

9PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

Lewis Gilbert’s thriller stars Dirk Bogarde as the bad guy, who murders his wife and, after losing out on the inheritance, hooks up with a wealthy widow (Margaret Lockwood) instead.

Jagged Edge (1985) 18 12.10AM, BBC1

Devilishly twisty courtroom thriller from

Basic Instinct writer Joe Eszterhas. Glenn Close stars as the lawyer who represents Jeff Bridges (above) for the murder of his wife, and gets in too deep with her dashing defendant.

The Guard

(2011) 15

1.20AM, CH4

Brendan Gleeson is the brash Irish garda teaming up with Don Cheadle’s straight-up FBI man to catch drug smugglers. A buddy-cop comedy with plenty of wry and pleasing twists.

Menashe

(2017) U

1.20AM, FILM4

PREMIERE Set in New York City’s Hasidic Jewish community, this Yiddishlanguage drama is sad, moving and deeply authentic. Recent widower Menashe (Menashe Lustig) must remarry before he can get custody of his tenyear-old son, Rieven (Ruben Niborski, right, with Lustig).

WEDNESDAY

Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) PG

1.05PM, FILM4

James Garner stars as Jason McCullough, a man stumbling into the role of sheriff of a town flush from the gold rush, but overrun with bad behaviour. Under his watchful eye, all but the local roughneck family and their hired guns calm down, which will surely lead to a showdown.

Fast & Furious

(2009) 12

9PM, ITV2

It’s now a juggernaut movie franchise, but didn’t really get up to full speed until the sixth lap. This fourth film is a pretty average trip in which Jordana Brewster (below), Vin Diesel and the rest drive fast and also party hard.

Scream Of Fear

(1961) 18

9PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

Superior Hammer horror that showcases the studio’s knack for the creepy and bizarre. Susan Strasberg is a young woman, wheelchair-bound, who returns home to discover that her father is missing. When she starts seeing his corpse in odd places, her sanity is called into question...

The Gorgon

(1964) 12

11.05PM, HORROR

More Hammer horror, this is a vampire-free pairing for Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (below), which takes its inspiration from Greek mythology. Lee stars as a professor investigating a spate of disturbing deaths – and unearthing a truly petrifying culprit.

Locke

(2013) 15 1.30AM, CH4

Tom Hardy stars as a man in a jam in this cleverly evolving one-hander from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Driving alone at night, and taking a series of phone calls, he faces mounting pressure from various areas of his life.

Young Adult

(2011) 15

1.30AM, FILM4

Charlize Theron is crass and classless in this comedy from Jason Reitman (Juno). She plays an alcoholic writer who misreads the (nonexistent) signals from her old high-school boyfriend (Patrick Wilson). Ignoring an important deadline, she heads home to cause chaos.

THURSDAY

Can-Can

(1960) U

12.30PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

Cole Porter’s musical is brought to the big screen, with Shirley MacLaine keeping a shocking new dance alive in an underground club – despite it being banned. Louis Jourdan’s straight-up judge (above, with MacLaine) wants to close it down, so MacLaine turns on the charm.

Dancing With Crime

(1947) PG

6PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

British crime thriller starring Richard Attenborough as a cab driver investigating the murder of a childhood friend with whom he served in the Army. He uncovers a link to organised crime at the dance hall where his chorus line girlfriend (Sheila Sim) works.

Licence To Kill

(1989)

15 9PM, ITV4 Timothy Dalton isn’t the most lauded James Bond, but there’s plenty of meat to this, his second and final outing. Standard Bond action, it’s a little darker and grittier as Bond goes rogue and sets off on a mission of revenge. Robert Davi is Franz Sanchez, the Latin American drug baron Bond has in his sights.

Nerve

(2016) 15 9PM, FILM4

PREMIERE Lively adaptation of Jeanne Ryan’s 2012 novel, starring Emma Roberts as a shy teen seduced by an online game where ‘players’ accept dares from ‘watchers’ to win cash. Her first task is to kiss a stranger – enter Dave Franco and a frantically escalating adventure.

Dog Soldiers

(2002) 15

9PM, HORROR

While it’s not especially original to pit military types against an unseen, bloodthirsty foe in unforgiving terrain, what really sets this horror apart is the playful tone and snappy, irreverent dialogue. Kevin McKidd and Sean Pertwee star.

The November Man

(2014)

15 9PM, SONY MOVIE CHANNEL

Ex-Bond Pierce Brosnan and ex-Bond girl Olga Kurylenko (right) team up in this thriller. Brosnan is a former CIA agent who is lured out of retirement to protect a mysterious aid worker (Kurylenko), who has information that can blow open a deadly conspiracy. (Freeview 32, Sky 321, Virgin 425)

FRIDAY

Woman In A Dressing Gown (1957) PG

11.50AM, TALKING PICTURES

Outstanding British drama that predates the films of the British New Wave by several years. Yvonne Mitchell stars as the housewife of the title, a little rough round the edges, but all the more real for it. Anthony Quayle is her husband, having an affair with his secretary (Sylvia Syms).

The 15:17 To Paris

(2018) 15

8PM, SKY PREMIERE

PREMIERE In a dramatisation of a real-life act of heroism, Clint Eastwood directs three of the heroes themselves. While travelling on a train from Amsterdam to Paris, Americans Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler (below) and Spencer Stone confront and stop an armed attacker.

RoboCop

(1987) 18 9PM, ITV4

Paul Verhoeven’s compelling and graphic original sci-fi crime thriller has been watered down by sequels, a TV series and a remake. Peter Weller is the cop casualty who has to reboot his identity after a cyborg upgrade.

The Take

(2016) 15 9PM, FILM4

Nicely paced Euro-thriller with a few decent action sequences (especially a rooftop chase and a bar brawl) and two engaging leading men. Idris Elba is the CIA agent who teams up with Richard Madden’s (Bodyguard) slippery thief (below) to stop bombs going off in Paris. Con Air (1997) 18

9PM, SONY MOVIE CHANNEL

Brash midair prison escape action, with a few quirky turns from its supporting cast. Nicolas Cage and John Cusack are the main men, joined by John Malkovich, Ving Rhames and an especially creepy Steve Buscemi.

Eden

(2014) 15 12.15AM, CH4

French drama, set in the Paris rave scene, with an addictive soundtrack by Daft Punk and others. Director Mia Hansen-Love wrote the screenplay with her brother, Sven, and it is loosely based on his life.