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SATURDAY

LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (2016) U ● 3PM, BBC2 HHH Whit Stillman’s adaptation of the Jane Austen story Lady Susan stars Kate Beckinsale as a scheming widow seeking rich husbands for her daughter and herself. A hit with critics, it was only a modest success at the box office.

WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (2005) U n 4.30PM, BBC1 HHHH

Another cracking claymation comedy from Aardman, in which our cheese-loving hero, Wallace, and his plucky dog, Gromit, are in a spot of bother with a mutant bunny rabbit. TAKEN (2008) 15 ◆ 9PM, CH4 HHHH Born-again action hero Liam Neeson stars as former CIA man Bryan Mills (above), a man who is given a very personal reason to redeploy his ‘particular set of skills’ – human traffickers in Paris have kidnapped his beloved daughter (Maggie Grace). FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981) PG ● 9.05PM, ITV HHH Carole Bouquet is the marine biologist teaming up with Roger Moore’s James Bond to avenge the murder of her parents. Our hero, 007, has his hands full – he’s also got to tackle Octopussy on ITV tomorrow, 2.55pm. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014) 12 ◆ 10.20PM, BBC1 HHHH Irreverent Marvel sci-fi hijinks, following a raggle-taggle band of space misfits, including a raccoon weapons expert (voiced by Bradley Cooper), a tree called Groot (both above) and Chris Pratt’s half-human Star-lord. WORLD WAR Z (2013) 15 ◆ 10.45PM, CH4 HHH Brad Pitt flies around during a zombie plague as a UN investigator trying to save the day. Will nations co-operate to stop the fleshhungry undead from eating the human race? YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) PG ● 12.15AM, BBC1 HHHH See Classic Film Choice (right).

SUNDAY

JANE EYRE (2011) PG ● 1.50PM, BBC1 HHHH Mia Wasikowska stars as Charlotte Bronte’s resolute governess who, after a hard-knock life, falls for her employer, the haunted Mr Rochester (Michael Fassbender, above, with Wasikowska). Both leads are impressive, with Jane just the right mix of wilful and dutiful. 27 DRESSES (2008) 12 ◆ 2.50PM, CH4 HHH One of Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl’s better movies, this romcom makes very easy viewing. Heigl is the bubbly, lovelorn gal who, after donning 27 bridesmaid dresses, wonders when the white gown will be hers. JURASSIC WORLD (2015) 12 ◆ 5.50PM, ITV HHHH Another leading role for Chris Pratt (see Guardians Of The Galaxy, Saturday) – he’s come a long way since playing a pudgy dope in Parks And Recreation. Here, he’s a dinosaur wrangler (above) coming to the rescue when big beasts get loose in the famous theme park. THE JUROR (1996) 18 s 9PM, SONY MOVIES HHH Demi Moore is the juror being wooed and then menaced by Mafia man Alec Baldwin, out to secure a ‘not guilty’ verdict for his boss. Baldwin is gleefully unpleasant, while Moore wears her plucky heroine role well. ORDINARY LOVE (2019) 12 ◆ 10.15PM, SKY PREMIERE HHHH PREMIERE Here’s a reminder that Liam Neeson has a far greater range as an actor than his recent action roles (see Taken, Saturday). He stars as the husband of Lesley Manville’s Joan, who is diagnosed with breast cancer. A beautiful, if sad, study of a long marriage and the challenges it faces. QUARTET (2012) 12 ◆ 10.30PM, BBC1 HHH Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut stars a cast of British entertainment royalty – Pauline Collins (right), Billy Connolly, Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay, to name a few. It’s set in a home for retired musicians, where old rivalries and romances are reignited.

MONDAY

BEST FRIEND’S BETRAYAL (2019) PG ● 2.15PM, CH5 HH Standard TV movie thriller about inseparable best female friends (Mary Grill and Vanessa Walsh) who become, well, separated when a hunky new man (Jaime M. Callica) comes between them. HEARTBREAK RIDGE (1986) 15 ◆ 9PM, ITV4 HHH Routine but satisfying war movie, directed by Clint Eastwood. Eastwood also stars as a steely veteran who helps a motley bunch of raw recruits to get into shape for battle – and then leads them into the fray. WE OWN THE NIGHT (2007) 15 ◆ 9PM, SONY MOVIES HHH Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix play brothers on opposite sides of the law in this crime drama. Wahlberg is a cop, Phoenix an immoral New York club owner who gets the whole family into trouble with the Russian mob. Eva Mendes (above) is on moll duties. THE GO-BETWEEN (1971) PG ● 11PM, TALKING PICTURES TV HHHH British period drama starring Michael Redgrave as an old man looking back on a boyhood summer in Norfolk. There, he was drawn into a love triangle between a friend’s elder sister (a radiant Julie Christie), the farmer she loves and the viscount she is due to marry. USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE (2016) 15 ◆ 11.05PM, CH5 HHH During the Second World War, a US Navy cruiser is sunk in the Philippine Sea. Its surviving crew (Brian Presley, above, among them) are stranded for days in shark-infested waters. This fact-based pro-forces tale details the men’s bravery as well as the legal fallout. BRICK LANE (2007) 15 ◆ 1AM, FILM4 HHH Adaptation of Monica Ali’s novel about a Bangladeshi woman (Tannishtha Chatterjee) dealing with a loveless arranged marriage in east London. Satish Kaushik plays her kindly but pompous husband.

TUESDAY

THE KENTUCKIAN (1955) PG ● 12.10PM, PARAMOUNT HHH Burt Lancaster’s directorial debut is a decent enough western, in which Lancaster (above) also takes the lead role as the frontiersman travelling to Texas with his son to start a new life. Walter Matthau makes his film debut as a whip-cracking bad guy. LITTLE FOCKERS (2010) 12 ◆ 9PM, E4 HHH The returning cast keeps the same old gags ticking over in this third film in the Focker franchise, though they are starting to wear abitthin.pamandgreg(teripoloandben Stiller) now have five-year-old twins to raise. GLADIATOR (2000) 15 ◆ 9PM, 5STAR HHHH Ridley Scott brought the sword-andsandals epic back to life in spectacular fashion. Russell Crowe won an Oscar for his portrayal of Roman officer Maximus (above), who fights his way back from betrayal and humiliation to gladiatorial glory in Rome’s Colosseum. HITMAN: REDEMPTION (2018) 15 ◆ 9PM, SONY MOVIES HHH Ron Perlman stars in this action thriller as a former Mossad agent turned assassin for hire who, ahead of his retirement, has one last score to settle. Formulaic stuff, but with a decent cast that also includes Jacqueline Bisset, Richard Dreyfuss and Famke Janssen. STEALTH (2005) 12 ◆ 12.05AM, 5STAR HHH Director Rob Cohen attempts to bring the same high-octane buzz he brought to The Fast And The Furious to the US Navy with this Top Gun-style actioner about a high-tech plane on a self-controlled bombing mission. HURRY SUNDOWN (1967) 15 ◆ 12.15AM, TALKING PICTURES TV HHH Michael Caine and Jane Fonda (right) star in Otto Preminger’s ambitious but misfiring drama. It’s set in the American South, where race relations are seething.

WEDNESDAY

DRIVEN OFF THE RAILS (2017) PG

● 2.15PM, CH5 ★★

After surviving a train crash, Nicole (Hannah Barefoot) suffers amnesia, but as she settles back into life with her husband, her recovery seems to be going well. Then, a series of men turn up, and she discovers a website that suggests she was leading a sordid secret life.

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER (1977) PG

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4.45PM, TALKING PICTURES TV ★★★ British version of Mark Twain’s classic lifeswap tale, starring Mark Lester in the dual roles of poor Tom Canty and Henry VIII’S heir. Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch and Oliver Reed are the other familiar faces popping up. WE’RE THE MILLERS (2013) 15

◆ 9PM, ITV2 ★★★

Comedy starring Jason Sudeikis as a smallfry pot dealer forced into smuggling a large haul of the drug across the Us-mexico border. Jennifer Aniston (above, with Sudeikis), Emma Roberts and Will Poulter are there to flesh out a squeaky-clean fake family.

APOLLO 13 (1995) PG

● 9PM, ITV4 ★★★★ Ron Howard’s classy dramatisation of the thrilling true story of the lunar mission that never made it to the moon. Keeping the tension fraught to the end, Tom Hanks plays Commander Jim Lovell, with Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton at his side, and Ed Harris (above) down at mission control.

SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992) 18

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11PM, 5STAR ★★★★

With a scene that graphically reveals why stiletto shoes are referred to as ‘killer heels’, Barbet Schroeder’s enjoyably hysterical psychological thriller stars Jennifer Jason Leigh as the new roommate and cuckoo in the nest of Bridget Fonda’s single woman.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (2013)

15 ◆ 2.20AM, CH4 ★★★★ Meryl Streep goes dark in this adaptation of a Pulitzer Prizewinning stage play. A great cast, led by Streep, also includes Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ewan Mcgregor and Abigail Breslin (right) as members of a dysfunctional family who are reunited after a tragedy.

THURSDAY

YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (1985) PG

● 11AM, FILM4 ★★★★

Upbeat comedy drama following the early years of Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional sleuth. Nicholas Rowe takes the lead as Sherlock (above), a brilliant but undisciplined boy who makes friends with John Watson (Alan Cox) while at school in London.

CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE (1958) PG

● 2.50PM, TALKING PICTURES TV ★★★★ Virginia Mckenna got a Bafta nomination for her portrayal of spy Violette Szabo in this fittingly dramatic tribute to the sacrifice of Szabo and the many other unsung heroes of the Special Operations Executive. Watch out for Michael Caine in a fleeting early role. THE GAUNTLET (1977) 18 ▲ 9PM, ITV4 ★★★

Clint Eastwood stars as washed-up detective Ben Shockley, who is given the job of escorting a witness (Sondra Locke, above, with Eastwood) from Las Vegas back to Phoenix for a trial. Chosen because he’s expendable, Shockley has to keep them both safe.

OUTBREAK (1995) 15 ◆

10PM, 5STAR ★★★★

Wolfgang Petersen directs this pleasingly over-the-top action thriller, starring Dustin Hoffman as the virologist investigating a deadly viral outbreak. Donald Sutherland is the senior Army man covering his tracks.

INGLOURIOUS (2009) 18 ▲

11.10PM, ITV4 ★★★★

Alternative-history Second World War tale from writer and director Quentin Tarantino. Christoph Waltz is on sinister, Oscar-winning form as a ruthless SS officer, with Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger and Melanie Laurent in support. HOUNDS OF LOVE (2017) 18

▲ 11.15PM, FILM4 ★★★

PREMIERE Menacing and violent, this Australian thriller about a sadistic suburban couple who kidnap a teenage girl is not for the faint-hearted. The simple plot is infused with a thrilling psychological intensity.

FRIDAY

ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (2019) 15

◆ 8PM, SKY PREMIERE ★★★

PREMIERE Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin are back to face the undead, ten years later. Now living in the abandoned White House, the gang hear word of a new strain of ‘super-zombie’.

LADY BIRD (2017) 15

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9PM, BBC2 ★★★★

PREMIERE See The Big Movie (right).

BAYWATCH (2017)

12 ◆ 9PM, E4 ★★★ David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson, stars of the original TV series, appear in this big-screen update, but it’s Zac Efron (left) and Dwayne Johnson who are on lifeguard duties this time. The overall approach is rather crude, but the humour makes a splash.

THE LAST SAMURAI (2003) 15

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9PM, 5STAR ★★★

It seems remarkable, but this period drama is loosely based on a true story. Tom Cruise tops the cast as the world-weary Civil War veteran finding new purpose in the way of the samurai.

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (2016) 15

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10PM, SONY MOVIES ★★★★

PREMIERE The second film from fashion designer turned director Tom Ford, this is a dark and disturbing psychological thriller – which wears its style credentials boldly.

Amy Adams (below) is the elegant art gallery owner being tortured for her past decisions. THE LOST BOYS (1987) 15

◆ 10.45PM, BBC1 ★★★★

Vampire comedy set in a sunny California town, where brothers Jason Patric and Corey Haim fight a pack of impressively styled vamps led by Kiefer Sutherland. Their mum (Dianne Wiest) should also be on her guard.

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (2013) 12

◆ 12 MIDNIGHT, CH4 ★★★ Lily Collins is the New York teenager learning that the world is a battleground for angels (aka Shadowhunters) and demons. Young-adult fantasy, also starring fantasy veteran Lena Headey (right). Films by Simone Andrews