MIKE WARDS TELLY MOVIES
***** Don’t miss it **** Good ***Average **Time filler *Garbage!
LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN (2013) ** Channel 5, 10.05am Animated fantasy. A shoddy attempt to continue the story from an all-time cinema classic. Kansas farm girl Dorothy faces fresh perils as she attempts to help her old pals. Voiced by Lea Michele, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi and Kelsey Grammer. THE WOODEN HORSE (1950) **** BBC2,
12.05pm Fact-based World War Two drama. Brits plot to break out of a German prison camp by taking up gymnastics. Their ingenious plan is to use a vaulting horse to hide the the tunnel they’re digging. Stars Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Anthony Steel. 10.0 EARTHQUAKE (2014) ** Channel 5,
1.40pm Disaster movie. Los Angeles is hit by a series of earthquakes, triggered by a fracking operation. But it soon becomes clear they’re just the start and that the entire city is heading for total destruction. Stars Cameron Richardson and Henry Ian Cusick. A DATE TO DIE FOR (2015) ** Channel
5, 3.15pm Thriller. A woman sets out to clear her name by searching for the killer of the guy she’s just started dating – having woken to find this poor chap stabbed to death in the bed beside her. Stars Victoria Pratt. CLUELESS (1995) **** ITV, 11.10pm
Comedy inspired by Jane Austen’s classic novel Emma. A wealthy student helps another girl improve her bad image, but soon comes to regret it. Stars Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy and Paul Rudd.