MIKE WARD'S TELLY MOVIES

STAR RATINGS

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JESSE STONE: DEATH IN PARADISE

(2006) ** Channel 5, 3.15pm Crime drama. Tom Selleck’s smalltown cop faces the wrath of the Mob in Boston as he investigates the death of a teenage girl. Also stars Edward Edwards.

MAD MAX (1979) ***** ITV, 11.45pm

Action thriller. Mel Gibson takes the title role in this classic adventure, set in the near future. Aussie ex-cop Max Rockatansky is forced out of retirement to investigate the murder of his wife and child at the hands of a biker gang. Also stars Joanne Samuel and Hugh Keays-Byrne.

SEXY BEAST (2000) **** Channel 4,

12.10am Crime thriller. Ray Winstone stars as a retired safe-breaker, happily settled in Spain but now shocked to hear he’s wanted by a barmy old associate (Sir Ben Kingsley) for a major bank heist in London. Also stars Ian McShane and Amanda Redman.