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YOUR FILM GUIDE
Much Ado About Nothing (1984/U)
(RTE Two, 1.35pm - 4.30pm) Lively adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy focusing on the lives and loves of friends and enemies in an Italian court. Cherie Lunghi stars ★★★★
The Lady Vanishes (1938/U)
(BBC Two, 1.35pm - 3.10pm) Two passengers investigate the mysterious disappearance of an elderly woman from a train. Alfred Hitchcock’s mystery, starring Margaret Lockwood ★★★★★ Puss in Boots (2011/U)
(Channel 4, 2.00pm - 3.45pm) The feline goes on a quest for a magical golden goose.
Animated comedy spin-off from the Shrek movies, featuring the voices of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek ★★★★ The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957/PG) (TG4, 2.55pm - 5.55pm) A British colonel in a Japanese PoW camp is ordered to build a railway bridge over a river. David Lean’s Oscarwinning Second World War drama, with Alec Guinness and William Holden ★★★★★ The Champ (1979/PG) (RTE One, 3.25pm 5.40pm) A washed-up boxer learns his ex-wife wants custody of their son, and returns to the ring one last time to win the boy’s affection. Drama, starring Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway ★★★★ Suspicion (1941/PG)
(BBC Two, 3.40pm - 5.15pm) A newlywed is convinced her husband is up to no good when his business partner dies in mysterious circumstances. Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine ★★★★ Cinderella (2015/U)
(BBC One, 3.55pm - 5.35pm) An orphaned girl is treated as a servant by her cruel stepmother. Her life is changed for ever by the intervention of a kindly fairy godmother, who gives her the opportunity to win the heart of a handsome prince. Romantic fantasy, starring Lily James ★★★★
Home Alone 3 (1997/PG) (Film4, 4.50pm - 6.55pm)
A resourceful eight-year-old uses an arsenal of homemade booby traps to fend off a gang of crooks searching for a stolen microchip. Comedy, starring Alex D Linz ★★★ Isle of Dogs (2018/PG)
(Channel 4, 6.05pm - 8.00pm) Premiere. A 12-year-old goes on a mission to rescue his furry companion when all dogs are banished following an outbreak of canine flu. Animation, with the voice of Bryan Cranston ★★★★
A Quiet Place (2018/15)
(Film4, 9.00pm - 10.45pm) Two parents do whatever it takes to keep their children safe in a world full of creatures hunting every sound they hear. Nothing can be heard from the family hiding in silence, but all it takes is one noise and everything can go horrifically wrong. Horror, starring Emily Blunt and John Krasinski ★★★★ The Imitation Game (2014/12)
(RTE Two, 9.00pm - 11.05pm) Biopic of mathematician Alan Turing, whose work during the Second World War translated seemingly unbreakable Nazi codes as well as pioneering the development of computer technology. In the years following the war, his life would be destroyed as his homosexuality was discovered, leaving him facing criminal charges. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch ★★★★ Ted 2 (2015/15) (Channel 4, 11.00pm - 1.10am) The foulmouthed talking teddy bear fights a court case for the right to be legally recognised as a person. Comedy, starring Mark Wahlberg ★★★ A Monster Calls (2016/12)
(BBC Two, 11.15pm - 12.55am) A boy trying to cope with his mother’s terminal illness is visited by a tree monster. Fantasy drama, starring
Lewis MacDougall and Felicity Jones ★★★★
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