TV FILMS OF THE WEEK
1 FINDING DORY Today, BBC1, 6.20pm
DORY (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres) is the next-shell neighbour of Marlin (Albert Brooks) and his young son Nemo (Hayden Rolence) on the Great Barrier Reef. During a field trip to witness the stingray migration, the lovable blue tang experiences a rush of fragmented memories of her parents Charlie (Eugene Levy) and Jenny (Diane Keaton), and the three plucky fish embark on an epic quest to California to reunite the forgetful daughter with her loved ones. Finding Dory is Pixar’s joyous computeranimated sequel to one of its biggest hits, which mines the central character’s one-joke disability for gentle laughs without treading water.
2 JURASSIC PARK Tomorrow, ITV, 5.45pm
A GROUP of scientists (including Laura Dern and Sam Neill, pictured) is being given a sneak preview of a safari park set up on a remote island by an eccentric tycoon (Richard Attenborough). The creatures on display are genetically engineered dinosaurs, but when the prehistoric beasts escape their cages, the visitors become their prey.
3 KONG: SKULL ISLAND Monday, ITV2, 6.40pm
BILL Randa (John Goodman) spearheads a government expedition to a Pacific island, searching for unidentified organisms. However, their sonic weapons rouse a 100ft ape and best-laid plans are smashed to smithereens. Crash-landed on the island, the survivors find themselves at the mercy of Kong. Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson and Tom Hiddleston star.
4 THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS Tuesday, BBC2, 3.05pm
ORSON WELLES wrote, directed and narrates this drama. A successful car manufacturer is reunited with his lost love, now a wealthy high society widow, and hopes to give their relationship a second chance. Her selfish son strives to keep them apart. Starring Joseph Cotten ,Dolores Costello (pictured with Tim Holt) and Anne Baxter.
5 AMERICAN MADE Wednesday, Film4, 9pm
BASED on a true story, this briskly entertaining 1980s-set caper sees Tom Cruise as Barry Seal, a money hungry former pilot recruited by the CIA to smuggle guns and cocaine to and from Central and South America, who exploits the opportunity to also run drugs for the cartels. Domhnall Gleeson, pictured with Cruise, plays his CIA handler.
6 BEAST Thursday, Film4, 9pm
HAUNTED by her past, shrinking violet Moll (Jessie Buckley, pictured) submits to a joyless life under the thumb of her mother (Geraldine James). When Moll encounters poacher and handyman Pascal (Johnny Flynn) the misfits fall head over heels in lust. Soon afterwards, Pascal becomes a suspect in the hunt for the murderer of young women on the island.
7 YOUNG ADULT Friday, BBC1, 11.15pm
MAVIS (Charlize Theron, pictured) is a harddrinking writer who makes her living penning a series of Sweet Valley High-style teenage novels. After an email from her ex-boyfriend Buddy (Patrick Wilson) and his wife (Elizabeth Reaser) announcing the birth of their daughter, Mavis travels to her hometown, determined to show Buddy that he really belongs with her.