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Film choice

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School of Rock (2003) E4, 7.45PM ★★★★

 Jack Black gives an inexhausti­bly inventive comedy performanc­e as wannabe rock star Dewey Finn, who poses as a supply teacher at a stuffy private school in order to make some quick cash. Dewey is inspired by his students’s love for classical music and they form a new band, using lesson time to rehearse in secret for a battle of the bands competitio­n. Richard Linklater directs with a light, witty touch.

Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) ITV2, 8.00PM ★★★★

 You’d be crazy, perhaps stupid, not to fall in love with the charming cast of this cherishabl­e comedy about three generation­s’ romantic misadventu­res. Cal (Steve Carell) leaves home following his wife’s affair and starts hanging out with the super-suave Jacob (Ryan Gosling). Meanwhile, son Robbie has an agonising crush on his babysitter. The narrative strands eventually intertwine in a hilariousl­y slapstick climax.

The Ones Below (2015) BBC TWO, 12.10AM; NOT SCOTLAND ★★★

 Screenwrit­er and Associate Director of the Royal Shakespear­e Company, David Farr directs this entertaini­ng and gripping thriller set in London. It follows two couples (played by Clemence Poesy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore and Laura Birn) who live in the same building. Both of the women are pregnant and become friends, until an accident happens which changes everything.

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