10 telly films

Spider-man: Homecoming Sky Cinema Premiere, 11.50am & 8pm, Sunday

Jon Watts’ slick reboot of the Marvel superhero spins an impressive web of rites-of-passage drama, buddy comedy and bombastic spectacle. The webslinger (Tom Holland) foolishly tries to prove himself to the Avengers by tackling Vulture alone.

Spectre

ITV2, 9pm, Sunday

The most recent Bond adventure sees the newly appointed M (Ralph Fiennes) battling political forces, including Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), to protect the integrity of MI6 following a merger with MI5.

A robust tale, although it can’t quite live up to its tour-de-force opening at a Mexican day of the dead parade.

Selma

BBC2, 11pm, Sunday

Martin Luther King Jr (David Oyelowo) and his team head to Selma, Alabama, to lead a peaceful protest march, in an impassioned biopic which honours the memory of the leader of the US civil rights movement. Oxford-born Oyelowo delivers a breakout performance replete with Georgia accent.

Z For Zachariah

BBC2, 10.30pm, Monday

Loosely based on Robert C O’brien’s 1974 novel, this sci-fi drama is set in the wake of a nuclear apocalypse and stars Margot Robbie as Ann, who miraculously survived the devastation. She nurses fellow survivor John (Chiwetel Ejiofor) back to health, before their new life is threatened by a third arrival (Chris Pine).

Free Fire

Film4, 9pm, Monday

Director Ben Wheatley’s comedy crime drama is a giddily entertaining shoot-out set in a 1978 Boston warehouse that draws blood with breathless action sequences as well as verbal grenades.

Stars Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley and Babou Cessay.

Bridesmaids

ITV2, 9pm, Tuesday

Penniless jewellery saleswoman Annie (Kristen Wiig) suffers various misfortunes after being asked to organise a bridal shower for best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) in Paul Feig’s 2011 hit.

Melissa Mccarthy steals the show as fellow bridesmaid Megan in a hilarious and ultimately touching comedy.

Die Hard

Film4, 9pm, Wednesday

Thirty years after its release, Die Hard remains one of the best action thrillers ever made.

Bruce Willis is superb as the lone, bare-footed hero tackling a suave villain and his cohorts, Alan Rickman relishes his role as Hans Gruber, the brains behind the siege, and John Mctiernan’s direction is also outstanding.

Good Morning, Vietnam Sony Movie Channel, 9pm, Wednesday

Fast-talking disc jockey Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) entertains the troops in 1960s Saigon. When Williams gets behind the microphone, the film effectively stops to let him segue into his stand-up routine, and the results bagged him his first Oscar nomination.