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Taken 3 (2014) 12

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9PM, E4 ★★★

Liam Neeson’s Bryan Mills (below) is back – as a vengeful ex-husband, not an angry dad. His former wife (Famke Janssen) is murdered, and Bryan is suspect number one. Forest Whitaker is the LAPD detective on his trail in a film that is a shadow of its peril-packed predecessors.

Z For Zachariah (2014) 12

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9.45PM, RTé2 ★★★★

Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine (all below) star in this sci-fi drama, loosely based on Robert C O’Brien’s novel. A woman thinks she is the only person left alive following a nuclear apocalypse.

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014) 12

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11.10PM, UTV ★★★

The concluding part of Peter Jackson’s epic three-part adaptation of Tolkien’s novel, set before The Lord Of The Rings. Martin Freeman stars as the young Bilbo Baggins.

Young Adult (2011) 15 u 11.45PM, BBC1 ★★★ In this comedy drama, Charlize Theron (right) once again demonstrates that she’s unafraid to ditch the glamour. She plays a chaotic, alcoholic writer returning to her childhood home with a seriously misguided plan.

Trumbo (2015) 15

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11.20PM, BBC2 ★★★★

Biopic of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston), who was blacklisted during the Communist witchhunts of the 1940s and 1950s. It didn’t stop him writing.