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SUNDAY
Where Eagles Dare (1968) PG ●
2.10PM, RTé ONE ★★★★
Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood (above) star in this WWII drama following a commando unit attempting to rescue an American general from a Nazi fortress.
Inside Out (2015) U n
3.05PM, BBC1 ★★★★
This Oscar-winning animation is sharp and intelligent, and will amuse youngsters and grown-ups alike. Inside the head of a young girl, her emotions – from Joy to Sadness – rally round to help her through a difficult time.
Catch Me If You Can
(2002) 12 ◆ 4.45PM, BBC2 ★★★★ Energetic biopic of habitual con man Frank Abagnale Jr (Leonardo DiCaprio, left), who lived the high life, frequently posing as a pilot. Hot on his tail was Tom Hanks’s FBI man, who came to admire Frank.
Marley & Me (2008) PG
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6.40PM, ITV2 ★★★
Romantic comedy drama about Marley, the rowdy Labrador pup whose owners (Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson) weather his bad behaviour as they face life’s ups and downs.
Spectre
(2015) 12 ◆
8PM, UTV ★★★
Christoph Waltz is perfect as classic baddie Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Daniel Craig’s fourth outing as Bond as the super-spy adjusts to service under a new M (Ralph Fiennes). Lea Seydoux plays a more evolved Bond woman.
Baywatch (2017) 15
◆ 11.20PM, CH4 ★★★ Sunny and more than a little silly update of the hit TV series. Dwayne Johnson is the veteran lifeguard training a new crop of recruits, while Zac Efron (right) is the young buck who doesn’t want to toe the safety line. Original stars David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson also slow-motion-run into view.
MONDAY
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) 15
◆ 9PM, ITV4 ★★★
James Cameron joins Sylvester Stallone on writing duties for a sequel that lacks the stark immediacy of the original. Stallone stars again (below), as the veteran hired to discover the fate of PoWs back in Vietnam.
The Ghost And Mrs Muir
(1947) U ● 9PM, TALKING PICTURES TV ★★★★ Gene Tierney is the widow who moves with her daughter to a seaside cottage. There, she forges a bond with the house’s resident ghost (Rex Harrison) in this classic fantasy romance with two luminescent stars.
Gone Baby Gone
(2007) 15 ◆
9.30PM, TG4 ★★★★
Ben Affleck’s first film as director is a twisty crime thriller, based on a story by author Dennis Lehane, whose novels generally make cracking movies (think Mystic River and Shutter Island). Ben’s brother, Casey is the private eye returning to his old stamping ground to find a missing child.
Conan The Destroyer (1984) 15
◆ 11.05PM, ITV4 ★★★
This sequel to John Milius’s 1982 swordand-sorcery epic sees Arnold Schwarzenegger returning in the title role. It’s had its blood and guts rinsed off and toned down, but Grace Jones makes an especially big impression as bandit warrior Zula.
Capernaum (2018) 15 ◆ 11.40PM, FILM4 ★★★★
PREMIERE Set in Beirut, this critically acclaimed Lebanese drama is remarkable chiefly for the performance of its young lead. Zain Al Rafeea (above, with Boluwatife Treasure Bankole) is a boy who has been dealt a harsh hand by life, but despite all that is thrown at him, is both proud and defiant.
TUESDAY
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance To Die For (2019) PG
● 2.20PM, CH5 ★★
Aurora (Candace Cameron Bure, above), the librarian and amateur sleuth created by writer Charlaine Harris, investigates the murder of a wealthy aunt at the wedding of her friends Lizzie and Bubba.
For Your Eyes Only (1981) PG
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9PM, ITV4 ★★★
Carole Bouquet is Melina Havelock, the crossbow-wielding woman teaming up with Roger Moore’s James Bond (below) to avenge the murder of her parents. Our hero has his hands full – he is also on an important mission to find missing British military technology.
Vincent N’ Roxxy (2016) 15
◆ 10.50PM, SONY MOVIES ★★★
Sexy cool outcasts Vincent and Roxxy (Emile Hirsch and Zoe Kravitz) face betrayal and temptation as they fall in love in this feisty crime thriller. Can the lovers escape the gang violence that surrounds them?
Total Recall (1990) 15
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11.45PM, ITV4 ★★★★
Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, this outrageous and hugely enjoyable scifi adventure stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the construction worker who has had memories implanted in his head – or has he? Cue a madcap trip to Mars to find out.
Wild (2014) 15 ◆ 1.40AM, FILM4 ★★★★
Reese Witherspoon was Oscar-nominated for this fact-based survival story. She stars as Cheryl Strayed (right), a recent divorcee who set off on a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along America’s west coast, with nothing but her backpack and painful memories for company.
WEDNESDAY
Deadly Prescription (2018) PG
● 2.20PM, CH5 ★★
Ivy (Joanne Kelly) starts receiving specialist treatment after being given a terminal diagnosis. But is her doctor really as wellqualified as he claims to be? And does she even need this hugely expensive treatment?
Seance On A Wet Afternoon (1964)
PG 2.45PM, TALKING PICTURES TV
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★★★★
Atmospheric British mystery from director Bryan Forbes. The seance of the title is staged by Kim Stanley’s troubled fake medium (above) and her husband (Richard Attenborough), who go to great lengths to stay in touch with the spirit world.
Queen Of The Desert (2016) PG ● 6.25PM, SONY MOVIES ★★★
Nicole Kidman (left) stars in Werner Herzog’s biopic of the British explorer and Middle East expert Gertrude Bell. Rather than her adventures, the focus is on a doomed, tragic romance that marked her early life. T.E. Lawrence (Robert Pattinson) does put in a brief appearance.
Pale Rider (1985) 15 ◆ 9PM, ITV4 ★★★★
Clint Eastwood’s character in this class-act western, which he also directs, is a lone rider, on a pale horse, drawn into someone else’s battle – summoned by a girl who is praying for salvation. With its moody atmosphere, it ranks among the best of Eastwood’s films.
The Snowman
(2017) 15 ◆ 9.35PM, RTé ONE ★★ Michael Fassbender (right) stars as the unfortunately named detective Harry Hole. He’s investigating the case of a missing woman, whose scarf was discovered wrapped around a snowman.
Death Wish
(2018) 15 ◆ 10.55PM, CH5 ★★
A remake of Michael Winner’s 1974 film was inevitable, and in the hands of Eli Roth (of the grisly Hostel films), it’s not a winner. Bruce Willis is the family man driven to ghoulish vigilante violence.