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SUNDAY

The Adventures Of Tintin (2011) PG ● 2.15PM, CH4 HHH

Adaptation of Herge’s much-loved comicbook tales, with Jamie Bell as the young adventurer and Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock (above). It keeps the style and charm of Herge’s classic illustrations intact.

Peter Pan (2003) PG

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2.50PM, UTV HHH

This live-action take on J.M. Barrie’s timeless tale is far more faithful to the original than the Disney version – or the pantomimes you may have seen. Rachel Hurd-Wood is Wendy, with Jeremy Sumpter as Peter Pan and Jason Isaacs as a spivvy George Darling/Hook.

Wonder Park (2019) PG

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4.20PM, CH4 HHH

PREMIERE June, the heroine of this animation, has big life events to deal with – and the fantasy helps her through it. Before June’s mum became ill, she and her daughter dreamt up an amusement park run by animals. Later, the park makes an appearance in the real world.

Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe (1991) PG

● 5.30PM, VIRGIN THREE HHHH

Kathy Bates stars in the moving drama as a housewife inspired by an elderly woman’s (Jessica Tandy) tales of two Depression-era friends.

Sword Of Trust (2019) 15

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11.10PM, FILM4 HHH

PREMIERE This quirky comedy is showing in tribute to its co-writer and director, Lynn Shelton, who died last year. It follows two women who inherit a sword and, when they try to sell it, the wild claims of its provenance attract oddballs and conspiracy theorists.

The Counsellor (2013) 18 ▲ 12.25AM, CH4 HHH Ridley Scott directs this crime drama based on the first original screenplay by novelist Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men). Michael Fassbender is a lawyer drawn into a dangerous orbit; Cameron Diaz (above), Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Brad Pitt are among those spinning around.

MONDAY

Midnight Lace (1960) PG

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11AM, FILM4 HHH

In this sub-Hitchcock mystery thriller, Doris Day is expensively costumed as the wealthy heiress who gets a phone call threatening her murder on a foggy London night. Her husband (Rex Harrison) and the police both think the poor girl’s hearing things.

Home At Seven (1952) U

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4.15PM, TALKING PICTURES TV HHH Actor Ralph Richardson directs this thriller, and also stars as bank clerk David Preston (above), who returns home to his wife (Margaret Leighton, below, with Richardson) and finds that he has been missing for 24 hours. What happened to his lost day?

Rambo III (1988) 18

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9PM, ITV4 HHH

Coaxed away from his Zen idyll in Thailand, Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo fires up for another relentless shoot-’em-up of preposterous proportions. He’s still at it, 30-plus years later, in Last Blood (see Friday).

BlacKkKlansman (2018) 15 ◆

9.30PM, TG4 HHHHH

Loosely based on a true story, director Spike Lee’s sharp, Oscar-winning drama stars John David Washington as Ron, an African-American police officer in 1970s Colorado who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan by simply phoning them up. But when it comes to meeting them, he needs the help of a Jewish colleague (Adam Driver, below, with Washington).

Zero Dark Thirty (2012) 15 ◆

11.10PM, ITV4 HHHH

Kathryn Bigelow’s gutsy action drama about the hunt for Osama bin Laden makes Jessica Chastain the human face of the war on terror. She’s CIA agent Maya, doing what it takes to catch her high-profile target.

TUESDAY

A Man For All Seasons (1966) U

● 10.35AM, SONY CLASSIC HHHH Directed by Fred Zinnemann, this is one of the best 1960s British historical epics. Paul Scofield stars as Thomas More and Robert Shaw is Henry VIII (above), with Vanessa Redgrave as the doomed Anne Boleyn and Orson Welles as Cardinal Wolsey.

Killer Sentence: Hailey Dean Mysteries (2019) PG ● 2.15PM, CH5 HH A tough case for Hailey (Kellie Martin, right). She knows her former colleague, District Attorney Paulina D’Orazio, is innocent of the murder of a man she once put behind bars. Now, all Hailey has to do is prove it.

Josephine And Men (1955) U

● 2.15PM, TALKING PICTURES TV HHH Boulting brothers comedy starring Glynis Johns as the flighty woman whose love life is a bit of a mess. Jack Buchanan, Donald Sinden and Peter Finch are the men in her life.

American Woman (2018) 15 ◆ 9PM, FILM4 HHHH

PREMIERE Sienna Miller is a knockout in this downbeat US drama. She plays single mum Debra (above), whose daughter goes missing, leaving her with no answers as she raises her grandson.

Manhunter

(1986) 18 ▲

10.45PM, ITV4 HHHHH

Drenched in cool blue light, Michael Mann’s adaptation of Thomas Harris’s Red Dragon (remade under that name in 2002) is superb. William Petersen is the FBI man chasing a serial killer – and having an uneasy reunion with his nemesis, Hannibal Lecter (Brian Cox).

WEDNESDAY

My Daughter’s Stalker (2020) PG

● 2.15PM, CH5 HH

Carly (Karynn Moore) is shocked to be named the guardian of her estranged sister’s adopted daughter – who comes with a sizeable inheritance. Carly is surprised about the arrangement, but someone else is angry.

Bridge To Terabithia

HHH Childhood loss, friendship and imagination come alive in this adaptation of the 1977 children’s novel by Katherine Paterson. AnnaSophia Robb and Josh Hutcherson (above) are the friends who flee bullies to a fantasy world in an abandoned tree house. (2007) PG ● 7.05PM, SONY MOVIES Premium Rush (2012) 12 9PM, SONY MOVIES

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A pedal-to-the-metal action movie that is more thrilling than it initially sounds. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (above) is the bicycle courier in possession of a very important package.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga (2020) 12

◆ 9.35PM, RTé ONE HHH

The Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams comedy gets a timely premiere. They play aspiring musicians (above) hoping to represent their country.

Devil’s Knot (2013) 15 ◆

1.55AM, CH4 HHH

Atom Egoyan’s harrowing true-crime drama, set in Arkansas, stars Reese Witherspoon as the mother of one of three young murder victims. Colin Firth is a dogged investigator looking for justice.

THURSDAY

The Killer Nurse (2014) PG

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2.15PM, CH5 HH

Brigid Brannagh (above) stars as Cara, the woman who takes in her estranged father after he has a stroke. But hiring a nurse (Willa Ford) to care for him at home is a decision that might tear this family apart once and for all.

The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016) 12 ◆

6.50PM,

FILM4 HHH Follow-up to the 2012 dark fantasy inspired by Snow White, this takes its cue from The Snow Queen (see also Disney’s Frozen). Emily Blunt plays the queen with a cold heart, sister to Charlize Theron’s Queen Ravenna. Jessica Chastain (above) gets caught in their crossfire.

The Blues Brothers (1980) 15

◆ 9PM, ITV4 HHHH

John Landis directs this cult comedy caper about two criminal brothers with a plan – a rather chaotic and destructive plan. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are the musical duo putting the band back together and ripping their way through Sweet Home Chicago.

Joe (2013) 15

◆ 9PM, SONY MOVIES HHHH This gritty and affecting indie drama shows that, given some decent material, Nicolas Cage can still act. Cage (right) is excellent as an ex-con who slowly warms to a young lad (Tye Sheridan, also good) who has every reason to avoid spending time at home.

Blood Father (2016) 15

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2.35AM, VIRGIN TWO HHHH

Mel Gibson delivers a strong performance in this lean thriller, which is more interesting than its fairly generic premise might lead you to expect. He plays a former convict who comes to the aid of his estranged daughter (Erin Moriarty) when she goes on the run from her drugdealing ex-boyfriend and his vicious cartel.

FRIDAY

The Heat (2013) 15

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9PM, ITV2 HHH

Punchy female-led comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as cops with differing approaches to the job – and to personal grooming. Collaborating to catch a drug kingpin, they reach a new understanding.

Terminator Genisys (2015) 12 ◆ 9PM, E4 HHH This reboot of the 1984 film rewrites the timeline and recasts two key players from the original. Emilia Clarke (above) takes over as Sarah Connor, with Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese. They didn’t mess with Schwarzenegger, though, who is back as the original T-800.

Head Full Of Honey (2018) 12

◆ 9.30PM, RTé2 HHHH

Director Til Schweiger helms the remake of his own German comedy drama. Nick Nolte stars as Amadeus, a widower struggling with Alzheimer’s, who joins his granddaughter for an emotional road trip.

Rambo: Last Blood (2019) 18

s 10PM, SKY PREMIERE HHH

PREMIERE Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is looking a bit worse for wear in this latest instalment – but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t still have the fight in him – and it’s pretty spectacular, relentless lone-wolf stuff.

The Witches Of Eastwick (1987) 18 s 10.45PM, BBC1 HHHH

A playful adaptation of John Updike’s novel, with Jack Nicholson as the devilish mystery man seducing the wicked side out of three women, played by Susan Sarandon (above, with Nicholson), Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher.

A Quiet Place (2018)

15 ◆ 11.05PM, CH4 HHHH

In a world stalked by hungry beasts that hunt by sound, a family, headed by parents played by real-life husband and wife John Krasinski and Emily Blunt (above), must function in silence to survive. Chillingly effective horror, with heart.

SATURDAY

The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) 12

◆ 7.30PM, BBC2 HHH

Lily James (above) stars in the period drama as a writer who learns more about life in Guernsey under Nazi occupation after she’s contacted by a book club.

Parenthood (1989) 15

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9.20PM, TG4 HHHH

Steve Martin, Keanu Reeves, Mary Steenburgen and a very young Joaquin Phoenix are among the impressive ensemble cast of Ron Howard’s comedy drama following the parents in an extended family.

Loving (2016) (12) ◆

11PM, BBC2 HHHH

In late-1950s Virginia, interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving are targeted by the authorities and arrested. Factbased drama, starring Ruth Negga (above) and Joel Edgerton.

The Commitments

(1991) 15 ◆ 11.50PM, RTé ONE HHHHH

Alan Parker’s funny, exuberant adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s novel stars Robert Arkins as a would-be music impresario who decides to turn a rag-tag group (below) into a soul band.

The Ring (2002) (15)

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12.05AM, BBC1 HHH

Hollywood remake – by Gore Verbinski – of the hit Japanese horror series. Naomi Watts stars as the mother desperate to save her young son from a curse – delivered by video tape – that scarily reaches out from the TV screen.