TV FILMS of the week
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ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP Tonight, Channel 4, 9.20pm
This bloodthirsty sequel mines dark humour in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and her sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) have survived for more than a decade, but the siblings decide to leave the group to forge a new path. Columbus is downhearted, but his spirits soar when he meets seductress Madison (Zoey Deutch). An awkward reunion between Columbus and Wichita is interrupted by news that Little Rock has eloped with a pacifist (Avan Jogia), who is ill-prepared to protect them from zombies...
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THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING Tomorrow, Channel 4, 2.10pm
This adventure follows 12-year-old Alexander Elliot (Louis Ashbourne Serkis, left, son of actor Andy Serkis), who pulls a sword from a block of stone just like Arthurian legend. The act stirs King Arthur’s evil half-sister (Rebecca Ferguson). In response, a young Merlin (Angus Imrie) appears and inspires Alex to undertake an epic quest.
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THE REVENANT Monday, ITV4, 11pm
Explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo Dicaprio, left) guides 19th-century fur trappers commanded by Captain Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson). When Glass is mauled by a bear, Henry leaves Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) and Bridger (Will Poulter), to tend to him and his son Hawk. Fitzgerald kills Hawk and buries the near-dead Glass, but he won’t stay put.
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SICARIO Tuesday, Film4, 9pm
Kate Macer (Emily Blunt, left) is part of the FBI’S Special Weapons and Tactics team. Government agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) asks her to join a secret task force, which intends to cripple a drugs cartel. Kate signs up and learns she will be venturing onto Mexican soil. As bullets fly, her conscience is left spattered in blood.
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OLIVER!
Wednesday, GREAT! movies classic, 10.10am
Charles Dickens gets a musical makeover in director Carol Reed’s take on the classic tale of an orphaned boy who falls in with a group of child pickpockets. Mark Lester, left, is angelic in the title role and there’s colourful support from Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger, Oliver Reed as the menacing Bill Sikes and Ron Moody as Fagin.
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SUSPICION Thursday, BBC4, 9pm
Thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. Lina (an Oscarwinning Joan Fontaine) comes from a wealthy family and falls for playboy Johnny (Cary Grant, left with Fontaine). After they marry, she discovers he’s a penniless, habitual liar with a gambling habit. As time passes, she grows increasingly afraid that Johnny is planning to murder her.
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BRIDGET JONES’S BABY Friday, Channel 5, 11pm
Bridget (Renée Zellweger) careens at high speed towards her 43rd birthday without a wedding ring on her finger. After a spontaneous coupling with a handsome American love guru (Patrick Dempsey), and a rendezvous with old flame Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), a pregnancy test confirms she is about to become a mum. But who’s the father?