WEDNESDAY

Heart Of Murder (2016) PG

3.15PM, CH5

Heart transplant recipient Emma (Makenzie Vega) discovers that her donor was her own estranged cousin – and might have been the victim of a murder – so she sets out to learn the truth. Grisly theme, feeble execution.

The Running Man (1987) 18

9PM, 5SPIKE

A post-apocalyptic action drama of the kind that suits hulking Arnold Schwarzenegger and his fans down to the ground – lots of violence, lots of dead bodies, very little talking. Arnie is the disgraced police pilot forced to take part in a bizarre, Hunger Games-style reality show.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy

(2005) PG 9PM, SKY ONE

Based on Douglas Adams’s cult sci-fi series, this adaptation does a decent job of bringing to life the writer’s off-kilter vision. Martin Freeman is Arthur Dent (above), last survivor of the human race, who has to make new alien friends – fast.

District 9

(2009) 15

9PM, SONY MOVIE CHANNEL Neill Blomkamp’s allegorical tale is one of the most original sci-fi films of recent years. Sharlto Copley is the protagonist, who becomes an unlikely ally for the bug-like aliens (dubbed ‘prawns’ by insensitive humans) ghettoised in Johannesburg since they first arrived on Earth.

Full Metal Jacket (1987) 15

10PM, ITV4

Perfectionist Stanley Kubrick took longer and longer to make movies in the latter years of his career, but it resulted in epics such as this waris-hell story. Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin, above) is among the Marines in Vietnam.

Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark (2010) 15

1.25AM, CH4

Alex and Kim (Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes) move to a creepy old manor house to restore it for a client, and the stage is set for some sinister bumps in the night. Principally, it’s Alex’s young daughter, Sally (Bailee Madison), who tunes into the unseen supernatural forces. Guillermo del Toro wrote the screenplay.