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SATURDAY

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

(2007) 12 6PM, ITV

Harry is 15 years old in this fifth instalment of the all-conquering fantasy series. The teen wizard no longer knows whom to trust as Lord Voldemort and his allies grow in strength.

Mr Holmes

(2015) 15

6.20PM, BBC2

Ian McKellen stars as Sherlock Holmes (below) in this endearing drama chronicling the fictional sleuth’s twilight years, tending to his apiary in Sussex. There are also flashbacks to his last case, The Adventure Of The Dove Grey Glove.

Taxi

(2004) 12 7PM, FILM4

Queen Latifah stars as a cabbie who dreams of switching to Nascar stock car racing. Jimmy Fallon is the cop she picks up, who leads her on a madcap adventure chasing Brazilian bank robbers. They make an odd but appealing duo.

Deadpool

(2016) 15 9PM, CH4 PREMIERE See The Big Movie (right).

Green Zone

(2010) 15 9PM, ITV4

Paul Greengrass is reunited with his Bourne hero, Matt Damon, for this tense and polished drama about the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The latest film by Greengrass, about the Anders Breivik massacre in Norway, will debut on Netflix on 10th October.

Conan The Barbarian (2011) 15

11.10PM, CH4

It lacks the punch of the 1982 original, but Jason Momoa (above) is a match for Arnold Schwarzenegger, and wears his sword well as the warrior with wrongs to right. After his family and entire tribe are slaughtered by a warlord, Conan readies himself for revenge.

Department Q: The Absent One

(2014)

18 12.40AM, BBC2

Danish crime mystery, the second of a trio of films based on the novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen. Morck and Assad open a chilling cold case, of a 20-year-old double murder. The investigation leads them to suspects who were classmates at a boarding school at the time of the killings.

SUNDAY

Bend Of The River (1952) PG

2.20PM, ITV4

James Stewart (above, with Julie Adams) stars as a cowboy with a past, assigned to protecting a wagon train during its dangerous trek through Indian territory. Anthony Mann’s western is a simple tale, told with authority.

The Man In The White Suit

(1951) U

2.45PM, BBC2

See Classic Film Choice (right).

Lawman

(1971) 15 4.15PM, ITV4

Directed by Michael Winner, Burt Lancaster stars as a hard-to-like antihero in this cynical western. He’s a marshal who bullishly follows the letter of the law, and brings five men to justice for their role in an accidental killing.

Force 10 From Navarone

(1978) 15 6.35PM,

5SPIKE

The boys are back in town, but with Robert Shaw and Edward Fox taking the roles vacated by Gregory Peck and David Niven, in this terrific sequel to The Guns Of... This time round, the mission is to track down and kill a Nazi spy. A young Harrison Ford (left) co-stars.

Edward Scissorhands

(1990) 12

6.55PM, FILM4

Tim Burton’s fairytale stars Johnny Depp as the half-finished boy created by Vincent Price’s inventor. Gothic chic makes way for suburban kitsch when Dianne Wiest’s Avon lady takes him in and he falls for her daughter (Winona Ryder).

Roman J. Israel, Esq

(2017) 12

8PM, SKY PREMIERE

PREMIERE Denzel Washington’s performance is the making of this unusual legal drama. He plays an eccentric but brilliant civil rights lawyer, whose life and career takes a surprising turn after his law partner dies.

A Walk In The Woods

(2015)

15 12 MIDNIGHT, CH4 Based on travel writer Bill Bryson’s 1998 memoir, Robert Redford stars as Bryson, embarking on a 2,200-mile trek along the Appalachian Trail. He and his buddy (Nick Nolte, right, with Redford) might not be as ready for the challenge as they think.

MONDAY

Murder Most Medieval: Garage Sale Mystery (2017) PG 2.15PM, CH5

PREMIERE A murder victim concealed in a medieval suit of armour gets Jenn’s juices flowing in this tenth film in the popular mystery series. Lori Loughlin stars as the antiques dealer, wife, mum and cunning amateur sleuth.

True Lies

(1994) 15 9PM, FILM4

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the secret government agent whose bored wife

(Jamie Lee Curtis, below, with Arnie) goes off in search of romance and adventure. Their worlds collide in spectacular style in James Cameron’s hugely enjoyable spy action spoof.

The Pursuers

(1961) PG

9PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

A group of Holocaust survivors form an underground network to hunt down Nazi leaders who have gone into hiding. Francis Matthews is the operative targeting Cyril Shaps’ Auschwitz commandant in London.

Extinction

(2015) 15

9PM, HORROR

Post-apocalyptic zombie film, focusing on the tensions in a small group of survivors – a young girl, and her two ‘fathers’ (Matthew Fox and Jeffrey Donovan) who no longer speak. (Freeview 70, Freesat 138, Sky 317, Virgin 149)

Permission

(2017) 15

10.20PM, SKY PREMIERE

PREMIERE Like BBC1’s Wanderlust, this drama takes a grown-up look at relationships and sex. Rebecca Hall (above) and Dan Stevens star as devoted childhood sweethearts who agree to sleep with other people before commiting the rest of their lives to each other.

Ransom

(1996) 15

11.30PM, ITV4

Mel Gibson and Rene Russo are the wealthy parents facing their worst nightmare when their young son is kidnapped. He can afford to pay, but Gibson’s businessman decides to go about things his own way.

TUESDAY

Hondo

(1953) PG 11AM, FILM4

John Wayne stars as the army scout who becomes the protector of Geraldine Page’s homesteader and her son who are under threat of an Apache attack. An intelligent western, exploring conflict both internal and external, it doesn’t scrimp on the action.

Twisted Tenant

(2018) PG

2.20PM, CH5

PREMIERE Renting a room to a dashing stranger (James Maslow) proves to be a big mistake in this tepid thriller. Lorynn York is the daughter trying to warn her mum that her new lodger and lover is a dangerous killer. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 12

8PM, E4

Hugo Weaving’s Red Skull (left), who takes the same serum that transforms Steve Rogers into Captain America, is a memorable Marvel villain. He’s the power-crazed Nazi head of Hydra who acquires the Tesseract, a magical object that has repercussions in movies to come. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

(2011) 15 11PM, ITV4 Excellent adaptation of John le Carre’s 1974 novel. Gary Oldman stars as George Smiley, called away from desk duty to sniff out a mole in MI6 during the Cold War’s deepest winter. The top notch supporting cast includes

Tom Hardy, Colin Firth and John Hurt.

The Producers

(2005) 12

11.45PM, BBC1

Musical comedy update of the 1968 Mel Brooks film, by way of Broadway. Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick star as the producer and the accountant staging a musical about Hitler. Hoping for a flop, they end up with a hit.

Men & Chicken

(2015) 15

2AM, CH4

Deeply strange Danish black comedy – macabre, deadpan and occasionally gross. An unrecognisable Mads Mikkelsen (right) stars as one of two half-brothers who, after discovering that they were adopted, travel to the former asylum their biological father and his three other sons call home.

WEDNESDAY

Vows Of Deceit (2018) 12

2.20PM, CH5

PREMIERE Damon Dayoub is the dastardly conman who marries women to scam them or bump them off. His latest wife teams up with two of his other victims to get to the bottom of who he really is and bring the rogue to justice.

Lost In The Desert

(1970) U

6PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

Jamie Uys directs his young son Wynand in this gruelling survival adventure. Eight-year-old Dirkie is on his way to the countryside when the plane he’s travelling in crashes in the Kalahari. Dirkie and his dog Lolly, the only survivors, face a lonely, dangerous journey to safety. Bulletproof Monk (2003) 12 8PM, 5STAR There’s a little bit of everything (Crouching Tiger, Indiana Jones, Lost Horizon) in this mishmash of comedy and kung fu. Enigmatic monk Chow Yun-Fat and scruff y ‘punk’ Seann William Scott (above, with Jamie King) are the chalk-andcheese pair teaming up on a mystical quest.

Ted

(2012) 15 9PM, ITV2

Ted is the anti-Paddington, a talking stuffed toy with bad habits and a love of beer, not marmalade. Mark Wahlberg is Ted’s human pal, John (below), whose long-suffering girlfriend (Mila Kunis) is desperate for John to grow up. Resident Evil (2011) 15 11PM, 5STAR Milla Jovovich takes up the zombie fight in this first in a long-running film series (totalling six - with a reboot or TV spin-off possible). Based on a popular video game franchise, it’s simple shoot-to-kill stuff, with Jovovich leading a group of survivors trapped in a research facility.

Black Swan

(2010) 15

12.35AM, CH4

Natalie Portman plunges convincingly into her heart of darkness in Darren Aronofsky’s magnificently twisted, beautifully staged melodrama. When Portman’s young ballet dancer wins the lead in Swan Lake, no one in her life appears to be on her side.

THURSDAY

The Blue Dahlia (1946) PG

12.45PM, FILM4

Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake made seven films together and are best known for their film noirs. Written by Raymond Chandler, this classic finds Ladd’s war veteran the prime suspect in the murder of his adulterous wife, with Lake the woman who literally picks him up.

The Work Wife

(2018) 15

2.15PM, CH5

PREMIERE After Lisa’s husband Sean gets a new job, his secretary takes her responsibilities to him extremely seriously – to the extent that she wants him all to herself. Lisa looks set to be a casualty of Jen’s seductive scheming.

Operation Daybreak (1975) 15 2.35PM, 5SPIKE

Sombre Second World War film dramatising Operation Anthropoid, a mission by the Czech Resistance – trained by the British Special Operations Executive – to assassinate a feared Nazi commander and one of the architects of the Holocaust. Timothy Bottoms (above) stars.

The Linda McCartney Story

(2000) PG

2.55PM, SONY MOVIE CHANNEL

The story of Paul McCartney’s first wife (played by Elizabeth Mitchell), who met the Beatle while working as a rock photographer in the 1960s. Over 30 years of marriage, she forged her own way as a musician, mother and activist. (Freeview 32, Sky 321, Virgin 425)

Layer Cake

(2004) 15

10PM, 5STAR

A pre-James Bond Daniel Craig stars as the drug dealer who finds going straight far harder than he imagined. Sienna Miller plays the love interest in a stylish and punchy crime thriller directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman).

The Maze Runner

(2014) 12

10.55PM, FILM4

Dystopian young-adult action adventure following teens (among them Kaya Scodelario and Dylan O’Brien, right) trapped in a leafy enclosure, fenced in by concrete walls. The ‘Gladers’ hope to escape, but have terrifying robotic spiders to contend with. Film4 shows the sequel tomorrow at 9pm.

FRIDAY

Mommy Be Mine (2018) 12

2.15PM, CH5

PREMIERE Sierra Pond is the disturbed young woman who wants to steal her friend Summer’s mom. The first step is to get rid of Summer (Heather Locklear’s daughter, Ava).

Rhythm Serenade

(1943) U

3.45PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

Vera Lynn flag waver, starring the singer as a woman who is prevented from joining the navy because of her important work running a nursery at a munitions factory. It’s not the best of Lynn’s five films, but her voice is on form.

Black Panther

(2018) 12

8PM, SKY PREMIERE

PREMIERE Exhilarating Marvel action, set in the fantastic fictional African nation of Wakanda, which hides its wealth and power from the world. Chadwick Boseman is T’Challa, aka Black Panther, facing off against his embittered cousin N’Jadaka, aka Killmonger, (Michael B. Jordan, above with Boseman).

Safe House

(2012) 15

11.50PM, ITV4

Denzel Washington plays a morally ambiguous character, a former CIA man locked up for safekeeping after going to the dark side – and running rings round ‘babysitter’ Ryan Reynolds.

Carmen Jones (1954) U

12.20AM, BBC2

Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte (above) star in this vibrant adaptation of the 1943 Oscar Hammerstein musical, a reworking of Bizet’s Carmen. Directed by Otto Preminger, with an all-black cast, it was a massive box office hit.

She’s All That

(1999) 12

12.45AM, CH4

High-school romantic comedy, loosely inspired by Pygmalion, in which Freddie Prinze Jr’s popular jock sets out to transform Rachael Leigh Cook’s geeky loner into the belle of the upcoming prom. Formulaic it may be, but there are some appealing twists.