MOVIE CHOICE

YENTL (1983) PG ● 2PM, BBC2 ★★★★

A passion project for its star and director, Barbra Streisand, this musical romance follows a Jewish girl who dresses as a boy so that she can continue her education in the Talmud. Matters get complicated – even more so – when she falls in love with a fellow scholar (Mandy Patinkin).

UNCLE BUCK (1989) 12 u

2.40PM, ITV ★★★★

John Candy is the lazy but lovable Buck of the title, who is called upon – very reluctantly – by his brother to take care of his kids when he and his wife have to rush to his ill fatherin-law’s bedside. Buck is a hit with the younger two – but it’s teenager Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly) who’s the real handful.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (2014) 12 u

5PM, CH4 ★★★

This reboot for the squeakyclean sewer-dwelling superheroes rocked the box office, and a sequel followed in 2016. Megan Fox stars as reporter April O’neil, helping the four turtles as villain Shredder and his gang cause havoc in New York City.