PICK OF TV MOVIES

SATURDAY

Old (2021) (C4, 9pm)

Museum curator Prisca Capa (Vicky Krieps) and her actuary husband Guy (Gael Garcia Bernal) take their children to a tropical island sanctuary, which she found online. The kids are excited when resort manager Nils (Gustaf Hammarsten) arranges a special excursion to a hidden private beach. Another family, headed by cardiothoracic surgeon Charles (Rufus Sewell), joins the Capas on the short minibus ride to a secluded expanse of sand enclosed by rocky cliffs. The travellers are blissfully unaware that every second they spend in sun-kissed paradise takes them closer to oblivion. Based on Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters’ graphic novel Sandcastle, Old is a phantasmagorical, time-accelerating nightmare from writer-director M Night Shyamalan with a neat dramatic conceit.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) (STV, 10.10pm)

Scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) thinks he’s close to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s, the disease which has slowly consumed his father Charles (John Lithgow). Will tests his latest serum on chimpanzees, noticing dramatic increases in their intelligence. However, a high-profile showcase with shareholders goes spectacularly wrong and the project is shut down. Will smuggles a baby chimp called Caesar out of the lab and raises the infant with his father. As the years pass and Caesar (played by a motion-captured Andy Serkis) blossoms, he begins to notice the way other humans treat primates in this ingenious sci-fi thriller, which makes knowing nods to the original film while also working as a stand-alone movie. The latest instalment, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, hits cinemas this week.

The Last of the Mohicans (1992) (C4, 11.10pm)

Director Michael Mann’s take on James Fenimore Cooper’s classic historical adventure features a gutsy performance by unlikely action hero Daniel Day-Lewis. The tale follows the life of an orphaned settler in North America who is adopted by the last member of a native tribe following the death of his family. As the child grows to maturity, he becomes a frontiersman whose reputation spreads far and wide – but when he rescues and falls in love with a British officer’s daughter (Madeleine Stowe) during the Anglo-French War, he angers a Huron war chief, who vows to take revenge against her father by hunting her down and killing her.

SUNDAY

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (Film4, 6.25pm)

In what was once believed to be the third and final instalment in the franchise, legendary adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) goes in search of his father (a perfectly cast Sean Connery), who has been captured by the Nazis. At the same time, he’s asked to help locate what could be the final resting place of the fabled Holy Grail – a subject which has obsessed Dr Jones Snr all his life. It’s not long before Indy realises both his quests are linked. Steven Spielberg had some making up to do after the lacklustre second film and he more than manages it with this cracking yarn. Ford and Connery have great chemistry, and there’s also an eyecatching turn from River Phoenix as the young Indiana.

Senna (2010) (C4, 11.20pm)

On Sunday May 1, 1994, at the San Marino Grand Prix, three-time champion Ayrton Senna’s car left the track after the Tamburello corner, colliding with a concrete wall. The Brazilian driver died soon after. Made with the blessing of Senna’s family and the co-operation of Bernie Ecclestone, this documentary from Asif Kapadia (who would go on to make the Oscar-winning Amy) pays glowing tribute to this handsome and charismatic sportsman. Painstakingly constructed from hours of race footage, photographs, interviews and archive material, Senna celebrates the life of the iconic Formula 1 driver, whose death sparked a radical overhaul of safety procedures.

The Ones Below (2016) (BBC2, 11.55pm)

Parenthood takes a sinister turn in David Farr’s creepy thriller, which unfolds in a pretty Edwardian house in north London. Up the stairs, Justin (Stephen Campbell Moore) and Kate (Clemence Poesy) are looking forward to the birth of their first child. Their only worry is the shambolic state of the back garden. Thankfully, Jon (David Morrissey) and Teresa (Laura Birn) move in downstairs and restore the outside space. In a curious twist, Teresa is also pregnant, so in a show of maternal bonding, Kate invites Jon and Teresa to dinner. Over a couple of drinks, secrets spill forth and a tragic accident shatters the domestic bliss. Neighbours become sworn enemies and Kate’s mental state unravels as she begins to suspect that Jon and Teresa are dangerous predators.

MONDAY

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) (STV, 3pm)

Mount Sibo, the volcano which towers over Isla Nublar, growls with molten fury. Benjamin Lockwood (James Cromwell), former business associate of John Hammond, implores Jurassic World’s manager Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) to oversee a daring rescue mission. She persuades old flame Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) to return to paradise to transplant the stricken wildlife to a new