TV FILMS OF THE WEEK

MINIONS Sunday, ITV2, 6.10pm

In the hit animated comedy Despicable Me, supervillain Gru is served by little yellow minions. In this spin-off prequel, the minions are centre stage and in search of a supervillain master. It’s not Citizen Kane but it will entertain the kids. Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm are among those providing the voices.

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR Sunday, BBC1, 10.30pm

A bored billionaire steals a Monet from a museum, then sets out to seduce the super-smart insurance investigator who is on to him. She’s happy to play along but things get complicated when deeper feelings develop. Pierce Brosnan and

Rene Russo (pictured, right) star in the roles played by Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway in the original.

STAR WARS: EPISODE IX – THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Monday,

Sky Cinema Premiere, 12.25pm/10pm

The last instalment in the epic space opera is packed with nostalgic nods to previous episodes at the expense of its own storyline but, even if it doesn’t make much sense, fans will be swept along. Daisy Ridley is never better as resistance fighter Rey.

A TASTE OF HONEY Monday, Sony

Movies Classic, 11.10pm

A white working-class teenager, pregnant after a one-night stand with a black sailor, is looked after by her gay male friend. This was considered so controversial in 1961 that the film was given an X certificate. Star Rita Tushingham won a Bafta and became a 1960s icon.

GET CARTER Tuesday, ITV4, 9pm

This bleak, cynical crime drama still has the power to shock. London gangster Jack Carter (Michael Caine) is back in his home town of Newcastle to find out what really happened to his recently deceased brother. Woe betide anyone who gets in his way.

WALL STREET Wednesday, Sony Movies, 9pm

Director Oliver Stone intended his insidertrading drama as an indictment of rampant capitalism but, in Gordon ‘greed is good’ Gekko (Michael Douglas), he inadvertently created a hero for some. A greater crime was making braces fashionable.

ROBOCOP Thursday, ITV4, 9pm

In a dystopian near-future, crime is out of control and a cyborg police officer (left) run by a private corporation represents the future of law enforcement. On its release, then film critic Hilary Mantel – yes, that one – described RoboCop as ‘pure delight’.

DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD Friday, Sky Cinema Premiere, 10.15am/6pm

Isabela Moner is Dora, in search of her parents who have disappeared in the jungle en route to an Incan city. Imagine Indiana Jones as a sparky teenage Latina girl.