10 telly films

Lady Bird Sky Cinema Premiere, 2.35pm & 9.50pm, Sunday

Sardonic high school student Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) yearns to escape the suffocating regulations of her Catholic high school – and her mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf).

Lady Bird is a sublime coming-of-age comedy drama set in turn of the 21st Century Sacramento

The Incredibles Channel 4, 5.25pm, Sunday

After causing a bit too much damage while saving the world from dastardly villains, a family of superheroes is forced to relocate and swap a life of fighting crime for suburban normality. However, Mr Incredible (Craig T Nelson) - now plain old Bob Parr can’t cope with the monotony of working in insurance.

Run All Night Channel 5, 9pm, Sunday

For more than 30 years, hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) has outfoxed tenacious detective John Harding (Vincent D’Onofrio) and slayed targets at the behest of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris).

Jimmy becomes embroiled in this deadly game of cat and mouse and he tries to protect son Mike.

Chicago ITV3, 11pm, Sunday

Behind bars, Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) meets songbird Velma Kelly (an Oscar-winning, scenestealing Catherine ZetaJones) and the pair become rivals for the services of renowned lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) – and the attention of the city’s journalists. A visually arresting screen version of the hit stage musical.

Enter The Dragon

Channel 5, 11.05pm, Monday

When powerful crime lord Han (Shih Kien) decides to hold a martial arts tournament on his private island, Lee (Bruce Lee) is persuaded by British intelligence to enter in the hope he can gather evidence it’s a front for drug-trafficking and prostitution.

Julie & Julia Sony Movie Channel, 6.35pm, Tuesday

Julia Child (Meryl Streep) flouts convention by attending Le Cordon Bleu cooking school, where the teachers deride her initial efforts. Meanwhile, in New York in 2002, enthusiastic cook Julie Powell (Amy Adams) decides to work through all 524 recipes in Child’s seminal tome in just 365 days.

Gallipoli Film4, 6.45pm, Tuesday

Two Australians – one an idealistic champion sprinter (Mark Lee), the other a world-weary drifter (Mel Gibson) – sign up to serve in the First World War out of a sense of patriotic duty and a longing for adventure.

Director Peter Weir doesn’t know how to make bad films and this is one of his finest.

Oblivion E4, 8pm, Wednesday

This post-apocalyptic thriller stars Tom Cruise as one of the last men standing after Earth is reduced to a radiation-poisoned wasteland by a pernicious race called Scavs.

It’s a shame the script lacks the impact of the breath-taking visuals, but the action sequences are very impressive.

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold Film4, 11am, Thursday

Richard Burton is superb as a burnt-out spy whose assignment ends in failure.

Super 8 Film4, 6.45pm, Friday

A rollicking adventure set in the 1970s that pays homage to Spielberg’s ET.