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FILMS OF THE WEEK FILM RATING Excellent +++++Well worth recording ++++
Recommended +++Catch if you can ++ Walk the dog +
SATURDAY Ill Manors (2012) The Talented Mr Ripley Albatross (2011) Lethal Weapon (1987)
BBC1, 12.25am (1999) BBC2, 10.30pm BBC2, 12.40am ITV, 10.45pm
A drug dealer returns to his A man agrees to travel to Italy Bookish teenager Beth is An unstable Vietnam veteran
London council estate after 15 and persuade a businessman’s desperate to escape her dull cop teams up with a by-the-
years in prison, which sets in spoiled son to return home. home life. She finds a kindred book Los Angeles police
motion a chain of violent events Before long he develops a spirit in Emelia, a troubled detective to investigate the
that impacts on the lives of taste for the high life. Anthony 17-year-old with dreams of apparent suicide of a wealthy
various residents. Drama, Minghella’s thriller, starring becoming a writer. Drama, businessman. Action thriller,
Ill Manors, BBC1, 12.25am starring Riz Ahmed. +++ Matt Damon. ++++ with Felicity Jones. ++++ starring Mel Gibson. ++++
SUNDAY The Proposal (2009) Jane Eyre (1943) Shark Tale (2004) Elizabeth (1998)
BBC1, 4.20pm BBC2, 2.10pm Channel 4, 4.40pm Channel 4, 11.15pm
A Canadian publishing editor A young woman becomes Ambitious fish Oscar dreams Elizabeth I rises to the throne
working in New York faces governess in a mysterious of escaping his humdrum of a divided and troubled
deportation. Desperate to stay Yorkshire mansion and before undersea life. His wish comes Britain and the early years of
in America, she offers her long she is completely besotted true when a gangster shark her reign find her under
assistant a promotion if he will with her employer. Romantic seeks his help in faking his own pressure to marry and produce
marry her. Romantic comedy, period drama, starring death. Animated comedy, with an heir. Historical drama,
starring Sandra Bullock. +++ Joan Fontaine. ++++ the voice of Will Smith. +++ with Cate Blanchett. ++++
Elizabeth, Channel 4, 11.15pm
MONDAY Killer Assistant (2016) Lincoln (2012)
Channel 5, 3.15pm Film4, 9pm
A high-profile magazine editor Steven Spielberg’s biopic of the
seemingly has the perfect life 16th president of the United
and career, before a brief affair States. In his final months
threatens to send the woman in office, Abraham Lincoln
into a downward spiral. faces a struggle to bring the
Thriller, with Arianne Zucker Civil War to an end. Starring
and Brando Eaton. +++ Daniel Day-Lewis. ++++
Lincoln, Film4, 9pm
TUESDAY The Devil’s Teardrop (2010) Volcano (1997)
Channel 5, 3.15pm Film4, 7pm
A serial killer terrorises A river of molten lava spews
Washington DC, with a from an erupting volcano onto
ransom note the only clue. the streets of Los Angeles,
A handwriting analyst agrees prompting the head of a crisis
to help the FBI with their agency to team up with a
investigation. Drama, starring scientist. Disaster thriller, with
Natasha Henstridge. +++ Tommy Lee Jones. +++ The Proposal, BBC1, 4.20pm (Sunday)
The Devil’s Teardrop, Channel 5, 3.15pm
WEDNESDAY Midnight Stallion (2013) The Dressmaker (2015)
Channel 5, 3.15pm Film4, 9pm
A girl and her parents have to An Australian fashion designer
save their struggling farm and returns to her remote home
when they discover a wild town in the 1950s. She
stallion they begin to wonder if reconciles with her mother,
it could be the answer to their falls in love and transforms the
prayers. Drama, starring lives of the locals. Drama,
Kris Kristofferson. +++ starring Kate Winslet. ++++
The Dressmaker, Film4, 9pm
THURSDAY Abducted: The Carlina The Secret Life Of
White Story (2012) Walter Mitty (2013)
Channel 5, 3.15pm Film4, 6.45pm
A couple take their three- An ordinary man seeks solace
week-old baby to a hospital for from his mundane life by
treatment, but she is snatched drifting into daydreams where
by a woman desperate for a he is a heroic figure. Comedy
child. Fact-based drama, drama, directed by and
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty,
Film4, 6.45pm starring Keke Palmer. +++ Looper, BBC2, 11.05pm (Friday) starring Ben Stiller. +++
FRIDAY Looper (2012) Safe House (2012)
BBC2, 11.05pm Channel 4, 12.10am
In the future, a crime syndicate A CIA agent stationed in South
uses time travel to dispose of Africa is sent to question a
people without trace, sending rogue operative, who has been
them back 30 years to be killed arrested years after betraying
by hitmen. Sci-fi thriller, with the agency, only to be attacked
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce by mercenaries. Thriller, with
Willis and Emily Blunt. ++++ Denzel Washington. ++++ The Talented Mr Ripley, BBC2, 10.30pm (Saturday)
Safe House, Channel 4, 12.10am