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11:00
The Siege at Red River (Film)
Rudolph Mate's lavish Civil War action film stars Van Johnson as Confederate agent James Faraday, who steals a Gatling gun prototype from the Yankees. But smuggling it south through enemy territory proves more difficult, especially with detective Frank Kelso on his back, treacherous scout Brett Manning double-crossing him, and nurse Nora Curtis to protect.
Director: Rudolph Maté
Starring: Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone, Milburn Stone, Jeff Morrow, Craig Hill
(Subtitles, U, 1954, 2 Star)


12:45
The Master of Ballantrae (Film)
85 minutes U William Keighley's adventure film, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's tale, stars Errol Flynn as Jamie Durrisdeer, a Jacobite forced to flee Scotland from the English. Joining Irish adventurer Francis Burke in the West Indies, he battles pirates for the English and in doing so, makes a small fortune. Now free to return home, he hopes to marry his sweetheart Lady Alison, only to find she, thinking him dead, is engaged to his brother Henry, the man who betrayed Jamie to the English.
Director: William Keighley
Starring: Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell, Yvonne Furneaux, Felix Aylmer
(Subtitles, PG, 1953, 3 Star)


14:30
How to Steal a Million (Film)
Hugh Griffith stars as Charles Bonnet, a Frenchman who for years has been forging unknown masterpieces by great painters, to the continuing despair of his daughter Nicole. But vanity overtakes him and he allows his Cellini Venus to go on view in a Paris gallery, and art critic De Solnay engages private detective Simon Dermott to investigate.
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer, Fernand Gravey
(Subtitles, U, 1966, 4 Star)


16:50
Air Force (Film)
Howard Hawks' war time propaganda film tells the story of the Mary Ann, an American B-17 bomber commanded by Captain 'Irish' Quincannon and co-pilot Lt Bill Williams. A motley crew from all walks of American life, their first taste of action comes as they arrive at Pearl Harbor just as the Japanese attack. Surviving the experience, the crew begin to form a bond as they take the fight to the Japanese in Manila and on to the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, Harry Carey Jr., George Tobias
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1943, 4 Star)


19:15
Jingle All the Way (Film)
Harassed businessman Howard tells his little boy he'll buy him a Turboman for Christmas, only to find that every store has sold out. Racing round the shops in search of the last toy, he realises that postman Myron is doing exactly the same thing.
Director: Brian Levant
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Martin Mull
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1996, 3 Star)




21:00
Braveheart (Film)
Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Oscar-laden epic as William Wallace, the medieval Scottish patriot spurred into revolt against the English when the love of his life is slaughtered. Leading his army into battles that become a war, his advance into England threatens King Edward I's throne before he is captured and executed, but not before becoming a symbol for a free Scotland. The mix of court intrigue, tender love scenes and stirring battles never flags and Gibson's film was to take five Oscars.
Director: Mel Gibson
Starring: Mel Gibson, James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Sandy Nelson, James Cosmo, Sean McGinley
(Subtitles, 15, 1995, 4 Star)


00:20
Once upon a Time in the West (Film)
Sergio Leone's epic spaghetti western is set in a boom town made big by the arrival of the railway. Claudia Cardinale plays Jill McBain, a widow with a past who owns some of the valuable land, with Gabriele Ferzetti as Morton, a land-grabbing railroad owner. Into the mix is thrown Cheyenne, who has designs on Jill, Harmonica, a mysterious taciturn gunslinger, and Frank, a cold-blooded gun for hire working for Cheyenne. From its iconic, wordless ten minute opening at the railway station to the explosive denouement and shoot-out, this is a stunning, original film that stands alongside the great westerns of Howard Hawks and John Ford.
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti, Paolo Stoppa
(Widescreen, 15, 1968, 5 Star)

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11:00
Operation Amsterdam (Film)
Fast-moving, fact-based World War II thriller starring Tony Britton as Major Dillon, a British army officer leading a dangerous mission to Amsterdam in 1940 to prevent valuable industrial diamonds falling into the hands of the invading Germans.
Director: Michael McCarthy
Starring: Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox, Malcolm Keen, Christopher Rhodes
(Black and White, Subtitles, U, 1960, 2 Star)


13:05
Sea Wife (Film)
An offbeat melodrama. An RAF officer, a Sea Wife, a nun, a brash businessman and a purser all end up drifting on a life raft in the Indian Ocean after their ship is torpedoed. Romantic and racial tensions divide the four as they hope for rescue in Bob McNaught's taut film.
Director: Bob McNaught
Starring: Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney, Cy Grant, Ronald Squire, Joan Hickson
(Subtitles, U, 1957, 2 Star)


14:45
Party Girl (Film)
Nicholas Ray's thrilling, sharply characterised 1930s-set gangster thriller stars Robert Taylor as Tommy Farrell, a disabled lawyer who has grown rich as a mouthpiece for Chicago mobster Rico Angelo but decides to go straight for the love of 'party girl' Vickie Gaye. But will Angelo accept his decision?
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly
(Subtitles, PG, 1958, 4 Star)


16:40
The Way Ahead (Film)
Carol Reed's World War II documentary-drama, which was written by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, follows the training that turns a group of raw recruits into an efficient battalion of soldiers and their subsequent baptisms of fire on the battlefield.
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald, John Laurie, Leslie Dwyer, Hugh Burden
(Black and White, Subtitles, U, 1944, 3 Star)


18:55
Another Stakeout (Film)
John Badham's comedy thriller stars Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as Detectives Chris Lecce and Billy Reimers, who are ordered by DA Gina Garrett to stakeout the house where federal witness Luella Delano is holed up. Moving in next door, Lecce and Garrett pretend to be a married couple with Reimers acting as their son, much to his disgust. Now all they have to do is befriend the neighbours Brian and Pam O'Hara to find their quarry. But to maintain their cover, they resort to subterfuges which lead to comic misunderstandings in this much underrated film. Edited for content.
Director: John Badham
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman, Cathy Moriarty
(Widescreen, PG, 1993, 3 Star)




21:00
Transformers (Film)
Michael Bay's all-action adventure, based on the popular toy. Earth becomes the battleground between the good Transformers and the bad who are searching for the all-powerful Allspark which could destroy humanity. Caught up in the middle is Sam Witwicky, whose beaten-up old car reveals itself to be an Autobot called Bumblebee. The duo hold the key to the battle which rages between the Decepticons and the government forces, led by Sgt Lennox but can they stop the evil Megatron.
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2007, 4 Star)


23:45
In the Cut (Film)
Jane Campion's thriller stars Meg Ryan as Frannie Avery, a middle-class teacher in New York who, one night, witnesses a ***ual assault that could have been the prelude to a murder by a killer roaming the city. Detective James Malloy arrives to interview her but their relationship soon moves from personal to passionate. But with the killer on the loose and too many suspects close to home, who can she really trust? Edited for content.
Starring: Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Meg Ryan, Micheal Nuccio, Alison Nega, Dominick Aries, Susan Gardner
(18, 2003, 3 Star)


02:00
The Lost Son (Film)
Chris Menges' film stars Daniel Auteil as Lombard, a low-rent private eye who agrees to track down his friend Carlos's missing brother-in-law, a seedy photographer. His enquiries not only bring him into conflict with Carlos's steely wife Deborah, but also drag him down into the dark world of paedophilic procurement. What was a simple missing-person enquiry becomes a personal crusade set in both seamy Soho and the Mexican underworld. In English, and French with English subtitles.
Director: Chris Menges
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Nastassja Kinski, Katrin Cartlidge, Marianne Denicourt, Ciarán Hinds, Billie Whitelaw
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 1999, 3 Star)

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11:00
Courage of Lassie (Film)
Although Lassie appears in the title, the hero is Bill, one of her offspring. When Bill is lost, he is taken in and raised by Kathie Eleanor Merrick and becomes a sheep dog. But after they're separated by an accident the Marines train Bill to kill. When he finally returns to civvie street he suffers from shell-shock and is under threat of being put down because he poses a threat to humans, until a chance meeting with someone who loves him.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake, Selena Royle, Harry Davenport, George Cleveland
(Subtitles, 1946, U, 3 Star)


12:50
From Hell to Texas (Film)
Also known as Manhunt, Henry Hathaway's powerful western stars Don Murray as Tod Lohman, a cowboy who accidentally kills one of the sons of local rancher Hunter Boyd. Consumed with the need for retribution, Boyd sends a posse led by his other son Tom to track down and murder Murray.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Don Murray, Diane Varsi, Chill Wills, Dennis Hopper, R.G. Armstrong, Jay C. Flippen
(Subtitles, 1958, 12, 3 Star)


14:45
Battleground (Film)
William A Wellman's Oscar-winning Second World War film stars, among others, Van Johnson, John Hordiak, Ricardo Montalban and James Whitmore as some of a group of American soldiers who held out against an overwhelming German offensive during the Battle of the Bulge. Screenwriter Robert Pirosh had fought at Bastogne himself, and the film brilliantly captures the lurching unpredictability of war, the strained camaraderie of the troops and the horror of combat.
Director: William A. Wellman
Starring: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Jerome Courtland
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1949, PG, 4 Star)


17:00
Ladies in Lavender (Film)
In 1930s Cornwall, a shipwrecked Polish youth with a musical gift befriends two spinsters.
Director: Charles Dance
Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl, Freddie Jones, Gregor Henderson-Begg, Miriam Margolyes
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 4 Star)


19:00
Sister Act (Film)
Whoopi Goldberg stars in Emile Ardolino's comedy thriller as Deloris Van Cartier, a lounge singer at a casino managed by her lover Vince LaRocca. He's also a drugs baron and when she accidentally interrupts him in the process of rubbing out a stool pigeon, she has to run for her life. To keep her safe until LaRocca can be charged, the police arrange for her to become Sister Mary Clarence at a nunnery overseen by stern Mother Superior. But you can't keep a good singer down and Sister Mary has soon so successfully invigorated the choir with her musical talent that the church is packed - and there is even a call from Rome for a Papal performance. Unfortunately, thanks to an inside man in the police department, LaRocca learns of her whereabouts and sets out to prevent her testifying; can her new found friends, the nuns, protect her?
Director: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, Harvey Keitel
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1992, PG, 3 Star)




21:00
The Devil's Backbone (Film)
Guillermo del Toro's spine chilling thriller is set during the dog days of the Spanish Civil War at a remote 'orphanage', where children of the soon-to-be defeated Republican cause are given refuge. It is run by Dr Casares, who desires the headmistress Carmen. But she in turn is having an affair with the young janitor Jacinto, who is looking for the secret stash of gold bullion used to finance the left wing cause. Into this heady mix comes young Carlos, who is assigned the bed of Santi, who drowned in mysterious circumstances in the basement pool and whose ghost now haunts the establishment. As the corporeal and the spiritual worlds clash in a mix of lust, revenge and greed, the gripping climax sees avarice punished but at the expense of the greater good.
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés, Irene Visedo
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, 2001, 15, 3 Star)


23:05
The Love Guru (Film)
Mike Myers stars in Marco Schnabel's comedy as Guru Pitka, an American bought up in an Indian ashram who returns to his home country hoping to become famous. He gets his first chance with the ice hockey team the Toronto Maple Leafs, who hire him to reconcile their star player Darren Roanoke with his wife Prudence, who's fallen for another player, Jacques Grande. Can Pitka use his karmic influences to resolve the situation or will he need to resort to more devious methods?
Director: Marco Schnabel
Starring: Jessica Alba, Mike Myers, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Omid Djalili
(Widescreen, 2008, 12, 2 Star)


00:45
Little Otik (Film)
Acclaimed Czech animator Jan Svankmajer uses both live action and animation in this part fairy tale, part horror fable. The husband of a childless couple is digging up a tree stump when he notices a root that resembles a child. Carving it into the likeness of a baby, it is brought to life by the love of his wife but, like all children, it has a voracious appetite - in this instance, for human flesh...
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Starring: Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový, Kristina Adamcová, Dagmar Stríbrná
(In Czech with Subtitles, 1998, 15, 4 Star)

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Whisper of the Heart (Film)
From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Yoshifumi Kondo's charming film tells the story of bookworm Shizuku Tsukishima, who feels overpowered by her bossy, studious family. She meets Seiji, an irritating yet charming boy who annoys and fascinates her in equal measures. Seiji harbours an odd ambition: to make violins in Cremona, Italy. One day, in his uncle's antique shop, Shizuku sees a statue of a cat that could be the inspiration to make Seiji's dreams come true.
Director: Yoshifumi Kondo
Starring: Youko Honna, Kazuo Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Keiju Kobayashi
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, U, 1995, 4 Star)


13:15
The Siege at Red River (Film)
Rudolph Mate's lavish Civil War action film stars Van Johnson as Confederate agent James Faraday, who steals a Gatling gun prototype from the Yankees. But smuggling it south through enemy territory proves more difficult, especially with detective Frank Kelso on his back, treacherous scout Brett Manning double-crossing him, and nurse Nora Curtis to protect.
Director: Rudolph Maté
Starring: Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone, Milburn Stone, Jeff Morrow, Craig Hill
(Subtitles, U, 1954, 2 Star)


14:55
The Cross of Lorraine (Film)
Tay Garnett's war drama was intended to remind the Americans of the sacrifices the French had made in their struggle against the Nazis. Set in a French PoW camp, it stars Gene Kelly in one of his earliest film roles as the firebrand Victor; Jean-Pierre Aumont as Pierre, a lawyer who devises an escape plan; Cecil Hardwicke as Father Sebastian; and Hume Cronyn as the collaborationist Duval. Peter Lorre plays the sadistic Sergeant Berger, ironic given he fled Germany when the Nazis came to power.
Director: Tay Garnett
Starring: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Whorf, Joseph Calleia, Peter Lorre
(Subtitles, Black and White, PG, 1943, 3 Star)


16:40
Kim (Film)
Based on Rudyard Kipling's famous tale, Victor Saville's epic film stars Errol Flynn as Mahbub Ali, the 'Red Beard', a dashing thief who befriends Kim, the orphaned son of a British soldier, and sees him through adventures including the thwarting of Russian agitators in the Khyber Pass and a sojurn with a holy lama.
Director: Victor Saville
Starring: Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas, Thomas Gomez, Cecil Kellaway
(Subtitles, U, 1950, 4 Star)


18:50
Flight of the Phoenix (Film)
A re-make of Robert Aldrich's classic 1965 story of plane crash survivors who are stranded in the extremely hostile Mongolian desert. Facing all kinds of danger, they realise they have only one chance of escape - to build another plane from the wreckage. Dennis Quaid gives a superb performance as hard-bitten pilot Frank, who rather reluctantly assumes the leadership of the motley group of passengers.
Director: John Sanford Moore
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto, Tony Curran, Sticky Fingaz
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2004, 3 Star)




21:00
Election (Film)
Alexander Payne's satire stars Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick, a high school student determined to become student government president. Equally determined to stop her is teacher Jim McAllister, who has seen behind her WASP façade and knows what she is capable of. He persuades Paul Metzler to stand against her but as Tracy uses every trick in the book as the election grows closer, do Paul and Jim stand any chance of defeating her?
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 1999, 3 Star)


23:00
Shutter (Film)
Masayuki Ochiai's Tokyo-set horror film stars Joshua Jackson and Rachael Taylor as Americans Ben and Jane Shaw, honeymooners in the city they plan to move to. But driving home late one night, Jane runs over a woman - stopping the car, the couple try to find her but there is no sign of the body. Then ghostly apparitions start appearing on their holiday photographs, followed by Jane beginning to have visions of the woman she believes she killed. At first sceptical, Ben is convinced after a terrifying encounter in his darkroom but how can the couple assuage the vengeful being?
Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Starring: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, Megumi Okina, David Denman, John Hensley, Maya Hazen
(Premiere, Widescreen, 15, 2008, 2 Star)


00:40
Invincible (Film)
Werner Herzog's film, based on a true story, stars Juoko Ahola as Polish strongman Zishe Breitbart, whose phenomenal strength sees him engaged in a Berlin nightclub in pre-war Germany. Star turn at the club is psychic Hanussen, keen to rise to power in the embryonic Nazi Party. But when Breitbart reveals his Jewish background, he becomes a hero of the German Jews and an enemy of Hanussen, with both of them also in love with the same woman.
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola, Anna Gourari, Max Raabe, Jacob Wein, Gustav-Peter Wöhler
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2000, 3 Star)

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11:00
Operation Amsterdam (Film)
Fast-moving, fact-based World War II thriller starring Tony Britton as Major Dillon, a British army officer leading a dangerous mission to Amsterdam in 1940 to prevent valuable industrial diamonds falling into the hands of the invading Germans.
Director: Michael McCarthy
Starring: Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox, Malcolm Keen, Christopher Rhodes
(Black and White, Subtitles, U, 1960, 2 Star)


13:00
Valiant (Film)
Gary Chapman's charming animation, set during World War II. The eponymous Valiant, a small wood pigeon, volunteers to join the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, who are entrusted with carrying messages over the Channel in advance of D-Day. He teams up with scrawny London pigeon Bugsy, and falls for dove-nurse Victoria, but Valiant must come into his own when he flies to Occupied France to get a crucial message off downed fellow pigeon Mercury and return safely through the gauntlet of German hawks led by Von Talon.
Director: Gary Chapman
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese
(Widescreen, Subtitles, U, 2005, 3 Star)


14:30
Air Force (Film)
Howard Hawks' war time propaganda film tells the story of the Mary Ann, an American B-17 bomber commanded by Captain 'Irish' Quincannon and co-pilot Lt Bill Williams. A motley crew from all walks of American life, their first taste of action comes as they arrive at Pearl Harbor just as the Japanese attack. Surviving the experience, the crew begin to form a bond as they take the fight to the Japanese in Manila and on to the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, Harry Carey Jr., George Tobias
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1943, 4 Star)


16:55
Never So Few (Film)
One of John Sturges' lesser-known films, this WWII drama stars Frank Sinatra as Captain Tom Reynolds, battling the Japanese in Burma, whose unit is attacked by their supposed allies, the Chinese troops of Chiang Kai-Shek. He pursues them on a revenge attack, but finds himself facing disciplinary action unless he can clear his name. The cast also includes Gina Lollobrigida, as his love interest Carla Vasari, Charles Bronson, Peter Lawford and a young Steve McQueen.
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Richard Johnson, Paul Henreid
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1959, 3 Star)


19:20
Jingle All the Way (Film)
Harassed businessman Howard tells his little boy he'll buy him a Turboman for Christmas, only to find that every store has sold out. Racing round the shops in search of the last toy, he realises that postman Myron is doing exactly the same thing.
Director: Brian Levant
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Martin Mull
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1996, 3 Star)




21:00
Transformers (Film)
Michael Bay's all-action adventure, based on the popular toy. Earth becomes the battleground between the good Transformers and the bad who are searching for the all-powerful Allspark which could destroy humanity. Caught up in the middle is Sam Witwicky, whose beaten-up old car reveals itself to be an Autobot called Bumblebee. The duo hold the key to the battle which rages between the Decepticons and the government forces, led by Sgt Lennox but can they stop the evil Megatron.
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2007, 4 Star)


23:45
Saw IV (Film)
The Saw franchise continues with Darren Lynn Bousman's horror opening with the Jigsaw Killer dead. But at his autopsy, a tape found in his stomach reveals that a new series of games are about to start. Detective Hoffman and SWAT commander Rigg have just 90 minutes to save the life of their fellow officer Eric Matthews and also have to cope with the interference of two FBI agents. As Rigg follows a trail of bloody clues, he learns more about the horrors that created the Jigsaw Killer but he must also shake off the two Feds, who are increasingly convinced that he is in fact Jigsaw's disciple, planning to carry on his evil games.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Starring: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, Black and White, 18, 2007, 3 Star)


01:30
Year of the Dog (Film)
Indie comedy from the writer of The Good Girl. Misfit Peggy struggles to find a man to replace her beloved pet.
Director: Mike White
Starring: Molly Shannon, Laura Dern, Regina King, Thomas McCarthy, Josh Pais, John C. Reilly
(Premiere, Widescreen, PG, 2007, 3 Star)

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11:00
Sea Wife (Film)
An offbeat melodrama. An RAF officer, a Sea Wife, a nun, a brash businessman and a purser all end up drifting on a life raft in the Indian Ocean after their ship is torpedoed. Romantic and racial tensions divide the four as they hope for rescue in Bob McNaught's taut film.
Director: Bob McNaught
Starring: Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney, Cy Grant, Ronald Squire, Joan Hickson
(Subtitles, U, 1957, 2 Star)


12:35
Battle Cry (Film)
The dramatic story of US marines in training, in combat and in love during World War II. The story centres on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training in Saipan to combat in New Guinea. Based on the novel by Leon Uris. The music by Max Steiner was nominated for an Oscar.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson, James Whit, Raymond Massey
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1955, 3 Star)


15:25
Party Girl (Film)
Nicholas Ray's thrilling, sharply characterised 1930s-set gangster thriller stars Robert Taylor as Tommy Farrell, a disabled lawyer who has grown rich as a mouthpiece for Chicago mobster Rico Angelo but decides to go straight for the love of 'party girl' Vickie Gaye. But will Angelo accept his decision?
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly
(Subtitles, PG, 1958, 4 Star)


17:15
Carry on Dick (Film)
Sid James and Barbara Windsor go out in style in their last Carry On film, based on the legend of Dick Turpin. James plays the notorious highwayman Big Dick Turpin, who disguises himself as the Reverend Flasher to avoid detection. Windsor plays Harriet, a buxom member of his gang, with Kenneth Williams as Captain Fancey, who is charged with capturing Turpin, and Bernard Bresslaw as Sir Roger Daley, head of the Bow Street Runners. Regulars Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims and Kenneth Connor are all present and correct, as are the usual doubles entendres in this Gerald Thomas comedy.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims
(Subtitles, PG, 1974, 3 Star)


19:00
Bee Season (Film)
Scott McGehee and David Siegel's drama uses America's obsession with the National Spelling Bee as its framework to explore the spiritual life of a Jewish-American family. Richard Gere plays Saul Neumann, a professor at Berkeley specialising in Jewish theology and the Kabbalah. Juliette Binoche plays his emotionally wounded wife Miriam, and Max Minghella plays his son Aaron who rebels by joining the Hare Krishna set. But Saul, icy and distant from his family, pours his hopes into young daughter Eliza who can 'see' how to spell words in an almost mystical way. As her father pushes her through the National Spelling Bee rounds, the film asks if a family torn apart by such differences can be reconciled.
Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Starring: Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth, Corey Fischer
(Premiere, Widescreen, 12, 2005, 3 Star)




21:00
27 Dresses (Film)
Anne Fletcher's rom-com stars Katherine Heigl as Jane, an amateur wedding planner for her friends who hopes to be the blushing bride herself to her advertising executive boss George. Her hopes are dashed when her fun-loving gorgeous sister Tess appears on the scene and sweeps him off his feet, leaving Jane to plan yet another wedding. But maybe there's hope for her in the shape of Kevin, a journalist who is intrigued by Jane's perpetual bridesmaid role and wants to write a story about her if only they didn't mix like oil and water.
Director: Anne Fletcher
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Charli Barcena, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Peyton List, Judy Greer
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2008, 3 Star)


23:10
Tôkyô Sonata (Film)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's moving drama tells the story of a family in crisis. Ryuhei Sasaki is a salaryman released by his company. Too ashamed to tell his wife Megumi, he still leaves for work but instead hangs out near a soup kitchen with those in the same position. His wife glimpses him there but says nothing while his rebellious sons are also facing up to difficulties in their own lives as they realise they have no secure future.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Inowaki Kai, Haruka Igawa, Kanji Tsuda
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 12, 2008, 4 Star)


01:30
Mutual Appreciation (Film)
After the success of Funny Ha-Ha, Andrew Bujalski's second film stars Justin Rice as Alan, an aspiring singer-songwriter who hopes to further his career in New York. Staying with his best friend Lawrence and his girlfriend Ellie, who takes a shine to him, he tries to carve a career path while staying clear of distracting entanglements. Like other films from the 'mumblecore' school of directors, there is a lot of dialogue with underlying hints of darker undercurrents that punctuate this deceptively detailed, observant film.
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Justin Rice, Rachel Clift, Andrew Bujalski, Seung-Min Lee, Pamela Corkey, Kevin Micka
(Black and White, 15, 2005, 3 Star)

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11:00
The Spanish Gardener (Film)
Philip Leacock's film is the story of minor diplomat Harrington Brande, who becomes increasingly jealous of the relationship that develops between his son Nicholas and the Spanish gardener, Jose, who has been hired to work on the estate.
Director: Philip Leacock
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack, Maureen Swanson, Lyndon Brook
(Subtitles, U, 1956, 3 Star)


12:50
The Big Trees (Film)
Felix Feist's western stars Kirk Douglas as Jim Fallon, an unscrupulous lumberman who goes to northern California to part Quaker settlers from their Giant Redwoods but who has a change of heart when he falls for Quaker Alicia Chadwick.
Director: Felix E. Feist
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wy, Edgar Buchanan, John Archer, Alan Hale Jr.
(Subtitles, PG, 1952, 3 Star)


14:35
Up Periscope (Film)
Set on a submarine in the Pacific during World War II, Up Periscope stars James Garner as Lieutenant Ken Braden, a laid-back, inventive and comic Navy man who is assigned to a sabotage mission on a Japanese-held island. But when he discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has been checking out his suspect qualifications to be a US Navy frogman, he must put his personal life behind him and concentrate on the mission at hand.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter, Frank Gifford
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1959, 4 Star)


16:45
Battleground (Film)
William A Wellman's Oscar-winning Second World War film stars, among others, Van Johnson, John Hordiak, Ricardo Montalban and James Whitmore as some of a group of American soldiers who held out against an overwhelming German offensive during the Battle of the Bulge. Screenwriter Robert Pirosh had fought at Bastogne himself, and the film brilliantly captures the lurching unpredictability of war, the strained camaraderie of the troops and the horror of combat.
Director: William A. Wellman
Starring: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Jerome Courtland
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1949, 4 Star)


19:05
Turner and Hooch (Film)
Roger Spottiswoode's comedy/thriller stars Tom Hanks at Detective Scott Turner, who's on the cusp of moving to a better job. Then one of the regular contacts on his beat is murdered and there's only one 'witness' - the victim's dog Hooch, an ungainly mastiff with a slobber problem, a liking for beer, and a penchant for trashing detective's apartments. But as Turner investigates the case, he finds himself in increasing danger and has to rely on his new four-legged friend to both solve the case and watch his back. Edited for language, violence.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Starring: Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Reginald VelJohnson, Scott Paulin, J.C. Quinn
(Widescreen, PG, 1989, 2 Star)




21:00
The Namesake (Film)
Mira Nair's family drama stars Kal Penn as Gogol, a young Indian American whose name, chosen by his parents Ashoke and Ashima after the Russian writer, causes him to question his identity. Is he first generation American or from a long line of Bengali ancestors? As he and his parents try to make sense of his problems and, indeed, their places in the contemporary world, this is a moving, thought-provoking examination of the immigrant experience.
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Jagannath Guha, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Tabu, Sandip Deb, Sukanya
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2006, 4 Star)


23:20
Hostage (Film)
Bruce Willis plays Jeff Talley, who's working for the Ventura Police Department and looking for a quiet life after a bad experience as a hostage negotiator in Los Angeles. When a car-jacking by three teenagers goes wrong and they take three hostages, he's happy to hand over to the sheriff's department for what is a simple case. Then he's back, demanding to take control. Because more dangerous elements have kidnapped his family: they want him to retrieve incriminating evidence from the car-jacking or his family will suffer. Now Talley has to navigate two sets of negotiations, one open, the other known only to him, in Florent Emilio Siri's edge-of-the-seat thriller.
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri
Starring: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 2005, 3 Star)


01:30
Zatôichi (Film)
Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano directs, scripts and stars in this martial arts adventure as Zatôichi, a character well known in Japan through television series and films but rarely seen in the West. Zatôichi is a blind masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman, thanks to his extraordinarily heightened senses. Travelling the country fighting for the weak and oppressed, he joins forces with a young man and woman out to avenge their slaughtered parents, to help them protect a village against a brutal gang led by ronin Hattori. Kitano manages to mix blood-splatteringly violent stylised fights with genuinely funny moments in this unique samurai movie.
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ookusu, Gadarukanaru Taka, Daigorô Tachibana, Yuuko Daike
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 18, 2003, 4 Star)

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11:00
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (Film)
Henry Koster's comedy stars James Stewart as Roger Hobbs who, with his wife Peggy, reluctantly goes on a seaside holiday with his family. Apart from a couch potato of a son who's shy of girls, two grown daughters who have married the wrong guys and a local yachtsman who's taken a shine to Peggy, everything goes swimmingly.
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian, John Saxon, Marie Wilson, Reginald Gardiner
(Subtitles, U, 1962, 3 Star)


13:15
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (Film)
After losing the campaign in North Africa and refusing his commander-in-chief's orders to fight to the last man, Erwin Rommel returns to Germany, where he is drawn into a plot to assassinate Hitler. WWII drama featuring actual combat footage.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler, Everett Sloane, Leo G. Carroll
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1951, 4 Star)


15:00
Carry on Up the Khyber (Film)
Classic Carry On fun with the core team of regulars from stalwart director Gerald Thomas. Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond is in charge of the motley kilted crew of the Third Foot and Mouth regiment at a British outpost in the Khyber Pass. The Khasi of Kalabar has other ideas and wants the 'British devils' dead, but his troops fear what they may or may not have under their 'skirts'. But when one is seen wearing underpants the fate of the British in India is at stake.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Roy Castle, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1969, 3 Star)


16:45
The Nativity Story (Film)
Catherine Hardwicke's account of the birth of Christ stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary and Oscar Isaac as Joseph. From the appearance of the angel Gabriel, through Joseph's acceptance that she is indeed carrying the Son of God, to their trip to Bethlehem, the film is always respectful with strong performances from the two leads who portray very real human emotions rather than those of saints.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 2006, 3 Star)


18:40
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Film)
Leonard Nimoy directs and stars in the follow-up to The Search for Spock, as the re-born Spock. With the USS Enterprise destroyed, he, Kirk, Scotty and Dr McCoy have been in exile on Vulcan, awaiting trial for disobeying orders. However, as they near Earth, a mysterious probe wreaks havoc with the planet's climate. The probe's message, interpreted by Spock, is meant for humpback whales only, a species long extinct. The planet's only hope is for Spock and his team to travel back in time, in a stolen Klingon craft, to bring back a pair of whales. The script allows for a lot of fish-out-of-water jokes as the crew find themselves in 80s San Francisco, with Spock's inability to master swearing a running gag, but there's also tension, as the clock ticks down in the future, with marine biologist Gillian Taylor their only hope of finding suitable whales to save a future Earth. Edited for language.
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1986, 4 Star)




21:00
Dogma (Film)
Bethany Sloane works at an abortion clinic where she is approached by the angel Metatron, who tells her that, as the last living descendent of Christ, she's the only one who can stop fallen angels Bartleby and Loki ending all life on Earth. Accompanied by heavenly assistants Jay and Silent Bob, she sets out on a mission to stop them. Kevin Smith's controversial film is a fascinating mix of themes and characters from his earlier films that offers an interesting theological look at his normal New Jersey-set-and-peopled milieu.
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Jason Mewes, Chris Rock, Alan Rickman
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 1999, 3 Star)


23:20
Election (Film)
Alexander Payne's satire stars Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick, a high school student determined to become student government president. Equally determined to stop her is teacher Jim McAllister, who has seen behind her WASP façade and knows what she is capable of. He persuades Paul Metzler to stand against her but as Tracy uses every trick in the book as the election grows closer, do Paul and Jim stand any chance of defeating her?
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 1999, 3 Star)


01:20
Miller's Crossing (Film)
One of the Coen Brothers' early films, this tale stars Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan, lieutenant to city crime boss Leo during Prohibition. Trouble brews when rival gang leader Caspar asks Leo to rub out the double-dealing Bernie. But Bernie is the brother of Leo's mistress and as the violence erupts, the amoral Tom has to forget friendship and loyalties in order to stay alive. Meticulously shot by Barry Sonnenfeld, and with a supporting cast including Steve Buscemi and Frances McDormand, the Coen Brothers' hallmark humour interleaves with the violence to create a finely polished, riveting addition to the gangster genre.
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J.E. Freeman, Albert Finney
(Subtitles, 18, 1990, 4 Star)

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11:00
The Mistress of Spices (Film)
Former Miss World Aishwarya Raj plays Tilo, a member of a secret clan of women who draw on the mystical properties of Indian spices to cure anything from heartache to heartburn. Practising her delicate skills in California, she is courted by both homesick taxi driver Haroun and ***y architect Doug but which one will steal her heart in Paul Mayeda Berges' mystical romantic drama? Edited for violence, language.
Director: Paul Mayeda Berges
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Caroline Chikezie, Anupam Kher
(Widescreen, PG, 2005, 3 Star)


12:50
Cheaper by the Dozen (Film)
All those kids yours mister, or is this a picnic? They're all mine, says long-suffering dad Frank, and believe me, it's no picnic. Comedy drama based on the real life family of an eccentric professor and father.
Director: Walter Lang
Starring: Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Betty Lynn, Edgar Buchanan, Barbara Bates
(Subtitles, U, 1950, 4 Star)


14:30
The Magnificent Seven (Film)
John Sturges' classic take on Kurosawa's Seven Samurai stars Yul Brynner as Chris Adams, a gun for hire who's down on his luck. Approached by the elders of a small Mexican village terrorised by the bandit Calvera, he agrees to recruit another six gunslingers in return for food and lodging. And so the group, including the scene-stealing Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn and James Coburn, agree to take on the bandidos. The film spawned three sequels but the original is still the best, with outstanding camerawork, including a tracking shot of Calvera's escape from the village that is fluidity perfected, and a stirring iconic score by Elmer Bernstein.
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1960, 4 Star)


17:00
Return of the Seven (Film)
Burt Kennedy's sequel to The Magnificent Seven stars Yul Brynner reprising his role as the gunslinger Chris, who learns that his friend from the first film, Chico, and his fellow farmers are slaves of the despotic rancher Lorca. With the help of Vin Chris sets out recruiting a new bunch of hired guns prepared to work for little reward to take on Lorca. Among the new faces are Warren Oates as the girl-chasing Colbee and Claude Akins as the haunted Frank. Edited for violence.
Director: Burt Kennedy
Starring: Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Julián Mateos, Warren Oates, Claude Akins, Elisa Montés
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1966, 3 Star)


18:50
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Film)
Andie Anderson writes an advice column for a fashionable magazine and agrees to demonstrate how easy it is to attract and then alienate a man in just ten days. She chooses Benjamin Barry, little knowing he's an advertising executive whose job rests on proving he understands women so well that he can make one fall for him in two weeks. Donald Petrie's comedy sees the two unknowingly played at their own game in this witty battle of the ***es. Edited for language.
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Parisse, Adam Goldberg, Thomas Lennon
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2003, 3 Star)




21:00
Into the Wild (Film)
Sean Penn's Oscar-nominated drama is based on the true story of Chris McCandless, played by Emile Hirsch. In 1992, McCandless sent his law school fund to Oxfam, abandoned his possessions and hiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness, seeking to re-engage with nature. He found an abandoned school bus, which became his home as he attempted to survive the harsh conditions. Interspersed with McCandless's musings on the philosophy that drives him are flashbacks to his parents Walt and Billie, which give further insight into his life. And there are revealing encounters on the road with ageing hippies, a hard-drinking farmer and Ron Franz, almost an older version of McCandless and the one man who sees, with some apprehension, what he seeks. Hirsch turns in a mesmerising performance as a troubled yet compelling individual in this relentless, gripping film.
Director: Sean Penn
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian H. Dierker, Catherine Keener
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2007, 4 Star)


23:50
Wilderness (Film)
Michael J Bassett's horror is set on a deserted island used for outward bound courses for the most violent of Britain's young offenders. The latest batch, including Callum, find that there's a group of women offenders on the island as well, including Louise. But before any fraternisation can take place, the ***** supervisors, including Jed, are killed off by a mysterious assailant and his pack of vicious hunting dogs. Then the youngsters start meeting grisly deaths.
Director: Michael J. Bassett
Starring: Richie Campell, Lenora Crichlow, Adam Deacon, Stephen Don
(Widescreen, 15, 2006, 3 Star)


01:40
The Escapist (Film)
Rupert Wyatt's tense thriller stars Brian Cox as Frank Perry, a lifer with no hope of parole who finds out his daughter has overdosed on drugs and her life is hanging in the balance. Deciding to escape, he organises a crew to join him in his breakout. But his plan is complicated by his young cellmate Lacey, who is being threatened by the prison overlord, Rizza.
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Starring: Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes, Seu Jorge, Liam Cunningham, Dominic Cooper
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2008, 4 Star)

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11:00
Never So Few (Film)
One of John Sturges' lesser-known films, this WWII drama stars Frank Sinatra as Captain Tom Reynolds, battling the Japanese in Burma, whose unit is attacked by their supposed allies, the Chinese troops of Chiang Kai-Shek. He pursues them on a revenge attack, but finds himself facing disciplinary action unless he can clear his name. The cast also includes Gina Lollobrigida, as his love interest Carla Vasari, Charles Bronson, Peter Lawford and a young Steve McQueen.
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Richard Johnson, Paul Henreid
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1959, 3 Star)


13:20
The Bad and the Beautiful (Film)
Vicente Minnelli's biting Hollywood satire charts the rise and fall of ruthless movie producer Jonathan Shields, who uses actress Georgia Lorrison, director Fred Amiel and writer James Lee Bartlow as disposable ladder rungs on his climb to Hollywood success. Douglas was Oscar-nominated for his role, and the film won four Oscars.
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1952, 4 Star)


15:35
Battle Cry (Film)
The dramatic story of US marines in training, in combat and in love during World War II. The story centres on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training in Saipan to combat in New Guinea. Based on the novel by Leon Uris. The music by Max Steiner was nominated for an Oscar.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson, James Whit, Raymond Massey
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1955, 3 Star)


18:25
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Film)
Peter Weir's Oscar and BAFTA-winning maritime epic, based on Patrick O'Brian's novels, stars Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey, captain of HMS Surprise. But Aubrey is the one surprised by the attack of French ship Acheron, off the coast of Brazil. Barely surviving, Aubrey repairs the Surprise and sets off in pursuit of the Acheron for the decisive battle. Paul Bettany co-stars as Dr Stephen Maturin, the ship's doctor/scientist and Aubrey's closest friend, but the real stars are the two ships and the stunning special effects. Edited for language.
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, Edward Woodall, Chris Larkin, Max Pirkis
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2003, 4 Star)


21:00
Blade: Trinity (Film)
Wesley Snipes returns in the final Blade film as the eponymous vampire slayer. Half-human, half-vampire himself, he is joined by Abigail Whistler and Hannibal King for the final confrontation. The Vampire Nation have found Dracula and with his DNA, they will be able to operate by day as well as night. David S Goyer's smart horror movie sees the two sides meet in the final confrontation that will decide who rules Earth.
Director: David S. Goyer
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Dominic Purcell, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 2004, 2 Star)




23:10
Black Book (Film)
Paul Verhoeven returns to his Dutch roots with this visceral drama of life under Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. Rachel Stein is a Jewish woman intent on avenging her family's murder. She joins the Resistance and agrees to become the lover of high-ranking SS officer Ludwig Muntze in order to learn which Dutchmen are secretly collaborating with the occupiers. But she falls in love with the man rather than the monster and finds herself in danger not only from the Nazis but also from her compatriots. Dutch and German with English subtitles.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2006, 4 Star)


02:00
Tony Manero (Film)
Chilean director Pablo Larrain's film is set in Santiago during the darkness of the Pinochet regime. Alfredo Castro plays Raul Peralta, who idolises Tony Manero, John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever. He's determined to perfect the film's dance routines at the seedy club-cum-cantina where he dominates a group of deadbeats, with the dream of honing his performance to TV-talent show winning heights. But in order to realise his dream, he resorts to murder, theft and the destruction of a rival's chances with a psychopathic intensity, mirroring the activities of the junta's police and army as they stamp out dissent with equal mindless brutality.
Director: Pablo Larrain
Starring: Alfredo Castro, Paola Lattus, Héctor Morales, Amparo Noguera, Elsa Poblete
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, 18, 2008, 4 Star)

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11:00
The Colditz Story (Film)
Guy Hamilton's WWII drama starring John Mills as Pat Reid, Eric Portman as Colonel Richmond, Lionel Jeffries as Harry Tyler and Christopher Rhodes as 'Mac' McGill, just some of the British prisoners of war gatherered together in the supposedly escape-proof war prison camp Colditz who immdiately set out planning to escape.
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael
(Black and White, Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 1955, 4 Star)


13:00
The Parent Trap (Film)
Family comedy about identical twin sisters who are separated at birth when their parents divorce. Years later the girls meet at a summer camp and, despite strikingly different personalities, agree to a scheme to reunite their parents. When camp ends, they change places and start their plan with the first goal to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father. A new remake of the 1961 favourite staring Hayley Mills.
Director: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1998, 3 Star)


15:25
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (Film)
After losing the campaign in North Africa and refusing his commander-in-chief's orders to fight to the last man, Erwin Rommel returns to Germany, where he is drawn into a plot to assassinate Hitler. WWII drama featuring actual combat footage.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler, Everett Sloane, Leo G. Carroll
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1951, 4 Star)


17:05
Carry on Dick (Film)
Sid James and Barbara Windsor go out in style in their last Carry On film, based on the legend of Dick Turpin. James plays the notorious highwayman Big Dick Turpin, who disguises himself as the Reverend Flasher to avoid detection. Windsor plays Harriet, a buxom member of his gang, with Kenneth Williams as Captain Fancey, who is charged with capturing Turpin, and Bernard Bresslaw as Sir Roger Daley, head of the Bow Street Runners. Regulars Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims and Kenneth Connor are all present and correct, as are the usual doubles entendres in this Gerald Thomas comedy.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims
(Subtitles, PG, 1974, 3 Star)


18:50
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Film)
Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as the infamous bank and train robbers who, finally tracked by a persistent posse, decamp for the quiet life in Bolivia with Katharine Ross, Sundance's girl, where they pass into legend. George Roy Hill's classic western offers one of cinema's most enduring pairings.
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey
(Subtitles, PG, 1969, 4 Star)




21:00
Die Hard (Film)
Tough, energetic action yarn about a New York cop who launches a one-man rescue operation when a gang of crooks crash a party in an LA office block and take everyone hostage, including his estranged wife. In the chaos the cop manages to slip away to the building's top floors. From here he fights back as the LAPD, FBI, and media look on.
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov, Paul Gleason
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 18, 1988, 5 Star)


23:35
Alfie (Film)
Michael Caine, in his breakthrough role, stars as Alfie Elkins, a shallow and amoral ***ual hedonist whose series of amorous adventures lead eventually to loneliness in Lewis Gilbert's swinging-sixties comedy drama. Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Jane Asher, and Vivien Merchant star as just some of his conquests.
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Jane Asher, Shirley Anne Field
(Subtitles, 15, 1966, 4 Star)


01:50
Autumn Sonata (Film)
When concert pianist Ingrid Bergman visits her daughter Liv Ullmann, she is surprised that her other daughter Lena Nyman is there, taking care of her fragile sister in Ingmar Bergman's intense drama of relationships between mother and daughters.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk, Marianne Aminoff, Arne Bang-Hansen
(In Swedish with Subtitles, 15, 1978, 4 Star)


03:40
Get the Picture (Drama)
A war reporter photographs a bombed refugee camp and the execution of rebels accused of the atrocity. But his photos implicate allied forces in the attack...
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11:00
Up Periscope (Film)
Set on a submarine in the Pacific during World War II, Up Periscope stars James Garner as Lieutenant Ken Braden, a laid-back, inventive and comic Navy man who is assigned to a sabotage mission on a Japanese-held island. But when he discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has been checking out his suspect qualifications to be a US Navy frogman, he must put his personal life behind him and concentrate on the mission at hand.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter, Frank Gifford
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1959, 4 Star)


13:10
The Magnificent Seven (Film)
John Sturges' classic take on Kurosawa's Seven Samurai stars Yul Brynner as Chris Adams, a gun for hire who's down on his luck. Approached by the elders of a small Mexican village terrorised by the bandit Calvera, he agrees to recruit another six gunslingers in return for food and lodging. And so the group, including the scene-stealing Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn and James Coburn, agree to take on the bandidos. The film spawned three sequels but the original is still the best, with outstanding camerawork, including a tracking shot of Calvera's escape from the village that is fluidity perfected, and a stirring iconic score by Elmer Bernstein.
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1960, 4 Star)


15:40
Return of the Seven (Film)
Burt Kennedy's sequel to The Magnificent Seven stars Yul Brynner reprising his role as the gunslinger Chris, who learns that his friend from the first film, Chico, and his fellow farmers are slaves of the despotic rancher Lorca. With the help of Vin Chris sets out recruiting a new bunch of hired guns prepared to work for little reward to take on Lorca. Among the new faces are Warren Oates as the girl-chasing Colbee and Claude Akins as the haunted Frank. Edited for violence.
Director: Burt Kennedy
Starring: Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Julián Mateos, Warren Oates, Claude Akins, Elisa Montés
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1966, 3 Star)


17:30
Carry on Up the Khyber (Film)
Classic Carry On fun with the core team of regulars from stalwart director Gerald Thomas. Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond is in charge of the motley kilted crew of the Third Foot and Mouth regiment at a British outpost in the Khyber Pass. The Khasi of Kalabar has other ideas and wants the 'British devils' dead, but his troops fear what they may or may not have under their 'skirts'. But when one is seen wearing underpants the fate of the British in India is at stake.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Roy Castle, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1969, 3 Star)


19:15
Deck the Halls (Film)
Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito star in John in Whitesell's comedy as, respectively, Steve Finch and Buddy Hall. For years, Finch has celebrated Christmas with co-ordinated festive family sweater-wearing, carolling and a tasteful tree out front. New neighbour Hall festoons his home with so many lights that his ambition is to be visible from outer space. As hostilities escalate, so runaway sleighs, incontinent festive animals and a speed-skating challenge has the pair going head to head, as their wives Kelly and Tia look on in despair.
Director: John Whitesell
Starring: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Dylan Blue
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 2006, 2 Star)




21:00
Die Hard 2 (Film)
Bruce Willis returns as Lt John McClane in Renny Harlin's all-action thriller, this time walking into trouble at Washington's Dulles Airport, where he's meeting his wife Holly. At the same time, a military jet is bringing in a South American drug baron to face justice. But a group of terrorists led by ex-CIA renegade Colonel Stewart has been hired to free him even if that means crashing fuel-hungry planes, including the one Holly is aboard, to achieve his ends. McClane, whose cop instincts meant he saw the plot unfold from the beginning, is on the case, but it would help if airport security, led by Carmine Lorenzo got up to his speed.
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Reginald VelJohnson, Franco Nero
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 1990, 4 Star)


23:20
Hostage (Film)
Bruce Willis plays Jeff Talley, who's working for the Ventura Police Department and looking for a quiet life after a bad experience as a hostage negotiator in Los Angeles. When a car-jacking by three teenagers goes wrong and they take three hostages, he's happy to hand over to the sheriff's department for what is a simple case. Then he's back, demanding to take control. Because more dangerous elements have kidnapped his family: they want him to retrieve incriminating evidence from the car-jacking or his family will suffer. Now Talley has to navigate two sets of negotiations, one open, the other known only to him, in Florent Emilio Siri's edge-of-the-seat thriller.
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri
Starring: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 2005, 3 Star)


01:30
Hud (Film)
Martin Ritt's Oscar winning film stars Paul Newman as Hud Bannon, the amoral son of honest rancher Homer, who blames him for the death of Hud's older brother. Passions come to a head when the government orders the destruction of the herd as a precaution against foot-and-mouth, with Hud planning to sell the cattle illegally and Homer on the side of the law.
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon de Wilde, Whit Bissell, Crahan Denton
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1963, 5 Star)


03:40
The Bypass (Film)
In rural India, two bandits commit a violent robbery and blow the spoils. But will they get away with it?
Director: Amit Kumar
Starring: Irrfan Khan
(Repeat, Subtitles, U, 2003, 3 Star)

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11:00
Mogambo (Film)
John Ford's adventure film stars Clark Gable as Victor Marswell, a big game hunter in Kenya. His troubles begin when former showgirl Eloise Kelly shows up, expecting to meet her rich future husband, only to find he's ditched her. While waiting for the next boat back, she and Victor become close until English anthropologist Donald Nordley and his prim wife Linda arrive. With the two women vying for his attentions, the macho Victor leads them all on an expedition to both help Nordley's studies and Kelly's escape from Kenya by air - but there is still a steamy love triangle to be played out.
Director: John Ford
Starring: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden, Philip Stainton, Eric Pohlmann
(Subtitles, 1953, PG, 3 Star)


13:15
Carry on Abroad (Film)
The 'Carry On' regulars embarking on a package holiday to the Spanish resort of Elsbels. The revellers find that the Palace Hotel hardly lives up to its name - not least because the builders haven't finished erecting the place. It's not all bad news though, particularly for Sid James, who catches Barbara Windsor in the shower!
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, Kenneth Connor
(Subtitles, 1972, PG, 3 Star)


15:00
Deck the Halls (Film)
Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito star in John in Whitesell's comedy as, respectively, Steve Finch and Buddy Hall. For years, Finch has celebrated Christmas with co-ordinated festive family sweater-wearing, carolling and a tasteful tree out front. New neighbour Hall festoons his home with so many lights that his ambition is to be visible from outer space. As hostilities escalate, so runaway sleighs, incontinent festive animals and a speed-skating challenge has the pair going head to head, as their wives Kelly and Tia look on in despair.
Director: John Whitesell
Starring: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Dylan Blue
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, PG, 2 Star)


16:45
Ice Age: The Meltdown (Film)
Carlos Saldanha's sequel to the incredibly successful original animation reunites the three unlikely friends, Manny the mammoth, Sid the sloth and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger as they are forced to leave the safety of the valley, which is threatened by a melting glacier. But their trek to safety is complicated as Manny discovers a mate, Ellie, Diego confronts his fear of water and Sid is crowned the sacrificial king of a secret sloth society.
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Queen Latifah
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, U, 3 Star)


18:25
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Film)
Peter Weir's Oscar and BAFTA-winning maritime epic, based on Patrick O'Brian's novels, stars Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey, captain of HMS Surprise. But Aubrey is the one surprised by the attack of French ship Acheron, off the coast of Brazil. Barely surviving, Aubrey repairs the Surprise and sets off in pursuit of the Acheron for the decisive battle. Paul Bettany co-stars as Dr Stephen Maturin, the ship's doctor/scientist and Aubrey's closest friend, but the real stars are the two ships and the stunning special effects. Edited for language.
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, Edward Woodall, Chris Larkin, Max Pirkis
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2003, 12, 4 Star)




21:00
Juno (Film)
Jason Reitman's comedy drama stars Oscar-nominee Ellen Page as Juno McGuff, 16 and pregnant after an encounter with on-off boyfriend Paulie Bleeker. She tells her father Mac and mother Bren she intends to have the baby and then hand it over for adoption. In the pages of the PennySaver, she finds childless couple Vanessa and Mark Loring who look like the ideal couple. But as the months progress and her stomach swells, Juno begins to doubt both them and her course of action. Oscar-winning Diablo Cody's whip-smart script keeps the laughs coming and the action moving in one of the most lauded movies of recent years.
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, 12, 4 Star)


22:50
The Conversation (Film)
Francis Ford Coppola's classic Oscar-nominated thriller stars Gene Hackman, in one of his stand-out roles, as Harry Caul, one of the best surveillance experts in the business. He is asked by the head of a large corporation to record a conversation between a young couple in a public plaza. Using all his technical expertise, Caul gets three recordings of the conversation but as he plays them backwards and forwards, refining each one to achieve the most perfectly audible copy, he realises that delivering the finished product could end in tragedy.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams, Michael Higgins
(1974, 15, 4 Star)


01:00
Silent Light (Film)
Carlos Reygadas' Cannes-winning film is set in north Mexico's Mennonite community. Johan is a hard-working farmer, married to Esther but having an affair with single woman Marianne. But it is a principle of the faith to be non-condemnatory, and the *****erous affair is a matter for the three principals to somehow cope with - until tragedy strikes, forcing a painful resolution.
Director: Carlos Reygadas
Starring: Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz, Elizabeth Fehr, Jacobo Klassen, Peter Wall
(In German/French/Spanish/English with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 2007, 15, 4 Star)


03:40
New Love (Drama)
A futuristic vision of relationships, where men and women act out the fantasy of love instead of daring to really feel it.
(Subtitles)

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11:00
Valiant (Film)
Gary Chapman's charming animation, set during World War II. The eponymous Valiant, a small wood pigeon, volunteers to join the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, who are entrusted with carrying messages over the Channel in advance of D-Day. He teams up with scrawny London pigeon Bugsy, and falls for dove-nurse Victoria, but Valiant must come into his own when he flies to Occupied France to get a crucial message off downed fellow pigeon Mercury and return safely through the gauntlet of German hawks led by Von Talon.
Director: Gary Chapman
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, U, 3 Star)


12:35
The Time Machine (Film)
George Pal's Oscar-winning film stars Rod Taylor as Victorian scientist H George Wells, who invents a time machine. Travelling through the far distant future, with stop-overs for World Wars I, II and III, he finally ends up in the year 802,701. Here, he encounters the peaceful Eloi and falls for the beautiful Weena, but then finds that there is another race: the underground dwelling cannibalistic Morlocks who feast on the Eloi. Can he save the Eloi - and Weena - from their grisly fate?
Director: George Pal
Starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell
(Subtitles, 1960, 12, 4 Star)


14:40
Casablanca (Film)
Michael Curtiz's classic drama stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, who owns a shady bar in Second World War Casablanca. Into Rick's nest of Allied and Axis interests walk Victor Laszlo, a resistance hero on the run to a neutral country, and his wife Ilsa Lund. She and Rick have history, which left him with a broken heart - but will he now find it in his heart to forgive her and save a life precious to her?
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1942, U, 5 Star)


16:45
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Film)
Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as the infamous bank and train robbers who, finally tracked by a persistent posse, decamp for the quiet life in Bolivia with Katharine Ross, Sundance's girl, where they pass into legend. George Roy Hill's classic western offers one of cinema's most enduring pairings.
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey
(Subtitles, 1969, PG, 4 Star)


18:55
Eragon (Film)
Stefen Fangmeier's action-packed fantasy film is set in a medieval-like society ruled by the despotic Galbatorix, abetted by his henchman Durza. Galbatorix has exterminated the fabled Dragon Riders who threatened his reign but a teenage boy, Eragon, discovers a surviving egg from which hatches the dragon Saphira. Unable to control her as she grows, Eragon finds guidance from village layabout Brom, who reveals himself to be the last of the Dragon Riders. The three raise a rebel army to topple Galbatorix but at the same time, Eragon and Saphira must rescue princess Arya from Galbatorix's evil clutches.
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
Starring: Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, PG, 2 Star)




20:55
4Films Preview (Entertainment)
Throwing a Party: Film-fan flatmates Armstrong and Miller look to the movies for advice on throwing a successful social engagement.


21:00
Die Hard (Film)
Tough, energetic action yarn about a New York cop who launches a one-man rescue operation when a gang of crooks crash a party in an LA office block and take everyone hostage, including his estranged wife. In the chaos the cop manages to slip away to the building's top floors. From here he fights back as the LAPD, FBI, and media look on.
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov, Paul Gleason
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1988, 18, 5 Star)


23:35
Young Frankenstein (Film)
Mel Brookes' hilarious parody of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein pictures stars Gene Wilder as the count's grandson, Victor Frankenstein, with Marty Feldman as his hunchbacked assistant Igor, Teri Garr as Inga, an uninhibited peasant girl and Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth, his prim fiancee. And once his experiments bear fruit, there comes the Monster, played by Peter Boyle with whom Victor performs an unforgettable song-and-dance number.
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr
(Black and White, Audio Described, 1974, PG, 5 Star)


01:40
Kamikaze Girls (Film)
Tetsuya Nakashima's film stars Kyoko Fukada as Momoko, a 17-year-old girl who is into the Rococo period. Selling off some her yakuza father's hooky t-shirts to fund her shopping habits, she comes across Ichigo, who is her complete opposite, a tough biker chick. But the two become mutually dependent on each other in this enjoyable account of an unlikely friendship.
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Starring: Kyôko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Sadao Abe, Eiko Koike, Shin Yazawa
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 2004, 12, 4 Star)


03:40
Soft (Entertainment)
A father is revealed as a coward when he fails to protect himself from bullies.
(Repeat, Subtitles)

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11:00
The Nutcracker (Film)
Emile Ardolino's last film is a delightful interpretation of Tchaikovsky's ballet. Jessica Lynn Cohen plays Maria, the little girl escorted through various fantastic realms by the Prince. The rest of the cast come from the New York City Ballet, whose interpretation is spectacular, with the Christmas favourite bursting off the screen.
Director: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Kevin Kline, Darci Kistler, Jessica Lynn Cohen, Damian Woetzel, Bart Robinson Cook
(1993, U, 3 Star)


12:50
Local Hero (Film)
Bill Forsyth's wise and witty comedy stars Peter Riegert as Mac, a Texas oil company executive sent to Scotland to buy up an entire village for the site of a new refinery. But he is bemused by the seductive strangeness of the village and all does not go to plan... Co-starring Burt Lancaster, Fulton MacKay, Denis Lawson and Jenny Seagrove.
Director: Bill Forsyth
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson, Norman Chancer, Peter Capaldi
(Subtitles, 1983, PG, 4 Star)


15:00
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Film)
When three consuls on Nimbus III are kidnapped by a Vulcan who has rediscovered his emotions, a Klingon warship sets out to deal with the crisis, and so Kirk, Spock and McCoy are recalled from vacation to help. They are forced to risk their lives by taking the Enterprise into uncharted territory in search of nothing less than the Supreme Being and the meaning of life.
Director: William Shatner
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1989, PG, 3 Star)


17:00
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (Film)
English cartographers Reginald Anson and George Garrad arrive in a Welsh village to determine the status of the local vantage point, but declare it 16 feet too short to be a mountain. Holding an emergency meeting, two traditionally warring villagers - the minister Rev Robert Jones and publican Morgan the Goat - unite and devise a plan: the locals must add 20 feet to the hill/mountain, bucketload by bucketload, while the two Englishmen are otherwise detained, sending for Betty of Cardiff to act as the alluring distraction in Christopher Monger's charming comedy. Edited for language.
Director: Christopher Monger
Starring: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNeice, Ian Hart, Kenneth Griffith
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1995, PG, 3 Star)


18:50
Entrapment (Film)
Sean Connery plays Robert 'Mac' MacDougal, one of the finest art thieves in the world, while Catherine Zeta-Jones is Virginia 'Gin' Baker, an insurance company agent who plans to trap him by offering the opportunity to crown his career: the theft of a $40 million Chinese mask. To do so, she has to set herself up as a thief eager to learn from the master, which she does, passing a series of tests. But as Jon Amiel's all-action thriller reaches its climax high above Kuala Lumpur's skyscrapers, both of them realise there are still lessons to be learnt. Edited for language.
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames, Will Patton, Maury Chaykin, Kevin McNally
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1999, 12, 3 Star)




21:00
No Country for Old Men (Film)
Ethan and Joel Coen's Oscar-laden thriller stars Josh Brolin as Llewelyn Moss, a trailer-dwelling welder and hunter. Hunting deer in the desert, he comes across a drugs exchange which has gone bloodily wrong, and among the detritus is a case containing $2m. He decides to appropriate the money but ends up with the deadly assassin Anton Chigurh on his trail, as well as Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, and smiling bounty hunter Carson Wells. As Moss tries to keep hold of the money, and preserve both his own life and that of his wife Carla, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse is played out across the Tex-Mex border as pursuers and the pursued try to gain the upper hand.
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In English and Spanish with English Subtitles, 2007, 15, 4 Star)


23:20
Die Hard 2 (Film)
Bruce Willis returns as Lt John McClane in Renny Harlin's all-action thriller, this time walking into trouble at Washington's Dulles Airport, where he's meeting his wife Holly. At the same time, a military jet is bringing in a South American drug baron to face justice. But a group of terrorists led by ex-CIA renegade Colonel Stewart has been hired to free him even if that means crashing fuel-hungry planes, including the one Holly is aboard, to achieve his ends. McClane, whose cop instincts meant he saw the plot unfold from the beginning, is on the case, but it would help if airport security, led by Carmine Lorenzo got up to his speed.
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Reginald VelJohnson, Franco Nero
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1990, 18, 4 Star)


01:40
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (Film)
Mike Mitchell's ***** comedy stars Rob Schneider as Deuce Bigalow, a fish-tank cleaner who is asked to house sit a gigolo's house and aquarium. Accidentally breaking the tank, there's only one way he can afford to replace it - start accepting the phone calls to his absent host's business and fill in for him. Cue a series of 'dates', ranging from a woman with Tourette's syndrome to one suffering from narcolepsy, via an Amazonesque woman with peculiar pedicural proclivities.
Director: Mike Mitchell
Starring: Rob Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin, Arija Bareikis, Oded Fehr, Gail O'Grady
(Widescreen, 1999, 15, 3 Star)


03:20
Terra Firma (Documentary)
A North Sea ferry entertainer is adrift in his life, until an affair makes him realise what's important.
(Repeat, Subtitles)