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Film4 Listings for Monday 27th December

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11:00
Lassie Come Home (Film)
Roddy McDowall plays Joe Carraclough, the son of poor Yorkshire farmers and the proud owner of the collie Lassie. But unable to keep the dog, his parents sell it to the kindly Duke of Ruding. He takes the dog to his Highland estate, where his granddaughter Priscilla falls for her but seeing her so homesick, helps the collie escape. With an unerring sense of direction, Lassie heads home but, on the way, runs the risk of being accused of sheep-worrying as well as capture by the dog catcher before an emotional reunion in Fred M Wlicox's drama.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Nigel Bruce, Elsa Lanchester
(Subtitles, Black and White, 1943, U, 3 Star)


12:45
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)


14:25
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Film)
Oscar-winning, super-realistic wartime drama portraying the bombing of Pearl Harbour from both the American and Japanese perspectives.
Director: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall, Takahiro Tamura
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese and English with English Subtitles, 1970, U, 4 Star)


16:55
A Matter of Life and Death (Film)
Majestic fantasy from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring David Niven as Peter Carter, an airman who cheats death and falls in love with American radio operator June. Shocked at the 'clerical error' that allowed him to live, the celestial bureaucrats invoke a trial, the result of which will decide his fate, with staunch American patriot Abraham Farlan prosecuting. Stunning production design, excellent script and career-best performances give the film a timeless impact. In colour and black and white.
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough, Bonar Colleano
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1946, PG, 4 Star)


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19:00
Big (Film)
Penny Marshall's comedy drama stars David Moscow as Josh Baskin, on the cusp of adolescence and eager to grow up. One day, at a travelling carny, he makes a wish at a fortune telling machine and the next morning he wakes up as an *****, played by Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks. Once he manages to get out of the house, he contacts his best friend Billy who helps him out, but kids only have so much money. Luckily, his childish ways win him a job with MacMillan Toys whose owner soon advances him up the corporate ladder, though his colleague Susan can't quite understand why he doesn't respond to her advances. But after a while Josh realises he misses home and the joys that growing up will hold and he sets out to find the fortune telling machine in order to restore his age. Edited for language.
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1988, PG, 5 Star)


21:00
Die Hard 4.0 (Film)
Bruce Willis returns once again as John McClane, the wisecracking New York cop of the old school whose impressive CV includes rescuing hostages captured in a swanky Los Angeles plaza and saving passengers on a hi-jacked plane circling Washington. This time he's up against a group of terrorists threatening to hack their way into the whole United States computer infrastructure. When they crash the stock market, sending the economy into meltdown and causing panic on Wall Street, McClane turns to young hacker Matt Farrell, who's wanted by the FBI, but potentially the only man who can help figure out the cyber criminals' next move. When the terrorists respond by kidnapping McClane's daughter Lucy, it's time for the anxious father to load up his ammo clips and go get the bad guys, at the very moment that the country's descending into complete chaos.
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, Maggie Quigley, Cliff Curtis, Jonathan Sadowski
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, 15, 4 Star)


23:25
30 Days of Night (Film)
The small Alaskan town of Barrow is so far north, it suffers 30 days of full darkness... Which is ideal for a band of vampires, led by Marlow, who descend on the town to feast. Local sheriff Eben Oleson and his estranged wife Stella lead a small group of survivors who hole up in a secret lair but, with supplies running out and the vampires closing in, can they stay hidden or must they risk taking on the undead? David Slade's all-action, visceral horror film mixes fast-moving action with claustrophobic tension as the body count rises and the days slowly pass.
Director: David Slade
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 18, 3 Star)


01:35
Dogtooth (Film)
Giorgos Lanthimos' surreal black comedy is set on an isolated country estate where Father and Mother impose a strict regime of home schooling on their son and two daughters. The children are denied contact with the outside world, where they are told man-eating cats roam, but as they grow and their physical needs require fulfilling, it is up to their parents to provide them in their enclosed, stultifying world.
Director: Giorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis, Anna Kalaitzidou
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2009, 18, 4 Star)


03:25
Wasp (Film)
A single mother flirts with an old flame but worries that he will lose interest when he finds out that she has children...
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Danny Dyer, Molly Griffiths, Jodie Mitchell, Nathalie Press, Kaitlyn Raynor, Ashley Routledge
(Repeat, Subtitles, 2003, 4 Star)

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11:00
The Ten Commandments (Film)
Cecil B. DeMille's Biblical epic stars Charlton Heston as Moses, leading his people out of Egypt to the Promised Land and collecting the Ten Commandments along the way. Yul Brynner plays the Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses, with Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Yvonne de Carlo as Sephora and Edward G Robinson as Dathan. DeMille had made a silent version in 1923 but this remake was to be his last film. It remains one of the top grossing films of all time and was also one of the most expensive, costing $13.5 million, a record at that point.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne de Carlo, Debra Paget
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1956, U, 4 Star)


15:10
Carry on Doctor (Film)
Sid James plays Charlie Roper, the rogue patient smoking under the bed sheets and smuggling in whisky; Jim Dale the handsome but accident-prone Dr Jim Kilmore, who is infatuated by beautiful Nurse Clarke; and Kenneth Williams hospital head Dr Kenneth Tinkle, the unlikely romantic target of the strict and starched Matron in this classic comedy directed, as always, by Gerald Thomas.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Hattie Jacques
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1968, PG, 3 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
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)


21:00
Jumper (Film)
Doug Liman's sci-fi thriller stars Hayden Christensen as David Rice, a 'jumper', who can teleport anywhere instantly. He uses his powers to accumulate the wealth for an ideal lifestyle, but finds himself threatened by the Paladins, a shadowy organisation led by Roland, who are dedicated to tracking down and killing jumpers. Rice teams up with fellow jumper Griffin to take on the Paladins and to save his sweetheart Millie, who has become an innocent pawn in the battle.
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rooker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 12, 3 Star)




22:45
Damien: Omen II (Film)
Horror sequel about a child fathered by the devil. After having helped dispatch his adoptive mother and father at the age of six, the boy is now 13 and living with his unsuspecting aunt and uncle. He seems to be like any other spoilt, precocious teenager, until his powers of destruction begin to emerge. A passage from the Book of Revelations ultimately convinces him of his true purpose on Earth.
Director: Don Taylor
Starring: William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Nicholas Pryor, Lew Ayres
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1978, 18, 2 Star)


00:50
Omen III: The Final Conflict (Film)
In Graham Baker's final film of the trilogy, Damien Thorn, the Antichrist, is played by Sam Neill. Now head of Thorn Industries, he has his eyes set first on the Senate, then the White House where he can, of course, trigger the final Apocalypse. All that stands in his way are seven monks, led by Father DeCarlo armed with the seven daggers which can end his corporeal existence and, more worryingly for him, rumours of the Second Coming of the one entity who can defeat him spiritually.
Director: Graham Baker
Starring: Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Barnaby Holm, Mason Adams
(Widescreen, 1981, 18, 2 Star)


03:00
The Guides (Arts)
A naive tourist visits a cathedral to view its paintings, only to find that it is a portal to a grotesque and disturbing realm of distorted time and space. The directorial debut of writer Jeremy Dyson from The League of Gentlemen.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


03:15
Hallo Panda (Drama)
An existential anti-love story about men, women and pandas.
(Repeat, Subtitles)

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11:00
The Bounty Hunter (Film)
Andre de Toth's western stars Randolph Scott as Jim Kipp, a bounty hunter hired by the Pinkerton Detective Agency to track down the whereabouts of $100,000 of government money stolen in a train robbery by three men, all wanted for murder. The trail leads him to the small mining town of Twin Forks, but with the three suspects masquerading as upright citizens and none of the money surfacing in the town's stores and saloons, Kipp has his work cut out earning his money.
Director: André de Toth
Starring: Randolph Scott, Dolores Dorn, Marie Windsor, Howard Petrie, Harry Antrim, Robert Keys
(Premiere, Subtitles, 1954, PG, 2 Star)


12:35
Kiss Them for Me (Film)
Stanley Donen's comedy stars Cary Grant, Ray Walston and Larry Blyden as three WWII navy heroes who wangle four days shore leave in San Francisco. Managing to negotiate a stay in a fancy hotel, they draw a party crowd, including the pneumatic Alice and socialite Gwinnith Livingston, but are soon disillusioned with their fake patriotism and yearning to be back on the ocean wave.
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Werner Klemperer, Leif Erickson, Cary Grant, Ray Walston, Suzy Parker, Jayne Mansfield
(Subtitles, 1957, U, 3 Star)


14:40
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)


16:50
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)


18:50
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)




20:55
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21:00
Die Hard 4.0 (Film)
Bruce Willis returns once again as John McClane, the wisecracking New York cop of the old school whose impressive CV includes rescuing hostages captured in a swanky Los Angeles plaza and saving passengers on a hi-jacked plane circling Washington. This time he's up against a group of terrorists threatening to hack their way into the whole United States computer infrastructure. When they crash the stock market, sending the economy into meltdown and causing panic on Wall Street, McClane turns to young hacker Matt Farrell, who's wanted by the FBI, but potentially the only man who can help figure out the cyber criminals' next move. When the terrorists respond by kidnapping McClane's daughter Lucy, it's time for the anxious father to load up his ammo clips and go get the bad guys, at the very moment that the country's descending into complete chaos.
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, Maggie Quigley, Cliff Curtis, Jonathan Sadowski
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, 15, 4 Star)


23:25
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)


01:45
District 13 (Film)
Pierre Morel's futuristic thriller is set in the Paris of the near future. As the arrondissements become more rebellious, the government respond by walling in the worst offenders in District 13. But when the District's 'ruler' Taha Bemamud acquires a nuclear bomb, it's up to local cop Damien Tomaso and vigilante Leïto to save the day. The Luc Besson-scripted film is enlivened by the two leads who are both parkour experts and their astonishing agility becomes the focus of this wonderfully ridiculous action film.
Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Tony D'Amario, Bibi Naceri, Dany Verissimo, François Chattot
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In French with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 2004, 15, 4 Star)


03:25
Six Shooter (Film)
Martin McDonagh's Oscar-winning short is a dark yet comic film. A widower encounters suicide, a shoot-out and an exploding cow on an eventful train ride with a young psycho.
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, David Wilmot, Aisling O'Sullivan, Domnhall Gleeson, Gary Lydon
(Repeat, Subtitles, 2005, 18, 4 Star)

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11:00
The Iron Giant (Film)
Animated feature based on the story by Ted Hughes. A young boy discovers a huge metal robot in the forest near his home and saves the creature from electrocution, leading to a friendship which becomes threatened when a suspicious FBI agent learns of the creature's existence.
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, Christopher McDonald
(Widescreen, Subtitles, U, 1999, 4 Star)


12:40
Toys (Film)
Barry Levinson's dark fantasy/comedy stars Robin Williams as Leslie Zevo, passed over by his toy-manafacturing father Kenneth who instead bequeaths his company to his own brother, Lt General Leland Zevo. General Zevo and his assistant Captain Patrick Zevo immediately switch production from traditional toys to militaristic ones. It's up to Leslie and his sister Alsatia to save the good name of Zevo Toys - but is Leslie's decision to match Leland's forces with his own toys, now offensively armed, morally the right choice? Edited for language.
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright Penn, LL Cool J, Donald O'Connor
(Subtitles, PG, 1992, 2 Star)


15:00
A Matter of Life and Death (Film)
Majestic fantasy from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring David Niven as Peter Carter, an airman who cheats death and falls in love with American radio operator June. Shocked at the 'clerical error' that allowed him to live, the celestial bureaucrats invoke a trial, the result of which will decide his fate, with staunch American patriot Abraham Farlan prosecuting. Stunning production design, excellent script and career-best performances give the film a timeless impact. In colour and black and white.
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough, Bonar Colleano
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1946, 4 Star)


17:00
The Truman Show (Film)
Satire on the intrusive nature of television in which a man's apparently idyllic lifestyle is turned on its head when he discovers the shocking truth about his perfect home town and the people who live there. Unaware that he is the subject of a reality TV show in which his whole life has been an orchestrated drama, the young man - and his addicted viewers - are unprepared for the repercussions when he discovers the truth.
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Brian Delate
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1998, 4 Star)


19:00
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, Subtitles, PG, 1989, 2 Star)




20:55
127 Hours Special (Documentary)
Director Danny Boyle, actor James Franco and writer Simon Beaufoy talking about the challenges of making their intense new film 127 Hours.
(Subtitles)


21:00
The Godfather Part II (Film)
Oscar-winning sequel contrasting the early life of Vito Corleone following his emigration from Sicily to New York with his son's swift and bloody rise to position of Mafia don.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert de Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire
(Subtitles, 18, 1974, 5 Star)


00:50
30 Days of Night (Film)
The small Alaskan town of Barrow is so far north, it suffers 30 days of full darkness... Which is ideal for a band of vampires, led by Marlow, who descend on the town to feast. Local sheriff Eben Oleson and his estranged wife Stella lead a small group of survivors who hole up in a secret lair but, with supplies running out and the vampires closing in, can they stay hidden or must they risk taking on the undead? David Slade's all-action, visceral horror film mixes fast-moving action with claustrophobic tension as the body count rises and the days slowly pass.
Director: David Slade
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2007, 3 Star)


03:00
127 Hours Special (Documentary)
Director Danny Boyle, actor James Franco and writer Simon Beaufoy talking about the challenges of making their intense new film 127 Hours.

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11:00
Anastasia (Film)
Russian royal Anastasia does not remember her origins and when she travels to St Petersburg to investigate her forgotten past, she falls in with two conmen who want to pass her off as the lost princess, little suspecting that their 'fake' princess is in fact the real thing.
Director: Gary Goldman, Don Bluth
Starring: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters
(Subtitles, U, 1997, 3 Star)


12:50
4Films Preview (Entertainment)
Throwing a Party: Film-fan flatmates Armstrong and Miller look to the movies for advice on throwing a successful social engagement.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


12:55
Star Trek Special (Science Fiction Series)
Leonard Nimoy and Jonathan Frakes talk about their part in the Star Trek phenomenon.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


13:00
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Film)
Nicholas Meyer, who directed Wrath of Khan, returns for the last film featuring the 'old' crew. The Klingon Empire is falling apart and they want to sue for peace. Kirk commands the USS Enterprise, which is sent to escort the race's representatives to a peace conference, but when an unprotected Klingon craft is attacked, Kirk and Dr McCoy are placed on trial for murder. Spock, left in command, has to prove their innocence by finding the traitor aboard the ship.
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 1991, 4 Star)


15:05
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (Film)
After the success of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Rick Moranis returns as scientist Wayne Szalinski in Randal Klesier's family comedy. Now employed by a multi-national conglomerate, Wayne's job is to develop a process that can rapidly accelerate growth rather than cause shrinkage. But when one of his experiments goes wrong, his two-year-old son Adam grows to Godzilla proportions and finds himself in the biggest playground in the world - Las Vegas.
Director: Randal Kleiser
Starring: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, Daniel Shalikar, Joshua Shalikar, Lloyd Bridges
(Widescreen, Subtitles, U, 1992, 2 Star)




16:45
Speed 2: Cruise Control (Film)
Sandra Bullock returns alongside director Jan de Bont for this sequel. Annie and her boyfriend Alex take a romantic cruise to the Caribbean, but also aboard the cruise liner are a gathering of diamond merchants, and arch-villain John Geiger, who intends to steal their merchandise. He plans to ram the ship into dry land and, in the mayhem, escape with the loot. Bullock and Patric are perfect as the dynamic duo who save the day and the ocean-going scenario allows for more spectacular special effects than the original. Edited for language, violence.
Director: Jan de Bont
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Brian McCardie, Christine Firkins
(Subtitles, PG, 1997, 1 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, Subtitles, PG, 1989, 2 Star)


21:00
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (Film)
Uma Thurman plays dowdy Jenny Johnson, who falls in love with Matt Saunders, who she meets on the subway. But when he finds her a little too possessive he dumps her, a decision he soon regrets, because Jenny Johnson has an alter-ego: superhero G-Girl. Saunders soon finds out that hell hath no fury like a woman with super powers scorned, in Ivan Reitman's comedy.
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Rainn Wilson, Eddie Izzard, Stelio Savante
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 2006, 3 Star)


22:50
Cronos (Film)
Guillermo Del Toro's cult horror film stars Federico Luppi as antiques dealer Jesus Gris, who stumbles across the Cronos Device, the invention of a 14th-century alchemist. Beetle-like in look, its bite confers immortality on its victim and Gris succumbs to its powers. But also after the device is dying industrialist Dieter, who sends his thuggish nephew Angel de la Guardia on a mission to track it down.
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath, Daniel Giménez Cacho
(Subtitles, 18, 1993, 3 Star)


00:35
Jason X (Film)
In the 25th century, a group of archaeologists discover two cryogenically frozen figures on a desolate Earth. One is scientist Rowan and the other is Jason Voorhees, aka Jason from Friday the 13th. And when the bodies are revived on the archaeologists' spaceship, Rowan has to convince an unbelieving crew that they've also revived a serial killer with almost supernatural powers. Jim Isaac's continuation of the franchise, the tenth film featuring Jason, rises above other sequels with witty dialogue, some inventive deaths and an engaging turn from Lisa Ryder as an android with attitude.
Director: James Isaac
Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Chuck Campbell, Lisa Ryder, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2001, 2 Star)




02:20
The Vault of Horror (Film)
Five men stuck beneath a skyscraper pass the time by telling one another their most terrifying stories. One has a vampire sister; a tidiness freak comes a cropper; a rope trick goes wrong; an insurance scam ends in double-cross; and an artist foolishly dabbles in voodoo.
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Starring: Dawn Addams, Tom Baker, Mikey Craig, Denholm Elliott, Glynis Johns, Edward Judd
(Subtitles, 15, 1973, 3 Star)

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11:00
Bugsy Malone (Film)
Alan Parker's BAFTA-winning 30s gangster pastiche, featuring an all-juvenile cast, stars Scott Baio as Bugsy Malone, a boxer recruited to Fat Sam's mob. Sam is in the middle of a battle with Dandy Dan, whose gang have a new splat gun that distributes immoblising custard pies. Bugsy's task is to get hold of these deadly weapons, but thrown into the mix are his moll Blousey Brown and vampish singer Tallulah.
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi, Martin Lev, Paul Murphy
(Subtitles, U, 1976, 3 Star)


12:50
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Getting A New Look: Film-fan flatmates Armstrong and Miller get some top movie tips on how to spruce up their image.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


12:55
127 Hours Special (Documentary)
Director Danny Boyle, actor James Franco and writer Simon Beaufoy talking about the challenges of making their intense new film 127 Hours.
(Subtitles)


13:00
Fool's Gold (Film)
Andy Tennant's comedy adventure stars Matthew McConaughey as Benjamin Finnegan, a treasure hunter who finally pins down the Carribbean location of a sunken Spanish galleon loaded with gold. He convinces his ex-wife Tess to use her persuasive powers to get her boss Nigel Honeycutt to lend him his luxury cruiser to use to dive for the treasure. But as they head out to the wreck, they have to beat Benjamin's mentor Moe Fitch and gangster rapper Bigg Bunny, who also have designs on the gold. Edited for language.
Director: Andy Tennant
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Alexis Dziena, Ewen Bremner, Ray Winstone
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2008, 2 Star)


15:10
The Beverly Hillbillies (Film)
Based on the classic TV series, Jim Varney heads up the Clampett family as Jed, who finds oil on his Arkansas farm. Deciding that his daughter Elly May needs to become a 'lady', the family move to Beverly Hills, where their boondock ways are forgiven on account of their wealth. But when widower Jed decides to re-marry, there's no shortage of candidates, as Jed's scheming bank manager Milburn Drysdale and his assistant, Miss Hathaway, try to make sure their own chosen candidate is selected. Penelope Spheeris's film, following her success with Wayne's World, continues in the same comic vein, and fans of the TV series should look out for a cameo role from Buddy Ebson, the original Jed Clampett.
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Jim Varney, Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin, Lea Thompson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1993, 2 Star)




17:00
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Film)
Howard Hawks' musical stars Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe as Dorothy Shaw and Lorelei Lee, two singers on a luxury liner en route from France to New York. While Dorothy is on the lookout for love rather than money, Lorelei is hoping millionaire boyfriend Gus Esmond Jr will marry her, his father's approval permitting. As the voyage continues, will both of them find their heart's desire? The film's two standout numbers are Monroe's Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, which became her signature tune, and Russell's ultra-camp Ain't There Anyone Here for Love, accompanied by Olympic athletes in gold lame trunks.
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow
(Subtitles, U, 1953, 4 Star)


18:50
Planet of the Apes (Film)
Classic sci-fi story about an exploratory mission which goes drastically wrong, sending a group of astronauts 2,000 years into the future. When they crash-land, they find themselves on a planet where humans live like Neanderthals, controlled and conditioned by a super-intelligent race of apes.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore
(Subtitles, PG, 1968, 4 Star)


21:00
The Hunt for Red October (Film)
John McTiernan's thriller stars Alec Baldwin as CIA officer Jack Ryan who finds himself caught in a tense, volatile standoff between the US and renegade Russian submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius is in charge of Red October, a submarine way ahead of all America's technology and strike-force. But on its maiden voyage, Ramius sets sail for American waters. Is he just testing the sub, planning to unleash a nuclear strike, or setting out to defect? Both the Americans and the Russians plan to destroy Red October but Ryan believes Ramius is defecting. Can he save the captain and his craft from both sides?
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Joss Ackland
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1990, 4 Star)


23:40
Slither (Film)
An alien invasion in a small American town turns locals into flesh-eating zombies and mutant monsters. But the uninfected few, led by local sheriff Bill Pardy, band together to try and wipe out the plague before it spreads.
Director: James Gunn
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Don Thompson, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry, Xantha Radley, Michael Rooker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2006, 4 Star)


01:30
Camp (Film)
Washed-up Broadway songwriter Bert runs a talent camp to encourage hopefuls and, with luck, use them to help him stage a new production. Among those attending Camp Ovation are guitarist Vlad, Ellen, whom he befriends, and Michael, who has a crush on Vlad. With songs by Sondheim and the Stones punctuating the action, Todd Graff's directorial debut is a sparky musical comedy that deserved its Grand Jury Prize nomination at Sundance.
Director: Todd Graff
Starring: Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus, Steven Cutts, Vince Rimoldi, Kahiry Bess
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2003, 3 Star)

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11:00
Gift Horse (Film)
Compton Bennett's war drama follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
Director: Compton Bennett
Starring: Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Sonny Tufts, Bernard Lee, Dora Bryan
(Black and White, Subtitles, U, 1952, 3 Star)


12:55
Forty Guns (Film)
Samuel Fuller's deliriously camp western stars Barbara Stanwyck as Jessica Drummond, a cattlewoman astride a white stallion who rules the range with her 40 hired guns. Into town and into her life come federal marshal Griff Bonnell and his two brothers, bringing law to replace the corrupt judges and sheriffs. At first she rebels against his rule of law but she can't resist his charms for ever.
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1957, 3 Star)


14:30
127 Hours Special (Documentary)
Director Danny Boyle, actor James Franco and writer Simon Beaufoy talking about the challenges of making their intense new film 127 Hours.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


14:40
The Day Will Dawn (Film)
Gripping wartime thriller with Hugh Williams as Colin Metcalfe, a British journalist working in Norway who finds himself hunted by the Germans when he uncovers a secret U-boat base. Deborah Kerr co-stars as Kari, the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helping the British combat the Nazi menace.
Director: Harold French
Starring: Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Deborah Kerr, Ralph Richardson, Francis L. Sullivan, Roland Culver
(Subtitles, Black and White, U, 1942, 2 Star)


16:35
The Hot Rock (Film)
Robert Redford plays ex-con John Dortmunder, who plans, with his brother-in-law Andrew Kelp, to steal a priceless diamond from the Brooklyn Museum. Helped by expert getaway man Stan Murch and explosives wizard Alan Greenberg, the daring duo steal the gem with a little assistance from bombs, a faked car crash and a little dressing up. But almost as soon as they get their hands on the loot, they lose it and are must retrieve it from the various hands into which it falls. The mixture of farce, slapstick and fast-moving thrills comes off entertainingly under the direction of Peter Yates, who makes excellent use of well-chosen New York locations and stages a memorable wild helicopter ride through the city's concrete canyons.
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, William Redfield
(Subtitles, U, 1972, 3 Star)




18:35
127 Hours Special (Documentary)
Director Danny Boyle, actor James Franco and writer Simon Beaufoy talking about the challenges of making their intense new film 127 Hours.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


18:40
Star Trek: Generations (Film)
David Carson's film, the seventh in the Star Trek feature film series, opens with Captain James T Kirk leading a rescue mission to save refugees on a planet threatened by a mysterious energy ribbon. But in the process Kirk is lost, presumed dead. Eight decades later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard leads his crew of the new Enterprise on a similar mission, this time rescuing a group of scientists from a Romulan attack. Among them is Dr Solian Soran, an alien who is searching for the Nexus, a temporal place where neither time nor reality has meaning. As Soran's actions place the Enterprise in danger, it may be only the combined talents of her past and present captains that can save the ship... Edited for language.
Director: David Carson
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1994, 3 Star)


21:00
Collateral (Film)
Jamie Foxx plays Max, a cab driver in Los Angeles working nights who's offered $600 by Vincent (Tom Cruise), who's just arrived in the city, has a few errands to run and will then be leaving. Vincent asks Max to park in an alleyway by an apartment block while he goes inside. When the dead body hits Max's cab, he realises what Vincent's errands are - he's a contract killer in town to make five hits and Max is trapped as his driver. But as the body count rises, the authorities begin to take notice.
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 2004, 4 Star)


23:15
Alien Nation (Film)
Graham Baker's intriguing science fiction thriller stars James Caan as Matthew Sykes, a cop who finds his murdered partner replaced by 'Newcomer' Sam 'George' Francisco. Newcomers are aliens, 100,000 of whom were on a ship that crash-landed in California. Near-human looking, they are absorbed into the population but while some, like Sam, take the path of law-and-order, others, like the gang who killed Sykes' partner, turn to crime. As the chalk-and-cheese couple hunt for the killers, they find out a lot about each other's cultures as well as stumbling on a plot that could devastate the Newcomer community.
Director: Graham Baker
Starring: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis, Peter Jason
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 1988, 3 Star)


01:00
The Dancer Upstairs (Film)
John Malkovich's directorial debut is set in an unnamed South American country where a detective is assigned to track down a group of terrorists. While he pursues his investigations, his daughter begins to take ballet lessons. Soon, the detective and his daughter's dance teacher form a relationship but as he learns more about her, he begins to suspect she is involved with the terrorists.
Director: John Malkovich
Starring: Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Mínguez, Alexandra Lencastre, Oliver Cotton
(In English and Spanish with Subtitles, Widescreen, 15, 2002, 4 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Thursday 13th January

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11:00
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (Film)
Eric Rohmer's romantic comedy stars Emanuelle Chaulet as Blanche and Sophie Renoir as Lea, best friends until, while Lea's away, Blanche starts falling for her boyfriend Fabien. This leads to duplicity, deceit and questions about honesty and fidelity in a film that manages to retain compassion for all the characters with the director's usual light touch.
Director: Éric Rohmer
Starring: Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury, Eric Viellard, François-Eric Gendron
(In French with Subtitles, PG, 1987, 4 Star)


13:05
Gift Horse (Film)
Compton Bennett's war drama follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
Director: Compton Bennett
Starring: Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Sonny Tufts, Bernard Lee, Dora Bryan
(Black and White, Subtitles, U, 1952, 3 Star)


15:00
D-Day the Sixth of June (Film)
Henry Koster's wartime romance stars Robert Taylor as Captain Brad Parker, who is stationed in Britain as the Allies prepare for D-Day, and falls for Valerie Russell. But he has a wife back home and Valerie is promised to Lt Colonel John Wynter. When the two men's paths cross on the eve of invasion, they discover camaraderie overcomes jealousy. But as they storm the Normandy beaches, fate intervenes and only one will return.
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Dana Wynter, Edmond O'Brien, John Williams, Jerry Paris
(Subtitles, PG, 1956, 3 Star)


17:05
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Film)
Howard Hawks' musical stars Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe as Dorothy Shaw and Lorelei Lee, two singers on a luxury liner en route from France to New York. While Dorothy is on the lookout for love rather than money, Lorelei is hoping millionaire boyfriend Gus Esmond Jr will marry her, his father's approval permitting. As the voyage continues, will both of them find their heart's desire? The film's two standout numbers are Monroe's Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, which became her signature tune, and Russell's ultra-camp Ain't There Anyone Here for Love, accompanied by Olympic athletes in gold lame trunks.
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow
(Subtitles, U, 1953, 4 Star)


18:55
The First Wives Club (Film)
Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton star as Brenda, Elise and Annie, three women who meet at the funeral of a mutual college friend, where they discover they have something else in common: they've all been dumped by their husbands for a younger model. Vowing revenge, they decide to hit them where it hurts most: the pocket. Using the skills of socialite Gunilla Garson Goldberg, Annie's lesbian daughter Chris and Mob boss Carmine Morelli, they begin to pick them off one by one in Hugh Wilson's sharp comedy. Edited for language.
Director: Hugh Wilson
Starring: Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith, Dan Hedaya, Sarah Jessica Parker
(Subtitles, PG, 1996, 3 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.
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21:00
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (Film)
Uma Thurman plays dowdy Jenny Johnson, who falls in love with Matt Saunders, who she meets on the subway. But when he finds her a little too possessive he dumps her, a decision he soon regrets, because Jenny Johnson has an alter-ego: superhero G-Girl. Saunders soon finds out that hell hath no fury like a woman with super powers scorned, in Ivan Reitman's comedy.
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Rainn Wilson, Eddie Izzard, Stelio Savante
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 2006, 3 Star)


22:50
35 Shots of Rum (Film)
Claire Denis' drama is set in the Parisian suburbs where, in an apartment block, train driver and single father Lionel and his student daughter Josephine share a flat and perhaps more. Upstairs lives Noe, for whom Josephine has a thing while along the corridor, taxi driver Gabrielle has carried a torch for Lionel for years. But changes are coming in to their lives, threatening pull at the ties which bind them all.
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Grégoire Colin, Jean-Christophe Folly, Djédjé Apali
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In French with English Subtitles, Premiere, Widescreen, 12, 2008, 4 Star)


00:50
Showgirls (Film)
Paul Verhoeven's glitzy, goodtime yet controversial film stars Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi Malone, the new girl at the Stardust Club, where the speciality is lap dancing. Taken under the wing and into the bed of veteran Cristal Connors, she learns the tricks of the trade, from how to make the big money to unusual uses for ice cubes.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins
(Subtitles, 18, 1995, 3 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Friday 14th January

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11:00
Sailor Beware! (Film)
Peggy Mount raises the decibel levels of this durable British farce, playing Emma Hornett, the formidable mother of delightful Shirley, scaring the daylights out of her daughter's naval fiancé Albert Tufnell. Sailor Beware! benefits from an abundance of music hall mirth, and a supporting cast that includes Gordon Jackson, Thora Hird and Cyril Smith.
Director: Gordon Parry
Starring: Peggy Mount, Cyril Smith, Shirley Eaton, Ronald Lewis, Esma Cannon, Joy Webster
(Black and White, Subtitles, U, 1957, 3 Star)


12:35
Forty Guns (Film)
Samuel Fuller's deliriously camp western stars Barbara Stanwyck as Jessica Drummond, a cattlewoman astride a white stallion who rules the range with her 40 hired guns. Into town and into her life come federal marshal Griff Bonnell and his two brothers, bringing law to replace the corrupt judges and sheriffs. At first she rebels against his rule of law but she can't resist his charms for ever.
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1957, 3 Star)


14:10
The Cassandra Crossing (Film)
Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster and Sophia Loren are among the passengers trapped on a plague-infested train as it hurtles across Europe. Will any of them make it off alive?
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Starring: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, O.J. Simpson, Lionel Stander, Ann Turkel
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1977, 3 Star)


16:45
The Hot Rock (Film)
Robert Redford plays ex-con John Dortmunder, who plans, with his brother-in-law Andrew Kelp, to steal a priceless diamond from the Brooklyn Museum. Helped by expert getaway man Stan Murch and explosives wizard Alan Greenberg, the daring duo steal the gem with a little assistance from bombs, a faked car crash and a little dressing up. But almost as soon as they get their hands on the loot, they lose it and are must retrieve it from the various hands into which it falls. The mixture of farce, slapstick and fast-moving thrills comes off entertainingly under the direction of Peter Yates, who makes excellent use of well-chosen New York locations and stages a memorable wild helicopter ride through the city's concrete canyons.
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, William Redfield
(Subtitles, U, 1972, 3 Star)


18:45
Waitress (Film)
Keri Russell plays Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and cook whose pies are loved by everyone in town. She dreams of leaving her abusive husband Earl but when she falls pregnant by him, becomes resigned to her fate and cooks up yet another batch of pies, oblivious to the attentions of Dr Jim Pomatter. But in Adrienne Shelly's bittersweet romantic comedy, love can lie at the end of the unlikeliest of roads. Writer/director Shelly was murdered just before the film made its acclaimed debut at Sundance. Edited for language, ***ual scenes.
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Starring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Adrienne Shelly
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2007, 3 Star)




20:55
4Films Preview (Entertainment)
Getting A New Look: Film-fan flatmates Armstrong and Miller get some top movie tips on how to spruce up their image.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


21:00
The Hunt for Red October (Film)
John McTiernan's thriller stars Alec Baldwin as CIA officer Jack Ryan who finds himself caught in a tense, volatile standoff between the US and renegade Russian submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius is in charge of Red October, a submarine way ahead of all America's technology and strike-force. But on its maiden voyage, Ramius sets sail for American waters. Is he just testing the sub, planning to unleash a nuclear strike, or setting out to defect? Both the Americans and the Russians plan to destroy Red October but Ryan believes Ramius is defecting. Can he save the captain and his craft from both sides?
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Joss Ackland
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1990, 4 Star)


23:40
Dawn of the Dead (Film)
After a plague turns most of humanity into blood-crazed zombies, a small band of survivors find refuge in a shopping mall. But it's only a matter of time before the undead hordes get in. Splattery remake of George A Romero's classic horror satire.
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2004, 4 Star)


01:40
Slither (Film)
An alien invasion in a small American town turns locals into flesh-eating zombies and mutant monsters. But the uninfected few, led by local sheriff Bill Pardy, band together to try and wipe out the plague before it spreads.
Director: James Gunn
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Don Thompson, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry, Xantha Radley, Michael Rooker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2006, 4 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Saturday 15th January

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11:00
The Bravados (Film)
Henry King's brooding western stars Gregory Peck as a stranger who arrives in a small town to witness the execution of four bank robbers. He's convinced they raped and murdered his wife and, when they break out of prison, taking Emma Steimmetz hostage, he tracks them down and begins to kill them one by one. Then, just as he is about to execute the last, he discovers a truth that makes him reconsider both his purpose and his beliefs.
Director: Henry King
Starring: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Kathleen Gallant
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1958, 3 Star)


12:55
Star Trek Special (Science Fiction Series)
Leonard Nimoy and Jonathan Frakes talk about their part in the Star Trek phenomenon.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


13:00
Star Trek: Generations (Film)
David Carson's film, the seventh in the Star Trek feature film series, opens with Captain James T Kirk leading a rescue mission to save refugees on a planet threatened by a mysterious energy ribbon. But in the process Kirk is lost, presumed dead. Eight decades later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard leads his crew of the new Enterprise on a similar mission, this time rescuing a group of scientists from a Romulan attack. Among them is Dr Solian Soran, an alien who is searching for the Nexus, a temporal place where neither time nor reality has meaning. As Soran's actions place the Enterprise in danger, it may be only the combined talents of her past and present captains that can save the ship... Edited for language.
Director: David Carson
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1994, 3 Star)


15:15
The Black Swan (Film)
With the pardon of notorious pirate Henry Morgan by the English King, Caribbean pirates are offered amnesty if they give up their lawless ways. As governor of Jamaica, Morgan picks Captain Jamie Waring to round up the renegade captain Billy Leech. Beautiful Margaret Denby complicates matters for Waring, as her scorn for him is matched only by his love for her. When ship follows ship to the bottom of the ocean at the hands of Leech, Waring takes to the sea to track him down, shanghaiing Margaret to prevent her marriage to an English nobleman.
Director: Henry King
Starring: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn
(Subtitles, PG, 1942, 4 Star)


16:55
Silver Streak (Film)
George Caldwell boards the Silver Streak train in Los Angeles, on his way to Chicago. He bumps into Hilly Burns, who reveals she and her boss are on their way to Chicago to expose a group of art forgers. But when Caldwell sees her dead boss being dumped from the train, he finds himself caught up in the plot. When he's also thrown off the train and conveniently arrested on a minor charge, he realises that he is in danger and so is Hilly. He and petty thief Grover Muldoon escape custody and manage to get back on the train. Now all they have to do is catch the murderous gang, led by the suave Roger Devereau, free Hilly and stop the now driverless, runaway train from crashing through Chicago station. Arthur Hiller's comedy thriller paved the way for Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil, which again paired Wilder and Pryor. Edited for language/content.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1976, 3 Star)




19:05
How She Move (Film)
Ian Iqbal Rashid's drama stars Rutina Wesley as Raya, a young woman mourning the death of her sister from a drugs overdose and spurning the street culture around her. Hearing of a dance contest which could fund the private education her parents can't afford, she hooks up with the street wise but bookish Quake, joining a dance crew vying for supremacy in the final against rival Michelle. Choreographed by Hi-Hat, this is an exuberant mix of dance and teen drama. Edited for language/content.
Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Starring: Tre Armstrong, Boyd Banks, Clé Bennett, Ardon Bess, Conrad Coates, Keyshia Cole
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2007, 1 Star)


20:50
127 Hours Special (Documentary)
Director Danny Boyle, actor James Franco and writer Simon Beaufoy talking about the challenges of making their intense new film 127 Hours.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


21:00
Clear and Present Danger (Film)
Jack Ryan takes matters into his own hands when a rogue CIA agent begins covert action in Colombia. To save the lives of US operatives, he throws himself into a secret war of which he knows nothing, and a conflict with his own President.
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny, Harris Yulin
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 1994, 3 Star)


23:40
Silent Hill (Film)
Christophe Gans' stylish horror film, based on the classic video game of the same name, stars Radha Mitchell as Rose Da Silva, whose infant daughter Sharon keeps having nightmares about Silent Hill. Rosa decides to take her into town in an attempt to solve the puzzle but she blacks out following a minor road accident en-route. When she comes round, her daughter has disappeared into the deserted town; a place of evil that sits atop a smouldering mine where grey ash falls, making it perpetual night and where the only inhabitants include bloodthirsty babies and zombie nurses. Not only must she avoid their murderous attentions, she must get to Sharon before it's too late. Features gory horror violence with strong language.
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2006, 3 Star)


02:00
I'm Not Scared (Film)
From Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores comes this thriller that looks at a cruel coming-of-age for ten-year-old Michele. Michele and his family live amid the vast cornfields of southern Italy and, with his father Pino often absent on business, Michele explores the countryside. One day, in an abandoned house, he discovers a young boy, Filippo chained up and starving. Befriending and feeding the boy, Michele revels in his secret, little knowing that his father and his salubrious friends from the city are involved in a criminal conspiracy with Filippo at its heart.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Starring: Giuseppe Cristiano, Mattia Di Pierro, Adriana Conserva, Fabio Tetta, Giulia Matturo, Stefano Biase
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Italian with English Subtitles, 15, 2003, 3 Star)

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11:00
The Fighting Kentuckian (Film)
John Wayne and Oliver Hardy star as John Breen and Willie Paine, discharged soldiers from a Kentuckian army regiment who take the side of French settlers, exiled from their homeland after Napoleon's defeat and granted land in Alabama. On the other side is ruthless land-grabber Grant Withers, with the love interest for Wayne coming from Vera Ralston, as the daughter of one of the French ex-generals in George Waggner's all-action western.
Director: George Waggner
Starring: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Windsor, John Howard
(Black and White, Subtitles, U, 1949, 3 Star)


12:55
Fun in Acapulco (Film)
Elvis Presley plays Mike Windgren, a former trapeze artist who's lost his nerve since dropping his partner. Working as a lifeguard and entertainer at an Acapulco resort, he falls for the social director Margarita Dauphine who helps him overcome his fear of heights. Classic tunes in Richard Thorpe's film include the title song, Bossa Nova Baby, and Marguerita, and there's an early un-credited appearance by Teri Garr.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Starring: Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas, Paul Lukas, Larry Domasin, Alejandro Rey
(Subtitles, PG, 1963, 3 Star)


14:45
Blanche Fury (Film)
Victorian melodrama starring Valerie Hobson as Blanche Fuller, a young woman whose arrival as governess on a family estate is the catalyst for betrayal, the revelation of old family secrets and murder. Stewart Granger plays Philip Thorn, the scheming illegitimate son who sees Blanche as his way to reclaim what he believes to be rightfully his. Co-starring Walter Fitzgerald and Michael Gough.
Director: Marc Allégret
Starring: Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger, Michael Gough, Walter Fitzgerald, Susanne Gibbs, Maurice Denham
(Subtitles, PG, 1948, 3 Star)


16:35
D-Day the Sixth of June (Film)
Henry Koster's wartime romance stars Robert Taylor as Captain Brad Parker, who is stationed in Britain as the Allies prepare for D-Day, and falls for Valerie Russell. But he has a wife back home and Valerie is promised to Lt Colonel John Wynter. When the two men's paths cross on the eve of invasion, they discover camaraderie overcomes jealousy. But as they storm the Normandy beaches, fate intervenes and only one will return.
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Dana Wynter, Edmond O'Brien, John Williams, Jerry Paris
(Subtitles, PG, 1956, 3 Star)


18:40
Black Swan Special (Talk Show)
Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel talk about the new film.
(Repeat, Subtitles)




18:50
Star Trek: First Contact (Film)
The first film featuring the stars of The New Generation TV series sensibly revives the Borg, Captain Jean-Luc Picard's implacable enemy, who threaten all of civilisation. When the Borg's assault on Earth in the 24th century fails, they travel back to the 21st century to change history, pursued by Picard and his crew, who must also contend with a Borg force on the USS Enterprise-E.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 1996, 3 Star)


21:00
Nine Months (Film)
Hugh Grant plays child psychiatrist Samuel Faulkner who, ironically, can't stand children. So when his girlfriend Rebecca tells him she's pregnant, he's less than thrilled and eventually, fed up with his moaning, she moves out to stay with her friends Marty and Gail. This being a Chris Columbus film, it all ends happily but not without complications along the way, in particular from Robin Williams as a Russian obstetrician who is prone to malapropisms and hasn't actually delivered a baby before.
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 1995, 1 Star)


22:55
Synecdoche, New York (Film)
Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, a comedy drama, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Caden Cotard, a frustrated theatre director so bound up in his own work and failings he almost doesn't notice his wife Adele leaving him. When an unexpected grant of $500,000 allows him to realise his dream; he rents a cavernous warehouse and sets about rehearsing a play based on his life and the world around him, with sets modelled on New York and a script comprising of gnomic post-it notes. But will the play ever reach its first night? Kaufman's film is an almost Bergmanesque meditation on life and death which, as with his scripts for Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich, refuses to kowtow to convention but by its very subversion, provides a fascinating, challenging viewing experience. Includes some strong language.
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Sadie Goldstein, Tom Noonan, Peter Friedman, Charles Techman
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2008, 4 Star)


01:15
Melinda and Melinda (Film)
Woody Allen's bittersweet drama stars Radha Mitchell in two roles but both as the eponymous Melinda. One Melinda is the neighbour of indie filmmaker Susan and her 'resting' actor husband Hobie, whom Melinda tempts towards *****ery. The other Melinda is friends with Laura and her alcoholic husband Lee, a serial *****erer with designs on Melinda. Playing one set of circumstances for comedy and the other for tragedy, and cutting between the two scenarios throughout, the film is a fascinating study of characters, and keeps the viewer guessing until the very end.
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Wallace Shawn, Neil Pepe, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Larry Pine, Radha Mitchell, Michael J. Farina
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2004, 3 Star)


03:15
Black Swan Special (Talk Show)
Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel talk about the new film.
(Repeat, Subtitles)




03:25
127 Hours Special (Documentary)
Director Danny Boyle, actor James Franco and writer Simon Beaufoy talking about the challenges of making their intense new film 127 Hours.
(Repeat, Subtitles)

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Film4 Listings for Wednesday 19th January

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11:00
Niagara (Film)
Gripping film noir thriller starring Marilyn Monroe as Rose Loomis, an amoral young wife conducting a clandestine affair with Patrick. While on holiday at the Falls, their plan to murder her Korean war veteran husband goes disastrously wrong, and an innocent honeymoon couple are dragged into the ensuing violence.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters
(Subtitles, PG, 1952, 3 Star)


12:50
The Undefeated (Film)
John Wayne and Rock Hudson star in Andrew V McLaglen's western as Union Colonel John Thomas and Confederate Colonel James Langdon, who clash in the dog days of the Civil War and, after the truce is agreed, take different paths. Langdon leads his men south to Mexico, where they'll join Maximillian's army, while Thomas and his men decide to trap and train wild horses. Inevitably, their paths cross again and, somewhat reluctantly, they join forces to stop Maximillian's plans for conquest. The film suffered from being released in the same year as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Wild Bunch and Wayne in Oscar-winning form in True Grit, but it stands alongside them, with a panoramic sweep of a story and two leads who successfully spark off each other.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Starring: John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo, Lee Meriwether
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1969, 3 Star)


15:05
An Affair to Remember (Film)
Leo McCarey's remake of his 1939 film Love Affair stars Cary Grant as playboy Nickie Ferrante and Deborah Kerr as singer Terry McKay. The pair meet on a transatlantic voyage and fall in love but they are both engaged to another. They decide to meet at the top of the Empire State Building in six months time if they still feel the same way towards each other. On the appointed day, Nickie is there waiting but fate cruelly intervenes to delay Terry - will the pair manage to find each other and happiness?
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Robert Q. Lewis
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, U, 1957, 4 Star)


17:15
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Film)
Don Siegel's classic of post-war paranoia still has the power to chill, as the residents of the small Californian town of Santa Mira start telling doctor Miles Bennell that their loved ones aren't quite the same any more. As he and his fiancée Becky Briscoll investigate, they discover a horrifying truth - an alien invasion is using large seed-like pods to replicate the townspeople who become devoid of human emotion as the first part of a plan to eventually take over the world. As more and more of their friends and family are taken over, they try to escape but as they flee, Miles realises that he is terrifyingly alone.
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy, Art Hindle
(Black and White, Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 1978, 5 Star)


18:50
Waitress (Film)
Keri Russell plays Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and cook whose pies are loved by everyone in town. She dreams of leaving her abusive husband Earl but when she falls pregnant by him, becomes resigned to her fate and cooks up yet another batch of pies, oblivious to the attentions of Dr Jim Pomatter. But in Adrienne Shelly's bittersweet romantic comedy, love can lie at the end of the unlikeliest of roads. Writer/director Shelly was murdered just before the film made its acclaimed debut at Sundance. Edited for language, ***ual scenes.
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Starring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Adrienne Shelly
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2007, 3 Star)




21:00
Drillbit Taylor (Film)
Steven Brill's comedy stars Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley and Ian Roberts as Ryan, Wade, and Jim, high school students born to be bullied, in this instance by Filkins. Deciding to put an end to it, they advertise for a bodyguard but the only one who comes at a price they can afford is ex-Ranger and black ops specialist Drillbit Taylor. What they don't know is that he is homeless, has no military experience and just wants their money to fund a trip to Canada. He infiltrates the school posing as a supply teacher but as well as falling for the English teacher Lisa, he finds himself increasingly involved in his employers' plight and has to decide whether to stay and fight or cut and run. Includes scenes of kids facing up to a violent bully. Edited for language.
Director: Steven Brill
Starring: Nate Hartley, Troy Gentile, Ian Roberts, Owen Wilson, Casey Boersma, Dylan Boersma
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2008, 3 Star)


22:55
Neds Special (Talk Show)
Peter Mullan talks about his new film as a director.


23:00
My Name is Joe (Film)
Ken Loach's most commercially successful film to date stars Cannes Award winner Peter Mullan and Louise Goodall. He's a recovering alcoholic-turned-amateur soccer coach who, despite all advice, falls for a health service worker. Their growing romance, at turns funny, ***y and dramatic, is told against a backdrop of drug deals and violence in Glasgow's badlands. With violence and very strong language throughout.
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay, Anne-Marie Kennedy, David Hayman, Gary Lewis
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 1997, 4 Star)


01:05
Neds Special (Talk Show)
Peter Mullan talks about his new film as a director.
(Subtitles)


01:15
If... (Film)
Lindsay Anderson's coruscating classic critique of British society is set in a private school where rebellious pupils led by Mick Travis take revenge against the petty-minded teachers and prefects. A mixture of satire and fantasy, it is one of the outstanding films of the decade that, as well as massively influencing British film-making, provided a cinematic vision for the disaffected youth of the times.
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster, Robert Swann
(Subtitles, 15, 1968, 3 Star)




03:25
Black Swan Special (Talk Show)
Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel talk about the new film.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


03:35
127 Hours Special (Documentary)
Director Danny Boyle, actor James Franco and writer Simon Beaufoy talking about the challenges of making their intense new film 127 Hours.
(Repeat, Subtitles)

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Film4 Listings for Friday 21st January

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11:00
Santa Fe Passage (Film)
William Witney's western stars John Payne as Kirby Randolph, a wagon train scout who, after a crossing goes wrong, struggles to find employment. Then he is hired by Jess Griswold to escort wagons of guns through hostile territory. Matters are complicated by the presence of Aurelie St Clair, Griswold's intended, who soon starts making eyes at Randolph, and there is the small matter of the marauding Indians, determined to get their hands on the wagons' precious load.
Director: William Witney
Starring: John Payne, Faith Domergue, Rod Cameron, Slim Pickens, Irene Tedrow, George Keymas
(Premiere, Subtitles, U, 1954, 3 Star)


12:45
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)


14:30
The Silent Enemy (Film)
During 1941, in the Mediterranean, the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Explosives expert Lionel Crabbe arrives in Gibralter to organise defences, but finds only two British divers available to help him. Worryingly, it appears that the Italians might be secretly using neutral Spain across the bay as their key base.
Director: William Fairchild
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Mikey Craig, John Clements, Sid James, Alec McCowen, Michael Brill, Laurence Brooks
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, U, 1958, 3 Star)


16:40
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)


19:00
4Films Preview (Entertainment)
Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller celebrate great films and the famous scenes within them.




19:05
How She Move (Film)
Ian Iqbal Rashid's drama stars Rutina Wesley as Raya, a young woman mourning the death of her sister from a drugs overdose and spurning the street culture around her. Hearing of a dance contest which could fund the private education her parents can't afford, she hooks up with the street wise but bookish Quake, joining a dance crew vying for supremacy in the final against rival Michelle. Choreographed by Hi-Hat, this is an exuberant mix of dance and teen drama. Edited for language/content.
Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Starring: Tre Armstrong, Boyd Banks, Clé Bennett, Ardon Bess, Conrad Coates, Keyshia Cole
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2007, 1 Star)


20:55
Neds Special (Talk Show)
Peter Mullan talks about his new film as a director.


21:00
Clear and Present Danger (Film)
Jack Ryan takes matters into his own hands when a rogue CIA agent begins covert action in Colombia. To save the lives of US operatives, he throws himself into a secret war of which he knows nothing, and a conflict with his own President.
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny, Harris Yulin
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 1994, 3 Star)


23:40
The Fountain (Film)
Darren Aronofsky's ambitious time travel saga stars Hugh Jackman as Tomas/Tommy/Tom Creo who shuffles through the 16th, 21st and 26th centuries searching for a cure for his cancer-stricken wife Izzi. Weisz also plays Queen Isabel in the 16th century section of the film in which Tomas is a conquistador searching the New World for the Tree of Life which may also provide, in the future, the cure for Izzi. In the present, Tommy is a scientist searching for a cure using conventional research methods, while in the future, now aged, he is Tom, a aged space traveller aiming for a nebula that could be the underworld, sustained by memories of Izzi who he hopes to meet there in her pre-cancerous state.
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie, Fernando Hernandez
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2006)


01:30
Garden State (Film)
Zach Scrubs Braff, who also wrote and directed this comedy/drama, plays Andrew Largeman, an indifferent actor who lives on anti-depressants and hasn't been in touch with his family for nine years. When his mother dies, he goes cold turkey and heads home to be confronted by his father Gideon, who still blames Andrew for an accident that left his wife paralysed. Then he meets Sam, a free spirit who begins to crack his carapace. As the pair, with Andrew's old school buddy Mark, set out on a voyage through Jersey to visit Mark's weird friends, Andrew begins to form a love and trust both for himself and others. Includes ***, drugs and strong language.
Director: Zach Braff
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Kenneth Graymez, George C. Wolfe, Austin Lysy, Gary Gilbert
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2004, 4 Star)




03:25
Black Swan Special (Talk Show)
Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel talk about the new film.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


03:35
Neds Special (Talk Show)
Peter Mullan talks about his new film as a director.
(Repeat, Subtitles)

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Film4 Listings for Friday 4th February

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11:00
Two Thousand Women (Film)
Frank Launder's film, co-scripted with Sidney Gilliat, is set in 1944 in a Nazi-run French internment camp for British women caught up in the invasion of Europe. Newcomers Patricia Roc, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent, Flora Robson and Muriel Aked are soon involved in the camp's dramas, including the hiding and smuggling out to safety of downed British pilots before they can cause emotional problems among the love-starved women. To make matters worse, there is a Nazi spy in their midst, who must be unmasked before she reveals their plans. A wartime morale booster emphasising the role of women in the conflict, the film maintains its tension throughout, while the ensemble cast is a who's who of British actresses of the day.
Director: Frank Launder
Starring: Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc, Renee Houston, Reginald Purdell, Anna Crawford
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1944, PG, 2 Star)


12:55
The Black Swan (Film)
With the pardon of notorious pirate Henry Morgan by the English King, Caribbean pirates are offered amnesty if they give up their lawless ways. As governor of Jamaica, Morgan picks Captain Jamie Waring to round up the renegade captain Billy Leech. Beautiful Margaret Denby complicates matters for Waring, as her scorn for him is matched only by his love for her. When ship follows ship to the bottom of the ocean at the hands of Leech, Waring takes to the sea to track him down, shanghaiing Margaret to prevent her marriage to an English nobleman.
Director: Henry King
Starring: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn
(Subtitles, 1942, PG, 4 Star)


14:35
Call Me Madam (Film)
Walter Lang's lively musical, scored by Irving Berlin, stars Ethel Merman as Sally Adams, a wealthy Washington hostess appointed as American ambassador to the European duchy of Lichtenberg. She finds the tiny state's government corrupt, but falls in love with the handsome foreign minister, Cosmo Constantine, the only man who seems to be fighting for his country. Meanwhile, Princess Maria wants to throw over her commitment to marrying a prince in favour of the ambassador's young American attache Kenneth. Will diplomacy or love overcome all?
Director: Walter Lang
Starring: Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen Slezak, George Sanders, Billy de Wolfe, Helmut Dantine
(Subtitles, 1953, U, 4 Star)


16:50
Black Swan Special (Talk Show)
Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel talk about the new film.
(Repeat, Subtitles)


17:00
Girls! Girls! Girls! (Film)
Elvis Presley stars in Norman Taurog's musical as Ross Carpenter, a tuna fisherman in Hawaii who has two girls after him, ***y singer Robin Gantner and heiress Laurel Dodge, who pretends to be poor to avoid embarrassing him. The plot device - can Ross raise enough money to buy his boat outright? - carries the King through 14 songs, including the now classic Return to Sender.
Director: Norman Taurog
Starring: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin, Benson Fong, Robert Strauss
(Subtitles, 1962, PG, 3 Star)




18:55
Mad Money (Film)
Callie Khouri's comedy crime caper stars Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes as Bridget Cardigan, Nina Brewster and Jackie Truman, three women employed as janitors at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. Bridget has only taken the job because her high-earning husband Don has been downsized and somebody has to earn the money to keep up their lifestyle. It breaks her heart to see the old bank notes being sent for shredding - surely nobody will miss a few. Enlisting the other two, they find a 'foolproof' way of helping themselves to just a little. And when they go undiscovered, it's tempting for a little to become a lot - but only if no one suspects three such lowly female workers.
Director: Callie Khouri
Starring: Diane Keaton, Ted Danson, Katie Holmes, Adam Rothenberg, Queen Latifah, Peyton 'Alex' Smith
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2008, 12, 3 Star)


20:55
4Films Preview (Entertainment)
Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller celebrate great films and the famous scenes within them.
(Subtitles)


21:00
Juno (Film)
Jason Reitman's comedy drama stars Oscar-nominee Ellen Page as Juno McGuff, 16 and pregnant after an encounter with sometime 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
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, 12, 4 Star)


22:50
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
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2008, 15, 2 Star)


00:30
Birth (Film)
Nicole Kidman plays Anna, a widow for ten years who has finally found new happiness with Joseph. At a party thrown by her mother Eleanor to celebrate their engagement, a ten-year-old boy Sean walks in unannounced and declares he is the reincarnation of her husband who died a decade ago. Jonathan Glazer's taut, chilling thriller sees Anna become convinced, because of the knowledge he has, that Sean is telling the truth while all around her remain sceptical, certain that something is terribly wrong.
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Danny Huston, Lauren Bacall, Alison Elliott, Arliss Howard
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 15, 3 Star)




02:25
Lake Tahoe (Film)
Fernando Eimbcke's drama, set in Yucatán, Mexico, stars Diego Cataño as Juan, a teenager who crashes the family car into a telephone pole. Trying to obtain the spare part he needs to get it back on the road, he comes across a disparate range of characters, all the while avoiding going back to his home. But in time, the underlying reasons behind his angst and the anger that led to the accident are revealed.
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Starring: Diego Cataño, Hector Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara II, Yemil Sefani, Olda López
(Widescreen, In Spanish and English with English Subtitles, 2008, 12, 4 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Saturday 5th February

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night


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11:00
Dragonwyck (Film)
In 1844, New England farm girl Miranda is invited to work as a governess for her distant relative Nicholas Van Ryn at his Dragonwyck estate. Van Ryn persuades Miranda to be his second wife... after murdering his first.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1946, PG, 3 Star)


13:00
Big (Film)
Penny Marshall's comedy drama stars David Moscow as Josh Baskin, on the cusp of adolescence and eager to grow up. One day, at a travelling carny, he makes a wish at a fortune-telling machine and the next morning he wakes up as an *****, played by Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks. Once he manages to get out of the house, he contacts his best friend Billy who helps him out, but kids only have so much money. Luckily, his childish ways win him a job with MacMillan Toys whose owner soon advances him up the corporate ladder, though his colleague Susan can't quite understand why he doesn't respond to her advances. But after a while Josh realises he misses home and the joys that growing up will hold and he sets out to find the fortune-telling machine in order to restore his age. Edited for language.
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1988, PG, 5 Star)


15:00
The Man with One Red Shoe (Film)
Tom Hanks stars as Richard Harlan Drew, the innocent victim of CIA infighting in Stan Dragoti's spy comedy. One faction of agents decides to pick on a totally innocent man and shadow him as if he were an enemy agent. The other faction fall for their trick and believe he really is an enemy agent. Drew is initially oblivious to the plots, but slowly begins to realise that strange people are following him and weird things are happening, including the arrival in his life of blonde temptress Maddy, an undercover CIA agent. Based on the French film The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, the film also stars Dabney Coleman, Jim Belushi and Carrie Fisher. Edited for language/content.
Director: Stan Dragoti
Starring: Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Lori Singer, Charles Durning, Carrie Fisher, Edward Herrmann
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1985, PG, 2 Star)


16:45
Jane Eyre (Film)
Magnificent classic film version of Charlotte Brontë's celebrated novel of love, madness and cruelty in Victorian Yorkshire, starring Orson Welles as the anguished Mr Rochester and Joan Fontaine in the title role of the demure governess.
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, John Sutton, Sara Allgood
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1944, PG, 3 Star)


18:35
Freedom Writers (Film)
Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell in Richard LaGravenese's gritty drama, based on a true-life story. Gruwell is a fresh-faced teacher at a tough inner city school in Long Beach, California, armed with lesson plans and reading lists. Finding her students more interested in recent gang shootings than poetry, she refuses to give up on them, teaching instead books and writings that relate to their lives. Imelda Staunton plays Margaret Campbell, her draconian head of department, with Patrick Dempsey as Erin's long suffering husband. Edited for language.
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April L. Hernandez, Mario
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 12, 4 Star)




20:55
Never Let Me Go Special (Entertainment)
Keira Knightley talks about her role as Ruth in the new film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go.
(Subtitles)


21:00
Equilibrium (Film)
In the near future, following WWIII, the population of the nation of Libria must take the drug Prozia II to suppress the emotions their ruler Dupont believes caused the war. To prevent violation of the law, enforcement officers called Grammatons punish anyone that shows signs of emotion. But when one of them, John Preston, forgets his dose, the scales fall from his eyes and he discovers a rebel group who have kept art and literature alive. However, they are under threat; can he help them survive? Kurt Wimmer's sci-fi film, like Fahrenheit 451, concentrates primarily on raising moral and ethical issues, although there are also spectacular Gun-Kata fights, where special techniques allow combatants to anticipate the path of bullets and avoid them. Contains violence.
Director: Kurt Wimmer
Starring: Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, Dominic Purcell, Sean Bean, Christian Kahrmann, John Keogh
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2002, 15, 4 Star)


23:05
The Machinist (Film)
Brad Anderson's stark drama stars Christian Bale as Trevor Reznik, a factory machinist who accidentally maims a colleague. He becomes convinced he's the victim of a secret conspiracy and retreats into himself, eating nothing, not sleeping and becoming more and more paranoid. In spite of Reznik's physical and mental state, both call girl Stevie and coffee shop waitress Marie take an interest in him, and slowly he reveals incidents both in his past and at work that have made him what he is. Bale, who lost 63lbs to play the skeletal Reznik, conveys the anguish of a tortured man who lives a life of continual despair, in fear of enemies who may or may not be tangible. Violence/strong language.
Director: Brad Anderson
Starring: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, Larry Gilliard Jr.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 15, 4 Star)


01:05
The Ice Storm (Film)
Ang Lee's BAFTA and Cannes-winning drama follows the stories of two couples and their adolescent children in Connecticut in the early 70s. Their casual affairs, breakdowns, juvenile ***ual experimentation and bad parenting lead to a dramatic climax of dysfunction during an ice storm that blankets the area with a frozen glaze. Contains drug use and scences of a ***ual nature.
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, 15, 4 Star)


03:15
Neds Special (Talk Show)
Peter Mullan talks about his new film as a director.
(Repeat, Subtitles)




03:25
Black Swan Special (Talk Show)
Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel talk about the new film.
(Repeat, Subtitles)