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Film4 Listings for Wednesday 8th April


13:00
Johnny O'Clock (Film)
Dick Powell stars as Johnny O'Clock, a high-class gambler with a shaky casino partnership. When crooked policeman Chuck Blayden tries to move in on the operation but ends up dead, trouble begins in Robert Rossen's superior noir thriller.
Director: Robert Rossen
Starring: Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Ellen Drew, Lee J. Cobb, Nina Foch, Thomas Gomez
(Subtitles, Black and White, 1947, PG, 3 Star)


14:50
Human Desire (Film)
Fritz Lang's powerful film of human lust and desire is based on Emile Zola's novel La Bete Humaine. Railroad worker Carl Buckley asks his wife Vicki to beg her lover John Owens to use his influence to save his job. She succeeds, but when Buckley sees them together, he kills Owens in a fit of jealous rage and brutally dominates her, blackmailing her with the letter that implicates her in the murder. But the killing was witnessed by Jeff Warren, who lies at Owens' inquest and, dazzled by Vicki's beauty, begins an affair with her. She begs him to kill her now-alcoholic husband but he refuses. Eventually, Buckley is sacked from his job and he forces Vicki to leave town with him on the train, little knowing she plans to murder him. But in another compartment is Warren and as the train thunders through the night, insane rage leads to another brutal tragedy.
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case, Peggy Maley
(Black and White, 1954, PG, 3 Star)


16:40
The Black Tent (Film)
Based on a script by Robin Maugham and Bryan Forbes, The Black Tent is a wartime romance mystery starring Anthony Steel as British officer Capt David Holland, who finds war and love in the Libyan desert. When Holland doesn't return to reclaim his vast estates in Britain after the war, his family presume he is dead and his brother Sir Charles travels to Libya to find out what happened to him. His investigations lead him from the British embassy in Tripoli to a Bedouin camp, where he is given a diary by the sheikh's daughter and begins to piece together his brother's strange story.
Director: Brian Desmond-Hurst
Starring: Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel, Anna-Maria Sandri
(Subtitles, 1957, U, 2 Star)


18:40
Corrina, Corrina (Film)
Jessie Nelson's romantic drama, which she also wrote and produced, stars Ray Liotta as Manny Singer, a widower whose young daughter Molly has become almost catatonically withdrawn following her mother's death. Realising he needs help, Manny advertises for a housekeeper and selects Corrina Washington, since Molly reacted positively to her. As Corrina draws Molly out of her shell, so Manny falls in love with her, but in 50s America, inter-racial relationships are still frowned on and the pair face prejudice from all sides as their relationship blossoms.
Director: Jessie Nelson
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Noreen Hennessey
(Widescreen, 1994, PG, 3 Star)


21:00
Elizabeth (Film)
Cate Blanchett received an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in Shekhar Kapur's award-winning FilmFour Production. Elizabeth traces the early years of the monarch, from her battle for the throne against her stepsister Mary Tudor through political and emotional intrigues to her seizure of absolute power as the Virgin Queen, answerable to no man. With Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes and Sir Richard Attenborough.
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson, Paul Fox, Terence Rigby, Christopher Eccleston, Peter Stockbridge
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1998, 15, 4 Star)




23:20
The Edukators (Film)
Austrian director Hans Weingartner's film is a witty drama about protesting against globalisation that mixes in a kidnapping, a love triangle and a test of true friendship. Jan, Jule and Peter are young radicals who break into the houses of the rich. Once inside they don't steal, but instead daub slogans and re-arrange the furniture. But their protest goes wrong when one of their victims is at home. So they kidnap Herr Hardenberg and take him to a remote chalet. But he too was a radical in the 60s and revels in pointing out that they will no doubt also become disillusioned and capitalist. As the trio try to decide on his fate, romantic tensions start to muddy the situation.
Director: Hans Weingartner
Starring: Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaußner, Peer Martiny, Petra Zieser
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In German with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 2004, 15, 4 Star)


01:55
The Hired Hand (Film)
This restored print, which FilmFour financed, reveals the true beauty of Peter Fonda's classic directorial debut. Fonda plays Harry Collings, a cowboy tired of drifting, who returns home to the wife he deserted. He's taken on as a hired hand at her farm, and the film follows the slow re-building of their relationship, complicated by Collings' loyalty to his long-time companion Arch Harris, who hangs around the scene.
Director: Peter Fonda
Starring: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt, Severn Darden, Rita Rogers
(Widescreen, 1971, 15, 3 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Thursday 9th April


13:00
The North Star (Film)
Made in answer to President Roosevelt's call for Hollywood to pay tribute to the Soviet wartime allies, Lewis Milestone's film, scripted by Lillian Hellman, tells of the exploits of a Ukrainian farming collective overrun by the Nazi invasion. A group of young people, including Marina Pavlova and Damian Simonov, are on a walking holiday and separated from the farming village but, led by Old Karp, they manage to smuggle a wagon-load of guns into the occupied village and lead the uprising against the Nazis, led by Col Harden. The film was nominated for five Oscars, but its makers were called before the 1950s McCarthy hearings and, at the height of the Cold War, a version shorn of 22 minutes of pro-Soviet references was released as Armored Attack!.
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan, Ann Harding, Jane Withers
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1943, PG, 2 Star)


15:05
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Film)
Alexander Korda's production of the classic comedy-adventure stars Leslie Howard as foppish English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney, who is also the Scarlet Pimpernel: the dashing hero and scourge of the French Revolution. With Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey and Nigel Bruce. Directed by Harold Young and Roland V Brown and Korda.
Director: Harold Young
Starring: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce, Bramwell Fletcher, Anthony Bushell
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1934, U, 4 Star)


16:55
Once upon a Time (Film)
Alexander Hall's charming modern fairy-tale stars Cary Grant as Jerry Flynn, a Broadway producer in need of money who sees his financial salvation in young Arthur Thompson's caterpillar that dances to the tune of Yes Sir, That's My Baby. Exploiting the kid, Flynn makes his money but as his act disappears as a butterfly, he finds something more valuable in the shape of love interest Jeannie, Arthur's older sister.
Director: Alexander Hall
Starring: Cary Grant, Janet Blair, James Gleason, Ted Donaldson, William Demarest, John Abbott
(Black and White, 1944, U, 3 Star)


18:40
Speed 2: Cruise Control (Film)
This sequel to Speed sees Annie back and Jan de Bont directing but with Jason Patric as Alex Shaw taking over the Keanu Reeves role. The pair are an item and decide on a romantic cruise to the Caribbean. Unfortunately, also aboard the cruise liner are a gathering of diamond merchants, complete with their wares and arch-villain John Geiger, who plans to steal their merchandise. Unlike the original Speed, where the trick was that the bus would explode if it slowed down, this time, speed is of the essence - the plan is 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 and violence.
Director: Jan de Bont
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Brian McCardie, Christine Firkins
(Subtitles, 1997, PG, 1 Star)


21:00
Changing Lanes (Film)
Ben Affleck plays well-heeled lawyer Gavin Banek dashing to a meeting; while Samuel L Jackson takes the role of Doyle Gipson, an estranged husband on his way to a child custody hearing. When the pair's cars collide in a minor accident, Banek dashes off a cheque and leaves, little knowing he's accidentally taken a document crucial to Gipson's hearing that sees him lose the case. But Gipson has an equally vital document belonging to Banek and so begins a battle of wills and wits in Roger Michell's fast-moving thriller.
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Staunton, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Tina Sloan
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2002, 15, 3 Star)




22:55
Buffalo Soldiers (Film)
Joaquin Phoenix stars in Gregor Jordan's comedy drama as US G.I. Ray Elwood, based in Germany during the Cold War, who makes a handsome living on the black market. But when he and his buddies go for the big deal, their sergeant gets wise and tries to put them out of business. In revenge, Elwood decides to seduce his daughter.
Director: Gregor Jordan
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin, Elizabeth McGovern, Michael Pena
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 15, 3 Star)


00:50
9th Company (Film)
Fyodor Bondarchuk's tough war-set drama follows a group of Russian army recruits from training through to posting in late 80s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand. The director plays one of the recruits, Khokhol, with Mikhail Porechenkov as their tough drill sergeant Praporshik Dygalo, who presciently reminds them that in all of history, no one has ever managed to conquer Afghanistan.
Director: Fyodor Bondarchuk
Starring: Fyodor Bondarchuk, Aleksei Chadov, Mikhail Yevlanov, Ivan Kokorin, Artyom Mikhalkov, Konstantin Kryukov
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Russian with English Subtitles, 2005, 15, 3 Star)

 

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10.04.2009​

13:00 JUNGLE BOOK - 125*MINS
(1942) Great Adaptations. Zoltan Korda's classic version of Kipling's stories, starring Sabu as the Indian boy who, reared by wolves in the jungle, returns to his village as an adolescent.

15:05 CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 - 110*MINS
(2005) Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt, heads of the 12-strong Baker family and on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.

16:55 GREAT EXPECTATIONS - 140*MINS
(1946) Great Adaptations. John Mills stars in David Lean's adaptation of Dickens' novel as orphaned Pip, who finds he has a mysterious benefactor. With Martita Hunt and Finlay Currie.

19:15 STORMBREAKER - 105*MINS
(2006) Great Adaptations. Alex Pettyfer stars as Alex Rider, a schoolboy seconded to British intelligence to take on the evil Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke) in Geoffrey Sax's action film.

21:00 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - 165*MINS
(1994) Great Adaptations. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman star as prisoners in Shawshank, coming to terms with their imprisonment but yearning for freedom. Strong language/violence.

23:45 GHOST WORLD - 130*MINS
(2001) Great Adaptations. Thora Birch stars as a cynical teenager whose lonely hearts prank sees her start a relationship with loner Steve Buscemi. Very strong language.

01:55 LIVE FLESH - 120*MINS
(1997) Great Adaptations. In Pedro Almodovar's film, Victor, involved in a row with his girlfriend wounds a policeman, an event that will echo down the years. Strong language/sexual scenes.

 

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Film4 Listings for Saturday 11th April


13:00
Speed 2: Cruise Control (Film)
This sequel to Speed sees Annie back and Jan de Bont directing but with Jason Patric as Alex Shaw taking over the Keanu Reeves role. The pair are an item and decide on a romantic cruise to the Caribbean. Unfortunately, also aboard the cruise liner are a gathering of diamond merchants, complete with their wares and arch-villain John Geiger, who plans to steal their merchandise. Unlike the original Speed, where the trick was that the bus would explode if it slowed down, this time, speed is of the essence - the plan is 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 and violence.
Director: Jan de Bont
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Brian McCardie, Christine Firkins
(Subtitles, 1997, PG, 1 Star)


15:20
The Mark of Zorro (Film)
Feckless Mexican nobleman Don Diego returns to his family home to discover the locality has been taken over by corrupt officials. Consequently, he adopts the disguise of Zorro, masked master swordsman, who aims to clear the land of corruption. Also starring Ricardo Montalban, Yvonne De Carlo, Anne Archer and Inez Perez.
Director: Don McDougall
Starring: Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Yvonne de Carlo, Louise Sorel, Robert Middleton
(Subtitles, Audio Described, Made For TV, 1974, U, 2 Star)


16:50
Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (Film)
The determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there's a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets wealthy American Will Darcy, and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate?
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 3 Star)


19:10
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Film)
In the hugely popular film based on her stage-play, Nia Vardalos stars as Toula Portokalos, a Greek woman who's approaching a certain age, as her family are more than happy to remind her. And when she falls for Ian Miller, who's definitely not Greek, her family are in uproar, but Toula is determined to find happiness in Joel Zwick's Oscar-nominated comedy. Edited for language.
Director: Joel Zwick
Starring: Nia Vardalos, Michael Constantine, John Corbett, Christina Eleusiniotis, Kaylee Vieira, John Kalangis
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2002, PG, 3 Star)


21:00
Kiss The Girls (Film)
Disturbing thriller about the hunt for a killer - known only as Casanova - who has kidnapped a number of women and murdered two of them. When a detective's niece goes missing, he is drawn into a complex and highly personal investigation. The local police are unappreciative of his efforts, but his niece manages to escape with valuable information about the killer.
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, 18, 3 Star)




23:15
Final Destination 3 (Film)
James Wong, who directed the first film in the horror franchise, returned for this sequel. Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Wendy Christensen, who has a premonition that the roller coaster she and her school friends are on is going to crash. Sure enough, after they've disembarked, there is a spectacular, satisfyingly gory crash. But once again, Death will not be cheated of his due and as the survivors succumb one by one in suitably ingenious ways, Wendy and her friend Kevin Fischer try to work out who is next and how they'll escape.
Director: James Wong
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Sam Easton, Jesse Moss
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, 15, 2 Star)


01:05
The Innocents (Film)
Jack Clayton's classic chiller, based on Henry James' story The Turn of the Screw, stars Deborah Kerr as Miss Giddens, governess to orphans Miles and Flora. The children seem too worldly for their years and Miss Giddens learns why from the housekeeper Mrs Grosse. She tells her of the previous governess, Miss Jessel, who fell under the spell of the valet, Peter Quint, a cruel, powerful man. They are both dead but Miss Giddens starts to see their ghosts and comes to believe they are intent on possessing and corrupting the children. Is she right or are the apparitions the result of her own repressed, dark childhood?
Director: Jack Clayton
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin
(Black and White, 1961, 12, 4 Star)

 

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12.04.2009​

13:00 STORMBREAKER - 105*MINS
(2006) Great Adaptations. Alex Pettyfer stars as Alex Rider, a schoolboy seconded to British intelligence to take on the evil Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke) in Geoffrey Sax's action film.

14:45 TALES FROM EARTHSEA - 135*MINS
(2006) Great Adaptations. Studio Ghibli's stunning animation of Ursula Le Guin's fantasy novels, as young prince Arren battles the evil wizard Cob with the fate of Earthsea at stake.

17:00 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING - 110*MINS
(2002) Nia Vardalos stars in this romcom as a Greek woman of a certain age who finds love with John Corbett - who's not Greek. How will her family react to his marriage proposal?

18:50 RAT RACE - 130*MINS
(2001) Guilty Pleasures. Las Vegas casino owner John Cleese sets up a unique game for his punters as six lucky slot-machine tokens set off a race across America hunting for $2m.

21:00 BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF... - 105*MINS
(2006) Sacha Baron Cohen takes his Kazakhstan TV presenter Borat on a tour of the US in this outrageous comedy. With an introduction from 'Bruno'. Strong language/overt sexual references.

22:45 TRAINSPOTTING - 110*MINS
(1996) Great Adaptations. Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle star in a story of drugs, survival, scams and tragedy. Very strong language, violence and drug taking.

00:35 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST - 190*MINS
(1968) Charles Bronson stars as a mysterious stranger, Henry Fonda as a cold-blooded gunslinger, and Claudia Cardinale as a rich widow in Sergio Leone's epic western.

 

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Film4 Listings for Monday 13th April


13:00
Rat Race (Film)
Gag-meister Jerry Zucker serves up another cracking comedy with a cast to die for. Las Vegas casino owner Donald P Sinclair decides to set up a special event for his highest rollers. Lucky tokens in his slot machines entitle six punters to enter a race across America with $2million as the prize. He'll make a killing on the bets placed on the players while the contestants dash for the cash. Edited for content.
Director: Jerry Zucker
Starring: John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Lanei Chapman, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2001, 12, 3 Star)


15:10
Lassie (Film)
Charles Sturridge's update of the drama featuring the famous collie. Miner Sam Carraclough and his wife Sarah are forced to sell their son Joe's beloved dog to the Duke of Rudling. Taken to the Duke's Scottish estates, Lassie escapes and begins the long trek home, along the way falling in with travelling puppeteer Rowlie, escaping from a Glasgow dog pound and encountering the Loch Ness monster! Edited for language.
Director: Charles Sturridge
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Ken Drury, Gregor Fisher, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, Celyn Jones
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, PG, 4 Star)


17:10
Just My Luck (Film)
Donald Petrie's romcom stars Lindsay Lohan as Ashley Albright who is probably the luckiest girl in the States - the sun always shines on her, there's always a cab at her call and every scratch card she buys is a winner. Jake Hardin is her polar opposite; if there's dog excrement to tread in, he'll find it. But a chance kiss sees their luck reversed and as Albright struggles with life's travails, Hardin revels in his new good fortune until the miss-matched pair realise that being together is a matter of sharing the good times as well as the bad. Edited for language.
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Missi Pyle
(Widescreen, 2006, PG, 2 Star)


19:10
Clueless (Film)
Amy Heckerling, who directed the superb Fast Times at Ridgemont High, scores again with this high-school take on Jane Austen's Emma. Alicia Silverstone plays Cher Horowitz who, thanks to her rich lawyer daddy, has it all. She and her school friend Dionne decide to take new girl Tai under their wing and make sure she finds a date. They succeed, only to find they've created a monster... EDited for content.
Director: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, Dan Hedaya
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, 1995, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
Planet of The Apes (Film)
Crashing on an unknown planet in the year 2029, astronaut Leo Davidson is immediately caught up in a savage war waged by intelligent apes on their dumb human slaves.
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2001, 12, 3 Star)




23:15
The Host (Film)
Bong Joon-ho's monster-horror begins on the banks of the River Han in Seoul. Park Gang Du works on his father's food stand and witnesses a huge mutant suddenly rear up into the riverside park and make off with lunch in the shape of several citizens, including his daughter Hyun-seo. But the monster keeps her alive; using her mobile, she calls her father from its lair in the city's sewers. As the governments, both Korean and US, try to deny the incident, it's up to Park and his family to gather what weapons they can and kill the monster. Stunning special effects mixed with a certain tongue-in-cheek tone make this one of the best horrors to come out of Korea in recent times.
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Du-na Bae, Ah-sung Ko, David Joseph Anselmo
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 15, 4 Star)


01:35
A Scanner Darkly (Film)
After his first rotoscoped animation Waking Life, Richard Linklater turned to Philip K Dick's futuristic novel for his second excursion into this form of animation where he shoots live actors and then 'computer paints' over them. Keanu Reeves plays Bob Arctor, an undercover narcs cop who disguises his identity using a 'scramble suit' that transforms him into a walking hologram, changing face and clothes at every stride. He's gone so far undercover, he's addicted to Substance D, the very drug he's supposedly tracking and having a listless affair with supplier Donna Hawthorne. As Arctor spends his days between reporting in and mixing with Donna and their fellow addicts, he begins to wonder why his time and energy is being expended on what seems to be a low level operation.
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Rory Cochrane, Robert Downey Jr., Mitch Baker, Keanu Reeves, Sean Allen, Cliff Haby
(Widescreen, 2006, 15, 4 Star)

 

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14.04.2009​

13:00 THE BLACK TENT - 110*MINS
(1956) Anthony Steel stars as a British soldier fighting in Libya and falling in love with a Bedouin sheikh's daughter during World War II. With Donald Sinden and Anna Maria Sandri.

14:50 HUMAN DESIRE - 110*MINS
(1954) Fritz Lang's powerful film of human lust stars Gloria Grahame as the wife of murderous rail worker Grandon Rhodes, who ensnares innocent Glenn Ford in their schemes.

16:40 JUNGLE BOOK - 125*MINS
(1942) Great Adaptations. Zoltan Korda's classic version of Kipling's stories, starring Sabu as the Indian boy who, reared by wolves in the jungle, returns to his village as an adolescent.

18:45 CORRINA, CORRINA - 135*MINS
(1994) Ray Liotta stars in this romantic drama as a widower who falls for his housekeeper (Whoopi Goldberg) in 50s America; a time when inter-racial relationships are frowned on.

21:00 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - 165*MINS
(1994) Great Adaptations. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman star as prisoners in Shawshank, coming to terms with their imprisonment but yearning for freedom. Strong language/violence.

23:45 THE INNOCENTS - 115*MINS
(1961) Great Adaptations. Based on Henry James' chilling story, Deborah Kerr plays a governess who finds her two charges worryingly worldly. Are they tainted by the apparitions she sees?

01:40 LIVE FLESH - 120*MINS
(1997) Great Adaptations. In Pedro Almodovar's film, Victor wounds a policeman during a row with his girlfriend: an event that will echo down the years. Strong language/sexual scenes.

 

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15.04.2009​

13:00 THE MIRACLE WOMAN - 110*MINS
(1931) Barbara Stanwyck stars in Frank Capra's drama as a healing, hellfire-and-brimstone preacher redeemed by her love for blind war veteran David Manners.

14:50 THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL - 110*MINS
(1934) Great Adaptations. Leslie Howard stars as the foppish English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney, aka the Scarlet Pimpernel, dashing hero and scourge of the French Revolution.

16:40 GREAT EXPECTATIONS - 140*MINS
(1946) Great Adaptations. John Mills stars in David Lean's adaptation of Dickens' novel as orphaned Pip, who finds he has a mysterious benefactor. With Martita Hunt and Finlay Currie.

19:00 JUST MY LUCK - 120*MINS
(2006) Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine star in this romcom as one lucky girl and one sad loser whose fortunes are reversed after a chance kiss, throwing them into each other's arms.

21:00 LITTLE CHILDREN - 160*MINS
(2006) Great Adaptations. Todd Field's film stars Kate Winslet as a housewife who has an affair with Patrick Wilson, but can they deceive their spouses? Strong language/sexual scenes.

23:40 FINAL DESTINATION 3 - 110*MINS
(2006) Mary Elizabeth Winstead's premonition of a lethal rollercoaster ride saves her friend's lives, but a cheated death begins collecting the souls he is due. Strong language.

01:30 BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS - 125*MINS
(2003) Great Adaptations. Michael Sheen and Simon Callow star in Stephen Fry's film (based on Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies), a story of giddy hedonism in London's 30s society.

 

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Film4 Listings for Thursday 16th April


13:00
The Vicious Circle (Film)
Dr Howard Latimer is the Harley Street surgeon tricked by an alleged film producer into meeting film star Frieda Veldon at the airport, only to find her dead on his floor the next day. Detective Inspector Dane refuses to believe the film producer ever existed and, when one of his patients also turns up dead, things look bad for Latimer. A complex plot is brilliantly resolved by director Gerald Thomas.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: John Mills, Derek Farr, Noelle Middleton, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Roland Culver, Mervyn Johns
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1957, U, 3 Star)


14:40
Cottage to Let (Film)
Anthony Asquith's fast-paced comedy-thriller stars Leslie Banks as John Barrington, an inventor during the Second World War working on a new bomb sight at his home in a remote Scottish glen. He is unaware that he is the target of a Fifth Column organisation operating out of Glasgow who have already installed an agent in his household masquerading as the cook. Also in the house are Barrington's wife Marguerite, daughter Helen and assistant Alan Trently, plus a Scotland Yard detective, disguised as their butler, who suspects Trently of passing on the secrets.
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills, Jeanne de Casalis, Carla Lehmann, George Cole
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1941, U, 3 Star)


16:25
The Four Feathers (Film)
Alexander Korda's spectacular production of AEW Mason's action-adventure novel was directed by his brother Zoltan. John Clements stars as Harry Faversham, who is unfairly accused of being a coward by three fellow-officers and his fiancée Ethne Burroughs, but proves himself a hero during the war in Sudan in the 1880s.
Director: Zoltan Korda
Starring: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes, John Christopher Allen
(Subtitles, 1939, U, 3 Star)


18:45
Tales From Earthsea (Film)
Goro Miyazaki's dazzling Studio Ghibli animation brings to life Ursula Le Guin's superlative fantasy novels. Young prince Arren leaves his homeland in a quest to find out why Earthsea's life balance is failing. In the company of archmage Sparrowhawk, they discover that the evil wizard Cob is draining the planet's powers for his own purpose, one that needs Arren's life to reach completion, and as good and evil meet in a final battle, the fate of Earthsea hangs in the balance.
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Starring: Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Yûko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jun Fubuki
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, PG, 3 Star)


21:00
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Film)
Larry Charles' fascinating documentary follows Borat Sagdiyev, Kazakhstan's leading journalist and TV presenter, as he travels through the heart of America in an attempt to understand the land of the free and the home of the brave. Along the way, he's able to congratulate a packed rodeo crowd for their country's war of terror, enjoy a dinner with the cream of Southern society and fit in a visit to a gun shop to buy the best weapon for killing Jews. Oh OK, as everyone knows, Sacha Baron Cohen stars as the eponymous Borat, scabrously exposing smalltown America's prejudices in the company of his producer Azamat Bagatov. Other highlights include the two men engaged in nude wrestling and, of course, Borat's kidnapping of Pamela Anderson so he can enjoy a "romantic explosion" on her stomach...
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Ilham Äliyev, Bob Barr, Alan Keyes
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 15, 4 Star)




22:50
Naked (Film)
Mike Leigh's films stars David Thewlis as a misogynist out-of-work Mancunian who visits ex-girlfriend Lesley Sharp in London. Things get complicated when he sleeps with her flat-mate Katrin Cartlidge as is his sudden taking to the streets to talk to anyone he meets. Meanwhile, creepy landlord Greg Crutwell has plans for both the girls.
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1993, 18, 4 Star)


01:25
Jennifer Eight (Film)
Bruce Robinson's dark thriller stars Andy Garcia as John Berlin, a burnt-out LA cop who takes a job in the small town of Eureka, where his brother-in-law Freddy Ross is a local police officer. Within days, he's involved in the hunt for a serial killer who targets blind women, and Berlin soon thinks he knows who the next target is - Helena Robertson. But just as Berlin gets close to cracking the case and starts to fall for Helena, FBI agent St Anne arrives on the scene with a new suspect - Berlin himself.
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Graham Beckel, Kathy Baker, Kevin Conway
(Widescreen, 1992, 15, 3 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Friday 17th April


13:00
The Destructors (Film)
An agent in the pay of an Oriental power vying for world supremacy plans to steal a super laser gun that can destroy any target it is aimed at. The Americans try to foil the plan by placing their own spy in the action to beat the master criminal to the weapon.
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Starring: Richard Egan, Patricia Owens, John Ericson, Michael Ansara, Joan Blackman, David Brian
(Widescreen, 1967, PG, 2 Star)


14:55
The Mark of Zorro (Film)
Feckless Mexican nobleman Don Diego returns to his family home to discover the locality has been taken over by corrupt officials. Consequently, he adopts the disguise of Zorro, masked master swordsman, who aims to clear the land of corruption. Also starring Ricardo Montalban, Yvonne De Carlo, Anne Archer and Inez Perez.
Director: Don McDougall
Starring: Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Yvonne de Carlo, Louise Sorel, Robert Middleton
(Subtitles, Audio Described, Made For TV, 1974, U, 2 Star)


16:25
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, 1969, PG, 3 Star)


18:50
Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (Film)
The determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there's a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets wealthy American Will Darcy, and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate?
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
Kiss The Girls (Film)
Disturbing thriller about the hunt for a killer - known only as Casanova - who has kidnapped a number of women and murdered two of them. When a detective's niece goes missing, he is drawn into a complex and highly personal investigation. The local police are unappreciative of his efforts, but his niece manages to escape with valuable information about the killer.
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, 18, 3 Star)




23:15
City of God (Film)
Fernando Meirelles' award-winning film centres on the poor of Rio de Janeiro and the armed gangs who run riot, seen through the eyes and camera of Rocket. Rocket escapes the influence of Li'l Zé, who goes on to become the area's godfather. Over two decades, Rocket witnesses the rise of his peers from children to men and the escalation of the violence as he, distanced but emotionally involved, charts their lives. Taken from a fact-based novel by Paul Lins, this is a stunning, violent yet compelling insight into Brazil's underbelly.
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
(In Portuguese With Subtitles, Widescreen, 2002, 18, 4 Star)


01:50
Storytelling (Film)
Todd Solondz's film tells two separate stories. In Fiction, Selma Blair ignores her disabled boyfriend's writing talents to pursue creative-writing professor Robert Wisdom, while Nonfiction sees would-be filmmaker Paul Giamatti shoot a documentary about his friend Mark Webber's life while behind the camera, Giamatti's family is falling apart. Fascinating and challenging, this is a dark look at relationships and family.
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom, Maria Thayer, Angela Goethals, Devorah Rose
(Widescreen, 2001, 18, 3 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Saturday 18th April


13:00
Project X (Film)
Matthew Broderick stars in Jonathan Kaplan's sci-fi comedy as Jimmy Garrett, a trainee air force pilot assigned to teach chimps to use flight simulators. He becomes particularly attached to Virgil when he discovers the ape can use sign language learnt when he was part of a university programme. Then Garrett learns the real purpose of the simulator training: to fly Virgil through a fatal dose of radiation to simulate a nuclear attack on human pilots. He joins forces with Virgil's trainer Teri McDonald, and the trio flee the establishment, but the military are hot on their heels, determined not to lose their star chimp. Edited for language.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler, Johnny Ray McGhee, Jonathan Stark
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1987, PG, 3 Star)


15:05
Shockproof (Film)
In Douglas Sirk's drama, hard case Jenny Marsh, released from prison after five years for killing a man to protect her gambling lover Harry, comes under the wing of parole officer Griff Marat. Determined to make her go straight and avoid the clutches of the still-infatuated Harry, Griff moves her into his household as companion to his blind, widowed mother. But Jenny continues to hold clandestine meetings with her shady ex, and they hatch a scheme that guarantees their continued protection - marriage to Griff. The pair wed, but when Jenny truly falls in love with Griff, Harry doesn't take rejection lightly.
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti, Howard St. John, Russell Collins
(Black and White, 1949, 12, 3 Star)


16:45
Lassie (Film)
Charles Sturridge's update of the drama featuring the famous collie. Miner Sam Carraclough and his wife Sarah are forced to sell their son Joe's beloved dog to the Duke of Rudling. Taken to the Duke's Scottish estates, Lassie escapes and begins the long trek home, along the way falling in with travelling puppeteer Rowlie, escaping from a Glasgow dog pound and encountering the Loch Ness monster! Edited for language.
Director: Charles Sturridge
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Ken Drury, Gregor Fisher, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, Celyn Jones
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, PG, 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, 2004, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
The Notebook (Film)
Nick Cassavetes' romantic drama stars his mother Gena Rowlands and James Garner as Duke and Allie Calhoun, living out their twilight years in a retirement home. She is suffering from Alzheimer's disease but he insists on daily readings to her from a notebook, a record of how they met and married. And in flashback the film tells that story, with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as the young couple. She comes from a monied North Carolina family, he from local working stock but with aspirations. Despite the obstacles her family put in her way, her engagement to another and his WWII service, their love overcomes all.
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Tim Ivey, Gena Rowlands, Starletta DuPois, James Garner, Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas, Ed Grady
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 5 Star)




23:25
The Host (Film)
Bong Joon-ho's monster-horror begins on the banks of the River Han in Seoul. Park Gang Du works on his father's food stand and witnesses a huge mutant suddenly rear up into the riverside park and make off with lunch in the shape of several citizens, including his daughter Hyun-seo. But the monster keeps her alive; using her mobile, she calls her father from its lair in the city's sewers. As the governments, both Korean and US, try to deny the incident, it's up to Park and his family to gather what weapons they can and kill the monster. Stunning special effects mixed with a certain tongue-in-cheek tone make this one of the best horrors to come out of Korea in recent times.
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Du-na Bae, Ah-sung Ko, David Joseph Anselmo
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 15, 4 Star)


01:45
Funny Ha Ha (Film)
Andrew Bujalski's film sat on the shelf until 2007, when it was finally released to critical acclaim. Marnie is 23 years old and encountering that post-university problem. What do you do when the social structures that supported you disappear? As she drifts through temp jobs and relationships with Mitchell and Alex, the film captures her attempts to take control of her life, including a desultory 'to-do' list that she never quite gets round to achieving, but in a wry observational way rather than in a condemnatory fashion. At the end, she's offered a chance that could lead to something better but her surprising decision still leaves an upbeat ending to an engaging directorial debut.
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Kate Dollenmayer, Mark Herlehy, Christian Rudder, Jennifer L. Schaper, Myles Paige, Marshall Lewy
(2003, 15, 3 Star)


03:35
Movie Rush 2009 (Entertainment)
The latest film features and interviews.

 

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Film4 Listings for Sunday 19th April


13:00
Last Holiday (Film)
Wayne Wang's re-make of the 1950s comedy stars Queen Latifah as Georgia Byrd, an in-store cookery demonstrator who, diagnosed with a brain tumour, throws caution to the wind, cashes in her life savings and goes to the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary, where her hero Chef Didier works. He is impressed by her skills and the two become friends, to the annoyance of millionaire Matthew Kragen, who is determined to expose the parvenu Georgia in front of the hotel's guests. Edited for content.
Director: Wayne Wang
Starring: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito, Alicia Witt, Gérard Depardieu
(Widescreen, 2006, 12, 3 Star)


15:10
Oliver Twist (Film)
Alec Guinness's superb performance as Fagin dominates David Lean's classic adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. With John Howard Davies in the title role, Robert Newton as Bill Sikes and Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger.
Director: David Lean
Starring: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies, Henry Stephenson
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1948, U, 4 Star)


17:25
The Hound of The Baskervilles (Film)
The first colour film version of Conan Doyle's classic story stars Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and Andre Morell as Dr Watson. Holmes is called in to investigate the continued killing of the Baskerville Lords by the "hound of hell", but is he too late to save Sir Henry from certain death?
Director: Terence Fisher
Starring: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi, David Oxley
(Subtitles, 1959, 15, 4 Star)


19:10
Clueless (Film)
Amy Heckerling, who directed the superb Fast Times at Ridgemont High, scores again with this high-school take on Jane Austen's Emma. Alicia Silverstone plays Cher Horowitz who, thanks to her rich lawyer daddy, has it all. She and her school friend Dionne decide to take new girl Tai under their wing and make sure she finds a date. They succeed, only to find they've created a monster... Edited for content.
Director: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, Dan Hedaya
(Widescreen, 1995, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
Planet of The Apes (Film)
Crashing on an unknown planet in the year 2029, astronaut Leo Davidson is immediately caught up in a savage war waged by intelligent apes on their dumb human slaves.
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2001, 12, 3 Star)




23:15
Little Children (Film)
Five years after his acclaimed film In the Bedroom, Todd Field's return stars Kate Winslet as Sarah Pierce, who has a master's degree in English but has ended up a suburban mom married to Richard. One day at the local swimming pool, she comes across failed law student Brad Adamson and the two begin a hot summer affair fuelled simply by raw physical passion. Field also inserts a telling subplot, as all the mothers in the area grow concerned at the presence of paroled paedophile Ronald McGorvey and he becomes the target of Sarah and Brad's vigilante spouses and friends. The film is about secrets, denial and the realisation that, for some people, childhood never ends.
Director: Todd Field
Starring: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Gregg Edelman, Sadie Goldstein, Ty Simpkins
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, 15, 4 Star)


01:55
Deterrence (Film)
Set in the near future, Rod Lurie's political thriller centres around nuclear brinksmanship between Iraq and America as key US cities face the threat of attack by missiles. US President Walter Emerson must tackle the situation but becomes stranded in a roadside diner after a freak snowstorm and is forced to run operations from there. Also featuring Sean Astin and Timothy Hutton.
Director: Rod Lurie
Starring: Kevin Pollak, Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Clotilde Courau, Badja Djola, Sean Astin
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1999, 15, 3 Star)

 

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20.04.2009​

13:00 The Dark Corner - 115*MINS
(1946) Lucille Ball, before turning to comedy, stars in this gripping film noir as a secretary who sets out to prove that her ex-con private eye boss is innocent of murder.

14:55 The Gunfighter - 100*MINS
(1950) Gregory Peck stars as Jimmy Ringo, an aging gunslinger who rides into town to find his estranged wife and son but has to face young bucks out to make their name by gunning him down.

16:35 The Four Feathers - 135*MINS
(1939) Harry Faversham, unfairly accused of being a coward by fellow officers and his fiancée, proves himself a hero during the war in the Sudan in Zoltan Korda's classic adventure.

18:50 Last Holiday - 130*MINS
(2006) Queen Latifah stars as a woman who, diagnosed with a fatal illness, throws caution to the wind and embarks on a spending spree with her favourite chef (Gerard Depardieu).

21:00 The Devil Wears Prada - 130*MINS
(2006) Great Adaptations. Naive young Anne Hathaway comes to New York and lands a job as the assistant to one of the city's biggest magazine editors, the ruthless and cynical Meryl Streep

23:10 Shopgirl - 125*MINS
(2005) Great Adaptations. Claire Danes plays a shopgirl who must choose between suave millionaire Steve Martin (who also wrote this romantic drama) and slacker artist Jason Schwartzman.

01:15 Half Moon - 135*MINS
(2006) New Crowned Hope season. Ismail Ghaffari plays Mamo, a legendary Kurdish musician travelling from Iran back to his home in Iraq for one last concert.

 

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Film4 Listings for Tuesday 21st April


13:00
If You Could Only Cook (Film)
William A Seitler's screwball comedy stars Herbert Marshall as Jim Buchanan, a successful car designer who walks out of his job after an argument. He bumps into jobless Joan Hawthorne, who persuades him that they should apply for the posts of butler and cook to gourmet gangster Mike Rossini. Somehow disguising her inability to cook, the pair muddle along until Buchanan's past life catches up with him and he's dragooned into agreeing to wed a society girl. But even gangsters have a romantic side, and Rossini uses a little persuasion to make sure the right couple get hitched.
Director: William A. Seiter
Starring: Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Lionel Stander, Alan Edwards, Frieda Inescort
(Black and White, 1935, 15, 3 Star)


14:25
The Iron Petticoat (Film)
Katharine Hepburn plays a humourless Russian, Captain Vinka Kovelenko, who defects from her home country. Major Chuck Lockwood is assigned to show her the bright lights of London while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, the two opposites fall in love but then must contend with the KGB, who are not happy with the idea of one of their officers running around free in London in this comedy.
Director: Ralph L. Thomas
Starring: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton, James Robertson-Justice, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff
(Subtitles, 1956, PG, 3 Star)


16:15
The Destructors (Film)
An agent in the pay of an Oriental power vying for world supremacy plans to steal a super laser gun that can destroy any target it is aimed at. The Americans try to foil the plan by placing their own spy in the action to beat the master criminal to the weapon.
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Starring: Richard Egan, Patricia Owens, John Ericson, Michael Ansara, Joan Blackman, David Brian
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1967, PG, 2 Star)


18:20
The Core (Film)
The world is struck by inexplicable phenomena - Rome's Colosseum explodes, London's pigeons go berserk - until it becomes apparent that the planet's core has stopped moving, causing electro-magnetic mayhem. The only hope lies in a crack team of scientists burrowing to the core and re-starting earth's engine. But is the disaster natural or is there a more sinister explanation? Jon Amiel's science-fiction blockbuster eschews outer space for inner-space in this taut special-effects extravaganza. Edited for language.
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Christopher Shyer, Ray Galletti, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Eileen Pedde
(Subtitles, 2003, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
The Tailor of Panama (Film)
Pierce Brosnan is a British spy banished to Panama after a series of indiscretions. Trying to win himself back into favour, he latches on to tailor Geoffrey Rush, whose wife works for the government. Rush, reluctantly blackmailed into providing intelligence, offers Brosnan increasingly lurid stories which, embellished again and sent to London, create a political incident that begins to spiral out of control in John Boorman's mordantly black comedy.
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leonor Varela, Brendan Gleeson, Harold Pinter
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 15, 3 Star)




23:10
City of God (Film)
Fernando Meirelles' award-winning film centres on the poor of Rio de Janeiro and the armed gangs who run riot, seen through the eyes and camera of Rocket. Rocket escapes the influence of Li'l Zé, who goes on to become the area's godfather. Over two decades, Rocket witnesses the rise of his peers from children to men and the escalation of the violence as he, distanced but emotionally involved, charts their lives. Taken from a fact-based novel by Paul Lins, this is a stunning, violent yet compelling insight into Brazil's underbelly.
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
(In Portuguese With Subtitles, Widescreen, 2002, 18, 4 Star)


01:45
Hamaca Paraguaya (Film)
No cert Hamaca Paraguaya is a languid 1930s-set drama written and directed by Paz Encina and starring Ramon Del Rio and Georgina Genes as an elderly couple waiting on their farm in an isolated stretch of Paraguayan countryside for better times to come. They yearn for rain to sustain their crops and for a visit from their son, who has gone away to do his military service, but the film is a protrait of their lingering hopes rather than any joyful outcome. Showing as part of the New Crowned Hope season of films made by international filmmakers to celebrate the spirit of Mozart.
Director: Paz Encina
Starring: Ramon Del Rio, Georgina Genes
(Premiere, In Guarani With Subtitles, 2006, 3 Star)


03:10
Movie Rush 2009 (Entertainment)
The latest film features and interviews.
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22.04.2009​

13:00 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE - 100*MINS
(1957) John Mills plays a top surgeon who is tricked by an alleged film producer into meeting film star Lisa Daniely at the airport, only to find her dead on his floor the next day.

14:40 COTTAGE TO LET - 105*MINS
(1941) Comedy-thriller starring Leslie Banks as an inventor working on a top-secret device at his remote Scottish home who becomes the target for Nazi spies determined to kidnap him.

16:25 THE MAN IN GREY - 145*MINS
(1943) Classic Gainsborough melodrama set in the 18th century, following the fortunes of two old school friends (Margaret Lockwood and Phyllis Calvert). With James Mason.

18:50 IN GOOD COMPANY - 130*MINS
(2004) Paul Weitz's comedy stars Dennis Quaid as a middle-aged ad exec faced with a new boss who's nearly half his age and who is ****** his daughter (Scarlett Johansson).

21:00 THE NOTEBOOK - 145*MINS
(2004) Great Adaptations. Nick Cassavetes' drama stars Gena Rowlands and James Garner as an elderly couple whose romance is told in flashback. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams also star.

23:25 ENDURING LOVE - 115*MINS
(2004) Great Adaptations. When Daniel Craig and Rhys Ifans both witness a fatal ballooning accident, it arouses a dangerously violent obsession. Directed by Roger Michell. Strong language.

01:20 I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE - 140*MINS
(2006) New Crowned Hope season. Ming-liang Tsai's drama stars Kang-sheng Lee as both a comatose patient and, in a parallel story, a vulnerable man attacked by a mob. Sexual scenes.

 

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Film4 Listings for Thursday 23rd April


13:00
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, 1954, U, 2 Star)


14:45
Sailor of The King (Film)
Roy Boulting's action drama stars Jeffrey Hunter as Canadian Andrew 'Canada' Brown, serving in the WW2 Royal Navy, who is taken prisoner by the German raider that sinks his ship. The ship then puts in for repairs and Brown delays the ship's departure by escaping and sniping at the sailors working on the vessel. With Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller and Bernard Lee. The film was shot with alternate endings, both of which will be shown.
Director: Roy Boulting
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Peter van Eyck, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee, Victor Maddern
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1953, 15, 3 Star)


16:30
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, 1969, PG, 3 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, 2004, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Film)
Tom Ripley craves the life led by Dickie Greenleaf. When Dickie's father, a wealthy ship builder, asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America, Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend, Marge Sherwood, never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Tom will go to make their lifestyle his own. After all, it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport
(Editor's Choice, Subtitles, 1999, 15, 4 Star)




23:45
Shopgirl (Film)
Anand Tucker's film is written by Steve Martin, based on the actor's novel and also stars him as Ray Porter, a millionaire who falls for shy shopgirl Mirabelle Buttersfield. She's an aspiring artist working to pay off her student fees and not only does he sweep her off her feet, but also he pays for everything. The second man in her life is Jeremy, who's an artist too - well, he stencils the boxes that amps come in. He's a slacker but he loves her, while to Porter, she's merely an acquisition. The film tenderly and perceptively observes Mirabelle's predicament as the men's characters, warts and all, are drawn out and she is placed in the position where she must choose one or the other.
Director: Anand Tucker
Starring: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms, Frances Conroy
(Widescreen, 2005, 15, 3 Star)


01:50
Daratt (Film)
Written and directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Daratt is a drama set in Chad after a 40-year civil war. Incensed by the news that the authorities have granted an amnesty to war criminals, Gumar Abatcha orders his 16-year-old grandson Atim to find and execute Nassara, the man who murdered his father during the conflict. But Nassara is now a religious and law-abiding family man, and when Atim gets work as an apprentice in his bakery, he finds it's not as easy to kill his enemy in cold blood as he had imagined. Showing as part of the New Crowned Hope season of films made by international filmmakers to celebrate the spirit of Mozart.
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring: Khayar Oumar Defallah, Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Djibril Ibrahim
(Premiere, Widescreen, In Arabic and French With Subtitles, 2006, 12)

 

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Film4 Listings for Friday 24th April


13:00
The Dark Corner (Film)
A classic film noir from Henry Hathaway. Bradford Galt is a private detective just out of prison whose former partner is gunned down by cuckolded Hardy Cathcart, who then pins the blame on Galt. As the net closes in, Galt's only hope is his secretary Kathleen, who's free to gather evidence proving his innocence, but at great risk to herself.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix, Mark Stevens, Kurt Kreuger, Cathy Downs
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1946, PG, 3 Star)


14:55
Oliver Twist (Film)
Alec Guinness's superb performance as Fagin dominates David Lean's classic adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. With John Howard Davies in the title role, Robert Newton as Bill Sikes and Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger.
Director: David Lean
Starring: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies, Henry Stephenson
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1948, U, 4 Star)


17:10
The Hound of The Baskervilles (Film)
The first colour film version of Conan Doyle's classic story stars Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and Andre Morell as Dr Watson. Holmes is called in to investigate the continued killing of the Baskerville Lords by the "hound of hell", but is he too late to save Sir Henry from certain death?
Director: Terence Fisher
Starring: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi, David Oxley
(Subtitles, 1959, 15, 4 Star)


18:55
Project X (Film)
Matthew Broderick stars in Jonathan Kaplan's sci-fi comedy as Jimmy Garrett, a trainee air force pilot assigned to teach chimps to use flight simulators. He becomes particularly attached to Virgil when he discovers the ape can use sign language learnt when he was part of a university programme. Then Garrett learns the real purpose of the simulator training: to fly Virgil through a fatal dose of radiation to simulate a nuclear attack on human pilots. He joins forces with Virgil's trainer Teri McDonald, and the trio flee the establishment, but the military are hot on their heels, determined not to lose their star chimp. Edited for language.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler, Johnny Ray McGhee, Jonathan Stark
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1987, PG, 3 Star)


21:00
East Is East (Film)
Damien O'Donnell's multi-award-winning comedy stars Om Puri as George Khan, a Pakistani immigrant who, along with his wife Ella, is trying to run his fish-and-chip shop while coping with their seven children. Despite his increasingly desperate attempts to raise them to honour traditional values, all they want to do is embrace the best that the West has to offer.
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Starring: Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi, Emil Marwa, Chris Bisson
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1999, 15, 3 Star)




22:55
The Rules of Attraction (Film)
James van der Beek stars as Sean Bateman, a freshman at Camden College, who's in love with Lauren Hyde. She's waiting for her wastrel boyfriend Victor Johnson to come back from a trip around Europe, while Paul Denton, who used to date Lauren, is exploring his bisexual side with a crush on Sean. This smart romantic drama by Roger Avary uses flashbacks, split screens and time loops to tell their stories, which are based on a Brett Easton Ellis novel, and captures exactly the American Generation X of affected, self-centred teens, while managing to engage the viewer's interest and sympathies with them.
Director: Roger Avary
Starring: James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Kip Pardue, Jessica Biel, Ian Somerhalder, Clifton Collins Jr.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2002, 18, 3 Star)


01:05
Ripley's Game (Film)
In Liliana Cavani's film based on the second of Patricia Highsmith's novels, Tom Ripley is played by John Malkovich. Married and living the life of luxury as an art dealer in Italy, he is angered at a snide slight from neighbour Jonathan Trevanny. The chance for revenge comes when long-time associate Reeves asks him to find a 'faceless' assassin for a job in Russia. Trevanny, fatally ill with cancer and desperate to provide for his family, is the ideal man to manipulate, but then things go wrong...
Starring: Ray Winstone, John Malkovich, Uwe Mansshardt, Hanns Zischler, Paolo Paoloni, Maurizio Lucà
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2002, 15, 3 Star)


03:15
Movie Rush 2009 (Entertainment)
The latest film features and interviews.

 

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Film4 Listings for Saturday 25th April


13:00
Elizabethtown (Film)
Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy stars Orlando Bloom as Drew Baylor, a shoe designer who has just cost his company $972 million and whose father has just died. On his way to the funeral, contemplating suicide, he meets perky flight attendant Claire Colburn whose good nature draws out his positive side, as do the good people of Elizabethtown, where his father's memory is revered. As the couple spend more time together, their on/off affair is crystalised when she sends him off on a journey of discovery, with maps, CDs and instructions that will help him find himself again. Edited for content.
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Judy Greer
(Widescreen, 2005, 12, 2 Star)


15:25
Howards End (Film)
Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson are the central figures in James Ivory's adaptation of E M Forster's novel of love, treachery and revenge. Bonham Carter falls for Paul Wilcox but is rebuffed. Her sister Thompson becomes friends with his mother who promises her the family house, Howards End. But after her death, the will disappears and it appears the inheritance will disappear. Until the widower, Anthony Hopkins, becomes attracted to Thompson.
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph Bennett, Emma Thompson, Prunella Scales, Adrian Ross-Magenty
(Subtitles, 1992, PG, 4 Star)


18:20
The Core (Film)
The world is struck by inexplicable phenomena - Rome's Colosseum explodes, London's pigeons go berserk - until it becomes apparent that the planet's core has stopped moving, causing electro-magnetic mayhem. The only hope lies in a crack team of scientists burrowing to the core and re-starting earth's engine. But is the disaster natural or is there a more sinister explanation? Jon Amiel's science-fiction blockbuster eschews outer space for inner-space in this taut special-effects extravaganza. Edited for language.
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Christopher Shyer, Ray Galletti, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Eileen Pedde
(Subtitles, 2003, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
Mean Girls (Film)
Lindsay Lohan stars as Cady Heron who, having been home-schooled by her parents, is new to high school and totally unversed on how to survive the jungle-like teen society. But, befriended by two other outsiders, goth Janis and gay Damian, she infiltrates queen bee Regina George's hive to bring about her downfall. Mark Waters' teen comedy is a cut above the rest, thanks to a smart screenplay from Saturday Night Live regular Tina Fey and outstanding performances not just from Lohan, but the whole cast.
Director: Mark Waters
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 3 Star)


22:50
Scream 3 (Film)
The last instalment in the Scream trilogy is set in Hollywood, where Stab 3 is being shot, with Gale Weathers and Dwight Riley on set as advisors to Jennifer Jolie. Unfortunately, a killer decides to off the cast in the order of the screenplay and only "Sid" Prescott, now in hiding until the killer tracks her down, can solve the riddle.
Director: Wes Craven
Starring: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Parker Posey, Scott Foley
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1999, 18, 4 Star)




01:05
Syndromes and a Century (Film)
A film from Thailand telling the story of director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents, who were both doctors, and recalling fragments of the director's memories and feelings about growing up in the environment of the hospital where they worked. Nominated for a Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, Syndromes and a Century provoked controversy, and the attention of Thai film censors, when it screened in Thailand. Showing as part of the New Crowned Hope season of films made by international filmmakers to celebrate the spirit of Mozart.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Starring: Sakda Kaewbuadee, Jaruchai Iamaram, Nantarat Sawaddikul, Arkanae Cherkam, Wanna Wattanajinda, Jenjira Pongpas
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, In Thai With Subtitles, 2006, 15, 4 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Sunday 26th April


13:00
Batman and Robin (Film)
George Clooney donned the cape for the fourth instalment of the Batman franchise, battling super-villain Mr Freeze and seductive eco-terrorist Poison Ivy. With Freeze planning permanent winter, faithful butler Alfred falling prey to a mysterious illness, and Ivy coming between the caped crusader and Robin, teaming up with Batgirl is the crime-fighting duo's only chance of saving the day... Director Joel Schumacher injects the film with wilder special effects than its predecessors, evoking the franchise's cartoon heritage.
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough
(Subtitles, 1997, 15, 2 Star)


15:25
The Gunfighter (Film)
Gregory Peck stars in Henry King's noir western as Jimmy Ringo, an ageing gunslinger who rides into a strange town. He's there to find his estranged wife and son and maybe settle down, but wherever he goes there's always some young buck out to make a name for himself by outgunning the notorious Jimmy Ringo, little knowing that the curse of being the fastest draw will then fall on him. This underrated film was to influence countless westerns, most notably High Noon, released two years later.
Director: Henry King
Starring: Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden, Skip Homeier
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1950, U, 4 Star)


17:05
Watership Down (Film)
Based on Richard Adams' acclaimed novel, Martin Rosen's animated film tells of the adventures of Hazel, Fiver and a group of rabbits in search of a new warren. Featuring Zero Mostel as Kehaar, the seagull who helps them against General Woundwort, who seeks to destroy them.
Director: Martin Rosen
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1978, U, 4 Star)


18:50
In Good Company (Film)
Not only does Dennis Quaid have a boss who's half his age, but the hotshot is ****** his daughter (Scarlett Johansson). Smart comedy drama from the maker of About A Boy.
Director: Paul Weitz
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger, David Paymer, Clark Gregg
(Widescreen, 2004, 15, 4 Star)


21:00
The Devil Wears Prada (Film)
Anne Hathaway plays Andy Sachs, a would-be journalist from Ohio who lands a job as assistant to the assistant of Miranda Priestly, editor of the successful fashion magazine Runway and an egomaniac in immaculate clothing. Andy soon learns that her personal life and her partner Nate run a distant second to Miranda's whims, but a mutual respect slowly grows between the two women in David Frankel's whip-smart comedy.
Director: David Frankel
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Adrian Grenier
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, PG, 3 Star)




23:10
One Hour Photo (Film)
Robin Williams plays Sy Parrish, who runs a one-hour photo developing lab in a small shopping centre. He's a perfectionist about his work and generous to his regular customers, including a typical family headed by Will Yorkin. Over the years, he's seen the family grow through their photographs, but when he spots evidence of Yorkin being unfaithful, coupled with a threat to his own professional position, his already precarious mental state tips over the edge as his voyeurism becomes an obsession in Mark Romanek's chilling feature debut.
Director: Mark Romanek
Starring: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Erin Daniels, Paul H. Kim
(Editor's Choice, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2002, 15, 4 Star)


01:00
L.A. Confidential (Film)
Oscar winning dark, fast double-cross thriller about two very different cops drawn together by an obsession with the same murder case and the same woman in 1950's L.A. In a shady world of powerful gangsters and corrupt policemen, an A-student rookie and a tougher-than-tough detective are forced to question past loyalties and contain their hostility towards one another in order to seek out the truth behind a series of killings.
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito
(Subtitles, 1997, 18, 5 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Monday 27th April


13:00
The Iron Petticoat (Film)
Katharine Hepburn plays a humourless Russian, Captain Vinka Kovelenko, who defects from her home country. Major Chuck Lockwood is assigned to show her the bright lights of London while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, the two opposites fall in love but then must contend with the KGB, who are not happy with the idea of one of their officers running around free in London in this comedy.
Director: Ralph L. Thomas
Starring: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton, James Robertson-Justice, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff
(Subtitles, 1956, PG, 3 Star)


14:50
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 the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helping the Brits combat the Nazi menace.
Director: Harold French
Starring: Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Deborah Kerr
(Subtitles, Black and White, 1942, U, 2 Star)


16:55
It Happened to Jane (Film)
Richard Quine's likeable romantic comedy drama, starring Doris Day as Jane Osgood, a spunky widow who runs her own lobster business. When a shipment is spoiled by a railroad's negligence, she hires lawyer George Denham to sue the company's owner, no-good Harry Foster Malone, for damages. As the legal battle progresses, Jane realises that even if she loses the case, she may have found a new husband.
Director: Richard Quine
Starring: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Forrest, Teddy Rooney, Russ Brown
(Widescreen, 1959, PG, 2 Star)


18:50
Crocodile Dundee II (Film)
Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee, now living in New York, wages war against a drug-running gang when his reporter girlfriend is kidnapped because she possesses incriminating film of a drug-related murder. Having rescued her with his antipodean cunning and the help of a gang of punks, the couple flee to the relative safety of the Australian outback - but the villains are in hot pursuit.
Director: John Cornell
Starring: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Hechter Ubarry, Juan Fernández, Charles S. Dutton
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1988, PG, 3 Star)


21:00
X-Men: The Last Stand (Film)
In the last of the X-Men movie franchise, directed by Brett Ratner, a mutant named Leech who is able to produce an antibody that is a cure for all mutants becomes the focus of the X-Men's battle. Billionaire Warren Worthington II, ashamed of his mutant son Warren III, a.k.a. Angel, kidnaps Leech to manufacture the cure and rid the world of mutants. But while Professor Charles Xavier advises negotiation and understanding, Magneto favours using mutant force against Worthington, and caught in the middle is government advisor Dr Hank McCoy, a.k.a. Beast. As the mutants, including Wolverine, Storm, Phoenix and Juggernaut, take sides, the battle becomes the final stand for the X-Men.
Director: Brett Ratner
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, 12, 4 Star)




23:00
Idiocracy (Film)
Plucked from the ranks of the US Army because he is the most unremarkable, average individual they have, Corporal Joe Bauers participates in a top-secret human hibernation experiment that is intended to put him to sleep for a year. He is joined by prostitute Rita, who believes that she will escape from pending criminal charges if she takes part. After a series of mishaps, including the arrest and incarceration of the officer in charge of the project, the unlucky pair are abandoned and forgotten, only to wake up 500 years later in a world where the rampant breeding of stupid people has created a universally dumb society ruled by half-wits. Thus Joe and Rita find themselves in a brave new world where they are the two most towering intellects on the planet in Mike Judge's sci-fi comedy.
Director: Mike Judge
Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Anthony 'Citric' Campos, David Herman
(Premiere, Widescreen, 2006, 15, 3 Star)


00:40
Angela's Ashes (Film)
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is an alternately funny and heartbreaking look at growing up in Ireland. Born in Brooklyn, NY, young Frank moves at an early age to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents Angela and Malachy, who have been unable to support their family in America and are hoping for better prospects in their home country. But things hardly improve once they settle in Limerick.
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge, Ronnie Masterson
(Subtitles, 1999, PG, 3 Star)