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EDITOR’S CHOICE


Annie Hall 5
Saturday, B BC2 H D, 10.35pm
Winning four Oscars, including Best
Film and Best Director for Woody Allen,
this sophisticated romcom finds Allen’s
stand-up comic wooing Diane Keaton’s
aspiring actress. 1977, 15, 95MIN

Star Trek VI: Undiscovered
Country 4
Sunday, Sky Sky-Fi HD, 6pm
The original crew of the Enterprise may
have had to get their uniforms let out
a bit more, but this is still a worthy
addition to the series. 1991, PG, 109MIN

Red Lights 3
Saturday, Horror, 9pm/Horror+1, 10pm
A top-drawer cast, including Cillian
Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De
Niro and Toby Jones, lends substance to
a psychological thriller with paranormal
overtones. 2012, 15, 113MIN

Finding Neverland 5
Saturday, Sony Movies, 2pm/
Sony Movies+1, 3pm
This moving portrait of Peter Pan creator
JM Barrie benefits from the restrained
performances of stars Johnny Depp and
Kate Winslet. 2004, PG, 101MIN

The Heat 3
Saturday, C4 HD, 11.20pm/
C4+1, 12.20am
There is a lot of knockabout fun to be
had as Melissa McCarthy and Sandra
Bullock’s mismatched cops team up
to catch a drug lord. 2013, 15, 117MIN

ParaNorman 4
Monday, Sky Family HD, 7pm
A lovely animated fantasy about
a young boy (voiced by Kodi Smit-
McPhee) who can talk to ghosts and
learns that a witch’s curse is about to
destroy his home town. 2012, PG, 93MIN

Now You See Me 2 3
Sunday, Film4 HD, 6.25pm/
Film4+1, 7.25pm
Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, newbie
Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Eisenberg are
up to their old tricks, but they have little
left up their sleeves. 2016, 12, 129MIN

Hotel Mumbai 4
Saturday, Sky Premiere HD, 8pm/
Sky Premiere+1, 9pm
Sometimes almost unbearably tense,
this re-creation of the terrorist attack
in Mumbai in 2008 stars Dev Patel
and Armie Hammer. 2018, 15, 123MIN

The 40 Year
Old Virgin 4
Tuesday, ITV2 HD, 9pm/ITV2+1, 10pm
Steve Carell is a likeable lead in a
part-raunchy, part-sweet farce about
a shopworker belatedly trying to
kick-start his love life. 2005, 15, 116MIN

The Predator 3
Tuesday, Sky Sky-Fi HD, 9pm
Eking out yet more mileage from the
1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger action
movie, this sort-of sequel gives the
extraterrestrial beasties a genetically
modified makeover. 2018, 15, 107MIN

John Wick 4
Tuesday, 5Star, 9pm/5Star+1, 10 pm
Keanu Reeves bounced back to box-
office form with this enjoyable thriller, the
first of a lucrative franchise, which finds
him playing a former hitman embarking
on a vengeance spree. 2014, 15, 101MIN

Mamma Mia! 4
Friday, Sky Comedy H D, 6 .10 pm
Never have the songs of ABBA been
sung so badly, but you may hardly care
as Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and
company throw themselves into this
musical with gusto. 2008, PG, 109MIN

A Nightmare
on Elm Street 4
Tuesday, Sky Greats HD, 12m’t
The film that introduced the world to
dream demon Freddy Krueger still
packs a punch, and also features Johnny
Depp in his debut role. 1984, 18, 91MIN

Only God Forgives 3
Friday, Sony Movies, 11.10pm/
Sony Movies+1, 12.10am
Set in Bangkok, this violent revenge saga
oozes style as Ryan Gosling’s drug dealer
is sent by his mother to track down his
brother’s killers. 2013, 18, 90MIN

Bohemian
Rhapsody 4
Thursday, Sky Drama HD, 8pm
An Oscar-winning Rami Malek looks
and moves the part as legendary
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury
in this rousing biopic chronicling
the years leading up to the band’s
epochal 1985 Live Aid performance
at Wembley Stadium. Unashamedly
corny in places, and not a little clunky
in others, the movie gets things right
where it matters most – capturing
the electrifying excitement of the
band’s music. 2018, 12, 134MIN
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