Viceroy’s
House (Sat)Victor
Frankenstein
(Sat)Quantum Of
Solace (Sun)FILM OF
THE WEEK
Ant-Man (Sat)MOVIES
THE BEST OF THIS WEEK’S
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20th Century
Women (Sat)movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays
a 21st-century construction worker
who discovers his memory of the
past derives from a chip implanted
in his brain. Cue a trip to Mars to
piece together his true identity, as
well as to find the man responsible.
(1990/15) ★★★★20th Century Women
10.45pm BBC2 PREMIERE (Not NI)
Annette Bening stars as a single
mum in 1979, bringing up her 15-year-
old son in a Santa Barbara boarding
house. Billy Crudup plays her
potential love interest, with Elle
Fanning and Greta Gerwig as fellow
lodgers. (2016/15) ★★★★SATURDAY
Captain America:
Civil War
6.25pm ITV
Chris Evans is back as the Marvel
hero for a third time, and he’s going
up against Iron Man (Robert Downey
Jr). The blockbuster boasts an
impressive cast including Scarlett
Johansson, Don Cheadle and our
own young Tom Holland, debuting
as Spiderman. (2016/12) ★★★★
FILM OF THE WEEK
Ant-Man
5.45pm BBC
A very welcome addition to the
Marvel Universe, Paul Rudd plays the
insect-sized hero with superhuman
strength. It’s a quirky premise and
the script is suitably tongue-in-
cheek, as Ant-Man undertakes a
daring heist. (2015/12) ★★★★
Viceroy’s House
9pm BBC2 PREMIERE (NI 10pm)
Hugh Bonneville – alias Downton’s
Lord Grantham – plays the Prince
of Wales’s mentor, Lord Louis
Mountbatten. Set in 1947, this biopic
shows his days as the last Viceroy of
India, as the country transitions from
British territory to independence.
(2017/12) ★★★★
To t a l Re ca l l
10.30pm ITV
In Paul Verhoeven’s classic sci-fi
bring the dead back to life, with
inevitably disastrous results. (2015/12)
★★★Hunky Dory
12.45am BBC
Minnie Driver plays a drama teacher
in 1970s Wales in a charming mash-
up of Glee and Gavin & Stacey. She
inspires kids to take part in a school
musical featuring rock hits by the
likes of David Bowie. (2011/15) ★★★SUNDAY
Mannequin
2.05pm ITV
Get your fix of 80s nostalgia, as
Andrew McCarthy falls in love with a
department store dummy that
comes alive. Contains a pre-Sex And
The City Kim Cattrall, one of the
Golden Girls, and Jefferson Starship
on the soundtrack. (1987/PG)
★★★★13 Going On 30
6pm W
You can’t beat a good bodyswap
comedy. Here, a teenage girlmakes a wish on her birthday and
wakes up as an adult. Jennifer Garner
nails the awkward goofiness of
adolescent confusion, plus some
kick-ass ‘Thriller’ dance moves.
(2004/12) ★★★Quantum of Solace
8pm ITV
Unfairly dismissed as Daniel
Craig’s worst 007 film, we’d
suggest QoS is actually much
better than the bloated Spectre.
At a mere 106 minutes it’s one
of the snappiest Bond yarns,
with Olga Kurylenko impressing
as revenge-fuelled femme
fatale Camille. (2008/12)
★★★★A Good Day To Die Hard
10pm C
‘Me and my boy here, we’re
gonna put a whuppin’ on ya.’
The fifth film in the action franchise
sees Bruce Willis’ smirky-faced
John McClane teaming up with
his son (Jai Courtney) to battle
criminals in Moscow. The gun
fights make up for a smug script.
(2013/12) ★★★Victor Frankenstein
11.40pm C
A huge box-office bomb, this
version of Mary Shelley’s gothic
horror classic is told from the
perspective of lab assistant Igor
(Daniel Radcliffe). He helps James
McAvoy’s maverick scientist