The King’s
Speech (Fri)MONDAY
The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel
6.35pm More
A terrific ensemble cast of veteran
thesps, including Judi Dench, show
the young ’uns how it’s done in a
irresistible Brit comedy. She’s among
a group of retirees taking up
residence at a rather dilapidated
hotel in India. (2011/12) ★★★★
Sing Street
11.40pm Film
Like The Commitments, here’s a
joyous musical comedy set in Dublin.
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo plays a high
school misfit who forms an electro-
pop band to impress a local model.
The script fizzes with caustic wit,
while the soundtrack is pure 1980s
nostalgia. (2016/12) ★★★★★
TUESDAY
Nerve
11.15pm Film
Millennials will love this lurid
techno-thriller, starring Emma
Roberts as a teenager who plays a
high risk, high reward online game of
truth or dare. She rakes in the cash
at first, but finds her life being
manipulated when she breaks the
rules. (2016/15) ★★★
WEDNESDAY
The World’s End
9pm ITV
Fans of Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The
Dead won’t be disappointed by
Simon’s Pegg’s final film in the
so-called Cornetto Trilogy. Five
mates reunite for an epic pub crawl,
but instead find themselves trying to
avert armageddon. (2013/15) ★★★★
THURSDAY
Magic Mike XXL
9pm Comedy Central
Before it inspired a hit touring erotic
show, this sequel upped the fun
factor from the first film. Channing
Tatum and his gang of gyrating hunks
go on a road trip en-route to their
last ever performance at a strippers’
convention. (2015/15) ★★★★Ghost In The Shell
9pm Film
Scarlett Johansson stars as Major
Mira Killian, who, following a terrible
crash, is cyber-enhanced to become
the perfect soldier, with the aim of
stopping the world’s most dangerous
criminals. Based on a Japanese
Manga, it’s looks amazing but lacks
substance. (2017/12) ★★★FRIDAY
The King’s Speech
10.35pm BBC1 (Wales 11.05pm)
This terrific historical drama saw
Colin Firth deservedly win a Best
Actor Oscar. He plays King George
VI, who overcomes a profound
stammer and fear of public speaking
with the help of Geoffrey Rush’s
unorthodox speech therapist.
(2010/12) ★★★★★The Hobbit: The
Desolation Of Smaug
10.45pm ITV
With Game Of Thrones over, get
your dwarves and dragons fix here
instead. Peter Jackson’s second
Hobbit film see’s Martin Freeman’s
Bilbo Baggins journey to the Lonely
Mountain for an appointment with
a monster. (2013/12) ★★★★Three Kings
11.50pm TCM Movies
Deftly balancing black comedy with
disturbing violence, this satirical gem
captures the confusion of conflict.
George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg
are Gulf War soldiers trying to steal
gold from the Iraqis, but Saddam
Hussein’s henchmen have other
ideas. (1999/15) ★★★★Sky Cinema Premiere
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hAssassination Nation
(From Saturday)
Lily Colson is a high school senior
who hangs out with her three best
friends, Bex Warren, and sisters Em
and Sarah Lacey. However, their lives
are turned upside down when a
hacker leaks data from the local
residents’ phones. Comedy thriller,
with Odessa Young. (2018/18) ★★★★The Hate U Give
(From Sunday)
Starr Carter lives in two worlds – the
poor, black neighbourhood where
she resides and the mostly white
prep school she attends. When she
witnesses the fatal shooting of her
childhood friend by a policeman,
Starr must find her voice and stand
up for what’s right. Drama, starring
Amandla Stenberg. (2018/12) ★★★★
An Elephant’s Journey
(From Monday)
Aging and ailing, circus elephant Flora
is due to be put down. However, the
night before she’s scheduled to be
euthanised, the owner’s 14-year-old
daughter, Dawn, sneaks her from
the circus, and they embark on an
epic journey to the safety of an
elephant preserve. Drama, starring
David Arquette. (2018/PG) ★★★A Very Bad Day
(From Tuesday)
Account manager Daniel is preparing
for career day at his daughter’s
elementary school, while dealing with
the fallout of getting fired by his new
boss. Meanwhile, the boss’s son falls
for Daniel’s daughter, and the
teaching staff spend the day trying to
hide the school’s dead gardener.
Comedy drama, starring Common
and Jennifer Garner. (2017/15) ★★★
Under The Tree
(From Wednesday)
When Baldwin and Inga’s neighbours
complain that a tree in their yard
casts a shadow over their sundeck,
what starts off as a typical spat in the
suburbs unexpectedly and violently
spirals out of control. Comedy
drama, starring Edda Bjorgvinsdottir
and Steinthor Hroar Steinthorsson.
In Icelandic. (2017/15) ★★★★
Tyrel
(From Thursday)
Race relations come to the forefront
when Tyler, a young black man, joins
an all-white group of friends for a
weekend of drinking and debauchery
in the Catskills. Comedy drama,
starring Jason Mitchell and
Christopher Abbott. (2018/15) ★★★
Bad Times At The
El Royale (From Friday)
In the late 1960s, several strangers,
many with a secret to bury, meet by
chance at a rundown Lake Tahoe’s
hotel with a dark past. During the
course of one night, everyone will
show their true colours. Director
Drew Goddard’s mystery thriller,
starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo and
Dakota Johnson. (2018/15) ★★★★Bad Times
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