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Big Hero 6
2pm BBC
Irresistible CGI caper from Disney.
Teenager Hiro and his nerdy mates
befriend a giant inflatable robot
called Baymax. But when an evil
super-villain attacks the fictional city
of San Fransokyo, they must save
the day. (2014/PG) ★★★★
Pirates of the Caribbean:
On Stranger Tides
6.30pm BBC
The fourth instalment of the
swashbuckling franchise sees Johnny
Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow taking
to the high seas in search of the
Fountain of Youth. He encounters
mermaids, zombies and Ian
McShane as Blackbeard the
pirate. (2011/12) ★★★
FILM OF THE WEEK
Eddie the Eagle
6.50pm Film
Britcentric feelgood comedy based
on a true story, with Taron Egerton
as ski jumper Eddie Edwards. Despite
being a laughing stock in his own
sport, the ultimate underdog guns
for glory at the 1988 Winter
Olympics. (2016/PG) ★★★★★
Captain America:
The First Avenger
8pm ITV
The shield-wielder gets his own
movie – the first of three so far.
Chris Evans is cast as weedy military
Clouds of Sils Maria
11.55pm BBC
Here’s one for arthouse cinema
lovers. Juliette Binoche plays a
washed-up actress who becomes
unhealthily dependent on her
personal assistant (Kristen Stewart)
while filming her big comeback
movie. (2014/15) ★★★SUNDAY
Apollo 13
1.50pm ITV
‘Houston, we have a problem.’ Tom
Hanks plays one of three NASA
astronauts facing death when
their spacecraft is badly damaged en
route to the Moon. Ed Harris is the
flight director trying to get them
back to Earth. (1995/PG) ★★★★★Valentine’s Day
3.25pm ITV
Sometimes witty, sometimes
nauseating rom-com, as an all-star
cast play out one February 14 in
Los Angeles. Julia Roberts and
Bradley Cooper top the bill, but
Taylor Swift steals the show as a
ditzy high-school babe who’s terrible
at the long jump. (2010/12) ★★★Rock of Ages
7.40pm ITV
Relive the glorious era of Eighties
hair metal with this comedy based
on the hit musical. Julianne Hough
and Diego Boneta are ambitious
musicians dreaming of rock stardom
on LA’s Sunset Strip – with tunes
from Def Leppard, Bon Jovi and
Guns N’ Roses. (2012/12) ★★★World War Z
9pm Film
The world really didn’t need yet
another zombie film – but Brad Pitt
clearly begged to differ. He plays a
UN employee trying to stop a global
undead pandemic. Despite the lack
of originality, it is one of Brad’s top
grossing movies. (2013/15) ★★★★MONDAY
The Internship
10pm Comedy Central
Long-time comedy collaborators
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson
ham it up as failed salesmen trying
to win starter jobs at Google. Can
these old dogs learn new tricks in an
industry dominated by younger,
tech-savvy geeks? (2013/12) ★★★reject Steve Rogers, who’s turned
into a beefy super-soldier by a
boffin, then goes head-to-head
with Hugo Weaving’s Nazi baddie
Red Skull. (2011/12) ★★★Transformers:
The Last Knight
9pm C
The fifth film in the ‘robots in
disguise’ sci-fi franchise sees Mark
Wahlberg once again teaming up
with the Autobots to battle
Megatron’s Decepticons. Michael
Bay orchestrates the heavy metal
mayhem. (2017/12) ★★★★Bridget Jones: The
Edge of Reason
10.35pm ITV
A truly lamentable sequel which
besmirches both its predecessor
and the Helen Fielding books.
Renée Zellweger’s neurotic heroine
splits from dishy Darcy (Colin Firth)
and ends up singing Madonna
songs while locked up in a Thai
jail. (2004/15) ★★