The Green
Hornet (Thur)WEDNESDAY
The Hangover
9pm ITV
This classic bachelor party caper
launched Bradley Cooper to global
fame and just gets funnier with
repeat viewing. A gang of stag
revellers, including Zach Galifianakis’
hilarious ‘lone wolf’, must track
down a missing groom in Las Vegas.
(2009/15) ★★★★★
Pride and Prejudice
and Zombies
11.15pm Film
Tongue-in-cheek genre mash-up,
with the undead unleashed on the
characters of Jane Austen’s classic
romantic novel. There’s lots of gore
and gags as Lily James portrays
heroine Elizabeth Bennet, who kicks
serious zombie ass in a corset.
(2016/15) ★★★
THURSDAY
The Green Hornet
9pm Comedy Central
This was a box-office flop but, to be
fair, it’s far from the worst superhero
film you’ll see. Seth Rogen plays a
wise-cracking playboy who becomes
a masked crimefighter with the
help of his kung-fu expert sidekick,
Kato (Jay Chou). (2011/12) ★★★
Angels & Demons
9pm 5Star
Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor top
the bill in the big-screen version of
Dan Brown’s mega-selling book,
forming the sequel to 2006’s
underwhelming The Da Vinci Code.
This time the plot is slightly less
incomprehensible and there’s more
action. (2009/12) ★★★FRIDAY
The Big Lebowski
9pm TCM
The tag ‘cult classic’ is attached to
every Coen brothers movie but it’s
entirely justified here. In a Raymond
Chandler-inspired crime comedy,
Jeff Bridges plays an LA slacker
called The Dude who gets caught
up in a farcical kidnapping plot.
(1998/18) ★★★★X-Men: Apocalypse
9pm Film
The ninth instalment of the sci-fi
franchise set around the Marvel
Universe is a corker. Oscar Isaac is
on board as an ancient mutant
who recruits Magneto in an evil
plot to destroy mankind. Can
Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) stop
them? (2016/12) ★★★★Hot Shots!
11.25pm Comedy Central
The camp posturing of Top Gun
was ripe for mickey-taking and this
action comedy gleefully obliged.
Charlie Sheen plays a maverick pilot
on a dangerous mission with dozens
of hysterical Naked Gun-esque sight
gags. (1991/PG) ★★★A Most Violent Year
11.35pm BBC
Nuanced, slow-burning thriller with
the reliably excellent Oscar Isaac as
an ambitious immigrant running a
New York oil company in 1981. When
his truck drivers keep getting
hijacked, he must consider fighting
force with force. (2014/15) ★★★★Sky Cinema Premiere
What’s on this week
SKY 301 / 312 VIRGIN 401 / 402★★★★★ brilliant ★★★★ very good ★★★ good ★★ average ★ badCheck your planner for timesRalph Breaks the Internet
(From Saturday)
Six years after the events of Wreck-It
Ralph, the destructive video game
character and his hyperactive friend
Vanellope discover a wifi router in
Litwak’s Family Fun Centre and Arcade.
Before long, they embark on a new
quest. Animated adventure, with
the voice of John C Reilly. (2018/PG)The Iron Sky:
The Coming Race
(From Sunday)
It’s 2047 and Earth has been
destroyed by nuclear war. The last of
mankind, struggling to co-exist on the
Moon, race to battle an extraordinary
enemy and save humanity. Fantasy
sequel to cult movie Iron Sky,
starring Lara Rossi, Vladimir Burlakov
and Kit Dale. (2019/15) ★★★
Drunk on Love
(From Monday)
A young man living a sheltered life
develops a crush on an ex-stripper.
When troublesome exes and nosy
relatives cause problems for him, he
winds up joining an Alcoholics
Anonymous group to be closer to his
obsession. Director William H Macy’s
comedy, starring Rosario Dawson
and Nick Robinson. (2017/15) ★★★The Adventures
of Jurassic Pet
(From Tuesday)
A teenage boy adopts and hatches a
baby T-rex he calls Albert. However,
when a mad scientist wants to use
the creature for cloning experiments,
the youngster sets out on a mission
to rescue the kidnapped Albert.
Adventure, starring Ben Hall and
David Fletcher-Hall. (2019/U) ★★★
Escape From Sobibor
(From Wednesday)
Soviet prisoner Alexander Pechersky
organises a rebellion and escape
from a Nazi death camp in Poland.
Drama, co-written and directed by
Konstantin Khabenskiy, who stars
alongside Christopher Lambert and
Philippe Reinhardt. In Russian, German,
Polish and Yiddish. (2018/15) ★★★★
Boogie Man
(From Thursday)
Paavan, a British-Indian teenager
struggling with his identity, falls for a
white actress in her twenties during a
Seventies-themed exhibition. He
soon becomes obsessed with her, the
fashion and music of a seemingly
more glamorous era. Comedy, starring
Ankush Khanna. (2018/12) ★★★
Spider-Man: Into
the Spider-Verse
(From Friday)
After being bitten by a radioactive
arachnid, student Miles Morales
develops incredible abilities, and
becomes a version of Spider-Man.
When a super-collider device opens a
gateway to other dimensions, Miles
crosses paths with five counterparts
to stop a threat for all realities.
Animated adventure, with the voice of
Shameik Moore. (2018/PG) ★★★★★Spider-Man: Into
the Spider-Verse