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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