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Bad Times at ★★★★
the El Royale
From Friday 30th August
(8.00pm-10.25pm) Sky Cinema Premiere
Straddling the California-Nevada
border in Lake Tahoe is the hotel El
Royale. It’s 1969 and Jeff Bridges,
Jon Hamm, Cynthia Erivo and
Dakota Johnson are the guests
checking in and Lewis Pullman is
the creepy only employee. There’s
also room for Chris Hemsworth
and all manner of fiendishly
devious twists and turns
as writer-director Drew
Goddard’s stylish, clever
tale unfolds. (2018; Cert 15).- More Sky Premiere reviews on website.
The King’s Speech
5
10.35pm-12. 2 5 a m B B C 1
11.05pm-12.55am Wales
It’s the 1930s, the era of the wireless,
but future King George VI (Colin
Firth) suffers from a debilitating
stutter. So his wife (Helena Bonham
Carter) takes him to eccentric Aussie
speech therapist Lionel
Logue (Geoffrey Rush).
All three stars are word
perfect in this sensational
drama that’s witty, clever,
and touching. (2010; Cert 12).Mamma Mia!
5
7.4 5 p m-1 0.0 0 p m 5S t a r
Meryl Streep sings and dances up
a storm as a hippie running a hotel
on a Greek island. Her daughter,
Amanda Seyfried, is marrying
Dominic Cooper and this
ABBAsolutely fabulous film of the
stage musical gets hilarious
when, hoping to find her
dad, she invites her mum’s
ex-lovers (Pierce Brosnan,
Stellan Skarsgård and
Colin Firth). (2008; Cert PG).Blade Runner 2049
5
On demand Netflix
A not-to-be-missed sequel to
Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece
Blade Runner from director Denis
Villeneuve. It’s 30 years after the
original, LA’s just as bleak and Ryan
Gosling is the Blade Runner ‘retiring’
rogue replicants. But then
a puzzling discovery sends
him on an earth-shattering
quest... The film looks
stunning and the characters
are compelling. (2017; Cert 15).Hacksaw Ridge ★★★★
9.00pm-11.35pm Channel 5
Director Mel Gibson doesn’t stint on
the brutality of warfare in this stirring
account of conscientious objector
Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield)
who, during World War Two,
single-handedly saved 75 men after
charging into battle without
a gun. Garfield is movingly
gutsy and Vince Vaughn,
Teresa Palmer and Hugo
Weaving offer excellent
support. (2016; Cert 15).The Muppets ★★★★
1.10pm-2.45pm BBC2
A really funny family film in which
Muppets fan Jason Segel (who
also co-wrote the script) travels to
Hollywood with his chirpy girlfriend
(Amy Adams) and shy brother (Peter
Linz) to find out what’s happened to
his heroes. Learning Chris
Cooper’s tycoon wants to
tear down the Muppets
Studios, Segel sets about
rallying the old gang to
save the day. (2011; Cert U).The Shawshank
5
Redemption
9.00pm-11 .5 0 p m IT V4
Wrongly jailed for killing his wife and
her lover, 1940s banker Tim Robbins
is sent to Maine’s Shawshank
Penitentiary, where he befriends
veteran lifer Morgan Freeman and
becomes a financial guru to
prisoners and guards alike.
An affecting, captivating
adaptation of a Stephen
King story, with a brilliant
pay-off. (1994; Cert 15).PICKS OF THE WEEK 24-30 August
Channel 5 Premiere
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Civil War
6.25pm-9.10pm ITV
A titanic superhero scrap ensues
when Chris Evans’ Captain America
and Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man
fall out. A mission in Nigeria leaves
immense collateral damage, so the
UN places the Avengers
under its supervision. But
they can’t agree on whether
to comply. Great stuff with
spectacular action and
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