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Forgetting ★★★★
Sarah Marshall
11.00pm-1 .1 5 a m 5S t a r
After being dumped by Kristen Bell’s
title character, Jason Segel goes to
Hawaii to get over her, only to find she
is at the same hotel with new love
Russell Brand. Segel (who also
scripted) plays his lovelorn
nerd to perfection, there
are great parts for Mila
Kunis and Jonah Hill and
Brand effortlessly steals
the show. (2008; Cert 15).
Miss Peregrine’s ★★★
Home for Peculiar Children
9.00pm-11.25pm C4
The plot is a bit unwieldy, but director
Tim Burton’s visual imagination and
affinity for misfits prove irresistible
in this fantasy adventure adapted
from Ransom Riggs’ novel. Teen
Asa Butterfield arrives at a
Welsh orphanage run by
an enchanting Eva Green’s
pipe-smoking, crossbow-
wielding, shape-shifting
Miss Peregrine. (2016; Cert 12).
Bridget Jones’s Baby ★★★★
9.00pm-11.25pm Channel 5
Renée Zellweger’s third turn as
Bridget sees her tackling pregnancy
in her inimitable fashion. But she’s
in a predicament, as dad could be
Patrick Dempsey or Colin Firth.
Dempsey, Firth, Sarah Solemani and
Emma Thompson provide
plenty of chuckles, but it’s
Zellweger who generates
the film’s heartiest, most
joyful guffaws. Also on C5
Fri at 11pm. (2016; Cert 15).
Sorry to Bother You ★★★★
From Sunday 18th August
(10.20pm-12.20am) Sky Cinema Premiere
A struggling young black man begins
a dizzying ascent up the corporate
ladder at a California telemarketing
firm after he discovers his ability to
adopt a ‘white voice’. Then things
become even more surreal in
this scaldingly funny satire from
musician-turned-director Boots Riley.
As the hero, Lakeith Stanfield is
engagingly befuddled, while
Armie Hammer delivers
a hilariously over-the-top
turn as his scheming
boss. (2018; Cert 15).
- More Sky Premiere reviews on website.
Big Eyes ★★★★
4.40pm-6.55pm Film 4
Artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams)
paints waifs with huge eyes – and
in 1950s and 1960s America the
kitsch portraits are hugely popular.
However, it’s shy Margaret’s pushy
husband, Walter (Christoph Waltz),
who takes the credit... The
stars are ideal and director
Tim Burton ensures his
offbeat, engaging real-life
tale of art fraud looks pretty
as a picture. (2014; Cert 12).
Dirty Harry
10.00pm-12 .0 5 a m IT V4^5
Maverick San Francisco cop ‘Dirty’
Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)
will stop at nothing in his relentless
pursuit of a serial killer (Andy
Robinson) holding the city to ransom.
This groundbreaking, still fresh 1970s
classic gives an on-fire
Eastwood one of his best
roles (after it was turned
down by John Wayne,
Robert Mitchum and Frank
Sinatra). (1971; Cert 18).
RV: Runaway Vacation ★★★
5.10pm-7.05pm Sony Movies
Robin Williams is hilarious as
a harassed marketing consultant
who decides to take his reluctant
family on holiday in a vast, decrepit
mobile home. Naturally, everything
that can go wrong does. This silly
road comedy is enjoyable,
thanks to Williams’ effortless
farcical skills and those of
equally funny Jeff Daniels
as an over-enthusiastic
fellow traveller. (2006; Cert PG).
No Country ★★★★
for Old Men
9.00pm-11.40pm Paramount Network
A drugs deal gone wrong leaves a
lot of bodies and a bag full of cash
in the Texas wilderness. Josh Brolin
stumbles on the scene and takes the
money, which puts killer Javier
Bardem on his trail. Brolin
gives a wonderfully low-key
performance and Tommy
Lee Jones and Woody
Harrelson also leave
their mark. (2007; Cert 15).
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