TV&Satellite Week 21
Films day-by-day
Beautiful Creatures
Film4 HD, 6.35pm/Film4+1, 7.35pm 3
Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●Twilight with witches instead of vampires, this teen fantasy serves up
another tale of star-crossed lovers blighted by warring supernatural
factions. Alden Ehrenreich plays 17-year-old Ethan Wate, who can’t
wait to escape his stifling South Carolina town when, out of the blue,
Alice Englert’s brooding witch Lena Duchannes appears on the scene.
Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson and Emmy Rossum ham it up amid
the supernatural strife. Also on Friday. 2013, 12 ,124MINFANTASY DRAMA
Sunday14 July
HORROR COMEDY
Zombieland
Sky Sci-Fi/Horror HD, 11.50pm 4
Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●Woody Harrelson stars in a deliciously
crazy horror comedy that plays like an
American version of Shaun of the Dead.
He teams up with Jesse Eisenberg as a
pair of lonely layabouts who are trying
to survive an America overrun by
zombies. Along the corpse-strewn
road, the gun-toting Harrelson and
wussie Eisenberg meet a pair of con
girls (Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin).
Sometimes hilarious, often hysterical,
this is always great fun. 2009, 15, 88MINALSO ON SATURDAY
Racetime
Sky Premiere HD, 6.15pm 3
A slippery animated children’s tale.
Puzzle
Sky Drama HD, 8pm 4
Kelly McDonald picks up the pieces.
Hollywood Homicide
AMC HD, 9pm 3
Harrison and Josh are on the LA beat.
Big
Sky Family HD, 10pm 5
Tom Hanks gets his biggest wish.
Joy Ride
Horror, 10.55pm 4
Three for the road and a whole lot of scares.■ Full listings start on p33
CARTOON
How to Train Your Dragon
Film4 HD, 2.40pm/
Film4+1, 3.40pm 4
Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●An enchanting animated adventure
comedy featuring a cute, laid-back
sense of humour, a surprisingly gripping
story and some fantastic visuals which
recreate the mythical Viking era in which
(according to the book by Cressida
Cowell) dragons roamed the landscape.
Jay Baruchel provides the voice of the
film’s teenage hero Hiccup, who secretly
befriends a dragon whom he thinks he
has wounded. 2010, PG, 98MINFANTASY ADVENTURE
Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part I
ITV HD, 4pm/ITV+1, 5pm 4
Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●With Voldemort in the ascendant, Harry,
Ron and Hermione find themselves
isolated from their allies – and each
other – in the penultimate episode of
the epic Harry Potter film saga, JK
Rowling’s sprawling final book having
been cannily split in two. The mood is
dark and this is the slowest-moving
Potter movie to date, but it does provide
a sturdy springboard for the superb
Deathly Hallows: Part II. 2010, 12, 146MINFANTASY COMEDY
Groundhog Day
Paramount HD, 6.50pm 5
Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●Aside from boasting one of the most
original comedy concepts of the 1990s- a cynical TV weatherman gets stranded
in a backwoods town, reliving the same
day over and over and over again – this
superb comic fantasy fairly crackles with
wit. Director Harold Ramis meticulously
sets up each scene in order to get the
maximum humorous pay-off later on.
As the main character, Bill Murray delivers
one of the finest performances of his
career. 1993, PG, 103MIN
ALSO ON SUNDAY
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
ITV HD, 1.30pm 5
The greatest adventure begins anew.
The Legend of Zorro
Syfy HD, 6.10pm 3
Antonio and Catherine in an action sequel.
The Last of the Mohicans
Sony Movie Channel, 6.45pm 4
James Fenimore Cooper’s s classic romp.
The Enforcer
TCM HD, 9pm 3
Dirty Harry sets out to avenge his partner.
The Keeping Hours
Sky Premiere HD, 12m’t 3
Carrie and Lee must face grim reality.■ Full listings start on p43
Alden was driving
Alice up the wallA Star is Born
Sky Premiere HD, 11.35am & 8pm/Sky Premiere+1, 12.35pm & 9pm 5
Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●As an up-and-coming singer-songwriter, Lady Gaga strips back the
full-on make-up and delivers a nakedly real performance opposite
Bradley Cooper, who plays a hard-drinking, fading country-rock star
in this new but rousingly old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll version of the
bittersweet, previously thrice-filmed showbiz saga. Cooper’s directing
debut, the film picked up eight Oscar nominations and won the award
for Best Original Song. Also Sunday-Friday.2018, 15, 136 MINMUSICAL ROMANCE
Saturday 13 July
SPORT DRAMA
McFarland, USA
BBC2 HD, 3.30pm/
BBC2+1, 4.30pm 3
Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●Kevin Costner is in his element as a gruff
school sports coach who leads a bunch
of cross-country running underdogs to
triumph in this stirring sports drama based
on a true story. Niki Caro, who directed
2002’s Whale Rider, isn’t afraid to tread
a conventional path in her storytelling,
but her deep sympathy for her subjects
and deft film-making ensure that you will
have a lump in your throat and tears in
your eyes by the end. 2015, PG, 129MIN,ROMANTIC COMEDY
Man Up
BBC1 HD, 10.20pm/
BBC1+1, 11.20pm (regions vary) 4
Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●Spinning out its screwball premise with
dexterity and wit, this hugely engaging
British romcom is a winner all the way
as Simon Pegg’s emotionally bruised
divorcee mistakes Lake Bell’s snarky
cynic for his blind date. The film barrels
along around a refreshingly un-touristy
London with a giddy momentum that is
exhilarating, but Pegg and Bell ensure
their characters remain both credible
and likeable. 2015, 15, 88MINGaga was always
being told she was
larger than life