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SUNDAY Kiss Me Kate (1953) U

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2.15PM, BBC2 HHHH

Cole Porter’s upbeat tunes, beautifully sung by Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel – re-creating their Show Boat harmonies – frame this sparkling version of Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew. Grayson and Keel (above) are the exes sparring backstage.

Minions (2015) U n

2.45PM, UTV HHH

Enjoyable prequel to the Despicable Me movies, starring the pipsqueak yellow sidekicks who stole the show from their master, Gru. Looking for a new villain to serve, the Minions join the employ of the ruthless Scarlet Overkill in England.

Manchester By The Sea (2016) 15

◆ 9PM, RTé2 HHHHH

An Oscar-winning Casey Affleck stars in Kenneth Lonergan’s acclaimed drama. An irritable loner becomes the guardian of his teenage nephew following the death of his brother.

Sylvia (2003) 15

◆ 10PM, BBC4 HHH This biopic charts the life of Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow, left), her depression and her marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig). The couple’s daughter, Frieda, refused to give permission for Plath’s poems to be used, leaving a gaping hole where Plath’s powerful words should be.

The More You Ignore Me

(2018) 15 ◆

10PM, ITV3 HHH

PREMIERE This bittersweet 1980s-set comedy, adapted by Jo Brand from her 2009 novel, follows teenager Alice (Ella Hunt) as she becomes obsessed with Morrissey and The Smiths, while her mother (Sheridan Smith) struggles with her mental health.

Dogman (2018) 15 ◆

1AM, CH4 HHHH

PREMIERE Italian crime drama from director Matteo Garrone, and like his acclaimed 2008 feature Gomorrah, this is also based in fact. In a run-down town, dog groomer Marcello sells cocaine on the side. But his best customer is now crippled by paranoia and is dangerously unhinged.

MONDAY

Perfect Family, Perfect Murder

(2019) PG ● 2.15PM, CH5 HH

This TV movie starts out as a stalker thriller before veering into truly batty territory. It follows an all too trusting Scottish exchange student (Hayley McLaughlin) who swaps a college campus for a nest of vipers.

Godzilla (1998) PG

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8PM, SKY ONE

The special effects help to cover up the lack of a plot – effects that are a significant evolutionary step from the Japanese cult classics that inspired it. Matthew Broderick and Maria Pitillo (above) are the humans looking up in awe at the radioactive beast. Murder On The Orient Express (2017) 12 ◆ 9PM, FILM4 HHHH Just like the 1974 version of the Agatha Christie classic, this has a fantastic ensemble cast. Kenneth Branagh directs himself as Poirot, with Judi Dench (above), Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Colman, Willem Dafoe, Daisy Ridley and Derek Jacobi on the list of suspects.

The Crying Game (1992) 18

▲ 9.55PM, TG4 HHHH

Director Neil Jordan’s low-budget political thriller was a sleeper hit that thrived on word of mouth. Stephen Rea stars as an IRA volunteer who begins to question his allegiances after spending time with a captive British solider (Forest Whitaker).

Crank (2006) 18 ▲

10.30PM, ITV4 HHH

Jason Statham (above) plays a hitman who gets a taste of his own medicine when he’s injected with a poison that will kill him unless he keeps his heart rate up – and no, attaching spark plugs to your nipples is not something you should try at home.

TUESDAY Whistle Down The Wind (1961) PG ● 12.45PM, TALKING PICTURES TV HHHHH

Bryan Forbes’s classic, based on the novel by Mary Hayley Bell, follows three children – among them Bell’s daughter, Hayley Mills (above, with Alan Barnes and Diane Holgate) – whose wild imaginations convince them that the stranger hiding in their barn is Jesus.

Aftermath (2017) 15

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9PM, SONY MOVIES HHH

Action man Arnold Schwarzenegger greets older age and flexes his dramatic muscles in this sombre drama. He plays a husband and father reeling from grief and striking out when his wife and pregnant daughter are killed in a plane crash.

Rush Hour (1998) 12

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10.30PM, ITV4 HHH

Jackie Chan blasts into Hollywood in his first major undubbed English-speaking role as a fish-out-of-water Hong Kong cop in LA. Can he keep up with his motormouth American counterpart (Chris Tucker, below)?

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) 12

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11.40PM, FILM4 HHH

This spot-on sports movie spoof stars Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn as rivals who blast through the cliches as they face off in a Las Vegas arena, dodging balls for cash. Watching grown men taking such a blatantly silly game so seriously is very funny.

The Look Of Love

(2013) 18 ▲

1.30AM, FILM4 HHH

British film-maker Michael Winterbottom directs Steve Coogan in this biopic of Soho businessman Paul Raymond, who made a fortune in property, strip clubs and porn, but whose private life was beset by tragedy.

WEDNESDAY

Did I Kill My Mother? (2018) PG ● 2.15PM, CH5 HH

A young woman finds she is the chief suspect when her mother is killed in an apparent robbery, just a year after her father died in suspicious circumstances. Megan Park heads the cast of the mystery thriller. Leap Year (2010) PG

● 9.35PM, RTé ONE HH

Amy Adams (above, with Matthew Goode) stars in this cheesy romcom as an American woman who plans to travel to Dublin on February 29 to propose to her boyfriend. However, lots of Oirish shenanigans curtail her progress .

2 Guns

(2013) 15 ◆

10PM, SKY ONE HHH

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg are a great match in this darkly comic actioner about a huge wedge of stolen cash that gets lots of people tortured and killed in Mexico. Bill Paxton has fun as an especially twisted and indiscriminate villain in a world that is full of violent and corrupt men.

Hulk

(2003) 12 ◆

10.30PM, ITV4 HHH

All brawn over brains, the Incredible Hulk, to give him his full name in earlier incarnations, is here played by Eric Bana. When not green, Bana’s Bruce Banner is the chilled-out son of a scientist who went too far when messing with human DNA. Just don’t make him angry…

Scream 2 (1997) 18 ▲ 11.15PM, 5STAR HHH This sequel to the 1996 horror movie hit is just as much fun, taking a selfaware swipe at sequels and much more. Courteney Cox and David Arquette return as the ‘adults’ in the room, while Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar (above) is one of the teens taking a creepy phone call.

She’s Funny That Way

(2014) 12 ◆

1.55AM, CH4 HHH

Veteran director Peter Bogdanovich (What’s Up, Doc?) explores life and love backstage on Broadway in this comedy. Among the stars are Imogen Poots and WandaVision’s Kathryn Hahn.

THURSDAY

Sky West And Crooked (1965) PG

● 10AM, TALKING PICTURES TV ★★★★ John Mills directs daughter Hayley in this romantic coming-of-age drama. She stars as 17-year-old Brydie, who is haunted by an accident that killed her friend almost a decade ago. Treated with suspicion, Brydie finds love with Ian McShane’s traveller (above). Save Yourselves! (2020) 15 u

5.10PM, SKY PREMIERE ★★★ PREMIERE Sunita Mani (left) and John Paul Reynolds have an easy chemistry as the couple in this sparky sci-fi comedy. Deciding to spend a week off-grid, they have no idea that aliens (resembling Star Trek’s Tribbles) have invaded – until the furry pouffe in their secluded cabin starts moving.

The Lone Ranger (2013) 12

u 9PM, BBC4 ★★★

Gore Verbinski directs this ambitious revival of the western serial. Armie Hammer is the Ranger, with Helena Bonham Carter adding colour, while Johnny Depp turns Native American Tonto into a mystical eccentric.

Conan The Barbarian

(1982) 15 u 10.30PM, ITV4 ★★★★ This sword-andsorcery epic is among the very best of its kind, carrying off its bold scale and ambition with aplomb. A fresh-faced Arnold Schwarzenegger (above) dons the warpaint as the warrior who is out for revenge on the warlord who made him an orphan.

Locke (2013) 15 u

1.35AM, CH4 ★★★

Tom Hardy stars as a man in a jam in this evolving one-set one-hander from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Driving alone at night, he receives a series of phone calls (from famous voices including Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott) as the pressure mounts.

FRIDAY

Six Minutes To Midnight (2020) 12 u 6PM, SKY PREMIERE ★★★ PREMIERE British thriller, set on the eve of the Second World War. Judi Dench stars as the headmistress of a finishing school in England attended by the daughters of the German elite. Politics, intrigue and a search for truth collide. With Eddie Izzard and James D’Arcy.

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) 12 u 9PM, E4 ★★★ Tom Cruise (right) returns as the military policeman turned vigilante for this sequel. Here, he springs his old Army contact (Cobie Smulders) from prison when she is falsely accused of killing her own men.

Prometheus (2012) 15

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9PM, SONY MOVIES ★★★

Ridley Scott returns to Alien, the 1979 scifi horror that made his name. Filled with gravitas and a big budget, this prequel/ reboot asks big questions – to do with the creation of life, both on Earth and beyond.

Detroit

(2017) 15 u

11.20PM, BBC2 ★★★★

Tense dramatisation of the Algiers Motel incident, a two-day siege sparked during the 1967 riots in the US city of the title. Starting with a police clampdown on a party for black veterans, it ends with a shocking injustice.

La La Land

(2016) 12 u

12.05AM, BBC1 ★★★★

A modern musical set in the mad, mad world of Los Angeles. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling (below) are the beautiful couple who meet and fall in love, falteringly, amid a series of dream-like song-and-dance routines.

Green Room

(2015) 18 ▲

12.20AM, CH4 ★★★

Deeply unsettling horror film in which a young hard-core punk band face off against murderous neo-Nazi skinheads in the backwoods of America. Patrick Stewart plays against type as the Nazi gang’s sadistic leader.

SATURDAY

Sing

(2016) U ●

6.35PM, RTé ONE ★★★

Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson are among the A-listers lending their voices to this tuneful animated tale. A koala hosts a singing contest to save his struggling theatre.

Passengers (2016) (12)

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9.00PM, CH4 ★★★★

Two travellers on a spaceship are woken 90 years before the end of their colonisation mission. Sci-fi drama, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt.

In The Name Of The Father (1993)

15 u 9.25PM, TG4 ★★★★★

Daniel Day-Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite (above) deliver powerful performances in director Jim Sheridan’s drama based on the autobiography of Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon.

Fatal Attraction (1987) (18)

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11.20PM, BBC1 ★★★★

A married lawyer has a one-night stand with a business associate, who becomes obsessed and begins stalking him and his family. Thriller, with Michael Douglas. Trading Places (1983) 15 u 11.50PM, RTé ONE ★★★★

Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd (above) star in the hit comedy as a homeless conman and a high-flying stockbroker whose lives are transformed by billionaire brothers for a nature-vs-nurture experiment.