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Friday 28th September
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11:00
The Man Who Knew Too Little (Film)
Jon Amiel's film, with its nod towards Hitchcock's classic, stars Bill Murray as Wallace Ritchie, an American tourist on holiday in London, who accidentally becomes involved in a plot to assassinate world leaders. Caught up in the murky world of espionage, matters go from bad to worse for Ritchie, as innocent conversations are misconstrued and he fi$$$ himself being tracked by a hitman.
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Bill Murray, Pete Gallagher, Joanne Whalley, Alfred Molina, Richard Wilson, Geraldine James
(Subtitles, 12, 1998, 3 Star)


12:50
Double Take (Entertainment)
Johan Grimonprez's film is a disquisition on the Cold War and its history. But he uses a montage of Alfred Hitchcock's introductions to Alfred Hitchcock Presents... along with a lookalike of the director to present his thesis, which is about duplicity and MacGuffins. As Hitch interacts with, among others, Nixon, JFK and Khrushchev, so the politics and individuals of the Cold War hostilities are bought into focus.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12)


14:30
Lifeboat (Film)
Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-nominated wartime propaganda thriller starring Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix and Walter Slezak as Connie Porter, Gus and Willy, just three of the survivors from a liner torpedoed by the Nazis and now cast adrift in a lifeboat. One of the passengers is the captain of the U-Boat who sank them and, unknown to them, has his own agenda.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1944, 4 Star)


16:25
Topaz (Film)
Alfred Hitchcock's spy thriller stars Frederick Stafford as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent who becomes involved in the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. A mole is leaking secrets to Cuba and, with the help of CIA agent Michael Nordstrom and anti-Castro exile Juanita de Cordoba, the action moves from Russia via Europe to Cuba, as the crisis deepens and time runs out. Can they track down the double agent before it's too late?
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, Karin Dor, John Kerrigan
(Subtitles, PG, 1969, 4 Star)


19:10
Black Knight (Film)
Fish-out-of-water comedy. An employee of the Medieval Worlde amusement park falls into the moat and somehow fi$$$ himself back in the Middle Ages. He disguises himself as a Norman envoy while trying to get back to the 21st century - hoping local enforcer Percival won't rumble him first.
Director: Gil Junger
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Countryman
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 2001, 2 Star)




21:00
Beverly Hills Cop II (Film)
Eddie Murphy returns as Axel Foley, the loud-mouthed cop from Detroit who's back to shake up Beverly Hills after chief Andrew Bogomil is nearly killed. He teams up again with Det Billy Rosewood, who's acquired an unhealthy appetite for firepower from Foley, and Det Sgt John Taggart, and they set out to exploit the 'Alphabet Crimes': robberies from heavily guarded premises. The main suspect is Maxwell Dent, who's protected by heavy Charlie 'Chips' Cain and assassin Karla Fry. And it's not long before the quiet of Beverly Hills is shattered by car chases and shoot-outs in Tony Scott's comedy cop-thriller.
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, Brigitte Nielsen
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 1987, 3 Star)


23:05
Copycat (Film)
Sigourney Weaver stars in Jon Amiel's lauded thriller as Helen Hudson, an agoraphobic psychologist working with cop MJ Monahan and her partner Reuben Goetz. The trio are on the trail of a serial-killer with a difference: each of his murders is based on the modus operandi of famous serial killers from the past. And in order to track him down, they must call upon the opinions and insights of convicted killer Daryll Lee Cullum, with whom Hudson shares an unsettling past.
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr., J.E. Freeman
(Subtitles, 18, 1995, 3 Star)


01:25
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (Film)
and indeed they do, though they are bound to pay a high price for their infatuation in Jonathan Levine's slasher horror. Mandy Lane is a popular student at her Texan high school, but she doesn't have the best of luck when it comes to love. Nine months earlier, her friend Dylan, egged on by Emmet, had a fatal encounter with the edge of a swimming pool while trying to impress her. Now, she and a group of frie$$$ are invited to a party at an isolated ranch. But instead of the anticipated weekend of booze, drugs and hormonal impulses, the teenagers find themselves on the wrong end of a bloody psychopathic rampage.
Director: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Amber Heard, Anson Mount, Whitney Able, Michael Welch, Edwin Hodge, Aaron Himelstein
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2006, 3 Star)

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Saturday 29th September
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11:00
Merrill's Marauders (Film)
In his last film, Jeff Chandler takes on the title role as General Frank Merrill, leading his troops behind Japanese lines in Second World War Burma, through harsh jungle terrain, and frequent skirmishes with their enemy, to a final showdown at the strategically important Myitkyina. Samuel Fuller's drama is based on the true story of General Merrill and his troops: the 5307th Composite Unit.
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown
(Widescreen, Subtitles, U, 1962, 3 Star)


13:00
To be Announced (Film)
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(PG)


15:00
The Golden Child (Film)
In Michael Ritchie's all-action comedy movie, Eddie Murphy plays Chandler Jarrell, a private eye specialising in missing children cases. Jarrell is called in when sinister agents kidnap the eponymous, world-saving infant from a Tibetan temple. The sleuth's search for the Golden Child takes him through countless adventures and escapades, as well as a romantic dalliance with the mysterious Kee Nang. Edited for violence and language.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: J.L. Reate, Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis, Victor Wong, Randall 'Tex' Cobb
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1986, 2 Star)


17:05
To be Announced (Film)
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(PG)


19:20
Hot Shots! (Film)
Topper Harley is a maverick air force pilot who constantly lives in the shadow of his father's legacy. Unable to handle the pressure, Harley has left the Air Force to live among a tribe of Native Americans. But when the United States seeks to destroy some Iraqi nuclear facilities there's only one man for the job.
Director: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn, Jon Cryer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1991, 4 Star)




21:00
(500) Days of Summer (Film)
Director Marc Webbs's feature debut is a romantic comedy, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, which unconventionally focuses on the heartache of unrequited love. Tom Hansen is making a living writing soppy messages for greetings cards. It wasn't meant to be this way - he had hoped to train as an architect, but it didn't quite go to plan. However, things start to look up when his boss hires a new secretary, the ethereally beautiful Summer Finn. Tom is a believer in true love and, on meeting Summer for the first time, is certain he has found 'the one'. Unfortunately, Summer couldn't be more cynical when it comes to romance. She and Tom gradually find they have more and more in common, but she repeatedly repels his amorous advances. And so Tom recounts in flashback, and in no particular order, the highs and lows of the 500 days during which he attempted to persuade her to ditch her scepticism and embrace love - with him.
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Grace Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2009, 4 Star)


22:50
The Hills Have Eyes (Film)
Alexandre Aja's remake of Wes Craven's 1977 cult horror stars Ted Levine as Bob Carter and Kathleen Quinlan as his wife Ethel who, with five other members of the family, are heading for San Diego with their camper vans. An accident stra$$$ them in the desert and while two of the men go for help, the others are forced to wait. But they're unaware that they've ended up stuck near the site where, decades earlier, nuclear tests gave rise to a group of mutant monsters who have developed a taste for human flesh.
Director: Alexandre Aja
Starring: Maxime Giffard, Michael Bailey Smith, Tom Bower, Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 18, 2006, 3 Star)


00:55
Lemming (Film)
Dominik Moll's follow-up to Harry, He's Here to Help stars Laurent Lucas, who played Harry, as Alain Getty, whose wife Benedicte invites his boss Richard Pollock and his wife Alice to dinner to show off his invention, a mini flying webcam that spots household problems. Unfortunately, the guests have had a row on the way and, in an unforgettable scene stolen by Rampling, Alice's verbal explosion at the dinner table presages a violent incident, domestic anarchy and a lemming stuck in the wastepipe of the Getty flat. Part comedy, part thriller, part nightmare, Moll's film is surreally, uniquely unmissable.
Director: Dominik Moll
Starring: Laurent Lucas, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling, Andre Dussollier, Jacques Bonnaffe, Veronique Affholder
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In French with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 15, 2005, 4 Star)

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Sunday 30th September
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11:00
To be Announced (Film)
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(PG)


13:00
Black Knight (Film)
Fish-out-of-water comedy. An employee of the Medieval Worlde amusement park falls into the moat and somehow fi$$$ himself back in the Middle Ages. He disguises himself as a Norman envoy while trying to get back to the 21st century - hoping local enforcer Percival won't rumble him first.
Director: Gil Junger
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Countryman
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 2001, 2 Star)


14:55
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Film)
Alfred Hitchcock's remake of his own 1934 version of the thriller, this time featuring James Stewart and Doris Day in the lead roles. Doctor Ben McKenna is on holiday in Morocco with his wife, Jo, and son, Hank, when a man is fatally wounded in front of them. Before he dies, the victim manages to whisper something to the shocked doctor. It's incendiary information, and McKenna soon regrets being party to it, as Hank is kidnapped by people keen to ensure that the dead man's words are passed to no one. And so the scene is set for a headlong rush by the McKennas to track down their son and effect his safe release, leading to a memorable climax at London's Royal Albert Hall. The film won an Oscar for Best Song: Whatever Will Be, Will Be, performed by Day.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gelin
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1956, 4 Star)


17:15
To be Announced (Film)
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(PG)


19:20
The Wedding Date (Film)
12A
Debra Messing plays Kat Ellis, a Brit living in New York whose sister is getting married back in London. That's the good news; the bad news is that the best man will be Jeff, Kat's ex-fiance. Without a man in her life, Kat is determined to show everyone she's not pathetically single and hires Nick Mercer, the best-looking, most sophisticated male escort money can buy. But as Clare Kilner's romcom proves, money can't buy you love... Edited for content.
Director: Clare Kilner
Starring: Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Adams, Jack Davenport, Sarah Parish, Jeremy Sheffield
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2005, 3 Star)




21:00
Juno (Film)
Jason Reitman's comedy drama stars Oscar-nominee Ellen Page as Juno McGuff, 16 and pregnant after an encounter with sometime boyfriend Paulie Bleeker. She tells her father Mac and stepmother Bren she inte$$$ to have the baby and then hand it over for adoption. In the pages of the PennySaver, she fi$$$ childless couple Vanessa and Mark Loring who look like the ideal couple. But, as the months progress and her stomach swells, Juno begins to doubt both them and her course of action. Oscar-winning Diablo Cody's whip-smart script keeps the laughs coming and the action moving in one of the most lauded movies of recent years.
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2007, 4 Star)


22:50
12 Rou$$$ (Film)
John Cena stars in this action adventure from Die Hard 2 director Renny Harlin. New Orleans cop Danny Fisher is given plenty of time to rue ever crossing paths with Miles Jackson, who makes his living supplying weapons to terrorists. A year earlier, a sting operation to capture Jackson resulted in the death of the arms dealer's girlfriend - and a vow of revenge from the criminal. Now, Jackson has escaped prison and is intent on making good his threat. He starts by blowing up Fisher's house and car, before explaining that he has kidnapped the detective's girlfriend, Molly. If Fisher wants to see Molly again, he must first complete a dozen fiendish tasks, most of which are designed to see Fisher blown to bits. And so begins a frantic, destructive rush around The Big Easy.
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: John Cena, Aidan Gillen, Ashley Scott, Steve Richard Harris, Brian J. White, Gonzalo Menendez
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2009, 3 Star)


00:55
Melinda and Melinda (Film)
Woody Allen's bittersweet drama stars Radha Mitchell in two roles but both as the eponymous Melinda. One Melinda is the neighbour of indie filmmaker Susan and her 'resting' actor husband Hobie, whom Melinda tempts towards adultery. The other Melinda is frie$$$ with Laura and her alcoholic husband Lee, a serial adulterer with designs on Melinda. Playing one set of circumstances for comedy and the other for tragedy, and cutting between the two scenarios throughout, the film is a fascinating study of characters, and keeps the viewer guessing until the very end.
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Wallace Shawn, Neil Pepe, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Larry Pine, Radha Mitchell, Michael J. Farina
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2004, 3 Star)

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Monday 1st October
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11:00
Air Force (Film)
Howard Hawks' wartime propaganda film tells the story of the Mary Ann, an American B-17 bomber commanded by Captain 'Irish' Quincannon and co-pilot Lt Bill Williams. A motley crew from all walks of American life, their first taste of action comes as they arrive at Pearl Harbor just as the Japanese attack. Surviving the experience, the crew begin to form a bond as they take the fight to the Japanese in Manila, and on to the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, Harry Carey Jr., George Tobias
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1943, PG, 4 Star)


13:25
Shadow of a Doubt (Film)
Alfred Hitchcock's understated classic thriller, which was the director's personal favourite, stars Joseph Cotten as Charlie Oakley, a killer attempting to evade the law. Oakley murders rich eastern widows for their money and belongings, but things start to get a bit too hot for him, so he heads west to California, where his beloved niece Charlie lives. Pursuing him is Detective Jack Graham, who thinks either Oakley or one other suspect have been committing the murders. At first, the niece absolutely refuses to countenance the notion that her uncle is the 'Merry Widow Murderer'. But little clues start to chip away at her faith in the man, until, after various plot twists and turns, it's not clear who is in the greater danger.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1943, PG, 5 Star)


15:40
Howards End (Film)
Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson are the central figures in James Ivory's adaptation of E M Forster's novel of love, treachery and revenge. Bonham Carter falls for Paul Wilcox but is rebuffed. Her sister Thompson becomes frie$$$ with his mother who promises her the family house, Howards End. But after her death, the will disappears and it appears the inheritance will disappear. Until the widower, Anthony Hopkins, becomes attracted to Thompson.
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph Bennett, Emma Thompson, Prunella Scales, Adrian Ross-Magenty
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1992, PG, 4 Star)


18:35
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Film)
Leonard Nimoy directs and stars in the follow-up to The Search for Spock, as the re-born Spock. With the USS Enterprise destroyed, he, Kirk, Scotty and Dr McCoy have been in exile on Vulcan, awaiting trial for disobeying orders. However, as they near Earth, a mysterious probe wreaks havoc with the planet's climate. The probe's message, interpreted by Spock, is meant for humpback whales only, a species long extinct. The planet's only hope is for Spock and his team to travel back in time, in a stolen Klingon craft, to bring back a pair of whales. The script allows for a lot of fish-out-of-water jokes as the crew find themselves in 80s San Francisco, with Spock's inability to master swearing a running gag, but there's also tension, as the clock ticks down in the future, with marine biologist Gillian Taylor their best means of finding suitable whales to save a future Earth.
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig
(Edited for Language, Widescreen, 1986, PG, 4 Star)


21:00
Hot Tub Time Machine (Film)
Steve Pink's boisterous sci-fi comedy stars John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke as four men who find an unusual portal through time. Adam and his frie$$$ Nick and Lou are in their 40s and deeply dissatisfied with the way their lives have turned out. Wanting to recapture a little of the hedonism and youthful anarchy of their 20s, they take a trip to a resort they frequented back then for a trip down memory lane. Taking along Adam's nephew Jacob for the ride, they are disappointed to find that the resort is now more or less a ramshackle ruin.
Director: Steve Pink
Starring: John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Sebastian Stan, Ly$$$y Fonseca
(Premiere, Widescreen, 2010, 15, 3 Star)




23:05
Cocktail (Film)
Roger Donaldson's iconic film stars Tom Cruise as Brian Flanagan, who drops out of school to work in a bar and comes under the influence of the experienced, cynical Doug Coughlin. Following Coughlin's advice to buy his own bar, Flanagan hitches up with Bonnie, a rich Manhattan socialite, but then falls in love with Jordan Mooney. Torn between money and love, he risks losing it all in this glitzy, fast-moving drama.
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill, Kelly Lynch
(Widescreen, 1988, 15, 3 Star)


01:10
Wall Street (Film)
Oliver Stone's morality tale stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious young stockbroker, who's willing to do whatever it takes to emulate his hero, supremely wealthy financier Gordon Gekko. Bud's initial attempts to play the market honestly don't light his touchpaper to success. But, when he passes on some insider information to Gekko, his career starts to pick up pace and, as he becomes increasingly embroiled in illegal trading and financial espionage, he begins to make the money of his dreams. However, he fails to fully comprehend the true cost of his deals until one of them threatens the livelihood of his union boss father.
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Daryl Hannah, John C. McGinley, Tamara Tunie
(Widescreen, 1987, 15, 4 Star)

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Tuesday 2nd October
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11:00
The Long Memory (Film)
Robert Hamer's British thriller stars John Mills as Phillip Davidson, who is released from jail after serving 12 years for a murder he did not commit. Determined to seek revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment, he at first shuts himself away in a deserted barge on the Thames Estuary, where he is kept under police surveillance and hounded by pressmen after a story. Only a sympathetic refugee girl, Ilse, is slowly able to get through to him and persuade him of the futility of trying to get back at the perjurers who sent him to jail.
Director: Robert Hamer
Starring: John Mills, John McCallum, Elizabeth Sellars, Eva Bergh, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Martin-Harvey
(Black and White, 1953, PG, 3 Star)


12:50
Rear Window (Film)
Alfred Hitchcock's masterful thriller stars James Stewart as news photographer LB 'Jeff' Jeffries, confined to a wheelchair in his New York apartment after breaking his leg. Bored in his convalescence, he takes to watching his neighbours across the courtyard. Through his increasingly unhealthy fascination with observing his neighbours he becomes convinced that one of his subjects, Lars, has murdered his wife. But Jeff is unable to convince either his fiance Lisa or a detective friend, leading the couple into life-threatening danger - and a suspenseful climax - as Jeff becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth. A sense of intimacy and voyeurism, and of mini-dramas being played out in each apartment, is enhanced by Hitchcock's decision to shoot the entire film on one set. Though On the Waterfront dominated the year's Oscars the film has justifiably garnered its reputation as a classic for both cineastes and wider audiences.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn
(Widescreen, 1954, PG, 5 Star)


15:05
Merrill's Marauders (Film)
In his last film, Jeff Chandler takes on the title role as General Frank Merrill, leading his troops behind Japanese lines in Second World War Burma, through harsh jungle terrain, and frequent skirmishes with their enemy, to a final showdown at the strategically important Myitkyina. Samuel Fuller's drama is based on the true story of General Merrill and his troops: the 5307th Composite Unit.
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown
(Widescreen, 1962, U, 3 Star)


17:00
Hombre (Film)
John, a white man raised by Apaches, is viewed with suspicion by the other passengers in a stagecoach. They force him to sit on the roof of the carriage, but when bandits attack, John is the first man they turn to for help. Impressive western based on an Elmore Leonard novel.
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Rush
(1967, PG, 4 Star)


19:00
To be Announced (Film)
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(PG)




21:00
Beverly Hills Cop III (Film)
Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold star in John Landis's contribution to the action comedy franchise. Axel Foley is once again dragged away from his routine police work in Detroit when evidence is discovered linking the shooting of his boss to a counterfeiting outfit in California. It's not long before the unconventional cop is back in the famous Los Angeles suburb and teamed up with his old buddy, detective Billy Rosewood, to discover the illegal goings on in a local tourist attraction called Wonder World.
Director: John Landis
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jon Tenney, Joey Travolta, Eugene Collier, Jimmy Ortega, Ousaun Elam
(Widescreen, 1993, 15, 2 Star)


23:05
To be Announced (Film)
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(PG)


01:00
To be Announced (Film)
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(PG)

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Wednesday 3rd October
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11:00
They Who Dare (Film)
Lewis Milestone, better known for classics such as Mutiny on the Bounty and All Quiet on the Western Front, directs this World War II drama, set in the Aegean Sea and extolling the Special Boat Service. Led by Lieutenant Graham, the squadron of English and Greek operatives secretly hop from island to island, sabotaging Axis air bases. But their biggest mission comes when they are called upon to dynamite air bases on the heavily defended island of Rhodes.
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, Gerard Oury, Eric Pohlmann, Alec Mango
(Subtitles, 1953, U, 3 Star)


13:10
Anastasia (Film)
Historical drama directed by Anatole Litvak. In an Oscar-winning role, Ingrid Bergman stars as the amnesiac refugee Anna Koreff who, in 1920s Paris, meets Russian exile General Bounine. Bounine is amazed by her striking resemblance to Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, who everyone presumed murdered, along with her father Tsar Nicholas II and the rest of her immediate family, during the Russian Revolution. Furthermore, Bounine realises that - if he can successfully pass her off as the Grand Duchess - she could be his key to getting his ha$$$ on a massive fortune that was left by the Tsar in an English bank vault. However, he will first have to convince Anastasia's grandmother, the formidable Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, that his charge is indeed the long-missing Tsarina.
Director: Anatole Litvak, Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1956, U, 2 Star)


15:15
Merrill's Marauders (Film)
In his last film, Jeff Chandler takes on the title role as General Frank Merrill, leading his troops behind Japanese lines in Second World War Burma, through harsh jungle terrain, and frequent skirmishes with their enemy, to a final showdown at the strategically important Myitkyina. Samuel Fuller's drama is based on the true story of General Merrill and his troops: the 5307th Composite Unit.
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1962, U, 3 Star)


17:10
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (Film)
When his bride-to-be is shrunk by an evil magician, Sinbad has no choice but to head for the island of Colossa, where he must overcome a series of daunting adversaries and obstacles in a bid to retrieve both Aladdin's lamp and the piece of giant roc eggshell that will restore his fiance to normal size. Directed by Nathan Juran, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
(Subtitles, 1958, U)


18:55
Imagine That (Film)
Eddie Murphy stars in this family comedy from Over the Hedge director Karey Kirkpatrick. Evan Danielson is a divorced workaholic financial advisor, whose young daughter Olivia has come to stay with him for a week. Initially he makes little time for her, worrying instead about his own future at a company that seems about to go under. But when Olivia's imaginary frie$$$ begin to offer remarkably prescient financial advice of their own, Danielson fi$$$ himself drawn into her world of make-believe.
Director: Karey Kirkpatrick
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden-Church, Yara Shahidi, Ronny Cox, Stephen Rannazzisi, Nicole Ari Parker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2009, PG, 3 Star)




21:00
Transporter 2 (Film)
In Louis Leterrier's all-action film, co-written by Luc Besson, Frank Martin is back as the Transporter, who'll take anything anywhere, no questions asked, for the right money. This time, he's earning what should be easy money guarding the son of government drugs czar Billings. But when the boy is kidnapped by drugs lord Gianni, Martin takes it as a professional slur and sets out to find the boy and the baddies.
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine, Jason Flemyng
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, 15, 3 Star)


22:40
Joy Ride (Film)
John Dahl's chiller stars Steve Zahn and Paul Walker as Fuller Thomas and his brother Lewis who, along with Lewis's friend from college, Venna, decide to drive across the States as part of their vacation. To lighten up the trip, they buy an old CB radio and start talking to truckers, eventually winding them up with jokes and tricks. But they go too far, and find that one trucker, who goes by the handle of Rusty Nail, is out for their blood - and he knows the dusty back roads far, far better than they do... Inevitably compared to Spielberg's Duel, Joy Ride is just as tense and scary, but very, very different, with a white knuckle night chase through a cornfield one of the highlights.
Director: John Dahl
Starring: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman, Stuart Stone, Basil Wallace
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 15, 3 Star)


00:35
Las Acacias (Film)
Pablo Giorgelli's multi-award-winning Argentinian drama is a quiet but subtly engrossing exploration of the relationship between a long-distance trucker and the woman he's giving a lift to as a favour to a friend. Though Ruben is prepared to take Jacinta with him on the long road from Asuncion in Paraguay to the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, he didn't reckon on her also bringing along her eight-month-old baby for the ride. Thus the trip doesn't get off to the best of starts. But there are more than 800 miles of tarmac ahead of them, and plenty of time for each to come to a more considered opinion of the other... Film4 premiere.
Director: Pablo Giorgelli
Starring: German de Silva, Hebe Duarte, Nayra Calle Mamani, Monica Coca, Lili Lopez
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, 2011, 12, 3 Star)


02:15
Circle of Eight (Film)
Stephen Cragg directs this horror story about out-of-towner Jessica moving into a spooky old apartment complex in Los Angeles. The residents of the aptly named Dante building seem friendly enough, although Randal keeps his camcorder trained on Jessica, and artist Evan is cute but furtive. But then people start dying gruesomely, and as the Dante gradually reveals its mysteries it emerges that Jessica is in danger of falling victim to a terrible curse.
Director: Stephen Cragg
Starring: John Bishop, Kirk Bovill, Ryan Doom, Austin Highsmith, Spencer Hill, Jesse Johnson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2009, 15, 2 Star)

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Thursday 4th October
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11:00
Letter to Elia (Documentary)
Co-directors Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones pay tribute to Elia Kazan, the trailblazing director of such landmark American movies as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and East of Eden. The inspirational director's career is traced from Broadway, where he was one of the founders of Method acting, to Hollywood, where he cemented Marlon Brando's screen reputation and helped to make James Dean a star. Scorsese and Jones' affection for their subject is clear, and this documentary is amply illustrated with clips from the three-time Oscar winner's films as well as interview footage with Kazan himself.
(Premiere, Edited for Language, Widescreen, Subtitles, 12)


12:15
Bad Day at Black Rock (Film)
John Sturges's suspenseful western stars Spencer Tracy as John J Macreedy, a one-armed stranger whose arrival in a small desert town, while looking for a Japanese farmer, arouses hostility and violence among the locals.
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson
(Subtitles, PG, 1955, 4 Star)


13:55
The Password is Courage (Film)
Andrew L Stone's Second World War comedy drama, loosely based on a true story, stars Dirk Bogarde as British soldier Charles Coward, a prisoner of war who made several audacious escape attempts, during one of which he was awarded the German Iron Cross while posing as an injured German soldier. Coward himself makes a cameo appearance in the film.
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Reginald Beckwith, Richard Marner
(Black and White, Subtitles, U, 1962, 3 Star)


16:10
Zulu (Film)
Based on an actual historic event, this is the story of a small group of British soldiers stationed at Rorke's Drift in Africa who are forced to defend their tiny outpost against an attack by powerful Zulu warriors. They are outnumbered forty-to-one but are still ready to fight to the finish.
Director: Cy Endfield
Starring: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1964, 4 Star)


18:55
St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (Film)
Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson return to direct this sequel, joined once again by leads Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Talulah Riley, along with newcomer David Tennant. This time around, the boarding school's anarchic female students discover newly appointed head girl Annabelle Fritton had a 16-century nautical ancestor who 'acquired' a rather large treasure trove on the high seas. The girls have one of the keys to finding its location, but also determinedly on the trail of the Spanish loot is the devious and amoral Sir Piers Pomfrey. But Pomfrey's not alone in his desire to stymie the girls' ambitions - they must also deal with a mysterious misogynistic cult, which is equally keen to stop them. Also starring Gemma Arterton, Jodie Whittaker and Juno Temple. Edited for content.
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, David Tennant, Gemma Arterton, Talulah Riley, Tamsin Egerton
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 2009, 3 Star)




21:00
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Film)
Director Scott Derrickson's remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic replaces the original's theme of fear of impending nuclear war with current concerns about environmental catastrophe. Keanu Reeves stars as Klaatu, an alien sent by a confederation of extraterrestrial beings to warn the inhabitants of Earth that the biosphere is on the verge of collapse. Predictably, as soon as he emerges from his spaceship a trigger-happy soldier ignores his instructions and takes a shot at the visitor. The wounded Klaatu asks for access to the United Nations to deliver his message, but the Secretary of Defence, Regina Jackson, instead orders that he should be taken away for further investigations. Klaatu becomes increasingly convinced that Earth can only survive if mankind is eradicated.
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2008, 3 Star)


23:05
Saw (Film)
James Wan's mould-breaking crime-horror opens in a derelict public toilet. Two men, Adam and Dr Lawrence Gordon, are chained to the walls by leg irons. Between them are a corpse, a gun, a tape recorder and a saw. They are the latest victims of The Jigsaw Killer, a serial killer with a penchant for setting up bizarre scenarios for his victims and as they find out, only one of them will walk to freedom. On the killer's trail are cops David Tapp and Steven Sing, but can they find his latest victims before time runs out?
Director: James Wan
Starring: Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Mike Butters
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 18, 2004, 4 Star)


01:10
Quills (Film)
Oscar-nominated Geoffrey Rush stars in Philip Kaufman's stunning drama as the Marquis de Sade, imprisoned in the Charenton Asylum for the Insane for his scandalous writings and behaviour. Tormented by the asylum's doctor Royer-Collard and the priest the Abb? du Coulmier, he still manages to smuggle out pages of manuscript thanks to laundress Maddy LeClerc.
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Malahide
(Subtitles, 18, 2000, 4 Star)

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Friday 5th October
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11:00
The Fighting Kentuckian (Film)
In George Waggner's all-action western, John Wayne and Oliver Hardy star as John Breen and Willie Paine, discharged soldiers from a Kentuckian army regiment who take the side of French settlers, exiled from their homeland after Napoleon's defeat and granted land in Alabama. On the other side is ruthless land-grabber Grant Withers. The love interest for Wayne comes from Vera Ralston, as the daughter of one of the French ex-generals.
Director: George Waggner
Starring: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Wi$$$or, John Howard
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1949, U, 3 Star)


13:00
Stalag 17 (Film)
Classic prisoner of war comedy drama starring William Holden in his Oscar- winning performance as an opportunistic American prisoner suspected of being a spy for the Germans.
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman
(Black and White, 1953, PG, 4 Star)


15:25
Quo Vadis (Film)
Epic historical drama set in 64AD. After three years at war, General Marcus Vinicius returns home to Rome to further his career and look for a wife. Unfortunately, the woman he falls for, Lygia, is a Christian and - due to the persecution of her fellow believers - has no interest in becoming a Roman general's wife. But Vinicius is determined, and turns to the eccentric Emperor Nero for help. Things start to look promising for Vinicius, until a fire burns out of control and engulfs Rome. Following the inferno, Nero accuses the Christians of arson and starts throwing them to the lions at an alarming rate, threatening the growing romance between the general and Lygia. Mervyn LeRoy's over-the-top epic can be interpreted as both a lavish spectacle designed to counter television's growing threat to cinema in the 50s, and a subtle attack on McCarthy's Communist witch-hunts.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie
(Subtitles, 1951, PG, 3 Star)


18:40
The Day After Tomorrow (Film)
As Earth is suddenly devasted by multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of the next Ice Age; a climatologist tries to figure out how to save his young son who is stranded in New York, before more devastating weather arrives.
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2004, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
Definitely, Maybe (Film)
Romantic comedy directed by Adam Brooks. Ryan Reynolds plays Will Hayes, an advertising executive whose marriage is on the brink of ending in divorce. But before it does, his 10-year-old daughter Maya asks her father to explain how he met her mother. Instead of giving her a straight answer, Reynolds recounts his relationships with three women over the previous 16 years, changing their names and then inviting Maya to guess which woman he married. So, did Reynolds fall for his college sweetheart Emily; the kooky apolitical friend April he met while working on the Bill Clinton campaign in 1992; or is she the ambitious, carefree journalist Summer?
Director: Adam T. Brooks
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Kline
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 12, 4 Star)




23:10
Babylon A.D. (Film)
Mathieu Kassowitz's science fiction film is set in a dystopian future where corporations rule the cities. Mercenary Toorop is hired by Gorsky to pick up a 'package' from Russia and deliver it, via Alaska and Canada, to the high priestess of a new religion in New York. The package turns out to be a young woman, Aurora, accompanied by a nun, Sister Rebeka. But as the journey progresses, Aurora demonstrates other-worldly powers and, for Toorop, what was simply a job becomes a quest for redemption, as he tries to guard Aurora from the various factions that either wish her harm or want to claim her powers for their own use.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Gerard Depardieu, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2008, 12, 3 Star)


00:55
Lemming (Film)
Dominik Moll's follow-up to Harry, He's Here to Help stars Laurent Lucas, who played Harry, as Alain Getty, whose wife Benedicte invites his boss Richard Pollock and his wife Alice to dinner to show off his invention, a mini flying webcam that spots household problems. Unfortunately, the guests have had a row on the way and, in an unforgettable scene stolen by Rampling, Alice's verbal explosion at the dinner table presages a violent incident, domestic anarchy and a lemming stuck in the wastepipe of the Getty flat. Part comedy, part thriller, part nightmare, Moll's film is surreally, uniquely unmissable.
Director: Dominik Moll
Starring: Laurent Lucas, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling, Andre Dussollier, Jacques Bonnaffe, Veronique Affholder
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In French with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 2005, 15, 4 Star)

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Saturday 6th October
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11:00
To be Announced (Film)
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13:00
Zulu (Film)
Based on an actual historic event, this is the story of a small group of British soldiers stationed at Rorke's Drift in Africa who are forced to defend their tiny outpost against an attack by powerful Zulu warriors. They are outnumbered forty-to-one but are still ready to fight to the finish.
Director: Cy Endfield
Starring: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1964, 4 Star)


15:45
Meet Dave (Film)
Director Brian Robbins' sci-fi comedy stars Eddie Murphy as both a man-sized humanoid spaceship and the diminutive captain of the same vessel. When a piece of extraterrestrial technology crash-la$$$ in young Josh Morrison's bedroom, he initially thinks it's a meteorite. But it's actually an alien device designed to drain the Earth's oceans and save its home planet from salt-depleted doom. And when it fails its mission, a team of 100 tiny aliens are sent to complete the job, arriving amid a fireball on Liberty Island. Tenacious cop Officer Dooley is soon on their trail, while the alien crew start to mutiny over their plans to totally dehydrate the Earth when they discover that the locals are much less primitive than they'd expected.
Director: Brian Robbins
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan, Ed Helms, Kevin Hart
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 2008, 2 Star)


17:30
Bride Wars (Film)
In Gary Winick's romantic comedy, Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway star as best frie$$$ competing to nab the same location for their wedding reception. When Liv and Emma were girls they attended such an impressive wedding at New York's landmark Plaza Hotel that they swore that, when the time came, they would each celebrate their nuptials there. Twenty years later, after saying 'yes' to their respective fiances, they've instructed their wedding planner to book the ceremony of their dreams. But because of a clerical error they're both given the same slot - and neither is willing to concede. Instead, their frie$$$hip is jettisoned as they resort to underhand tactics in a bid to sabotage each other and fulfil their marriage fantasies.
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Steve Howey, Candice Bergen
(Edited for Language, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 2009, 2 Star)


19:20
The Man (Film)
When dental supplies salesman Andy Fiddler arrives in Detroit, he's mistaken by smooth-talking career criminal Joey for an international arms dealer he's set to meet. At the same time, federal agent Derrick Vann is after the gang who were responsible for the theft of weapons from the agency's storage unit. Vann lifts Fiddler, but soon realises he's innocent. But if he can get Fiddler to keep up the pretence, he'll be able to bust Joey's gang. Les Mayfield's crime caper makes the most of the trusted formula of two misfit characters to comedic effect and also features some smart action.
Director: Les Mayfield
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Susie Essman, Anthony Mackie
(Edited for Language, Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2005, 2 Star)




21:00
Mission: Impossible II (Film)
A secret agent must undertake a difficult assignment to capture a rogue erstwhile colleague who has stolen a deadly genetically engineered virus. With the villain intending to sell the virus and its antidote to the highest bidder, the heroic agent enlists the help of the criminal's former girlfriend. But when the beautiful woman becomes infected, there is a race against time to save her - and the entire human race.
Director: John Woo
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, John Polson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2000, 3 Star)


23:35
Saw II (Film)
Darren Lynn Bousman takes the helm for this sequel, with the Jigsaw Killer inviting capture by cop Eric Mathews. But once in custody, he reveals his latest puzzle; eight people, including Mathews' son Daniel are trapped in a derelict house. If they can solve the clues, overcome the murderous traps and work together, they may be able to escape. If not, the deadly nerve gas that's in the air will kill them in just two hours.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Starring: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Erik Knudsen, Franky G., Glenn Plummer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 18, 2005, 3 Star)


01:25
In the Cut (Film)
Jane Campion's thriller stars Meg Ryan as Frannie Avery, a middle-class teacher in New York who, one night, witnesses a sexual assault that could have been the prelude to a murder by a killer roaming the city. Detective James Malloy arrives to interview her but their relationship soon moves from impersonal to passionate. But, with the killer on the loose and too many suspects close to home, who can she really trust? Edited for content.
Starring: Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Meg Ryan, Micheal Nuccio, Alison Nega, Dominick Aries, Susan Gardner
(Subtitles, 18, 2003, 3 Star)

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Sunday 7th October
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11:00
To be Announced (Film)
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13:00
Five Children and It (Film)
John Stephenson's family adventure is based on the classic children's novel by E Nesbit. The First World War is underway and five London kids are packed off to the seaside when their father is dispatched to engage in the hostilities across the Channel. Once at the coast, the siblings lodge with their mildly eccentric uncle Albert at his rambling mansion, where they delight in breaking his various house rules. Then, one day, while at the beach, they find an odd creature called It. They soon discover their strange new friend is a sand fairy who possesses magical powers, which the children aren't slow to take advantage of - to varying degrees of success.
Director: John Stephenson
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Zoe Wanamaker, Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Bailey, Jessica Claridge, Poppy Rogers
(Subtitles, 2004, U, 3 Star)


14:45
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (Film)
When his bride-to-be is shrunk by an evil magician, Sinbad has no choice but to head for the island of Colossa, where he must overcome a series of daunting adversaries and obstacles in a bid to retrieve both Aladdin's lamp and the piece of giant roc eggshell that will restore his fiance to normal size. Directed by Nathan Juran, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
(Subtitles, 1958, U)


16:30
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Film)
Leonard Nimoy directs and stars in the follow-up to The Search for Spock, as the re-born Spock. With the USS Enterprise destroyed, he, Kirk, Scotty and Dr McCoy have been in exile on Vulcan, awaiting trial for disobeying orders. However, as they near Earth, a mysterious probe wreaks havoc with the planet's climate. The probe's message, interpreted by Spock, is meant for humpback whales only, a species long extinct. The planet's only hope is for Spock and his team to travel back in time, in a stolen Klingon craft, to bring back a pair of whales. The script allows for a lot of fish-out-of-water jokes as the crew find themselves in 80s San Francisco, with Spock's inability to master swearing a running gag, but there's also tension, as the clock ticks down in the future, with marine biologist Gillian Taylor their best means of finding suitable whales to save a future Earth.
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig
(Edited for Language, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1986, PG, 4 Star)


18:50
27 Dresses (Film)
Anne Fletcher's rom-com stars Katherine Heigl as Jane, an amateur wedding planner for her frie$$$, who hopes to be the blushing bride herself to her advertising executive boss George. Her ambition is dashed when her fun-loving gorgeous sister Tess sweeps him off his feet, leaving Jane to plan yet another wedding. But maybe there's hope for her in the shape of Kevin, a journalist who is intrigued by Jane's perpetual bridesmaid role and wants to write a story about her, if only they didn't mix like oil and water.
Director: Anne Fletcher
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Charli Barcena, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Peyton List, Judy Greer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 15, 3 Star)




21:00
Hot Tub Time Machine (Film)
Steve Pink's boisterous sci-fi comedy stars John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke as four men who find an unusual portal through time. Adam and his frie$$$ Nick and Lou are in their 40s and deeply dissatisfied with the way their lives have turned out. Wanting to recapture a little of the hedonism and youthful anarchy of their 20s, they take a trip to a resort they frequented back then for a trip down memory lane. Taking along Adam's nephew Jacob for the ride, they are disappointed to find that the resort is now more or less a ramshackle ruin.
Director: Steve Pink
Starring: John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Sebastian Stan, Ly$$$y Fonseca
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 15, 3 Star)


22:55
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00:55
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Monday 8th October
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11:00
Drums Along the Mohawk (Film)
99 min PG
Classic John Ford western starring Henry Fonda as a farmer who marries easterner Claudette Colbert and takes her west to his farm in the Mohawk Valley, where they are subjected to attacks by marauding Native Americans.
Director: John Ford
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins, John Carradine, Dorris Bowdon
(Subtitles, 1939, PG, 5 Star)


13:05
The Password is Courage (Film)
Andrew L Stone's Second World War comedy drama, loosely based on a true story, stars Dirk Bogarde as British soldier Charles Coward, a prisoner of war who made several audacious escape attempts, during one of which he was awarded the German Iron Cross while posing as an injured German soldier. Coward himself makes a cameo appearance in the film.
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Reginald Beckwith, Richard Marner
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1962, U, 3 Star)


15:20
Bad Day at Black Rock (Film)
John Sturges's suspenseful western stars Spencer Tracy as John J Macreedy, a one-armed stranger whose arrival in a small desert town, while looking for a Japanese farmer, arouses hostility and violence among the locals.
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson
(Subtitles, 1955, PG, 4 Star)


17:00
Anastasia (Film)
Historical drama directed by Anatole Litvak. In an Oscar-winning role, Ingrid Bergman stars as the amnesiac refugee Anna Koreff who, in 1920s Paris, meets Russian exile General Bounine. Bounine is amazed by her striking resemblance to Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, who everyone presumed murdered, along with her father Tsar Nicholas II and the rest of her immediate family, during the Russian Revolution. Furthermore, Bounine realises that - if he can successfully pass her off as the Grand Duchess - she could be his key to getting his ha$$$ on a massive fortune that was left by the Tsar in an English bank vault. However, he will first have to convince Anastasia's grandmother, the formidable Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, that his charge is indeed the long-missing Tsarina.
Director: Anatole Litvak, Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1956, U, 2 Star)


19:00
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21:00
Transporter 2 (Film)
In Louis Leterrier's all-action film, co-written by Luc Besson, Frank Martin is back as the Transporter, who'll take anything anywhere, no questions asked, for the right money. This time, he's earning what should be easy money guarding the son of government drugs czar Billings. But when the boy is kidnapped by drugs lord Gianni, Martin takes it as a professional slur and sets out to find the boy and the baddies.
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine, Jason Flemyng
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, 15, 3 Star)


22:40
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00:45
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Tuesday 9th October
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11:00
They Who Dare (Film)
Lewis Milestone, better known for classics such as Mutiny on the Bounty and All Quiet on the Western Front, directs this World War II drama, set in the Aegean Sea and extolling the Special Boat Service. Led by Lieutenant Graham, the squadron of English and Greek operatives secretly hop from island to island, sabotaging Axis air bases. But their biggest mission comes when they are called upon to dynamite air bases on the heavily defended island of Rhodes.
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, Gerard Oury, Eric Pohlmann, Alec Mango
(Subtitles, 1953, U, 3 Star)


13:10
To be Announced (Film)
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16:30
Stalag 17 (Film)
Classic prisoner of war comedy drama starring William Holden in his Oscar-winning performance as an opportunistic American prisoner suspected of being a spy for the Germans.
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman
(Black and White, 1953, PG, 4 Star)


21:00
Kiss the Girls (Film)
Disturbing thriller about the hunt for a killer - known only as Casanova - who has kidnapped a number of women and murdered two of them. When a detective's niece goes missing, he is drawn into a complex and highly personal investigation. The local police are unappreciative of his efforts, but his niece manages to escape with valuable information about the killer.
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1997, 18, 3 Star)


23:15
We 3 (Film)
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00:50
To be Announced (Film)
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Wednesday 10th October
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11:00
All About Eve (Film)
Bette Davis stars in Joseph Mankiewicz's classic drama as Margo Channing, acid-tongued star of the stage who takes the young, innocent, mousey Eve Harrington under her wing. But Margo's repays her kindness by quietly betraying her at every turn, until she has climbed the dizzy heights once occupied by the star. George Sanders stars as the acerbic critic Addison De Witt, with Hugh Marlowe as Margo's writer Lloyd Richards and Gary Merrill as her lover Bill Sampson. The film won six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Davis and Baxter were both nominated as Best Actress but the split vote meant neither won.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1950, U, 4 Star)


13:45
The Shepherd of the Hills (Film)
The first talkie version of the much-filmed Harold Bell Wright novel is directed by Henry Hathaway and stars John Wayne in his first Technicolor movie. In the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, Young Matt Matthews blames his long-absent father for his mother's death and has sworn to kill him should their paths ever cross. The rest of the mountain community seem to have been affected by Young Matt's dark emotions, and rivalries and animosities are rife. Into this tense environment steps a mysterious stranger whose acts of kindness begin to heal the troubled populace. But who is he and why does he want to live among them?
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey Jr., Beulah Bondi, James Barton, Samuel S. Hi$$$
(Subtitles, 1941, PG, 3 Star)


15:40
Quo Vadis (Film)
Epic historical drama set in 64AD. After three years at war, General Marcus Vinicius returns home to Rome to further his career and look for a wife. Unfortunately, the woman he falls for, Lygia, is a Christian and - due to the persecution of her fellow believers - has no interest in becoming a Roman general's wife. But Vinicius is determined, and turns to the eccentric Emperor Nero for help. Things start to look promising for Vinicius, until a fire burns out of control and engulfs Rome. Following the inferno, Nero accuses the Christians of arson and starts throwing them to the lions at an alarming rate, threatening the growing romance between the general and Lygia. Mervyn LeRoy's over-the-top epic can be interpreted as both a lavish spectacle designed to counter television's growing threat to cinema in the 50s, and a subtle attack on McCarthy's Communist witch-hunts.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie
(Subtitles, 1951, PG, 3 Star)


18:55
Definitely, Maybe (Film)
Romantic comedy directed by Adam Brooks. Ryan Reynolds plays Will Hayes, an advertising executive whose marriage is on the brink of ending in divorce. But before it does, his 10-year-old daughter Maya asks her father to explain how he met her mother. Instead of giving her a straight answer, Reynolds recounts his relationships with three women over the previous 16 years, changing their names and then inviting Maya to guess which woman he married. So, did Reynolds fall for his college sweetheart Emily; the kooky apolitical friend April he met while working on the Bill Clinton campaign in 1992; or is she the ambitious, carefree journalist Summer?
Director: Adam T. Brooks
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Kline
(Edited for Language, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 12, 4 Star)


21:00
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Film)
Director Scott Derrickson's remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic replaces the original's theme of fear of impending nuclear war with current concerns about environmental catastrophe. Keanu Reeves stars as Klaatu, an alien sent by a confederation of extraterrestrial beings to warn the inhabitants of Earth that the biosphere is on the verge of collapse. Predictably, as soon as he emerges from his spaceship a trigger-happy soldier ignores his instructions and takes a shot at the visitor. The wounded Klaatu asks for access to the United Nations to deliver his message, but the Secretary of Defence, Regina Jackson, instead orders that he should be taken away for further investigations. Klaatu becomes increasingly convinced that Earth can only survive if mankind is eradicated.
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 12, 3 Star)




23:05
We 3 (Film)
Nando Olival directs this Brazilian drama about three frie$$$ whose unusually close relationship becomes further complicated by their participation in a reality TV show. College students Caz?, Rafael and Camila form an intense three-way frie$$$hip when they meet at a party in Sao Paulo. They grow closer and more tightly entwined when they share an apartment together, but after graduation and a move to Rio de Janeiro, the trio become involved in a product placement reality show, and their decision to act up for the cameras has serious consequences for them all.
(Premiere, In Portugese with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 15)


00:40
Courage Under Fire (Film)
Edward Zwick's drama stars Denzel Washington as Lt Col Nathaniel Serling, shuffled into a desk job after a 'friendly fire' incident during the Gulf War. One of his tasks is to investigate the claims of possible medal recipients, and he is assigned the case of Captain Karen Walden, a Med-Vac helicopter pilot recommended for a posthumous Medal of Honor. But as he questions those involved, including Specialist Ilario and Staff Sergeant John Monfriez, very different pictures of the character and actions of Walden emerge in a film that, like Rashomon, uses flashbacks from various viewpoints to reach its dramatic conclusion.
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1996, 15, 3 Star)

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Thursday 11th October
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11:00
Le Quattro Volte (Film)
Michelangelo Frammartino's quietly mesmeric drama sees the turning of the seasons and the cycle of life through the eyes of an ageing, ailing Calabrian shepherd. The setting is the fields and countryside around an ancient southern Italian village, beautifully captured by cinematographer Andrea Locatelli. And sharing equal billing with the work's near-silent central human protagonist are the goats of the flock he is nominally in charge of, and the man's mischievously intelligent sheep dog. The story also incorporates sections dedicated to a lost kid goat, a felled tree and a charcoal kiln. It's a simple tale that unfolds slowly, with ravishing beauty, but it also leaves the viewer with plenty to think about.
Director: Michelangelo Frammartino
Starring: Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Italian with English Subtitles, U, 2010, 4 Star)


12:45
The Tall Stranger (Film)
Joel McCrea plays Ned Bannon, an American Civil War Union officer wounded in battle and left for dead. Rescued by a wagon train, he's nursed back to health and offers to guide the wagons west, but the Confederates among the passengers ostracise him. He fi$$$ solace with Ellen and acceptance when he thwarts an ambush engineered by land baron Hardy, his half brother. Directed by Thomas Carr, a veteran of western films and TV series.
Director: Thomas Carr
Starring: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Ansara, Whit Bissell, James Dobson
(Subtitles, 15, 1957, 3 Star)


14:25
Action in the North Atlantic (Film)
A rousing tribute to the men of the wartime Merchant Marine, focusing on the Liberty ship Sea Witch as it makes its perilous journey in a convoy to Murmansk, under attack from German submarines and aircraft. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey as Lt Joe Rossi and Capt Steve Jarvis, the two officers charged with getting the ship to safety.
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale Jr., Julie Bishop, Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1943, 4 Star)


16:55
The Valley of Gwangi (Film)
Dinosaurs meet cowboys in Jim O'Connolly's cult film, with the monsters animated by the inimitable Ray Harryhausen. In a small Mexican town, horse trader Tuck Kirby meets up with old flame T J Breckinridge, owner of a rundown circus. He runs into palaeontologist Professor Horace Bromley, who has found a living eohippus, the prehistoric ancestor of the horse. Nursing their own agendas, the scientist and the cowboy venture into the Forbidden Valley only to find that larger, more deadly creatures have also survived from prehistoric times.
Director: Jim O'Connolly
Starring: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith, Freda Jackson, Gustavo Rojo
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 1968, 2 Star)


18:55
She's the Man (Film)
Andy Fickman's comedy, lightly based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, stars Amanda Bynes as Viola, twin sister of Sebastian. When he plays truant for two weeks from his boarding school, she takes the chance to impersonate him and achieve her ambition of playing soccer for the boys' team. Her disguise works well, fooling even coach Dinklage, but matters get more complicated when Olivia becomes attracted to her as Sebastian, particularly since Viola's roommate Duke is attracted to Olivia. The unusual romantic triangle comes to a head as the boys' team takes on the girls' team.
Director: Andy Fickman
Starring: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, David Cross, Julie Hagerty
(Edited for Language, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2006, 3 Star)




21:00
Kiss the Girls (Film)
Disturbing thriller about the hunt for a killer - known only as Casanova - who has kidnapped a number of women and murdered two of them. When a detective's niece goes missing, he is drawn into a complex and highly personal investigation. The local police are unappreciative of his efforts, but his niece manages to escape with valuable information about the killer.
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 18, 1997, 3 Star)


23:15
Saw III (Film)
Darren Lynn Bousman directs the third edition of the extreme horror franchise. Tobin Bell returns as the terminally ill killer Jigsaw, whose assistant Amanda kidnaps ER surgeon Lynn. Lynn awakes to find an explosive collar around her neck - if Jigsaw's heart rate flatlines the device will detonate, so it is in her interest to keep him alive. Jigsaw has a new game for Jeff to play, in a warehouse where every door conceals another torturous test.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Starring: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Donnie Wahlberg, Dina Meyer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 18, 2006, 3 Star)


01:25
The Namesake (Film)
Mira Nair's family drama stars Kal Penn as Gogol, a young Indian American whose name, chosen by his parents Ashoke and Ashima after the Russian writer, causes him to question his identity. Is he first generation American or from a long line of Bengali ancestors? As he and his parents try to make sense of his problems and, indeed, their places in the contemporary world, this is a moving, thought-provoking examination of the immigrant experience.
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Jagannath Guha, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Tabu, Sandip Deb, Sukanya
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2006, 4 Star)

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Friday 12th October
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11:00
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Film)
118 min U
'When the legend becomes fact, print the legend' is the famous quote from what is considered to be one of John Ford's finest westerns, and it pretty much sums up the film. Greenhorn lawyer Ransom Stoddard sets up in a frontier town where everyone, bar the tough-but-decent Tom Doniphon, fears the brutal bully Liberty Valance. As Stoddard's influence grows and Valance's wanes, a confrontation between the two seems inevitable. And it duly comes, with a result that shocks the town.
Director: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1962, 3 Star)


13:25
That Touch of Mink (Film)
Cary Grant and Doris Day star in Delbert Mann's delightful, frothy comedy-romance. She plays Cathy Timberlake, who falls for businessman Roger Adams when his car coats her in mud. Instantly attracted, she wants a ring while he just wants a fling - she figures the way to get him is to be the playgirl he desires while his plan is to be a straight-ace guy. Inevitably, misunderstandings galore abound but the spark between the two leads is unmistakable. The supporting cast includes Gig Young, John Astin and Audrey Meadows plus cameos from then-baseball superstars Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra.
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, Alan Hewitt, John Astin
(Subtitles, Audio Described, U, 1962, 3 Star)


15:20
Carry on Doctor (Film)
Sid James plays Charlie Roper, the rogue patient who smokes under the bed sheets and smuggles in whisky, Jim Dale is the ha$$$ome but accident-prone Dr Jim Kilmore, who is infatuated by beautiful Nurse Clarke, and Kenneth Williams takes the role of hospital head Dr Kenneth Tinkle, the unlikely romantic target of the strict and starched Matron in this classic Carry On comedy directed, as always, by Gerald Thomas.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Hattie Jacques
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1968, 3 Star)


17:10
Hills of Home (Film)
Fred M Wilcox directs this adventure, starring Lassie and Edmund Gwenn as her owner, Dr William MacLure. Lassie has an aversion to water, despite the doctor's best efforts to coax her into it, but when his life is in danger, she overcomes her phobia and saves him. Unfortunately, not soon enough, but MacLure manages to pass on her ownership to the two romantic leads, Tammas Milton and Margit Mitchell.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh, Rhys Williams, Reginald Owen
(U, 1948, 3 Star)


19:05
Bride Wars (Film)
In Gary Winick's romantic comedy, Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway star as best frie$$$ competing to nab the same location for their wedding reception. When Liv and Emma were girls they attended such an impressive wedding at New York's landmark Plaza Hotel that they swore that, when the time came, they would each celebrate their nuptials there. Twenty years later, after saying 'yes' to their respective fiances, they've instructed their wedding planner to book the ceremony of their dreams. But because of a clerical error they're both given the same slot - and neither is willing to concede. Instead, their frie$$$hip is jettisoned as they resort to underhand tactics in a bid to sabotage each other and fulfil their marriage fantasies.
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Steve Howey, Candice Bergen
(Edited for Language, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 2009, 2 Star)




20:50
On the Road Interview Special (Entertainment)
Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley and director Walter Salles talk about their big-screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac's iconic novel.


21:00
Mission: Impossible II (Film)
A secret agent must undertake a difficult assignment to capture a rogue erstwhile colleague who has stolen a deadly genetically engineered virus. With the villain intending to sell the virus and its antidote to the highest bidder, the heroic agent enlists the help of the criminal's former girlfriend. But when the beautiful woman becomes infected, there is a race against time to save her - and the entire human race.
Director: John Woo
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, John Polson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2000, 3 Star)


23:25
Das Boot (Film)
Wolfgang Petersen's multi-Oscar nominated film is shown here in the full-length director's cut. It follows the fortunes and dangers of a German U-boat, from slipping from its pens into the Atlantic, its hunting of convoys and flight from vengeful destroyers to its eventual return home. Jurgen Prochnow is the captain and Herbert Grunemeyer the war correspondent attached to the trip, in effect the eyes and ears of the audience, in one of the greatest anti-war films ever made.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Jurgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In German with English Subtitles, 12, 1981, 5 Star)