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1ST MARCH |
TERRESTRIAL
PICK
The
Bourne Supremacy
High-octane follow-up to and improvement on The Bourne Identity,
this time with Paul Greengrass in the director's chair. IMDb: 7.5
(ITV1, 9pm)
FREEVIEW PICK
Fargo
The best Coen brothers film yet, no mater what they say about No
Country For Old Men. It has Steve Buscemi! IMDb 8.2 (Virgin 1, 10pm)
SKY PICKS
Mission:
Impossible III
After the relative crappiness of II, Alias and Cloverfield creator
JJ Abrams gives the franchise a kick up the arse, Phillip Seymour
Hoffman plays the bad guy and is clearly having lots of fun doing
so. IMDb: 6.9 (Sky Action/Thriller, 8.50am and 6.50pm)
Star
Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Forget Khan, this is the best of the Star Trek films. The crew take
a Klingon ship back to earth in 1986 to retrieve whales and save
the planet. Yay! Worth watching for the 'nuclear wessels' alone.
IMDb: 7.3 (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror, 5.10pm)
True
Romance
Christian Slater marries hooker Patricia Arquette, steals some cocaine
and trys to sell it in Hollywood. Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken,
Michael Madsen, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt, Tom Sizemore, Samuel L. Jackson
and James Gandolfini co-star. Beat that for a cast. IMDb: 7.8 (Sky
Action/Thriller, 3.05am)
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| SUNDAY,
2ND MARCH |
TERRESTRIAL
PICK
Chicago
A rare example of a musical that doesn't suck. Catherine Zeta-Jones
is hot as Velma, Renee Zellweger is perky as Roxie and Richard Gere
is noticeably less wooden than usual. IMDb 7.3 (BBC One, 10.20pm)
FREEVIEW PICK
Jurassic
Park
Now 15 years old, some of the dino effects aren't aging very well,
but the t-rex and raptors are still better than most such creations
today. The kids are still irritating though. IMDb: 7.7 (ITV2, 10pm)
SKY PICKS
The
Fugitive
Harrison Ford is the innocent man on the run from US marshall Tommy
Lee Jones. IMDb: 7.8 (Sky Modern Greats, 8pm)
Goodfellas
Arguably Martin Scorsese's finest work, a gangster movie superseded
only by the Godfather trilogy. Ray Liotta plays mobster Henry Hill.
IMDb: 8.8 (Sky Screen 1, 10pm)
To Live And Die In L.A.
If you're a fan of Michael Mann's Heat or Collateral, you'll love
this. My guess they both inspired by this film. Secret Service agent
William Petersen tries to track down a counterfeiter, Willem Dafoe,
who killed his partner. IMDb: 7.0 (Sky Action/Thriller, 3.30am)
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| MONDAY,
3RD MARCH |
TERRESTRIAL
PICK
Snatch
Guy Ritchie's follow-up to Lock, Stock And Two Soming Barrels is
just as good, provided of course you like that kind of thing, which
I do. Brad Pitt's on top form. IMDb: 8.1 (Five, 10pm)
FREEVIEW PICK
Dead
Man's Shoes
A scary-as-hell Paddy Considine plays a soldier who returns home
to take revenge on the thugs who torment his younger brother. Neat
twist at the end. IMDb: 8.1 (Film4, 11.25pm)
SKY PICKS
The
Departed
Not Scorsese's best film, but this cops and gangsters tale with
leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and a scenery-chewing Jack Nicholson
did bag him an Oscar and best picture last year. It's good stuff.
IMDb: 8.6 (Sky Action/Thriller, 1045pm)
Good
Night, And Good Luck
At the height of anti-communist paranoia, CBS journalist Ed Murrow
challenges Senator Joseph McCarthy. Probably helps to know a little
bit of the history beforehand, but this is a classy and absorbing
film written and directed by George Clooney. IMDb: 7.8 (Sky Indie,
5.20pm and 10.35pm)
2010
This sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey is a much more accessible affair
and, to be honest, the better movie. Watch it as a tribute to Roy
Scheider, who passed away recently. Would make a great double-bill
with Danny Boyle's Sunshine. IMDb: 6.5 (TCM, 6.50pm)
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| TUESDAY,
4TH MARCH |
TERRESTRIAL
PICK
The
Fighting Seabees
Only two films on terrestrial today, this one gets the pick because
of it's better IMDb rating. Something about military construction
workers in WW2 starring John Wayne. IMDb: 6.2 (Channel 4, 1.10pm)
FREEVIEW PICK
Twister
Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt chasing tornadoes. Lots of whizzy CGI
and mindless entertainment from Jan de Bont, director of Speed.
IMDb: 5.9 (ITV2, 11.05pm)
SKY PICKS
The
Conversation
Gene Hackman stars as a surveillance expert who falls victim to
paranoia when he becomes too involved in a case. Possibly Hackman's
best film and one that should be watched with a quality sound system.
IMDb: 8.1 (Sky Modern Greats, 6pm)
Poseidon
Critically-slated remake which, if you can just put the original
aside, is actually one hell of an action movie. Great fun. If there's
one thing director Wolfgang Petersen knows how to do, it's work
with water - he did Das Boot and The Perfect Storm. IMDb: 5.6 (Sky
Screen 2, 11pm)
Transamerica
Felicity Huffman (she of the Desperate Housewives) plays a pre-op
transsexual who discovers she's fathered a teenage son. A great
central performance. IMDb: 7.6 (Sky Indie, 12pm and 10.30pm) |
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| FRIDAY,
7TH MARCH |
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NATIONWIDE
RELEASES
Diary Of The Dead
Another George A. Romero zombie horror. Not too shabby apparently,
especially if you like this kind of thing. Lets hope it's better
than Land Of The Dead. IMDb: 7.2
The Game
Plan
American football player discovers he has an 8-year old daughter.
Stars The Rock and Kyra Sedgwick, clearly grabbing a paycheck
inbetween seasons of The Closer. IMDb: 6.2
The Other
Boleyn Girl
Boleyn sisters Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson compete
for the affection of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). Might all be
a bit redundant if you watch The Tudors which, in the shape of
Natalie Dormer, has an Anne even hotter than Natalie Portman.
IMDb: 7.1
Vantage
Point
Thriller exploring the attempted assasination of the US president
from five different perspectives. Dennis Quaid and Forest Whitaker
headline. Sounds like something to catch on Sky. IMDb: 6.8
LIMITED RELEASES
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Four Minutes
German drama in which an elderly piano teacher trains a young
woman in prison. Won all kinds of non-US, non-UK awards. IMDb:
7.4
Garage
Tragi-comedy about a petrol station attendant in rural Ireland
who befriends a teenager. Co-stars Anne-Marie Duff. IMDb: 7.1
Son Of Man
I quote from IMDb: "One man's journey of love, deception
and betrayal in contemporary South Africa. Based on the New Testament."
Doesn't that sound exciting? IMDb: 7.0
We Are Together
Documentary about an orphanage in South Africa. Won a bunch of
awards. IMDb: 9.0
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| FRIDAY,
14TH MARCH |
NATIONWIDE
RELEASES
The Cottage
No, it's not a film about gay men cruising for sex in public toilets,
but a comic horror directed by the guy who did the excellent London
To Brighton. Stars, intriguingly, Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith
and Jennifer Ellison. IMDb: n/a
Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who!
Animation about an elephant trying to protect a microscopic city
from destruction. No idea if it's any good. Jim Carrey, Steve Carell,
Will Arnett and Jaime Pressly are among the voices though. IMDb:
n/a
Hannah
Montana / Miley Cyrus: Best Of Both Worlds Concert Tour
Just what I've always wanted, a 3D Hannah Montana concert tour film.
Bound to do well in the UK where nobody knows who she is. IMDb:
3.3
10,000 B.C.
Independence Day director Roland Emmerich brings us this prehistoric
epic about a mammoth hunter. Largely unknown cast and little advance
word save for a couple of poor reviews on IMDb, doesn't bode well.
IMDb: n/a
LIMITED RELEASES
Children
Of Glory
True story of the 1956 Olympic water-polo match between Hungary
and the USSR, which turned out to be something of a bloody affair,
apparently. IMDb: 7.7
Flight Of The Red Balloon
Puppeteer Juliette Binoche takes on a Taiwanese babysitter to look
after her son and the two begin to share an imaginary world. Or
something. IMDb: 7.2
Mister Lonely
A Marilyn Monroe impersonator (Samantha Morton) meets a Michael
Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) and invites him to her family
home, a commune, in Scotland. The weird cast also includes David
Blaine, James Fox, Werner Herzog and Anita Pallenberg. Directed
by Harmony Korine, sadly, it seems it's not as interesting as I
would like it to be. IMDb: 5.4
Redacted
Brian De Palma directed Iraq war movie focusing on the media. Unknown
cast, not particualrly good reviews. IMDb: 5.9
Water Lilies
Coming of age drama set in a Parisian suburb. Earned the two young
female leads Cesar nominations, so might be worth a look. IMDb:
7.4
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