Top 10 Films To Watch Week Commencing 22nd November 2008

1. Saturday ITV2 5.00pm The Mummy
A great Indiana Jones style horror adventure set in the 1930’s an stars Rachel Weisz and Brendan Frazer, Arnold Vosloo also Omid Djalili. Entertaining movie rated PG.

2. Saturday ITV1 10.55pm What Lies Beneath
An enjoyable supernatural thriller starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfieffer as a couple that have a beautifully renovated house and a blissful life until she starts seeing and hearing apparitions. Rated 15

3. Saturday BBC1 11.20pm Timecop
Jean Claude Van Damme stars in this very enjoyable time travel adventure in which he plays a cop who policies anyone who tries to change the past for their own gain rated 18.

4. Sunday Sci-fi Comedy 7.05pm Men in Black
Superb sci-fi comedy with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as part of a top secret agency protecting the world from bad extra terrestrials and letting the good ones live among us. Thoroughly entertaining rated 12

5. Sunday ITV1 4.25pm Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
The second part of the first Star trilogy with all the usual stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness and Carrie Fisher and baddie Darth Vader wreaking havoc on the rebels. Fabulous to watch again and again, rated U.

6. Sunday Five 9.00pm Bad Boys II
The bickering duo, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back for a second comedy thriller. A bit long and indulgent but the banter is great, rated 15.

7. Monday ITV2 7.55pm Small Soldiers
This is a brilliant fantasy adventure and despite the title is not for young children as it contains violence. A great family watch with the voice of Tommy Lee Jones and a young Kirsten Dunst, rated PG.

8. Tuesday Five US 9.00pm Boys N the Hood
I have not seen this drama myself but it was rated 5* by Radio Times, starring Cuba Gooding Jnr and Ice Cube. A powerful movie about growing up in inner-city America, rated 15.

9. Thursday ITV4 10.30pm Deliverance
This is a terrifying thriller that sees Burt Reynolds giving his best performance as part of a group of friends on holiday in the great outdoors who meet their worst nightmare rated 18.

10. Friday Sky Movies Premiere 10.00pm Taxi Driver
Robert De Niro’s first big outing in a major movie playing a disturbed taxi driver. A superb psychological thriller that also stars Jodie Foster, rated 18


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