Movies

Love’s Unfolding Dream (2007)

Friday 19th February 4.00pm

Drama set at the turn of the 20th century in which a young woman pursues her dream of a career in medicine. When she nurses a socialite back to health, the wealthy woman offers to pay her costs at medical school. But the arrival of a handsome stranger in town distracts the would-be doctor from her path.

Director
Harvey Frost
Starring
Scout Taylor-Compton, Nancy Lineham Charles, Patrick Levis

A Risk Worth Taking (2008)

Friday 19th February 3.00pm

Romantic drama. A young wife cares for her terminally ill husband (James Wilby, ‘Gosford Park’) in the wilds of Scotland. The couple ask an old friend to join them from London and manage their business affairs. But the woman soon realises that she harbours feelings for the friend, even as her husband struggles to fight his disease.

Director
Paul Seed
Starring
Muriel Baumeister, James Wilby, Tim Dutton

Ivana Trump’s For Love Alone (1994)

Thursday 18th February 4.00pm

The story of a Czech Olympic skier who defects to Austria. Establishing a new life, she becomes an international model and begins a relationship with an American business tycoon.

Based on the semi-autobiographical story by Ivana Trump.

Director
Michael Lindsay Hogg
Starring
Stephen Collins, Sanna Vraa, Trevor Eve

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face (2005)

Thursday 18th February 3.05pm

Mystery thriller. Former secret agent Cathy Davis (Lea Thompson) – code name Jane Doe – is called back into undercover work when the wife of a prominent lawyer is kidnapped. But the nefarious owner of a construction company throws a spanner in the works, and Cathy soon finds herself facing one of the most baffling puzzles of her career.

Director
Armand Mastroianni
Starring
Lea Thompson, Joe Penny, William R Moses

Home Fires Burning (1988)

Wednesday 17th February 4.00pm

World War II drama about a family shaken by the winds of change as hostilities draw to a close. A battle-scarred son (Bill Pullman, ‘Independence Day’), previously thought to be missing in action, returns home from the war. He is forced to face up to his father, the cantankerous editor of a small local newspaper.

Director
Glenn Jordan
Starring
Barnard Hughes, Bill Pullman, Elizabeth Berridge, Neil Patrick Harris

Murder without Conviction (2004)

Wednesday 17th February 3.10pm

Drama in which a former nun becomes embroiled in a murder mystery surrounding savant twin brothers who are serving life sentences for killing their mother. When one of the twins protests his innocence, she vows to find out the truth.

Director
Kevin Connor
Starring
Megan Ward, Patty Duke, Morgan Weisser

Charms for the Easy Life (2002)

Wednesday 17th February 1.00pm

Period drama about three generations of remarkable women living in the North Carolina backwoods. Together they face up to the trials of life and the challenges that nature and other people throw at them.

Director
Joan Micklin Silver
Starring
Gena Rowlands, Mimi Rogers, Susan May Pratt

Back to You and Me (2005)

Tuesday 16th February 4.00pm

Romantic drama. A dedicated doctor with little time for romance attends her high-school reunion and reacquaints herself with the childhood sweetheart she left behind.

Director
David S Cass Sr
Starring
Lisa Hartman, Rue McClanahan, Dale Midkiff

Robin Cook’s Terminal (1996)

Tuesday 16th February 4.00pm

Taut thriller in which a medical intern puts his life in danger when he uncovers a multimillion-dollar scam at a renowned institute, which has achieved a 100 per cent cure rate for brain tumours.

Director
Larry Elikann
Starring
Doug Savant, Nia Peeples, Gregg Henry

Rescuers: Stories of Courage – Two Couples (1998)

Tuesday 16th February 3.00pm

Moving drama about four people who try to save Jews from the Nazis during the Holocaust. In Amsterdam, a couple risk their lives to hide Jews in their house, while in Belgium, a couple run a school for boys, most of them Jewish.

Directors
Tim Hunter, Lynne Littman
Starring
Martin Donovan, Dana Delany, Alfred Molina

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Friday 12th February 9.00pm

Mike Myers stars in this sequel to his successful spoof of 1960s spy films. Dr Evil travels back in time to steal Austin Powers’s libido and incapacitate the self-styled Casanova. Believing himself helpless without his ‘mojo’, Austin teams up with CIA agent Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham) to thwart Dr Evil’s plans.

Director
Jay Roach
Starring
Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Seth Green

Charms for the Easy Life (2002)

Friday 12th February 4.00pm

Period drama about three generations of remarkable women living in the North Carolina backwoods. Together they face up to the trials of life and the challenges that nature and other people throw at them.

Director
Joan Micklin Silver
Starring
Gena Rowlands, Mimi Rogers, Susan May Pratt

Hidden Places (2006)

Friday 12th February 3.05pm

Drama set during the Great Depression. A woman is left to raise two children on a farm with crippling debts. She finds help in the form of a mysterious drifter (Jason Gedrick, ‘Desperate Housewives’).

Director
Yelena Lanskaya
Starring
Jason Gedrick, Logan Arens, Tom Bosley

Back to You and Me (2005)

Thursday 11th February 4.00pm

Romantic drama. A dedicated doctor with little time for romance attends her high-school reunion and reacquaints herself with the childhood sweetheart she left behind.

Starring country singer Lisa Hartman.

Director
David S Cass, Sr
Starring
Lisa Hartman, Rue McClanahan, Dale Midkiff

Jane Doe – The Harder They Fall (2006)

Thursday 11th February 3.10pm

Mystery drama directed by and starring Lea Thompson (‘Back to the Future’) as a crime-fighting sleuth with a double life. Jane Doe investigates the murder of a high-powered business mogul. She quickly discovers the man’s apparent drowning was staged to look like an accident.

Director
Lea Thompson
Starring
Lea Thompson, Joe Penny, William R Moses