Movies

Sunday 11 January 2009 at 4:55pm on F4

From Japan’s Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki’s animation features flying ace Porco Rosso, a WWI hero mysteriously transformed into a pig when his squadron was wiped out. Now working as a mercenary guarding cruise ships from aerial pirates, he is shot down when they hire their own mercenary.

Saturday 10 January 2009 at 10:05pm on C4

Network Premiere of James Wong’s horror sequel. Wendy Christensen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has a premonition that a roller coaster is going to crash. Sure enough, after she and her friends have disembarked, there is a spectacular (and satisfyingly gory) accident. But once again, Death will not be cheated of his due as the survivors succumb to his will, one by one, in suitably ingenious ways…

Saturday 10 January 2009 at 10:45pm on F4

Roman Polanski’s mould-breaking horror story stars Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes as Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, a young couple who move into an apartment block where they are befriended by Minnie and Roman Castevet (Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer). When Rosemary becomes pregnant, even though the circumstances of the conception are hazy, she is pleased by the concern of her husband, her neighbours and their friends, who are prepared to go to any lengths to ensure she has a healthy baby…

Friday 9 January at 11:25pm on F4

Trainspotting is acknowledged to be one of the most original films to come out of Britain. The multi-award-winning movie, based on Irvine Welsh’s novel, stars Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Kelly MacDonald and Kevin McKidd in a story of drugs, survival, scams, friendship and tragedy.

Friday 9 January at 9:00pm on M4

Matt Damon plays Tom Ripley, a sociopathic murderer in Anthony Minghella’s Oscar-nominated, BAFTA winning film, based on Patricia Highsmith’s murderous character.

Thursday 8 January at 11:00pm on F4

Jason Reitman’s satirical comedy stars Aaron Eckhart as divorced father-of-one Nick Naylor, spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, whose job is to promote smoking. The film centres on his battle with Senator Ortolan Finistirre (William H Macy), who wants packs to carry a skull and crossbones and the film centres on their battle.

Wednesday 7 January at 2:40pm on F4

From Japan’s Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki’s animation tells the story of master-thief Lupin. When he robs a Monte Carlo casino only to discover the money is counterfeit, he sets off with his gang to find the forger. He tracks him down to the small country of Cagliostro, run by an evil count who is responsible for the fake bills, which he plans to use to overthrow the world’s economy. And he’s also planning to force the beautiful Princess Clarice to marry him. Can the gang rescue her and, into the bargain, steal his treasure hoard?

Tuesday 6 January at 10:45pm on F4

Sergio Leone’s epic spaghetti western is set in a boom town made big by the arrival of the railway. Claudia Cardinale plays Jill McBain, a widow with a past who owns some of the valuable land, with Gabriele Ferzetti as Morton, a land-grabbing railroad owner. Into the mix is thrown Cheyenne (Jason Robards), who has designs on Jill, Harmonica (Charles Bronson), a mysterious taciturn gunslinger and Frank (Henry Fonda), a cold-blooded gun for hire working for Cheyenne.

Tuesday 6 January at 9:00pm on E4

This sequel to Speed sees Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric and Willem Defoe all at sea together.

Monday 5 January at 11:15pm on F4

UK TV NETWORK PREMIERE

Leonard Abrahamson’s gorgeously shot Film4-funded tragicomedy is set in a small rural Irish town, where the local garage is run by Josie (Pat Shortt), who has borderline learning difficulties. However, since the garage is well off the beaten track, he can cope with the occasional car in between trips to the pub where Carmel (Anne-Marie Duff), the girl he secretly fancies, works. But when Josie is given a teenage assistant, David (Conor Ryan), he extends the hand of friendship, which unfortunately includes sharing beers and porn. Labelled a sex pest, he finds himself either ostracised or the object of derision and events begin to take a dark turn.