| Upcoming Movies: 2012-02-05 (Today) |
| BBC Two | 11:30:00 | I Know Where I'm Going (T) | (1945, General Movie/Drama) A headstrong woman on her way to marry her wealthy fiance for his money stops off at a sleepy Scottish seaside town. There she meets a charming but penniless naval officer, presenting her with a dilemma when she starts to fall in love with him. Romantic drama directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, with Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, John Laurie and Finlay Currie. |
| TV3 | 13:20:00 | One Fine Day | (1996, Comedy) The working day for two mismatched single professionals is thrown into turmoil when their children have to stay at home after missing a school trip. The pair agree to take it in turns to babysit while struggling to stick to their hectic schedules - but during the course of the day their feelings for each other blossom unexpectedly. Romantic comedy, starring George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer, Charles Durning and Mae Whitman. |
| UTV | 13:40:00 | Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows (T) | (1989, Detective/Thriller) An ambitious Hollywood director is visited by an old friend, who threatens to expose evidence of his involvement in the death of an actor. The film-maker resorts to murder to keep his dark secret safe, only to end up on the receiving end of Columbo's distinctive brand of interrogation. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Fisher Stevens and Molly Hagan. |
| Channel 4 | 14:30:00 | New in Town (T) | (2009, General Movie/Drama) Premiere. A Miami business executive accepts a temporary assignment helping to downsize a manufacturing plant in a small Minnesota town. Despite a frosty reception, she soon finds herself warming to the community and falling in love with the man of her dreams - until she is asked to do the unthinkable. Romantic comedy, starring Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr and JK Simmons. |
| BBC Two | 14:55:00 | The Shooting Party (T) | (1985, General Movie/Drama) An English aristocrat invites friends to his stately country home for a weekend of pheasant shooting in 1913. The guests enjoy the self-indulgent privileges of the upper classes, heedless of the local rural poor who cater to their every whim - and are blithely unaware that the approaching war will change their sheltered lives for ever. Period drama, based on Isabel Colegate's novel, with Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Gordon Jackson and Robert Hardy. |
| RTE One | 14:55:00 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | (1964, General Movie/Drama) A luxury car passes through three owners. A British aristocrat buys it for his wife, but is appalled at the use she finds for it. A bored gangster's moll tours Sicily in the vehicle while her husband is out of the country, and a European socialite uses the car to smuggle a resistance member out of Yugoslavia during the Second World War. Drama, starring Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine and Ingrid Bergman. |
| RTE Two | 17:20:00 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | (2007, Science Fiction) The super-powered team takes on a mysterious alien who has been sent by his planet-eating master to prepare Earth for obliteration. While the four heroes try to find a way to foil its plans, an old enemy returns intent on seizing the extraterrestrial's power. Sci-fi adventure sequel, starring Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and Jessica Alba, with the voice of Laurence Fishburne. |
| Comedy Central | 17:40:00 | Ocean's Eleven | (2001, Comedy) A suave ex-convict assembles a gang of sophisticated crooks to pull off a daring heist. He intends to rob three of Las Vegas's biggest casinos simultaneously - and also win back his estranged wife, who is now dating the ruthless owner of all three gambling establishments. Steven Soderbergh's crime comedy, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon and Bernie Mac. |
| E4 | 18:50:00 | Romancing the Stone (T) | (1984, Comedy) A romantic novelist goes in search of her kidnapped sister in the steamy jungles of South America, only to become the target of a villainous general who demands as a ransom the valuable treasure map in her possession. Help is at hand in the form of a craggy daredevil fortune hunter, who has his eye on a share of the profits. Comedy adventure, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. |
| Channel 4 | 21:00:00 | The Time Traveler's Wife (T) | (2009, Science Fiction) Premiere. A librarian suffers from a strange condition that causes him to involuntarily move backwards and forwards in time. He marries a woman who was already in love with him after an encounter in his future and her past, but his journeys through history put a strain on their relationship, especially as he learns more about events that have yet to happen. Romantic sci-fi drama based on Audrey Niffenegger's novel, starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana. |
| RTE Two | 21:30:00 | Hotel Rwanda (T) | (2004, General Movie/Drama) Premiere. A Rwandan hotel manager strives to protect his family from harm during the 1994 genocide, but is appalled at the indifference shown by other nations to the violence. He takes matters into his own hands, turning his hotel into a hiding place for hundreds of Tutsi refugees and putting his own life at risk to protect them. Fact-based drama, starring Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte and Jean Reno. |
| Channel 4 | 23:10:00 | Alien Resurrection (T) | (1997, Science Fiction) Scientists create a clone of Ripley to get hold of the alien queen growing inside her body and breed a new race of the monsters. However, when the creatures escape and turn on their makers, the new Ripley must lead a smuggling crew to safety. Sci-fi thriller sequel, starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder and Ron Perlman. |
| 3e | 23:45:00 | The River | (1984, General Movie/Drama) A Tennessee homesteader works at a steel mill during a strike to help make ends meet when the bank serves a repossession order on the family farm, incurring the anger of the union - but a greater crisis looms when the river encircling his land threatens to burst its banks. Drama, starring Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey and Becky Jo Lynch. |
| BBC Two | 00:55:00 | The Day of the Triffids (T) | (1962, Detective/Thriller) A meteor shower blinds the majority of Earth's population and heralds the arrival of a race of dangerous carnivorous walking plants. As the monsters multiply and prey on the blind, the remaining sighted people join forces to try to put an end to the invasion. Sci-fi thriller, starring Howard Keel, Janette Scott, Nicole Maurey and Mervyn Johns. |
| Channel 4 | 01:15:00 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (T) | (2003, Horror) Five free-spirited teenagers are enjoying a road trip when they stop to pick up a hitch-hiker, but the good deed backfires when she commits suicide in their van. Shocked and panicking, they call the police, leading to an encounter with a sadistic local sheriff and his family of human butchers - and a chainsaw-wielding maniac known as Leatherface. Remake of the 1974 horror, starring Jessica Biel, R Lee Ermey, Andrew Bryniarski and Eric Balfour. |
| RTE One | 01:20:00 | Lord of the Flies (T) | (1963, General Movie/Drama) A plane crash leaves a party of schoolboys marooned on a desert island. Initially, the boys rally around the sensible Ralph, who sets his mind to finding ways to survive and get help. But gradually the castaways fall under the influence of a jealous chorister, who leads them into savagery and violence. Peter Brook's drama based on William Golding's novel, with James Aubrey, Tom Chapin and Hugh Edwards. |