This Week's Essential Movies for Free T.V Guide
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, DEATH RACE 2000, DIE HARD... all on your TV for free this week!
SATURDAY 17.00, C4 Carry on Screaming (1966) A mad scientist transforms young females into shop mannequins. 21.00, C4 Entrapment (1999) An ageing art thief is hunted by a young insurance investigator. 21.00, Five US Atlantic City (1980) A former small-time gangster helps a waitress in distress with the mafia. Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon star. 22.55, More4 The Contender (2000) A right-wing congressman attempts to thwart the way for the first female vice president. 23.10, C4 Creep (2004) A young women finds herself locked inside the London Underground where something gruesome is haunting commuters. 23.20, Film4 Scream (1997) A small town is terrorised by a psychopathic murdering horror geek. 00.00, BBC2 Hell in the Pacific (1968) Two man of opposing sides during the Second World War are stranded together on a desert island. 01.25, Film4 Frenzy (1972) Hitchcock classic about a notorious neck-tie killer mutilating women in Covent Garden. SUNDAY 21.00, C4 House of Flying Daggers (2004) Zhang Yimou martial arts adventure set in 19th century China. Two deputies fight for the devotion of a blind courtesan. 21.00, Five Spy Game (2001) A veteran CIA agent comes to the rescue of his former protege after he has been arrested in China. 21.00, ITV3 1941 (1979) Spielberg comedy centered around the aftermath of Pearl Harbour and staring Lorraine Gary and John Belushi. 21.00, Film4 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) A banker forms a deep felt friendship with an older inmate while serving a sentence for murder. 23.40, Film4 The Player (1992) A producer is blackmailed for by a writer who's script he turned down. 23.40, E4 Serial Mom (1994) John Waters' comedy staring mum Kathleen Turner as an unlikely serial killer. 00.10, ITV3 Bugsy (1991) Warren Beatty biopic on the infamous American gangster who was behind the development of Las Vegas. Also staring Annette Benning. 01.40, ITV4 Death Race 2000 (1975) David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone star in this sci-fi adventure about a brutal cross-country race where the drivers knock over pedestrians for points. MONDAY 18.55, Film4 Gallipoli (1981) Wartime drama with Mel Gibson. Two Austrian sprinters are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War 1. 22.00, ITV4 Death Race 2000 (1975) See sunday at 01.40 22.05, More4 Walter (1982) After the deaths of his parents a mentally-handicapped man is sent to an institution. Starring Ian McKellen. 22.50, Film4 The End of the Affair (1999) Neil Jordan's romantic drama with Ralph Fiennes as a novelist who rekindles a forgotten affair with his ex-mistress. 23.05, ITV1 Almost Famous (2000) A journalist goes on tour with a rock band. 23.55, BBC1 The Andromeda Strain (1970) Tense science-fiction drama about a group of scientists fighting against the clock to thwart a deadly alien virus. TUESDAY 04.30, Film4 Repo Man (1984) A young puck becomes regenerated as a repo man after quitting his grocery job. Tuesday 21.00, Five US Boys N the Hood (1991) Hard-hitting crime drama with Lawrence Fishbourne. 21.00, Virgin 1 A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Crime comedy about a group of con artists who attempt to double cross one another. 23.15, Film4 A Clockwork Orange (1971) A teenage delinquent finds himself the latest Ginnie pig for a new experiment in violence aversion. 23.50, BBC1 The American President (1995) A president falls for the opposition. WEDNESDAY 13.55 C4 Daleks:Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) Sequel to DR WHO AND THE DALEKS which sees the titular foes attempt to take over the earth. 15.05, Film4 Black Narcissus (1946) Powell and Pressburger drama about a group of nuns in the Himalayas who's repressive sexual desires are challenged by the presence of a handsome stranger. 21.00, ITV2 Crocodile Dundee (1986) An Australian bushman attempts to adapt to the big apple. 21.00, Film4 Batman Returns (1992) The knight returns to do battle against a corrupt senator, a penguin and a new feline foe. 22.00, Five The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) The troubled past comes back to haunt an amnesiac. 01.20, ITV4 Henry:Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) Based on the true story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucus. THURSDAY 22.00, ITV44 Henry:Portrait of a Serial Killer See Wednesday 01.20 23.00, ITV2 Die Hard (1988) A New York cop has to thwart the plans of a terrorist group who take hostages in a LA office building. 23.05, Film4 The Player (1992) Biting satire as a producer finds himself being stalked by a blackmailer. FRIDAY 21.00, ITV2 Die Hard See Thursday 22.00 22.00, E4 Phone Booth (2002) A cheating sales exec finds his life threatened when he is targeted by a sniper and held up in a phone booth. 22.50, Film4 If... (1968) A rebellious teen leads a revolt against a strict British private school. 23.00, ITV4 Fortress (1993) A couple are held prisoners in a high-tech prison facility after illegally attempting to snuck in a baby past emigration in a population controlled future.