FOTV – Saturday 3006 to Friday 0607

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Just a few films you may find of interest (rated * to ****)

Saturday 3006
*** BRIGHTON ROCK (UK 1947) C14, 1310-1500; Richard Attenborough,
Hermione Baddeley, Carol Marsh; Original version. Teenager RA becomes
involved in a murder, but charms waitress CM into covering for him.
** NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS (UK 2006) C2EWS, 0120-0250; Shelley Conn,
Laura Fraser, Art Malik, Ronnie Jhutti; Asian Glaswegian SC returns to
her home town when her father dies, and learns that his award winning
restaurant will have to be sold.

Sunday 0107
**½ FOR THE MOMENT (Canadian 1994) C2EWS, 0010-0210; Russell Crowe,
Christianne Hirt, Wanda Cannon, Bruce Boa; Just in case you want to
catch an early RC film: he's an Aussie pilot training in Canada during
WWII.
** KM 31 / Kilometro 31 (Mexican 2006) C15, 0110-0305; Iliana Fox,
Adrià Collado, Luisa Huertes, Raúl Méndez; IF believes that she's run
over a boy on the road but, while investigating, another car hits her.
(Subtitles)

Monday 0207
*** HERO (Chinese/Hong Kong 2002) C15, 1905-2100; Jet Li, Tony Leung
Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Zhang Ziyi; Mind-blowing action,
stunning photography, and stupendous colour schemes as a warrior (JL)
explains to his King how he defeated three of the latter's sworn
enemies. Set in the 3rd Century. (Subtitles)
**½ WICKER PARK (US 2004) C4, 0200-0400 (C13, 0300-0500); Josh
Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard, Jessica Paré;
U.S. remake of the French "L'Appartement".

Tuesday 0307
*** WE OWN THE NIGHT (US 2007) C24, 2250-0110; Joaquim Phoenix, Mark
Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall; Director James Gray's forceful
film is set in 1988 Brooklyn, where JP is the manager of a nightclub
at which Russians are dealing drugs. Gray later directed the even
better "TWO LOVERS", also with JP.

Wednesday 0407
***½ THE WICKER MAN (UK 1973) C24, 2100-2250; Edward Woodward, Britt
Ekland, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt; Original version,

Thursday 0507
*** WE OWN THE NIGHT (US 2007) C24, 2230-0050; See above.
**½ ANOTHER COUNTRY (UK 1984) C15, 0025-0210; Rupert Everett, Colin
Firth, Michael Jenn, Robert Addle, Rupert Wainwright, Anna Massey; In
the 1930s, rivalry between sixth-formers at an exclusive public school
is heightened by one(RE) making his homosexuality known.

Friday 0607
** MY SUMMER OF LOVE (UK 2004) C2E, 2350-0115; Natalie Press, Emily
Blunt, Paddy Considine; In Yorkshire, EB (on holiday from boarding
school) spends time with local tearaway NP, and their love becomes
physical.