FOTV – Sunday 0807 to Friday 1307

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

Sunday 0807
***½ HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (UK 2008) C15, 2255-0115; Sally Hawkins, Alexis
Zegerman, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Kate O’Flynn, Eddie Marsan; In London,
30-year-old teacher SH has a positive outlook on life, which sometimes
conflicts with other people’s pessimism. Directed by Mike Leigh.

Monday 0907
**½ NOWHERE BOY (UK 2009) C15, 2100-2255; Anne-Marie Duff, Kristin
Scott Thomas, Aaron Johnson, David Threlfall, David Morrissey, Ophelia
Lovibond; AJ is John Lennon in late-'50s Liverpool, where he initiates
a rock'n'roll band.
***½ THE WICKER MAN (UK 1973) C24, 2345-0135; Edward Woodward, Britt
Ekland, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt; Original version,

Tuesday 1007
*** SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (UK 2009) C14, 2100-2320; Dev Patel, Freida
Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Amil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan.

Wednesday 1107
**½ THE MISTRESS OF SPICES (UK 2006) C15, 1710-1900; Aishwarya Rai,
Dermot Mulroney, Nitin Ganatra, Anupam Kher, Padma Lakshmi; AR opens a
spice shop in California, but finds it hard to live by the rules she
was once taught about the mystical importance of spices.
***½ SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (US 1977) C15, 0100-0330; John Travolta,
Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Julie Bovasso; Full-length 18(X)-
certificate version.

Friday 1307
** TRANSAMERICA (US 2005) C4, 0045-0225 (C13, 0145-0325); Felicity
Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Elizabeth Peña; Before a planned gender
realignment operation in California, transsexual FH discovers he has a
17-year-old son(KZ).