BEST FILMS
Wonder Woman 1984 Sunday, ITV, 7.25pm
Star Gal Gadot (right) and writer/director Patty Jenkins reteam for this enjoyable sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman. Set in 1984, the bad guys are played by scene-stealing Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal while Chris Pine is the love interest.
The Lost City Monday, Film4, 9pm
A must for Romancing The Stone fans, this adventure/comedy/ romance sees novelist Sandra Bullock kidnapped by rich boy Daniel Radcliffe, who is searching for a mythical lost city from one of her books. Pretty but useless model Channing Tatum attempts to come to her rescue.
Gravity Tuesday, BBC1, 10.50pm
Sandra Bullock (again) and George Clooney head the cast of this stunning, Oscar-winning sci-fi drama from director Alfonso Cuarón. Bullock is the astronaut lost in space, frantically trying to find her way back home.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Wednesday, Film4, 11.40pm San Diego news anchor Ron (Will Ferrell, right) is threatened when an attractive and ambitious female reporter joins the news team. As both are eager to be in the limelight, it’s not long before a hilarious battle of the sexes breaks out. Also stars Christina Applegate, David Koechner, and Steve Carell.
The Lodge Thursday, Film4, 10.50pm
Riley Keough is on form in this atmospheric horror. She plays Grace, fiancée of Richard (Richard Armitage), who is in the middle of divorce. He wants Grace to meet his two children and takes them for a weekend in a cabin. When Richard is called home, Grace and the kids are snowed in. As relations start to thaw, a series of strange events begins...
Manhunter Friday, BBC2, 12.05am
Michael Mann’s thriller features an early outing for Hannibal Lecktor. Silence of the Lambs (where his name is spelled Lecter) meets Miami Vice, with CSI’S William Petersen as the moody FBI agent who gets into the minds of killers to track them down. Brian Cox (right) plays Lecktor.