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My Breast (PG) - True Movies 2 - December 6th - 6:00am

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:45:54 GMT

Showing on True Movies 2 at 6:00am, December 6th for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

New York journalist Joyce Wadler's life undergoes a dramatic transformation the day she discovers she has breast cancer. But her attitude helps her deal with both the disease itself and its effects on her relationships with those she loves.

Doctor Dolittle (PG) - Film4 - December 12th - 1:00pm

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:45:54 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 1:00pm, December 12th for 105 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Betty Thomas's remake of the 1967 film is neatly updated with Eddie Murphy playing Dr John Dolittle, who talks to the animals. Dolittle and his pushy partner Mark Weller hope to strike a lucrative deal with a major corporation, but more and more of Dolittle's time is taken up giving CPR to lab rats and talking down a suicidal tiger from jumping five storeys. The film works because Murphy's character is played relatively straight while the creatures are allowed to be cynically sarcastic about him, humans and others species. Special plaudits go to the lab rats voiced by Reni Santoni and John Leguizamo, Chris Rock as Rocky the guinea pig and Norm Macdonald as Dolittle's laconic companion Lucky the dog. Edited for language.

Doctor Dolittle (PG) - Film4 - December 18th - 7:10pm

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:45:54 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 7:10pm, December 18th for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

The Brady Bunch Movie (PG) - Film4 - December 20th - 1:00pm

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:45:54 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 1:00pm, December 20th for 105 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Betty Thomas directs this comedy about one of America's favourite TV families of the 70s. Except it's the 90s and, while the world has moved on, they haven't, with parents Mike and Carol and their brood now irritating anachronisms rather than the loved, slightly goofy family. But there's hope for their neighbours - they've forgotten to pay their property taxes and next-door neighbour Mr Diymeyer can buy their home, orange formica kitchen fittings and all, and raze it to the ground as part of his property development schemes. Can the family raise $20,000 in just one week? Watch out for cameo appearances from some of the original cast. Edited for content.

John Tucker Must Die (12) - Film4 - December 21st - 9:00pm

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:45:54 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 9:00pm, December 21st for 105 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Betty Thomas's rom-com of female revenge stars Jesse Metcalfe as John Tucker, high school stud. He romances three very different girls, Heather, Carrie and Beth in rapid succession before dumping each of them. Through Kate, a waitress at the restaurant where he dined them, they find out about his peccadilloes and recruit Kate to date him - then break him. As Kate's confidence in her role grows, so John finds himself wearing women's underwear and ending up in the wrong bed... Director Thomas manages to keep all the characters, even John, endearing enough and with whip-smart one-liners, the film avoids collapsing into cliché.

The Brady Bunch Movie (PG) - Film4 - December 23rd - 5:15pm

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:45:54 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 5:15pm, December 23rd for 105 minutes. Get Reminder Alert