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The French Connection (18) - Sky Movies Modern Greats - December 26th - 12:10am

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats at 12:10am, December 26th for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Gene Hackman is Popeye Doyle, the New York detective whose implacable pursuit of French narcotics smuggler Alain Charnier (eternally urbane Fernando Rey) led to America's biggest heroin seizure. A breakneck action thriller with a core of Smith and Wesson steel.

Starring as "Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle"

The French Connection (18) - Sky Movies Modern Greats HD - December 26th - 12:10am

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats HD at 12:10am, December 26th for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Starring as "Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle"

French Connection II (18) - Sky Movies Modern Greats - December 27th - 12:05am

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats at 12:05am, December 27th for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

'Popeye' Doyle travels to France on the trail of elusive drug dealer Alain Charnier, but the New York cop is captured and forcibly hooked on heroin.

Starring as "Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle"

French Connection II (18) - Sky Movies Modern Greats HD - December 27th - 12:05am

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats HD at 12:05am, December 27th for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Starring as "Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle"

The Poseidon Adventure (PG) - Film4 - December 28th - 4:50pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 4:50pm, December 28th for 135 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Disaster movie set aboard a luxury liner which is hit by a tidal wave and capsizes, forcing its passengers to make their way to the surface through air pockets in the upturned ship.

Starring as "Rev. Frank Scott"

The Chamber (15) - Sky Movies Drama - December 29th - 12:15pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Drama at 12:15pm, December 29th for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Thriller about a young lawyer who makes a last ditch attempt to win a reprieve for his unrepentant grandfather, a man awaiting his fate on death row for murdering two young children in a bombing in 1967. Based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham.

Starring as "Sam Cayhall"

The Chamber (15) - Sky Movies Drama HD - December 29th - 12:15pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Drama HD at 12:15pm, December 29th for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Starring as "Sam Cayhall"

The Conversation (15) - Film4 - December 29th - 10:55pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 10:55pm, December 29th for 135 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Francis Ford Coppola's classic Oscar-nominated thriller stars Gene Hackman, in one of his stand-out roles, as Harry Caul, one of the best surveillance experts in the business. He is asked by the head of a large corporation to record a conversation between a young couple in a public plaza. Using all his technical expertise, Caul gets three recordings of the conversation but as he plays them backwards and forwards, refining each one to achieve the most perfectly audible copy, he realises that delivering the finished product could end in tragedy.

Starring as "Harry Caul"

Bonnie and Clyde (18) - RTÉ 2 - December 30th - 2:05am

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on RTÉ 2 at 2:05am, December 30th for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Based loosely on the true exploits of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker during the 30s, the film begins as Clyde tries to steal the car of Bonnie Parker's mother. Bonnie is excited by Clyde's outlaw demeanour, and he further stimulates her by robbing a store in her presence. Clyde steals a car, with Bonnie in tow, and their legendary crime spree begins.

Starring as "Buck Barrow"

Marooned (U) - Five USA - December 30th - 3:25pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Five USA at 3:25pm, December 30th for 155 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Oscar-winning space drama, starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna and David Janssen. Three astronauts are stranded in space when a mission goes awry and must be rescued before their oxygen runs out.

Starring as "Buzz Lloyd"

Geronimo: an American Legend (15) - ITV4 - December 30th - 11:50pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on ITV4 at 11:50pm, December 30th for 130 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Western adventure based on the renowned story of Native American Geronimo, the leader of the last tribe to stand against the US government authorities. Captured by the US Army, Geronimo later escapes and is followed by a cavalryman who is true to the cause of the white man yet sympathetic to the suffering of the Indians.

Starring as "Brig. General George Crook"

The Mexican (15) - Sky Movies Drama - December 31st - 11:20am

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Drama at 11:20am, December 31st for 130 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Small fry hood Jerry is railroaded into being courier for a mobster, to the disgust of his girlfriend Sam, who walks out. Jerry has to pick up a gun with a strange history, but the gangsters aren't certain of their man and take out some insurance, with gay hitman Leroy kidnapping Sam.

Starring as "Arnold Margolese"

The Mexican (15) - Sky Movies Drama HD - December 31st - 11:20am

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Drama HD at 11:20am, December 31st for 130 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Starring as "Arnold Margolese"

Marooned (U) - Five USA - December 31st - 12 noon

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Five USA at 12 noon, December 31st for 155 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Oscar-winning space drama, starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna and David Janssen. Three astronauts are stranded in space when a mission goes awry and must be rescued before their oxygen runs out.

Starring as "Buzz Lloyd"

Superman (PG) - ITV1 London - December 31st - 3:55pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on ITV1 London at 3:55pm, December 31st for 155 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Oscar-winning fantasy based on the classic comic strip, portraying the early years of the Man of Steel. After his birth on the planet Krypton, Superman grows up on Earth. He becomes a journalist, but must juggle his job with his secret identity as a powerful superhero and his battles with arch-nemesis Lex Luthor. Luthor plans to lay waste to the west coast of America, and Superman is the only one who can stop him.

Starring as "Lex Luthor"

Geronimo: an American Legend (15) - ITV4 - December 31st - 10:00pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on ITV4 at 10:00pm, December 31st for 135 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Starring as "Brig. General George Crook"

The Poseidon Adventure (PG) - Film4 - January 1st, 2010 - 2:40pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 2:40pm, January 1st, 2010 for 135 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Disaster movie set aboard a luxury liner which is hit by a tidal wave and capsizes, forcing its passengers to make their way to the surface through air pockets in the upturned ship.

Starring as "Rev. Frank Scott"

Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (PG) - LIVING - January 1st, 2010 - 3:00pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on LIVING at 3:00pm, January 1st, 2010 for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

World leaders want Superman to intervene in the arms race, but he is caught in a dilemma - having vowed never to interfere in history. He eventually agrees to destroy all nuclear weapons, but then comes face to face with the android Nuclear Man, Lex Luthor's latest evil creation. Luthor wants to stoke up the arms race, and sees the android - made from Kryptonite - as the only way to stop Superman, once and for all.

Starring as "Lex Luthor"

Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (PG) - LIVING HD - January 1st, 2010 - 3:00pm

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on LIVING HD at 3:00pm, January 1st, 2010 for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Starring as "Lex Luthor"

Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (PG) - LIVING - January 2nd, 2010 - 10:00am

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:27 GMT

Showing on LIVING at 10:00am, January 2nd, 2010 for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Starring as "Lex Luthor"