Movie choice

THE BLACK SHIELD OF FALWORTH 4.40PM, FILM4

(1954)

U ● ★★★

Tony Curtis and his then wife Janet Leigh star in this olde English adventure, set during the reign of King Henry IV. Curtis is the young man who sets out to reclaim his noble birthright and foil a plot to unseat the King from his throne.

THE WORLD’S END

(2013) 15 ◆ 9PM, ITV4 ★★★ Following Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, this sci-fi horror comedy reunites Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright for a wacky and increasingly dangerous pub crawl. Martin Freeman and Rosamund Pike are among the cast facing evil alien robots before their hangovers kick in. It’s the least successful in the so-called Cornetto trilogy of genre-bending comedies.

WHIPLASH

(2014) 15 ◆ 9PM, GREAT! MOVIES ★★★★ From director Damien Chazelle, who followed this chilling, drumbeat-driven psychological drama with Oscar-winner

La La Land, this stars Miles Teller as a young jazz drummer (right). His conservatory conductor (J.K. Simmons) is a terrifying father figure, an abusive perfectionist who cares for nothing but the best.

THE CONVERSATION

(1974) 12 ◆ 11.15PM, BBC2 ★★★★★

Francis Ford Coppola’s thriller is one of the most intriguing and influential films of the 1970s.

Gene Hackman is the surveillance man whose ears are pricked by a particularly troubling phrase. John Cazale, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr and Robert Duvall also star.