Movie choice

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

(2004)

12 ◆ 5.55PM, CH4 ★★★

This global disaster movie is directed by Roland Emmerich, who hit the big time in 1996 with Independence Day. An ice age looms, and Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal are the father and son who are trying desperately to survive it.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT

(2018) 12 ◆ 9.10PM, CH4 ★★★★ Back for a sixth Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt still has a rogue’s heart and, for his latest highstakes task – getting villains away from nuclear material – he is given a beefy chaperone (Henry Cavill). Suffice to say, the two men don’t get along.

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE (2016) 15

◆ 11.40PM, BBC2 ★★★★ Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders are reunited as perpetually sloshed pals Patsy and Edina (right) in this big-screen spin-off from the

BBC sitcom. Bubble (Jane Horrocks) and Saffy (Julia Sawalha) are joined by a host of A-list cameos.

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US

(2017) 12 ◆ 12.05AM, CH4 ★★★★ When a private plane goes down in northern Utah’s isolated High Uintas Wilderness, the two passengers are forced to fend for themselves in freezing conditions. Kate Winslet and Idris Elba are the watchable stars in peril in this romantic drama.