7 films on TV for the week ahead.

Sat 18/2 3E @23.00

Kiss The Girls. A serial killer is preying on women in North Carolina and Morgan Freeman is on the case in this adaption of the James Patterson book. It's a pretty pedestrian film but far from a bad one and Morgan Freeman's gravitas as always gives the film a much needed bit of oomph. He also gets great support from Ashley Judd and Cary Elwes.

Sun 19/2 E4 @22.00

The Adjustment Bureau. Matt Damon & Emily Blunt headline this highly entertaining twisty turny science fiction/love story about a politician and a dancer who meet and are then kept apart by ........ watch the film and find out!. An original, suspenseful, absorbing, fast moving and fun film. I love seeing Damon in a film where he isn't kicking a bad lads head in and Blunt is always good.

Mon 20/2 Film4 @01.00

Amour. A devastating portrayal of the ravages of old age and the effects it has on a marriage. An elderly Parisian couple find their lives turned upside when illness rears its ugly head. Warning, this film will break you but that said its portrayal of what people will do for the people they love makes for superb cinema. I wish film 4 would show more French stuff. It never disappoints.

Wed 22/2 RTE 1 @21.35

The Help. An absorbing little tale of 2 African American women working as domestic servants in the American south of the 1960's and a journalist who decides to expose the adversity they have faced all their working lives. Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer are fantastic in this film that will piss you off then make you laugh and then make you want to punch a wall.

Thurs 23/2 TCM @21.00

Lone Star. In my opinion one of THE most underrated films of the 90s. A cracking mystery thriller set on the Tex/Mex border about a sheriff investigating a decades old crime. It's a long film but its so engrossing, has atmosphere by the bucket load and some super performances from Matthew McConnaughey, Chris Cooper and Elizabeth Pena. Film of the week for me.

Fri 24/2 Film4 @14.30

Winchester '73. The first and for me still the best of a series of westerns James Stewart made with director Anthony Mann. Stewart stars as a sharpshooter who's gun is robbed from him and passes through many people's hands during the course of the film. A lovely looking, exciting and well acted film with a final shootout that is still influencing films today. Watch out for a very young Rock Hudson as a native American!

Fri 24/2 RTE 1 Midnight

Multiplicity. A man driven demented by trying to keep up with the pressures of his job and the demands of his family comes up with a novel if bonkers way of dealing with things. Michael Keaton is deadly in the main role(s), you'd forget just how wacky he can be when he gives his all & Andie McDowell makes the most of her straight role. A warm, wacky and easy to watch film with a couple of big belly laughs.