A great mix of classics and modern greats to choose from.
Your Thursday night movie menu has arrived.
The Sound of Music – BBC Four – 8pm
A young novitiate (Julie Andrews) is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer (Christopher Plummer).
Live and Let Die – ITV4 – 8pm
James Bond (Roger Moore) is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate (Yaphet Kotto) armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader (Jane Seymour).
Mission Impossible: Fallout – Comedy Central – 9pm
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Venom – FilmFour – 9pm
A failed reporter (Tom Hardy) is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it.
Sherlock Holmes – Sky Showcase – 9.50pm
Detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Jude Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
In the Heart of the Sea – BBC One – 10.35pm
A recounting of a New England whaling ship’s sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick. Stars Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland and Brendan Gleeson.
Raging Bull – FilmFour – 11.10pm
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro), whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
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