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Saturday 11 September, 12.35pm - 2.40pm, C5 MY STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN (1988, US) When a scientist makes contact with a far-off planet, an alien woman is sent to Earth to locate the man and save her civilisation. Alyson Hannigan plays the scientist's 13-year-old daughter, Jessie. Sunday 12 September, 2.35pm - 4.40pm, ITV2 KINDERGARTEN COP (1990, US) Action comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a tough Los Angeles cop who's facing the greatest challenge of his career - going undercover as a kindergarten teacher to track down the family of a vicious mobster. 6-year-old Dominic is played by Christian and Joseph Cousins. Videocaps Monday 13 September, 10.05pm - 12.15am, ITV4 MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (1983, UK) A set of comic sketches, notably including "Every Sperm is Sacred", a large scale musical number featuring a father with an unfeasibly large number of children. (Some of the children also briefly appear in the endpiece set in Heaven.) Videocaps Wednesday 15 September, 5.10pm - 7.15pm, Film4 HIGH SOCIETY (1956, US) Classic musical starring Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. On the eve of high-class Tracy Lord's second marriage, her first husband, Dexter, realises that he still loves her. Lydia Reed plays Tracy's younger sister, Caroline, who rather fancies Dexter herself. (Caroline appears very little in the film after the first half hour.) Thursday 16 September, 11.20pm - 2.10am, C4 ALIENS (1986, US) Science fiction sequel. Having overcome a terrifying alien predator, Ripley has spent 57 years asleep, drifting through space in a life-pod. She is rescued, but discovers that the planet where the creature was originally found has been colonised. When contact with the planet is lost, Ripley and a platoon of marines are sent to investigate, and they find that the only survivor is 10-year-old "Newt" (Carrie Henn). Videocaps Friday 17 September, 10.30pm - 12.45am, More4 Friday 17 September, 1.50am - 4.05am (early Saturday), More4 28 DAYS LATER... (2002, UK/US/Neth) Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout Britain, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary, including Megan Burns as teenager Hannah. Videocaps Friday 17 September, 11.15pm - 12.45am, BBC1 The DARK (2005, Ger/UK) Spooky horror in which a mother and her young daughter Sarah (Sophie Stuckey) are reunited with Sarah's father at a Welsh cottage, but Sarah vanishes soon after arriving. Then Ebrill (Abigail Stone), a girl who claims to have died 50 years ago and resembles Sarah, appears. Videocaps Friday 17 September, 11.30pm - 1.35am, ITV4 CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984, US) Fantasy action sequel starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Conan, the former gladiator, is enlisted by Queen Taramis to accompany her virgin niece Princess Jehnna (Olivia D'Abo) on an expedition to find a magical gem. |