CHAPLIN (1992)
ITV1, 10.45pm
Based on Charlie Chaplin’s evasive autobiography, Richard Attenborough’s cinematic love letter still finds room for some of the darker chapters that the screen legend overlooked. Robert Downey Jr captures Chaplin’s impish charisma, aided by a strong support cast including Kevin Kline, James Woods, Marisa Tomei and Anthony Hopkins.
Although oddly low on laughs and hampered by Attenborough’s overly reverential tone, Chaplin does illuminate many of its subject’s inner conflicts and notorious scandals. (143min)
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FEARLESS (1993)
Five, 11.10pm
After walking away from a plane crash unscathed, Max Klein (Jeff Bridges) begins to consider himself invincible in Peter Weir’s intriguing philosophical thriller. Max embraces his second chance at life as a miracle, but his erratic behaviour causes concern for his wife (Isabella Rossellini), an airline psychiatrist (John Turturro) and a mercenary lawyer (Tom Hulce). Adapted by Rafael Yglesias from his own novel, Fearless won an Oscar for co-star Rosie Perez. (122min)
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STARSKY & HUTCH (2004)
Sky Movies 2/6, 8pm/9pm
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Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson revive the hugely popular 1970s cop duo in this affectionately kitsch semi-spoof, directed by Todd Phillips. Co-starring the rapper Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear and Vince Vaughn as a drug-dealing crime boss, Starsky & Hutch is huge fun for fans of Stiller and Wilson, but hardly essential viewing. (101min)
SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER AND . . . SPRING (2003)
BBC Four, 9.10pm
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The Korean director Kim Ki Duk takes a surprising diversion from his usual bloodthirsty urban dramas with this elegant Buddhist parable, set in a beautiful floating temple on a picturesque lake. (103min)