Saturday 26/2
FILM: Trial by Jury A young mother serving jury duty in a mob trial must sway her peers toward a ‘not guilty’ verdict if she wants to save her son’s life. Crime thriller starring Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne and William Hurt. (Star-0.45) FILM: Time Share Nit-picking Matt and his kid are forced to share their Malibu summer home with a strange single mother and her kid, and while the chemistry is all wrong at first, Cupid intervenes to bring it all to a happy end. Romantic comedy starring Nastassja Kinski, Timothy Dalton and Kevin Zegers. (Alpha-15.30) PERFORMANCE: Le Cirque du Soleil The amazing French circus troupe performs ‘Saltimbanco,’ a phantasmagoria that offers up a new vision of urban life, overflowing with optimism and joy. Filmed in 1994, under the direction of Jacques Payette, the film features such acts as the Double Wire, Hand to Hand and the Chinese Poles. (Vouli-20.00) FILM: Pacific Heights Patty and Drake’s dream house turns into a living nightmare when they’re forced to rent out one of the apartments and their tenant turns out to be much more sinister and a lot harder to get rid of than they had imagined. Thriller with Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine and Michael Keaton. (Star-21.00) FILM: The Fast Lady Murdock Troon is a bicycle enthusiast with a fear for cars, but when he meets Claire and she wants him to get behind the wheel, he relents, hoping to win her heart. Comedy starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter. (ET-1-21.15)
