Saturday 12/08/23Big (1988) **** (ITV, 3.05pm)Twelve-year-old Josh (David Moscow) is humiliated when he’s turned away from a fairground ride for being too short and makes a wish to be big – which is granted when he wakes up the next morning in the body of a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks). With the help of his best mate Billy (Jared Rushton), the newly grown-up Josh moves to New York and gets a job at a toy company, where his enthusiasm impresses his boss (Robert Loggia) and cynical executive Susan (Elizabeth Perkins). But is Josh really ready for all the complexities of adult life? Hanks, who picked up his first Oscar nomination for his performance, is absolutely pitch perfect in this funny, bittersweet fantasy.
Margaux (2022) *** (Sky Cinema Premiere, 6.05pm) PremiereArtificial intelligence targets humankind for extinction in a high-tech horror thriller directed by Steven C Miller. College friends Clay (Richard Harmon), Devon (Jordan Buhat), Drew (Jedidiah Goodacre), Hannah (Madison Pettis), Kayla (Phoebe Miu) and Lexi (Vanessa Morgan) approach graduation with feelings of regret that they didn’t maintain close bonds from their high school days.The group makes amends by renting a smart house, which is equipped with a virtual helper named Margaux that can cater to their every whim with a 3D printer. Hannah feels uneasy about the artificial intelligence but her warnings go unheeded and Margaux ruthlessly targets the visitors one by one for a grisly demise.
Casino Royale (2006) **** (ITV, 8.30pm)Daniel Craig made a fantastic debut as Bond in this thriller. It finds the secret agent on the trail of Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), an international criminal planning to use a high-stakes poker game as a means of funding terrorist organisations across the world. This offering was huge success and had fans who had been sceptical about Craig’s casting eating their words. Judi Dench is one of the very few constants between the Brosnan era and the dawning of Craig. She brings the same dry wit and gravitas to the role of M, dismayed at her fledgling agent’s ability to bring her department into disrepute once again. Meanwhile, Mikkelsen is suitably creepy as the villain of the piece and Eva Green is memorable as 007’s love interest, Vesper Lynd.
