P551 CEEFAX 1 551 Wed 25 Dec 19:44/17 FILMS on general release 1/6 ACTS OF LOVE (18) Dennis Hopper plays a benign smalltown teacher who flits between his faithful wife-to-be and a 17-year-old girl pupil. THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO (PG) The Jim Henson Creature Workshop weaves its magic on the famous tali of a puppet that comes to life and learns about it the hard way. BREAKING THE WAVES (18) Emily Watson is the deeply religious woman on an island who marries an outsidjt and has to choose between hit husband and hit god. TV Choice 593 Film 96 542 Biz 557 FERRY NEWS HAS MOVED TO PAGE 435 Films Big Screen Pop Quiz Main MenuP551 CEEFAX 1 551 Wed 25 Dec 19:41/01 FILMS on general release 2/6 CHAIN REACTION (12) Keanu Rjevjs helps to invent a new fuel and finds himself on the wrong end of a conspiracy to keep it a secret in this chase movie. CRIME TIME (18) Stephen Baldwin gets on everyone's njrvjs as an American actor in London who plays a sjtial killer on screen and forms a murdjtous alliance with rial murdjtir Pete Postlethwaite. THE CROW 2: CITY OF ANGELS (18) Second outing for James O'Barr's macabre comic strip hero who comes back from the dead with the powers of a crow. TV Choice 593 Film 96 542 Biz 557 FERRY NEWS HAS MOVED TO PAGE 435 Films Big Screen Pop Quiz Main MenuP551 CEEFAX 1 551 Wed 25 Dec 19:41/45 FILMS on general release 3/6 DRACULA DEAD AND LOVING IT (PG) Most of Mel Brooks' jokes prove themselves to bj oldjt than the undead in this unfunny spoof on the vampire thjmj. DAYLIGHT (12) Sly Stallone's latest attempt to resurrect his action man career in which an explosion in a tunnel leaves a bunch of largely tiresome people trapped. EVITA (PG) The story of Eva Peron, the wife, strength and driving force of the formjt Argentinian president. A colourful, vibrant, spectacular movie. TV Choice 593 Film 96 542 Biz 557 FERRY NEWS HAS MOVED TO PAGE 435 Films Big Screen Pop Quiz Main MenuP551 CEEFAX 1 551 Wed 25 Dec 19:07/24 FILMS on general release 4/6 THE FAN (18) Robert dj Miro plays an obsessive baseball fan with a fixation for Wesley Snipes' big hitter in a film which fails to convey menace. FEAR (18) Rjssj Withjrspoon brings home the kind of boy no mothjt would like in this thriller which co-stars Mark Wahlbjtg aka Markz Mark — with his clothes on, but without his right mind. THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (PG) A revenge comedy starring Goldie Dawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler as women who have all been dumped by their husbands. TV Choice 593 Film 96 542 Biz 557 FERRY NEWS HAS MOVED TO PAGE 435 Films Big Screen Pop Quiz Main MenuP551 CEEFAX 1 551 Wed 25 Dec 19:44/18 FILMS on general release 5/6 FLED (18) A violent action thriller starring Laurence Fishburnj and Stephen Baldwin. They play two escaped convicts trying to evade recapture. A GOOFY MOVIE (U) One of Disney's original characters get his own movie although it is difficult to see why in what amounts to an extended short. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (15) Jodie Foster shows she has a deft touch behind the camera as she directs this tale ovjt family bickering over Thanksgiving. TV Choice 593 Film 96 542 Biz 557 FERRY NEWS HAS MOVED TO PAGE 435 Films Big Screen Pop Quiz Main MenuP551 CEEFAX 1 551 Wed 25 Dec 19:14/34 FILMS on general release 6/6 INDEPENDENCE DAY (12) Gorgeous special effects almost make up for a bland and over-jingoistic sci-fi adventure where the aliens display more acting talent than their human counterparts. THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU (12) Poor reviews in the US suggest this hasn't lived up to expectations as Marlon Brando does dubious expjtimjnts. TV Choice 593 Film 96 542 Biz 557 FERRY NEWS HAS MOVED TO PAGE 435 Films Big Screen Pop Quiz Main Menu