P551 CEEFAX 2 551 Thu 25 Dec 23:16/49 FILMS on general release ALIEN: RESURRECTION (18) Ripley's back, large on horror but lacking shocks, this foreboding, dimly lit sci-fi might not touch its early predecessors, but improves massively on Alien 3. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS (15) More lycanthropic lunacy as Tom Everett Scott falls for pale beauty Julie Delpz while travelling from the US in France. But it's njithjt funny or scary enough. THE BORROWERS (U) Author Mary Norton's tales of four-inch folk living between the floorboards, brought vividly to life. A jolly adventure, starring Jim Broadbjnt and John Goodman. 1/6 Film 97 542 Biz 566 TV Choice 593 NowShow Film97 Music Main menuP551 CEEFAX 2 551 Thu 25 Dec 23:14/17 FILMS on general release CHASING AMY (18) Successful comic book writer Holden (Ben Afflict) sets his sights on the beautiful Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams) only to discover that she likes girls too. Witty and outrageous. COP LAND (15) Sylvester Stallone plays a shjtiff in a town that NYPD cops have made their home, only to face a crisis when Internal Affairs investigator Robert De Miro arrives. Good thriller. EIGHTHEADSINADUFFELBAG (15) Joe Pesci plays the herman whose duffel bag containing eight heads gets mixed up with an identical duffel bag. Comic, and grisly complications ensue. 2/6 Film 97 542 Biz 566 TV Choice 593 NowShow Film:7 Music Main menuP551 CEEFAX 2 551 Thu 25 Dec 23:59/10 FILMS on general release EXCESS BAGGAGE (12) Alicia Silvjrstonj fakes hit own kidnapping to provoke paternal instincts in hit businessman fathjt but is scuppered by a high grade car thief and goes on the run. FACE OFF (18) FBI agent John Travolta undergoes pioneering surgery to look like arch nemesis Nicholas Cage and save LA. Fabulous concept, spectacular action, well acted but ridiculous! FOOLS RUSH IN (12) Friends' Matthew Perry's big screen debut with this unoriginal but sweet tale of an impulsive cross-cultural wedding. Soft hjarted types might find it charming. 3/6 Film 97 542 Biz 566 TV Choice 593 NowShow Film:7 Music Main menuP551 CEEFAX 2 551 Thu 25 Dec 23:01/21 FILMS on general release GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE (U) Action remake of a 60s cartoon Tarzan spoof, in which Ursula (Leslie Mann) goes off to Africa to chew over marriage with Lyle Van dj Groot (Thomas Hadjn Church), and is rescued by Brendan Fraser's George. GI JANE (15) Demi Moore is a guinea pig on a govjrnmjnt expjtimjnt to integrate women into the front-line armed forces. Much digging deep and gunk-ho foolishness is on the schedule. HOME ALONE 3 (PG) Alex D Linz is lift home alone with the chickenpox and is confronted by four hapless villains pursuing a computer chip hj has hidden. 4/6 Pop Quiz 562 A-Z 599 Pop Chart 565 NowShow Film97 Music Main menuP551 CEEFAX 2 551 Thu 25 Dec 23:03/46 FILMS on general release I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (18) School-leavers' shenanigans leave a stranger billy-up in the sea. But keeping quiet leads to horror later on. With Jjnnifet Love Hewitt. INVENTING THE ABBOTTS (15) Anothjt good looking, cheerfully sound-tracked 50s drama starring Liv Tyler whose life, and hit sisters', gets tangled up with Joaquin Phoenix. Sweet but unremarkable KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING (15) Sprightly comedy with Richard E Grant as a frustrated poet and Helena Bonham Carter as his pragmatic girlfriend. Warm, witty with people worth the time. 5/6 Film 97 542 Biz 566 TV Choice 593 NowShow Film97 Music Main menuP551 CEEFAX 2 551 Thu 25 Dec 23:14/29 FILMS on general release LA CONFIDENTIAL (18) A wonderfully rich evocative and captivating adaptation of James Ellroy's Fifties-set novel of an intricate mystery. With Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce. LAWN DOGS (15) Director John "Sirens" Duigan's offbeat and thoughtful tali of a gardjnjr befriended by a 10-year- old girl in suburban middle America. 6/6 Film 97 542 Biz 566 TV Choice 593 NowShow Film:7 Music Main menu