Small screen movies: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

Saturday, STV, 7pm****

Things get even darker for the teenage wizard in part four of the saga, as new head Dolores Umbridge (a creepy Imelda Staunton) takes over at Hogwarts. She's part Margaret Thatcher, part Madame Mao, part Barbara Cartland and her dictatorial regime leads Harry and pals to form a resistance army. It all ends in a thrilling showdown with Voldemort.

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Mad Money ***

Monday, Film4, 7pm

Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes in a caper about cleaning ladies out to rob a bank – even more unlikely, it's a remake of a Caroline Quentin TV show.

Romancing The Stone *****

Sunday, Film4, 1pm

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Kathleen Turner at her most gorgeous and funny and Michael Douglas at his least annoying, as a soppy romantic novelist and a cynical adventurer on the trail of jewels.

Not Quite Hollywood ***

Saturday, Film4, 11:20pm

Entertaining documentary about cult Australian exploitation films of the 1970s – Ozzywood, perhaps? – which made a feature of their low budgets and mad shocks. Actors, critics and filmmakers discuss their influence.

• This article was first published in the Scotsman, Saturday April 10, 2010

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