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Sunday (18/12)        21: 00   5 Action           Unforgiven (1991)

Often referred to as the last great Western. Director and Star Clint Eastwood's ageing farmer and former outlaw has turned his back on the criminal life but dusts off his cowboy hat when he is hired by a young pretender to exact revenge on a group of bandits who have attacked a prostitute in the town. Wonderful performances from acting greats Morgan Freeman, Gene Jackman and Richard Harris, bring the fairly dark story to life.

Friday (23/12)           23:00   Film4                  Blood Simple (1983)

The impressive noirish debut feature from the now household names Joel and Ethan Coen. The complex plot follows an investigation into infidelity which evolves into a twisting, turning mystery, written and shot with real style. The wonderful Frances McDormand stars, in the year she was wed to Joel. Blood Simple DNA can be found in subsequent Coen Brothers films, not least in arguably their finest work No Country for Old Men.