ROBOCOP MEGA MARATHON
Every Saturday at 20:00. Afternoon marathon on the 25th It is 30 years on since a fatally wounded cop blasted onto the silverscreen as a powerful cyborg in crime-ridden Detroit. To mark the anniversary of the premiere of the first Robocop film in 1987, TCM is premiering all three of the franchise’s movies across Saturday evenings. And, don’t miss the action-packed ‘mega Robocop marathon’ of all three films playing back to back on 25 February on the DStv channel ‘powered by movies’.
4th of February:
20:00 – Robocop (1987) – channel premiere
By Paul Verhoeven, with Peter Weller & Nancy Allen
11th of February:
20:00 - Robocop 2 (1990) – channel premiere
By Irvin Kershner, with Peter Weller & Belinda Bauer
18th of February:
20:00 - Robocop 3 (1993) – channel premiere
By Fred Dekker, with Nancy Allen & Robert John Burke
25th of February:
20:00 - Robocop (1987)
By Paul Verhoeven, with Peter Weller & Nancy Allen
21:45 - Robocop 2 (1990)
By Irvin Kershner, with Peter Weller & Belinda Bauer
23:50 Robocop 3 (1993)
By Fred Dekker, with Nancy Allen & Robert John Burke
OSCARS SPECIAL
Every Sunday at 20:00 - double feature. On Oscars Sunday, 26 February, enjoy an all-day marathon On 26 February, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the 89thAcademy Awards ceremony. TCM joins in all the excitement, glamour and golden statues that is the Oscars, with a month of Oscar-winning double features screening every Sunday evening – from classics such as Cleopatra, The Sound of Music and E.T. The Extra Terrestrail – to more recent winners including Shakespeare in Love, Ray and Inglorious Basterds. Get comfy on the couch on Oscars Sunday for a full-day affair with all your favourite Oscar-winning movies.
Sunday 5th of February:
18:10 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
By George Roy Hill, with Paul Newman & Robert Redford
20:00 - Ray (2004)
By Taylor Hackford, with Jamie Foxx & Regina King
Sunday 12th of February:
17:20- Out of Africa (1985)
By Sydney Pollack with Meryl Streep & Robert Redford
20:00 - Inglorious Basterds (2009)
By Quentin Tarantino, with Brad Pitt & Diane Kruger
Sunday 19th of February:
18:05 - E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
By Steven Spielberg, with Henry Thomas & Drew Barrymore
20:00 - Shakespeare in love (1998)By John Madden, with Gwyneth Paltrow & Joseph Fiennes
Sunday 26th of February:
02:10 - The Sound of Music (1965)
By Robert Wise, with Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer
05:00 - Cleopatra (1963)
By Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton
08:55 - E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
By Steven Spielberg, with Henry Thomas & Drew Barrymore
10:50 - Full Monty (1997)
By Peter Cattaneon, with Robert Carlyle & Mark Addy
12:20 - Ray (2004)
By Taylor Hackford, with Jamie Foxx & Regina King
14:50 - Inglorious Basterds (2009)
By Quentin Tarantino, with Brad Pitt & Diane Kruger
17:20 - Out of Africa (1985)
By Sydney Pollack with Meryl Streep & Robert Redford
20:00 - Born on the Fourth of July (1998)
By Oliver Stone, with Tom Cruise & Raymond J. Barry
22:20 Shakespeare in love (1998)
By John Madden, with Gwyneth Paltrow & Joseph Fiennes
00:20 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
By George Roy Hill, with Paul Newman & Robert Redford
THE WONDERFUL YEARS
Every Monday at 20:00 Remember the good ol’ days? Those back-to-school days spent hanging out with the gang in the school corridors… and not a care in the world? During February, TCM is revisiting those halcyon school days with a selection of movies from the 80s and 90s, from high school rebels to dancer wannabes, to revive those memories for the most nostalgic of viewers – and gives a whole new meaning to “Monday School Blues’!
Monday 06 February:
20:00 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
By Amy Heckerling, with Sean Penn & Jennifer Jason Leigh
Monday 13 February:
20:00 - The Breakfast Club (1985)
By John Hughes, with Emilio Estevez & Molly Ringwald
Monday 20 February:
20:00 - Kindergarten Cop (1990)
By Ivan Reitman, with Arnold Schwarznegger & Penelope Ann Miller
Monday 27 February:20:00 – Fame (1980)
By Christopher Gore, with Debbie Allen & Carlo Imperato
SIDNEY POITIER: THE PIONEER
Every Sunday at 20th February 20 is an extra-special day for movie lovers: it is the day Sir Sidney Poitier celebrates his 90th birthday. In honour of this much-loved movie star, who became the first actor of colour to scoop a Best Actor Oscar for his role in Lilies of the Field in 1964, TCM is screening three iconic movies that feature this twice-Oscar winner in the lead role, on Friday evenings – or, why not indulge in a three-Poitier movie marathon on 24 February.
3rd of February:
20:00 - A piece of the action (1977)
By Sidney Poitier, with Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby
10th of February:
20:00 - Let’s do it again (1975)
By Sidney Poitier, with Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby
17th of February:
20:00 - Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
By Sidney Poitier, with Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby
24th of February:
16:25 - Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
By Sidney Poitier, with Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby
18:10 - Let’s Do it Again (1975)
By Sidney Poitier, with Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby
20:00 - A piece of the Action (1977)
By Sidney Poitier, with Sidney Poitier & Bill Cosby
