Today’s movies

Love and Basketball (2000) (13) Drama with Alfre Woodward, Dennis Haysbert, Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan. A young black couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics. SABC1, 10.15pm Rhapsody in Bloom (1998) (PG) Romance with Penelope Ann Miller and Craig Sheffer. An artist rediscovers her life and finds romance after her initial resistance to her widower brother remarrying. SABC2, 10.30pm

Barney’s Great Adventure (1998) (A) Fantasy with George Hearn and Shirley Douglas. Barney entertains kids on the farm. When a large colourful egg deposited by a shooting star is accidentally carted off, Barney and the kids try to recover it. SABC3, 3pm Love Comes Softly (2003) (PG) Romance with Kathryn Heigl and Dale Midkiff. Stranded in the Wild West, a young widow settles for a marriage of convenience with a widowed farmer. SABC3, 8pm

My House in Umbria (2003) (13) Drama starring Maggie Smith and Chris Cooper. An unlikely group of people find solace and friendship after being thrown together in the wake of a terrorist attack. SABC3, 9.45pm Treehouse Hostage (1998) (PG) Adventure with Joey Zimmerman and Jim Varney. Two young friends capture a convict. e.tv, 1pm Fletch (1985) (PG) Comedy with Chevy Chase and Tim Matheson. A journalist is approached by the man he is investigating with an offer to kill him since he’s dying of cancer. e.tv, 2.50pm

Hellboy (2004) (13) Horror with John Hurt, Ron Perlman and Selma Blair. A demon that escaped the Nazis grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness. e.tv, 8pm Killing Me Softly (2002) (18) Mystery with Joseph Fiennes and Heather Graham. A young website designer exchanges her safe relationship for a dangerous lover (who has dangerous secrets). e.tv, 10.30pm The Island (2005) (13) Compelling sci-fi action with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson.

In the not too distant future, remnants of humanity live in a sealed off city, safe from contamination . All are content, until two people discover the shocking truth about their world. M-Net, 9pm Match Point (2005) (13) Romance with Jonathan Rhys Mayer and Scarlett Johansson. An English tennis coach falls for his best friend’s sassy American fiancée. M-Net, 11.15pm

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