KEY POINTS:
11.15PM, TV3
ELIZABETH
Rating: * * * *
Cate Blanchett plays Queen Elizabeth I of England in this sumptuous drama, which follows the early years of her 16th-century reign. Geoffrey Rush steals the show as Sir Francis Walsingham, her ruthless bodyguard. Also stars Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston - and watch out for 12-year-old Lily Allen as a lady-in-waiting. (1998)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND
Rating: * * * *
The third and final instalment in the X-Men saga sees Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), who died in the last film, arriving back as the super-evolved Dark Phoenix. Added to the mix is the young winged Warren Worthington III, aka Angel (Ben Foster from Six Feet Under), Kelsey Grammer as the blue-furred Hank McCoy/Beast, and Vinnie Jones as the bulldozing Juggernaut. (2006)
8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
DAY ON FIRE
Rating: * * *
The intersecting lives of a singer, a model, an Arabian journalist, and a doctor in New York City, set against the spectre of a suicide bombing in Israel. (2006)
