Sky UK TV Guide

11:00 Godzilla
No Genre In this dreary American overhaul from Independence Day director Roland Emmerich, Japan's favourite giant lizard crawls out of radioactive waters in the South Pacific and heads for New York. Resembling an over-produced version of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Emmerich's blockbuster behemoth replaces man-in-suit special effects with dodgy computer visuals and sub-Jurassic Park thrills. What it doesn't replicate is the endearing charm the celebrated fire-breather had when he stomped through cardboard skyscrapers. The old Toho Studios' fantasy adventures may have lower budgets, but even the cheapest shows more imagination and flair than this dismal monster mishmash.

13:35 Indiana Jones Close Up
No Genre A behind-the-scenes look at the hotly-anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as Harrison Ford picks up his bullwhip again for the fourth film in the series.

14:05 Déjà Vu
No Genre Denzel Washington reteams with his Crimson Tide and Man on Fire director Tony Scott for this sci-fi thriller about manipulating the past to save lives in the future. Washington plays Doug Carlin, a New Orleans federal agent investigating a major bombing incident, who is given access to a top-secret government team experimenting with the link between the present and the past. He believes he can use their discoveries to prevent the crime from happening. The screenplay provides some provocative commentary on surveillance, home-grown terrorism and the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive strikes, but Scott is far more interested in crash, bang, wallop pyrotechnics - in particular, a freeway car chase that occurs simultaneously in the past and the present. This is a gloriously dumb thriller that occasionally teases with some serious themes, but doesn't quite follow them through.

16:25 Sphere
No Genre A submerged spacecraft from the future containing a golden sphere that has the ability to physically manifest the darkest fears of anyone who enters its enigmatic interior is at the centre of this cerebral adaptation of Michael Crichton's bestselling novel from director Barry Levinson. Alternating between being genuinely creepy (the aquanauts' phobias are all unseen) and overly tame through the deliberate under-use of shock effects, this underwater Solaris relies on moody dread rather than cheap thrills to weave its spell. It's a wittily scripted science-fiction chamber piece that focuses on characters thrust into an extraordinary situation rather than the situation itself.

18:55 Deep Impact
No Genre A huge comet is on a collision course with Earth in director Mimi Leder's science-fiction disaster movie, which gains a certain amount of credibility by highlighting the human side of the impending catastrophe. The frightening scenario focuses on TV reporter Téa Leoni, who stumbles upon the story while tracking down what she thinks is a Presidential indiscretion, and astronaut Robert Duvall, who leads a mission to intercept the threat in space. The chilling gravity of the situation is hauntingly evoked by the national lottery that's put in place to choose who will "survive" in an underground retreat. Leder adds gripping immediacy to executive producer Steven Spielberg's loose remake of Rudolph Maté's 1951 movie When Worlds Collide and caps it all with a spectacular display of epic destruction.

21:00 Déjà Vu
No Genre Denzel Washington reteams with his Crimson Tide and Man on Fire director Tony Scott for this sci-fi thriller about manipulating the past to save lives in the future. Washington plays Doug Carlin, a New Orleans federal agent investigating a major bombing incident, who is given access to a top-secret government team experimenting with the link between the present and the past. He believes he can use their discoveries to prevent the crime from happening. The screenplay provides some provocative commentary on surveillance, home-grown terrorism and the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive strikes, but Scott is far more interested in crash, bang, wallop pyrotechnics - in particular, a freeway car chase that occurs simultaneously in the past and the present. This is a gloriously dumb thriller that occasionally teases with some serious themes, but doesn't quite follow them through.

23:15 The Top 10 Show
No Genre A look at the biggest films in the UK and US charts, featuring clips of the best movies on offer at the cinema.

23:35 The Good Shepherd
No Genre The second directorial outing of screen legend Robert De Niro ambitiously charts the secret history of America's Central Intelligence Agency, from the beginning of the Second World War to the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. There's little chance here for star Matt Damon to reprise his Jason Bourne-style superspy heroics in his role as Edward Wilson, a patriotic desk jockey who sacrifices everything (his marriage and perhaps even his soul) to become an automaton in this vast bureaucratic machine. Concentrating on the humdrum reality of paperwork, files and folders, Eric Roth's well-researched screenplay strips the spy movie of its glamour, while telescoping history through one man's personal tragedy. It's a bold narrative move that succeeds only fitfully - not least because De Niro's ploddingly competent direction robs the drama of the impact it deserves. Terrific supporting turns from William Hurt, John Turturro and Angelina Jolie (as Wilson's wife) add gloss, but they can't prevent the film from feeling as coldly dispassionate as its protagonist.