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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 28 JUNE 2020 12 CULTURE TV & FILM TODAY Bloody Tales: "Dark Arts" [Documentary] 9:35pm on National Geographic (Channel 406) Historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and journalist Joe Crowley combine their skills to unlock the secrets behind lurid tales of murder, torture, death and incarceration, making dramatic revelations all over Europe in Italy, Spain, Scandanavia, Ireland, Holland, Poland, Hungary, Roma- nia, Austria and France. Grave- diggers, witches and goat riders are the focus of this episode, where Suzannah and Joe venture into the unknown. Were the gravediggers of a town called Frankenstein guilty of spreading the plague with powders made from dead corpses? Why was a respectable surgeon accused of being a gang leader of devil wor- shipping thieves, and how did a small Basque village get caught up in the biggest witch-hunt in Spanish history? MONDAY Mirrors (2008) [Film] 8:25pm on AMC HD (Channel 336) In a bid to pull his shattered life back together, troubled ex-cop Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland) takes a job as a security guard at the burned out ruins of a once-prosperous department store. As Ben patrols the charred hallways, he begins to see horrifying images in the ornate mirrors that still adorn the walls. Ben soon realizes that a malev- olent force is using the mirrors to gain entrance into this world, threatening the lives of his wife (Paula Patton) and children. TUESDAY The Yards (2000) [Film]] 9:35pm on AMC HD (Channel 336) After serving time in prison for taking the fall for a group of his friends, Leo just wants to get his life back on track. So he goes to the one place he thinks will be safe – home. There he takes a new job with his highly connected and influential uncle. But in the yards, where his uncle now pulls the strings, safe is not how they do business. Unwittingly, he's drawn into a world of sabotage, high stakes payoffs and even murder. WEDNESDAY Doubt (2008) [Film] 8pm on AMC HD (Channel 336) In 1964 at a Catholic church in The Bronx, New York, Father Brendan Flynn gives a sermon on the nature of doubt, noting that it, like faith, can be a unifying force. Sister Aloysius, the strict principal of the church's parish school, becomes concerned when she sees a boy pull away from Flynn in the school court- yard. She instructs her Sisters to be alert to suspicious activity in the school.Sister James, a young and naive teacher, receives a request for Donald Miller, an altar boy and the school's only African-American student, to meet Flynn in the rectory. THURSDAY Out of Reach (2004) [Film] 10pm on Sony Movies Action (Channel 317) Vietnam veteran and retired CSA agent William Lansing works on a wildlife refuge in Northern Alaska, and has been exchanging letters in a pen-pal relationship with Irena Morawska, a 13-year-old orphaned girl in Warsaw, Poland that he's helping out financially. When the letters suddenly stop coming, Lansing heads to Poland to figure out the reason. He discovers that the orphanage that Irena was staying in, which is financed by honest – and unsuspecting – good inten- tioned Samaritans, is a front for a human trafficking syndicate run by a notorious crime boss and freelance terrorist named Faisal. FRIDAY Expedition Unknown [Reality Series] 4:35pm on Travel Channel HD (Channel 427) ntrigued by legendary mysteries and driven by curiosity, Josh Gates is on a mission for answers. `Exhibi- tion Unknown' chronicles his global adventures as he investigates iconic unsolved events, lost cities, buried treasures and other puzzling stories. SATURDAY Castle Keep (1969) [Film] 9:50pm Sony Movie Action (Channel 317) World War II drama about an American major who takes his men to rest up in a Belgian castle packed with precious artefacts. Their future begins to look distinct- ly shaky when the soldiers draw German fire. Castle Keep is a 1969 American Technicolor come- dy-drama war film combining sur- realism with tragic realism filmed in Panavision. It was directed by Sydney Pollack and starred Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean- Pierre Aumont, Bruce Dern, and Peter Falk. The film appeared in the summer of 1969, a few months before. What to watch this week Streaming picks Your guide to the best shows on streaming platforms Athlete A Netflix In the riveting Athlete A, filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk delve into the unchecked abuse inside the world of elite competitive gymnastics. Equal par ts devastating and inspiring, the film follows the IndyStar repor ters as they reveal the extensive cover-up and culture of cruelt y that was allowed to thrive within elite gymnastics, the at torney fighting the institutions, and most impor tantly, the brave whistle-blowers who refuse to be silenced. Guns Akimbo Amazon Prime In an alternate near future, an underground fight club and a criminal organization known as Skizm achieved massive popularity by live-streaming real death matches between criminals and psychos. Ordinary computer programmer Miles Lee Harris, who gets his kicks by trolling online trolls, logs into Skizm's forum to insult viewers who turn murder into entertainment. Riktor, the criminal kingpin and psychopath who runs Skizm, breaks into Miles' apartment with his henchmen Dane, Effie, and F*ckface. After being beaten and drugged, Miles wakes up to find guns bloodily bolted into both of his hands. Miles learns that he has been forced to participate in Skizm by being pitted against Nix, the game's deadliest and craziest killer. Guns Akimbo Bloody Tales: 'Dark Arts' will air at 9:35pm on National Geographic (Channel 406) Athlete A