
Saturday, 9th August 2008 - 00:00CET
Best on television
Once Upon a Time in America
Today, RaiTre, 8.20 p.m.
Sergio Leone's epic film chronicles the lives and loves of a quintet of Jewish mobsters from New York. Beginning with their boyhood in the 1920s, the film covers the story from the point of view of the aging troupe's clever ringleader, Noodles. He recounts the tale of a life filled with brutality and violence. And clearly he's still got some plans up his sleeve.
Entrapment
Tomorrow, Canale 5, 9.10 p.m.Sparks fly as an insurance agent charms her way into doing business with an aging thief. In preparation for their latest heist, the thief has her suffer through a rigorous training camp. Promises begin to blur and dwindle as romance introduces itself into the picture, building up to a pay-off that's sure to disappoint one of the involved parties.
Must Love Dogs
Monday, Canale 5, 9.10 p.m.Sarah Nolan, a recently divorced 30-something, has a family that just can't help getting involved in her personal life, or lack there of. After her sister puts her profile on an online dating site, this preschool teacher goes on a number of outrageous and hilarious dates.
Rush Hour 2
Wednesday, Italia 1, 9.10 p.m.Carter and Lee return, but this time Carter is visiting Hong Kong on his holidays. In his usual style, Lee continues policing, but when he finds trouble, it happens to be really big trouble, rudely aborting Carter's vacation. The duo find themselves chasing Triad members between Hong Kong and Los Angeles when they realise that they may have been the hunted all the time.
Jaws
Thursday, Rete 4, 9.10 p.m.The savage and deadly arrival of a great white shark off the coast of a small New England island, causes a major panic, which the police chief, a marine scientist and an old seafarer are determined to abate.
Sabrina
Friday, RaiUno, 9.20 p.m.Sabrina Fairchild is the young daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, Thomas, and has been in love with David Larrabee all her life. David is an oft-married, idle playboy, crazy for women, who has never noticed Sabrina, much to her and the staff's dismay. Sabrina then attends culinary school in Paris and returns as an attractive and sophisticated woman. David, after initially not recognising her, is quickly drawn to her.




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