May 26-June 1: Including The Town and Jar City

By Fiona Rae In TV Films

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26th May, 2012
SATURDAY MAY 26 Meet the Robinsons (TV2, 7.30pm). Underwhelming yet frenetic Disney animation that is not a patch on Pixar. A 12-year-old orphan inventor trying to find his mother winds up in the future with the eponymous family. The film’s seven (seven!) writers stuff it full of pop culture references and sci-fi rip-offs – from The Matrix to Back to the Future. The kids might be entertained by its frantic pace, if nothing else. (2007) 5 The Town (Sky Movies, Sky 020, 8.30pm). ...

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