WE'RE still in the desert when it comes to decent films, but in their absence compensation comes in the shape of several promising programmes about the movies.
Blood Lines: Dracula the Man, the Myth, the Movies (Pearl, 8pm) is a documentary about Francis Ford Coppola's new movie Bram Stoker's Dracula, which should be opening in Hongkong over Chinese New Year.
As the title suggests, the film claims to be faithful to the 1897 novel, which was rather different to the Hollywood version by Bela Lugosi and his more recent clones.
Gary Oldman (Sid and Nancy ) stars as the Vamp, with support from Winona Ryder (Mermaids ), Keanu Reeves (My Own Private Idaho ) and Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs ).
* * * * BRITISH film critic Barry Norman devotes Film 93 (BBC, 7.25pm) to an exclusive interview with top actor and Governor Chris Patten's mate, Kevin Costner.
Costner's career really took off in the mid-80s with films like No Way Out, The Untouchables and Bull Durham.
He went on to co-produce direct and star in multi-Oscar winner Dances With Wolves, and while his current release The Bodyguard - now showing in Hongkong - may not be up to his usual standard, his star still appears in the ascendant.