The weekend is here.
Weekend movies are generally good, right?
LET’S FIND OUT.
Here’s the most intriguing movie options on this Saturday 25 January…
Zootropolis – RTÉ One – 6.35pm
One for the kids.
Mission: Impossible – Sky One – 9pm
“Kittridge, you’ve never seen me very upset.”
Timecop – SyFy – 9pm
Van Damme goes back in time.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – Channel 4 – 9pm
One of those ‘there’ll never be a sequel’ reboot attempts.
Waterworld – ITV4 – 9pm
Once the most expensive film ever made and the subject of a great Simpsons gag:
Clip via Chris Barker
Captain America: Civil War – RTÉ 2 – 9.15pm
The best Avengers movie that isn’t actually an officially-titled Avengers movie.
Blade – TCM – 10.45pm
Wesley Snipes is the Daywalker.
The Good Girl – TG4 – 11pm
Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal are good value in a decent indie dramedy.
Hobo With a Shotgun – SyFy – 11pm
Did we need a full film of this?
Bone Tomahawk – Film 4 – 11.05pm
Terrific – and intensely violent in one scene in particular – western with Kurt Russell, Matthew Fox and Patrick Wilson.
X-Men 2 – Channel 4 – 11.05pm
The best of these.
Z for Zachariah – BBC Two – 11.20pm
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie and Chris Pine struggle for survival after a nuclear war.
The Punisher – Virgin Media One – Midnight
Thomas Jane’s take on Frank Castle. John Travolta as the villain.
Not great but not a disaster, either.
The Sentinel – BBC One – 12.20am
Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland and Eva Longoria mill about in suits in this mid-2000s secret agent yarn.
The Usual Suspects – RTÉ One – 1am
Problematic director and main star aside, this remains a killer thriller.
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