Plenty to choose from.
It’s St. Patrick’s weekend so you know what that means.
Sport.
Lots and lots of sport but if you’re tired of the Six Nations, FA Cup, and Premier League, there are plenty of excellent films on the box too.
The weather might be gick but the films are great.
The Devil Wears Prada – Film Four at 18:45
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway may get all the headlines but it’s the moment when everyone realised just how great Emily Blunt is.
Home Alone -19:55 on E4
KEVIN!
The Wolf of Wall Street – 21:00 on RTÉ2.
Leonardo DiCaprio earns loads of money and goes a bit mad on drugs and booze. There’s some stuff about rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street too.
Ransom – Virgin Media 2 at 21:00
The Mel Gibson-led thriller still stands up.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall – Comedy Central at 21:00
Kunu: It looks like you got a little pain behind those eyes.
Peter Bretter: Yeah, maybe a little.
Kunu: There’s really only one cure for that.
Peter Bretter: Yeah, what’s that?
Kunu: Weed. You got any?
Peter Bretter: No.
Kunu: Oh. Well then let’s go surfin’!
Paul Rudd is a god.
Waynes World 2 – Universal TV at 21:00
The greatest standalone character of the ’90s. Discuss.
Kick-Ass – Comedy Central at 21:15
Nic Cage channels Adam West’s take on Batman. What’s not to love?
Outbreak – SyFy at 21:10
Bad monkey!
Sicario – 22:15 on Channel 4
Benicio del Toro gives one of his best ever performances in this thriller that’s tense, tough, and terrifying.
Behind the Candelabra – 22:45 on BBC2
Steven Soderbergh’s film dramatises the last ten years in the life of pianist Liberace and the relationship he had with Scott Thorson. Matt Damon and Michael Douglas are excellent.
Avengers Assemble – 23:00 on BBC1
The MCU? Na, never heard of it mate.
Only kidding, a wonderful meeting of The Avengers as Hulk smashes everything he sees.
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