Staying in?
It’s Thursday and while there’s a lot of doom and gloom in the news these days, not everything is terrible.
There’s movies on TV after all.
There’s also jokes. Want to hear one? OK cool.
“Why don’t eggs tell jokes?”
Scroll below the adorable GIF to find out…
“Because they’d crack each other up!”
And with that, here are the best movies on TV this evening.
North by Northwest – BBC Four – 8pm
Thornhill (Cary Grant) is pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason) after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and 99% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Dumb and Dumber – Comedy Central – 9pm
Jim Carrey madness. Silly comedy that will probably make you chuckle.
Stargate – Film4 – 9pm
An action epic which would likely appeal to fans of Indiana Jones and the like. James Spader and Kurt Russell star.
US Marshalls – Turner Classic Movies – 9pm
Tommy Lee Jones and his crew of US Marshals resume the roles they first played in The Fugitive.
Waterworld – ITV4 – 10.05pm
A factual documentary which looks ahead at what awaits the world in the next 50 years or so.
Ali G Indahouse – Comedy Central – 11.10pm
On the day we got the trailer for the new Borat movie, it’s seems appropriate to watch one of Sacha Baron Cohen’s first creations.
True Grit – Film4 – 11.20pm
Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin anchor a stellar cast in a western that’s up there with the best movies of the 2010s.
The Fugitive – Turner Classic Movies – 11.40pm
“I DIDN’T KILL MY WIFE.”
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