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26th Feb 2021

Here are the best movies on TV this evening

Alan Loughnane

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It’s Friday.

“It’s Friday then, it’s Saturd-.” Oh hello there, as you may know it is Friday and that can mean a few things.

  1. It’s time to do the JOE Friday Pub Quiz.
  2. The Late Late Show is on this evening.
  3. There’s some movies on TV this evening.

But as always, if you don’t like the choices, we’ve got a ton of other selections for you in comedyhorroraction and rom-coms that you can check out.

Here are the best movies on TV this evening.

Upgrade – Film4 – 9pm

A critic described this sci-fi/action movies as “clever, twisty, and sometimes shockingly violent”.

21 Jump Street – ITV2 – 9pm 

Two young looking cops go back to high school in order to root out a dangerous drug.

Worth watching for this scene alone.

Clip via P Bazuin

The Cured – RTÉ2 – 9.30pm

A very, very good zombie movie set in Ireland.

Black 47 – Virgin Media One – 9.30pm

James Frecheville plays an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army, only to return home and realise that everything has changed.

Backtrace – SyFy – 10pm

A man suffers a brain injury during a bank heist. After serving time in prison, he’s injected with a serum to aid his memory and embarks to recover the stolen money.

It got 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Emma – RTÉ One – 11.30pm

Gwyneth Paltrow plays matchmaker for her timid friend Toni Collette and accidentally falls in love with the most eligible bachelor.

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