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12th April 2025
04:51pm BST

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 12 April) is Dead Man's Shoes, the incredible 2004 psychological revenge thriller from co-writer and director Shane Meadows (This is England).
The film follows Richard (co-writer Paddy Considine), a British soldier who returns to his sleepy Derbyshire hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalised his brother (Toby Kebbell) years ago.
Dead Man's Shoes received mixed reviews upon its release due to its grim tone and extreme violence.
That said, its ferocious lead turn by Considine, its gritty filmmaking by Meadows and its haunting tale of how violence begets violence have led to it now being considered a bonafide classic.
The movie was featured in Empire Magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. It also inspired a wave of similarly dark British thrillers.
Dead Man's Shoes is airing on Film4 tonight at 10.50pm. It should also be available to stream on Channel 4's website after it airs.
Nobody - Film4 - 9pm
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Grown Ups - Comedy Central - 9pm
Adam Sandler leads a cast of his friends in this comedy that got bad reviews from critics but was a box-office hit.
Drop Zone - Legend - 9pm
Wesley Snipes stars in this '90s action thriller as a U.S. Marshal who, in order to break up a drug smuggling gang, must take to the skies.
Runaway Jury - Legend Xtra - 9pm
This 2003 legal thriller based on a novel by John Grisham (A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief) boasts an A-list cast.
Rubikon - Sky Sci-Fi - 9pm
This Austrian sci-fi centres on the crew of a space station who clash with each other after Earth disappears below them in a brown, toxic fog and all contact is broken off with the ground.
Broken Law - RTÉ2 - 9.15pm
Boasting a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, this very good Irish crime thriller focuses on a respected Garda (Tristian Heanue) who gets his loyalty to the law tested by his ex-convict brother (Graham Earley), who is in desperate need of his help.
Men in Black - Sky Showcase - 9.30pm
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones team up in this brilliant sci-fi action comedy about government agents who monitor and police extraterrestrials.
Black Box - BBC Four - 9.40pm
This French thriller about the investigation into a mysterious deadly plane crash holds a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Marley & Me - TG4 - 9.50pm
The hit weepy about a couple (Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson) and their dog.
Gangs of New York - Channel 4 - 10pm
We're still waiting on the TV show adaptation of this Martin Scorsese period crime epic.
Griffin and Phoenix - RTÉ2 - 10.55pm
Amanda Peet and Dermot Mulroney star in this romantic drama.
Cider with Rosie - Virgin Media Three - 10.55pm
A 2015 TV movie starring Samantha Morton and Timothy Spall based on the popular memoir of the same name by Laurie Lee about growing up during World War I.
Striking Distance - Legend - 11.05pm
Bruce Willis plays a former homicide detective on the hunt for a serial killer in this watchable ’90s thriller.
US Marshals - ITV4 - 11.05pm
Another action thriller about a U.S. Marshal - except this time, the marshal is played by Tommy Lee Jones, and it's a spin-off to The Fugitive.
Michael Inside - RTÉ One - 11.50pm
Another Irish movie with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, this incredible crime drama focuses on a teenager (Dafhyd Flynn) who - after getting caught holding drugs for a friend - is sentenced to three months in prison.
The Graduate - BBC Two - 11.55pm
This Oscar-winning ’60s comedy-drama stars a young Dustin Hoffman as a disillusioned college graduate who begins an affair with an older woman (Anne Bancroft) and then becomes obsessed with her daughter (Katharine Ross).
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