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18th January 2025
11:08am GMT
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 18 January) is Eastern Promises, the brilliant 2007 crime thriller from director David Cronenberg (A History of Violence) and writer Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders)
The film stars Naomi Watts as a midwife at a London hospital who discovers a diary that belonged to one of her deceased patients, containing information that threatens the Russian Mafia.
At the same time, a bodyguard and fixer (Viggo Mortensen) for the crime organisation plots to rise through its ranks.
A typically gritty and twisty crime thriller screenplay from Knight is given extra punch here thanks to the hard-hitting, visceral direction from the legendary genre filmmaker Cronenberg.
The performances are also flawless, particularly Mortensen in an Oscar-nominated turn.
Holding an 89% score on Rotten Tomatoes, Eastern Promises is on TV tonight on BBC One at 11.40pm.
It is also available to rent on Rakuten TV and the Sky Store.
A Few Good Men - Film4 - 9pm
"You can't handle the truth!"
The Bourne Identity - Sky Showcase - 9pm
The first entry in the great action franchise where Matt Damon plays a mysterious man with amnesia trying to uncover his dark past.
Braveheart - RTÉ2 - 9pm
"They may take our lives, but they'll never take… OUR FREEDOM!"
Moonfall - Channel 4 - 9pm
The moon is falling, which is bad news for Earth in this fun if silly disaster flick starring Halle Berry from the director of The Day After Tomorrow.
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny - Comedy Central - 10pm
Jack Black headlines this comedy, telling a fictionalised version of how the titular band was formed.
Rocky IV - TG4 - 10pm
It's Rocky Balboa v Ivan Drago in this hit boxing sequel.
Terminator Genisys - Channel 4 - 11.30pm
One of the lesser Terminator sequels.
Chopper - Film4 - 11.45pm
The 2000 cult crime drama based on the life of infamous Australian criminal Mark ‘Chopper’ Read (Eric Bana), who wrote his autobiography while in prison.
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