Get that Friday feeling.
With some movies on the television.
Here’s the best (?) of the box on Friday, 16 December…
Uncle Drew – Film4 – 6.55pm
Basketball-focused comedy featuring real-life ballers Kyrie Irving, Shaquille O’Neal and Reggie Miller.
Speed – SyFy – 8.30pm
Keanu Reeves tries to stop a bus.
Killers – Virgin Media One – 9pm
Action ‘comedy’ with Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher.
The Quiet Ones – Turner Classic Movies – 9pm
Poltergeist-themed horror.
Bloodshot – Film4 – 9pm
Super-charged Vin Diesel revenge thing. Not great.
Dumb and Dumber To – Comedy Central – 9pm
Nobody needed this.
Horrible Bosses – ITV2 – 9pm
Colin Farrell steals the show in this adult-friendly comedy.
True Grit – TG4 – 9.45pm
The Brothers Coen provide TG4 with the traditional Friday Night Western slot.
If Beale Street Could Talk – RTÉ 2 – 10.30pm
Worth staying up semi-late for, this one. Our main choice for you this evening is a really quite beautiful – and upsetting – drama that tells the story of a young couple whose plans to marry are derailed when one of them is imprisoned for a crime they did not commit.
Exceptional performances abound, from the couple of KiKi Layne and Stephan James, to an Oscar-winning turn from Regina King, to a late in the game appearance from Pedro Pascal.
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) directs with real power, while Succession scorer Nicholas Britell constructs a soundtrack you really ought to listen to on a regular basis.
A modern classic.
Resident Evil – Legend – 10.45pm
The very first one. Not bad. Not great, either.
Empire State – Turner Classic Movies – 11pm
Forgettable thriller with The Rock, slightly before he became the biggest action star going.
Speed 2: Cruise Control – ITV4 – 11.05pm
The action certainly does cruise in this bizarrely slow-paced, Keanu-less sequel.
The Oak Room – Film4 – 11.10pm
Neo-noir mystery thriller with Breaking Bad star RJ Mitte. 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The French Connection II – RTÈ One – 11.40pm
The second, rather unnecessary one.
Snatch – Channel 4 – 11.55pm
Guy Ritchie’s star-studded comedy thriller features a young Jason Statham, a famous performance from Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones as a seemingly un-killable hitman, and a giant diamond that everyone is after.
Late Night – BBC One – Midnight
Emma Thompson stars as a late night talk show host that’s feeling the pressure.
The Square – Film4 – 12.55am
Did you catch ‘eat the rich’ satire Triangle of Sadness recently? The same director Ruben Ostlünd ploughs a similar satirical furrow here in this send-up of the art world and the pretentious souls that inhabit it.
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