Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend has landed.
And you know what that means.
It's Friday night – 15 October – so the schedules must be reacting accordingly and making a proper box office evening out of it, right?
Well, let's see...
The Italian Job – Virgin Media One – 9pm
The remake, featuring Mark Wahlberg, Jason Statham and Charlize Theron.
Terminator Genisys – Film4 – 9pm
The fifth one. Not good!
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story – E4 – 9pm
Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge again.
Primal Fear – RTÉ 2 – 9.45pm
Our lead choice this evening.
Edward Norton received a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for his debut role here in this enjoyably trashy '90s crime thriller.
Richard Gere plays a lawyer obsessed with the spotlight. When a high-profile murder case comes his way involving Norton's troubled altar boy, it seems open-and-shut. Only, there's a lot more going on beneath the surface.
Pitch Black – ITV4 – 11pm
Vin Diesel's first appearance as the gravel-voiced Richard B. Riddick.
Halloween – BBC One – 11.25pm
The 2018 reboot, which you might want to catch ahead of Halloween Kills.
Warning: The new one
is one of the most violent films in years, according to JOE's own Rory Cashin.
The Beach Bum – Film4 – 11.25pm
Slacker-poet Matthew McConaughey searches for meaning in a far-out comedy.
The Mission – RTÉ One – 11.45pm
Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons lead the way in this acclaimed period drama.
Top Five – Film4 – 1.15am
Chris Rock weighs up his dating options in a knowing rom-com.
