Hey, it’s Friday!
It’s the weekend. Not that that really means anything anymore.
You’re here for distraction techniques, so let’s get to it.
Here are the best movies on TV on this Friday 27 March…
Non-Stop – Film 4 – 6.55pm
Liam Neeson tries to sniff out terrorism at 35,000 feet.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens – ITV – 7.30pm
Remember how excited and hopeful we were for that new trilogy?
Lucy – E4 – 9pm
Scarlett Johansson gains both superpowers and righteous revenge.
Ocean’s Eleven – TCM – 9pm
Cool people rob a casino.
Pitch Perfect – ITV2 – 9pm
The first one.
Deadpool – Film 4 – 9pm
Also the first one.
Florence Foster Jenkins – RTÉ 2 – 9.35pm
Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant embrace pantomime theatrics as a socialite who is terrible at singing attempts to realise her tone-deaf dream on the biggest stage.
The Jackal – SyFy – 10pm
Richard Gere and his woeful Irish accent take on chameleon assassin Bruce Willis.
Cobra – Virgin Media One – 10pm
A film in which Sly Stallone uses scissors to cut his pizza.
The Lost City of Z – BBC Two – 11.05pm
A film that deserved a bigger audience finds Charlie Hunnam stepping into the shoes of Colonel Percy Fawcett; a legendary British explorer obsessed with discovering an ancient kingdom.
Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland and quite stunning cinematography lend support.
Prometheus – Film 4 – 11.10pm
A glorious mess.
Three Kings – TCM – 11.25pm
George Clooney plots a different kind of dangerous heist.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Channel 4 – 11.35pm
If you must.
Mermaids – RTÉ One – 11.50pm
Sensitive coming-of-age drama with Cher, Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci.
Inferno – Film 4 – 1.35am
Vintage, violent and questionable giallo horror from Dario Argento.
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