The weekend.
Is here.
The movies.
Are here.
On TV.
They are.
Here’s the best movies on TV on this Friday 28 February…
12 Angry Men – TCM – 5pm
Simply put, one of the greatest films ever made.
Bridge of Spies – Film 4 – 6pm
Tom Hanks gets involved in a tense legal battle during the Cold War.
Die Hard 2 – Film 4 – 9pm
Die Harder.
The Call – Virgin Media One – 9pm
Emergency services phone operator Halle Berry races against time to try and save a kidnap victim.
Fright Night – SyFy – 9pm
In which Colin Farrell literally thirsts around the place.
Nightcrawler – RTÉ 2 – 10.30pm
Jake Gyllenhaal bugs out as an amateur newsman with an intensely dark streak.
The Big Sick – BBC Two – 11.10pm
Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan deal with courtship, family strife and illness in this sweet, sensitive comedy-drama.
The Thing – TCM – 11.15pm
Kurt Russell battles an alien host in John Carpenter’s classic sci-fi/horror.
Commando – Film 4 – 11.25pm
Some punks kidnap Arnie’s daughter. They live to regret it.
The War of the Roses – RTÉ One – 11.50pm
Black comedy oneupmanship shenanigans with Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.
Crimson Peak – Film 4 – 1.15am
Guillermo Del Toro’s arguably under-appreciated ghost story with Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Charlie Hunnam.
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