Friday.
And thank god it is indeed Friday.
We may not have been ready to return to work and something approximating normal life, but we’re damn sure ready for a bunch of movies on TV.
Here’s how it looks on Friday 3 January…
Hail, Caesar! – More 4 – 9pm
A rake of stars – George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton – clown around at the behest of the Coen Brothers.
Pitch Perfect – ITV2 – 9pm
The first one.
Transformers: The Last Knight – Film 4 – 9pm
The fifth one.
Serenity – SyFy – 9pm
Enjoyable big screen offshoot of cult cancelled sci-fi favourite Firefly.
Boyhood – RTÉ 2 – 9.30pm
A passion project in its purest sense; Boyhood was captured across 12 years by director Richard Linklater, offering a unique account of a coming-of-age story.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – ITV – 10.45pm
The second one.
Dune – TCM – 11.20pm
There’s a star-studded remake coming very soon so why not give David Lynch’s trippy futuristic saga a go ahead of time?
Lemmy – TG4 – 11.30pm
Documentary charting the life and times of the late Motorhead frontman.
What We Do In The Shadows – BBC Two – 11.35pm
Vampire farce from the brains of Taiki Waititi and Jemaine Clement.
I Love Trouble – RTÉ One – 11.50pm
Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts play rival journalists who discover that the biggest story of their lives just might be love.
John Wick – Virgin Media Two – Midnight
In which Keanu Reeves revives his career by murdering many men.
Assault on Precinct 13 – Film 4 – 12.05am
The original.
Poltergeist – RTÉ 2 – 12.30am
Did you know they remade Poltergeist in 2015 with Sam Rockwell?
True Story – BBC Two – 12.55am
James Franco and Jonah Hill face off in a true crime tale.
Killing Them Softly – Film 4 – 1.55am
Brad Pitt delves into the scuzzy admin of crime in a sharp drama that boasts a razor-sharp fade to black ending.
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