The weekend is here.
The weekend is now.
But you’re probably broke or smothered with a cold or the flu and thus absolutely won’t be going out for the night.
So stay in and watch a movie, yeah?
Here are your televisual options on this Friday 18 January…
Safe – SyFy – 9pm
Jason Statham’s best film. Why? Read on…
A Good Day to Die Hard – Film4 – 9pm
Terrible, but worth watching just for how much of a mess Dundalk man John Moore made of the Die Hard franchise.
American Pie – ITV2 – 9pm
The original and, by some distance, the best.
Face/Off – Universal TV – 9pm
Nic Cage at his most Nic Cage versus John Travolta in John Woo’s bonkers action epic.
The Green Mile – Virgin Media One – 9pm
Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan bring the emotion in a prison-set Stephen King adaptation that isn’t The Shawshank Redemption.
True Grit – TG4 – 9.45pm
The Coen Brothers update a classic western with the help of Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and a debuting Hailee Steinfeld.
Sexy Beast – Film4 – 10.55pm
A sun-kissed Ray Winstone faces off against Ben Kingsley at his most profane in this well-crafted British crime thriller.
The Place Beyond the Pines – RTÉ One – 11.30pm
Ambitiously sprawling drama boasting the talents of Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Mahershala Ali and Ben Mendelsohn, who steals the show as always.
Swordfish – ITV4 – 12.40am
In which John Travolta sports the most audacious hair of his career.
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