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20th Nov 2021

One of the most popular musicals ever is among the movies on TV tonight

Dave Hanratty

The Greatest Showman

Saturday night’s alright for movies…

Ladies and gentlemen… the weekend.

It’s here, and so is a big list of movies you can watch for free if you have a working TV.

We have no less than 20 films for you to choose from below, so I don’t want to hear any complaining, alright?

Here’s how it looks on Saturday, 20 November…

Inside Out – RTÉ One – 6.35pm

Highly emotional adventure from the team at Pixar.

Justice League – ITV2 – 6.40pm

The theatrical mess version rather than the revamped Snyder Cut.

The Greatest Showman – Film4 – 6.55pm

Our lead choice this evening is a box office phenomenon that people just can’t seem to get enough of.

Hugh Jackman takes centre stage in the smash-hit musical sensation that tells the story of ambitious showman and entrepreneur P.T. Barnum.

Support comes from Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and a host of memorable songs.

The House Bunny – Comedy Central – 7pm

Anna Faris shines in this Playboy-themed comedy.

Suicide Squad – ITV2 – 9pm

The one with Jared Leto’s rather divisive take on The Joker.

Anna – Film4 – 9pm

A fairly disposable assassin thriller, though it does have Cillian Murphy.

American Pie 2 – Comedy Central – 9pm

Another slice of the action.

Bad Teacher – Dave – 9pm

Cameron Diaz is a bad teacher.

Christine – TG4 – 9.15pm

Challenging drama about American news reporter Christine Chubbuck, who took her own life while on the air during a television broadcast in 1974. Rebecca Hall stars.

Kingsman – The Secret Service – RTÉ 2 – 9.20pm

Irreverent comic-book action caper with Colin Firth and Taron Egerton.

Hanna – Turner Classic Movies / TCM – 10pm

Saoirse Ronan trains to become a lethal assassin.

Death Wish 2 – ITV4 – 10pm

The second one.

X-Men: Apocalypse – Channel 4 – 10pm

Probably the worst X-Men film until Dark Phoenix stumbled along.

Balls of Fury – Comedy Central – 11pm

Table tennis has never been so ridiculous.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Film4 – 11.20pm

Eva Green steals the show in Tim Burton’s fantasy adventure.

Payback – TCM – 12.20am

Mel Gibon seeks vengeance amidst a seedy criminal underworld.

Searching – Channel 4 – 12.40am

Decent screen-based thriller in which a father hunts for his missing daughter through the use of social media.

Good Luck Chuck – Comedy Central – 12.50am

Dane Cook is cursed to a life of regular and increasingly meaningless sexual congress.

Unlocked – RTÉ One – 12.55am

Pacy terrorism thriller starring Orlando Bloom and Noomi Rapace.

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death – Film4 – 1.45am

It’s a crime that they didn’t go with ‘Back in Black’ here.

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