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25th Jan 2020

Here are the 15 best movies on TV this Saturday

Dave Hanratty

Movies on TV Saturday 25 January

The weekend is here.

Weekend movies are generally good, right?

LET’S FIND OUT.

Here’s the most intriguing movie options on this Saturday 25 January…

Zootropolis – RTÉ One – 6.35pm

One for the kids.

Mission: Impossible – Sky One – 9pm

“Kittridge, you’ve never seen me very upset.”

Timecop – SyFy – 9pm

Van Damme goes back in time.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – Channel 4 – 9pm

One of those ‘there’ll never be a sequel’ reboot attempts.

Waterworld – ITV4 – 9pm

Once the most expensive film ever made and the subject of a great Simpsons gag:

Clip via Chris Barker

Captain America: Civil War – RTÉ 2 – 9.15pm

The best Avengers movie that isn’t actually an officially-titled Avengers movie.

Blade – TCM – 10.45pm

Wesley Snipes is the Daywalker.

The Good Girl – TG4 – 11pm

Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal are good value in a decent indie dramedy.

Hobo With a Shotgun – SyFy – 11pm

Did we need a full film of this?

Bone Tomahawk – Film 4 – 11.05pm

Terrific – and intensely violent in one scene in particular – western with Kurt Russell, Matthew Fox and Patrick Wilson.

X-Men 2 – Channel 4 – 11.05pm

The best of these.

Z for Zachariah – BBC Two – 11.20pm

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie and Chris Pine struggle for survival after a nuclear war.

The Punisher – Virgin Media One – Midnight

Thomas Jane’s take on Frank Castle. John Travolta as the villain.

Not great but not a disaster, either.

The Sentinel – BBC One – 12.20am

Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland and Eva Longoria mill about in suits in this mid-2000s secret agent yarn.

The Usual Suspects – RTÉ One – 1am

Problematic director and main star aside, this remains a killer thriller.

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