Here are the best films airing on telly over the stormy weekend.
Our TV movie pick for this weekend is The Night House, a 2020 mystery horror thriller starring recent JOE interviewee Rebecca Hall.
The Godzilla actress plays Beth, a widow reeling from the unexpected death of her husband Owen (Evan Jonigkeit).
Left alone in the lakeside home Owen built for her, Beth begins digging into her husband’s belongings – yearning for answers.
“What she finds are secrets both strange and disturbing – a mystery she’s determined to unravel,” the plot synopsis reads.
Released amid the COVID pandemic, The Night House deserves a bigger audience thanks to Hall’s phenomenal emotional lead performance, the movie’s gripping and consistently surprising plot, as well as its creepy and tense atmosphere.
Boasting an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film is airing on TV this weekend on Saturday on Film4 at 11.40pm. If that is too late for readers, it is also streaming on Disney+.
Check out the trailer for The Night House right here:
Here are the best other movies airing over the weekend:
FRIDAY
John Wick – Sky Showcase – 9pm
Keanu Reeves gets justice for his dog.
Nobody – Film4 – 9pm
From the producers of John Wick, Bob Odenkirk makes for a surprisingly great action man in this very entertaining flick.
Tears of the Sun – Virgin Media One – 9pm
Bruce Willis headlines this war action thriller from the director of Training Day.
The Man From Laramie – TG4 – 9pm
The classic James Stewart-led Western.
Irresistible – RTÉ2 – 10.35pm
Written and directed by Jon Stewart, this political comedy stars Steve Carrell and Rose Byrne.
Riders of Justice – Film4 – 10.50pm
Our Friday pick would be this incredible 2020 Danish action comedy which sees Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale, Hannibal) play a soldier in Afghanistan who returns home after his wife dies in a train crash.
While struggling to look after his daughter, Markus is approached by a group of outcast statistics and probability experts who determine that the crash was not an accident – leading the solider to seek out the people he believes responsible.
For more on the film, see here.
I, Tonya – BBC Two – 11.05pm
Margot Robbie is controversial figure skater Tonya Harding in this very watchable sports biopic.
Ransom – RTÉ One – 11.15pm
In this very solid ’90s thriller, Mel Gibson plays a billionaire whose son is kidnapped.
SATURDAY
The Equalizer – Film4 – 9pm
Denzel Washington plays a man with a dark past who reluctantly returns to action in order to protect a teenage trafficking victim from the Russian mafia in this action flick that launched a trilogy.
The Lost City – Channel 4 – 9pm
Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock headline one of the best comedies of recent years.
John Wick: Chapter 2 – Sky Showcase – 9.35pm
Arguably the best of the John Wicks.
The Football Factory – MTV – 10pm
The cult British crime drama about a bored male Chelsea football hooligan (Danny Dyer) and his mates.
The Purge – ITV4 – 10.30pm
The first in the dystopian horror thriller franchise set in a US where for one night a year, all crime is legal.
Don’t Go – RTÉ2 – 10.30pm
Stephen Dorff headlines this Irish thriller a grieving father who discovers he has a chance of prevent his child from dying.
Under Siege – Comedy Central – 11.10pm
Steven Seagal’s best film.
Captain Philips – BBC One – 11.55pm
Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi are terrific in this action thriller about a ship hijacking which is based on true events.
SUNDAY
Midnight Special – Sky Sci-Fi – 9pm
Our Sunday pick would be this gripping sci-fi thriller about a father (Michael Shannon) and son (Jaeden Martell) who go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child’s special powers.
The Hangover – Comedy Central – 9pm
“You probably get this a lot. This isn’t the real Caesar’s Palace is it?”
The Equalizer 2 – Film4 – 9pm
Arguably the best of The Equalizer trilogy.
The Silence of the Lambs – ITV4 – 10.15pm
The first and to date only horror film to win the Best Picture Oscar.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – BBC One – 11.40pm
Gary Oldman leads an all-star cast in this incredible Cold War spy drama.
Eternal Beauty – BBC Two – 11.45pm
In this dark British comedy, a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia (Sally Hawkins) encounters new sources of love and life with surprising results.
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