All hail movies.
Movies on TV, in particular.
It's Good Friday.
You're either out adventuring or couch-bound.
Maybe you're doing something else, we don't know.
Frankly? We don't want to know.
Here's the most intriguing cinematic options on YOUR television on Friday, 15 April...
Daddy's Home – Film4 – 7.15pm
He sure is!
Daddy's Home 2 – Comedy Central – 9pm
Back at it again!
V for Vendetta – Turner Classic Movies – 9pm
Remember, remember, the fifth of November.
Muddled but still very enjoyable – and still quite radical, really – vigilante sci-fi drama featuring a masked anti-hero and his wildly alliterative vocabulary skills.
Deadpool – Film4 – 9pm
The first one.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails – E4 – 9pm
The second one. I think.
Stronger – RTÉ 2 – 9.30pm
Our main choice this evening.
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as the real-life Jeff Bauman, a man trying to rebuild his life after losing both of his legs as a result of the Boston Marathon Bombing of 2013.
Released in 2017, Stronger was something of a box office flop, grossing just $8 million from a $30 million budget.
Critics, however, were mostly impressed, particularly by the performances – Gyllenhaal is very good here as he illustrates the complexities of trauma, but it's Tatiana Maslany who steals the show as his girlfriend.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – BBC One – 10.40pm
Can it really be the best?
Cube – Film4 – 11.10pm
Respectable Euro-horror that finds a bunch of captives trapped within a series of killer cube-shaped rooms.
47 Ronin – Turner Classic Movies – 11.45pm
Samurai fantasy adventure with Keanu Reeves and Hiroyuki Sanada.
The Maltese Falcon – RTÉ 2 – 12.40am
Private eye Sam Spade gets himself embroiled in a dangerous murder-mystery.
