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Published 17:46 2 May 2025 BST
Updated 09:17 3 May 2025 BST

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 2 May) is The Gift, the incredible 2015 psychological thriller written and directed by and starring Joel Edgerton (Warrior).
The film centres around a married couple named Robyn (Rebecca Hall) and Simon (Jason Bateman) who move to a new city when the latter gets a new job.
As they settle in their new home, they unexpectedly encounter Gordo (Edgerton, making his directorial debut), an acquaintance from Simon's past, who begins repeatedly dropping in unannounced on the couple and delivering gifts.
Though Robyn sees no problem, Gordo's presence makes Simon uncomfortable, leading to a confrontation between the pair.
Does Gordo have sinister intentions for the couple? And what happened between him and Simon in the past?
The Gift was a critical and commercial hit upon release, grossing $60 million and a reported $5 million and garnering a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
It's easy to see why the movie was so adored, with its twisty plot, its deeply unnerving atmosphere, its brilliant central trio of performances (particularly the against-type Bateman) and its unforgettable ending.
The Gift is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on BBC One at 12.10am. It's also available to rent on Apple TV, Rakuten TV and the Sky Store.
Free Guy - Film4 - 9pm
The hit 2021 action comedy about an ordinary guy (Ryan Reynolds) who discovers that he is a non-player character in a massively popular multiplayer online game.
The Rock - ITV4 - 9pm
In this deliriously fun action flick, a former SAS captain (Sean Connery) and an FBI chemist (Nicolas Cage) team up to stop a rogue general (Ed Harris) from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle - E4 - 9pm
The sadly not very good sequel to the excellent action spy comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service.
High Noon - TG4 - 9.10pm
Gary Cooper picked up the Best Actor Oscar for this beloved '50s Western.
The Hurt Locker - RTÉ2 - 9.35pm
Jeremy Renner plays a bomb diffuser in Iraq in director Kathryn Bigelow's extremely tense war drama, which won six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
The Business - Legend - 10.55pm
Danny Dyer re-teamed with the director of The Football Factory for this 2005 crime flick set in the Costa del Sol in Spain.
Crimes of the Future - BBC Two - 11pm
Body horror maestro David Cronenberg (The Fly, Videodrome) returns to the sub-genre with a bang in this fascinating 2022 film.
Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Stewart and Léa Seydoux, Crimes of the Future is set in a world where audiences watch live surgeries take place as if they are performance art.
Alone - Film4 - 11.15pm
In this gripping and relentlessly tense horror thriller from 2020, a young woman (Jules Willcox) on a road trip across the Pacific Northwest wilderness becomes the target of a deranged and bloodthirsty psychopath (Marc Menchaca).
Witness - RTÉ One - 11.15pm
Harrison Ford stars in this great '80s thriller about a cop who must protect a sheltered Amish child (Lukas Haas) who is the sole witness to a brutal murder at a Philadelphia train station.
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