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A brilliant Western thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

A brilliant Western thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

It’s a typically hard film to stream so seize the opportunity. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, 18 May) is Ravenous, the brilliant Western horror thriller starring Guy Pearce (Memento) and Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting). Written by Ted Griffin (Ocean’s Eleven) and directed by Antonia Bird (Face), the 1999 film is set in the 19th century […]

11 months ago

One of the best revenge thriller movies of all time is on TV tonight

One of the best revenge thriller movies of all time is on TV tonight

It’s an absolute classic. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 15 June) is Dead Man’s Shoes, the incredible 2004 psychological revenge thriller from co-writer and director Shane Meadows (This is England). The film follows Richard (co-writer Paddy Considine), a British soldier who returns to his sleepy Derbyshire hometown to get even with the thugs […]

1 year ago

One of the greatest ever animated movies is on TV late tonight

One of the greatest ever animated movies is on TV late tonight

Definitely Sky Plus this. Hayao Miyazaki is one of the world’s greatest filmmakers. The Japanese animator and founder of Studio Ghibli founder is the man responsible for such classics My Neighbour Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke and Ponyo. But perhaps his most-loved movie is Spirited Away, which airs on Film4 at 12.55am tonight. 10-year-old […]

8 years ago

One of Tom Hardy’s greatest movies is on TV tonight

One of Tom Hardy’s greatest movies is on TV tonight

It’s also one of the best gangster films of recent years. It’s not really a controversial statement to say that Tom Hardy is one of the greatest actors working today. He completely throws himself into roles, bringing a different physicality and voice to every character. Just compare the wisecracking, unhinged Bronson to the strangely reminded […]

8 years ago

One of the best foreign-language movies of the last decade is on TV tonight

One of the best foreign-language movies of the last decade is on TV tonight

More often than not, when you hear the words “Oscar-nominate foreign-language movie”, you automatically assume that while the movie might be brilliant, it is also going to be very, very, very depressing. That is not the case with Wild Tales, which not only isn’t depressing, but is one of the funniest and best movies of […]

9 years ago

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