Another day, another movie marathon…
As the Papal visit draws to a close, you might be in the mood for something a little bit different.
And so it is that the television programming gods have smiled upon us once more, with a gracious offering of cinematic gems to pick from this Sunday 26 August.
Let’s see what makes the cut…
Titanic – Film 4 – 5.10pm
There absolutely was room on that door.
The Farthest – RTÉ 2 – 6.10pm
Terrific Irish space exploration documentary The Farthest has been a huge hit with critics and is currently enjoying fresh awards attention. Don’t miss this chance to see why.
The Day After Tomorrow – E4 – 6.35pm
Jake Gyllenhaal battles the elements in what hopefully isn’t a vision of our near future in this 2004 climate-bothering disaster adventure.
Jurassic World – ITV – 8pm
Proof that millennial nostalgia is worth over $1.6 billion came in the form of Jurassic World three years ago.
We’ve already had one sequel with another on the way so you better hop on board now if you haven’t yet.
World War Z – Channel 4 – 9pm
World War Z gets a lot of stick, with critics pointing to a troubled production that included late reshoots and an entirely rewritten third act.
Others, meanwhile, took aim at a zombie movie that toned down the grislier elements associated with the genre, but WWZ isn’t the trash fire you may have heard.
In fact, it might even be… good?
Waking Ned – TV3 – 9pm
Good old-fashioned Irish whimsy as a huge Lotto win causes havoc in a small village.
Fantastic 4 – Film 4 – 9pm
If you thought World War Z had a difficult production, the Fantastic 4 reboot of summer 2015 kindly asks you to hold its beer.
Director Josh Trank was effectively blacklisted from Hollywood for his behaviour during shooting and subsequent quickly-deleted social media complaining.
Apparently he made a totally different movie to the finished product, only we’ll never see it. What we got is fascinating for all the wrong reasons, and for what might have been.
X-Men: Days of Future Past – RTÉ 2 – 9.30pm
Wolverine and his mates mill around in the 1970s.
What more of a sales pitch do you need?
Iron Man 2 – Film 4 – 10.55pm
Something of the black sheep of the Marvel Cinematic Family Universe, Iron Man 2 is what happens when you go to work with a script that’s two or three drafts away from being good enough.
Still, Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell had their fun, and that’s all that matters.
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