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16th Nov 2018

Here are the 12 best movies on TV this Friday

Dave Hanratty

Friday. Just like Rebecca Black said.

Yes, it is the weekend.

It’s been quite the week when you look back on it.

We’ve had more Brexit chaos – and how weird that can be – and we’ve also seen the break-up of The Strypes and the Spice Girls announcing a Croke Park date.

What a rush.

You may need to sit down. With a movie. On the television.

Here are your choices tonight – Friday 16 November…

Hell or High Water – Film 4 – 9pm

A stunning modern-day western with Chris Pine and Ben Foster as a pair of bank-robbing Texan brothers and Jeff Bridges as the lawman on their trail.

If you’ve never seen it, don’t miss it.

48 Hrs. – TCM – 9pm

Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in an excellent 80s buddy cop outing.

The Inbetweeners Movie – E4 – 9pm

Wacky slapstick made for a bigger screen.

Knocked Up – ITV2 – 9pm

Decent.

Notting Hill – ITV Be – 9pm

Also not bad as far as rom-coms go.

Transformers: Age of Extinction – RTÉ 2 – 9.45pm

Marky Mark gets a new Funky Bunch in the form of sky-scraping robots.

Romeo Must Die – Universal TV – 10.10pm

Jet Li in a ‘should have been better’ action-adventure-drama that is perhaps best remembered for Aaliyah’s superb ‘Try Again’ song.

Harry Brown – ITV4 – 10.15pm

Michael Caine battles wayward youths.

Hard Rain – SyFy – 11.10pm

Christian Slater and Morgan Freeman get wet.

Legend – Film 4 – 11.10pm

Tom Hardy x 2 goes throwback London gangster.

The Usual Suspects – RTÉ One – 11.55pm

Classic crime caper with a stacked cast and a killer twist.

Filth – Film 4 – 1.45am

If you’re having an especially late night, James McAvoy’s performance as a sleazy and deeply troubled detective might be the strongest performance of his career.

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