It’s Friday.
And that usually means a decent amount of heavy-hitters on the box.
Granted, that’s not an exact science.
Nonetheless, let’s put the theory to the test.
Here’s what we have for you on Friday, 19 November…
Fantastic Four – Film4 – 7.05pm
A notably disastrous reboot but not entirely without value.
Saving Private Ryan – Virgin Media One – 9pm
Our main choice on this cold Friday night.
Classic war film in which Tom Hanks leads a bruised battalion in search of Matt Damon’s missing soldier.
Unforgiven – Turner Classic Movies / TCM – 9pm
I’m pretty sure TCM show this film 52 times a year.
Final Destination 2 – Comedy Central – 9pm
Famous comedy movie Final Destination 2, there.
A Vigilante – Film4 – 9pm
Olivia Wilde IS a vigilante.
Assassin’s Creed – E4 – 9pm
Michael Fassbender attempts a video game adaptation.
A Fistful of Dynamite – TG4 – 9.05pm
It isn’t Friday night without a vintage western courtesy of TG4.
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates – RTÉ 2 – 10.20pm
Let’s hope the wedding bash ends just before midnight, wha?
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – Film4 – 10.50pm
The fifth one.
Unbroken – TCM – 11.45pm
Angelina Jolie directs Jack O’Connell and Domnhall Gleeson in a tense World War II drama.
A Fish Called Wanda – BBC One – 12.25am
Well-regarded slapstick comedy in which a gullible barrister is seduced by a thief in what turns out to be the first of several double-crosses.
Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin star.
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