Two of the very best movies of the 21st century so far are on TV tonight.
Heading to the cinema? Great, cos there’s some fantastic films in your local multiplex, and we review them all in the latest episode of The Big Reviewski:
Staying in? Then we’ve got some crackers for ya!
SUNDAY 5 AUGUST
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith – ITV2 – 6.15pm
The best of the prequels, for whatever that is worth. There are some genuinely great bits – the opening sequence on the crashing ship, or the mass execution of the Jedis – and then there are some genuinely terrible bits (“Nnnnnooooo!” comes to mind), so it depends on your personal taste level, really.
Florence Foster Jenkins – BBC One – 8.15pm
Meryl Streep received her TWENTIETH Oscar nomination for her role in this comedy-drama, telling the true story of a rich older lady who perseveres to become a world-famous singer, despite possessing perhaps the worst singing voice ever heard. Hugh Grant co-stars.
Passenger 57 – TV3 – 9.00pm
Wesley Snipes on a plane filled with bad guys, telling people to “Always bet on black”. Remember when Wesley Snipes was famous? Good times.
Escape Plan – E4 – 9.00pm
Sly Stallone wakes up in an escapable prison that he designed himself. Arnie is one of his prison mates. They must team up to come up with a … well, there it is in the title.
Zoolander – Comedy Central – 9.00pm
“What is this?? A building for ants!?!?”
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – RTE One – 9.30pm
Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, John Hurt, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones and more feature in this all-star spy thriller, as everyone is a suspect when it is discovered there is a mole working within MI6.
Nightcrawler – BBC Two – 10.00pm
How Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t receive any Oscar recognition for this role, we’ll never understand. He plays a potential sociopath who winds up becoming a cameraman working for a TMZ-like news outlet, and what begins as simple ambulance chasing soon becomes something much darker and more menacing.
Out Of The Furnace – Film 4 – 11.10pm
Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana and Woody Harrelson star in this dark and foreboding crime thriller, as Bale and Affleck play two brothers who get caught up with a nasty local crime boss (Harrelson), and must do whatever they can to get out from under him.
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