Your Wednesday evening movie menu has arrived!
On top of Netflix adding one of the best action movies of the decade, they’ve also added a new thriller series that has the most embarrassing sex scene we’ve ever seen. If neither of those appeal, then you’ve also got the movies on TV to choose from this evening, starting with…
A Knight’s Tale – FilmFour – 6.20pm
Heath Ledger headlines this period action adventure that involves a lot of jousting on horses. Good fun, to be honest.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – BBC Four – 9pm
Robert Redford and Paul Newman star in what is considered to be one of the very best westerns of all time.
For Your Eyes Only – ITV4 – 9pm
The fifth of Roger Moore’s seven outing as 007, this one has been re-evaluated over time, thanks to steering itself back towards something approaching realism after the bonkersville outing that was Moonraker.
The Burnt Orange Heresy – FilmFour – 9.20pm
An art heist crime thriller with a very eclectic cast, including Claes Bang (Bad Sisters), Elizabeth Debicki (GOTG Vol.2) and Mick Jagger (eh… The Rolling Stones?). 66% on Rotten Tomatoes indicates it is only okay.
Blazing Saddles – BBC Four – 10.45pm
Often considered to be one of the very best comedies ever made.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – FilmFour – 10.55pm
Chris Pine’s outing as Jack Ryan is actually a pretty decent if unoriginal political action thriller, with a great supporting cast including Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Costner.
Cannonball Run II – ITV4 – 11.40pm
Burt Reynolds headlines this all-star action comedy, which marks the final film outing for Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. 13% on Rotten Tomatoes isn’t great, and apparently Will Ferrell based his Anchorman character on the hero of this movie.
Dredd – FilmFour – 1am
Our main for the night is this tremendous adaptation of the Judge Dredd graphic novels. Set in a hyper-violent scorched Earth, Dredd is portrayed to steely precision by Karl Urban, as judge, jury and executioner in this kill-or-be-killed world. This $45 million production made just $41 million at the worldwide box office, which is why, over a decade later, there still hasn’t been a sequel.
Written (and apparently secretly mostly directed) by Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Ex Machina), set entirely within one huge apartment complex, the steady of mix of cruel tension and even crueller action – often dealt out by Dredd himself – is assisted by a great supporting cast including Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson and Olivia Thirlby.
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