It comes from the director of The Exorcist and The French Connection.
Staying in tonight and need a movie to watch? Well, JOE has you covered with this list of the films airing on TV this Saturday evening, starting with:
Deadpool – Film4 – 9pm
Ryan Reynolds is the ‘merc with a mouth’ in this violent and sweary superhero flick that launched a franchise.
Radioactive – BBC Four – 9pm
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) leads the cast of this biopic about Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie.
Wayne’s World 2 – Comedy Central – 9pm
“Wayne’s World! Wayne’s World! Party time! Excellent!”
The Da Vinci Code – Sky Showcase – 9.15pm
Tom Hanks stars in this adaptation of the bestselling mystery thriller novel.
American Sniper – RTÉ2 – 9.30pm
The currently in the news Bradley Cooper plays a real-life US Navy SEAL sniper in this visceral war drama from director Clint Eastwood.
Murder on the Orient Express – RTÉ One – 9.40pm
Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in this big screen adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery novel.
The Bleeder – TG4 – 9.45pm
This sports drama focuses on the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber), whose 1975 title fight with Muhammad Ali is said to have inspired Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky screenplay.
William Petersen and John Pankow in To Live and Die in LA, our pick for tonight
Ingrid Goes West – MTV – 10pm
Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen are excellent in this black comedy-drama and social media satire.
In the Line of Fire – ITV4 – 10.35pm
A Secret Service agent (Clint Eastwood, again) haunted by being unable to save John F. Kennedy tries to stop a disillusioned former CIA agent (an Oscar-nominated John Malkovich) from assassinating the current US president in this excellent ’90s thriller.
30 Days of Night – Horror Xtra – 10.45pm
This extremely underrated horror flick follows the residents (including Josh Hartnett) of an Alaskan town beset by vampires as it enters into a thirty-day-long polar night.
Ghosts of Mars – Legend – 10.50pm
Critically panned at the time of its release in 2001, this sci-fi horror from director John Carpenter has its defenders.
The Doors – AMC UK – 10.50pm
Val Kilmer is phenomenal as Jim Morrison in this Oliver Stone biopic about US rock band The Doors.
Walk the Line – BBC Two – 11pm
Another music biopic, this time with Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me – Quest – 11pm
“Groovy baby!”
To Live and Die in LA – Film4 – 11.10pm
Our pick for tonight is this ’80s neo-noir action crime thriller directed by the recent passed away William Friedkin.
It tells the story of two Secret Service agents (John Pankow and William Petersen) and the extreme lengths they go to in order to stop a counterfeiter and killer (Willem Dafoe).
Based on a novel written by a former Secret Service agent, To Live and Die in LA is one of several movies helmed by Friedkin widely considered to be masterpieces – the others including The Exorcist, The French Connection and Sorcerer.
What makes To Live and Die in LA rank among the greatest crime thrillers ever is its dark and twisty story, its enhanced sense of realism, its gritty yet stylish filmmaking and its great performances – particularly Dafoe’s menacing turn.
You can check out a trailer for To Live and Die in LA right here:
Kick-Ass – BBC One – 11.40pm
This hit black-comedy superhero flick centres on an ordinary teenager (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) who sets out to become a real-life superhero, calling himself “Kick-Ass”.
Ad Astra – Channel 4 – 11.40pm
Brad Pitt plays a sad astronaut who travels to the edge of the solar system in order to both save the world and work out unresolved familial trauma in this gorgeous, meditative sci-fi.
Let the Wrong One – RTÉ One – 11.45pm
Released in Irish cinemas earlier this year, this horror comedy was described by JOE’s entertainment editor Rory Cashin in his review as feeling “tailor-made for midnight screenings”.
Peterloo – RTÉ Two – 11.50pm
This historical drama tells the story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre.
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