There are some fantastic movies on the telly tonight to get your weekend starting right!
Some properly brilliant action, comedy, romance and documentaries on the TV tonight.
Armageddon – ITV4 – 8pm
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet. Stars Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, and Liv Tyler.
The Client – RTE Two – 9.30pm
A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney (Susan Sarandon) to protect him when the District Attorney (Tommy Lee Jones) tries to use him to take down a mob family.
Mission Impossible: Fallout – RTE One – 9.35pm
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Out Of Sight – BBC One – 10.35pm
A career bank robber (George ClooneY) breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal (Jennifer Lopez) he has kidnapped.
Amy – Channel – 11.05pm
Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
About A Boy – RTE One – 12.10am
A cynical, immature young man (Hugh Grant) is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy (Nicholas Hoult).
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Channel 4 – 1.30am
A writer encounters the owner of an ageing high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel’s glorious years under an exceptional concierge. Stars Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Jeff Goldblum, and loads more.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith – FilmFour – 1.35am
A bored married couple (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt) are surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.
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