LOADS of great movies to enjoy on the telly tonight…
The weekend is here, let us celebrate with some films!
The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas – RTE Two – 9pm
Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
The Eagle – FilmFour – 9pm
In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier (Channing Tatum) endeavours to honour his father’s memory by finding his lost legion’s golden emblem.
Argo – RTE One – 9.35pm
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent (Ben Affleck) launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
The Peanut Butter Falcon – BBC One – 10.35pm
Zak runs away from his care home to make his dream of becoming a wrestler come true. Stars Dakota Johnson, Shia LaBeouf and Jon Bernthal.
Layer Cake – FilmFour – 11.15pm
A successful cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.
Dancing at Lughnasa – RTE One – 11.50pm
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s. Stars Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon,
The Lives of Others – TG4 – 12am
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Oscar in its year of release.
Shame – FilmFour – 1.20am
A sex addict’s (Michael Fassbender) carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister (Carey Mulligan) arrives for an indefinite stay.
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