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05th Nov 2021

The best movies on TV for your Saturday and Sunday nights in

Rory Cashin

Seventeen movies on TV to choose from this weekend!

Eleven movies on Saturday.

Six movies on Sunday.

Get schedulin’, folks!

SATURDAY

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Sky Showcase (Sky One) – 8.10pm

A meek Hobbit (Elijah Wood) from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – RTE Two – 8.50pm

The Star Wars saga continues as new heroes and galactic legends go on an epic adventure, unlocking mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire – BBC Four – 9pm

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Fighting With My Family – FilmFour – 9pm

A former wrestler (Nick Frost) and his wife (Lena Headey) make a living performing at small venues around the country while their daughter (Florence Pugh) dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.

Superbad – Comedy Central – 9pm

Two co-dependent high school seniors (Michael Cera and Jonah Hill) are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Mission Impossible: Fallout – Channel 4 – 9.10pm

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.

Pineapple Express – Comedy Central – 11.15pm

A process server (Seth Rogen) and his marijuana dealer (James Franco) wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witnesses his dealer’s boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him.

War for the Planet of the Apes – FilmFour – 11.15pm

After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar (Andy Serkis) wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.

Con Air – ITV4 – 11.20pm

Newly paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control.

Blazing Saddles – RTE Two – 11.35pm

In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff (Cleavon Little), who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.

Pawn Sacrifice – BBC One – 12.15am

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.

SUNDAY

Star Trek Into Darkness – E4 – 6.25pm

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organisation, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon (Benedict Cumberbatch) of mass destruction.

White Chicks – Comedy Central – 9pm

Two disgraced FBI agents (Marlon and Shawn Wayans) go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – FilmFour – 9pm

A mother (Frances McDormand) personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

Fifty Shades Freed – RTE Two – 9pm

Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) and Christian (Jamie Dornan) get married, but Jack Hyde (Eric Johnson) continues to threaten their relationship.

The Green Hornet – Comedy Central – 11.20pm

Following the death of his father, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), heir to his father’s large company, teams up with his late dad’s assistant Kato (Jay Chou) to become a masked crime fighting team.

St. Vincent – FilmFour – 11.20pm

A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran (Bill Murray) who lives next door.

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