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13th Aug 2021

Eight of the best movies on TV for your Friday night in

Rory Cashin

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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