‘Airplane vs Volcano’ – Weekend Film Guide 1st October

It’s the weekend! Time to finally put your plan into action and bust you and your buddies out of jail.

But if that sounds like too much hard work, why not watch these great movies instead.

Friday

Rocky III ITV 22.45

Rocky beats up B A Baracus. Impressive, I mean I probably couldn’t do it. But feels underwhelming when you think that in the next film he beats up Russia.

Kiss the Girls 5USA 21.00

One of the sixty bazillion serial killer movies released in the wake of Silence of the Lambs. Plot is probably that an unconventional cop has to track down a hyper-intelligent serial killer who turns out to be his partner. It’ll be something like that, they all were.

Dead Man Walking 5* 23.40

Oscar-winning zombie classic.

Saturday

Scarface ITV4 23.40

Subtle and nuanced meditation on immigration that sees man get his arm chainsawed off to cracking Giorgio Moroder disco soundtrack.

War of the Worlds Film4 21.00

Angry aliens live underground and tiny Tom Cruise has to run away from them.

Hidden Figures Film4 18.25

Kevin Costner defeats racism by making ladies do hard sums

Sunday

Road House 5* 22.45

***ROAD HOUSE KLAXON***

Greatest film ever made. The Citizen Kane of films.

The Rainmaker 5* 21.00

Sexy, brilliant and idealistic young lawyer saves the day by being sexy, brilliant and idealistic. Based on an original story by *checks notes* a lawyer. Well, I never.

Airplane vs Volcano Horror Channel 16.50

2011’s controversial Best Picture winner. Not sure why the controversy. It’s loads better than The King’s Speech.