‘Brad Pitt stars as Brad Pitt ‘ – Weekend Film Guide 15th August

It’s the weekend! Time to drink the blood of your enemies from the skulls of their families.

Or you could just get some Fanta. Either way, enjoy it with these great films.

Saturday

Taken Channel 4 21.00

Liam Neeson has a special set of skills that doesn’t include being able to recognise a decent script.

World War Z Channel 4 22.45

Brad Pitt stars as Brad Pitt in film in which Brad Pitt saves the world from everyone who isn’t Brad Pitt.

Outbreak 5* 19.25

Dustin Hoffman chases ill monkey around rural America in what-the-hell-happened-to-my-career sickopalypse classic.

Sunday

Groundhog Day Sony Movies 12.30

Weatherman solves existential, philosophical crisis by getting off with Andie MacDowell.

Weird feeling we’ve done this one before.

Edward Scissorhands Film4 15.00

Feel free to make your own jokes about wiping his bottom or picking his nose, I’m above all that sort of thing.

Hart to Hart Returns True Entertainment 19.00

Hart to Hart is on constantly at the weekends. I got up at 6am on Saturday, there were at least three Hart to Hart episodes on back to back, then just before I went to bed, I noticed their was one of these late-period Hart to Hart TV movies on.

So, there may be a pandemic and explosions and chaos and misery, but if you’re a Hart to Hart fan, it’s a hell of a time to be alive

Netflix film of the weekend

Bridge of Spies

Mark Rylance does serious acting in Spielberg film that needs loads more dinosaurs. All Spielberg films without dinosaurs need more dinosaurs. Some of the ones with dinosaurs need more dinosaurs.