It’s the second weekend in January, and all New Year’s resolutions should be long forgotten. So, get yourself a bucket of Lambrusco and all the Ferrero Rocher you can muster and settle down to enjoy these great films.
Saturday
Marley and Me 5* 16.45
Gentle romantic comedy in which couple adopt legendary dead reggae singer
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol E4 21.00
Follow up to Mission: Impossible – Vampire Protocol. Soon to be followed up by Mission: Impossible – Zombie Protocol.
The French Connection Sony Movies Action 22.40
Shouty Gene Hackman goes to France to shout at French people
“Do you pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?”
“Quoi?”
Sunday
All The President’s Men BBC1 00.05
Crusading journalists fight to uncover shocking Presidential crime. Seems super quaint.
“What, the President didn’t incite armed insurrection? Meh. Page 6.”
Buster Sony Movies Classic (‘Classic’ working very hard here) 22.00
Drummer from Genesis does crimes. I assume the soundtrack features some perky covers of sixties classics and a moody ballad where Buster walks about in the rain and has a jolly good think about what he’s done.
Transformers: The Last Knight
Robots shout at you for several hours then turn into cars. Impenetrable nonsense.
Netflix Film of the Weekend
Labyrinth
David Bowie sets out to conquer the world with nothing but some puppets and an enormous codpiece.