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18th May 2019

Here are the 10 best movies on TV this Saturday

Dave Hanratty

It’s the weekend.

The weekend has landed.

Living for the weekend.

Etc.

Movies, is it? We got ’em.

Here are your best cinematic options on the box today, Saturday 18 May…

Blades of Glory – Comedy Central – 8.10pm

Blood on the ice.

Spy – Film 4 – 9pm

Comedic action romp with Melissa McCarthy and a particularly hilarious turn from Jason Statham.

The Punisher – Virgin Media Two – 9pm

Thomas Jane is The Punisher. John Travolta is the bad guy.

Lucy – E4 – 9pm 

Scarlett Johansson gives us an acid-tinged glimpse of what a Black Widow movie might look at it.

Hercules – RTÉ 2 – 9pm

In which The Rock gets all mythological.

The Game – TCM – 11pm

Michael Douglas plays the deadliest game in David Fincher’s excellent thriller.

Legend – Channel 4 – 11.15pm 

Two Tom Hardys for the price of one.

Army of Darkness – Film 4 – 11.20pm

Bruce Campbell readies his boomstick in medieval times as the undead close in.

Tin Cup – RTÉ 2 – 11.45pm

Kevin Costner and Don Johnson do battle in the golfing world.

Evil Dead – Film 4 – 1.05am

Gore-drenched remake of the classic original.