Recommended Movies on TV

A Man For All Seasons 1966
True Movies / Sony Classic 21:00-23:25 Sat 30th May 2020 90m

Set in the time of Henry VIII
It is a literate, humane treatment of the dilemma an honest man faces in a corrupt society.

Kelly's Heroes (1970)
RTE1
Sun 31 May 13:10 145 min
Filmed in Yugoslavia as was. So lots of extras and most of the vehicles are real apart from the Tigers which were smaller T-34's made to like them.

A film that makes a lot more sense when you realise it's about the Vietnam war. Just like Mash and to a lesser extent Catch-22 or the Dirty Dozen.

Dirty Dozen. (1967)
ITV4
Sat 30.05.2020 22:10 - 00:10 (120 min.)

Iron Sky
22:45-00:55 Tue 2nd Jun 2020 90m
Horror Channel
Earth gets invaded by WWII Moon Nazi's

I *hate* when good films are on the low-res channels
Also available on CANAL+ 4K ULTRA HD for those with Polish channels
Tue 02.06.2020 22:45 - 00:55 (130 min.) (might be out by an hour)



Oklahoma! 1955
Sun 31.05.2020 14:05 - 16:20 (135 min.)
BBC2 HD with no ads.
YMMV It's a musical. "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin" etc.



Withnail and I - I never got this film but some like it.
00:15-02:05 Mon 1st Jun 2020 90m
Channel 4
Channel 4 HD is free to air on Astra 2G - if you get Freesat you can add manually.
11538 V
DVB-S 22000 5/6

Groundhog Day. Again. I never got this film but some like it.
18:55-21:00 Mon 1st Jun 2020 125m
Sony Movies









A Night to Remember 1958 B&W
Compare this to the 1997 Titanic blockbuster. This is way more historically accurate and the characters don't have contemporary values.
Film4
Mon 01.06.2020 12:50 - 15:30 (160 min.)




100 Bloody Acres
02:40-04:30 Wed 3rd Jun 2020 90m
Horror Channel
Comedy horror from Oz.



Is it time for a non-CGI thread ?

Mighty Joe Young 1949 - King Kong's little cousin.
10:10-12:05 Thu 4th Jun 2020 90m
Sony Movies Action
Ray Harryhausen was hired in 1947 on his first film assignment as an assistant animator to Willis O'Brien.

Or if you prefer soulless GCI
ITV2 Sat 30.05.2020 Kong: Skull Island 18:45 - 19:50 (65 min.)

Or if you want dino puppets - it's Doug McLure (you may remember him from...)
The Land that Time Forgot
Talking Pictures TV 09:15-11:00 Wed 3rd Jun 2020 90m
Starts off OK then get to the Land and it's all downhill from there.







War Docs - mainly for the genuine footage

The Fighting Lady - filmed on USS Yorkdown during WWII
02:55-04:00 Wed 3rd Jun 2020 90m
Sony Movies Action

Strategic Air Command (1955)
16:35-18:50 Thu 4th Jun 2020 90m
Film4
Its about the changeover from the B-36 which used to be called aluminum overcast because they were huge to the newer B-47's
Staring Jimmy Stewart

This isn't a doc about the Vietnam war but a certain Brigadier General James Maitland Stewart did fly as a non-duty observer on a B-52 bombing mission during that war.

Army of Darkness (1992)
02:20-04:00 Sat 20th Jun 2020 90m
Film4



Time Bandits (1981)
Director Terry Gilliam
11:00-13:20 Sat 20th Jun 2020 145m
Film4

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
22:00-00:00 Fri 10th Jul 2020 130m
Talking Pictures TV


Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979)
00:00-02:15 Sat 11th Jul 2020 135m
Talking Pictures TV


Juan of the Dead (2012) - so-so Cuban/Spanish Zombie movie
02:00-03:55 Sat 11th Jul 2020 90m
Film4

RTE 2 Jaws in 20 minutes 21:10
RTE 1 Papillon 23:55

Not much this week

FX 2 (1991)
21:00-23:10 Mon 20th Jul 2020 120m
Paramount

The Blues Brothers (1980) - again
21:00-23:30 Thu 23rd Jul 2020 165m
ITV4







A Man For All Seasons (1966)
15:40-18:05 Mon 20th Jul 2020 90m
True Movies

Crimson Tide (1995)
21:00-23:20 Mon 20th Jul 2020 140m
ITV4

Elysium (2013) - Documentary about privatisation of health care.
21:00-23:10 Tue 21st Jul 2020 109m
Sony Movies

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
21:00-23:45 Wed 22nd Jul 2020 170m
ITV4