Splice Movies T.W.A.T.

Weekend Movies T.W.A.T. 20th - 22nd February 09

T.W.A.T. means to watch avec telly. This is the Spice Guide to whats on telly thats filmy. Read it and post some comments, what you watched, what you didnt, tell me to stop posting thins crap, your choice.

Avec means "with" i know that but rather than "on" and make it T.W.O.T. its T.W.A.T. cos its aesthetically more pleasing.

Friday 20th Feb 09

Afternoon off and absolutely hundereds of time on your hands? Cleopatra is on Channel 4 starting at 10.20 and finishing at half three it even has a break for the news just like a classic ITV monday night movie! See a young Liz Taylor and Richard Burton in a lavish excuse of a movie and go make yourself a piece in between, excellent! I will be working though. Boo.

At night; Micky Rourke is a guest on Jonathan Ross, anyone who saw his appearance on Graham Norton will be both worried and excited about the prospects of this. BBC4 has a doco on Motown called Standing on the Shoulders of Motown which is in amongst its Motown night (too much use of Motown?) and More4 has a decent De Niro film (15minutes) both at 10pm.

Crap films for you on friday: Bringing Down the House on BBC1 (11.40) has the magic pairing of Steve Martin and Queen Latifah so that will be crap but it made the cinemas in the UK. STV has How High (12.05) which stars Wu tang Clan member Method Man starring, rap stars as movie stars usually means pish, rap stars as movie stars in movies you have never even heard of before doesnt bode well. Finally Dave (dave?) has a film on, usually its wall to wall Top Gear and Mock the Week but no, Friday the 20th has Code of Silence at 1am adn it stars Chuck Norris! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!

Saturday 21st Feb 09

Another afternoon film on Saturday, 3.25 sees Mclintock shown on BBC2, John Wayne! I am going to make a confession, i have never seen a John Wayne film in my life, not one. Is this the place to start, should i start at all? As evening falls 9pm has many channels vieing for your attentions, virgin1 has De Niro flick Flawless, fiveUSA has Spiderman, ITV has Bourne Identity with old school 10o'clock news in between. Remember the LYNX monday night movie or the monday night movie sponsored by Diet Coke, ah those were the days! BBC3 has the actually quite excellent The Girl Next Door which has the double whammy of a plot about porn starring Elisha Cuthbert totally usurped by a film stealing performance by Timothy Olyphant.

Later on, Scottish film alert on BBC2 True North (10.45) has Peter Mullan in it so must be alright, Peter Jackson pre LOTR in Heavenly Creatures (Midnight, BBC1), Channel4 has Heartbreak Ridge (11pm) with Clint which is good fun and ITV4 has This is Spinal Tap which i genuinly dont get, im sure i will sometime but from memory of seeing it, i simply thought it was one of the most overrated films ever.

Ok, hard to believe i am saying this (especially after my Spinal Tap outburst) but stand out for Saturday is on fiveUSA at 11.20. RoadHouse II: Last Call. A sequel to the best ever film about bouncers, need i say more?

Sunday 22nd Feb 09

Some James Bond flick is on in the afternoon (yawn) but fuck that cos Short Circuit is on five at 6.15! Johnny 5 is alive indeed!

The 9pm battle is between Ray (ITV3) Entrapement (E4) My Super Ex Girlfriend (CH4) and Attack Force (Seagal pish on five) but never mind them cos Top Gun is on at 10 on ITV2 and you dont want to miss any of that! who can tell me off the top of their heads what Mavericks real name is by the way? More Cruise on CH4 at 11.25 in cameron Crowes Vanilla Sky, a true mind fuck. and on film4 at five to one Che Guevarra film The Motorcycle Diaries, heard its good.

Oh aye, its kinda breaking the rules but if you have the chance and the insomnia try watching the Oscars which is on at 1am.

Remember and leave a wee comment if you watch any of these recommendations or have any more to add. or think i waffle a proper load of shit.

Cheers