Splice Movies T.W.A.T.

Midweek Movies T.W.A.T. 9th - 12th March 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.

Another weekend has rolled itself around so here is where to find out what is coming up on the telly if your staying in. Or rather you could probably check the papers too, they have the tv listings, yeah! But it doesnt have the same spin on it you will read here so forget the national press and read on.

Monday 9th Mar 09

Back when it was released some 6 or 7 years ago, Daredevil was shat on big time. But flying in the face of it i actually rather liked it. It spawned a sequel of sorts, as this films centres on the love interest from Daredevil who dies in the original, so its a spin off type thing. Its on C4 at ten and is the perfect thing for a post weekend wind down, though its not that good its not terrible and thats ok. Also worth a look and from that sequel territory is Police Story 2, anyone who read last weeks TWAT will know my feelings on the dumbing down of foreign films in the schedules so i will just say its on and move on. Jackie Chan at 11.05 on five. Another British comedy is on tonight, this time on ITV at 11.35. Ready When you Are, Mr McGill is its name and i really dont know where they all come from, you never hear about them untill they are on the tv! This one has the makings of a good cast, Nighy, Courtenay and Holden, yes Amanda Holden, I am maybe seeing now why this film has never came up on my radar. I'm a Cyborg, But thats OK is on at 11.50 on C4 tonight also, its billed as a comedy but i am not so sure it will blow your socks off, its a Korean film by the director of Oldboy (and the other 2 from his vengeance trilogy) I shall be recording it as its a bit late for me but is certainly looks interesting.

Also returning tonight is The Gadget Show on five. Its like top Gear for technology and is surprisingly addictive, anyway tonights show looks at 3D tellys and with the glut of 3D movies which are to be released in the near future its wortha wee look i think. 8pm.

Good baseball movie on film4 tonight at 7. Bad News Bears, which was remade a few years ago with Billy Bob in the adult role, has Walter Mathau in this the original. He takes on a kids team of ne'er do wells in the hope to find success, comedy ensues. Trust me, if it made it to these shores then it cant be half bad, i have noted a paragraph up about the crap British films that seem to appear on the tv, well there will be ten a penny baseball films over in the states we see nothing of, and that god! stay with film4 all night if you wish as Planet of the Apes follows, Tim Burtons version which isnt as bad as made out i think, then Kung Fu Hustle which is a riot. At time of posting this i dont know whether its dubbed or subtitles, wither way its a pish laugh though! The only other thing of note i can spot is Drop Zone on itv4 at 10pm, a Wesley Snipes actioner (is this a word?) which also stars the original and best Busey, Gary not Jake.

Tuesday 10th Mar 09

Charles Bronson seems to be the order of the day on normal TV as with a lack of films showing his biopic seems to be covered on the tv shows that are on. This Morning has the star of the film Tom Hardy telling Phil and Fern what it was like to play one of Britains most notorious prisoners and then Film 2009 is reviewing it. 10.30am and 11.05pm respectively. And thats it, normal tv dissapoints.

its down to digital to save Tuesday and gladly it does, its not laden with stuff no but it covers all bases, its Champions league day for ITV so ITV4 follows its game with Rambo: 1st Blood. Its down as 10pm but extra time and penalties may play havoc with that so keep em peeled, testosterone highs alround. I admittedly think Rambo is pants but i have been assured that i am wrong on this count and that time has blunted my opinion, its been some ten years or more since i seen it, so I will give it another go, the two sequels are on the following two nights also. To compensate for bloke vision on STV and ITV4, ITV2 has tried to redress the balance, by screeneing womens shows during the football hours, two hour long pieces of tat with paris Hilton then Coleen Rooney are followed by Bridget Jones 2, which actually doesnt call its self Bridget jones 2 rather Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason. I also want to pick out Hamburger Hill on fiveUSA (9pm) as it is probably my favourite Vietnam movie and also Short Cuts on film4 at 11pm as its a work of genius.

Wednesday 11th Mar 09

Another day of not much to go on but at least some features appear in the schedules, BBC1 has a thriller at 10.45 called Bad Company starring Anthony Hopkins, so far so good but it co-stars Chris Rock and centres around a murdered secret agents streetwise twin brother who is recruited to take his place and its at this point where worry creeps in. But all this sounds better than Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo which is fives movie at 10pm.

FiveUSA do an interesting thing on a Wednesday night, they show their prime time 9pm film shown on the nest night at a later 11pmish slot. For example, this week its the Longest Yard, a Adam Sandler remake of a Burt Reynolds American football film, its on at 11pm on Wed but also 9pm on the Thurs. What is good about it is for some people 9pm is a bit troublesome to watch things, theya re night hawks and prefer to kick off a little later so this does them a wee favour, a not bad flick on that wee bit later. Cheers to fiveUSA.

Thursday 12th Mar 09

Ok, i boobed something rotten last week when i failed to spot that C4 trilogy of good dark dramas was starting, the ads have been on for weeks and its my own fault for failing to spot it, i am making amend now though so there. Red Riding continues tonight at 9pm. It follows on from last weeks episode/tv movie which can be watched still for another few weeks on channel 4's website in the catch up bit, thats where i am headed after i finish this as i not only failed to flag it, i also failed to catch it when it was on!

On digital were going to go with Batman at 9pm on film4, Tim Burtons 1989 effort seems strange now in light of Christopher Nolan's entries into the fray. What with the lurid colours and the dancing, yes dancing its nothing like the murky darkness of Batmans latest incarnation, Its worth another look though to campare and contrast i feel. Plus, there isn't much else on the ol digital!