Nineteen films to enjoy on TV as we prepare to celebrate St Patrick s Day
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Ronan O Meara has been scouring the TV schedules to find films to watch over the next week as we look ahead to St Patrick s Day.
Here are his choices..enjoy!
Peterloo: Saturday, Channel 4 @ 10pm
Manchester. 1819. A crowd peacefully assembles to demand voting rights for all. The British government decide to suppress the meeting and make sure future crowds don t get the same ideas. Director Mike Leigh proves once again he s lost none of his righteous anger at the way the common man will always be downtrodden by the people in charge. A tough and upsetting watch but an important one. Rory Kinnear and Maxine Peake do excellent work as the leads.
Seventeen films on TV over the next week to keep you on the straight and narrow
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Ronan O Meara has been scouring the TV schedules to find films to watch as we face into another nine weeks of lockdown.
Here are his choices..enjoy!
Money Monster: Saturday, RTÉ2 @ 9.25pm
America comes to a standstill when both the host and producer of a successful financial news show are taken hostage by a angry investor and the whole saga plays out live on air. Jodie Foster directs this exciting, thought provoking and topical look at the unspoken after effects of financial crashes. Julia Roberts and George Clooney do well but Jack O Connell steals the show as a man at the edge of his tether.
What s it about?
Wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Yelchin) is failing miserably at fitting in at a new public high school run by the world-weary Principal Gardner (Downey, Jr.). As he begins to better understand the social hierarchy, Charlie s honest charm and likeability positions him as the resident psychiatrist dishing out advice, and the occasional prescription, to his fellow students in need.
NOTE: No catch-up at SBS On Demand
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