Upcoming Movies on TV (UK)

[colinr0380]

Just a couple of premieres next week. jlnight has noted the only fixed premiere with 80 For Brady at 11:20 p.m. on Film4 on Thursday 2nd. Unfortunately I only really know Tom Brady from his Family Guy appearance, but it appears that its in the same vein of Brady apparently being a hot sexual stud that particularly appeals to the older ladies(?)

The other two premieres of the week are on BBC1 and are going to be affected by whatever goes on with the football (the BBC and ITV sort of share coverage so if one channel shows a match, then the other does not - ITV has placeholders of the first two Downton Abbey films in case they have no football). It seems that Guy Ritchie is going to be the winner of the filmmaker for most UK television premieres in a single year for 2026, as only a couple of weeks after 2020's The Gentlemen 2024's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is showing on BBC1 at 11 p.m. on Sunday 28th.

The big premiere of the week is the other film affected by football with Blink Twice showing on BBC1 at 10:40 p.m. on Thursday 2nd (i.e. clashing with 80 For Brady)
___

Repeat-wise jlnight has noted the big news which is Film4 getting hold of John Carpenter's Big Trouble In Little China and showing it at 9 p.m. on Monday 29th. (followed by a repeat of the Kurt Russell starring Bone Tomahawk at 11 p.m.)

There are two Empire States showing next week, presumably in the run up to the 250th anniversary of something happening in America, with 1987's Empire State showing on Film4 at 1:35 a.m. in the early hours of 4th July (directed by Nighthawks/Strip Jack Naked) director Ron Peck); and the 2013 Empire State showing on the "Legend Xtra" channel at 9 p.m. on 27th June.

The other notable repeat on the "Legend Xtra" channel is a surprisingly rare showing of the Mel Gibson The Patriot film, showing at 11:55 p.m. on Wednesday 1st.

[jlnight]

Storm Over the Nile, Sat 4th Jul, Talking Pictures.
The Wild Ride (1960), late Sat 4th Jul, Talking Pictures.

Ferda la Fourmi (1942 short), Sun 5th Jul, Talking Pictures.
Blade Runner, Sun 5th Jul, BBC2.
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968), Sun 5th Jul, Talking Pictures.

In Glorious Devon (Baim short), Mon 6th Jul, Talking Pictures.
Army Days (1956 short), Mon 6th Jul, Talking Pictures.

Red Rooms (2023), Wed 8th Jul, Film4.

[colinr0380]

Only two premieres next week. The first showing of the relationship horror film between two obviously terrible people Anyone But You is on BBC1 on Saturday 4th July, which is going to be affected by whether the channel shows football by either staring at 10:20 p.m. (if no football) or 12:30 a.m. in the early hours of Sunday 5th (if football is shown).

And as jlnight has noted, the big premiere of the week is the uplifting French film about people learning to emotionally and physically connect with each other over the internet, Red Rooms showing on Film4 at 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday 8th. That 'Red Room' concept of live streamed snuff sites has been around a while.
___
Repeat-wise, the big event of the week is BBC4 showing the 2017 full album performance of the Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar collaboration, Passages, at 8:50 p.m. on Sunday 5th.

The 1943 Orson Welles starring Jane Eyre is showing on BBC2 at 9:25 a.m. on Sunday 5th. And there is a rare showing of Danny DeVito's Death To Smoochy on Film4 at 1:25 a.m. in the early hours of Saturday 11th.

The "Legend Xtra" channel is showing The Patriot again at 9 p.m. on 4th July, which I guess is appropriate!