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Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says Saturday throws up some fine films on the box…
There was a time when there was traditional Bank Holiday classics rolled out, but we appear to be surprisingly light this weekend.
Swallows and Amazons (Saturday 1.15pm RTE2) is a rather old fashioned story of children getting up to a series of escapades while boating in the Lake District in the way we would have made our own entertainment during summer holidays.
It is very much a “jolly hockey sticks/Famous Five” style of story, involving adventures in dinghies named Swallow and Amazon, and stars Virginia McKenna, who is fondly remembered from films such as’A Town like Alice’ and ‘Born Free’ and Ronald Fraser.
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There is, however, some recognition of the Easter Weekend with King of Kings (Saturday 2.40pm RTE1) a biblical epic telling the story of the birth, life and crucifixion of Christ.
It stars Jeffrey Hunter as Christ, chosen ahead of Peter Cushing, Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow apparently because of his striking eyes, and Siobhan McKenna as Mary. Other famous face cameos include Robert Ryan as John the Baptist and Rip Torn as Judas
Jumanji:The Next Level (Saturday 6.35pm RTE1) sees the previous players of Jumanji, played by Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart and Jack Black, return once more to try to rescue of their own.
They will have to deal with all sorts of dangers, in arid deserts and snow filled mountains, to escape this most dangerous game for at least the fourth time with another sequel in production.
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A rather more gritty change of pace comes next with The Informer (Saturday 9.50 RTE2) in which ex-con Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman) is working undercover for FBI agents Montgomery and Wilcox (Clive Owen and Rosamund Pike) to bring down a Polish drug lord known as the General.
Things get even more complex when Koslow’s life is saved by the General, and he is forced to break parole to get back in prison and get back to providing the inmates with drugs. Nor is there is any guarantee that he can trust his FBI handlers!
Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald star in The Breakfast Club (Saturday 11.05 TG4) a much loved John Hughes drama.
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Five teenagers from different sections of the social strata are thrown together for a Saturday morning detention, supposedly to write a 1000 word essay.
Instead they indulge in listening to music, smoking marijuana and finding out how much they have in common together after all.
That’s not quite how detention worked in my day – not that I ever was in detention – but this is a real memory blast for those who yearn for the Eighties.
So, not a classic weekend for films, but feel free to break into the Easter Eggs early and Enjoy!
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