Weekend Film Roundup! (27th March – 29th March)

Welcome to this weeks installment of the prestigious weekend film round up from the team at Action Aerials.

We’ve whipped around to the shops to pick up a couple of the weekly TV magazines (not for the gossip) to find out for you what is on this week and what you need to be watching.

We imagine with the recent cancellation of Top Gear episodes that there is now a big hole on Sunday nights which you need something good to fill with!

Anyway, down to the films.

*The below schedule is from channels available on Freeview, if you don’t have Freeview and would like to get it, check our Freeview Installation page for more details*

Friday 27th March
Daredevil – E4 – 9:00pm until 11:05pm
A blind lawyer with radar-like sensory perception takes to the streets to battle the evil he cannot fight in the courts. But during his quest to bring down the elusive Kingpin, who controls the New York underworld, he is hunted by a crazed hitman and falls into a dangerous romance with a mysterious heiress. Comic-book adventure, with Ben Affleck, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jennifer Garner and Colin Farrell

Saturday 28th March
The Borrowers – Channel 5 – 10:50am until 12:30pm
A family of four-inch-high people living beneath the floorboards of an ordinary human home help the owner’s son fight back when a dastardly lawyer plans to demolish the house and make way for a luxury apartment block. Children’s fantasy, starring John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Flora Newbigin and Tom Felton

Wild Wild West – ITV2 +1 – 1:25pm until 3:30pm
A government agent teams up with a gadget-mad master of disguise to investigate the disappearance of several scientists. Their search leads them to an evil genius who is plotting to kill the US president with some bizarre inventions of his own. Sci-fi Western comedy, starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek and Ted Levine

Zookeeper – 5* – 4:55pm until 7:00pm
The animals in a zoo are able to talk, but keep this hidden from all humans. When they learn their beloved keeper is planning on leaving, the creatures decide to share their secret in the hope of persuading him to stay, and offer him some help with his unsuccessful love life. Comedy, starring Kevin James and Rosario Dawson

The Mummy – ITV2 – 7:35pm until 10:00pm
A soldier of fortune joins an academic and her conniving brother on an expedition to an ancient Egyptian lost city. The explorers accidentally cause the spirit of a vengeful priest with awe-inspiring supernatural powers to rise from his tomb, leading to a desperate battle for survival. Fantasy action adventure, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo and Oded Fehr

Sunday 28th March
Revolution – Movie Mix – 12:00pm until 2:25pm
A New York fur trapper leads a simple life until the outbreak of the American war of Independence. As he struggles to protect his son, who has been drafted into service, he forms a relationship with an aristocratic woman who has turned against the British. Historical drama, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski.

Cheaper By The Dozen 2 – 5* – 3:10pm until 5:05pm
Tom and Kate Baker and their 12 children are enjoying a summer holiday together at their lakeside cabin before the last of the kids flies the nest. All is well until Tom realises arch-rival Jimmy Murtaugh and his family are staying nearby, and even though the youngsters are having fun, the fathers succumb to increasingly frequent displays of one-upmanship. Comedy sequel, with Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Bonnie Hunt and Hilary Duff

Johnny English Reborn – Channel 4 – 6:00pm until 8:00pm
A bumbling secret agent retires to a Tibetan monastery in disgrace after a mission goes wrong. He is lured out of seclusion by the chance to redeem himself when his former bosses seek his help in foiling an attempt to assassinate the premier of China. Spy comedy sequel, starring Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike and Dominic West

Evan Almighty – ITV2 +1 – 8:00pm until 10:00pm
Politician Evan Baxter is recruited by God for a special mission. A great flood is coming, and like Noah before him, Evan has to build an ark to protect the wildlife of the world from the impending cataclysm. However, convincing others that the end is nigh proves difficult. Comedy sequel to Bruce Almighty, starring Steve Carell, John Goodman, Lauren Graham and Morgan Freeman

Need more information on the Freeview platform and want to stay updated? Take a look at the Official Freeview site and their blog.

Weekend Film Schedule (6th March – 8th March)

Welcome to another installment of the Action Aerials weekend round up of films on the TV this weekend. Our team every week go through the TV Guide to provide you with the best of what is on available to ensure you have the best weekend possible!

With some excellent films on in the past few weeks, there’s never been a better time to have a Freeview TV Aerial installed to get the most out of your TV. As we always say to our customers, if you want to move to Freeview it’s always worth checking with their coverage checker to see what’s available in your area – http://www.freeview.co.uk/availability

On with the films list!

Friday 6th March

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason – ITV2 – 9:00pm until 11:10pm
The disaster-prone journalist seems to have finally found the perfect boyfriend. However, when the couple start to squabble over their personal habits, she decides to decamp for a while to Thailand and write a travelogue. Unfortunately, she has reckoned without the reappearance of a duplicitous old flame – and a spell behind bars in a Thai prison. Romantic comedy sequel, with Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones.

Saturday 7th March

Rio – Film4 – 1:00pm until 2:50pm
A domesticated rare bird is taken to Rio de Janeiro to mate with a female, but the pair are stolen by animal smugglers. He ends up lost on the streets of a strange city, and to make it back to his owner, he will have to learn to fly for the first time in his life. Animated comedy, with the voices of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement – ITV2 – 4:00pm until 6:15pm
Princess Mia of Genova discovers that although she is supposed to take the throne on her 21st birthday, unmarried women like her are barred from being head of state. She now has just 30 days to find herself a husband – but an ambitious nobleman is determined to sabotage her hopes of romance. Family comedy sequel, with Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Julie Andrews, John Rhys-Davies and Chris Pine.

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab – Drama – 7:00pm until 9:00pm
In 1886, the members of Melbourne’s high society are shocked to the core by the untimely death of one of their own, an ambitious newcomer with a connection to Mark Frettlby, one of the city’s wealthiest benefactors. As the intrigue intensifies, it becomes clear the victim had set his sights on winning Frettlby’s daughter Madge, and suggestions emerge that his death may have been the result of a crime of passion. Period mystery, starring John Waters, Jessica De Gouw and Oliver Ackland

Salt – Channel 4 – 9:00pm until 11:00pm
A CIA agent is accused of being a sleeper assassin with a deadly purpose – to kill the Russian president during a diplomatic visit and start a third world war. She goes on the run, with her colleagues in hot pursuit – but each attempt to prove her innocence only raises more questions about her identity. Action thriller, starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor

Sunday 8th March

Step Up 3 – Film4 – 1:00pm until 3:20pm
A student who has given up his dreams of being a dancer in favour of his education meets a team of street dancers fallen on hard times. He is recruited into the group as they compete in a high-stakes tournament to win the money they need to secure rehearsal space. Dance drama sequel, starring Rick Malambri, Adam G Sevani and Sharni Vinson

Jumper – Film4 – 3:20pm until 5:05pm
A man discovers he has the ability to teleport, a talent he cleverly exploits to rob banks undetected while living a life of luxury all over the world. However, he soon learns he is not the only one with this power – and that a secret society of religious fanatics is determined to wipe out him and all of his kind. Fantasy thriller, with Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell and Samuel L Jackson.

The Smurfs – ITV2 +1 – 5:50pm until 7:55pm
Premiere. The tiny blue forest-dwelling creatures flee from an evil wizard, only to end up magically transported to modern-day New York. They search for a way to get back to their own village while evading their enemy, who has followed them to the Big Apple. Fantasy comedy, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria and Jayma Mays, with the voices of Jonathan Winters and Katy Perry

21 Jump Street – Channel 5 – 9:00pm until 11:15pm
Cops Schmidt and Jenko hated each other when they were at school together, but have grown up to become friends. They are forced to relive the horrors of their adolescence when their captain decides their youthful appearance makes them the perfect undercover agents to crack a high-school drug ring. Comedy inspired by the 1980s TV series, with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.

That’s it for this week! Some truly epic films on and plenty enough to keep the whole family entertained. As always we hope you have an excellent weekend and enjoy our timetable of films for you to watch!