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Screen Watch: Your guide to the best TV movies this week
Here are our picks of movies on TV this week.
WE’VE BEEN SIFTING through the movie options available to watch on TV and streaming services over the week.
Your Documentary Pick
Gaza
- RTÉ One 11pm Tuesday
A documentary that goes beyond the reach of television news reports to reveal a portrait of a people attempting to lead meaningful lives against the rubble of perennial conflict.
Your Romantic Comedy Pick
What Women Want
- Comedy Central at 9pm Thursday
Nick Marshall thought he was God’s gift to women until a freak accident involving leg wax, a pair of stockings and a hairdryer left him with the ability to hear what they really think.
Your New Release Thriller Pick
Jolt
- Amazon Prime Video
Lindy is struggling to manage a lifelong, rare neurological disorder that causes her to react violently to anyone she witnesses being cruel, deceitful or abusive. When she falls in love with a man, only to find him murdered soon after, she embarks on a revenge-filled mission to find his killer, while also being pursued by the police as the crime’s prime suspect.
Your Lighthearted Action Pick
The Last Mercenary
- Netflix from Friday
A secret agent who has been denounced by his government must return to France when his son becomes framed by an international terrorist organisation.
Your Epic Throwback Pick
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
- RTÉ 2 at 9pm Saturday
It’s got Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman and Alan Rickman, there are sword fights and romances and some robbing the rich to give to the poor. A classic 90s adventure drama.
