FilmVandaag highlights the best film on television every day to make choosing from the many options a little easier. This week is also full of many good films. The favorites of the coming days? The Favourite (2018) in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)!
Featured films on TV (week 28)
The week starts well with a comic costume drama by Yorgos Lanthimos. The Favourite (2018) is set at the beginning of the 18th century, in the middle of the war between England and France. In the film we follow the friendship between Queen Anne and her friend Lady Sarah. However, when the new servant Abigail arrives, everything is turned upside down. The Favourite can be seen on July 6 at 10:05 PM on VRT Canvas.
The next day you watch the exciting action horror Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) Years after the disaster in Raccoon City, a group of survivors cross the Nevada desert towards Alaska. Together with Alice (Milla Jovovich), they battle hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corporation. Resident Evil: Extinction can be seen on July 7 at 10:30 PM on RTL7.
Fan of the work of the Coen Brothers? Then you have to be on television on Wednesday for Burn After Reading (2008) with Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and George Clooney. In the crime comedy, two gym employees find a CD-ROM containing alleged CIA secrets. They decide to blackmail everything, but that turns out to be a profession in itself. The absurd problems soon pile up. Burn After Reading is July 8 at 8:30 PM on SBS9.
Hirayama lives a contented life as a toilet man in Tokyo. Outside of his strict daily routine, he finds pure happiness in the little things: analogue music, books and photographing the trees in the city. When a series of unexpected encounters cracks his peaceful existence, more about his past slowly comes to light. Perfect Days (2023) can be seen on July 9 at 10:10 PM on VRT Canvas.
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Burn After Reading (2008)
When a disk containing completely irrelevant CIA secrets falls into the hands of two determined, but not particularly bright, gym employees, the duo tries to capitalize on their find.
On Friday you watch Sam Mendes’ Road to Perdition (2002). Mafia henchman Michael Sullivan faithfully follows his foster father and gang leader John Rooney. But when Michael’s young son accidentally witnesses a bloody mafia settlement, the family turns against them. An assassin is sent to the family, after which Michael must do everything he can to protect his son. Road to Perdition can be seen on July 10 at 10:25 PM on VRT Canvas.
Relive the day over and over again? That’s possible on Saturday Groundhog Day (1993)! Phil (Bill Murray) is an arrogant TV weatherman stuck in a bizarre time loop: he wakes up every morning on the exact same terrible day. Although he soon notices that he can shape the day to his own will, his selfish choices lead to the most absurd and comical situations. Groundhog Day can be seen on SBS9 on July 11 at 5:50 PM.
We end the week with the best-rated film of all time: The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Although he maintains his innocence, Andy Dufresne receives two life sentences for the murder of his wife and her lover. In the infamous Shawshank Prison, he befriends fellow inmate Red and refuses to give up hope. Driven by hope and a poster of Rita Hayworth, he tries to survive. The Shawshank Redemption can be seen on Net 5 on July 12 at 8:00 PM.
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Andy Dufresne catches his wife with another man and is subsequently accused of murdering his wife and her lover.
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Beeld: ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ via TMDB
