Here are the best movies airing on TV this week
With our new column, you’ll never miss a movie airing on TV again. For anyone who has ever stumbled upon one of JOE’s daily ‘movie on TV’ articles too late, missing our film picks as they were airing on television, this is the column for you. We have taken your feedback on board, and we […]
2 weeks ago
One of 2025’s best Western movies is finally streaming at home
A long-time passion project for its Golden Globe-winning producer and star, the film has an 81% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Thicket, the acclaimed new Western movie starring Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets) and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), has been made available to watch at home. Streaming via NOW and Sky, the Western thriller is based on […]
1 year ago
A classic Western action movie is airing on TV tonight
The film was such a hit that it got a sequel two years later. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 25 July) is Young Guns, the 1988 star-studded Western action flick. Set in 1878 in Lincoln County, the film sees John Tunstall (Terence Stamp) – a British ranch owner – hire six rebellious boys […]
1 year ago
One of the best Western movies of the 21st century is now streaming at home
Starring a legend of the genre, the film had been unavailable to stream. Open Range, the 2003 revisionist Western directed by and starring Kevin Costner, is now available to stream at home via Channel 4’s website. Based on the novel The Open Range Men, the film is set in the 19th century. Its story centres […]
1 year ago
Netflix is about to remove one of the best Western movies of the 21st century
This sadly underseen Western is not for the faint-hearted. Netflix is about to remove The Nightingale, the 2018 Western thriller movie starring Aisling Franciosi (Speak No Evil). In the film, Franciosi delivers a phenomenal performance as a young Irish convict named Clare in 19th-century Australia who relentlessly pursues a British officer (Peaky Blinders’ Sam Claflin, […]
1 year ago
A Western war movie from the director of The Dirty Dozen is on TV tonight
Quentin Tarantino has hailed it as “one of the greatest Westerns of the ’70s”. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 10 June) is Ulzana’s Raid, the 1972 Western war film from director Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard). Based loosely on true events, the film is set in the 1880s and follows […]
1 year ago