Anyone with enough Spanish to follow the subtitles should watch White God (8pm FoxCin), the Hungarian drama-horror-thriller that might be the most original animal film ever shot.

Today’s Number One Film:

Black Mass BEST FILM OF THE DAY, 6.55pm MaxPrime Ch 542. Watch this if you liked The Departed, Prisoners or Goodfellas. Viewed on the silver screen, upon its general cinematic release, it seemed impossible to imagine anyone denying Johnny Depp the Best Actor Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and every other award for his role as the real life Jimmy “Whitey” Bulger, perhaps Boston’s most infamous son (and the inspiration for the Jack Nicholson character in The Departed); in the end, he wasn’t even nominated! Despite the near complete lack of recognition – the most significant Best Actor award he was nominated for (and lost) was the Screen Actors Guild – this could well be Johnny Depp’s best role, ever. The criminal on whom the film is based – see the documentary Whitey on Netflix – personifies evil and Depp portrays him perfectly. Add a genuinely stellar support cast that includes Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Joel Edgerton, Rory Cochrane and Benedict Cumberpatch as the real life senator brother – it’s all true facts, as opposed to, say, a Donald Trump speech – and you have a film you can admire as deeply as the subject matter revolts you as a citizen. Remarkable and not to be missed. As lanyap, the soundtrack is smokin’. Directed by Scott Cooper/ 2015/ USA/ Biography-Crime-Drama/ 122 mins/ R for brutal violence, language throughout, some sexual references and brief drug use.

JUST NOSED OUT:

Trading Places (Comedy), 5.20pm FoxCom; Parkland, 7.15pm Prmt; Chi-Raq (Dark Comedy-Drama), 9.30pm HBOP; Milk (Biodrama), 7.40pm ISat; Marshland (Spanish crime thriller), 6.10pm FoxCin; Pacific Rim (Action-Adventure-Thriller), 9pm HBOP; The Last King of Scotland (Thriller), 9.10pm Prmt; Shallow Hal (Comedy), 9pm FoxCom; The Great Waldo Pepper (Classic-Adventure-Drama), 9pm FoxClas.

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