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02nd Sep 2018

5 of the best movies on the telly tonight to curl up and watch

Orlaith Condon

Save yourself from channel skipping.

With hundreds of channels to choose between now, we often end up spending the majority of our evening skipping from one to the other to see if we can find something to watch.

And with the evenings getting darker a little earlier and the temperatures slowly starting to drop, Sunday evenings have returned to being all about time in front of the fire with a good cuppa.

And to save yourself some time and effort in the search for something to watch, we’ve had a look at tonight’s TV guide to see what’s on offer.

Answer? A lot.

Here are just five movies on the telly tonight.

 

1. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Virgin Media One, 9pm

Plot: A CIA agent is forced into an uneasy alliance with his arch-rival in the KGB at the height of the Cold War. A criminal organisation is planning to alter the balance of power by making nuclear weapons widely available, and the two spies must work together to foil the plan.

 

 

2. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – Channel 4, 9pm

Plot: The vigilante tries to save an army major who has been framed for murder and treason. He discovers that she has been targetted by a secret government conspiracy, and together they go on the run to expose the truth.

 

 

3. American Pie: The Reunion – ITV2, 9pm

Plot: Jim Levenstein and his old friends return to their hometown for a high-school reunion. Struck by how much their lives have changed, they set out to relive the sexual misadventures of their adolescence, but only end up making bigger fools of themselves than they did as teenagers.

 

4. Step Brothers – Comedy Central, 9pm

Plot: Brennan and Dale are two 40-year-old men who have never flown the nest. All that changes when Brennan’s mother marries Dale’s father and the spoiled sons are forced to share a room. They take an instant dislike to each other, but when their long-suffering parents finally insist they find jobs, they learn to work together.

 

 

5. Runaway Bride – Universal TV, 9pm

Plot: A disreputable journalist hopes to get his ailing career back on track by writing an article about a commitment-shy woman famed for ditching bridegrooms at the altar – but complications arise when the pair meet on the eve of her latest attempt at marriage.

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Movies,TV