It’s St Stephen’s Day which is made for sport, movies, and leftover Christmas dinner.
I’m already dreaming of the massive Christmas sambo I’m going to make, all I need to do now is pick a few movies to sit back and chill to.
If you have a day planned as I do, let’s take a look at the best 11 movies on TV this evening:
18.05 – RTÉ 2 – Raidars of the Lost Ark
Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones goes in search of the legendary Ark of the Covenant, a biblical artifact of devastating power. His quest leads him to Egypt, where the Nazis are plotting to use the Ark to further Hitler’s plans for world domination – aided by Jones’s deceitful French rival. Steven Spielberg’s action-adventure, with Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, and John Rhys-Davies
18.25 – RTÉ One – Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom
Three years after the destruction of Jurassic World, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing are asked to return to the theme park to save its resident dinosaurs from the island’s active volcano. During their mission, they uncover a conspiracy that may affect the entire planet. Action sequel, starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, and Toby Jones
18.40 – Channel 4 – Hidden Figures
As the space race reaches fever pitch in the early 1960s, a trio of female African-American mathematicians attempt to overcome prejudice and find work with NASA. Their remarkable skills prove vital in getting an astronaut into orbit and bringing him safely back to Earth, but to realize their potential they must overcome deep-seated prejudice in the space program and society as a whole. Fact-based drama, starring Taraji P Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, and Kevin Costner
19.00 – Comedy Central – Shanghai Noon
A 19th-century imperial guard to the Emperor of China faces a clash of cultures when he is flung into the Wild West on a mission to rescue a princess who has been kidnapped by a renegade. In a bid to complete his quest, he teams up with a bumbling outlaw. Comedy Western, starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Jason Connery and Lucy Liu
20.30 – E4 – Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The heroic Autobots discover that a spaceship from their own planet crashed into the moon decades ago, carrying their former leader and an incredibly powerful device. They must fight to defend the human race as their enemies the Decepticons plot to use this machine to rebuild their own world and destroy the Earth.
21.00 – Virgin Media Two – Central Intelligence
The action comedy, starring Dwayne Johnson as a one-time geek who suffered constant humiliation at high school but grew up to be a lethal CIA agent. But when he is targeted by his own organization, he comes home for a high school reunion, where he enlists the help of the former campus tough guy – now a meek accountant – who very quickly wonders what he has got himself into. Co-starring Kevin Hart and Amy Ryan
21.05 – Sky One – Under Siege
Terrorists infiltrate a US battleship in a carefully orchestrated move to steal its arsenal of nuclear weapons, unaware the ship’s resourceful cook – a veteran US Navy Seal – and a scantily clad stripper are about to foil their plans. Action adventure, starring Steven Seagal, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey, and Tommy Lee Jones
21.05 – BBC One – Dunkirk
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army, and face a tense wait for evacuation, during a fierce battle in northern France during the Second World War. Christopher Nolan’s wartime drama, which he wrote, directed, and produced, starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, and Fionn Whitehead
21.30 – Virgin Media One – The Italian Job
A crook double-crosses his partners in crime, a betrayal that leaves their friend and mentor dead. One year later, they regroup and come up with a daring plan to exact revenge on the traitor and reclaim their ill-gotten gains. Crime thriller inspired by the 1969 movie, starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, and Donald Sutherland
21.45 – RTÉ 2 – Dublin Oldschool
Over a drug-fuelled weekend in Dublin, a man reconnects with his estranged brother, a recovering addict living on the streets. Drama, starring Emmet Kirwan, Ian Lloyd Anderson, and Seána Kerslake
21.45 – RTÉ One – Mamma Mia! Here we go again
It’s five years since Sophie invited her three possible dads to her wedding, and now most of her family are reunited as she prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna. Along the way, she learns more about her mother’s past. Abba-themed musical sequel, starring Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Pierce Brosnan, Cher, and Andy Garcia
