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01st Jul 2018

5 movies on TV and Netflix that you should watch tonight

Orlaith Condon

There’s a lot to chose from.

Ah, Sunday evenings – that time of the week where you kick your feet up in front of the telly for last time before heading into another busy week.

Yes, it’s our final moments of blissful relaxation before the pressures of the working week are loaded back onto our shoulders. And we always think the best way to enjoy those moments are with a glass of wine, a bowl of popcorn and a killer movie.

Well, you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to what’s on TV and Netflix right now.

Here are five movies to consider watching tonight.

 

1. My Old Lady – Netflix

Plot: A New Yorker travels to Paris to sell an apartment he inherited from his father but finds an elderly woman living there who was his father’s lover.

2. Fifty Shades of Grey – RTÉ 1, 9.30pm

Plot: A naive young literature student’s life is thrown into turmoil by an affair with a mysterious billionaire. Initially, she is intrigued by his aloof and distant manner, but soon realises he is harbouring dark secrets and desires.

 

3. F the Prom – Netflix

Plot: Maddy and Cole were inseparable before high school. Then she got popular; he didn’t. But after Maddy is betrayed, she and Cole reunite – to ruin prom.

 

4. Rush Hour 2 – TV3, 9pm

Plot: The two mismatched detectives travel to Hong Kong when terrorists bomb the US embassy and are soon involved in keeping tabs on the prime suspects – high-ranking Triad members involved in an international counterfeiting ring.

 

5. The Revenant – Netflix

Plot: In the 1820s, a fur trapper struggles for survival to exact retribution against a ruthless mercenary who left him to die along the Missouri River.