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12th Sep 2019

Here are the 5 best movies on TV this evening

Rory Cashin

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Thursday evening means movie evening!

Weekend is nearly upon us, which is the perfect time to check out some new movies!

We’ve reviewed all the news big screen releases right here, but before then, you’ve got some decent picks of flicks on the smaller screen at home tonight, starting with…

THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER

Men In Black 3 – E4 – 8pm

The second best of the now four movie series sees Will Smith going back in time to save a young Tommy Lee Jones, here played by a perfectly grumpy Josh Brolin. Some of the spark of the original returns for this funnier-than-it-is-given-credit-for entry. If only they hadn’t bothered with the International reboot…

Lethal Weapon – ITV4 – 9pm

When you hear of a buddy cop movie, this is pretty much the gold standard that they’re all aiming towards, with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as the brilliantly mismatched partners forced to solve a huge case together.

Delivery Man – Comedy Central – 9pm

Vince Vaughn plays a likable schlub who discovers that due to a clerical error at a sperm bank 20 years ago, he is now the father to over 500 children, and he has to decide what to do when hundreds of them file a lawsuit in order to find out his identity.

Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates – Film4 – 9pm

Zac Efron and Adam DeVine are two hard-partying brothers who need to find “respectable” dates for their sister’s upcoming wedding in Hawaii, only to get tricked by the out-of-control duo of Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza into giving them a free trip to a tropical location.

Silent Hill – Horror Channel – 9pm

An adaptation of the hit horror video game sees a mother go searching for her missing daughter in a haunted, mostly abandoned town, only to discover that it holds some incredibly dark secrets about their shared history.

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