It won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
There’s some brilliant movies on TV tonight to start your week off right. From slow burning thrillers to all out comedy, there’s a great range of choice for your evening viewing.
We’ve picked out the best tonight’s flicks, so without further ado, let’s dive in.
The Devil Wears Prada – FilmFour – 6.45pm
Meryl Streep’s Golden Globe winning performance as Miranda Priestly, a powerful fashion magazine editor is one of her career best roles. The 2006 comedy-drama starring Anne Hathaway as her co-assistant alongside Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci has had a major cultural impact since its release.
Collateral Damage – ITV4 – 9pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a firefighter who hunts down the terrorists that killed his family. It’s about as good as it sounds.
The American – Great! Movies – 9pm
George Clooney stars as a contract killer asked to design a high-end sniper rifle for an assassination in this European-panning slow burn thriller.
To End All Wars – Great! Action – 9pm
Based on a true story, this 2001 war flick centres on a group of POWs in a Japanese prison camp, building the Burma Railway during the last years of World War II. Kiefer Sutherland and Robert Carlyle star.
Jojo Rabbit – FilmFour – 9pm
Our pick of the movies on TV tonight is Taika Waititi’s 2019 comedy drama about a member of the Hitler Youth who finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their house. Filled with satire, off-the-wall humour and a big chunk of heart, we couldn’t recommend it enough.
A critical success, the flick won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, while also being nominated for five other awards, including Best Picture.
Roman Griffin Davis stars alongside Scarlett Johansson, Thomasin McKenzie and Waititi himself as an imaginary version of Hitler.
Love & Mercy – TG4 – 10.15pm
Biographical flick about Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson, who is played by both Paul Dano and John Cusack.
The film flits between two eras of Wilson’s life, in the 60’s as he crafts Pet Sounds and in the 80’s as he’s under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy.
It was nominated for two Golden Globes: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (Paul Dano) and Best Original Song (“One Kind of Love”)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers – Turner Classic Movies – 10.50pm
Not the best entry in the series, but nowhere near the worst, Halloween 4 sits somewhere in the middle of the incredibly bloated horror franchise. In this flick, Michael Myers awakens from his ten year coma, intent on killing his seven-year-old niece.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – FilmFour – 11.10pm
Based on the 2011 novel of the same name, this 2016 flick by Tim Burton stars Eva Green as a supernaturally-inclined “Peculiar” who takes care of children like her by hiding from the outside world in a time loop.
Collette – BBC2 – 11.15pm
Biographical film starring Kiara Knightley as the titular French novelist. Set in the late 1800’s, the film follows the struggles of Collete as she attempts to break out from writing under her husband’s name.
The Rock – ITV4 – 11.15pm
Michael Bay’s action thriller starring Sean Connery, Nic Cage and Ed Harris centering on the FBI as they try to stop a chemical attack on San Francisco from Alcatraz Island.
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