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29th July 2024
04:25pm BST
If you're looking to catch a bit of a break from the non-stop Olympics action this evening, there are plenty of great movies on TV to switch over to.
Our pick of the bunch is this highly rated sci-fi gem from 2021 - Save Yourselves!
Starring John Paul Reynolds (Stranger Things) and Sunita Mani (Mr Robot), the sci-fi comedy has a pretty unique premise - focusing on a couple who decide to have a quiet weekend in the woods to disconnect, only for the world to erupt into chaos in the meantime.
Released in the depths of Covid, Save Yourselves! was overlooked upon release, but received high praise and retains an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film has been praised by critics for towing the line perfectly between serious sci-fi thrills and comedic elements from its two lead characters.
If that seems like your thing, then you can catch Save Yourselves! on Film Four at 10.50pm tonight.
Star Trek: Nemesis - Film Four - 6.45pm
The tenth film in the Star Trek franchise, as well as the fourth and final film to star the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It also features a very young and bald Tom Hardy.
Underwater - Film Four - 9pm
A divisive 2022 horror sci-fi starring Kristen Stewart as a working at a drilling facility at the bottom of the ocean who encounters hostile creatures following an earthquake.
First Blood - ITV4 - 9pm
Rambo and Rocky are always a guarantee to be one of the movies on TV, and tonight is no different.
Odd Thomas - HorrorXtra - 9pm
The late, great Anton Yelchin stars in this adaptation of Dean Koontz's 2003 novel of the same name, about a clairvoyant in a small desert town who encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
Snowden - TG4 - 9.30pm
Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013.
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