From cult films from the 1980s to “new” romantic comedies, here are the feature films available Tonight on TV that are worth the time to watch.
Films to watch on TV tonight
The Blues Brothers
A true cult of the seventh art, The Blues Brothers is the film directed by John Landis in 1980 which is broadcast on TV tonight at 9.05pm on TwentySeven. Joliet (John Belushi) e Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) are two brothers who finally reunite after the first is released from prison. Visiting the orphanage where they grew up, the two discover that the structure is in disastrous economic conditions, which could spell its end. The brothers, then, on the advice of the Reverend Cleophus James (James Brown), decide to get their old band back together, but at the same time make themselves a target for all those who still have unfinished business.
Safe House – No one is safe
Appointment at 9.12pm on Italia 1 with the film action by title Safe House – No one is safe. The story follows the adventures of a young CIA agent (played by Ryan Reynolds) who has the task of supervising a safe house in South Africa. His monotonous life that fails to satisfy him changes when his path intertwines with that of Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), former CIA agent and now criminal with a target on his back. When, in fact, the safe house is targeted by those who want Tobin’s head, the agent and the criminal will find themselves having to team up together.
Larry Crowne – Love Suddenly
For lovers of romantic comedies and films focused almost entirely on love stories, it airs at 9.25pm on La5 Larry Crowne – Love Suddenly. The protagonist of the story is the Larry who gives the work its title and who is played by Tom Hanks: a man who lost his job as a salesman and who instead of breaking down chose to go back to college and try to reinvent himself. And this is where he develops a crush on his teacher (Julia Roberts), who in the meantime is experiencing the crisis of her marriage, with a husband (Bryan Cranston) which he perceives as increasingly mediocre.
The Texan with the icy eyes
Finally, the western directed by Clint Eastwood and entitled is also broadcast on TV tonight The Texan with the icy eyes. Set in the period immediately following the end of the Civil War, the film broadcast at 9.12pm on Iris follows the events of a war veteran (Clint Eastwood) who witnesses helplessly the massacre of his family and his newfound serenity. Without a home and with no other ambitions to satisfy than that of revenge, the man joins an unexpected gang and begins to hunt down the Northerners and all those who destroyed his life.