Another day another list of films on TV tonight that might tickle your fancy. Three of today's six choices are rated over 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, while the critics seemed to be very harsh on poor Patch Adams.
Tonight's selection has a little something for every, ranging from comedies, to sport and post-apocalyptic science fiction thrillers - or as I like to call it: the future.
Here's what's on the box:
Films on TV Tonight
Groundhog Day: 6.55pm, Sony Movie Channel
Year: 1993
Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Plot: A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again. (IMDb)
Rating: 96% (Rotten Tomatoes)
War for the Planet of the Apes, 9pm: Film Four
Year: 2017
Cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn
Plot: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. (IMDb)
Rating: 94% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Tara Road: 9.23pm, RTÉ 2
Year: 2005
Cast: Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Stephen Rea
Plot: Two women -- one American, one Irish -- swap houses and alter the course of their lives. (IMDb)
Rating: 6/10 (IMDB)
Rush: 11.15pm, BBC One
Year: 2013
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde
Plot: The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda. (IMDb)
Rating: 88% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Jarhead: 11.30pm, Sky Atlantic
Year: 2013
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
Plot: A psychological study of operations desert shield and desert storm during the gulf war; through the eyes of a U.S marine sniper who struggles to cope with the possibility his girlfriend may be cheating on him back home. (IMDb)
Rating: 61% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Patch Adams: 12am, Sky Comedy
Year: 1998
Cast: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot: The true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos. (IMDb)
Rating: 22% but 73% with audiences (Rotten Tomatoes)
