There's a De Niro underappreciated classic, a Rocky film, and even the greatest "so bad it's good" of all time to choose from tonight. If you're up late enough, a good number of tonight's films are also on after 11pm.
As usual, all of these films are available on non subscription channels, though may not be on all platforms.
Street Fighter: 6.50pm, Sony Movie Channel
Year: 1994
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Kylie Minogue
Plot: Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts. (IMDB)
Rating: 11% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Thoroughly deserves its Rotten Tomatoes rating but we're including it anyway for nostaligia reasons and for laughs. Everyone loved this game, and hated this film. Unless you were 9 years old. Then you thought it was great. Hilariously bad performances from every cast member. Enjoy!
Midnight Run: 9.00PM, Film Four
Year: 1988
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin
Plot: An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail. (IMDB)
Rating: 94% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Buddy cop style movie and probably the funniest performance of De Niro's career.
Rocky III: 9.00PM, ITV 4
Year: 1982
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire, Mr. T
Plot: After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy. (IMDB)
Rating: 64% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Clubber Lang comes in as a classic movie villain and Rocky gets his mojo back. One of the more divisive Rocky films.
Circle Of Friends: 11.00PM, Virgin Media One
Year: 1995
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Minnie Driver, Geraldine O'Rawe
Plot: 'Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone. The story centers around Benny and Eve as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve reunite with their childhood friend, the ice-cool Nan Mahon, the 'college belle'. They also encounter the handsome and charming Jack Foley, whom Benny quickly falls for. (IMDB)
Rating: 78% (Rotten Tomatoes)
To be sure, to be sure.
Ali: 11.10PM, ITV 4
Year: 2001
Cast: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight
Plot: A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974. (IMDB)
Rating: 68% (Rotten Tomatoes)
This film all comes down to Will Smith's performance which is both brilliant and Will Smith. Probably too famous a man and a story for a biopic from another very famous man but outside of that, this is a good film that's probably underrated. Joe Voight at Howard Cozzell is a delight.
All For Love / St. Ives: 11.55PM, TG4
Year: 1988
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Richard E. Grant, Ann Friel
Plot: In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks for lessons in communicating with women. Both men have their eyes on the lovely Flora, who resides with her aunt, the iconoclastic and well-traveled Miss Susan Emily Gilcrist. By chance, living close to the camp is Jacques's grandfather and brother, whom Jacques believes died years before. Jacques decides to escape, find his relatives, and win the hand of Flora; Major Chevening and an unforeseen enemy stand in his way. Can Miss Gilcrist contrive to make everything work out?. (IMDB)
Rating: 60% (Rotten Tomatoes)
