What Movies are on TV Tonight? Here’s ours Complete TV Guide with the Best Movies broadcast tonight, Sunday 5 March 2023, in prime and late evening on the main free-to-air TV channels, with plots, casts and trailers.
Jason Bourne – at 21.20 on Italia 1
(Action, Thriller, 2016, duration: 123 Min)
A movie of Paul Greengrass, with Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassel, Riz Ahmed, Ato Essandoh, Scott Shepherd, Bill Camp, Vinzenz Kiefer and Stephen Kunken.
Synopsis of the film Jason Bourne: Former CIA agent Nicky Parsons goes undercover in Iceland, where he manages to recover some files concerning the Agency and the operations of Treadstone. Among the files stolen by Nicky there is also the new Ironhand project, a cutting-edge digital platform created with the aim of spying on all American users. While agent Heather Lee tries to stop the program, Nicky travels to Greece where Jason Bourne is hiding, to reveal the important information that she managed to steal. In fact, Nicky has discovered that one of the creators of Treadstone could be Jason’s father, Richard Webb, who was the victim of a terrorist attack. The meeting between Nicky and Jason, however, is abruptly interrupted by a hitman sent by director Robert Dewey who doesn’t want Bourne to find out the truth about his past …
Mary Queen of Scots – at 9pm on Iris
(Biographical, Drama, Historical, 2018, duration: 125 Min)
A movie of Josie Rourke, with Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, Jack Lowden, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Guy Pearce, Brendan Coyle and Martin Compston.
Plot of the film Mary Queen of Scots: In 1561 the Catholic Mary Stuart, widowed, returns to Scotland with the intention of reclaiming the throne of England by undermining her cousin, the Protestant Elizabeth I. The latter, in fact, refuses to marry and the absence of an heir compromises his stability on the throne. Though she is frowned upon by the Scottish Council, Mary remains the only one with a legitimate claim to the crown. To sanction the union between Scotland and England, ensuring her permanence in power, Elizabeth invites her cousin to marry an English nobleman and sends Robert Dudley, her lover, to her court.
Maria, however, refuses the deal. Elizabeth, who survived the smallpox that seriously compromised her health, then decides to propose to her cousin Lord Henry Darnley. Although she is aware that Darnley is aiming for power, Maria cannot resist her charms and accepts the wedding. The discovery of her husband’s great secret will mark a turning point for Maria …
Barriers – at 21.20 on Sky
(Drama, 2016, duration: 139 Min)
A movie of Denzel Washington, with Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, Saniyya Sidney, Russell Hornsby, Jovan Adepo and Stephen Henderson.
Plot of the film Barriers: The story recounts the difficulties of a modest Pittsburg family during the 1950s, who struggle every day against racial segregation, to have their rights recognized.
Troy Maxson was a future baseball rising star, but after being kicked out of the major leagues for being African-American, he found himself working as a garbage man. The man is married to Rose and has two children: Lyons, from a previous marriage and Cory.
His task as father and husband seems to be for him only to maintain his family with dignity. He gives orders, not teachings, and wants to disenchant his children from making too ambitious plans. But Cory dreams of playing baseball. While he helps his father build a wooden fence around the whole house, he announces that a sports agent wants to take him on the team as a professional and needs him to sign the consent form. As an authoritarian father that he is, he absolutely forbids him to play: thus a strong conflict arises that will forever undermine their relationship …
Ocean’s Twelve – at 9.10pm on TwentySeven
(Action, Comedy, 2004, duration: 125 Min)
A movie of Steven Soderbergh, with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Vincent Cassel, Elliott Gould, Eddie Jemison, Carl Reiner, Shaobo Qin, Don Cheadle, Jeroen Krabbé, Martina Stella, Mattia Sbragia, Adriano Giannini, Bruce Willis, Peter Fonda, Giselda Volodi, Johan Widerberg, Eddie Izzard, Mathieu Simonet, Candice Azzara, Marc Bodnar and Robbie Coltrane.
Plot of the film Ocean’s Twelve: Three years after the famous robbery of the three Las Vegas casinos owned by Terry Benedict, Danny Ocean’s eleven are, each on their own, traveling the world to spend the fruits of their “hard-earned work”.
Terry, still furious despite the years that have passed, thanks to a tip-off manages to discover the identities of the thieves and threatens them to get back the stolen money ($190 million) within two weeks.
Danny and his friends begin to organize a heist in order to raise the part of the money they have already spent, about 97 million. They decide to steal an ancient priceless relic of the Dutch East India Company, which is located in Europe, precisely in Amsterdam.
Meanwhile Night Fox, one of the most capable thieves in the world, challenges Ocean’s eleven – who have become twelve with the arrival of Tess Ocean, Danny’s wife – to commit another colossal theft.
Also in Europe is the charming Isabel Lahiri, Europol agent and Rusty Ryan’s old flame, who is anxiously waiting for Ocean’s twelve to be able to capture them…
Fantozzi – at 21 on Cine34
(Comedy, Comedian, 1975, duration: 100 Min)
A movie of Luciano Salce, with Paolo Villaggio, Anna Mazzamauro, Liù Bosisio, Gigi Reder, Umberto D’Orsi, Plinio Fernando, Giuseppe Anatrelli and Paolo Paoloni.
Plot of the film Fantozzi: The film tells the story of a humble and unfortunate employee who works for a multinational “ital-petrol-ceme-termo-tessil-farmo-metal-chimica” and leads a private and working life full of frustrations. He is married to Pina, a slovenly and submissive woman and has a daughter Mariangela who is often made fun of by everyone for her ugliness.
One day Pina telephones the switchboard of her husband’s “Megaditta” to humbly ask for news of her husband whom she hasn’t seen for 18 days now and she begins to be “respectfully” worried.
The switchboard operator replies: “We’ll check.” They find him walled up alive – by mistake – due to a renovation of the old company bathrooms, no one had noticed his absence …
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