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What’s on TV: Sunday movies 16 August – ‘Playing With Fire’, ‘Equalizer 2’ and more

It’s movie time! Here’s the Sunday night movie lineup: John Cena in ‘Playing With Fire’, Denzel Washington in ‘The Equalizer 2’, Matthew McConaughey in ‘Interstellar’ and Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Catch Me If You Can’.

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If you need some distraction from the current state of affairs, here are a few suggestions from tonight’s Sunday movie lineup. Turn to M-Net, Action Plus, eTV and SABC 3.

Sunday movie: M-Net ‘Playing With Fire’

Playing With Fire Plot

When straight-laced fire superintendent Jake Carson and his elite team of firefighters come to the rescue of three siblings, they quickly realize that no amount of training could prepare them for their most challenging job yet: babysitting.

As their lives, jobs and depot get turned upside down, the three men soon learn that children, much like fires, are wild and unpredictable.

On air: Sunday, 16 August, 20:05 on M-Net, Channel 101

Playing With Fire trailer

Playing With Fire voice cast and characters

  • John Cena as Jake “Supe” Carson
  • Keegan-Michael Key as Mark Rogers
  • John Leguizamo as Rodrigo Torres
  • Brianna Hildebrand as Brynn
  • Dennis Haysbert as Commander Richards
  • Judy Greer as Dr Amy Hicks
  • Tyler Mane as Axe Paul Potts as Axe’s opera voice
  • Christian Convery as Will
  • Finley Rose Slater as Zoey

Movies Action Plus – ‘The Equalizer 2

The Equalizer 2 Plot

If you have a problem and there is nowhere else to turn, the elusive Robert McCall will deliver vigilante justice. This time, however, McCall’s past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill his best friend and former colleague.

Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him.

On air: Sunday, 16 August, 20:30 on M-Net, Channel 106

Watch: The Equalizer 2 trailer

The Equalizer 2 main cast and characters

  • Denzel Washington as Robert McCall
  • Pedro Pascal as Dave York
  • Ashton Sanders as Miles Whittaker
  • Orson Bean as Sam Rubinstein
  • Bill Pullman as Brian Plummer
  • Melissa Leo as Susan Plummer
  • Jonathan Scarfe as Resnik
  • Sakina Jaffrey as Fatima
  • Kazy Tauginas as Ari
  • Garrett Golden as Kovac
  • Adam Karst as Turkish Father

Sunday movie: eTVInterstellar

Interstellar Plot

A global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. A brilliant NASA physicist is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth’s population to a new home via a wormhole.

But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind’s new home.

On air: Sunday, 16 August, 22:05 on eTV

Watch: Interstellar movie trailer

Interstellar cast and characters

  • Matthew McConaughey as Joseph Cooper (referred only to as “Cooper” or “Coop” in the film), a widowed NASA pilot-turned-farmer.
  • Anne Hathaway as Amelia Brand, a NASA scientist and astronaut.
  • Jessica Chastain as Murphy Cooper, Joseph’s younger daughter, who eventually becomes a Plan A scientist at NASA.
  • Mackenzie Foy as young Murphy
  • Ellen Burstyn as old Murphy
  • John Lithgow as Donald, Cooper’s elderly father-in-law.
  • Michael Caine as Professor Brand, a high-ranking NASA scientist, ideator of Plan A, a former mentor of Cooper and father of Amelia.
  • David Gyasi as Romilly, another high-ranking NASA member and Endurance crewmember.
  • Wes Bentley as Doyle, a high-ranking NASA member and Endurance crew member.
  • Casey Affleck as Tom Cooper, Joseph’s eldest son, who eventually grows up to become a father.
  • Timothée Chalamet as young Tom
  • Matt Damon as Mann, a NASA astronaut sent to an icy planet during the Lazarus program.

Sunday movie: SABC 3‘Catch Me If You Can’

Catch Me If You Can‘ Plot

Frank Abagnale Jr worked as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline, all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill gave him his first real claim to fame:

At the age of 17, Frank Abagnale Jr became the most successful bank robber in the history of the U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty makes it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him.

On air: Sunday, 16 August, 21:30 on SABC 3

Watch: Catch Me If You Can movie trailer

Catch Me If You Can characters

  • Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale
  • Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty, based on Joseph Shea
  • Christopher Walken as Frank Abagnale Sr.
  • Nathalie Baye as Paula Abagnale
  • Amy Adams as Brenda Strong
  • Martin Sheen as Roger Strong
  • James Brolin as Jack Barnes
  • Nancy Lenehan as Carol Strong
  • Supporting roles by:
    • Brian Howe, Frank John Hughes, and Chris Ellis portray FBI agents
    • Jennifer Garner cameos as a call girl
    • Ellen Pompeo, Elizabeth Banks and Kaitlin Doubleday
    • The real Frank Abagnale appears in a cameo as a French police officer arresting his character

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