Hey, it’s Tuesday.
And it’s bloody cold.
Seriously, I’m shivering just writing this.
Let’s not mess about. Here’s the most arresting cinematic options on your television on this Tuesday 4 February…
Strangers on a Train – TCM – 6.50pm
Vintage psychological thriller with Alfred Hitchcock at the helm.
They Live – SyFy – 9pm
‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper has come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass.
And he’s all out of bubblegum.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – RTÉ 2 – 9pm
You’d be forgiven for forgetting this entire series exists, to be fair.
Taken 3 – Film 4 – 9pm
Just how often does this guy get taken?!
Twelve Monkeys – SyFy – 11pm
Excellent sci-fi/horror hybrid in which Bruce Willis is sent back to the past to save the world only to wind up in a mental institution.
Brad Pitt is also there, very much in pre-Tyler Durden mode.
’71 – Film 4 – 11.15pm
Jack O’Connell shines in this breathless Troubles-set thriller.
U.S. Marshals – TCM – 11.15pm
Sequel to The Fugitive in which Tommy Lee Jones’ lawman takes centre stage. Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey Jr. provide support.
Sudden Death – ITV4 – 11.15pm
Jean-Claude Van Damme does Die Hard in an ice hockey arena.
Byzantium – Film 4 – 1.20am
Uneven but not bad vampire melodrama with Neil Jordan directing the likes of Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton and Jonny Lee Miller.
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