It was a legendary filmmaking pair’s debut movie.
Need a good movie to get you over hump day? Well, here are the films airing on TV tonight:
The Terminator – ITV4 – 9pm
The first one where Arnie is evil.
Revolver – Sky Max – 9pm
The critically panned crime thriller from director Guy Ritchie starring Jason Statham.
The Fence – Film4 – 9pm
This British comedy-drama from 2022 follows a teenager who sets out to settle a score with some local thieves on the streets of ’80s Bristol.
The Hunter’s Prayer – Legend – 9pm
Sam Worthington plays a conflicted hitman helping a young woman to avenge the death of her family in this 2017 action thriller.
Cabin Fever – LegendXtra – 9pm
Director Eli Roth’s breakthrough horror about a group of young people who rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a flesh-eating virus.
It Follows – Legend – 10.50pm
This modern horror classic stars Maika Monroe (The Guest, Watcher) as a young woman who is pursued by a shape-shifting supernatural entity. A sequel was recently announced.
The Favourite – Film4 – 10.55pm
Olivia Colman won the Best Actress Oscar for playing Queen Anne in this historical black comedy-drama.
Dan Hedaya and M. Emmet Walsh in Blood Simple, our TV movie pick for tonight
Source Code – BBC One – 11.40pm
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a soldier repeatedly sent into an eight-minute digital recreation of a train explosion, tasked with determining the identity of the terrorist who bombed the commuter.
Blood Simple – Film4 – 1.15am
Our pick for tonight is this ’80s neo-noir crime thriller revolving around an affair between a Texas bartender (John Getz) and his boss’ wife (Frances McDormand).
Learning of the relationship, the boss (Dan Hedaya) hires a hitman to kill the couple but the assassin (M. Emmet Walsh) has his own agenda.
The debut movie of the Coen brothers (who would go on to make such other crime classics as Fargo, Miller’s Crossing and No Country for Old Men) – Blood Simple’s twisty labyrinthine plot, moody atmosphere, great performances and unforgettable final line make it well worth seeking out.
As well as airing on TV tonight, the crime thriller is also available to rent on Apple TV, Curzon and Google Play. The trailer for Blood Simple can be watched right here:
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