It’s a new week.
It’s bloody humid.
Let’s just get on with it, shall we?
Here’s the best available cinematic options on the box on this Monday, 15 July…
Hail, Caesar! – Film 4 – 6.50pm
The Coen Brothers pen a love letter to the old Hollywood studio system and its movies, bringing in George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum and many more to make a song and dance.
Sicario – Film 4 – 9pm
Original, unsettling and just really, really, really brilliant thriller in which Emily Blunt struggles to survive as a deadly drug war escalates.
Worth it for the cinematography and score alone, but everything works here.
The Hitman’s Bodyguard – RTÉ 2 – 9pm
Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson clown around in a film that is apparently getting a sequel, so watch this one first.
Things we Lost in the Fire – TG4 – 9.30pm
Heavy about addiction, loss and grief starring Halle Berry, Benicio del Toro and David Duchovny.
Katie – RTÉ One – 9.35pm
Excellent documentary from last year about the one, the only Katie Taylor.
Timecop – SyFy – 10pm
Jean-Claude Van Damme, inexplicably rocking some kind of mullet variation in the future, travels back in time to try and help out his younger self, who sports a much more sensible haircut.
The Game – TCM – 11.05pm
Rude and soulless rich man Michael Douglas finds his world turned completely upside down as his birthday is celebrated with a deadly game where lives are on the line.
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten – Film 4 – 1.15am
If you’re having a late one, you could do a great deal worse than this tribute to one of the most influential musicians to have ever lived.
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