Back to work.
Monday, sweet Monday.
It’s back to the grind and it’s grim enough, so let’s see what cinematic options are on your television screen on this Monday 17 June…
Phone Booth – SyFy – 9pm
Pacy and ultimately quite silly but nonetheless enjoyable thriller that finds a rising Colin Farrell answering a payphone with extremely dire consequences.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – Film 4 – 9pm
Chris Pine gets his shot at the Tom Clancy hero game in this one-and-done thriller.
Wanted – ITV4 – 10.05pm
Mild-mannered office drone James McAvoy falls in with a fantastical league of super-assassins led by Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie.
Drive – SyFy – 10.50pm
Ryan Gosling broods and bruises his way through this modern neon-soaked classic with one of the coolest soundtracks around.
The Birds – TCM – 11pm
Vintage Hitchcock.
The Descendants – Film 4 – 11.10pm
George Clooney struggles with love and loss in idyllic surroundings in Alexander Payne’s sensitive indie.
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