The weekend is over.
Pack it away.
Cherish the memories of Ireland triumphing over New Zealand, the emergence of the Coke Christmas ad and former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette nearly dying in a hardcore wrestling match.
Where do we go from here? Back to work, probably. But the evening is yours – unless you work nights or something – so let’s see what movies are in store on the box.
Here’s the line-up for tonight, Monday 19 November…
Pain & Gain – Film 4 – 9pm
Hugely divisive and often disgusting true life crime thriller/comedy/whatever from Michael Bay.
The Rock and Mark Wahlberg lead the way in a movie that is genuinely compelling if Bay was trying to make some kind of wider point about voyeurism and the casual callousness of desperate amateur criminals.
Alas, it’s Michael Bay so he probably thought the troubling subject matter was way cool, brah.
A Beautiful Mind – TG4 – 9.30pm
It was on over the weekend, but here’s another chance to catch Russell Crowe at his most dramatic.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse – SyFy – 10.40pm
Better than X-Men: Apocalypse.
(It’s the second one.)
Captain America: The Winter Solider – BBC One – 10.45pm
Since when do BBC One show movies? On a Monday, no less?
We’ll take it. Winter Soldier isn’t necessarily worthy of those Heat and 70s thriller comparisons, but it’s pretty strong fare all the same.
All The President’s Men – TCM – 11pm
World-altering journalism lights up the screen, Redford and Hoffman style.
Inglourious Basterds – ITV4 – 11.05pm
ITV4 seem to be on a mission to show Quentin Tarantino’s bloody World War II remix at least once a week this winter.
We’re in support of that, because it really is a brilliant film, whatever Ennio Morricone might allegedly think but apparently definitely doesn’t.
Child 44 – Film 4 – 11.35pm
Tom Hardy heads up a slow-burning mystery that nobody went to see in the cinema.
Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Jason Clarke, Paddy Considine, Joel Kinnaman and Vincent Cassel help out.
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