You may be forgiven for not knowing quite what day it is.
It is Monday.
And on Monday, like every day, there are movies on TV.
Let’s see what we have today, Monday 23 March…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Film 4 – 6pm
Things heat up for Katniss Everdeen.
Prometheus – Film 4 – 9pm
Ridley Scott returns to his Alien universe with mixed results, to say the least. Great first hour, though!
War of the Worlds – Sky One – 9pm
Tom Cruise struggles to keep his family intact as the world falls apart.
The Relic – SyFy – 9pm
Spooky creature feature from the glorious ’90s VHS era.
Full Metal Jacket – TCM – 9pm
Someone at TCMÂ really loves this film.
Man About Dog – TG4 – 9.30pm
Wacky Irish comedy in which a greyhound causes problems for many people.
Death Wish – ITV4 – 10pm
The original, not the dreadful Bruce Willis remake that nobody saw.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones – Film 4 – 11.25pm
Failed attempt at a new sci-fi franchise.
Enter The Dragon – TCM – 11.30pm
Bruce Lee in a genuinely iconic performance.
Still Alice – Film 4 – 2am
If you can’t sleep and want to feel a bit shaken up, Julianne Moore’s towering performance as a linguistics professor suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease ought to do it.
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