Yep, it’s still January.
Really feels like it now, huh? What with the cold and the frost and the never-ending aspect of a month that operates under its own strange and cruel rules.
Let’s shake off all that grim stuff with some movies on the television, shall we?
Here are your options on this Wednesday 23 January…
Don’t Breathe – Film 4 – 9pm
Claustrophobic horror from a couple of years back in which some enterprising young thieves pick the wrong guy to rob. Pretty good until it isn’t.
The Day After Tomorrow – E4 – 9pm
A potentially quite terrifying reminder than it can indeed get colder than it is right now.
The World is Not Enough – ITV4 – 9pm
Pierce Brosnan’s penultimate outing as 007 mixes in a villain that can’t feel pain, a femme fatale that definitely isn’t hiding anything and Denise Richards, nuclear physicist.
Assault on Precinct 13 – Film 4 – 10.45pm
John Carpenter’s tight and tense thriller. Accept no substitutes or weak remakes.
Kill Bill: Volume 1 – SyFy – 11.10pm
We’re of the opinion at JOE that both parts of Kill Bill should be thought of as one movie.
Still, the opening blast of Quentin Tarantino’s roaring rampage of revenge is still fantastic a little over 15 years on.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – ITV4 – 11.40pm
An all-star cast – Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds – bring John le Carré’s famed spy text to ultra-patient but rewarding life.
Young Adult – Channel 4 – 1.50am
Charlize Theron breaks bad in this sharp and unsettling black comedy.
What Richard Did – Film 4 – 2.20am
Jack Reynor’s breakout performance in an extremely heavy drama based on tragic real events.
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