Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Terrestrial
2330 The Royal Tenenbaums (BBC One)

Freeview
2100 About A Boy (ITV2)
2100 Road To Perdition (Film4)
2200 About A Boy (ITV2+1)
2300 Unbreakable (ITV2)
0000 Unbreakable (ITV2+1)

Sky
2200 Road To Perdition (Film4+1)

Sky Movies
1055 Alien 3 (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
1125 Mulholland Drive (Sky Drama)
1315 The Thin Red Line 9Sky Modern Greats)
1425 Breach (Sky Action/Thriller)
1555 Dead Man Walking (Sky Drama)
1620 Die Hard (Sky Action/Thriller)
1800 Fracture (Sky Drama)
1815 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Sky Modern Greats)
1900 Alien 3 (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
2000 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Premiere)
2000 Titanic (Sky Modern Greats)
2100 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Premiere+1)
2100 The Kingdom (Sky Screen 2)
2200 Eastern Promises (Sky Indie)
2250 Death Proof (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
0050 Hannibal (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
0125 Midnight Cowboy (Sky Screen 1)
0145 Bringing Out The Dead (Sky Indie)

Watched yesterday

Psychoville: Episode 2 - 4/5

Countdown: 29th June
Innis Carson - 111
Duncan Macphail - 61
Dan Brusca - 35
A dismal performance. The brain just wasn't working at all. Ten rounds without a point!

Big Brother: Day 24 - 4/5

90210: One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer - 4/5

Big Brother: Day 25 - 4/5

Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Freeview
2100 Mission: Impossible 2 (ITV2)
2100 The Departed (Film4)
2200 Mission: Impossible 2 (ITV2+1)

Sky
2200 The Departed (Film4+1)

Sky Movies
1000 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Premiere)
1000 The Illusionist (Sky Screen 2)
1100 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Premiere+1)
1110 The Bourne Ultimatum (Sky Modern Greats)
1110 Sunshine (Sky Indie)
1220 Die Hard With A Vengeance (Sky Action/Thriller)
1340 Sicko (Sky Indie)
1550 Lenny (Sky Modern Greats)
1550 Jindabyne (Sky Indie)
1800 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Premiere)
1840 Die Hard With A Vengeance (Sky Action/Thriller)
1900 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Premiere+1)
2000 The Bourne Ultimatum (Sky Modern Greats)
2350 Platoon (Sky Drama)
0010 Sunshine (Sky Indie)
0210 The Sixth Sense (Sky Modern Greats)
0210 Breaking The Waves (Sky Indie)
0255 The Krays (Sky Action/Thriller)
0500 The Illusionist (Sky Screen 2)

Watched yesterday

Big Brother: Day 23 - 4/5

House: The Itch - 4/5

Didn;t watch a whole lot of Glastonbury. Ducked in an out of Tom Jones and Madness. Started watching Blur but felt tired so will catch up with that and The Prodigy later. Also heard that The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were on the BBC coverage last night, so that will undoubtedly be good.

Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Freeview
2100 Collateral (Film4)
2200 Mission: Impossible (ITV2)
2300 Mission: Impossible (ITV2+1)

Sky
1810 Men In Black (Gold)
1910 Men In Black (Gold+1)
2100 Goodfellas (TCM)
2200 Collateral (Film4+1)

Sky Movies
1150 I Am Legend (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
1225 Zodiac (Sky Action/Thriller)
1300 The Counterfeiters (Sky Indie)
1345 Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Sky Modern Greats)
1410 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Sky Classics)
1505 Die Hard (Sky Action/Thriller)
1915 I Am Legend (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
2000 Charlie Wilson's War (Sky Drama)
2100 Die Hard (Sky Action/Thriller)
2100 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Sky Classics)
2100 300 (Sky Screen 2)
2200 Hard Candy (Sky Indie)
2210 X-Men (Sky Family)
2310 Superbad (Sky Screen 1)
2350 American History X (Sky Indie)
0200 X-Men (Sky Family)
0330 The Counterfeiters (Sky Indie)

Watched yesterday

Big Brother: Day 21 - 3/5

Criminal Minds: Machismo - 3/5

Big Brother: Day 22 - 3/5

Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow: Swansea - 4/5

Yesterday's Glastonbury highlights were Pendulum, Bruce Springsteen and Florence & The Machine. Kasabian had their moments too.

Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Freeview
1300 Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrorow (Film4)
1930 King Kong (ITV2)
2030 King Kong (ITV2+1)
2100 Mr & Mrs Smith (Film4)
2310 Mission: Impossible (ITV2)
0010 Mission: Impossible (ITV2+1)

Sky
1400 Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrorow (Film4+1)
1800 Save The Last Dance (Watch)
1900 Save The Last Dance (Watch+1)
2000 Men In Black (Gold)
2100 Men In Black (Gold+1)
2100 Dumb And Dumber (Comedy Central)
2200 Dumb And Dumber (Comedy Central Extra)
2200 Mr & Mrs Smith (Film4+1)
2210 Black Hawk Down (Watch)
2310 Black Hawk Down (Watch+1)
0100 Cape Fear (SciFi)
0200 Cape Fear (SciFi+1)

Sky Movies
1035 Out Of Sight (Sky Modern Greats)
1045 Ocean's Thirteen (Sky Screen 2)
1200 Dante's Peak (Sky Action/Thriller)
1240 The Insider (Sky Modern Greats)
1400 No Country For Old Men (Sky Action/Thriller)
1400 The Last Of The Mohicans (Sky Drama)
1700 Escape From Alcatraz (Sky Modern Greats)
1850 Ocean's Thirteen (Sky Screen 2)
2100 Dante's Peak (Sky Action/Thriller)
2100 Out Of Sight (Sky Modern Greats)
2200 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Premiere)
2255 No Country For Old Men (Sky Action/Thriller)
2300 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Premiere+1)
0045 American Beauty (Sky Modern Greats)
0155 Platoon (Sky Screen 1)
0210 Die Hard With A Vengeance (Sky Screen 2)
0445 Empire Of The Sun (Sky Modern Greats)

Watched yesterday

Californication: Going Down And Out In Beverly Hills - 4/5

Countdown: 26th June
Innis Carson - 115
Dan Brusca - 67
Martyn Brewer - 57
Got an 8-letterr word: ANTERIOR. Looks like Innis is going to becom an octochamp though.

Radiohead Live At Eurockeenes - great gig, but I wonder how many potential Sky Arts viewers were lost when the announcer incorrectly said it was a 1997 gig, rather than a 2007 one - 5/5

Also watched as much Glastonbury as possible. Highlights so far:

1. The Ting Tings
2. The Specials
3. Lily Allen - awesome Womanizer cover
4. VV Brown
5. Lady Gaga was OK, she only has one decent song though. However, this is partially compensated for by the fact she knows how to entertain a crowd and likes wearing latex. Always a good thing.

Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Freeview
2100 Forrest Gump (Film4)
2200 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (More4)
0000 Carlito's Way (ITV4)
0110 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (More4)

Sky
2100 Save The Last Dance (Watch)
2200 Save The Last Dance (Watch+1)
2200 Forrest Gump (Film4+1)
2300 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (More4+1)
0000 Carlito's Way (ITV4+1)
0220 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (More4+1)

Sky Movies
1045 Twister (Sky Action/Thriller)
1330 Transformers (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
1800 The Illusionist (Sky Drama)
1630 The Sixth Sense (Sky Modern Greats)
1710 Cloverfield (Sky Screen 2)
1755 Control (Sky Indie)
1845 Die Hard With A Vengeance (Sky Action/Thriller)
2100 Die Hard 4.0 (Sky Action/Thriller)
2100 Transformers (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
2135 Jerry Maguire (Sky Modern Greats)
2200 Fargo (Sky Indie)
2310 Cloverfield (Sky Screen 2)
2325 Hannibal (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
2335 The Sixth Sense (Sky Modern Greats)
2345 Crash (Sky Indie)
2345 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Sky Screen 1)
0040 American Gangster (Sky Screen 2)
0100 Die Hard With A Vengeance (Sky Action/Thriller)
0010 Killer: A Journal Of Murder (Sky Drama)

Watched yesterday

Countdown: 24th June
Clive Brooker - 60
Nilesh Patel - 55
Dan Brusca - 53
Spotted two 8-letter words: IMPLORED and PETERING.

Countdown: 25th June
Innis Carson - 106
Clive Brooker - 68
Dan Brusca - 42
A bit dismal. Went five consecutive rounds without a point :/ Heartened by Rachel's LBD though!

Big Brother: Day 20 - 3/5

Flight Of The Conchords: Prime Minister - 4/5

Katie & Peter: The Next Chapter: Stateside - 4/5

Question Time - an awful lot of parsimonious guff being spouted by the panel, but at least Leanne Wood spouted hers in a lovely welsh accent. Interesting that Jim McKnight couldn't bring himself to explicitly endorse the pay package of the new RBS chief executive - 3/5

Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Freeview
2100 Lost In Translation (Film4)
2255 Rushmore (Film4)

Sky
2200 Lost In Translation (Film4+1)
2355 Rushmore (Film4+1)

Sky Movies
1210 Knocked Up (Sky Comedy)
1420 Superbad (Sky Comedy)
1435 In The Line Of Fire (Sky Action/Thriller)
1545 The American President (Sky Drama)
1645 Die Hard (Sky Action/Thriller)
1745 Freedom Writers (Sky Drama)
2000 Knocked Up (Sky Comedy)
2200 Requiem For A Dream (Sky Indie)
2215 Superbad (Sky Comedy)
0000 Mulholland Drive (Sky Drama)
0050 Sunshine (Sky Screen 2)
0140 The Godfather Part III (Sky Screen 1)
0245 Bringing Out The Dead (Sky Screen 2)
0330 Hana-Bi (Sky Indie)

Watched yesterday

Grey's Anatomy: No Good At Saying Sorry - 4/5

90210: Zero Tolerance - 3/5

Britain's Next Top Model - 4/5

Countdown: 23rd June
Nilesh Patel - 81
Jacqueline Baker - 61
Dan Brusca - 52
A bit lame, though I did get one 8-letter word: MOUSIEST. Happily, the issues with Monday's episode have been rectified, so we get to see Rachel's legs again and her face has been de-shined.

Big Brother: Day 19 - got my days out of sync somehow - 3/5

Wednesday's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV on Wednesday, 24th June.

Freeview
2200 About A Boy (ITV2)
2235 Black Book (Film4)
2300 About A Boy (ITV2+1)

Sky
2335 Black Book (Film4+1)

Sky Movies
1040 Die Hard With A Vengeance (Sky Screen 2)
1330 I Am Legend (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
1450 The Insider (Sky Modern Greats)
1745 In The Name Of The Father (Sky Drama)
1900 300 (Sky Action/Thriller)
2000 Fracture (Sky Drama)
2000 Schindler's List (Sky Modern Greats)
2100 I Am Legend (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)
2140 X-Men (Sky Family)
2255 Die Hard With A Vengeance (Sky Screen 2)
2340 Eyes Wide Shut (Sky Indie)
0050 The Usual Suspects (Sky Action/Thriller)
0110 Death Proof (Sky Screen 2)
0120 Midnight Cowboy (Sky Modern Greats)
0130 X-Men (Sky Family)
0240 Hard Candy (Sky Indie)

Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Freeview
2100 Mr & Mrs Smith (Film4)
2250 True Lies (ITV2)
2350 True Lies (ITV2+1)

Sky
2100 Point Blank (TCM)
2200 Mr & Mrs Smith (Film4+1)
0050 Point Blank (TCM)

Sky Movies
1105 Die Hard 2 (Sky Screen 2)
1820 Zodiac (Sky Action/Thriller)
1820 There Will Be Blood (Sky Screen 2)
2200 The Sixth Sense (Sky Modern Greats)
2230 Sliver (Sky Action/Thriller)
2300 Die Hard 2 (Sky Screen 2)
0100 The Krays (Sky Screen 1)
0215 Platoon (Sky Drama)

Watched yesterday

Countdown: 22nd June
Jacqueline Baker - 90
Dan Brusca - 77
Kate Black - 44
So series 61 begins in earnest. I'm pretty sure they've changed a few things, most notably the camera focuses in on the letters board much more closely, which means we don't get to see Rachel's legs, which is disappointing. Rachel's changed her hairstyle and she seems to be smiling a lot more, but it looks forced. Her face was a bit shiny as well. Odd. As for this episode, I spotted two 8-letter words - DEFILERS and STRAINED - and the conundrum, SERVICING.

Big Brother: Day 17 - 4/5

Also watched most of the coverage of the election of Speaker, right from the first ballot results through to the theatrics of the royal approbation and Bercow's brief first session as in the job. Looking forward to PMQs tomorrow, though I'll have to wait until late tomorrow night to watch it as I'm in London for the day.

Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Terrestrial
2200 Snatch (Five)

Freeview
2100 King Kong (ITV2)
2100 Forrest Gump (Film4)
2200 King Kong (ITV2+1)

Sky
2200 Forrest Gump (Film4+1)

Sky Movies
1030 Die Hard (Sky Screen 2)
1200 Dante's Peak (Sky Action/Thriller)
1245 The Thin Red Line (Sky Modern Greats)
1245 Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Sky Screen 2)
1450 The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (Sky Indie)
1905 Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Sky Screen 2)
2100 Dante's Peak (Sky Action/Thriller)
2200 Empire Of The Sun (Sky Modern Greats)
2245 Die Hard (Sky Screen 2)
2250 American Gangster (Sky Action/Thriller)
0000 In The Line Of Fire (Sky Screen 1)
0005 Bringing Out The Dead (Sky Indie)
0100 Die Hard With A Vengeance (Sky Screen 2)
0345 Hana-Bi (Sky Indie)

Watched yesterday

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen - as mindlessly entertaining as the first one for the first half, but pretty dull once the action moves to Egypt. It would appear that Megan Fox's character can't run unless someone is holding her hand but at least Fox herself is, well, a fox - 3/5

Grey's Anatomy: Sweet Surrender - 4/5

The Savages - pretty much the absolute antithesis to Transformers - 4/5

Big Brother: Day 16 - 4/5

House: Joy - Olivia Wilde is *stunning* - 4/5

Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Terrestrial
2220 Minority Report (BBC One)

Freeview
2100 Rushmore (Film4)
2200 Carlito's Way (ITV4)
2255 Lost In Translation (Film4)
2300 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (ITV2)
0000 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (ITV2)

Sky
1035 The Hill (TCM)
2100 Dumb And Dumber (Comedy Central)
2200 Dumb And Dumber (Comedy Central+1)
2200 Rushmore (Film4+1)
2300 Carlito's Way (ITV4+1)
2355 Lost In Translation (Film4+1)

Sky Movies
1020 The Bourne Ultimatum (Sky Modern Greats)
1130 Sicko (Sky Indie)
1330 The Illusionist (Sky Drama)
1355 Cloverfield (Sky Action/Thriller)
1450 The Last Of The Mohicans (Sky Screen 2)
1955 Control (Sky Indie)
2100 Cloverfield (Sky Action/Thriller)
2140 The Bourne Ultimatum (Sky Modern Greats)
2240 Patriot Games (Sky Screen 2)
2340 American Beauty (Sky Modern Greats)
0220 Midnight Cowboy (Sky Screen 1)

Watched yesterday

The Big Bang Theory: The Monopolar Expedition - 4/5

Psychoville - so very wrong yet so very right - 4/5

Criminal Minds: Somebody's Watching - 4/5

Clubbed - 4/5

Big Brother: Day 15 - 4/5

Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - 4/5

Today's movie recommendations

4/5 and 5/5 rated films on British TV today.

Freeview
2315 Natural Born Killers (Film4)

Sky
1830 The Hill (TCM)
2355 The Terminal Man (TCM)
0015 Natural Born Killers (Film4+1)
0315 The Terminal Man (TCM)

Sky Movies
1110 Juno (Sky Comedy)
1315 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Sky Modern Greats)
1345 The American President (Sky Drama)
1420 I Am Legend (Sky Screen 2)
1435 Superbad (Sky Comedy)
1530 Apollo 13 (Sky Modern Greats)
1640 Three Kings (Sky Action/Thriller)
1815 Juno (Sky Comedy)
1845 Die Hard With A Vengeance (Sky Action/Thriller)
2000 Charlie Wilson's Room (Sky Drama)
2000 Titanic (Sky Modern Greats)
2200 Superbad (Sky Comedy)
2200 X-Men (Sky Family)
2250 Rambo (Sky Screen 2)
2355 Blood Simple (Sky Indie)
0030 Die Hard 4.0 (Sky Action/Thriller)
0120 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Sky Modern Greats)