Today’s Number One Film:

Looper, 7.03pm HBO Plus BEST FILM OF THE DAY. Watch this if you liked The Matrix, Blade Runner or Surrogates. As film noirish as sci-fi gets, Looper is a credible (or as credible as time travel gets) action flick that is far better than its starting points would suggest, particularly when those starting points include time travel, old and young versions of the same person existing at the same time, and Bruce Willis. Kind of like Back to the Future for the action crowd, Looper is a lot of fun and, if it doesn’t quite reach credibility, it certainly stands up to suspension of disbelief. Not life-changing, perhaps, but you won’t change the channel, either. Directed by Rian Johnson/ 2012/ USA/ Action-Crime-Sci-fi-Thriller/ 119 mins/ Rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality/nudity and drug content.

JUST NOSED OUT:

Before the Music Dies (Documentary-Music), 7.30pm Sund; **Keanu (Action-Comedy-Crime-Thriller), 7.15pm HBOC; Gangs of New York (Crime-Drama-Thriller), 9.59pm TCM; *Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 9.05pm MaxP; Don’t Breathe (Crime-Thriller), 9.03pm HBOP; Les Miserables (Musical), 9pm Stun; Titanic (Romance), 9.20pm FoxFam.

BEST Pay Per View BET: Fences.

*Starred films have been chosen in the last year. ** Double-starred films have been chosen in the last two months.

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