Film choice

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

E4, 8.00PM ★★★

 The third instalment of the teenage vampire franchise is better than the second and will please its fan base, though Melissa Rosenberg’s script is full of clichés and relies on a shirtless Taylor Lautner for distraction. Girl next door Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) must choose between 100-year-old vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and hunky werewolf Jacob Black (Lautner).

T2: Trainspotting (2017)

SKY CINEMA PREMIERE, 10.00PM ★★★★

 Danny Boyle’s sequel is more than just a trip down memory lane. Back in 1996, Trainspotting’s gallery of junkies and rogues (Ewan Mcgregor, Jonny Lee Miller) proudly and raucously chose not to choose life. But now, all have come to terms with the gnawing possibility that life may have in fact not chosen them. There’s no chance of it matching the legacy of the first film, but it doesn’t tarnish it either.

American Hustle (2013)

CHANNEL 4, 12.10AM ★★★★

 David O Russell’s caper feels like the film he has spent his career warming up for and is a serious piece of film-making that delights in its own silliness. Irving (Christian Bale) and his partner Sydney (Amy Adams) are con artists blackmailed by FBI agent Richie Dimaso (Bradley Cooper) into aiding his investigation. “Some of this actually happened,” reads a title card, and to be more specific would spoil the fun.