Film choice

The Untouchables (1987) SKY CINEMA GREATS, 8.00PM ★★★★

 Brian De Palma’s gripping Prohibition-era crime drama, based (loosely) on the memoirs of FBI agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner), follows Ness’s attempts to stop the ruthless mobster Al Capone (Robert De Niro, gaining 30 pounds for the role) and his gang of suave cronies. Luckily he also has incorruptible Irish cop Jimmy Malone, played by an Oscar-winning Sean Connery, on his side.

The Maze Runner (2014) FILM4, 9.00PM ★★★★

 A group of teenage boys live in a meadow at the heart of a giant labyrinth: no one knows why they’re there, or what lies beyond the maze’s shifting walls, until the arrival of 16-year-old Thomas (Dylan O’brien) precipitates a push for freedom. This lean, tense adaptation of James Dashner’s sci-fi series makes good on its wildly intriguing premise and has more than a hint of Lord of the Flies.

Live and Let Die (1973) ITV4, 9.00PM ★★★

 James Bond (Roger Moore) battles one of his more extraordinary opponents, Kananga (Yaphet Kotto), a Caribbean criminal mastermind masquerading as a Harlem drug baron. The film was given lukewarm reviews on its release, but this is Moore-era Bond at its preposterous best. Highlights include 007’s voodoo snake ordeal and a thrilling speedboat chase through New Orleans.