Film choice

Nanny Mcphee (2015) ITV2, 10.20AM ★★★

Emma Thompson wrote and stars in this sweet and old-fashioned fantasy film, based on Christianna Brand’s Nurse Matilda books. She plays an old nanny who finds that the children of a widower (Colin Firth) are a challenge, even for her. Poised between Lemony Snicket and Mary Poppins, the film has moral messages to impart, but luckily not at the expense of an enjoyable, magical tale.

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.

Rocknrolla (2008) 5STAR, 10.00PM ★★★

After the dismal Revolver and Swept

Away (which starred his ex-wife Madonna), Guy Ritchie attempts a return to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels-esque form with another testosterone-heavy, twisty tale set in London’s underworld. The plot moves vaguely around the theft of a painting from a Russian mobster (Karl Roden) while getting tangled up in various sub-plots.