Film choice

Limitless (2011) AMC, 9.00PM ★★★

 Bradley Cooper stars in this thriller about a writer whose former brotherin-law slips him a pill that enables him to access 100 per cent of his brain. His book is finished in four days, so he goes back for more and this time nets himself a fortune on the stock market. Neil Burger directs at breakneck pace, but afterwards you wish that Cooper’s character had used that brainpower for something more interesting than making money.

Moonraker (1979) ITV4, 9.00PM ★★★

 The 11th film in the Bond series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the dapper MI6 agent, involves the theft of a space shuttle. It’s one of the weaker 007 films and at times seems more of a comedy than a tense action adventure, but it’s enjoyably frivolous. Michael Lonsdale plays resident baddy Hugo Drax who pinches the aforementioned space shuttle to help along his plan to wipe out the world’s population.

Enemy of the State (1998) SONY MOVIE CHANNEL, 9.00PM ★★★

 This slick, hi-tech film is considered a continuation of the Seventies spy-thriller The Conversation, which starred Gene Hackman. Here, Hackman plays a surveillance expert who helps Will Smith’s framed attorney escape the clutches of some corrupt government spooks led by Jon Voight. Directed by Tony Scott, it’s a riveting ride. The interplay between the leads is fun, too.