MOVIE CHOICE

THE HURT LOCKER

(2008) 15 ◆ 9PM, BBC4 ★★★★ Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning revisionist drama is a thought-provoking look at the nature of modern warfare. Among an excellent cast, Jeremy Renner (left) is the bomb disposal officer who seeks to find self-affirmation in his heroic antics in the field, but struggles on the home front.

THE ICEMAN (2012) 15

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9PM, FILM4 ★★★

In this gritty, fact-based crime

drama, Michael Shannon stars as the infamous mob hit man Richard Kuklinski, an assassin who, for 20 years, balanced his cold-blooded profession with life as a devoted family man. Winona Ryder co-stars

as his wife, who is oblivious to her husband’s immoral side.

A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES

(2014) 15 ◆ GREAT! MOVIES 9PM ★★★ Liam Neeson stars as a police detective turned vigilante private investigator in this grim and seedy crime thriller.

Dan Stevens pops up as a drug trafficker in need of some very rough justice, while Neeson phones in a rather lacklustre performance.