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18th June 2025
05:57pm BST

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 18 June) is The Fan, the 1996 sports-focused psychological thriller starring two-time Oscar-winner Robert De Niro (The Godfather II, Raging Bull).
The film tells the story of a star baseball player named Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes, Blade) in San Francisco who becomes the unhealthy focus of the down-on-his-luck, volatile salesman, Gil Renard (played by De Niro).
"As Renard's personal life continues to crumble, he begins obsessively tracking Rayburn, leading to kidnapping and even murder," the plot synopsis reads.
Directed with flashy style by the great Tony Scott (Man on Fire, Top Gun, True Romance), The Fan also features amongst its cast Benicio Del Toro, Ellen Barkin, Jack Black and John Leguizamo.
Though it was a commercial and critical disappointment upon release, the movie's talented cast and crew and its entertaining sports twist on classic stalker thrillers like Fatal Attraction, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle and Single White Female make it worth seeking out.
The Fan is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on the channel Legend at 12.55pm.
It's also streaming for free via Rakuten TV.
The World is Not Enough - ITV4 - 8pm
Pierce Brosnan's solid third outing as James Bond sees him face off against a high-tech terrorist who can't feel pain (played by Robert Carlyle).
Denise Richards co-stars as American nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones.
Our Friend - Film4 - 9pm
Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson and Casey Affleck star in this acclaimed drama based on a true story about a married couple and their best friend and how their lives change after one of them is diagnosed with cancer.
Drop Zone - Legend - 9pm
Wesley Snipes again headlines this ’90s action thriller about a U.S. Marshal who, in order to break up a drug smuggling gang, must take to the skies.
Iron Eagle II - Legend Xtra - 9pm
The sequel to the 1986 hit Iron Eagle, a Top Gun-esque action flick.
The Last World: Jurassic Park - ITV4 - 10.40pm
Steven Spielberg returned to direct this follow-up to his smash-hit dinosaur blockbuster, Jurassic Park.
Drive Hard - Legend - 11pm
In this direct-to-video action buddy flick, a professional thief (John Cusack) takes a former race car driver (Thomas Jane) hostage and forces him to drive his getaway car.
Brake - Legend Xtra - 11pm
Stephen Dorff plays a Secret Service Agent held captive in the trunk of a car by terrorists in this Buried-style thriller.
The Road Dance - BBC Two - 11.30pm
This well-liked 2022 British drama follows a young woman (Hermione Corfield) living in a small village on an island in the Outer Scottish Hebrides whose life changes when her lover (Will Fletcher) is conscripted for service in WWI.
Anaconda - Film4 - 11.35pm
Jennifer Lopez and Jon Voight star in this fun adventure horror set in the Amazon rainforest.
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