It has a strong 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.
After all the hype of an Oasis reunion today, we thought we’d give you a break with some options for your movies on TV tonight.
Our pick of the bunch follows the 90s theme, with one of the best crime thrillers of that decade – Carlito’s Way.
The Brian De Palma-directed flick follows the one and only Al Pacino as a Nuyorican criminal who vows to go straight and to retire in paradise.
However, as it tends to do, his criminal past proves difficult to escape, and he ends up getting dragged back into the crime game.
Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo and Viggo Mortensen all co-star alongside Pacino, who once again teams up with De Palma after Scarface.
While it was released to some fairly tepid reviews in 1993, Carlito’s Way has gone on to become a cult classic and is now retrospectively viewed as one of De Palma’s best projects, with particular praise going to Pacino and Penn’s performances, as well as the film’s soundtrack.
The film has also had a big cultural impact, particularly in music, as Carlito’s monologue features in songs like ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’ by Jay-Z, and Slipknot song ‘(sic)’. The flick is also mentioned in songs by The Manic Street Preachers and Lana Del Rey.
If you’re looking to catch Carlito’s Way, it’s starting on Film Four tonight at 11.05pm.
All the other movies on TV tonight
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Film Four – 6.20pm
Russell Crowe stars in this historical epic set during the Napoleonic Wars, where he plays a Royal Navy captain alongside his A Beautiful Mind co-star Paul Bettany as the ship’s surgeon.
Barbarian – Film Four – 9pm
One of the best horror thrillers of the past few years. The less you know about this 2022 flick, apart from that it opens with an Airbnb booking mix-up, the better.
The Intern – Comedy Central – 9pm
Robert De Niro stars as a man who hates retirement so much he decides to work as an intern at an online fashion store managed by an extremely sceptical Anne Hathaway.
Police Academy – ITV4 – 10pm
The beloved 80s cop comedy that spawned six sequels.
Killer Elite – ITV4 – 11.55pm
Another of tonight’s movies on TV to star Robert De Niro, this time alongside Jason Statham and Clive Owen in this not-very-good action thriller.
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