What’s on TV tonight? A science fiction film with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson, then a film inspired by a famous TV series; the football of Euro 2024 and a film in which Mario Monicelli appears (as an actor).
Here is a selection of today’s programming, Wednesday 19 June.
The sport
EURO 2024 Scotland – Switzerland
RAI 1, 8.30 pm
UEFA Euro 2024 Germany. A Rai Sport program live from Cologne. Commentary by Dario Di Gennaro. Technical commentary by Andrea Stramaccioni. In the studio Simona Rolandi and Marco Lollobrigida. Edited by Paola Arcaro.
The cinema
THE ISLAND
20 MEDIASET, 9.10 pm
Science fiction film with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Lincoln dreams of visiting the Island, the last uncontaminated corner of the planet. USA, 2005.
HAZZARD
CHANNEL 27 TwentySeven, 9.14pm
Based on the famous TV series. Cousins Bo and Luke wreak havoc in Hazzard County, aboard their legendary General Lee. In the cast, Burt Reynolds. USA, 2005.
THE SCORPIO KING
ITALY 2, 9.15pm
In 3000 BC, in Gomorrah, nomadic tribes band together against a common enemy: the evil tyrant Memnon. Spin-off of the series The Mummy. USA 2002.
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN
RAI MOVIE, 9.10pm
An American writer, separated from her husband, leaves for a trip to Tuscany. Buying a farmhouse is the starting point for a new life. From the bestseller of the same name by Frances Mayes. Mario Monicelli appears there. USA, 2003.
The laughter
ZERO IN-TOLERANCE
ITALY 1, 9.24pm
One man show by Andrea Pucci.
News and current affairs
OUT OF THE CORE
NETWORK 4, 9.26pm
hosted by Mario Giordano.
WHO HAS SEEN?
RAI3, 9.20pm
Disappearance cases, cold cases and mysteries to be solved also with the help of viewers.
The unmissable items for the man of style
I watch films and play video games, from a certain point in life I also started writing about them. I am fascinated by the remote corners of the internet, the graphics of the first 3D video games and the images that fall under the not at all defined umbrella of the term aesthetic, with respect to which I carry out a compulsive cataloging activity which has as its point of arrival some Instagram profiles. However, the TV series with the best aesthetics (and the best overall) is The X-Files, which I never ended up not conceiving the thought “there are no more episodes of The X-Files to watch for the rest of my life”. Same thing with Evangelion (the manga).
