If it hadn’t been picked recently and started within BC on TV’s 6pm-10pm primetime, the Ryan Gosling, um, vehicle, **Drive BEST FILM OF THE DAY (5.15pm, Max) would certainly have got today’s nod.

Today’s Number One Film:

Closer, 7.55pm Paramount Channel. Watch this if you liked The Hours, August: Osage County or My Blueberry Nights. Once you’re not impatient with any movie-pacing slower than Terminator 2’s, it’s hard to go wrong with a four-lead cast of Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen, all of whom are excellent.

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