Early Angelina Angelina Jolie's reputation as a fascinating celebrity didn't start with "Girl, Interrupted" or even Billy Bob Thornton. The credit goes to the 1998 made-for-TV film "Gia" (7 and 9:30 p.m., Oxygen), in which the soon-to-be-superstar plays self-destructive model Gia Carangi, who ended up dying of complications from AIDS at 26. The movie earned Golden Globes for Jolie and co-star Faye Dunaway.

Let's play A recent AFI tribute to Michael Douglas has us pining to rewatch 1997's "The Game" (9:30 p.m., AMC), a terrific, taut thriller directed by David Fincher. This is the kind of thinking man's action movie that "Vanilla Sky" desperately wanted to be. Fincher may not have a perfect record, but he's never less than fascinating.

I love a parade Movie night at Critic's Choice continues with something completely different, but no less dazzling. TCM turns the night over to Busby Berkeley musicals, which means you'll be treated to jaw-dropping dance scenes with elaborate sets designed well before computers did all the heavy lifting. Of all the offerings, try "Footlight Parade" (10 p.m., TCM), a 1933 movie in which James Cagney shows off his song-and-dance skills and Dorothy Lamour makes her fleeting film debut as an uncredited chorus girl.

NEAL JUSTIN