It’s the weekend. Its nearly Christmas. So, avoid all that spending-time-with-friends-and-family nonsense and park yourself on the sofa with a vat of mulled wine and a skip full of Quality Street and watch these great films.
Saturday
Scrooge – A Christmas Carol Channel 5 16.20
Ghosts defraud businessman by convincing him his future will be awful.
Carrie Channel 4 00.10
Shy teenager unleashes terrifying psychic powers after realising they’ve made a rubbish remake of her classic film.
The Greatest Story Ever Told BBC2 09.00
Presumably an alternative title for Road House. Otherwise, it’s a lie.
Sunday
Braveheart Sony Movies 21.00
Mel Gibson paints his face blue and goes to war against history.
The Theory of Everything Sony Movies 15.45
Eddie ‘I do proper acting, actually’ Redmayne does proper acting, actually in well-regarded please-can-I-have-an-Oscar classic about maths bloke.
White Christmas Channel 4 14.30
Bing Crosby saves his friends hotel by singing a song, the name of which escapes me.
Netflix Film of the Weekend
Holiday in the Wild
Rich, white lady goes to Africa and saves all the elephants. Stars Rob Lowe, who was presumably drunk when they asked him.
That said, it’s the most enjoyable cheapo Netflix Christmas film I’ve seen so far.
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