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27th Dec 2020

Here are the best 12 movies on Tv today

Alan Fisher

We are officially sitting in the ‘in-betweeny’ days.

We don’t really know what’s going on until we see the 31st pop-up.

So what I suggest is a brisk walk to grab some fresh air, maybe a swim if you’re that way inclined, but ultimately end up back on your sofa.

Back milling Christmas sambos with the feet up.

It just feels right.

All you have to do now is, pick what you want to watch:

13.15 – Virgin Media One – Mr Bean’s Holiday

The bumbling fool wins first prize in the church raffle – a trip to France and a video camera. His travels cause chaos as he disrupts a film shoot in Cannes, to the fury of its megalomaniac director, and is then accused of kidnapping a youngster. Comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Emma de Caunes and Max Baldry

13.55 – BBC One – Monsters University

Student creatures Mike Wazowski and James P Sullivan, aka Sulley, attend university to learn how to be scary, but their rivalry gets them both kicked off the course. The monstrous duo must learn how to work together if they are to realise their dreams of terrifying children. Winning the Scare Games will make the difference between Mike staying at the campus or having to leave.

15.25 – RTÉ One – Mrs Doubtfire

A struggling actor’s ambitious, no-nonsense wife throws him out and demands a divorce. Desperate to spend time with his children, he puts his talents to good use by donning drag and posing as a Scottish housekeeper to get a job looking after them. Comedy, starring Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein and Mara Wilson

15.45 – BBC One – The Sound of Music

A cheerful novice nun is employed as governess to the seven children of an austere widower. As she brings light, laughter, and a love of all things harmonious to a family previously beset by grief and strict discipline she also falls in love with her employer. But before long, the looming threat of the Second World War jeopardises their happy household. Oscar-winning Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker.

16.10 – Channel 4 – Shrek Forever After

The grumpy ogre longs for his simple life as a feared monster so strikes a deal with magical trickster Rumpelstiltskin to get back to the way things were. However, he soon finds there is a catch – he ends up stuck in an alternate world where none of his friends know who he is and where Rumpelstiltskin has become the kingdom’s tyrannical ruler. Animated comedy, with the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz.

17.50 – RTÉ 2 – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

The intrepid archaeologist, with his young sidekick and a nightclub singer in tow, is stranded in India, where he takes on a mission to recover magical sacred stones from the hands of an evil cult engaged in human sacrifice and child slavery. Steven Spielberg’s action-adventure, starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan and Amrish Puri.

18.45 – Comedy Central – You’ve Got Mail

Two rivals in the bookshop business fall in love over the internet, unaware they know and dislike each other in the real world. While things remain frosty in person, the pair’s anonymous online relationship continues to blossom. Romantic comedy, starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey and Dabney Coleman

18.50 – E4 – The Adventures of Tintin

A reporter’s purchase of a model ship brings him under threat from a ruthless criminal, as it is one of a series of clues to the location of the real vessel, which holds a pirate’s lost treasure. He sets off on a globetrotting quest to find it, assisted by a drunken sea captain, two bumbling detectives and his faithful dog. Steven Spielberg’s animated adventure based on Herge’s comic-strip series, with the voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis and Daniel Craig

21.00 – RTÉ 2 – Avengers: Infinity War

Galactic warlord Thanos attempts to obtain six powerful infinity stones, hoping to use them to rule the entire galaxy. This forces Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and their allies to join forces in an effort to stop him. Fantasy adventure sequel, starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Josh Brolin and Benedict Cumberbatch

21.00 – Virgin Media One – Jack Reacher

A former army sniper is arrested following a random shooting that leaves five people dead but protests his innocence. An elusive former military police investigator is called in to examine the case, and becomes convinced a conspiracy is at work. Action thriller based on Lee Child’s series of novels, starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Werner Herzog and Robert Duvall

21.00 – E4 – Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Arrogant newsreader Ron Burgundy’s career is rescued from a drunken slump by an executive for a new 24-hour news channel. Reassembling his team of sidekicks, he swiftly rises from the network’s graveyard to become its biggest star with a run of ludicrously sensationalist broadcasts. Comedy sequel, starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd and Steve Carell.

21.00 – Comedy Central – Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

A velvet-clad, sex-crazed secret agent from the 1960s agrees to be put into a state of suspended animation after his arch-enemy escapes justice. Thirty years later he is defrosted to do battle with the power-mad villain again, but the mission proves nearly as daunting for him as getting to grips with 1990s social values. Spoof spy adventure, with Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Mimi Rogers, Michael York and Robert Wagner.

 

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