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The Christmas week has officially begun, all the preparations are underway and so tonight we suggest you take a little break from the thousand commitments (and stress) with a nice mix of sofa, herbal tea, remote control and TV. While zapping you will come across many interesting films and we in particular point out a jewel like Le Mans ’66 – The great challenge (based on a true story) with Christian Bale and Matt Damon, but also the touching Stepmom with the extraordinary Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon.
Instead, in the first run there is Michael Bay’s Ambulance with Jake Gyllenhaal.
The titles not to be missed
Le Mans ’66-The great challenge – Rai 1, 9.25 pm
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Caitriona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, JJ Feild, Josh Lucas, Ray McKinnon, Noah Jupe
Year: 2019
Plot: Film that tells the true story of visionary automobile designer Carroll Shelby and intrepid British racing driver Ken Miles, who together started a revolutionary enterprise by creating a racing car for the Ford Motor Company, with which to challenge the unbeatable Enzo Ferrari’s car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Friendly enemies – Sky, 21.15
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken
Year: 1998
Plot: Isabel is a fashion photographer who thinks exclusively of her career and who has to take care of the children of her new partner Luke: twelve-year-old Anna and seven-year-old Ben. Both Isabel and the two children love Luke wholeheartedly, but relations between them are not idyllic. In fact, the woman also has to deal with Jackie, her natural mother, considered by the two children to be unsurpassed in everything. The woman obviously harbors her resentment towards Isabel for having “stolen” her children. But one day Jackie discovers she is suffering from cancer.
Ambulance – Sky Cinema Uno, 9.15pm
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza González
Year: 2022
Synopsis: In one day on the streets of Los Angeles, three lives are changed forever. Decorated war veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, turns to the least suited person for help. It’s about his adoptive brother Danny, a charismatic career criminal. Danny proposes the biggest bank robbery in the history of Los Angeles: a theft of 32 million dollars. But when their escape goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers take hostage an ambulance carrying a wounded police officer who is fighting for his life and the experienced paramedic Cam Thompson.
The other proposals
A kiss before Christmas – Rai 2, 9.20 pm
Director: Jeff Beesley
Cast: Teri Hatcher, James Denton, Marilu Henner, Chelsey Mark, Gino Anania, Aaron Hughes
Year: 2021
Die Hard-A good day to die – Italy 1, 21.20
Director: John Moore
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yulia Snigir, Rasha Bukvic, Cole Hauser, Sergei Kolesnikov, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Amaury Nolasco, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Patrick Stewart, Aksel Hennie
Year: 2013
The Marquis of Grillo – Rete4, 9.25 pm
Director: Mario Monicelli
Cast: Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa, Flavio Bucci, Riccardo Billi
Year: 1981
A Christmas for two – TV8, 9.30pm
Director: Giambattista Avellino
Cast: Alessandro Gassman, Enrico Brignano, Paolo Sassanelli, Chiara Francini, Claudia Potenza, Roberta Fiorentini, Elena Barolo, Sandra Biondi, Roberto Nobile, Pino Caruso
Year: 2011
Hansel and Gretel-witch hunters – Rai 4, 21.22
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Thomas Mann, Zoe Bell, Derek Mears, Monique Ganderton, Ingrid BolsØ Berdal, Pihla Viitala
Year: 2013
Downsizing-Living large – 20, 21.05
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis
Year: 2017
Merry Christmas in Love 2 – Warner TV, 9.00pm
Director: M. Dejczer
Cast: P. Adamczyk, W. Blaszczyk
Year: 2015
The Magnificent Seven – Rai Movie, 9.10 pm
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, James Coburn
Year: 1960
Guess who’s coming for Christmas – Cine34, 9.00 pm
Director: Fausto Brizzi
Cast: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bisio, Raoul Bova, Carlo Buccirosso, Angela Finocchiaro, Cristiana Capotondi, Claudia Gerini, Gigi Proietti
Year: 2013
Superman II – 27, 21.10
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp
Year: 1980
Magnum Code – Iris, 9.00 pm
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Darren McCavin
Year: 1986
A Christmas Flower – La5, 9.10pm
Director: Jake Helgren
Cast: Miles Fisher, Nicky Whelan, Daphne Zuniga, Lexi Giovagnoli
Year: 2018
