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Have you decided to take a break from the various pre-Christmas parties tonight and stay at home and watch TV? Luckily for you there are so many great films to see, for all tastes.
Those who want to get into the festive mood can watch, on the first free-to-air TV, Il primo Natale by and with Ficarra and Picone, or a classic like ET The extraterrestrial (with a little girl Drew Barrymore).
Thriller lovers can opt for Mistero a Crooked House (with Glenn Close, Christina Hendricks and Gillian Anderson), while for those who want to immerse themselves in a strong love and life story we recommend The World to Come (with Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby ).
The titles not to be missed
The first Christmas – Canale 5, 9.20 pm
Director: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone
Cast: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Massimo Popolizio, Roberta Mattei, Giacomo Mattia
Year: 2019
Plot: Salvo and Valentino, a thief and a priest, will find themselves on a journey through time, up to Year Zero. Projected into this past dimension, they will have to deal with many characters encountered along the way, including an unprecedented Herod.
Mystery at Crooked House – Rai Movie, 9.10pm
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Cast: Glenn Close, Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson, Max Irons, Terence Stamp, Amanda Abbington, Stefanie Martini, Julian Sands, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Christian McKay, Honor Kneafsey
Year: 2017
Sinopsys: We are in England, at the end of the 50s. The wealthy Greek patriarch Aristides Leonides dies under mysterious circumstances and his niece Sophia asks private investigator Charles Hayward, her former lover, to settle in the family estate to investigate the matter. Once there, Charles meets the three generations of the Leonides dynasty and finds a poisonous atmosphere, full of resentment and jealousy.
ET The extraterrestrial – Iris, 21.00
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Dee Wallace, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote
Year: 1982
Plot: an extraterrestrial is abandoned on Earth by his companions, forced to leave in a hurry. The men give chase, but a group of children hide him. A magical friendship is born with them, but ET (this is the name given to the alien) feels homesick and, while he tries to get in touch with his companions, the little ones will help him escape the ambushes of soldiers and scientists.
The world to come – Sky Cinema Romance, 21.00
Director: Mona Fastvold
Cast: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott, Casey Affleck
Year: 2020
Sinopsys: We are in 1856, in Schoharie County (USA). Abigail is preparing to start a new year on the farm where she lives with her husband Dyer and, with the arrival of spring, she meets Tallie, an outgoing and extraordinarily beautiful woman who has just moved with her husband Finney to a farm nearby . The two find themselves forging a relationship, filling a void in their lives.
The other proposals
Wolverine-The Immortal – Italy 1, 9.20 pm
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hal Yamanouchi, Brian Tee, James Fraser, Luke Webb
Year: 2013
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
The kingdom of fire – Rai 4, 9.20 pm
Director: Rob S. Bowman
Cast: Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott James Moutter
Year: 2002
Knockout-Showdown – 20, 21.05
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Gina Carano, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Michael Angarano, Bill Paxton, Mathieu Kassovitz, Eddie J. Fernandez
Year: 2011
Empire of the Sun – Warner TV, 21.00
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano
Year: 1987
Capercaillie – Cine34, 9.00 pm
Director: Carlo Verdone
Cast: Carlo Verdone, Regina Orioli, Paolo Triestino, Ines Nobili
Year: 1998
Mr. Bean’s Holiday – 27, 9.10 pm
Director: Steve Bendelack
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Steve Pemberton, Lily Atkinson
Year: 2007
Two weeks to fall in love – La5, 9.10pm
Director: Marc Lawrence
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, David Haig, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey
Year. 2002
Polar storm – Sky, 21.15
Director: Paul Ziller
Cast: Jack Coleman, Holly Dignard, Tyler Johnston, Terry David Mulligan, Roger R. Cross, David Lewis, Rob Morton, Emma Lahana, Nicholas Carella, Marsha Regis
Year: 2009
Attack on power-Olympus has fallen- Sky Cinema Action, 21.00
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Robert Foster, Cole Hauser, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, Rick Yune, Finley Jacobsen, Han Soto, Phil Austin
Year: 2013
