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25th Dec 2015

Best films to watch this Christmas (for when the little ones are in bed)

HerFamily

Television at this time of year is definitely one of the highlights so we’ve put together a list of movies for you to watch when the little ones are all tucked up in bed, exhausted from playing with their new toys.

Check out what the small screen is offering today and tomorrow…

Christmas Day

Pitch Perfect – RTÉ 2 – 8.35pm

Comedy starring Anna Kendrick. A freshman gets far more than she bargained for when she joins a singing group at college.

True Grit – RTÉ One – 11.10pm

A tough US Marshal decides to help a teenager track down the person who murdered her father.

Gambit – BBC Two – 11.50pm

Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz star in this flick about an art curator who enlists the help of a rodeo queen to get revenge on his boss.

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St Stephen’s Day

Captain Phillips – RTÉ One -10.25pm

True story about the captain of a cargo ship which got taken over by Somali pirates in 2009. With Tom Hanks.

Chocolat – UTV Ireland – 11.05pm

Romantic drama in which a woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a quaint French village. Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp lead the cast.

Kinky Boots – BBC Two – 11.15pm

A man whose family shoe business faces closure comes up with a plan, after meeting a drag queen, to turn its fortunes around. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor.

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