HK's Christmas Movie Watch

[honeykid]

As usual there's lots of films on over Christmas, so I thought I'd provide a little heads-up for those films I think'll be of interest. Obviously, this is UK only and, with a few exceptions, I'll try and stick to the channels available on Freeview.

Sunday 19th
National Lampoon's Christmas Vaction, 2pm, ITV1. I've no idea why this is so popular, but it does appear to be, so I've included it.
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, 6:50pm, FilmFour.
Atonement, 10:15pm. ITV1.
No Mercy, 11:15pm, Five

Monday 20th
F For Fake, 1am, Sky Arts 1
Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979), 1:50am, BBC2.
Gremlins, 8:30pm, ITV2.
Bad Influence, 9pm & 1:50am, TCM.

Tuesday 21st
Tora! Tora! Tora! 12:35pm, FilmFour
An American In Paris, TCM 5:15 & 8pm TCM2
The Hound Of The Baskervilles (2002), 8:30, BBC4
Looking For Eric, 9pm, FilmFour.

Wednesday 22nd
Control, 1:25am, FilmFour
American Grindhouse, 2:30am, Sky Arts 1
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, 2:25pm, Channel 4
The Illusionist, 9pm, ITV2
Batman Begins, 10:35pm, ITV1
Into The Wild, 11pm, FilmFour

Thursday 23rd
The Santa Clause, 11:30am, BBC1
Miracle On 34th Street (1947), 2:20pm, Channel 4
Shrek, 2:25pm, BBC1
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, 3:50pm, BBC1
Unforgiven, 9pm, TCM
The Conversation, 10:50pm, FilmFour

Friday 24th
Lorenzo's Oil, 1:45am, ITV1
Suspicion, 11:30am, BBC2
Miracle On 34th Street (1994), 12:55pm, ITV1
Garbo Talks!, 1pm, TCM
The Queen, 3pm, ITV1
Brief Encounter, 3:10pm, FilmFour
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951), 4pm, Five
Uncle Buck, 9pm, ITV 3
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 11:30, Comedy Central Extra

Saturday 25th
Amelie, 1:20am, FilmFour
Dead Calm, 1:40am, ITV1
Santa Claus: The Movie, 10:50am, ITV1
Singin' In The Rain, 11:15am, BBC2
The Man Who Would Be King, 12:55, BBC2
Scrooged, 1pm, Channel 4
The Polar Express, 1:10pm, ITV1
Casablanca, 2:40pm, FilmFour
The Remains Of The Day, 4:35pm, Five
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, 4:45pm, FilmFour
Edward Scissorhands, 7pm, Channel 4
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, 8pm, BBC3
Carry On Screaming, 9:50pm, ITV3
Young Frankenstein, 11:35pm, FilmFour

I'll do the following week tomorrow.

[genesis_pig]

I would love to watch Scrooged again.. it's been a long time.

[will.15]

Here are some Xmas movies to avoid.

http://blog.moviefone.com/2009/12/11/worst-christmas-movies/

[honeykid]

I don't care for it, but I know a lot of people love that film and, of course, Christmas is the perfect time to watch it.

[genesis_pig]

I thought this thread was about HK's Christmas special movie recommendations.

So I got an idea, since HK never shares his Top 10.
So how about if he shares his Top 20 Christmas movies, a gift for the MoFos?

[will.15]

I don't know about HK, but I couldn't come up with even five Christmas movies I liked.

[honeykid]

It's not that I don't share it, it's that I don't (didn't) really have one. As I've been trying to list my top 100 to post, I do have something that may end up as my top 10, but to post it before posting a top 100 would be pointless.

I don't think I could come up with 20 Christmas films that I liked. However, I'll go and do some net snooping and see if I can find 20 for you. :)

There's no way that Silent Night, Deadly Night, Black Christmas or Santa Conquers The Martians should be on that list, will.

Lastly, I said this is a list of films that I think might be of interest. As I know Scrooged, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Young Frankenstein and other are well loved films, I included them. See. I'm so considerate... That said, I didn't include 300 beacuse, well, it's ****! It's not even that I just don't like it. It's properly crap.

[will.15]

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians shouldn't be on a worst list? Yeah, it has my personal bizarre fave Pia Zadora, but she is a child so that doesn't count.
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae244/willedelman/apia.jpg

[honeykid]

OK, it's a terrible film, but it's so good and so bad it's good funny.

[honeykid]

Second part.

Boxing Day
Singin' In The Rain, 8:55am, TCM
Dial M For Murder, 10:55, TCM
Great Expectations (1946), 12:45, More4
We Dive At Dawn, 2:55pm, BBC2
High Society, 3pm, 5:15pm and 8pm on Five, TCM and TCM2
Enchanted, 3:35pm, BBC1
Gremlins, 9pm, ITV2
No Country For Old Men, 9pm, FilmFour
Casablanca, 9pm and 12:20am, TCM and TCM2
Farewell, My Lovely, 10:40pm, BBC4
Tremors, 11pm, ITV4

Monday 27th
The Children's Hour, 5am, TCM
Ladyhawke, 1:55pm, Channel 4
March of The Penguins, 3pm, ITV1
The Incredibles, 3:25pm, BBC1
A Matter Of Life And Death, 4:55pm, FilmFour
Shadowlands, 6:25pm and 8pm, TCM and TCM2
Big, 7pm, FilmFour
Enchanted, 7:20pm, BBC3
Death Becomes Her, 9pm, ITV3
Scarface, 11pm, ITV4
Never Apologise: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson, 11:05pm, Sky Arts 1
Volver, 11:35pm More4

Tuesday 28th
The Defiant Ones, 5am, TCM
Shadowlands, 10:25am, TCM
Brief Encounter, 11am, FilmFour
E.T., 2:40pm, ITV1
Cocoon, 3:10pm, More4
Miss Potter, 6:30pm, BBC2
Pink Saris, 10:05pm, More4
The Shooting Party, 11pm, BBC4
Class, 11:30pm, TCM

Wednesday 28th
Network, 1:25am, TCM
Cromwell, 1pm, BBC2
Zulu, 1:35pm, Channel 4
Flushed Away, 2:50pm, BBC1
Mary Poppins, 4:05pm, BBC1 (Please don't watch it, then maybe they'll stop showing it every Christmas.)
Strictly Ballroom, 5pm, BBC2
The Simpson's Movie, 7:30pm, E4
Private Benjamin, 9pm, ITV3
Gomorrah, 10pm, BBC4
The Omen, 10:45pm, FilmFour
Jarhead, 11pm, ITV4

Thursday 30th
Dog Soldiers, Midnight, E4
Sweeney!, 12:40am, ITV1
The Ten Commandments, 11am, FilmFour
Bridge To Terabithia, 11:20am, BBC1
Dances With Wolves, 12:55pm, BBC2
True Grit, 1:40pm, Channel 4
From Here To Eternity, 3:45pm, Five
Tremors, 11pm, ITV 4

Friday 31st
A Room With A View, 11:15am, More4
The Sound Of Music, 3:30pm, BBC1 (as with Mary Poppins, stop watching this!)
Casablanca, 4:50pm, FilmFour
Gangs Of New York, 10pm, More4
No Country For Old Men, 11:25pm, FilmFour
Rollerball, 1:30am, TCM
District 13, 1:45am, FilmFour