MOVIE CHOICE

SANTA WHO? (2000) U 5.10PM, CH5

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★★

Many famous faces have donned Santa’s hat and beard over the years, and this madefor-tv festive film gives Leslie Nielsen a shot at the sleigh ride. His Santa gets a bump on the head and forgets who he is, landing in Los Angeles. There, it’s a young boy who helps to restore his Christmas spirit.

PARASITE (2019) 15 10PM, CH4

◆ ★★★★★ Winner of the Best Picture Oscar, and the first foreignlanguage entry to do so, this Korean film is full of twists and surprises, and a masterly blend of tragedy and comedy. It follows a poor family as they inveigle themselves into the home of a wealthy couple.

See The Big Movie, page 29.

APOCALYPSE NOW

(1979) 15 12.15AM, BBC1 ★★★★★ Francis Ford Coppola sets Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness in the jungles of southeast Asia for his Vietnam War masterpiece. Martin Sheen is the US Army Captain journeying behind enemy lines on a mission to find Marlon Brando’s Colonel Kurtz. See Classic Film Choice, page 29.