Isn’t it a bummer when you see your favorite movie already playing halfway through when you turn on the TV? Fret not! From rom-com and action to horror and thriller, we’re giving you a heads up on all the must-watch movies on TV from December 21 to 27, 2020.
December 21, Monday
Searching
(5:05pm, HBO)
David Kim files a police complaint in order to find his missing daughter, Margot. However, a string of hidden truths unravels when he checks her laptop.
Taken 3
(7:05pm, FOX Movies)
Bryan Mills is accused of a murder he did not commit. He does not want to accept this unjust fate and makes a run for it, but Inspector Franck Dotzler seeks to hunt him down.
Baby Driver
(10pm, Cinemax)
Doc forces Baby, a former getaway driver, to partake in a heist, threatening to hurt his girlfriend if he refuses. But the plan goes awry when their arms dealers turn out to be undercover officers.
December 22, Tuesday
Snow White And The Huntsman
(12:55pm, HBO)
Queen Ravenna, an evil woman, tasks Eric, a huntsman, with murdering Snow White, her stepdaughter. Instead of killing her, he ends up becoming her protector.
2 Fast, 2 Furious
(1pm, Cinemax)
Brian, a former officer, partners with Roman Pierce, his ex-convict friend. As a part of a deal with the FBI, Brian and Roman have to bring down Verone, a drug lord, to erase their criminal record.
Jowable
(7:30pm, PBO)
Despite being surrounded and supported by friends, Elsa still feels miserable and envious of every couple she sees. Finally, Lady Luck smiles upon her and she meets a guy, and the attraction is instantly mutual.
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
(9pm, FOX Movies)
Maleficent alienates herself from Aurora when she opposes her engagement with Prince Phillip. Unknown to them, an enemy lurks, waiting to capitalise on their discord and destroy all that they love.
December 23, Wednesday
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
(3:30pm, Cinemax)
The Angels track down rings containing the names of those in the FBI’s witness protection programme. However, the witnesses begin to get murdered one by one.
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone
(3:50pm, HBO)
Harry Potter, an eleven-year-old orphan, discovers that he is a wizard and is invited to study at Hogwarts. Even as he escapes a dreary life and enters a world of magic, he finds trouble awaiting him.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
(4pm, FOX Movies)
The tablet that brings Larry Daley’s friends at the museum to life at night has started decaying. Larry embarks on an adventurous journey in order to prevent the tablet’s magic from disappearing.
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
(6:20pm, HBO)
After gaining superpowers from a spider bite, Miles Morales protects the city as Spider-Man. Soon, he meets alternate versions of himself and gets embroiled in an epic battle to save the multiverse.
The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin
(7pm, Cinema One)
After defeating terrorists, Pvt. Benjamin becomes the Philippines’ worldwide sensation, but the attention causes him to neglect his duties and, to remain enlisted, he must become a bodyguard for a misbehaving kid.
December 24, Thursday
Avengers: Endgame
(2:05pm, FOX Movies)
After Thanos, an intergalactic warlord, disintegrates half of the universe, the Avengers must reunite and assemble again to reinvigorate their trounced allies and restore balance.
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
(2:35pm, HBO)
A house-elf warns Harry against returning to Hogwarts, but he decides to ignore it. When students and creatures at the school begin to get petrified, Harry finds himself surrounded in mystery.
#Walang Forever
(3pm, Cinema One)
A screenwriter’s life is turned upside down when her ex suddenly returns.
December 25, Friday
Love Actually
(3:35pm, HBO)
Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.
Beauty and the Bestie
(7pm, Cinema One)
Undercover agent Emman asks his former best friend Erika to take the place of an abducted beauty pageant contestant while he and his agency hunt for the kidnapping victim.
Never Not Love You
(7:30pm, PBO)
Two young lovers meet and fall in love. Together they build a life until career opportunities bring them out of the country. Out of the comforts of home and with individual careers going different directions. Will their love survive?
Shazam!
(9pm, HBO)
After being abandoned at a fair, Billy constantly searches for his mother. His life, however, takes a huge turn when he inherits the superpowers of a powerful wizard.
Jojo Rabbit
(9pm, FOX Movies)
Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend — Adolf Hitler — Jojo must confront his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rage on.
BuyBust
(9:30pm, PBO)
After surviving the slaughter of her entire squad in a drug raid compromised by dirty cops, anti-narcotics special operative Nina Manigan is eager to go head-to-head with the drug cartels that hold a bloody grip on Manila.
December 26, Saturday
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(2:10pm, HBO)
A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realise they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.
The Girl in the Orange Dress
(3pm, Cinema One)
After a night of partying, a young woman wakes up in a movie star’s bed.
Seven Sundays
(4:30pm, PBO)
Siblings reunite when their father is diagnosed with cancer, and must settle old issues as they spend time together.
Apollo 13
(5:15pm, Cinemax)
Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert of the Apollo 13 moon mission find themselves stranded when their spacecraft gets damaged. NASA must now find a way to bring them back before it is too late.
The Shallows
(7:25pm, FOX Movies)
Nancy travels to a secluded beach following the death of her mother. While surfing, she gets attacked by a great white shark, which leaves her stranded on a rock 200 yards from the shore.
December 27, Sunday
In Time
(10:10am, Cinemax)
In a future where people stop ageing after 25 and need to buy time to live, the rich become immortal while others cease to exist. So, Will is on the run with a hostage in a desperate bid to survive.
Baler
(3pm, PBO)
It follows the story of Celso Resurrección, a Spanish Mestizo soldier and Feliza Reyes, a local maiden and daughter of a Katipunero, their relationship caught in the middle of the Philippine Revolution conflict.
Pokemon Detective Pikachu
(3:25pm, HBO)
After the demise of his father, Tim travels to Ryme city where he runs into his father’s Pokemon partner, Pikachu. They team up and try to work on the case left unfinished by Tim’s father.
Maybe This Time
(5pm, Cinema One)
Steph learns to be tough and sets her sights on bigger dreams after Tonio ends their relationship without saying goodbye.
Baywatch (2017)
(9pm, FOX Movies)
Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon and his team discover a drug racket involving businesswoman Victoria Leeds and decide to unearth the truth and bring the perpetrators to justice.
