A Minecraft Movie to Paddington 2: the 14 best films to watch on TV over Christmas

Jack Black gifts us an extremely silly flight of fancy set in a right-angled world, and Hugh Grant has the time of his life in the most perfect movie ever made. Plus: mulled wine in film form! Director Jared Hess has a history of extreme silliness (see Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre) so is a great choice for this flight of fancy based on the popular building-block video game. In a superbly imagined right-angled world that runs on its own surreal logic, siblings Henry (Sebastian Hansen) and Natalie (Emma Myers) – guided by Jason Momoa’s ex-gamer Garrett and Jack Black’s salesman Steve; a double act without a straight man – have to use their construction skills to defeat baddies from the Nether. Catnip for the under-12s. Simon Wardell
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