This December on The Movie Network: Season Finales of CALL ME FITZ and MASTERS OF SEX; Movie Premieres Every Weekend; and More

 

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• The Fitzpatrick’s celebrate the holidays in the one-hour Season 4 finale of CALL ME FITZ, Monday, Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. ET/MT

• Dr. William Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) continue their research on human sexuality in the Season 1 finale of  MASTERS OF SEX, Sunday, Dec. 15 at 10 p.m. ET/MT
• Bring Hollywood home for the holidays! This holiday season viewers can watch their favourite blockbuster hits all month long, beginning with WAR HORSE on Tuesday, Dec. 3 ET/MT
• Canadian feature films premieres this month include: THE GOOD LIE, PICTURE DAY, UPSIDE DOWN, MARGARITA, BECOMING REDWOOD, THE COLONY, ROLLERTOWN, STILL MINE, and COMPULSION
• The Movie Network premieres this December include: STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, GINGER AND ROSA, JACK THE GIANT SLAYER, ADMISSION, THE ANGELS SHARE, QUARTET, THE SAPPHIRES, THE BIG WEDDING, IDENTITY THIEF, THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE, THE STRANGER WITHIN, and THE LAST EXORCISM PART II

 

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Below is a chronological listing of The Movie Network programming highlights for December. All programming is subject to change (all times ET; visit themovienetwork.ca to confirm local broadcast times).

 

Sunday, Dec. 1

10 p.m. – MASTERS OF SEX – Season 1, Episode 10 of 12

MASTERS OF SEX is a drama about Dr. William Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), the pioneers of the science of human sexuality, whose research touched off the sexual revolution.

 

Monday, Dec. 2

10 p.m. – CALL ME FITZ – “A Very Special Fitzmas” – Season 4 – *Season Finale*

Fitz (Jason Priestley) gives up drinking, prompting a visit from three ghosts who aim to show him the error of his ways. Meanwhile, Larry (Ernie Grunwald) reunites the Fitzpatricks with the promise of a lost family fortune.

 

Tuesday, Dec. 3

9 p.m. – WAR HORSE (2011) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

Young Albert (Jeremy Irvine, Great Expectations) enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert’s hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.

 

Wednesday, Dec. 4

9 p.m. – THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield, The Social Network) finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans, The Five-Year Engagement), his father’s former partner.

 

Thursday, Dec. 5

7:25 p.m. – THE GOOD LIE (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

After his mother is tragically killed, a privileged young man (Thomas Dekker, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES) discovers that he was the product of a vicious rape, and so he sets out to track down his sinister biological father.

 

9 p.m. – STRUCK BY LIGHTNING (2012) – *Premiere*

A young man (Chris Colfer, GLEE) recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.

 

Friday, Dec. 6

6 p.m. – THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

Eight years on, a new evil rises from where the Batman (Christian Bale, The Prestige) and Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman, Lawless) tried to bury it, causing the Batman to resurface and fight to protect Gotham City – the very city that brands him an enemy.

 

9 p.m. – GINGER AND ROSA (2012) – *Premiere*

GINGER AND ROSA follows the lives of two teenage girls Ginger (Elle Fanning, We Bought a Zoo) and Rosa (Alice Englert, Beautiful Creatures). Growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, the inseparable duo face pivotal events that redefine their relationship.

Saturday, Dec. 7

7 p.m. – JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack (Nicholas Hoult, Warm Bodies), a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess (Eleanor Tomlinson, Alice in Wonderland), opens a gateway between the two worlds.

 

9 p.m. – ADMISSION (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

A Princeton admissions officer (Tina Fey, 30 ROCK) who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid (Nat Wolff, New Year’s Eve) who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption. Also starring Paul Rudd (This Is 40).

 

Sunday, Dec. 8

10 p.m. – MASTERS OF SEX – Season 1, Episode 11 of 12

 

Tuesday, Dec. 10

9 p.m. – DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

With the help of a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds), a freed slave (Jamie Foxx, Ray) sets out to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington, SCANDAL) from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Also starring Leonardo DiCaprio (The Great Gatsby), Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers), and Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (JUSTIFIED).

 

Wednesday, Dec. 11

7 p.m. – THE HOST (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

Aliens come to Earth and threaten mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories. Melanie (Saoirse Ronan, The Way Back) will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world. Also starring Jake Abel (SUPERNATURAL), Max Irons (THE WHITE QUEEN), and Frances Fisher (TOUCH).

 

Thursday, Dec. 12

9 p.m. – THE ANGELS SHARE (2012) – *Premiere*

Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie (Paul Brannigan, Sunshine on Leith) vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.

 

Friday, Dec. 13

6:30 p.m. – LINCOLN (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood) endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment, which will forever ban slavery from the United States.

 

9 p.m. – QUARTET (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

Directed by Dustin Hoffman (LUCK), QUARTET takes place at a home for retired musicians. Each year, the home puts on a concert to celebrate the life of Italian composer Verdi. Upon the arrival of Jean (Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents, the equilibrium at the home is disrupted. Also starring Michael Gambon (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Billy Connolly (Brave), and Pauline Collins (Albert Nobbs).

Saturday, Dec. 14

5:30 p.m. – THE MUPPETS (2011) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

When three Muppet fans learn that Tex Richman (Chris Cooper, August: Osage County) wants to drill under the Muppet Theater for oil, Gary (Jason Segel, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER), Mary (Amy Adams, Man of Steel), and Walter (Peter Linz, SESAME STREET) set out to find the Muppets who have been split up for years so that they can put on one last show and save the Muppet Theater.

 

7 p.m. – ROCK OF AGES (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

Set in 1987 Los Angeles, Drew (Diego Boneta, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS) and Sherrie (Julianne Hough, Safe Haven) are two young people chasing their dreams in the big city. When they meet, it’s love at first sight, though their romance will face a series of challenges.

 

9 p.m. – THE SAPPHIRES (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

Inspired by a true story, THE SAPPHIRES follows four vivacious, young, and talented Australian Aboriginal girls as they learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertain the U.S. troops in Vietnam in 1968. The film stars Chris O’Dowd (This Is 40).

 

Sunday, Dec. 15

8 p.m. – OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

A small-time magician (James Franco, 127 Hours) is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches. Also starring Mila Kunis (Black Swan), Rachel Weisz (The Bourne Legacy), and Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine).

 

10 p.m. – MASTERS OF SEX – Season 1, Episode 12 of 12 – *Season Finale*

 

Thursday, Dec. 19

9 p.m. – PICTURE DAY (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

A rebellious teenager (Tatiana Maslany, ORPHAN BLACK) forced to repeat her last year of high school is caught between adolescence and adulthood – and between two very different male admirers.

 

Friday, Dec. 20

6:30 p.m. – THE AVENGERS (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson, DJANGO UNCHAINED) of S.H.I.E.L.D. assembles a team of superhumans, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr. Iron Man), The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo, Shutter Island), Thor (Chris Hemsworth, Cabin in the Woods), Captain America (Chris Evans, Fantastic Four), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner, The Bourne Legacy), and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson, Don Jon). When global security is threatened by Loki (Tom Hiddleston, WAR HORSE) and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster.

 

9 p.m. – UPSIDE DOWN (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

Adam (Jim Sturgess, Cloud Atlas) and Eden (Kirsten Dunst, Bachelorette) fell in love as teens despite the fact that they live on twinned worlds with gravities that pull in opposite directions. Ten years after a forced separation, Adam sets out on a dangerous quest to reconnect with his love.

 

Saturday, Dec. 21

7 p.m. – GANGSTER SQUAD (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

A secret crew of police officers led by two determined sergeants (Josh Brolin, Men In Black 3 and Ryan Gosling, The Place Beyond The Pines), work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who runs the city(Sean Penn, Milk). Also starring Emma Stone (Crazy, Stupid, Love.), Nick Nolte (LUCK), and Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar).

 

9 p.m. – THE BIG WEDDING (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

THE BIG WEDDING is an uproarious romantic comedy about a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. Starring Robert De Niro (Last Vegas), Topher Grace (Take Me Home Tonight), Katherine Heigl (One for the Money), Diane Keaton (Darling Companion), Susan Sarandon (Snitch), and Amanda Seyfried (Lovelace).

 

Sunday, Dec. 22

9 p.m. – SKYFALL (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

Bond’s (Daniel Craig, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) loyalty to M (Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. Whilst MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

 

Monday, Dec. 23

9 p.m. – MARGARITA (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

MARGARITA tells the tale of an undocumented Mexican nanny, Margarita (Nicola Correia Damude, DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION), whose girlfriend Jane (Christine Horne, PLAYED) is reluctant to commit and whose yuppie employers – a nice Toronto family with money problems – are about to let her go.

 

Tuesday, Dec. 24

7 p.m. – BECOMING REDWOOD (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

Redwood Forrest Hanson (Ryan Grantham, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) dreams that if he can beat the competition at the 1975 Masters of golf, he’ll reunite his parents forever.

 

Wednesday, Dec. 25

9 p.m. – THE COLONY (2013) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.

 

Thursday, Dec. 26

7 p.m. – ROLLERTOWN (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

When a roller-skating-obsessed town is over-run by video game shilling gangsters, only one man has the funk deep enough to boogie them back to oblivion.

 

9 p.m. – IDENTITY THIEF (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) travels from Denver to Florida to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman (Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids) who has been living it up after stealing Sandy’s identity.

 

Friday, Dec. 27

7:15 p.m. – STILL MINE (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

An elderly couple (James Cromwell, BOARDWALK EMPIRE and Geneviève Bujold, Pour l’amour de Dieu) fight against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.

 

9 p.m. – THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

A former Weather Underground activist (Robert Redford, All Is Lost) goes on the run from a journalist (Shia LaBeouf, Lawless) who has discovered his identity.

 

Saturday, Dec. 28

5 p.m. – HOP (2011) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

E.B. (Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek), the Easter Bunny’s teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock ‘n’ roll band. In L.A., he’s taken in by Fred (James Marsden, X-Men) after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.

 

9 p.m. – THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

When a street magician’s stunts begins to make their show look stale, superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell, THE OFFICE) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi, BOARDWALK EMPIRE) look to salvage their act and friendship by staging their own daring stunt.

 

Sunday, Dec. 29

9 p.m. – COMPULSION (2013) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

The lives of two female neighbours (Heather Graham, The Hangover Part III and Carrie-Ann Moss, Pompeii) intersect when their individual obsessions begin to unravel.

 

Monday, Dec. 30

9 p.m. – THE STRANGER WITHIN (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

The perfect lives of an actress (Estella Warren, Planet of the Apes) and her psychiatrist husband (William Baldwin, COPPER) are disrupted by a beautiful woman with a dark agenda while vacationing in the Mediterranean.

 

Tuesday, Dec. 31

9 p.m. – THE LAST EXORCISM PART II (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays* – *Premiere*

As Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell, The Day) tries to build a new life after the events of the first movie, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan.

 

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