KEY POINTS:
7PM, TV2
KARAOKE HIGH
For those of you who go into mourning over the Christmas break because Shortland Street isn't on, the new Karaoke High might just feed your addiction. It's like the New Zealand version of Fame.
7.30PM, TV3
TARGET CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Target does two hidden camera trials in the name of Christmas, including spying on a number of in-store Santa photo sessions with a 6-year-old actress. And Brooke Howard-Smith is back, hacked off with all the Christmas hype and has tips on saving money and present-buying.
7.30PM, TV ONE
EXCELLENT ADVENTURES: HARRY ENFIELD
British comic Harry Enfield and his best mate Charlie retrace the 1941 Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union, travelling through the Baltic States to St Petersburg.
8.30PM, TV ONE
INVESTIGATION: DUNBLANE - A DECADE ON
This documentary looks at Thomas Hamilton's attack on Dunblane Primary School in Scotland through the eyes of those who survived the massacre which took the lives of 16 children and their teacher.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
FULL METAL JACKET
Herald rating: * * * *
Stanley Kubrick's brilliant look at the horror and brutality of war is peppered with unsettling dark humour. It spends the first half with a group of new Marine recruits in training as they are turned from young innocents into cold-blooded killers; the second half is about their exploits in Vietnam. With Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, and Vincent D'Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) as the unforgettable Private Pyle. (1987)
10.05PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
Herald rating: * * * *
Mel Gibson's controversial take on the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ, focusing on his suffering and leading up to his crucifixion, death and resurrection. James Caviezel stars as Christ. (2004)
10.25PM, SKY MOVIES 1
EVENT HORIZON
Herald rating: * * *
Sam Neill and Lawrence Fishburne star in this gothic space horror about a spaceship which goes missing in a black hole and mysteriously reappears seven years later. Many elements are familiar from other movies and it is let down by a predictable ending, but at least the voyage is genuinely scary. (1997)
