Article: SATELLITE FILMS.(Features)

December Boys (2007) 12

4.15pm, Sky Drama ***

Daniel Radcliffe leaves Hogwarts far behind him with this coming-of-ager set in 1960s Australia. A heartfelt, if not entirely satisfying, adaptation of Michael Noonan's novel about a group of orphaned teens and their eventful summer, it's anchored by Radcliffe's breakout performance.

Beethoven (1991) U

4.45pm, Sky Family ***

Cutesy comedy about a slobbery dog called Beethoven and the grumpy family man who doesn't want him (Charles Grodin). His kids do, of course, and it's easy to guess who'll win out in the first - and the best - of four films that's faster and more frenetic than ...

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